Saturday, May 13, 2017

How to increase battery life on the Samsung Galaxy S8 and other top stories.

  • How to increase battery life on the Samsung Galaxy S8

    How to increase battery life on the Samsung Galaxy S8
    Samsung's Galaxy S8 doesn't have issues with battery life, at least not yet, but if you find yourself needing to top up the device throughout the day, there are a few settings you can adjust to prolong a single charge.Disable the Always-On Display Screenshots by Jason Cipriani/CNET Glancing at your phone as it sits on your desk to check the time or view pending alerts is convenient, but it's also..
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  • More Details And Images For Dark Souls Publisher's New Vampire RPG Revealed

    More Details And Images For Dark Souls Publisher's New Vampire RPG Revealed
    Following a report from last week, Bandai Namco today officially announced Code Vein, a vampire game of sorts where you "feast on the blood of enemies" in a "massive interconnected world."The third-person action-RPG is scheduled to launch on "major home consoles" in 2018. This is likely a reference to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One; there is no word on a PC version.Bandai Namco also released the official synopsis for Code Vein. You play as a Revenant in a world "full of vicious enemies and monstrou..
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  • FTC to Instagram Stars: Be More Transparent About Ads

    FTC to Instagram Stars: Be More Transparent About Ads
    Spend enough time on Instagram and you're bound to come across a celebrity or social media star raving about some random product. Everything is covered, from waist trainers and fitness teas to vitamin gummies, weight loss wraps, or alcohol. There's a good chance that the celebrity is being paid to rave about that product to their many followers, but it's often not very obvious that these posts are sponsored. The Federal Trade Commission wants that to change. The consumer protection agency on Wed..
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  • Apple is on a mission to only use recycled materials

    Apple is on a mission to only use recycled materials
    Apple believes that it's now on the road to being able to use only recycled materials to build its next generation of products. It's not there yet, of course, and there's still much to be done in order to ensure secondhand iPhones come back to Apple, rather than the scrap heap. Still, if the company can make good on its admittedly lofty goals in the next few years, it's good for everyone.The company also believes that its experiments with material reclamation -- embodied by its Liam robots that..
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  • Facebook is building brain-computer interfaces for typing and skin-hearing

    Facebook is building brain-computer interfaces for typing and skin-hearing
    Today at F8, Facebook revealed it has a team of 60 engineers working on building a brain-computer interface that will let you type with just your mind without invasive implants. The team plans to use optical imaging to scan your brain a hundred times per second to detect you speaking silently in your head, and translate it into text. Regina Dugan, the head of Facebook’s R&D division Building 8, explained to conference attendees that the goal is to eventually allow people to type at 100 words p..
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  • Google Building An Ad Blocker Into Chrome Isn't As Crazy As It Sounds

    Google Building An Ad Blocker Into Chrome Isn't As Crazy As It Sounds
    Last year, Google reportedly hauled in nearly $20 billion in advertising revenue. It's a little confusing, then, when a report comes out that says the company is looking at shipping Google Chrome a built-in ad blocker. Pexels According to an anonymous source who spoke with the Wall Street Journal, that's exactly what Google is doing. The plan, the source says, is to include it in both the desktop and mobile versions of Chrome. It would target only certain types of ads -- like pop-ups, pre-l..
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  • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Review

    Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Review
    For Mario Kart fans, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe might look like more of the same with small Double Dash-inspired tweaks. But thanks to a series of updates both big and almost unseen, it's the version of Mario Kart to get. If you don't own a Wii U or skipped out on Mario Kart 8 the first time around--or even if you've played it before--Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is worth your time. It plays beautifully on Switch in both handheld and docked mode, and its core racing is as exciting as ever. And, most notably, i..
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  • Mark Zuckerberg's quest to kill the smartphone could have some scary side effects

    Mark Zuckerberg's quest to kill the smartphone could have some scary side effects
    Facebook CEO Mark ZuckerbergFacebookThere are really two Facebooks: One, the social network that billions of people use to share baby photos and political opinions; and two, the future factory that's building autonomous helicopters, artificial brains, and metaphysical selfie sticks. Right now, they're still treated as very separate entities. When we talk about the effects of, say, fake news stories or so-called "filter bubbles" under the Trump administration, we're really talking about that fir..
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  • China Targets Live-Streaming Apps in New Apple Encroachment

    China Targets Live-Streaming Apps in New Apple Encroachment
    Chinese regulators will demand that Apple Inc. strengthen the review process for live-streaming applications it sells in its App Store, the latest in a series of encroachments on the iPhone maker’s services in Asia’s largest economy.The city of Beijing’s Cyberspace Administration is summoning Apple to ask that it subject Chinese news and live-streaming services to more stringent app reviews to ensure they conform to regulations, the agency said Tuesday in a statement on its WeChat social media ..
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  • Lawsuit Alleges Bose Tracks What Wireless Headphone Customers Listen To

    Lawsuit Alleges Bose Tracks What Wireless Headphone Customers Listen To
    April 19 (Reuters) - Bose Corp spies on its wireless headphone customers by using an app that tracks the music, podcasts and other audio they listen to, and violates their privacy rights by selling the information without permission, a lawsuit charged. The complaint filed on Tuesday by Kyle Zak in federal court in Chicago seeks an injunction to stopBose’s “wholesale disregard” for the privacy of customers who download its free Bose Connect app from Apple Inc or Google Play stores to their smart..
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