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2 people dead, 2 injured in Riviera Beach shooting

February 02, 2020

Saturday near the Victory City Church. The two victims who died were a 15-year-old boy and an adult male, according to the Riviera Beach Police Department. "This is an isolated incident and it had nothing to do with Victory City Church", Lupoe said. "We solicit the prayers of the saints today as we mourn the lost of two young black men to a senseless shooting after a funeral held here at the church", stated Pastor Tywuante D.

Apple Redesigns and Improves iOS Maps (Available in the US)

February 02, 2020

U.S. users will now have faster and more accurate navigation, along with fuller views of items like roads, buildings, parks, airports, malls. Flyover - offers a way to really see a major city through a 3D experience. Before, you'd get roads, highways and businesses displayed, but now, you'll be seeing individual buidlings, including residences, as well as different land types to help you more easily see parks, airports, malls and more .

European Lawmakers Vote to ‘Urge’ Commission to Adopt Universal Phone Charger

February 02, 2020

Apple has opposed calls for a common charger in Europe. The European Union has been gently but persistently pushing manufacturers toward a common unified standard for charging electronic devices for more than a decade , but it seems that it's finally made a decision to ramp up its efforts, with plans to turn its requests into actual regulations.

Chinese gamers say Warcraft III: Reforged looks worse than the original

February 02, 2020

Between an unbelievable and lengthy campaign and one of the most addicting multiplayer components to ever grace the genre, it became a legend. Naturally, the entire internet, meaning the r/Warcraft subreddit , several Russian Warcraft 3 streamers and me are enraged.

Microsoft Launches Xbox Bug Bounty Program Paying Out Up To $20,000

February 02, 2020

Microsoft says that the new Xbox bounty program requires the person finding a bug to share it with the Microsoft Xbox team via the Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure or CVD. Microsoft said this week that higher payouts would potentially be possible at the firm's discretion and based on the bug report's "quality and vulnerability impact".

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Expected to Sell 10 Million Units

February 02, 2020

Adding to this total, too, was the performance of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order , the Respawn-developed single-player adventure of November 2019 that left our reviewer (hi) rather underwhelmed , but came second in the GAMINGbible reader's poll for the year, just behind Call of Duty: Modern Warfare .

Nintendo Switch Pro: No One Expected This

February 02, 2020

And the custom dock with the Nooks and extra detailing on the back of the Switch is just icing on top. "According to traditional conventions on dedicated video game platforms, Nintendo Switch should enter the intermediate phase of the hardware life cycle".

WhatsApp to stop working for millions of users from today

February 01, 2020

Smartphones using Android 2.3.7 and older, and iPhone iOS 8 or older, are those affected by the update. As of today, WhatsApp will withdraw its services from certain devices, affecting millions of users. WhatsApp recommended that users upgrade their software to the latest version to continue using the app and for the "best experience". While "Gingerbread" would only have come on phones over six years old, Android devices are not updated to newer versions as consistently as iPhones.

Apple begins trial production of iPhone 9

February 01, 2020

Reports that Apple will be bringing back Touch ID have been around for a while, and while the latest one is still saying the same thing, the details are slightly different. Similar smart moves by Apple are expected when they launch the iPhone 9 this year. The experts believe the devices will be called iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Max.

European Union confirms it WILL force Apple to ditch its Lightning cable

February 01, 2020

Three specific goals were outlined by Parliament's associated press release: to enstate charger universality across phone brands; to increase the volume of recycled cables and chargers; and to ensure that consumers are no longer required to purchase new chargers upon acquiring new devices.

Microsoft says Xbox Game Pass subscribers "more than doubled" this past quarter

February 01, 2020

That sounds quite radical, but there is a whole world of elegant screens that these consoles simply can not handle. That means features like 4K visuals at a consistent 60 frames per second, 8K and 120fps capabilities, a beefy AMD Zen 2 processor and a next-gen SSD that will all but eliminate load times for upcoming games like Halo Infinite and Hellblade 2.

Samsung’s Q4 Operating Profit Falls 34%, In Line with Estimates

February 01, 2020

For the year, the South Korean conglomerate posted operating profit of 27.8 trillion won, its lowest since 2015. Samsung expects better performances this year as memory chip prices are rebounding. "With the concern that's happening in China with coronavirus, I think that Samsung is downplaying when the level of demand will pick up". Samsung said it sold 75 million mobile phones and 7 million tablets in the fourth quarter, with the average selling price of its smartphones reaching $216.

PETA pushes for Punxsutawney Phil to be replaced by animatronic groundhog

February 01, 2020

Being close to the public causes great stress to these animals. Being relegated to a library "habitat" for the other days of the year does not allow him or the other groundhog to dig, burrow or feed. It's nearly time for Groundhog Day , when the famed Pennsylvania groundhog Punxsutawney Phil will let the world know whether or not there will be six more weeks of winter.

