The Biden administration is calling out Apple’s and Google’s app stores for stifling competition. A new report, issued on Wednesday by the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), said it had investigated the competitive conditions in the mobile app ecosystem and found that it’s “not a level playing field, which is harmful to … Read more
After 13 years trapped beneath the suffocating depths of Cauldron Lake, Remedy Entertainment is about to break Alan Wake free of the darkness that has taken a hold of his mind. After such a lengthy departure, few expected to see Alan Wake 2 to be written into reality – thankfully, creative director Sam Lake never … Read more
BELLEVUE, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Feb 1, 2023– The Un-carrier takes it to the limit … one more time. T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) today announced it’s kicking off pre-orders for the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, S23+ and S23 in stores and online here with availability starting Friday, Feb. 17. And only T-Mobile’s network can light up 5G standalone three-carrier … Read more
Another decentralized social networking application to challenge Twitter has hit the App Store. Last year, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey donated around $245,000 in bitcoin (then roughly 14 BTC) to fund the development of an open and decentralized social networking protocol known as Nostr, which is based on cryptographic key pairs. Now, the first mobile app … Read more
The Biden administration is taking aim at Apple and Google for operating mobile app stores that it says stifle competition. The finding is contained in a Commerce Department report being released by the administration on Wednesday. (Gene J. Puskar, Associated Press) Estimated read time: 3-4 minutes WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is taking aim at … Read more
At Samsung’s Unpacked event Wednesdaythe electronics giant announced the Galaxy Book 3 Ultra laptop alongside its latest flagship Galaxy S23 phones. Like Samsung’s top galaxy ultra phones and Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra tablet, the Ultra laptop will have the best performance, a ton of features and a killer display. But like the other Ultra devices, … Read more
On January 1, a technologist who goes by the nickname regexe received an email saying he had successfully reset his account at the crypto exchange Coinbase. Unfortunately — and worryingly — he had actually not requested a password reset. Regexer, who asked to be referred to by his online moniker for fear of being targeted … Read more
Photo: Elliott Cowand Jr (Shutterstock) We knew this day was coming: Netflix wants you to stop sharing your account with friends and familyand would prefer that those users pay for their own account or not stream at all. You’ve probably heard about the company’s plans to crack down on this sharing, and even talk that … Read more
Dead Space mobile (2011) screenshot: EA / Kotaku The recently released Dead Space remake is a triumph among video game remakes, many of which haven’t been very well received by fans over the last few years. And as a massive Dead Space fan, I’m so damn happy to see EA spending money on the franchise … Read more
The S23 Series. Everything has a similar camera design this year. samsung The backs. samsung The Ultra model still has an S-Pen. samsung The Plus and base models have round corners. samsung The base S23 looks identical to the Plus model. samsung It’s a new year, and that means it’s time for a new Samsung … Read more