Technology

(Photo: Adrian Sulyok/Unsplash)In an alarming yet not-entirely-shocking turn of events, Amazon is working on a new internal messaging tool that will prohibit employees from talking about their working conditions or unionization.  The app in development will block and flag all messages relating to such subjects, according to internal company documents …

Most digital objects are designed from the ground up in a modeling program, but 3D scanning is increasingly viable. In fact, you might have all the technology you need riding around in your pocket. A new smartphone app from Epic Games called RealityScan could eventually digitize your real life stuff, …

Google’s tenth Pixel feature drop is launching today with several new updates, including a feature that lets you type to talk during phone calls. The updates are rolling out to Pixel 3a through Pixel 5a 5G devices today, while Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro devices will begin receiving the …

Android tablets have existed in some form for as long as Android itself has existed, but Google has spent large swaths of time pretending they don’t. After ignoring tablets for the last few years, Google cares again. Today, it has announced the launch of Android 12L, a mid-stream update to …

Samsung’s latest flagship phones are fast, but they might not be as fast as they could be. Last week, owners of the new Galaxy S22 discovered that Samsung was throttling performance across almost all apps, with the notable and misleading exception of benchmarking apps, which showed the full speed of …

For years now Apple fans have been begging the company to add touchscreen functionality to its MacBook computers, and yet the company has resisted the impulse to match its Windows-based counterparts. Instead, Apple has focused on delivering a touch-based experience on its iPad lineup. Now however, the company looks to …

Oppo is one of the largest smartphone makers in the world, but you’d never know it if you buy all your phones in the US. Oppo is part of the Chinese megacorporation BBK Electronics, which also runs Vivo, Realme, and OnePlus among others. Smartphones in this family are about to …

(Photo: USPTO)A recent patent filing by Apple suggests the company is working on some kind of full-blown Mac computer that could be tucked inside one of its Magic keyboards. The design could allow a person to simply unplug the keyboard from an external display, stuff it in their rucksack, and …

According to sources involved with Apple’s supply chain, the company plans to launch its rumored mixed reality headset later this year. This flies in the face of earlier reports that the headset had been delayed until next year due to a variety of issues Apple was struggling with. This would …

There aren’t a ton of great ways to run Android apps on Windows, but there are several official methods on the horizon. Microsoft announced last year that Android apps would run on Windows 11 thanks to a partnership with Amazon. Windows 11 is widely available now, but the Android functionality …