Apple may release an iPhone with an unusual Touch ID

February 01, 2020

If this sounds like something Android handsets have been doing for 10 years rather than cutting-edge technology you may be right. According to Kuo, this new iPhone will be positioned as a new entry-level model and it will have an LCD display instead of OLED.

OnePlus 8 wireless charging seemingly confirmed by WPC membership

January 31, 2020

Including, it turns out, OnePlus , whose next flagship may just be its first phone to support the feature. OnePlus takes hard sometimes controversial stances on a lot of features or the lack of them, at least until it doesn't anymore. It's been nearly a decade since then, and it's now possible to find the tech on most ... Rumours started surfacing at the tail end of a year ago that we might just see OnePlus adopt wireless charging for its upcoming OnePlus 8 and now it seems there's some ...

Samsung Galaxy S20 reservations are now open. Yes, reservations

January 31, 2020

In contrast to the Galaxy S10's extremely slow rollout , the update is already live in the U.S. and a few countries in Europe. While the first S-line phone with 5000mAh battery, record high camera resolutions and "Space" 100x zoom is already on the horizon, our friends from Mobile Fun, one of the largest phone accessory marketplaces tipped us that the coronavirus may be infecting the Galaxy S20 series accessories.

Jeff Bezos Adds About $13 Billion to Fortune in Matter of Minutes

January 31, 2020

Amazon also came in solidly ahead of estimates on revenue , posting quarterly sales $87.4 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $86.02 billion by 1.6%, as more people joined Amazon Prime in the quarter than ever before. Amazon shares were up over 9% percent on Friday, giving the e-commerce company a value of over $1 trillion. Shares rallied in the extended session trading above the $2,000 per share level.

European Parliament votes in favor of a common charger, Apple dislikes

January 31, 2020

Despite criticism from Apple, EU lawmakers on Thursday voted overwhelmingly in favor for new rules to establish a common charger for all mobile device makers across Europe (via Reuters ). Wireless Chargers are in a similar situation. The EC has actually been fighting for a standard mobile charger for over 10 years.in 2009, Apple, Samsung, Huawei, and Nokia signed a "voluntary memorandum of understanding" calling for these phone manufacturers to use standard chargers for phones that were ...

PlayStation Plus Games for February Announced: BioShock Collection, Sims 4, and More

January 31, 2020

You'll need PlayStation Plus to get these games, though! It's interesting that BioShock would be the game coming to PS Plus next month since reportswere coming out last December that a fourth game was in the works with Cloud Chamber.

Smartphones dropped again in 2019 and now face coronavirus woes

January 31, 2020

Many smartphone chips are fabricated in Taiwan and China, and major Chinese cities are taking steps to contain the virus, which could prevent workers from reporting to their jobs. Huawei spent the latter half of previous year on the U.S. Government's entity list, forbidding it from licensing Google software and services on its Android phones.

Nokia MWC press conference announced, will we see the Nokia 9.2 there?

January 31, 2020

That was due to the intense competition in the mid-range segment, where Nokia is focusing. There are reports it will unveil the Nokia 8 .2, a 5G upper mid-range phone; the affordable mid-range Nokia 4.3; the entry-level Nokia 1.3; and a feature phone called the Nokia 400.

This tells us the next OnePlus flagship could support Wireless Charging

January 31, 2020

OnePlus fans have always been complaining about the lack of wireless charging, with the company simply refusing to embrace wireless charging for the past few years. The only question remains is whether OnePlus 8-series will get it, or we will have to wait until OnePlus 8T lineup. And considering OnePlus' marketing tactics, you will definitely know when the company does eventually announce wireless charging support on the OnePlus 8 .

911 outage did not affect Branch County

January 31, 2020

Forty counties were affected by the outage, authorities said. Cass County officials say, it appears everything is working normally, but they're still waiting on the official "all clear". State police reported this morning that power had been restored. For now the public safety department will have high visibility patrols throughout the city.

POCO X2 Is Just Rebranded Redmi K30 At Rs. 18,999: New Leak

January 31, 2020

Before POCO India unveils its first Pocophone of this year - Poco X2 on February 4th, here are some fresh leaks about the smartphone. We can also see that it will include MIUI Global version 11.0.2, but we will have to wait for more details to arrive since we don't get much more information from these images.

Scientists working around the clock to develop coronavirus vaccine

January 31, 2020

The number of people who have died from the virus rose to 213 in China today with almost 10,000 infected, with the first suspected case in New Zealand announced today. "We immediately put that vaccine in to manufacture", says senior vice-president of research and development at San Diego-based Inovio, Dr Kate Broderick.

