Month: October 2021
Android’s 12L feature drop aims to be a big improvement for folding phones
At this year’s Android Dev Summit, Google announced an upcoming update for devices with larger screens, which includes tablets, foldables, and devices that run ChromeOS. Google is calling the update 12L, and it’s supposed to make Android 12 run smoother on big screens. We first heard the possibility of a…
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Google is giving Android on tablets another shot
In case there wasn't enough news this week, Google is revealing a new version of Android that's designed for larger screens like tablets and foldables. It's called Android 12L, and is really just a set of new features for the existing OS that are optimized for big screens. The developer…
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Early Black Friday deal drops the Surface Pro 7 to $599 – the lowest price ever
Early Black Friday deals are live at Best Buy, and we’ve just spotted a massive price cut on Microsoft’s versatile Surface Pro 7. Right now, you can get the Surface Pro 7 with a black-type cover on sale for just $599 (was $959). That’s a massive $360 discount and the…
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Hinge users can send voice messages and add audio notes to profiles
Hinge is the latest dating app that's making a push into audio. Starting today, users can attach voice clips to profiles, in what's said to be a first for a major dating app. You can also send audio notes to your matches. You can add an audio clip to your…
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Adobe has built a deepfake tool, but it doesn’t know what to do with it
Deepfakes have made a huge impact on the world of image, audio, and video editing, so why isn’t Adobe, corporate behemoth of the content world, getting more involved? Well, the short answer is that it is — but slowly and carefully. At the company’s annual Max conference today, it unveiled…
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Alienware’s redesigned Aurora gaming desktop is now available
Alienware didn't wait long to release its redesigned Aurora gaming desktop. The Dell brand has released both the Intel-powered Aurora R13 (above) and AMD-based Aurora Ryzen Edition R14 with their expected chassis redesign and, for the R13, a processor upgrade. The Intel machine now uses 12th-generation Core (aka Alder Lake)…
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