Month: June 2022

This Designer Guitar Is Made From a Bent Sheet of Steel

Meet the Cosmo, an all-metal electric ax with pickups that can be repositioned to create custom sounds. Source

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YouTubers’ PS5 Slim crams console into tiny shell but there’s a huge catch

Audio player loading… The PS5 is undoubtedly one of Sony’s largest ever consoles, so it’s little surprise to see one YouTuber taking his own steps to create a slim model.  While we’re waiting for official news on a PS5 Slim, YouTuber Matthew ‘DIY Perks’ Perks has taken up the challenge.…

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Canceled: Netflix loses yet another iconic sci-fi series

Audio player loading… Snowpiercer will end after the conclusion of its fourth season, it was confirmed over the weekend.  The show was produced by US network TNT, but shown internationally on Netflix in every territory apart from the US and China.  Snowpiercer is based on Parasite director Bong Joon-ho’s 2013…

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Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 and Fold 3 update finally brings a key feature

Audio player loading… The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 and the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 both have an eSIM (embedded-SIM), yet in the US they so far haven’t been able to make use of it. That’s changing now, though. In a new software update, eSIM support is being added,…

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Telegram’s Premium subscription is here and it costs $4.99 / month

After announcing Telegram Premium earlier this month, the messaging app has finally rolled out the paid tier, which gives users access to extra features for $4.99 / month (via TechCrunch). All the features are outlined in a post on Telegram’s blog, with some of its bigger draws including faster downloads…

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TikTok and Oracle teamed up after all, but concerns about data privacy remain

On Friday, TikTok announced that it had started routing American users’ data to US-based servers owned by Oracle. But a timely report from BuzzFeed News calls into question what TikTok’s promise really delivers, claiming TikTok employees based in China have “repeatedly” accessed US users’ data over the course of at…

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