Windows 10 1909 KB4532695 Update Fixes File Explorer Bugs

January 31, 2020

Almost 10 years ago, Microsoft first unveiled the successor to Windows Mobile 6.5, which had quickly been outclassed by the iOS and Android competition. Microsoft is adding the ability to enable some of the features that are available in v1909 . Foresight Cyber CEO Vladimir Jirasek has recently shared good advice on how businesses can minimize the risk of security breaches if they, for whatever reason, can't upgrade from Windows 7 and can't afford ESUs.

Antonio Brown wants to play wherever Tom Brady goes in 2020

January 31, 2020

Much like all the teams in the AFC East that's not named the Patriots - Jamal Adams is exhausted playing Tom Brady every single year and watching the win the division. However, should the six-time Super Bowl victor decide to turn the page, it will send a ripple effect throughout the league. Those odds say there is roughly a 77 percent chance that Brady returns to New England for 2020.

Would Huawei Return To Google? It Depends Who You Ask

January 31, 2020

Samsung sits first still at 20%, but you can expect them to be concerned with Huawei's continued growth even with their hobbled market. Instead, Huawei will invest heavily in its own platform, which it hopes it can replace Google. In a recent interview, however, a Huawei executive commented that the company is not interested in going back to using Google Play Services even if the U.S.

Kobe Bryant To Be Honored At Super Bowl LIV

January 31, 2020

Vanessa Bryant thanked the millions of fans who have shown support during what she called a "horrific time" and announced that the Mamba Sports Foundation had set up the MambaOnThree Fund to help support families affected by the horrific helicopter wreck.

Analysis reveals some apparent confusion between coronavirus, Mexican beer Corona

January 31, 2020

Corona beer first originated at Grupo Modelo in Mexico. While news about the spread of 2019-nCoV coronavirus has been hitting the front pages of news wires worldwide, there still are those who confuse the deadly virus with the popular Mexican beer.

Someone tried to hack my phone. Technology researchers accused Saudi Arabia

January 31, 2020

The investigation was carried out by a firm called FTI consulting and they reported that, after Bezos received the video file, his phone started sending out unusually large numbers of data which also included his intimate messages with girlfriend Lauren Sanchez.

Facebook will cough up $550 million to settle facial recognition case

January 31, 2020

Some people say it doesn't pay to use Facebook and they may be correct. The class-action suit argues Facebook's tag suggestion feature for photos of people's faces was a violation of the IL privacy laws. That feature suggested the names of people in photos so that users could more easily tag them to a corresponding Facebook account. Facebook has denied any wrongdoing.

Huawei sold the most 5G smartphones in 2019

January 31, 2020

Not only would that thrust Apple and the iPhone back into the spotlight during the spring, which is typically Samsung's time to shine, if the rumors of a $399 price point are correct, it could open up iPhone sales to a whole new section of the smartphone customer base who want a cheap, budget iPhone.

Rometty to step down as IBM CEO in April

January 31, 2020

Krishna reportedly drove the acquisition of Red Hat at the end of 2018, and there was some speculation at the time that Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst was the heir apparent, but the Board went with a more seasoned IBM veteran for the job, while naming Whitehurst as President.

Moto G8 Stylus is the name of mystery Motorola phone

January 30, 2020

Now, thanks to the device's Geekbench appearance, we know that the upcoming Motorola device with a stylus will be dubbed the Moto G Stylus. Moreover, it will ship with a punch-hole camera. Worth mentioning that this leak comes with a red flag - in one of the images, we can also see a prompt that reads "Finish configuring your Moto G7". Of course, this could just be due to the pre-production software on the device.

Jury rules Apple, Broadcom must pay $1.1B for infringing Caltech patents

January 30, 2020

Emails seeking comment from Cupertino-based Apple and Broadcom weren't immediately returned Wednesday night but they are expected to appeal. Broadcom will appeal too. Caltech, as the university located near Los Angeles is known, had sued both tech giants in 2016, alleging that Apple products including iPhones, iPads and Apple Watches used Broadcom components that infringed on Caltech patents related to wireless data transmissions.

Nintendo Raises Annual Switch Sales Forecast After Stronger-Than-Expected Nine Months

January 30, 2020

Pokemon transferred from one of the Let's Go games into Sword and Shield can not be transferred back into a Let's Go game. With three months of the financial year still to go, not to mention the launches of Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX , Nintendo has now raised its Switch sales forecast to 19.5 million.

