Ford will unveil its first mass-market electric vehicle — a Mustang-inspired electric SUV codenamed “Mach 1” that was first teased in January 2018 — on November 17th, the company announced on Thursday. The century-old automaker has been relatively tight-lipped about what to expect from the electric SUV, aside from saying that it will draw inspiration…
Apple CEO Tim Cook had some choice words when asked about Facebook’s controversial blockchain project Libra, with the chief executive openly characterizing the company’s plans to launch a cryptocurrency as a blatant power grab. Speaking with the French newspaper Les Echos, Cook shot down any notion that Apple might be considering launching a digital currency of its…
When Libra launched on June 18th, it seemed like an alarming new front in Facebook’s megalomaniacal expansion. Having captured billions of users and tens of billions of dollars in annual profits, the company would now be taking over currency itself. The company’s head of blockchain, David Marcus, laid out his plan for Libra in a…
Facebook began testing a new home for news in its mobile app called Facebook News. It will roll out to a few hundred thousand users in the United States and host reporting from big publishers, including The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and BuzzFeed. Facebook is paying some (but not all) participating publishers for their work, offering a welcome…
The iPhone 11 is something of a surprise – it brings more advanced technology (namely in the camera capabilities and the processing power under the hood) and yet offers it for less than the iPhone XR cost in 2018. It combines a large 6.1-inch display with a premium-feeling body and comes in an array of…
You can stop Facebook Messenger from logging your calls and texts, but you can’t do so without also disabling contact syncing. Facebook admitted that its Android apps for Facebook Lite and Facebook Messenger uploaded a log of users’ call and text message histories to Facebook servers. The log updates happen if users grant the apps…
If you’ve been waiting for Facebook to finally deliver a dark mode in its Messenger app, the wait is over, because it’s finally here to stay. The world’s largest social network has turned on a secret dark mode in its Facebook Messenger app that isn’t so simple to find. In fact, it’ll take some…
Apple’s iOS 13 update introduced plenty of long-awaited features, but along with Dark Mode and other improvements. And probably such came with the inevitable iOS 13 problems, bugs, and other issues that spring up alongside big software changes. Some of these are iOS 13 bugs that are majorly annoying, while others seriously interrupt features or even parts…
I know you might be asking the advantages of running apps like Instagram in dark mode. Well, let me make a list but a few… It can help conserve power (as Google has discovered), it’s easier on the eyes at night, and perhaps most importantly, it just looks cool. Developers have been scrambling to update…
Your phone is your communication hub, but we spend a lot of time on our computers. Wouldn’t it be great if you could reply to that incoming text without having to pick up your phone and use a different device? Android Messages for web is one of a few great ways to make this happen!…