Category: gear

This week’s best deals: The first Apple Watch Series 6 discount and more

[ad_1] Buy Series 6 (40mm space gray) at Amazon – $385 Buy Series 6 (40mm silver) at Amazon – $385 Buy Series 6 (44mm gold) at Amazon – $415 Buy Series 6 (44mm silver) at Amazon – $415 Buy Watch SE (GPS + Cellular 40mm) at Amazon – $320 13-inch MacBook Pro Dana Wollman / […]

AirPods Pro with AppleCare are just $230 at B&H until Sunday

[ad_1] Apple AirPods Pro at Amazon – $219 A pair of AirPods Pro typically costs $249, and the lowest price you can get it for at this moment is $219 on Amazon, where you can add $19 for an AppleCare+ plan. Still, that’s $8 more than this bundle. You can also always purchase the earphones […]

Apple is allowing Solo Loop returns without sending back the Watch

[ad_1] With the launch of the Watch Series 6 and Watch SE, Apple also introduced clasp-free stretch bands, the Solo Loop and Braided Solo Loop. However, sizing them proved to be tricky despite a printable price/size chart, so many buyers found themselves with an ill-fitting band. To make matters worse, Apple’s return policy meant that […]

Roland’s synth engine comes to mobile devices with the Zenbeats 2.0 app

[ad_1] Roland has rolled out an upgraded version of its cross-platform digital audio workstation app, and it comes with several feature and workflow enhancements. The biggest addition to Zenbeats 2.0, though, is ZC1, which brings the company’s Zen-Core synth engine to mobile. Roland launched Zen-Core back in January, offering musicians a synth system that works […]

Twitter’s changes since the June attack include requiring security keys

[ad_1] As an additional measure, Twitter started distributing phishing-resistant security keys to its employees and requiring its teams around the world to use them. Google implemented the measure in 2017 to great success: A year after making it mandatory for employees to use physical security keys for two-factor authentication, the tech giant announced that it […]

Google server problems took out Gmail and other services briefly

[ad_1] It feels unusual to see internet problems that aren’t related to someone trying to pre-order gaming equipment, but this evening users on the East and West coasts of the US experienced issues accessing Google services like Gmail, Google Docs, and even YouTube. As noted on trackers like DownDetector, the issue seemed to peak at […]

iOS 14 update fixes a bug that reset your browser and mail defaults

[ad_1] One of the notable changes in iOS 14 is that it finally allowed users to set new default apps for their web browser and email. Chrome, Firefox, Gmail and others are already taking advantage of the setting, but after the update rolled out last week, many iPhone and iPad owners noticed their devices would […]

Sega’s Football Manager heads back to Xbox this fall

[ad_1] When it comes out on November 24th, Football Manager 2021 will the first entry in the popular simulation series to make its way to Xbox consoles in more than a decade. Sega plans to release the game on Xbox One, Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X, with a single purchase getting you access […]

Facebook takes down more fake accounts linked to Russian intelligence

[ad_1] “While we have not seen the networks we removed today engage in these efforts, or directly target the US 2020 election, they are linked to actors associated with election interference in the US in the past, including those involved in ‘DC leaks’ in 2016,” Gleicher wrote. “These fake personas posed as editors and researchers […]

Twitter says its test to get people to read articles before tweeting worked

[ad_1] Twitter’s experiment that prompted people to read an article before tweeting it out has succeeded in getting more people to read before they tweet, the company said.  The company has been testing the feature since June, when it first started asking some of its Android users if they wanted to open a link before […]