Your emoji selection will become more gender-inclusive this year

January 30, 2020

Once these are approved by the Unicode Consortium , technology companies like Google , Apple , Twitter, and others release their version of these emoji and add support on their respective platforms. The full list of 117 emoji coming to Unicode 13.0 was revealed by the Unicode Consortium today ahead of their addition to smartphone keyboards later this year.

Mobile rolls out Android 10 update to its Samsung Galaxy S10 5G

January 30, 2020

There's also a second display on the outside of the device. As seen in the early leaked images , the Galaxy Z Flip comes with a tall 22:9 display which can be folded in half. In terms of optics, the Galaxy M30s comes with a triple-lens rear camera setup comprising a 48MP (f/2.0) main camera, paired with an 8MP (f/2.2) ultra-wide-angle sensor, and a 5MP (f/2.2) depth sensor.

Microsoft crushes it again as cloud revenue growth accelerates

January 30, 2020

The PC unit however contained Microsoft's only business that didn't grow - Xbox content and services - which is understandable considering a next-gen Xbox is due later in 2020. Office 365 commercial users grew 27 percent, and there are now 37.2 million Office 365 consumer subscribers, Microsoft said. In 2019, Microsoft had 22% share of the cloud computing infrastructure market, compared with 45% at Amazon and 5% from Google, according to data from Forrester Research.

IOS 13.3.1 and iPadOS 13.3.1: What’s New

January 29, 2020

Users can simply go to the Settings app on the device and then head to General Software Update . iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro users don't need to worry anymore It was revealed in December that the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max continue to track users even when location tracking is switched off.

Atari has announced its first video game-themed hotel

January 29, 2020

While the whole idea of staying in an AI-resort where you don't know what's even real, like you're trapped in some Black Mirror episode based on The Shining frankly sounds terrifying, only one question remains: Are you game? The most prominent will be the GSD Group, a company that specializes in revitalizing old brands in new ways, and Napoleon Smith III, a producer for 2014's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film reboot.

Google: Translate will soon give you near real-time transcriptions

January 29, 2020

When you first activate the call recording feature in the Google Phone app, you'll see a dialog that states the following: "When using the call recording feature, you are responsible for complying with applicable laws related to the recording of calls".

Facebook's Off-Facebook Activity tool is now available to everyone

January 29, 2020

However, Facebook is now letting users see-and delete-the data that it tracks from non-Facebook sources thanks to a new "Off-Facebook Activity" menu. If you clear the data, will it also reduce the number of ads on the app? Moving on the latest development in Facebook's sketchy relationship with our personal data, and this time, it's going to be harder to ignore.

New Google Messaging App For Business Combines Gmail, Hangouts, Calendar And More

January 29, 2020

Currently, the app which includes Hangouts Meet and Hangouts Chat is being tested internally at Google. "We're introducing this feature as we got feedback from users that they're looking for a more visual way to connect with their friends when one of them may be unavailable to get on a video call", Google said.

Google Stadia Pro Free Games in February Include Metro Exodus and Gylt

January 29, 2020

You must navigate a series of environments and uncover clues of your missing cousin. This February, those free games are Metro Exodus and Gylt . The timing is likely coincidental, but this Reddit thread (via Kotaku UK ) notes that prior to today's blog post, it had been 40 days since the last "new game announcement/release, feature update, or real community update", on a platform that's only been out for 69 days.

The Terminator set to invade Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint

January 29, 2020

As we said at the time, Ghost Recon breakpointThe story that robotic technology is going terribly wrong is a thematic coincidence, more or less, for the dystopian science fiction story of the Terminator franchise. Upon completing missions during the live event, January 29 to February 6, players will be rewarded with exclusive items inspired by The Terminator , including the movie's iconic punk outfit, as well as exclusive new Terminator weapons and vehicles.

Apple iOS 13.3.1 Released With Fix for Location Tracking

January 29, 2020

The new iPhone update also introduces support for Indian English Siri voices for HomePod . Apple recently ran into a controversy when security expert Brian Krebs reported that the iPhone 11-series devices were requesting location data even when customers had disabled location tracking in Settings .

Resident Evil 8 likely sticking to first-person perspective

January 29, 2020

This comes from Producer Peter Fabiano who sat down with Official PlayStation Magazine (via GamesRadar ) to talk about Resident Evil Resistance . Residence of Evil goes further by stating that the protagonist from Resident 7 , Ethan, will be returning with Chris Redfield . It also tallies with what Eurogamer has heard independently of the game from sources close to publisher Capcom .

Take the Field in Pokemon GO Battle League's Preseason

January 29, 2020

To begin taking part in online battles, people will need to regularly walk. It also improves the rewards you earn from matches. "Trainers, to ensure a smooth feature launch and prevent server issues, we have temporarily paused the rollout of GO Battle League ".

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