DETROIT — You could smell the big-truck testosterone wafting in the air early and often, as the traditional “Big Three” US automakers launched new pickup trucks at the this year’s heartland auto show: full-size pickups from Chevrolet (Silverado) and Ram (Ram 1500), plus a revived midsize pickup from Ford (Ranger). Each may be able to […]
A few days ago, Samsung confirmed that it will unveil the Galaxy S9 at MWC 2018 next month. Which is exactly when what expected. Early rumors did say the phone could be unveiled in early January at CES, as Samsung wanted to counter the iPhone X with a brand new phone as soon as possible. As […]
LOS ANGELES — The Google Arts and Culture app is over two years old, but it’s suddenly taken the smartphone world by storm, thanks to the discovery of a quietly added update — a selfie feature. Google’s app, one of many from the internet giant, is designed to introduce the world to fine art, but a […]
The new 2019 Ram 1500 has many things you’d expect from a truck: vast towing capacity, a bountiful maximum payload, and loads of horsepower. But it also has something you might not expect: a massive 12-inch touchscreen display embedded in the dashboard that supports both Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. The display is just shy […]
Microsoft’s Windows 8.1 has moved out of mainstream support, meaning that users are essentially running a dead OS. But there’s still one more way to upgrade to Windows 10 for free. If you’re still running Windows 8.1, be advised that Microsoft shut down mainstream support a week ago. But there’s still a last-ditch upgrade path […]
Google has confirmed an issue with its Google Home and Chromecast products that can cause your home Wi-Fi network to crash. According to a TP-Link engineer who investigated the problem, the crash is caused by Google’s device sending hundreds of thousands of data packets in a short amount of time, a traffic spike that can […]
DETROIT – Ford is going to bite the Bullitt again. The Mustang that Steve McQueen drove into Hollywood history for the 1968 movie Bullitt emerged for the first time in 40 years Sunday at the Detroit auto show in tandem with the debut of a new, limited-edition 2019 Mustang Bullitt. The special model, due out this summer, will be available only in […]
A wild reversal comes to the News Feed Over the next year, we’ll start spending less time on Facebook. Those of us who used it to catch up on the news will find less of it to read. We’ll watch fewer videos, and we’ll see fewer advertisements. In theory, Facebook will make less money off […]
If Apple was hoping that the controversy surrounding their decision to slow down older iPhones with degrading batteries would pass, it hardly seems that way. Just last week a US Senator questioned Apple about their decision, and now more US lawmakers are chiming in with questions of their own. In a report from Reuters, four […]
TAG Heuer, the famous Swiss watchmaker who’s name is notoriously difficult to pronounce (it’s actually pronounced “tag hoy-yer”), has just announced the TAG Heuer Connected Module 41, a smaller version of the Connected Module 45 that was launched in Q1 of last year. As the name would imply, the watchface on the Connected Module 41 […]
It’s been just over six years since the last Ford Ranger pickup rolled off the assembly line, and Ford Motor Co. is ready to make the small-size truck for North American markets again. But this time, it’s a mid-size pickup, and it looks a lot more like the current F-150 than the former Ranger. Production […]
How will Facebook’s planned changes to its news feed affect me? That’s the question people asked Friday, a day after the social network’s announcement. But the answer to that depends on whom you ask. Facebook said that it’s shifting the focus of its news feed to promote “meaningful” posts, mostly from family and friends. The […]
