Month: March 2021
Apple will recalibrate iPhone 11 batteries to fix performance and capacity issues
Apple will try to fix battery drain and reduced performance issues that have affected some iPhone 11 devices by recalibrating their batteries in an upcoming update (via MacRumors). According to an Apple support document, the process will happen when you update an iPhone 11, 11 Pro, or 11 Pro Max…
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Instagram officially launches Remix on Reels, a TikTok Duets-like feature
Instagram today is officially launching a new feature called Remix, which offers a way to record your Reels video alongside a video from another user. The option is similar to TikTok’s existing Duets feature, which also lets users to react to or interact with another person’s video content while creating…
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Discord’s new Clubhouse-like feature, Stage Channels, is available now
Discord is the latest company to introduce a Clubhouse-like feature that lets people easily broadcast live audio conversations to a room of virtual listeners. Discord says its take, called Stage Channels, is available now on all platforms where Discord is available, including Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, and the web.…
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Computex goes online-only for the second year running – here are the dates Computex
The Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) has confirmed that Computex 2021 will be fully-virtual, with the show’s onsite exhibition cancelled. This is the second time Computex’s in-person trade show has fallen victim to the Covid-19 pandemic. TAITRA said in its statement announcing the cancellation that “with another wave of…
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Apple adds two brand new Siri voices and will no longer default to a female voice in latest iOS
Apple is adding two new voices to Siri’s English offerings, and eliminating the default ‘female voice’ selection in the latest beta version of iOS. This means that every person setting up Siri will choose a voice for themselves and it will no longer default to the voice assistant being female,…
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Nvidia RTX 3070 modded with 16GB VRAM runs Watch Dogs: Legion more smoothly Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
An Nvidia RTX 3070 graphics card was recently modded to double its video RAM up to 16GB, and that custom-tweaked card has now been benchmarked in some games, with some interesting results showing that the extra memory can help in some ways. The DIY graphics card came to light earlier…
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