Say ‘yes’ to hear more content Pandora wants you to talk to its ads. The company is expanding on its voice control features today with a beta launch of voice-activated ads, after initially testing the feature last year. Only listeners who already hear ads will be offered the voice-activated ones, which ask the listener to agree … Continue reading Pandora wants you to talk to its ads Continue Reading
The question is whether those numbers were hurt by ongoing Roku and Amazon deals HBO Max has signed up more just over four million customers since it launched in May, AT&T announced today. The company did not immediately disclose the figures in its initial earnings report, but AT&T CEO John Stankey told analysts on the company’s … Continue reading HBO Max has more than 4 million subscribers, AT&T says Continue Reading
Samsung will be the first to feature the new glass https://youtu.be/5hn5E5XRPW8 Your next Samsung Galaxy or iPhone may soon include the toughest gadget glass Corning has ever created. Today, the company’s announcing Gorilla Glass Victus — a glass that can not only resist a six-foot drop, but also the first in six years to meaningfully … Continue reading Corning’s new Gorilla Glass Victus could let your phone survive a six-foot drop, plus scratch resistance Continue Reading
Slack is about to face even greater competition Slack surprised Microsoft with a competition complaint in Europe yesterday. After arguing for months that Microsoft Teams isn’t a true competitor to Slack and is more akin to Zoom, Slack finally admitted what was clear all along: Microsoft Teams is a competitor, and Slack is finding it hard to compete with Microsoft. … Continue reading THE BIG WINNER IN SLACK’S MICROSOFT FIGHT COULD BE GOOGLE Continue Reading
You can save hundreds on even the higher-end configurations. You can upgrade your laptop to one of Microsoft’s own for much less now that one of the company’s newest notebooks is discounted. The 13-inch Surface Laptop 3 is on sale starting at $800 at Best Buy and Microsoft’s own site. That’s the price for the base model and … Continue reading Microsoft’s Surface Laptop 3 is on sale starting at $800 right now Continue Reading
It’s compatible with most ROG Phone II accessories. COVID-19 may have canceled Computex this year, but there’s no stopping ASUS from delivering its annual upgrade to mobile gamers. Following the accessory-laden ROG Phone II, today the Taiwanese giant finally unveiled its first 5G phone, the ROG Phone 3, which is also one of the first devices … Continue reading ASUS ROG Phone 3 preview: An upgraded gaming phone that feels familiar Continue Reading
It’ll have an English voice dub, and there’s a PS5 version is in the works. Sega has revealed it’ll release Yakuza: Like A Dragon, the next entry in the long-running franchise, in the West this November. According to a Microsoft Store pre-order page, it’ll be out on November 12th. Yakuza: Like A Dragon is coming to Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and … Continue reading ‘Yakuza: Like A Dragon’ will be released this November Continue Reading
For beginners, it’s also incredibly forgiving. With the launch of the ZV-1, Sony decided that vlogging is big enough to warrant a camera specifically for it. You can shoot photos with it, of course, but it’s not designed for that at all. Rather every feature is made for folks who mostly shoot video of… themselves. It’s … Continue reading Sony ZV-1 review: A powerful, portable vlogging camera Continue Reading
The 17-inch XPS makes a glorious return. It’s crazy how much laptops have evolved since Dell’s last XPS 17 a decade ago. They’re thinner and lighter, of course, but they can now offer the versatility and performance you’d expect from a desktop. So what better time for Dell to go big again. The new XPS 17 delivers … Continue reading Dell XPS 17 review (2020): So. Much. Screen. Continue Reading
You can ask Alexa to start your TikTok recording. In the near future, you’ll be able to launch and navigate Android and iOS apps using Alexa voice commands. Today, Amazon released a bunch of new developer tools. The most interesting might be Alexa for Apps, which allows developers to add Alexa functions to their Android and iOS … Continue reading Alexa will soon be able to launch and control iOS and Android apps Continue Reading