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WhatsApp may inevitably have an AI chatbot en route, but a feature we're actually more interested in has just popped up in the beta version of its Android app – a newsletter tool. The incoming feature, currently called Newsletters, was spotted by WABetaInfo in WhatsApp's latest Android beta (version 2.23.5.8, to be precise) and suggests the […]

We encountered a lot of weird and wonderful tech at Mobile World Congress, currently coming to a close in Barcelona, but as concept smartphones go, Motorola had perhaps one of the most head-turning offerings on the show floor, with its first rollable concept. Unveiled alongside a rollable laptop concept from parent company Lenovo – which […]

Users of one of the best VPN services on the market now have a more flexible way to bypass censorship and secure their browsing activities.  The Swiss-based Proton VPN has just launched a new browser extension to meet the pressing needs of its community.  A standalone VPN platform means that people don't need to download […]

Despite being one of the oldest tricks in the book, email attacks still remain one of the most popular, and most efficient forms of cybercrime, new research has claimed. The latest edition of the annual “State of the Phish” report from Proofpoint also found that following close on the heels of these attacks is ransomware, […]

If you're worried about how The Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League's performance on Xbox Series X and PS5 then you can be reassured by the framerate targets on the consoles. That's because the game is slated to target 60fps to keep the intense action smooth.  While we don't yet know if The Suicide Squad: […]

Intel has released a Quantum Software Development Kit (SDK) that allows developers to emulate a quantum computer on standard computing hardware.  Given the expense and sparsity of the real thing, Intel's SDK looks to give developers the chance to experiment with writing software in a quantum environment that can be simulated on normal computers.  Anne […]

Stranger Things has been a simple TV show to follow – and I don't mean that in a condescending way. There are many reasons behind the Netflix series' worldwide success, but a large part of what has made it so appealing is its self-contained story. Until recently, Stranger Things has consisted of a single TV […]

The PlayStation Store’s Mega March sale has arrived, offering limited time discounts across an impressively wide range of titles.  FIFA 23, The Callisto Protocol, Dying Light 2 Stay Human, and Death Stranding Director’s Cut are among the titles on offer, with all genres meaning there's something here for everyone.  Some of the best FPS games […]

A report from the UK government’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has concluded that the Nintendo Switch is not “technically capable” of running Call of Duty.  The CMA claimed that the Nintendo Switch cannot run Call of Duty “with a similar quality of gameplay as Xbox or PlayStation” in a recent report aiming to assess […]

Qualcomm revealed this week during MWC 2023 that it will be adding the “world’s first commercially deployable iSIM” (Integrated SIM) to its Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform. In other words, Android phones with this chipset will be ditching swappable SIM cards, opting for a hardware solution instead. Qualcomm accomplished this thanks to some help […]