If you are looking to pick up affordable Chromebooks as holiday gifts, Google has an interesting offer for you! The company is giving Chromebook buyers three months of Disney+ for free with the purchase of new devices. As part of the deal, new subscribers can get […]
Sony Versus Canon: How Does the Sony 85mm f/1.4 Compare to the Canon RF 85mm f/1.2?
Photographer Manny Ortiz has been pretty impressed when testing the Canon EOS R, especially in light of the recent firmware upgrades to the eye autofocus. In this short video, he puts two premium prime lenses under the microscope, pitting Sony’s 85mm f/1.4 lens attached to his Sony a7 III in direct competition […]
Android Developers Blog: Spotlight Week: Design and Develop Widgets
Posted by Ash Nohe and Summers Pitman – Developer Relations Engineers We’re kicking off the next edition in our Spotlight Week series! This week, we’ll be diving deep into how to create high-quality widgets that boost user engagement and improve discoverability. We’ve heard your feedback: you want your widgets to […]
Facebook Has Refused Government Requests For Backdoor Into Encrypted Chats
Facebook has been fighting with the U.S. government and the governments of other countries over end-to-end encryption plans that would block anyone, Facebook included, out of chat conversations on Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook Messenger. The Federal government doesn’t like that as it says that encrypting everything gives abusers a place […]
Fstoppers Reviews the 5TB Seagate Backup Plus Portable: An Affordable Drive with One Caveat
Seagate released the 5TB version of the Backup Plus Portable series. Available for $100, this hard drive represents a great value for backup and cold storage application. However, the SMR technology comes with one disadvantage. Bundle and Design The Seagate 5TB Backup Plus is a standard 2.5” spinning hard drive […]
GitHub: All open-source developers anywhere are welcome
At Open Source Summit Europe in France, GitHub COO Erica Brescia said: “99% of software projects are built on open source.” With 96-million open-source projects from across the world living on the service, GitHub should know. Brescia added: “In these increasingly difficult geopolitical times. . . […]
Fireside Interview on 5G with Cristano Amon and Alex Katouzian, Qualcomm
A little while back, ahead of Qualcomm’s upcoming Tech Summit, we spoke to President of Qualcomm Cristano Amon and SVP/GM of Qualcomm’s Mobile Technologies Alex Katouzian. Qualcomm’s march in the high-end smartphone space during 2019 has been impressive, capturing all the flagship devices from companies that don’t build their own […]
Announcing the Open Sourcing of Windows Calculator
Today, we’re excited to announce that we are open sourcing Windows Calculator on GitHub under the MIT License. This includes the source code, build system, unit tests, and product roadmap. Our goal is to build an even better user experience in partnership with the community. We are encouraging your fresh […]