There’s no doubt that Samsung is one of the biggest brands for home appliances in the United States, but have you ever wondered how big? Well, a new market analysis report from TraQline gives us the exact figures. According to TraQline, in 2023, Samsung was the largest home appliances brand by unit share split. The […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know A report by the U.S. Cyber Safety Review Board states that Microsoft could have prevented the Chinese state-sponsored hacking group Storm-0558 from accessing the email accounts of U.S. government employees. The board was commissioned by President Biden and established by the U.S Department of Homeland Security in 2023. The report […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know Minecraft, released in 2011, is what many consider to be the greatest sandbox game ever created. Today, Minecraft received an April Fool’s update, titled the Poisonous Potato Update. Users are calling for the update to remain, while some wish the actual updates were better. Gamers are split, with a few […]
Read MoreThe way Apple locks down its customers has long been heralded as the epitome of prudent business management. It was presented as the best way for companies that make mobile devices to ensure that their user base remained loyal, and companies that took a different route were almost looked down upon. Apple’s infamous walled garden […]
Read MoreSlayman received his first kidney transplant in 2018 from a human donor. The donor kidney initially functioned well, but Slayman started to go into kidney failure after years of living with diabetes. Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney disease, which can eventually result in kidney failure. He had no choice but to go on […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know The Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection, a bundle of updated versions of 2004’s Star Wars: Battlefront and 2005’s Star Wars: Battlefront II, launched late on March 13. It’s available for $35 on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC, PS5, PS4, and Nintendo Switch. The collection has had a disastrous launch […]
Read MoreA total of 4.2 million foldable smartphones were shipped in the last quarter of 2023, a 33% increase over the same period in 2022. As for this year, the analysts over at Display Supply Chain Consultants predict that the market is see some changes in power, at least temporarily. The Top 5 most popular foldables […]
Read MoreA 62-year-old man in Germany decided to get 217 Covid-19 vaccinations over the course of 29 months —for “private reasons.” But, somewhat surprisingly, he doesn’t seem to have suffered any ill effects from the excessive immunization, according to a newly published case study in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. The case is just one person, of […]
Read MoreSpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced that Starlink achieved peak download speeds for its satellite-to-phone service using a Samsung phone. It was then revealed that the test was done using a Galaxy S21 Ultra and in collaboration with one of the cellular service providers in the USA. Starlink gets 17Mb/s download speeds for satellite-to-phone service on […]
Read MoreThe Xiaomi 14 Ultra is shaping up to be one of the most powerful phones for photography, but there’s a reason that Xiaomi has added a mode called “MasterCinema” (which records 10-bit Rec. 2020 HDR videos) – the phone has filmmaking ambitions too. The company handed an Ultra to director Adam Bernstein, who has previously […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know The latest report from Circana shares details on the best-selling games and gaming hardware of January 2024 in the U.S. Per Circana, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is the best-selling game of January 2024. This chart does not include data from Palworld, which launched into early access in January […]
Read MoreAn estimated 15.9 million foldable phones were shipped last year as per the latest TrendForce report. The figure represents a 25% year-over-year rise and saw foldables climb up to a combined 1.4% market share of all smartphone shipments. TrendForce suggests the low adoption rate of foldables is mainly driven by their high price points and […]
Read MoreThe tablet market in India experienced several ups and downs in 2023, but by the end of the year, Samsung emerged as the top-selling tablet brand in the country, new data from IDC (via Times of India) shows. Even though Samsung’s tablet business suffered from a 34.7% year-on-year decline in India, the company was reportedly […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know Helldivers 2, the hit new PvE co-op shooter from Arrowhead Game Studios, is blowing up right now with extremely impressive player count numbers. Many Halo fans are wondering why Microsoft and 343 Industries never made a similar game about Orbital Drop Shock Troopers (ODSTs), which use drop pods to land […]
Read More“Crisis.” So says David Wiener, new showrunner for Halo The Series Season 2, when I ask him what single word he’d choose to describe this season’s story arc. I recently had the chance to speak with some of the team on Halo The Series Season 2, with actors Bokeem Woodbine (Spider-Man: Homecoming, Fargo, Queen & […]
Read MoreSamsung was the second-biggest tablet brand in India last year, according to the latest market research numbers. Apple led the tablet market in India despite higher-priced iPads, which says a lot about the popularity of iPads. However, Samsung did really well in the tablet segment last year. Samsung was a close second in India’s tablet […]
Read MoreWelcome to your week 6 recap. OnePlus defended its policy of giving its users 5 years of software updates (4 years of major OS updates, and 5 years of security support) over the 7 years of Samsung and Google. OnePlus is focusing on the quality of the software and its fluidity over what it deems […]
Read MoreI am late to the Alan Wake series. My first experience was with Alan Wake Remastered, and I played that last year. I followed up with Alan Wake: American Nightmare from the Xbox 360 shortly before Alan Wake 2 was released, but I made an executive decision that has prevented me from playing through what […]
Read MoreScientific publisher Sage Journals has retracted three papers on abortion—including a controversial 2021 study on mifepristone, the medication at the center of a US legal battle. The 2021 study found that mifepristone, one of two pills used in a medication abortion, significantly increased the risk of women going to the emergency room following an abortion. […]
Read MoreScientific publisher Sage Journals has retracted three papers on abortion—including a controversial 2021 study on mifepristone, the medication at the center of a US legal battle. The 2021 study found that mifepristone, one of two pills used in a medication abortion, significantly increased the risk of women going to the emergency room following an abortion. […]
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