A few weeks ago, I was eating lunch with a friend and his friend who is from Vancouver. After eating a rather large bowl of pho, I came to the sudden realization of my friend's friend -- who is a young Caucasian guy -- and his rather excellent chopstick skills. "You do not understand," he explained. "I am from Vancouver. Everyone from Vancouver knows how to use chopsticks. You get laughed at and get called a white boy if you asked for forks and...
Apple has yet again released a new series of iPhones, eagerly awaited by many. I was excited for what Apple was going to reveal next, especially just from a curiosity standpoint. I owned an iPhone for two years back in high school, and since switching to an Android device, I have never looked back. However, it is still cool to see the new products released by Apple and if they will innovate in some new and interesting way. I know many people did...
From ASUS Press Release: ASUS today announced Republic of Gamers (ROG) Strix, ASUS Dual and ASUS Turbo graphics cards that are based on the new NVIDIA GeForce® RTX 2070, which features support for high-speed GDDR6 memory and VirtualLink technology that enables quick, single-cable connections for...
From The Verge: Samsung’s latest Note 9 update lets you active Bixby with a double tap of its dedicated button, reports Android Authority. Previously, you could only activate the divisive voice assistant with a single tap, which could lead to it being accidentally activated, especially when Samsung...
From PC Mag: Amazon today refreshed its lineup of Echo devices in a big way, announcing next-generation Echo Dot, Echo Plus, and Echo Show smart speakers, plus some brand-new products like the Echo Sub, Echo Input, Echo Link—even an Echo Clock for your wall and Echo Auto for your car.
The next...
From CNET: Twitch can't get past the Great Firewall of China.
The streaming service, mostly watched for eSports and gamers, has been blocked in China, a Twitch spokesman said in an email on Friday morning. Twitch declined to provide further comment.
Twitch's app disappeared from the App Store in...
From Fractal Design Press Release: Today, Fractal Design expand on the Dynamic X2 and Venturi fan series with new options giving users greater choice than ever before. Adding to the Dynamic X2, users will now have the option to purchase 120mm and 140mm variants of the fan with PWM support while an...
From The Verge: Remember when Amazon held a “surprise” event last September and introduced a bunch of new Echo devices? Well, it’s doing it again this year in what looks to become an annual hardware event. The announcements will kick off today at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET, and while the company says it won...
From PC Mag: For gamers in the US and across Europe, the PS Vita disappeared from store shelves a long time ago. But in Japan, Sony's handheld continues to be produced and sold, but that's set to come to an end next year according to Sony.
As Engadget reports, at the 2018 Tokyo Game Show Sony...
From CNET: Samsung's first triple-camera phone is ready for its close-up, err ultra-wide angle.
The Korean electronics giant late Wednesday unveiled its latest Galaxy A7, a midrange smartphone with a rear triple camera that features a trio of settings, one of which is an 8-megapixel 120-degree...
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