Adoption of Apple’s ARKit continues its slow march forward, most recently being applied by the Professional Golfer’s Association for the PGA Tour AR app for iOS, as reported by Engadget. That app’s use of augmented reality (AR) is limited right now, but could eventually give golf spectators new perspectives on the matches they watch and hints for their own game. PGA Tour AR uses iOS 11’s ARKit to render a map of select holes on popular golf courses onto flat surfaces in your home. You can put th

Finding good prices for your storage needs won’t be difficult today, as the Amazon Deal of the Day offers a range of solutions on SSD, microSD, SD cards at a discount. Everything comes via PNY, which has plenty to choose from, whether you need more space for photos on your camera or want to upgrade a laptop. The deals include PNY SSDS, USB thumbdrives, incredibly high-capacity SD cards and expansive microSD cards as well. You can get anywhere from 32GB to 960GB of extra storage at a discount wit

Ride-sharing is growing ever more popular, and one city in Texas is jumping on the trend by replacing its public bus service with on-demand commuter vans. Arlington, Texas has swapped its city buses for 10 vans from Via, a ridesharing company based in New York. Instead of taking a bus to stops along a prescribed route, Via vans transport passengers to their desired destination, as long as it’s within a qualified service area. Cost is a major reason why, at least in the Arlington mayor’s eyes, ri

It seems that retailers have spilled the beans on the first Intel 8th Gen H-series processors and what appears to be the first Core i9 chip for laptops. Eagle-eyed forum users at Notebook Review and Linus Tech Tips, spotted Amazon listings for an MSI GS65 Stealth laptop that seems to be the successor to MSI GS63 Stealth. Taking a closer look at the configuration options reveal a few new processor choice we’ve never seen before, including an Intel Core i7-8750H. Additionally, VideoCardz picked up

In this rumored ‘gaming mode’, you’ll be provided with a tailored environment for playing games using an Xbox controller. Additionally, there will be a ‘quiet mode’ with a productivity-centric desktop, and a ‘kids mode’ which is essentially a highly simplified tablet-style interface. This is a new Windows Shell which offers a scalable and flexible UI that allows it to work across a whole host of devices. And the latest word from sources who spoke to the Verge is that Microsoft’s vision of this f

Alex Garland’s latest movie Annihilation is now available to watch on Netflix. Straight to Netflix is a concept that will change – there are plenty of these films in our best movies on Netflix list – but for now it’s just confusing people. Netflix shouldn’t be seen as a dumping ground for movies that studios don’t know what to do with. Currently Annihilation’s success is relying on word of mouth, much like many Netflix movies currently on its service. Annihilation will be around on the service a

The prize of a bunch of bananas isn’t quite as, well, bananas as it might sound. Those familiar with Sea of Thieves will know that eating bananas (skin on, of course) in the game is the way to increase one’s health. While we wouldn’t try eating one of these golden bananas, we’re pretty sure £80,000 would make for a good real-life health boost. Even those who don’t come in first place won’t walk away empty handed – runners up will be rewarded with limited edition Sea of Thieves golden ‘doubloons’

Echos have been able to call each other since last year, using commands as simple as “Alexa, call Dad”, but now the same functionality is heading to tablets with the Alexa app installed. Again, a simple voice command is all that’s needed once you’ve granted the app access to your contacts. Audio calls and messages are supported, as are video calls, as long as you’re trying to reach someone with a screen at the other end (so an Echo Spot will work but not a regular Echo speaker). Right now you st

Toshiba has revealed a new wearable solution targeted at businesses which consists of a mobile ‘edge computing’ device coupled with a pair of smart glasses. The device plus glasses package supports the latest Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS standards, so the smart glasses can be hooked up to the corporate network in order to, say, stream live video direct from the field. Accessory actionToshiba also revealed that in terms of accessories, it will offer an Assisted Reality AR100 Viewer Kit containing the

Iolo is offering TechRadar readers 50% off its PC optimization and security suite, Phoenix 360, which our review called “an excellent package – particularly thanks to the inclusion of the superb System Mechanic Pro and Malware Killer”. The complete Iolo Phoenix 360 suite includes the following PC cleanup, optimization and security tools:System Mechanic ProThis complete Windows tuneup suite eliminates junk files, repairs broken registry entries and wipes out browser cookies to improve both PC per

