Not content with completely transforming the music industry, Apple apparently wants to do the same for the gaming world with a new streaming service. According to anonymous sources speaking with Cheddar , Apple’s service would require a single fee for access to a selection of games distributed over a streaming internet connection. Apple had reportedly begun discussing plans for the service in private with game developers in the second half of 2018, even partnering with them as a publisher in the

“At one point, I managed to annoy a ransomware author so much that they literally renamed their ransomware in my name,” he says. With the average ransomware writer demanding $522 (about £400, AU$750) to restore victims’ files, that’s a potential $597,351,222 (about £455,000,000, AU$833,000,000) kept out of the pockets of ransomware authors. “There’s a certain kind of encryption called a block cipher that operates on blocks of data,” Wosar says. For example, what if your hard disk fails?”When bac

Nvidia’s previous forecast for its fourth quarter revenue – the quarter running up until the end of this month, January – had stood at $2.7 billion (around £2.1 billion, AU$3.8 billion) and has now been lowered to $2.2 billion (around £1.7 billion, AU$3.1 billion). As spotted by MarketWatch, in a press statement, Nvidia said that both gaming and data center revenue didn’t perform as well as expected either. Cost is indeed a thorny issue for many, no doubt, when you consider the steep asking pric

Intel recently expanded its Coffee Lake Refresh processor lineup with integrated graphics-lacking F-series chips, and it seems to have plans for new low-power chips as well. A mysterious Intel Core i9-9900T has appeared on Yahoo Auctions , and it seems to be a cut-down, 35W version of the original, 95W Intel Core i9-9900K . According to specifications shared on the listing, the Intel Core i9-9900T will still feature identical 8-core and 16-thread as the original CPU, but with severely cut down c

Intel certainly isn’t the first player in the tech space to experiment with folding screen technology, but it’s definitely among the biggest to issue a patent. The patent application from Intel is so precise that LetsGoDigital created 3D renders from the drawings, depicting the device running a mock version of Microsoft’s Windows 10. Of course, we know that Microsoft is preparing its operating system for exactly this situation, so LetsGoDigital isn’t coming out of left field on this. The evoluti

However, if you want to get rid of your Twitter account for good, it’s easiest to head to the website in your desktop’s browser and sign in. You now have 30 days in which you can restore your Twitter account if you change your mind. If you want to download your Twitter data beforehand (your account history, activity and other media), you’ll need to complete both the request and download process before deactivating your account. You can do this by heading to ‘Settings and privacy’, and selecting

Update: We now know the price of the Louis Vuitton Tambour Horizon and, as expected, it isn’t cheap. You can’t buy the watch online, but you can customize its look on the official Louis Vuitton website before buying it over the phone or in an official store. We’ve previously heard details of the Louis Vuitton Tambour Horizon, but an official announcement from the company has given us a much clearer idea of the spec to expect on the Wear OS watch. Those last two specs are a significant upgrade co

A number of screenshots were dug out of the iOS 12.2 beta code by 9to5Mac, and show what look like landing pages for the new service. Apparently it’s only open to “Apple internal users” for now, but a wider roll out could be close. The name of the service looks likely to be Apple News Magazines, and as you would expect it’s going to connect directly to your iTunes Store account, once it goes live. At this stage it’s likely that Apple’s still ironing out the details. With these images appearing i

Looks like it’s the season for renders of the upcoming LG G8 ThinQ phone: not long after we saw some unofficial designs of the handset from 91Mobiles, we’ve now got a new image to pore over as we count down the days to the handset’s launch. This time it’s the usually reliable team at XDA Developers that have offered up a rendering of what the LG G8 ThinQ is going to look like. The design doesn’t differ too much from the earlier renders, which is to say it looks to be along the same lines as the

Fitbit Versa vs Apple Watch 4 displayThe Apple Watch 4’s screen comes in two sizesBoth the Apple Watch 4 and Fitbit Versa have a fairly square screen, but the Apple Watch 4’s is bigger, at a choice of 40mm or 44mm, while the Fitbit Versa’s comes in at 34mm. Fitbit Versa vs Apple Watch 4 fitnessThe Versa has lots of tracking toolsIf you’re reading this then fitness features are probably a major factor for you. There’s no shortage of fitness features on the Apple Watch 4 eitherThe Apple Watch 4 is

