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When Microsoft bought popular list app Wunderlist, there were fears that it would sunset the app and service just like it did with Sunrise Calendar. Microsoft didn’t leave these users hanging and did confirm the inevitable but not until it has made its own replacement is ready. That day may now be fast approaching as it announces that Microsoft To-Do … Continue reading

There is no shortage of malware around the world but the most vicious kind are the ones that hold people’s precious files for ransom. Even worse are the ransomware that demand payment from victims knowing fully well that there is actually no way to recover those files. One of the most recent and most egregious is the GrandCrab strain of … Continue reading

Once reluctant to dive into the mobile gaming market, Nintendo is now filling the market with small mini games for smartphones. Games with microtransactions, of course. The latest title to be added to Nintendo’s roster is a bit of a classic and one that might appeal more to kids. Dr. Mario World is launching next month and it’s now revealing … Continue reading

Google’s launch of Stadia was a big deal for the game streaming market. It put the focus back on the nascent technology and, in a way, confirmed that it was the direction that the big companies wanted to take gamers towards. But when Google launched the Stadia Founder’s Edition, it decided that you could only get the Stadia controller once … Continue reading

The Nintendo Switch would have been one of the most difficult to consoles to hack had it not been for a hardware exploit that not even Nintendo nor NVIDIA could patch via software. Thanks to that, the convertible handheld console has become the target of much alternative software, not least of which is a port of the still unreleased Android … Continue reading

Connected home appliances and smart devices are getting more and more common these days but not everyone may be confident in setting those up. Their added complexity means that you can no longer just plug an appliance or screw a bulb and just expect it to work. Sometimes, on-site, or in-home rather, installation and training are even needed to take … Continue reading

After years of requests from users, Apple is finally bringing picture-in-picture (PiP) support to the Apple TV. The feature wasn’t announced during the company’s WWDC keynote for unknown reasons, but has appeared in the latest tvOS 13 beta 2 release. With this new feature, users don’t have to choose between watching their current show or browsing the catalog for new … Continue reading

Yamaha has introduced two new home sound bars, the YAS-109 and YAS-209. Both models feature native Alexa voice control, enabling users to directly access Amazon’s voice assistant and its various control functions. In addition, both new models pack wireless connectivity, support for various music streaming services, a discreet design, and more. The big feature with Yahama’s new YAS- 209 and … Continue reading

Epic is constantly changing the Fortnite battle royale island, a decision mostly praised due to its ability to keep the game feeling fresh. These changes typically happen in stages, the first signs being some small change to a particular building or structure. Pleasant Park, the destination that has remained mostly unchanged throughout the game’s life, is now home to one … Continue reading

A new Porsche is invariably something special, and purists are likely to be mighty curious about the new 2020 718 Cayman GT4 and 718 Spyder. Arriving with the biggest horsepower numbers of any 718 series to-date, the coupe and convertible each use a new 4.0-liter flat-six engine. It’s naturally-aspirated, as you’d imaging, and not short on power or torque, either. … Continue reading

On Saturday, June 15, retailer Target experienced a register outage at its stores across the entire United States, leaving customers stranded with no way to pay for their items. The outage, by all accounts, happened at the same time at stores throughout the nation, causing confusion and, in some cases, forcing the stores to shut down entirely. Fortunately, the issue … Continue reading

It’s nearly time that the Pokemon Let’s GO Pikachu and Eevee systems lose contact with their little-known Pokemon GO bonus. With each purchase of the Eevee version of the game, users can attain a free Shiny Pikachu. With the Pikachu version of the game, users can attain a free Shiny Eevee. This is a time-restricted situation in the truest sense … Continue reading

The United States Air Force’s first flight test of the AGM-183A Air Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) was a success, officials have announced. The flight test was conducted with a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft at the Edwards Air Force Base on June 12; it involved a prototype version of the hypersonic weapon that featured only sensors. The B-52 carried the ARRW … Continue reading

Laptops made by Huawei were removed from the online Microsoft Store on May 21st, 2019, and they’re back. Now the lot has returned to the online store as if they’d never left, without explanation on the part of Microsoft or Huawei proper. The disappearing and return of these machines is quite likely due to the recent mess Huawei’s found itself … Continue reading

In recent years, Domino’s has seemed focused on changing the pizza delivery experience. Whether that was through creating apps that could handle placing orders through services like Slack or deploying AI that’s capable of checking the quality of cooked pizza, Domino’s has been dipping its hand into a lot of different honey pots in search of ways to perfect its … Continue reading

Rich communication services (RCS), the replacement for SMS and MMS, has been slow to arrive on Android phones, but that’s about to change. In light of the slow carrier response to the technology, Google is taking over RCS deployment on Android devices and will soon give users the option to opt into its own RCS Chat services. The default texting … Continue reading

