Month: March 2023
Twitter’s timeline just isn’t loading right now
Twitter was having difficulties this morning, with users reporting that the site’s timelines were inaccessible. After hours of intermittent service, they seem to have been fixed. The problems were limited in scope: the site itself was still accessible and users were able to tweet, but the “Following” and “For You”…
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Google Chrome won’t drain your Macbook battery as much anymore
Audio player loading… Up until now, MacBook users seeking the ultimate browser for top battery life have often used Safari, Apple’s own offering, which has been optimized specifically to work in harmony with the company’s other hardware and software. However this could all be about to change, with the latest…
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The next big Olympics esports competition will feature chess and Just Dance
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is taking its next steps into esports competitions, and it’s adding chess and Just Dance to the mix. In June, the IOC will host Olympic Esports Week, which expands upon the Olympic Virtual Series it put on in 2021 with some new events. Like the…
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Why Qualcomm taking away your SIM card might be a bad idea
Audio player loading… Qualcomm revealed this week during MWC 2023 that it will be adding the “world’s first commercially deployable iSIM” (Integrated SIM) to its Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform. In other words, Android phones with this chipset will be ditching swappable SIM cards, opting for a hardware solution…
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This smart Casio G-Shock is the Garmin beater I’ve been waiting for
Audio player loading… The Casio G-Shock G-SQUAD line of watches are sports watches at their heart, equipped with simple, effective training tools. Last year’s revamp of the line offered step counts and running pace tracking, calories burned, and a dedicated stopwatch for interval workouts. Sometimes it’s more useful to pare…
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This is Meta’s AR/VR hardware roadmap for the next four years
Meta plans to release its first pair of smart glasses with a display in 2025 alongside a neural interface smartwatch designed to control them, The Verge has learned. Meanwhile, its first pair of full-fledged AR glasses, which CEO Mark Zuckerberg has predicted will eventually be as widely used as mobile…
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