YouTube iOS App Gets Subscription Topic Filters

From PC Mag: If you mainly watch videos using an iOS device, YouTube is making it easier to filter through the abundance of content uploaded to your favorite channels.

As the support page explains, YouTube is introducing "topics" in the Subscriptions feed. The idea here is to allow you to tap one...

Google now treats iPhones as physical security keys

From The Verge: The latest update to Google’s Smart Lock app on iOS means you can now use your iPhone as a physical 2FA security key for logging into Google’s first-party services in Chrome. Once it’s set up, attempting to log in to a Google service on, say, a laptop, will generate a push...

Sony to skip E3 2020, says 'vision' of the show isn't right

From CNET: E3 is the world's biggest gaming convention, but for the second year in a row it won't feature a presence from PlayStation. Sony told GamesIndustry.biz that it won't be at E3 in June, which follows its absence at 2019's show. The gaming giant confirmed its absence in a statement to CNET...

Google Search Results Redesign Lands on Desktops

From PC Mag: In May last year, Google launched a new search results design for mobile devices. Now that same redesign is being rolled out for desktop users this week.

Google confirmed the new design was imminent on desktop via its Google SearchLiaison Twitter account. The tweet included a mockup of...

The PC market just had its first year of growth since 2011

From The Verge: The worldwide PC market just grew consistently for the first time in eight years, according to market research firms IDC and Gartner. IDC reckons worldwide PC shipments grew by 2.7 percent to 266.7 million devices globally, while Gartner has it pegged at 0.6 percent to 261.2 million...

OnePlus 8 Will Have 'the Best Smartphone Display in 2020'

From PC Mag: Chinese smartphone company OnePlus has confirmed that its next flagship smartphone will step up its refresh rate from 90Hz (found on the OnePlus 7 Pro and OnePlus 7T) to 120Hz, rivalling phones like the Asus ROG Phone 2 and potentially the Samsung Galaxy S11.

In a post on social media...

Leaked photos appear to confirm Galaxy S20 name for new Samsung phone

From CNET: We're less than a month from the next Samsung reveal, and it appears that at least one of the new handsets will be called the Galaxy S20, apparently leaping a full 10 numbers from the current flagship phone, the Galaxy S10.

XDA Developers published images on Sunday of a handset labeled...

Cherry goes downmarket with its new Viola mechanical keyboard switches

From TechCrunch: Cherry has long been the de facto standard for mechanical keyboard switches. Since mechanical keyboards are, almost by default, significantly more expensive than membrane or dome-switch keyboards, that has kept the company out of a large part of the market. Now, on the last day of...

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