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Google will soon switch on two-factor authentication by default

Google is about to take a pretty significant step that will help keep user accounts more secure: it’s going to enroll people in two-factor authentication by default. Today the company wrote in a blog post that it will soon start enrolling customers in two-factor authentication (or “two-step verification,” as Google calls it) if their accounts… Read more

The art of making simple but tough rhythm games

Unbeatable.Image: D-Cell Games Unbeatable and Rhythm Doctor make the genre more accessible — and challenging By Alan Wen May 6, 2021, 10:00am EDT From the trailer’s opening, with its striking, pastel-colored anime visuals, loud rock guitar riffs, and energetic vocals, Unbeatable looks and sounds incredible. Wrapped in turn-of-the-millennium influences in both its anime and rock… Read more

IBM Unveils World’s First 2nm Chip with Nanosheet Tech, Intel and Samsung to Benefit

Home News (Image credit: IBM) IBM research unveiled a new 2nm chip with nanosheet technology today that will serve as the underpinning of its future process technology. IBM displayed a full 300mm wafer produced on the 2nm nanosheet process at its Albany, New York facilities. However, it is important to remember that the technology is… Read more

Asus Zenfone 8 Flip leak pairs flipping cameras with Snapdragon 888

Asus’s successor to last year’s Zenfone 7 has leaked online, pointing to a return for the phones’ flipping camera array on May 12th. Specs and images of two upcoming devices — the Zenfone 8 and Zenfone 8 Flip — have been published by 91Mobiles, based on information provided by leaker Ishan Agarwal. As its name… Read more

Why the bad iPhone web app experience keeps coming up in Epic v. Apple

Safari just doesn’t support key features — and Safari’s the only option Something keeps coming up at the Epic v. Apple trial as a potential alternative for getting Fortnite on the iPhone: web apps. It’s an intriguing idea, as web apps are able to do surprisingly complex things: just look at a Chromebook or even… Read more

Microsoft is finally ditching its Windows 95-era icons

Microsoft is finally preparing to refresh its Windows 95-era icons. The software giant has been slowly improving the icons it uses in Windows 10, as part of a “sweeping visual rejuvenation” planned for later this year. We saw a number of new system icons back in March, with new File Explorer, folder, Recycle Bin, disk… Read more

FuroSystems Aventa e-bike review: Fast and furious?

(Pocket-lint) – While many of us are still very much locked indoors for the foreseeable, working from home, the spectre of a potential commute is beginning to rear its head for plenty of people. Now more than ever, an electric bike is an attractive prospect. Avoiding public transport, getting fresh air, but without the risk… Read more

New leaked renders show the Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 Lite 5G in pink

Samsung is expected to launch the Galaxy Tab S7 Lite soon in three variants – Wi-Fi only (SM-T730), 4G (SM-T735), and 5G (SM-T736B/SM-T736N). Last month, leaked renders of the 5G model showed us the Tab S7 Lite in Black color. Now a few more images have surfaced, which show the tablet in a Pink shade… Read more

Canalys: PC and tablet markets record doubled sales in Q1 2021

Canalys has posted its quarterly report on the PC and tablet market, and the numbers for Q1 2021 are more than impressive – computers and slates doubled in sales on a yearly basis, while Chromebooks in particular posted a whopping a 275% increase. Canalys is keeping the Chromebooks in a separate category because they are… Read more

Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 Lite leaks again on Google Play Console

Samsung is ready to launch its Galaxy A7 Lite tablet soon as evident by the several certification listings and leaks that emerged in the past months. We now have another listing for the budget tablet straight from the Google Play Console which again confirms its key specs. Galaxy Tab A7 Lite listings on Google Play… Read more

Roccat introduces Magma And Pyro RGB gaming keyboards

João Silva 2 days ago Keyboards Roccat has two new keyboards hitting the market – the Magma and Pyro RGB. The Magma is a membrane keyboard with a fully illuminated RGB top place, while the Pyro is a mechanical keyboard with more traditional per-key RGB lighting. The Roccat Pyro keyboard is the most feature-packed of… Read more

SpaceX successfully landed a Starship prototype for the first time

SpaceX launched a high-altitude Starship prototype rocket and successfully landed it for the first time on Wednesday, overcoming a key technical challenge in Elon Musk’s whirlwind test campaign to build a fully reusable Mars rocket. Musk has said the SN15 rocket contained “hundreds of design improvements” over past high-altitude prototypes, which were all destroyed during… Read more

Corsair K70 RGB TKL mechanical keyboard review: great gaming, good typing

Corsair’s K70 RGB TKL is an unashamedly gaming-focused keyboard. For one thing, it’s only available with the kinds of switches people normally recommend for playing games, while other features like low input latency and a dedicated “tournament switch” for esports clearly have gamers in mind. At a price of $139.99 (£139.99), these features are coming… Read more

Best Gaming Chairs 2021

Home Best-picks (Image credit: Shutterstock) When you spend so much time building PCs and picking the best gaming monitor, gaming keyboard and gaming mouse, it’s easy to overlook the importance of the chair you use to navigate that setup. For PC gamers, sitting in the best gaming chair can add some personality to your gaming… Read more

Apple to ship an 8-inch foldable iPhone in 2023, according to report

2023 could be the year of the foldable iPhone, reckons renowned analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. In an investor note seen by MacRumours, Kuo claims that Apple is beavering away on a folding iPhone with an 8-inch QHD+ flexible OLED display. He even goes so far as to say the tech giant will ship 15 to 20… Read more