Games like Guitar Hero, Rock Band, and Dance Dance Revolution are way behind us, but developers haven’t stopped experimenting with rhythm games. Luckily, most of them have arrived in this side of the world, and their longevity is proof that there are still people who love the rhythm game genre and are waiting for the next musical iteration. But the majority of rhythm games end up being just that, iterations of the classic railroad UI where notes approach the screen at varying paces. “A lot of pe

Philips wants to take the pain out of buying a new television with its new all-killer, no-filler LCD screen, Philips The One. A new range of 4K LCD screens set to be available in 43, 50, 55, 58 65 and 70-inch sizes, The One (7304 Performance Series) is what Martijn Smelt, CMO Philips TV & Audio Europe, reckons will be “the TV you will recommend to a friend” – and you can see why. Note though that it’ll be downmixed to Philips own built-in 20W soundsystem, unless you’re outputting to a full Dolby

British startup Pireta has a solution: a new technique that involves coating each individual fiber with a layer of copper just 2nm thick. Coat every fiberPireta’s CTO and founder Chris Hunt came up with the idea while working at the National Physical Laboratory. “We activate a textile surface, then immerse it in silver nanoparticles in solution,” Hunt tells TechRadar. The biggest limitation of this smart garment tech comes down to what the fabric can’t take even if it were untreated. Smart garme

Soon, the midrange Nokia 3.1 Plus will come to Cricket Wireless, while the budget version of the Nokia 2 will land on Verizon, dubbed the Nokia 2 V in this case. There’s a third undisclosed Nokia phone coming to North America, in Canada, by way of Rogers subsidiary, chatr. The Nokia 3.1 packs an octa-core Snapdragon 439, 5.99-inch HD+ display, 2GB of RAM and 32GB of storage. As we noted in our Nokia 3.1 Plus review , 10GB of its internal space is taken up by the Android OS. Thankfully, it has a

More importantly, interim chief executive Bob Swan addressed the chip giant’s manufacturing woes and continued shortages of its lower-end processors that most consumers favor. But overall PC volumes fell by 2%, which the CEO said was due to Intel’s failure to produce enough chips. In short, given Intel‘s focus on profit margins, something’s got to give manufacturing-wise, so affordable products are getting the short end of the silicon stick. As for Intel’s overall fourth quarter financial result

Facebook is planning on integrating its three popular messaging services – Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger – so that they work closer together. For a start, it doesn’t look like Facebook is planning to completely merge the services (for now at least). Spreading end-to-end encryption to the other messaging services is also a welcome move. Plus, it means that someone using Facebook Messenger could potentially send a message to a friend on WhatsApp without the friend having to have a Fac

There’s no shortage of Samsung S10 leaks now, but we might have just had our best look yet at the phone, along with the larger Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus, thanks to some high-quality leaked photos shared by AllAboutSamsung. There’s a single-lens one on the Samsung Galaxy S10 and a dual-lens one on the Galaxy S10 Plus. Credit: AllAboutSamsung Image 2 of 7 Both phones have three rear cameras. Credit: AllAboutSamsung Image 3 of 7 The headphone port is intact. Credit: AllAboutSamsung Image 4 of 7 Credi

Alongside the OM-D E-M1X, Olympus has announced the development of the M.Zuiko Digital ED 150-400mm f/4.5 TC1.25x IS PRO telephoto zoom lens. As the name suggests, the lens features a built-in 1.25x teleconverter, which delivers a total coverage equivalent to 300-1000mm, while alongside this Olympus is also developing a M.Zuiko Digital 2x Teleconverter MC-20. When used in tandem with the 150-400mm lens, it’s possible to achieve a reach of 2000mm (35mm equivalent). Olympus says the M.Zuiko Digita

Integrated gripThe most obvious external difference between the two models is that the E-M1X has been fashioned with a built-in vertical grip, while the E-M1 Mark II has a more conventional DSLR-esque body. The two batteries are the same BHL-1 cells used by the E-M1 Mark II, and with two on board you can capture around 870 frames on a full charge, rather than the 440 frames allowed by the E-M1 Mark II. The older E-M1 Mark II fares well here, with its 200,000 rating being perfectly respectable, a

After numerous teaser videos and rumors from Olympus, it’s finally taken the wraps off its new flagship mirrorless camera, the OM-D E-M1X. Olympus has also overhauled the layout, shape, and height of all buttons, while levers on the OM-D E-M1X have been completely redesigned. Olympus has also overhauled the electronic viewfinder on the OM-D E-M1X, with a industry-leading magnification of 0.83x (35mm equivalent). Olympus hasn’t made a song and dance about this, but the OM-D E-M1X uses a 20.4MP Mi