Huawei is adding two new Android tablets to its lineup. The Huawei MatePad 10.8 is a mid-range tablet with a starting price of $340, a 2560 x 1600 pixel display, and the same processor that powered last year’s Huawei Mate 30 smartphone, and the Huawei Enjoy Tablet 2 is a smaller, cheaper model with a 10.1 […]
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Daily Deals (7-30-2020)
The Epic Games Store is giving away three free PC games this week. Best Buy is offering a 3-month Tidal Premium music subscription for less than a buck. You can pick up a RAVPower 512GB portable SSD for $75. Or you can build your own with a $90 Wavlink Thunderbolt 3 to NVMe enclosure. Here […]
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Qualcomm and Xiaomi develop Game Turbo graphics tuner for smartphones
It looks like GPU tweaking software is coming to smartphones. Xiaomi and Qualcomm appear to have developed an app called Game Turbo which will let users adjust GPU settings to optimize for performance, picture quality, or frame rates, among other things. Neither company has made an official announcement yet, but Ice Universe has shared a few […]
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Linux PC maker System76 is designing a new customizable keyboard
System76 has been selling Linux laptop and desktop computers for years. But for most of that time the company has been buying OEM designs and slapping its own software on top. Recently System76 started designing and manufacturing its own desktop computers. And now the company is working on its own custom keyboards. The upcoming System76 […]
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Huawei shipped more smartphones in Q2 than any other company
Global smartphone shipments have been tanking this year as the world reacts to the global COVID-19 pandemic. And you’d think that Chinese phone maker Huawei would be in a particularly tough position, since the US government has blocked Google and other key hardware and software companies from working with Huawei. But that hasn’t stopped Huawei […]
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Lilbits: More Samsung leaks, BootHole GRUB2 bootloader vulnerability, and more
A new security vulnerability could leave many Linux and Windows computers using the GRUB2 bootloader open to attack. After acquiring the maker of the Focals smart glasses recently, Google is bricking users’s hardware and offering refunds with just a few days notice. And with Samsung’s August 5th event just a week away, details about the […]
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This $159 stick is a Windows 10 PC with an Intel quad-core processor
Chinese PC maker XCY specializes in small desktop computers, but the company’s latest model is its smallest yet. The new XCY Mini PC Stick is a 5.3″ x 1.8″ x 0.6″ stick with an HDMI connector on one end, allowing you to plug the stick directly into the video input on a TV or monitor, much […]
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How to disable Android auto app updates from the Google Play Store (for all apps or just some)
Automatic Android app updates are usually a good thing. Developers can make new features, bug fixes, or other changes available to users by uploading a new version of their app to the Google Play Store and most Android phones and tablets will download and install those updates automatically. But there are a few reasons you […]
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1 Comment on Firefox 79 for Android brings a major design overhaul (and limited support for extensions)
Firefox 79 for Android brings a major design overhaul (and limited support for extensions)
1 Comment on Firefox 79 for Android brings a major design overhaul (and limited support for extensions) Mozilla is rolling out a major update to its Firefox web browser for Android devices. In fact, Firefox 79 is the first stable release since Firefox 68 was released last summer, so it incorporates a year’s worth of updates. The user interface has been changed with a tabs tray on the bottom of the screen […]
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Daily Deals (7-29-2020)
CBS All Access offers a 30-day free trial for new subscribers. And while returning subscribers who have cancelled usually don’t qualify for this sort of deal, CBS is hoping to win back folks who may have unsubscribed after the last season of Star Trek: Discovery or Picard by offering 30 days free to folks who […]