Tag: author_name|Mat Smith
The Morning After: Amazon’s plans for yet another sales event
Yes, Amazon’s Prime Day already happened in July, but the company’s members-only sales events are apparently not done. Amazon now plans to hold Prime Big Deal Days, another Prime Day of sorts, on October 10 and 11, something it did the same month last year. Prime Day is two days…
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The Morning After: Apple preps software update to address iPhone 12 radiation concerns
Apple is prepping a software update for the three-year-old iPhone 12s after French regulators alleged the phone exceeds proper radiation levels. France stopped selling the smartphone after recommendations from the country’s radiation watchdog (ANFR). The software update won’t adjust radiation levels but will “accommodate the protocol used by French regulators.”…
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The Morning After: Nintendo’s Direct showcase marks the return of a classic
This week, Nintendo's Direct livestream showcased a bunch of new games for the Switch, and an awful lot of them featured the company mascot (and movie star) Mario, if not his brother Luigi,Princess Peach and moreDonkey Kong. And this is all on top of the incomingSuper Mario Wonder. To start,…
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The Morning After: Everything announced at Apple’s iPhone 15 event
Farewell Lightning cable. I will miss you when I inevitably get rid of all my cables, only to forget my MacBook wireless keyboard and trackpad still need you. Yes, the iPhone is going USB-C for 2023. That’s true across the iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone…
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The Morning After: AI-generated Drake and The Weeknd track won’t be winning a Grammy
Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. is setting the record straight. After Variety reported earlier this week that an AI-generated track echoing the voices of Drake and The Weeknd could be considered for a Grammy Award in songwriting categories, Mason is insisting that’s not the case. In an interview with…
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The Morning After: Nintendo is reportedly showing off Switch sequel console to developers
There’s no denying Nintendo’s Switch, at 6.5 years, is reaching the end. Nintendo is (finally) gearing up for what’s next and was reportedly showing tech demos of its next-gen system to developers at Gamescom last month. According to Eurogamer, one of the Switch 2 demos was a beefed-up version of…
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