Category: Technology

An Indian startup called OneTouch AppLabs recently rose to prominence for its “Remove China Apps” Android app that scanned devices for Chinese-made apps and let users manually uninstall them from the resulting list. The software amassed over five million local downloads on the Google Play Store within two weeks from launch and has now been […]

It’s getting to the point where we can ask: is there anything with a screen that can’t play Doom? The latest unlikely device to run id Software’s FPS classic is the Playdate, an upcoming retro-style handheld that features a crank controller.Back in May last year, a company called Panic, which makes web development apps for […]

Even after years of hammering home the importance of online account security, some users still aren’t taking the matter seriously. In a small-scale study of real-world data, researchers found that some are failing to update breached passwords in a timely manner and continuing to both utilize weak passwords and recycle them between services.Few things would […]

It’s been almost five months since Windows 7 reached the end of its extended support period, meaning that the only users to receive extended security updates (ESUs) are businesses and education customers willing to pay for them. Despite this, the venerable OS is still the second most popular operating system behind Windows 10, taking a […]

Amazon may be planning to push back its annual Prime Day sale this year as Covid-19 still lingers but shoppers will apparently have plenty of opportunity to buy goods on the e-commerce platform in the coming weeks.As outlined in a document sent to sellers this week that was seen by CNBC, Amazon is preparing to […]

CES 2021 is still more than six months out and truth be told, nobody knows what the world will look like by then as it relates to Covid-19. Many companies have already canceled in-person events through the first half of 2021 but eh, someone has to be first. Could CES be the first major trade […]

Are you tired of using Google Assistant to call up your favorite BBC podcasts? Now you can use the BBC’s “public service” voice assistant instead. The question is, is it really necessary? Do consumers want independent specialized voice assistants for isolated services like the BBC network? We shall soon see.The BBC announced last year that […]