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The iPhone 14 may have pioneered the idea of the satellite-connected smartphone, but now the first Android phone has launched with the feature – and it's already more powerful than Apple's Emergency SOS. Just to rub it in, Motorola has also launched a Bluetooth add-on that brings satellite messaging to both Android and iOS devices.  The […]

Xbox FPS Boost allows select backward-compatible Xbox games to run at double or even quadruple the original framerate without any developer input, so the games you remember running at 30fps can now hit the heady heights of 60fps or even 120fps to make for an even better experience. This feature is only available on Xbox […]

A fierce debate is raging online about whether Cocaine Bear should be considered a good movie or not. We're only two months into 2023 but, after the unprecedented success of M3GAN – thanks in part to the horror movie going viral online pre-release – another new horror movie in Cocaine Bear is cooking up a […]

Signal, one of the best encrypted messaging apps around, would leave the UK if a proposed new security Bill becomes law.  In its current form, the UK government's Online Safety Bill would undermine encryption by allowing authorities to check private messages in an effort to halt terrorists and pedophiles online.  Signal said it would rather […]

Google has announced several small but welcome changes to how file management works in Google Drive. Within the next few weeks, a new toolbar for multi-selecting files will make it clearer and easier to make bulk changes will start to appear in the cloud backup application, while new “search chips” will find files fast by […]

New research by Zscaler Threatlabz has found many businesses haven’t set up their cloud technologies correctly, potentially exposing themselves to some serious vulnerabilities and risk of cyberattacks. The research analyzed more than 260 billion daily transactions globally across Zscaler’s platform, which uncovered some pretty disconcerting results. Among the key findings were misconfigurations that had put […]

Mortal Kombat 12 has been confirmed to be in development and is slated for a 2023 release date after being announced… in an investors’ call.   Few things are quite as thrilling as a fierce and bloody battle to the death, which has been the series’ strongest suit for over 30 years now. It seems […]

The final weekend of February 2023 is upon us – and there's a veritable bounty of new movies and TV shows to subsequently check out. As is customary around these parts, we've rounded up seven of the most intriguing and (potentially) entertaining series and films for the weekend. Unsurprisingly, Netflix dominates this week's list, but […]

Adobe’s $20 billion deal to acquire Figma could be about to hit another roadblock, with whispers of a legal challenge from the US Department of Justice (DoJ).  Insiders close to proceedings told Bloomberg News the DoJ is preparing an antitrust lawsuit for the coming months. Under condition of anonymity, a second mole confessed that the […]

With the worldwide cost of living crisis continuing to bite, and the streaming wars showing no sign of abating, Netflix has moved to lower its pricing in over 30 separate countries, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. The discounts have been rolled out this week in primarily lower-income regions in Asia, Europe, Latin America, sub-Saharan […]