Samsung Unveils 20 Percent Faster Exynos 990 Mobile Chip

From PC Mag: f you've decided to give the Galaxy S10 a miss and wait for the inevitable Galaxy S11, we have some good news! Samsung just announced the mobile chip it will most likely use in its next flagship phone and it's 20 percent faster.

At the Samsung Tech Day 2019, the company unveiled two...

Amazon Fire TV gets Apple TV app as Apple TV Plus service nears

From CNET: Hey, Apple TV app, welcome to Amazon's Fire TV. Amazon announced that starting today, Apple's app is now available for download to Amazon Fire TV devices, namely the Fire TV streaming stick and Fire TV Stick 4K. Amazon says the app is coming soon to additional Fire TV devices, including...

Huawei’s folding Mate X ships next month for $2,400

From The Verge: Huawei’s much-delayed folding phone, the Mate X, is finally going on sale next month. The company announced the news at a launch event today attended and reported on by Sina Digital.

The Mate X is a 5G phone with Huawei’s Kirin 980 processor and Barong 5000 modem, and it has a dual...

Pixel 4 Turns Off 90Hz Refresh Below 75 Percent Brightness

From PC Mag: One of the new, desirable features of the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL is the inclusion of an OLED display with a 90Hz refresh rate, which promises a very smooth Android experience. However, it's been discovered the refresh reverts to just 60Hz when the screen brightness is lowered.

As...

Huawei says it shipped 200M phones quicker than it did in 2018

From CNET: Huawei is keen to remind the world that the US ban isn't holding it back. The controversial company shipped 200 million phones two months earlier than it did in 2018, it said Wednesday, the same day its Mate X foldable phone launched in China.

Its release puts this success down to the...

Google Duplex launches internationally with limited New Zealand pilot

From The Verge: Google is piloting its Duplex service outside of the US for the first time, with a new trial to confirm holiday opening hours in New Zealand. Starting this week, the company says its AI-powered voice assistant will be calling up a “small number of local businesses” to ask about their...

Netflix Looks at 'Consumer-Friendly Ways' to Limit Password Sharing

From PC Mag: Earlier this month, Netflix reported its third quarter results for 2019 and they make for positive reading. Revenue is up, income doubled, and millions more people subscribed to the service. However, Netflix is a rapidly maturing service and it will become increasingly challenging to...

Pokemon Go will let you battle other players online in 2020

From CNET: Pokemon Go was a global smash upon its 2016 release, and it has remained one of the top grossing games on iOS and Android ever since. The game's longevity is made more impressive when you consider that there's no online battle mode, since online battle modes are usually how companies keep...

HTC now has an entry-level blockchain phone

From The Verge: HTC has announced a new entry-level phone aimed at cryptocurrency users called the HTC Exodus 1S, a followup to the $699 Exodus 1 that was originally released last year. The Exodus 1S is a much cheaper device at €219 (around $244), and offers much less powerful hardware built around...

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