Technology

YouTube’s mobile app is getting a dark mode. The company announced this morning its dark theme, first introduced on its desktop site last year, is launching today on the YouTube iOS app and arriving soon after on Android. With the setting enabled, YouTube’s background turns from white to black throughout …

With TV programming now spread out across a variety of services beyond traditional network TV, it can be hard to know what to watch next and what’s popular, given how much great content there is to choose from. An app called TV Time is helping with that, by allowing TV fans …

If you’ve purchased a smartphone in the last several years, it’s most likely encrypted by default to protect your data. Canada-based Phantom Secure went a step further with its customized, ultra-secure Blackberry and Samsung smartphones. Now, the company’s CEO Vincent Ramos is behind bars, accused of facilitating criminal activity by …

Intel has released a new set of updates for the Meltdown and Spectre bugs that we first learned about in early January. It’s critically important to patch and update systems to avoid exposure to these flaws. Intel’s strategy has been to fix its newest systems first, followed by the earlier …

Over the past few months we’ve been examining various aspects of the GPU market, and how gamers waiting for prices to calm down can take various steps to improve their situation by optimizing games or considering a new AMD APU as an entry-level solution. We’ve also discussed how the inflation …

Many computer enthusiasts care about performance, but some also care about more mundane matters like noise and, well, the size of the heating bill. Now French startup Qarnot thinks it can sell its combination heater/cryptocurrency miner to enthusiasts who want to heat their homes and make money doing it. In …

LinkedIn used to have its own business card scanning app, CardMunch, which served a useful purpose in a world where paper cards simply refuse to die. But that app was shut down back in 2014, with LinkedIn suggesting users move to Evernote instead. Today, Microsoft is bringing back business card …

Your smartphone already has a wide array of sensors inside, but it can’t measure your blood pressure — at least not yet. Researchers from Michigan State University have developed a prototype device that measures blood pressure via your smartphone. You’re probably holding the phone for a few hours per day, …

The TV market is heating up again as manufacturers jockey for position, hunting for the features that will spur customers to upgrade. OLEDs, quantum dot LCDs, 4K, and HDR are just a few of the new capabilities we’ve seen debut in the past few years, and Samsung thinks it’s hit …

Today, Intel is launching its first Optane SSDs for the mainstream consumer market after introducing higher-end solutions over the past few years. It’s been nearly three years since Intel and Micron first announced 3D XPoint (pronounced “cross point”) memory, and the rollout to customers hasn’t set the world on fire, …