XDA Developers has gotten a hold of an alleged build of Android Q and they’ve loaded it up on a Pixel 3 XL to see what’s changed. The build was allegedly made this week with February 2019 security patches and is up-to-date with Google’s AOSP internal master, per XDA. (Image: © XDA Developers)Even better, XDA dug up a Developer option that forces apps that don’t have a built-in dark mode to revert to one anyway. Now you can get an overview of permissions accessed by apps and tweak them – like onl

The exploit was unveiled today by security researchers at Check Point Software Technologies, which released a video showing how hackers could’ve used security tokens (you know, those things that got Facebook in trouble a few months ago) to get around login pages. That page was open to cross-scripting attacks that allowed Check Point to inject some malicious code, redirecting incoming traffic – and any security tokens sent along with it – from the publisher’s servers to Check Point’s. Thankfully,

Amazon is currently having a game day sale on some of their top-selling TVs from brands such as LG, Sony, and Samsung. We haven’t seen price drops like this since Black Friday, so if you’ve wanted to upgrade to a big-screen TV then now is the time. Right now you can get the massive Sony 75-inch 4K TV for $1,798. That’s a $500 discount and the lowest price we’ve seen for this UHD smart TV. Sony X850F 75-inch 4K HDR Smart TV $2,298 $1,798 at AmazonWatch the big game on a big screen with the Amazon

Eliot famously wrote in his poem ‘The Hollow Men’ and it’s a quote which swirls around our head as we navigate the deteriorating wasteland of Metro Exodus. Rather than hand-holding you through where to go, Metro Exodus requires you to navigate the old-school way, using a compass and a map. Caspian catapults us later into the story of Metro Exodus. Metro Exodus is due to release for PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 on February 15, 2019. Make sure to check out our Gamescom Metro Exodus preview, wher

The new Apple Watch 4 isn’t cheap, and yet its features could seriously benefit seniors – individuals 65 and older who are often retired without a reliable income. Help may be on the way, as Apple is reportedly talking with private Medicare plans in an effort to subsidize the lofty Apple Watch price, according to CNBC. Right now, it costs $279 for the Apple Watch 3 at its smallest size, while you’ll have to shell out $399 for the Apple Watch 4. Benefits Apple and insurance companies, tooSeniors

You could even design a witty T-shirt and sell it online to make a bit of cash. Here we take a look at five of the best T-shirt design tools and services. Spreadshirt is a very well-known name when it comes to creating custom T-shirt, and for very good reason. In addition to pre-designed images, you can also upload images of your own, meaning you can create T-shirts using your favourite photos. In addition to T-shirts, there are numerous other items of clothing available as well as posters, prin

Starting today, when you ask Alexa on your Amazon Echo speaker “what’s the latest?”, you may notice its voice sounds different – or more natural – than before. This is because Amazon has rolled out a fresh new speaking style to Alexa users in the US, modelled on the way newscasters deliver the news. In this case, Alexa’s newscaster-style voice has clearer intonation and emphasizes words in a way that sounds less robotic than its default voice. To determine how important a natural-sounding speaki

At least that’s the going rumor according to the EETimes , which claims to have picked up word that Intel may acquire AMD from a few C-Level executives at the company. This is hardly the first time Intel has been rumored to buy out AMD, with the biggest difference this time around being that AMD is in a position of strength now. So, we’d say that Intel buying AMD is a fairly long shot at this point. Rather, this year seems likely to be one of the most interesting times for computing in a long ti

Microsoft could be planning some useful changes for its Surface peripherals, namely the Surface Dial and Surface Pen, at least according to a couple of patents which have just emerged. The most interesting update is to the Surface Dial which, according to the patent that was published by the USPTO on January 10, could benefit from the addition of an electronic touch sensor to the top of the Dial. As ever, there’s no guarantee the technology described in this patent will reach the Surface Dial, o

The Nintendo Switch is a great games console. Which makes the news that VLC may be coming to the Nintendo all the more intriguing. Now Jean-Baptiste Kempf, lead developer at VLC parent company VideoLan has told VentureBeat of his plans to bring the application to the Nintendo Switch, too. It would open up the console to personal video files for Switch owners, letting them playback all manner of video files on the Switch. It’s next Android build will include support for Apple AirPlay streaming, ,