Philips Hue, the smart lighting system that can be set to any of millions of colors and be controlled with your voice and smartphone, is expanding to include outdoor lighting options. Smart gardeningThe Philips Hue outdoor range can be controlled in just the same way as the indoor options, meaning that dimming controls, color changing and voice commands through the likes of Amazon’s Alexa Echo devices are all capable. GPS smarts also mean that you’ll be able to set your outdoor lights to automat

The new Amazfit Cor looks to fit that request, coming in at a surprisingly low $79 (£57, AU$100.) Stocked with premium materials, like curved Gorilla Glass and an impressive 12-day battery life, the Cor brings the best features of a smartwatch in a fitness-focused wearable. Like most connected fitness trackers the Cor can feed your emails, text messages and pertinent app notifications to you straight from your phone while connected via Bluetooth. It’s rectangular color screen makes a statement t

Now all of us with a tendency to send messages we later regret have an even bigger safety net, because WhatsApp is rolling out the unsend window to a full hour. To be more precise, it’s being extended to exactly 4,096 seconds, a little over 1 hour 8 minutes. That’s according to some code digging by WABetaInfo, based on the latest beta version of the app for iOS. Even with the limitations, having longer to change your mind about a message has to be a good move for users. We’ll have to wait and se

After vowing to crack down on bots and spammers, Twitter has suspended several high-profile accounts for attempting to game the system by using mass-retweets and stolen content to gain popularity. Some of the suspended accounts, including @dory and @memeprovider, had millions of followers. According to Buzzfeed, some of these account holders are known as ‘Tweetdeckers’ for their use of teaming up with other users to retweet each other’s content en masse via Tweetdeck – Twitter’s own dashboard we

A new report suggests Apple is readying a new ‘entry-level’ 13-inch MacBook with a Retina Display that will be priced at around the same level as the current MacBook Air. Currently, the MacBook Air is priced at $999 (£949 or AU$1,499), and the rumor claims the incoming model will be pitched at around that level, or perhaps slightly higher. Rumors aplentyAll this is speculation, of course, but we’ve heard previous rumors that Apple will be offering a new entry-level 13-inch MacBook, which could e

Xiaomi has big plans for India in 2018 according to statements made by Manu Kumar Jain, Xiaomi Global Vice-President, and India Head. This is why they’re going to be expanding their smartphone portfolio why launching at least six smartphones in 2018 alone. Aside from smartphones, Xiaomi has already expanded to launching their smart TVs in India. To this end, Xiaomi has plans to write multiple cheques in order to acquire stocks in software and Internet startups during 2018. Shunwie Capital, Xiaom

Retooling the Android Wear platform to Wear OS actually makes a lot of sense now, especially as it’s not for Android-only compatibility devices anymore. A screenshot of a beta version of the Google Play services app appeared on Reddit this weekend and showed the title ‘Wear OS’, suggesting the company is preparing to retool Android Wear. The LG Watch Style – one of the first devices to feature Android Wear 2.0. Android Wear initially launched for Google OS toting devices only, but the company ha

The good folks over at iFixit have been ripping apart a Samsung Galaxy S9 and a Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus, revealing a few hidden secrets about the new flagship phones. The special Infinity Display glass on the S9 and S9 Plus makes it particularly hard to get these devices opened up and put back together again without something breaking, iFixit says. While battery replacement is “technically possible”, as per the teardowns, Samsung has made it harder than it needs to be. Nice dual aperture you’ve g

It’s been rather quiet on the Android Wear front recently, but the beta version of Google Play services suggests that the wearable software could soon be called simply “Wear OS”. The “Wear OS” name appeared when a user on Reddit came within connecting distance of a wearable device, as Android Police reports. The Google Assistant is already available on Android Wear devices, but it makes sense for Google to want to push it further. We’ll probably hear more about Google’s plans for Android Wear or

Only a few short years ago, DNA testing was an activity reserved for bio-hackers, specialist consultants and sci-fi movie plot lines. (Image: © 23andme)The DNA testing marketWhen it first launched in 2006, 23andMe was one of the first DNA testing kits aimed at consumers. There are also another group of tests that tend to get lumped in with DNA tests, but that don’t actually analyse your DNA. “After getting my DNA results back from Ancestry.com, I was unexpectedly contacted by someone related to