WhatsApp has been stewing in a pot of bad PR for the past few years but it seems that things have been heating up more recently. Despite that, the messaging service still enjoys millions of users that seem to be more at risk each day as new vulnerabilities and even corporate policies keep popping up. The latest may be one of the most worrisome because it could cause any user to lose access to their account forever even with all the security measures properly in place. Because tricking users into handing over the keys to their accounts has become almost…
Author: Miley Selena
Mophie has added four new portable batteries to its Powerstation range, but while they’ll happily charge your phone, the ruggedized line-up is also intended to jump start your car or truck too. Dubbed the Powerstation Go Rugged series, each has the USB ports you’d expect to see, but can also deliver up to 12V / 600 Amps for when your car battery has gone flat. Mophie Powerstation Go Rugged Compact Most affordable of the four, the Powerstation Go Rugged Compact is also sized to slot into a glovebox. It has an 8,100 mAh battery inside, charged by a USB-C 5V/2A…
Wyze has revealed its latest product, and the company continues its spread through the smart home with the new Wyze Floor Lamp. Up for pre-order now, the new lamp comes what a Bluetooth remote control to adjust brightness though, Wyze promises, after a few uses you won’t need to do that manually. Instead, the Floor Lamp is designed to learn your preferred brightness level. That way, when you turn it on – after a few training cycles – it should automatically select the brightness it expects you to want. It features Samsung 1400lx LEDs with 4000K cool white color temperature,…
Dell’s XPS 13 is adding an OLED option, promising richer colors and better contrast for buyers of the ultraportable notebook. The latest iteration of the XPS 13 runs Intel 11th generation Core processors and comes, as standard, with a 13.4-inch InfinityEdge LCD touchscreen, but now that can be swapped out for a new OLED panel. It brings the total number of panel options to four, in fact. Dell offers a 13.4-inch Full HD+ InfinityEdge non-touch display, and a version with touch support; both deliver 500 nits of brightness and a 1,800:1 contrast ratio. There’s also a 13.4-inch 4K Ultra HD+…
Roku OS 10 is coming, and it promises to be a big deal when it comes to finding, navigating, and playing content whether you’ve got a Roku TV or a set-top box. It’s a timely update, too: Roku says viewing hours are soaring year-on-year, as we spend more time at home and a greater percentage of that time in front of the TV. That means we often need some help figuring out what to watch. It’ll now be possible to customer the Live TV Channel Guide, for example, so that individual channels you don’t ever watch can be hidden from…
Microsoft doesn’t just have Surface Laptop 4 to announce today, but a range of new headsets, speakers, and even a standalone webcam for those needing to upgrade their home office. The new accessory lineup is particularly created with Microsoft Teams – the company’s own communications platform – in mind. Microsoft Modern USB and Wireless Headsets Designed – and indeed certified – to work with Microsoft Teams, the new Microsoft Modern headsets even have a dedicated Teams button to join meetings or answer calls. There’s also a physical mute button, and a dedicated LED to show when mute is enabled. The…
Roku is launching a new set-top box, with the Roku Express 4K+ delivering 4K video with HDR10+ support at under forty bucks. Intended to replace the Roku Premiere, the new Express 4K+ sticks with the compact form factor of the Express but upgrades what’s inside. So, there’s a more powerful processor, and more storage, for a swifter UI and less wait time for channels to load. The Roku Express 4K+ will run Roku OS 10 out of the box. You get dual-band WiFi, too, along with 3rd-party microUSB ethernet support. There’s 4K and both HDR10 and HDR10+ support – the…
Spotify has revealed its first hardware device, with Spotify Car Thing bringing a dedicated music display with voice control to the dashboard. Designed as a limited release, and part of the streaming music company’s “exploration” of potential produce ideas, Car Thing has a touchscreen and a big scroll wheel for navigating through your favorite playlists and albums. In-car access to Spotify has been getting increasingly more straightforward over the years. Apple CarPlay and Android Auto both offer a Spotify app with a custom UI for easier use while still focusing on driving, and a number of vehicles have native Spotify…
Microsoft teased us with new Surface news, and now we know just what that is: the new Surface Laptop 4, delivering a choice of two screen sizes and both AMD and Intel processors. Successor to last year’s Surface Laptop 3, the new notebook sticks with the styling – including four different finishes of metal and Alcantara – but drops in 11th Gen Intel Core or exclusive AMD Ryzen Microsoft Surface Edition processors based on Zen 2 architecture. For those who want maximum portability, there’s a 13.5-inch screen option. As you’d expect from something in the Surface family, it’s a 3:2…
Google Lens has long been a handy tool that demonstrates the strength of Google’s various computer vision and AI capabilities. It has, however, mostly been limited to its smartphone incarnation where it admittedly has the most opportunities to be used. Google Lens, however, also has some features that can be useful even when not used in real-time, like when looking at images already stored on your computer. Thankfully, Google is slowly bringing those features to the desktop via Google Photos on a desktop web browser. The basic way that Google Lens works is that it analyzes an image, usually from…