Waymo has begun real-world testing of its newest autonomous fleet, with the first Jaguar I-PACE electric self-driving cars hitting the road in Mountain View, California. The Alphabet-owned Google spin-off inked a deal with Jaguar Land Rover back in March 2018, agreeing to put an astonishing 20,000 of the then-new I-PACE EVs into the driverless fleet over the next two years. … Continue reading

This week music track lyrics-centric company Genius showed the press how their data was published to Google without their consent over the past several years. To prove that their site was being scraped for data, Genius used specific formatting in lyric lines – commas, and the like, that wouldn’t normally be in a set of lyrics – and there they … Continue reading

Researchers have found that a compound created in the stomach after eating certain types of fruit and nuts has an anti-aging effect on humans. Called urolithin A, this compound is produced in the human gut from biomolecules called ellagitannins, which are found in pomegranates and other fruits and some nuts. There’s a catch, however: not everyone naturally produces the compound … Continue reading

Adobe is gearing up to launch a new painting and drawing app for iPad, and today the company is revealing a few more details about what we can expect. First and foremost, the app received an actual name today: Adobe Fresco. On top of that, Adobe also detailed some of Fresco’s features, such as the Live Brushes artists will be … Continue reading

The secrets of our Sun may be found much closer to home – in astronomical terms, anyway – as NASA researchers look to the Moon’s crust to answer core questions about our solar system. While Earth orbits in the so-called “habitable zone” around the Sun, the reason conditions for intelligent life arose here but not on other planets have long … Continue reading

With a social network as big as Instagram, users getting their accounts hacked and hijacked is a common problem. Instagram has rolled out some measures to keep accounts secure, but users are saying those aren’t enough, especially when it comes to reclaiming a hijacked account. Today, Instagram detailed some more security methods for user accounts – including a way for … Continue reading

So you’ve got a smartphone with a USB-C power cord that doesn’t seem to work as well as it did when it was new. You’ve tried different cords, you’ve tried different outlets, you’ve tried different chargers. You’ve even gone in to your mobile phone carrier to see what they could do, and they just said “shoot, I don’t know, maybe … Continue reading

Deze keer heeft onze autotester Rutger de nieuwe 911 in de test. Een sportwagen voor dagelijks gebruik. Hebben de ontwerpers met decennia lang hetzelfde idee dit keer iets bijzonders weten te maken?Klik op de kop om naar het artikel op Bright.nl te gaan

De Moft is een viltachtig sticker die je onder je laptop plakt zodat je laptop schuin omhoog kan hellen. Bram kocht er een via Kickstarter.Klik op de kop om naar het artikel op Bright.nl te gaan

If you won’t consider dropping off the kids at school without at least 1,000 horsepower under the hood of your SUV, or brave the local Target without military-grade electromagnetic pulse weapon protection, happily there’s finally the truck for you. Rezvani Motors has become a mainstay at auto shows with its outlandish and eye-catching Tank SUV, and now there’s a new … Continue reading

This week the folks at Samsung released a software update for the Samsung Galaxy Note 9. This update was just over 700MB in size and included Security Patch Level: June 1, 2019. In addition to the standard device stability improvements and bug fixes, Samsung delivered significantly improved camera performance, along with the first implementation of Night Mode. With this update, … Continue reading

Comcast today announced the roll out of new eye control remote that makes it easier for those with disabilities to change channels or set recordings using only their eye movement. Dubbed simply Xfinity X1 eye control, the system seems pretty straightforward, as it work with existing eye gaze systems and only requires pairing with your Xfinity account and set top … Continue reading

Add your smart TV to the list of things you need to run antivirus on, with Samsung surprising – and worrying – some of its owners with the advice that they should’ve been scanning their sets for malware. The unexpected guidance came courtesy of Samsung’s support account on Twitter, which warned that WiFi-connected TVs should be regularly checked for viruses … Continue reading

Apple heeft verscheidene vooraanstaande regisseurs benaderd voor het maken van films die een Oscar kunnen winnen.Klik op de kop om naar het artikel op Bright.nl te gaan

Two out of three of Apple’s 2020 iPhone range will support 5G, according to analyst predictions, though it may not be another few years before the Cupertino company really shakes up the high-speed smartphone space. While Apple is yet to announce its 2019 iPhone line-up, something expected to happen in a few months time, no small amount of attention is … Continue reading

Though it was obvious that Huawei’s blacklisting in the US would have a negative impact on it, thus far, the company hasn’t given us a clear idea of just how much of a setback it is. Today that all changed, with Huawei cutting revenue projections based on the hit it expects from the ban. In doing so, Huawei indicated that … Continue reading