Mozilla is ending its Test Pilot program, which gave users an opportunity to try and give feedback on new features before they were integrated into the release version of the browser. Most web browsers offer beta releases and nightly builds for developers and early adopters, but Firefox Test Pilot was different. “Test Pilot was designed to harness the energy of our most passionate users,” said Mozilla. “We look forward to continuing to work closely with our users who are the reason we build Fire

If you’ve been mulling over upgrading the system memory on your PC, then you might want to wait a bit longer, as a new report suggests that the price of RAM could soon drop by as much as 20%. This is according to DRAMeXchange, the memory-watching division of analyst firm TrendForce, which has forecast a drop in DRAM prices of almost 20% in the first quarter of this year. Prices for 4GB and 8GB RAM sticks have already begun to drop this year, and price tags are expected to fall by at least 10% in

Alongside the announcement of the Alpha A6400, Sony has said it’s bringing major firmware updates to the Alpha A9, A7R III and A7 III. First up, the Alpha A9 will get a version 5.0 of its firmware in March, which will bring a number of improvements to the camera’s already advanced autofocus system, including Real-time Tracking and Real-time Eye AF. Real-time Eye AF for animalsThis will be followed by version 3.0 of the Alpha A7R III and A7 III firmware in April, bringing with it not only Real-ti

EA’s track record with Star Wars games isn’t stellar, and a new report suggests that it has cancelled an open-world game based on the series that was being developed by EA Vancouver. The open-world game actually came about from another Star Wars game that was cancelled by EA, a linear single-player game codenamed Ragtag and developed by Dead Space creator Visceral. When EA cancelled that game and closed Visceral (in a move so ruthless it would give Emperor Palpatine pause), EA Vancouver stepped

There’s a new iPhone 11 leak of a render that gives us an idea how Apple’s 2019 smartphone may appear. Last week, notable leaker @OnLeaks revealed a render of a possible prototype for the upcoming iPhone 11 displaying a triple-camera setup set in a square mounting. The front notch is also slightly (but not noticeably) smaller than that on the iPhone XS. Perhaps each design will be produced as different-tier versions, like this generation’s equivalent of the iPhone XR and iPhone XS Max. Check out

Roccat’s latest mechanical keyboard is largely thanks to its new Titan mechanical key switch that makes a powerful impact upon first glance. Luckily, Roccat’s Vulcan is the complete package featuring the company’s new proprietary mechanical Titan switches. Mechanically, however, the company didn’t start entirely from scratch with the Titan switch; it’s more refinement than revolution, unlike Razer’s recent Optomechanical hybrid switch . And that certainly won’t be the last we see of the Titan s

Image Downloader for Instagram does exactly what the name suggests, making it incredibly simple to grab images you like. The extension adds a download button to all Instagram images, and clicking this will automatically download an image to your default download location. Image Downloader for Instagram works very well, but it is simple. You can download images one by one, or build up a download list and grab them en masse. This is a website designed with the sole purpose of downloading Instagram

The Polk Command Bar turned heads last summer, squeezing Amazon’s Alexa assistant into a soundbar that appeared to have an Echo Dot embedded inside it. Today it’s getting even closer to the Amazon device family by introducing a new feature that’s a first of its kind for soundbars. Polk has today announced that the Command Bar will be getting support for Amazon’s multi-room music (MRM) ecosystem, allowing it to work alongside Echo speakers to bring synced audio right across a home where other MRM

It was like driving a remote control car… with a real car. Having a journalist driving a $50,000 test car in front of a few monitors probably doesn’t make sense, especially at CES. I first started talking about a car control center about 10 years ago. Of course, mishaps will happen, so these operators could also assume control of cars at will. At a stage where physical vehicles drive themselves, remote operation will become essential as a back-up.

Long after Siri, Cortana, Alexa, Bixby and a half-dozen others, Pandora has finally announced a new ‘voice assistant’ helper called Voice Mode for its iOS and Android apps that will begin rolling out to devices starting today. Voice Mode, which is really a set of specified voice commands rather than a robust assistant in the vein of Siri or Alexa, can be activated by saying “Hey Pandora” while the app is open. Putting the ‘personal’ back in personal assistantsWhat separates Pandora’s Voice Mode