Samsung was the world’s second-biggest tablet maker last year. The company’s Galaxy Tab lineup is pretty popular among Android tablet buyers, but their sales slipped last year, along with the sales of tablets from Apple, Amazon, Huawei, and Lenovo. It is expected that sales of tablets will continue to dwindle in the future. Samsung ranked […]
Read MoreSamsung switched to titanium for the frame of the Galaxy S24 Ultra, but there’s more to it than that. Like with Apple’s iPhones, titanium only makes up the exterior of the phone. The two companies used different designs for the interior – Samsung went for a combination of aluminum and plastic. Zack from JerryRigEverything took […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know Microsoft documents that reveal early plans the company had for the Xbox One console have leaked on Reddit. Though the post has been taken down, we’ve saved the link to the files and have verified their authenticity with our sources. The documents show that Microsoft was originally considering calling the […]
Read MoreThat has led researchers to genetically alter pigs in an attempt to make their organs a better match. The biotech company that bred the pig for the Penn study, eGenesis of Cambridge, Massaschetts, is aiming to do that with gene editing. Scientists at the company used Crispr to make a total of 69 genetic edits […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know The latest report from Circana reveals that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 was the best-selling game of December 2023 in the U.S. This wasn’t quite enough to overtake the lead of Hogwarts Legacy, which was the best-selling game of 2023 in the U.S. overall. The PlayStation 5 was the […]
Read More“So what? Why should I care? That’s a big waste of money.” These are the phrases that have popped into my head over the last year each time a company has revealed its own augmented reality (AR) and/or virtual reality (VR) glasses. Despite each brand’s attempts to tell me that their product is important, I’ve […]
Read MoreThe last time Samsung wasn’t No.1 in smartphone sales in any given year was all the way back in 2010. And yet – it’s finally happened again. Just like competing analyst house Canalys revealed a few hours ago, IDC is now out with its own report and confirming the once-in-more-than-a-decade news: Apple took the crown […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know Microsoft briefly made a statement on Xbox Wire that Final Fantasy XIV’s highly-anticipated Open Beta for the upcoming Xbox Series X|S version is now ready, ahead of its estimated date of February 2024. However, it turned out to be incorrect. Microsoft’s announcement lacked information on how to access the beta […]
Read MoreApple overtook Samsung as the world’s leading smartphone vendor in Q4 taking home 24% of total shipments according to research firm Canalys. Cupertino also ended the year as the top vendor marking the first time it outpaced Samsung on the yearly basis. Smartphone shipments for Q4 2023 reached 320 million units, representing an 8 percentage […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know The Overwatch 2 community got a major shock recently when developer Blizzard announced plans to give tank and damage heroes self-healing in Season 9. This will be a “modified, tuned-down version of the support self-healing passive,” enabling tank and damage heroes to slowly heal after a few seconds of avoiding […]
Read MoreI recently picked up a shiny new Razer Blade 16 (2023) model with RTX 4080 graphics and a QHD screen (thanks to Scan.co.uk for that). Naturally, to put what was probably last year’s best gaming laptop through its paces, I opted for 2008’s god game Spore, developed by EA’s Maxis studio. A younger relative recently […]
Read MoreToday marks the 17th anniversary of the late Steve Jobs unveiling the original iPhone at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco. While the device was significantly more advanced than any other smartphone on the market at the time, the iPhone was still missing some essential features that we take for granted today. Below, we’ve put […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know The third-party file manager app “Files” just received a significant update, bumping it to version 3.1. The new update ships with many new features, including a System Tray Icon, Smart archive extract, Improved sorting, and more. It also ships with a fix for the bug that caused the app […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know Statcounter’s December update for market share figures shows an increase for Windows, while Mac’s share of the pie has gone down. Windows now sits at almost 73% of the desktop OS market share. Linux and ChromeOS also showed mild increases in their own respective share. 2023 is now in the […]
Read MoreIt’s been said time and time again, but it bears repeating that 2023 has been an incredible year for games. Between long-awaited, critically acclaimed AAA sensations like Baldur’s Gate 3 or Alan Wake 2, impressive indie titles like Dredge or Sea of Stars, and even big DLC expansions like The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom or […]
Read MoreI spend a lot of time playing Call of Duty. Far more than I can ever justify. I usually purchase a PC and an Xbox version, and I have no qualms about cracking open my wallet for really cool Operator bundles and battle passes. Given how willing I am to throw money at the franchise, […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know Former Obsidian Entertainment writer and developer Chris Avellone has taken to X (formerly Twitter) to talk about a proposal he made to Bethesda while at the studio. The proposal was for a spinoff The Elder Scrolls game in the style of Fallout: New Vegas that would “provide more adventures in […]
Read MoreLast time we looked back at Nokia’s attempt to modernize Symbian with Anna, but that was only the first step. The next was called Belle, which brought the long-lived OS even closer to the modern design of its Android and iOS competitors. Belle brought important quality of life changes that made the interface much more […]
Read More“It is true that I am considered an expert on dog coat color,” Sheila Schmutz, an emeritus professor of animal and poultry science at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada, told me. “At least in terms of genetics.” I sent Schmutz, who has published multiple papers about the coats of dogs and cattle, a selection […]
Read MoreA high quality gaming monitor is an integral part of any PC gaming setup, and while they can often be expensive, you don’t have to break the bank to get your hands on a great one. One of the best panels on the market is Dell’s curved 27-inch 1440p S2722DGM model, and while it’s already […]
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