NASA is set to put a mission into orbit in late June 2019 that will put an atomic clock into space. The clock is called the Deep Space Atomic Clock, and it will launch aboard the Orbital Test Bed satellite that will launch into space on the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. The Deep Space Atomic Clock will help usher in … Continue reading

Te koop: een gloednieuw vliegtuig. Van een oud mannetje geweest, altijd binnen gestaan en slechts één keer gebruikt.Klik op de kop om naar het artikel op Bright.nl te gaan

Koenigsegg announced in March at the Geneva Motor Show that it would be building 125 examples of the Jesko. The car is the highest production model that Koenigsegg has ever made, and despite being made in more numbers, the car has already sold out. For those wealthy enough to afford a Jesko who missed out on ordering, there is one … Continue reading

Top 12 gadgets uit Aldi, Lidl, Kruidvat en Action folder: week 25  WantJe verwacht het bijna niet, maar het is toch echt zo. Iedere week hebben Action, Lidl, Kruidvat en Aldi fantastische gadgets voor een lage prijs. Daarom.

Two of the important senses that humans rely on for exploring the world are sight and touch. Humans can combine the senses of sight and touch to know what object they are holding and seeing. Robots and AI systems are unable to do that. Researcher Yunzhu Li and his team from MIT are working on a system to help robots … Continue reading

Instagram test een nieuwe methode die het makkelijker moet maken om een gehackt account terug te krijgen.Klik op de kop om naar het artikel op Bright.nl te gaan

Samsung adviseert gebruikers van zijn qled-tv's elke paar weken op malware te scannen, om besmetting te voorkomen.Klik op de kop om naar het artikel op Bright.nl te gaan

Amazon is niet verantwoordelijk voor de wijze waarop klanten zijn gezichtsherkenningssoftware Rekognition gebruiken.Klik op de kop om naar het artikel op Bright.nl te gaan

The stylus is one of the understated input devices of modern times. Ridiculed by the late Steve Jobs, it has now become the star of Apple’s new iPad Pro vision. Still, there only so many things you could cram inside a small stick. Wacom put buttons, Apple places a touch sensor, and Samsung added a Bluetooth transmitter. Microsoft’s latest patent, … Continue reading

Google often extols how its ever-growing number of Search features make it easier for users to immediately see the answers they’re looking for. Business and site owners, however, are sometimes left shaking their heads every such new feature is announced. Some dread the loss of click-throughs to their sites. Others, like lyrics site Genius, are up in arms over how … Continue reading

Onderzoekers van Adobe en Berkeley hebben kunstmatige intelligentie (AI) ontwikkeld die kan herkennen dat gezichten op afbeeldingen zijn gemanipuleerd.Klik op de kop om naar het artikel op Bright.nl te gaan

De Amerikaanse ban begint Huawei steeds meer pijn te doen. Het Chinese techbedrijf verwacht dit jaar 40 tot 60 procent minder smartphones te verkopen, als gevolg van de Amerikaanse maatregelen. Oprichter Ren Zhengfei zegt dat zijn bedrijf de maatregelen heeft onderschat en waarschuwt dat die de omzetcijfers flink kunnen drukken.Klik op de kop om naar het artikel op Bright.nl te gaan

Genius, bekend van de website met toelichtingen op rap- en andere liedteksten, verwijt Google dat het lyrics van zijn site kopieert.Klik op de kop om naar het artikel op Bright.nl te gaan

Huawei has been painting itself as a victim of great injustice in the past weeks after it had been slammed by a US trade ban. Last week, however, it became the villain when its phones started serving ads on their lockscreens. At first Huawei’s US PR team denied any such activity. While it now owns up to the error, it … Continue reading

Most of the rhetoric in tech these days revolve around privacy, especially when it comes to smartphones and data on the cloud. Manufacturers and platform makers are, at least in public, committed to thwarting attempts to break into users’ phones but, almost ironically, one of the most persistent threats aren’t criminals. Governments are just as interested in breaking their way … Continue reading

Instapmodel gaming headset met 7.1 surround sound  Data NewsRazer lanceert een ultralichte gaming headset die 7.1 surround sound biedt en uitgerust is met een richtmicrofoon die omgevingsgeluid onderdrukt.

The Moto Z series was supposed to be Motorola’s flagship series, touting its best technologies and features. And yet not only did the Moto Z4 feel like a rehash of the practically deprecated Moto Mods system, it also sported mod-range specs. Those looking for Motorola’s best might have to turn to the upcoming Motorola One Strong that at least looks … Continue reading

When you hear “Android TV”, you might think smart TVs first and foremost or at least smart set-top boxes. The platform’s real hero device, however, is actually a years old gaming console. Despite its age, the NVIDIA SHIELD continues to make wonders in the market. However, it seems that NVIDIA itself has decided it’s time for an update but don’t … Continue reading