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Adobe Lightroom CC For iOS Just Added The Shortcut Apple Promised

Adobe Lightroom CC For iOS Just Added The Shortcut Apple Promised

Last October, when we first got our hands on the new iPad Pro, we saw a frustration coming a mile away: though this tablet is supposedly built for pros, you can’t do something as simple as import photos directly into Adobe’s Lightroom CC. That was still true when Nilay reviewed the tablet in November, but Apple said a workaround was coming — a Siri Shortcut that would automatically import photos…

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Exclusive: Verizon Is Quietly Testing Its Own Netflix-Style Cloud Gaming Service

Exclusive: Verizon Is Quietly Testing Its Own Netflix-Style Cloud Gaming Service

Verizon Gaming is already running on the Nvidia Shield — and soon Android The Verizon Gaming logo.

Verizon is currently conducting alpha testing of Verizon Gaming, a game streaming service that would represent a major new initiative for the home and mobile internet giant. The Verge can report that Verizon Gaming is already up and running on the Nvidia Shield set-top box and will, according…

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CES 2019 Shows The Foldable Phone Revolution Will Be Awkward, But Essential

CES 2019 Shows The Foldable Phone Revolution Will Be Awkward, But Essential

Someone’s got to take that first, weird step.

The Royole Flexpai is the first foldable phone in the market. But it’s still a little rough.

When I finally got my hands on the Royole Flexpai, the world’s first flexible smartphone, I couldn’t stop obsessing about the rubber spine as I opened and closed it. I worried that I was going to break it, but the two halves snapped into place via magnets…

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Galaxy S10 Launch Date Confirmed: Feb. 20 at Samsung's Unpacked Event In San Francisco

Galaxy S10 Launch Date Confirmed: Feb. 20 at Samsung’s Unpacked Event In San Francisco

We interrupt CES 2019 to bring you this post-CES news.

Phones don’t typically get a lot of love at CES, but Samsung managed to steal the spotlight by using the show to announce the launch date for its 10th anniversary Galaxy phone, widely expected to be called the Galaxy S10.

The event will take place Wednesday, Feb. 20 at 11 a.m. PT at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. CNET…

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Apple’s TV Industry Embrace Was An Inevitable Surprise

Apple’s TV Industry Embrace Was An Inevitable Surprise

We should have seen this one coming

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The biggest surprise of CES this year came from Apple, a company that didn’t give a keynote speech, didn’t have a booth on the show floor but nevertheless…

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Bell Unveils The Air Taxi You May Be Able To Hail Through Uber Next Year

Bell Unveils The Air Taxi You May Be Able To Hail Through Uber Next Year

Bell unveils full model of the Bell Nexus air taxi. — AFP Relaxnews Bell kicked off the official opening day of CES 2019 on Jan 8 by showing off the full-scale design of the Bell Nexus, an air taxi of the not-so-distant future.

Believe it or not, flying cars are right around the corner – not in the form of personal, family vehicles but rather as a ridesharing option. Uber has been putting…

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Nokia 8.1 To Hit Store Shelves On Jan 18

Nokia 8.1 To Hit Store Shelves On Jan 18

The Nokia 8.1 has a 20-megapixel selfie camera. — Nokia The Nokia 8.1, the latest smartphone from HMD Global, will arrive on our shores on Jan 18 in Blue/Silver for SGD$560.00. The smartphone runs on Snapdragon 710 processor, which is claimed to be energy-efficient, allowing the phone to last two days on a single charge with its 3,500mAh battery.  The Nokia 8.1 has a 6.18in FHD+ (1,080 x 2,280…

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CES 2019: Can Breath-Sniffing Gadgets Improve Your Diet?

CES 2019: Can Breath-Sniffing Gadgets Improve Your Diet?

Two gadgets that analyze the gases in people’s breath in an effort to reveal how they should improve their diet are being showcased at the CES tech show in Las Vegas. Lumen and FoodMarble are both pocket-sized devices that users blow into.

They each pair with a smartphone app that tells people how well they are digesting food or burning calories. But one expert said such technology has yet to be…

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Huawei Mate 20 Pro Review : A Rapid, Stunning, And Feature-Packed Flagship That You'll Simply Fall In Love With

Huawei Mate 20 Pro Review : A Rapid, Stunning, And Feature-Packed Flagship That You’ll Simply Fall In Love With

The Huawei Mate 20 Pro is one of, if not the, best smartphones ever made, delivering an experience that leaves nothing to be desired. Read official Huawei Mate 20 Pro review now… VERDICT

The Huawei Mate 20 Pro is one of, if not the, best phones ever made. It delivers an experience that leaves absolutely nothing to be desired and, for all real-world intents and purposes, it is perfect. It’s a…

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Meet The New Powerhouse Gaming Laptptop: Asus ROG Mothership

Meet The New Powerhouse Gaming Laptptop: Asus ROG Mothership

Tech show CES 2019 has kicked off in Las Vegas. On day 1, Asus has officially unveiled their upcoming flagship, the OG Mothership. And it has indeed landed. ROG Mothership is Asus’s new big-bad gaming machine. It’s a portable all-in-one laptop that also works as a desktop replacement. It has Nvidia’s latest Turing-based GPU’s, the GTX 2060 series. The processor doesn’t fall behind: the Mothership…

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HTC Announces A PC-Powered VR Headset Called The Vive Cosmos

HTC Announces A PC-Powered VR Headset Called The Vive Cosmos

HTC has announced a new virtual reality headset called the Vive Cosmos. Based on a very brief appearance during the company’s CES presentation, the Cosmos is HTC’s bid at a relatively mainstream VR headset. It doesn’t require external sensors and uses fully tracked motion controllers, and it’s being pitched as a convenient device with “absolute comfort” and “easy setup,” intended for either home…

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Intel Demonstrates 10nm Ice Lake Processor, Promises PCs Will Ship With It Later This Year

Intel Demonstrates 10nm Ice Lake Processor, Promises PCs Will Ship With It Later This Year

Dell promises an Ice Lake laptop for end of 2019

Intel announced a major rethink of its chip design back in December, just before it finally delivers 10nm chips for PCs and laptops. At CES 2019 today, Intel is demonstrating its first Ice Lake 10nm processor that’s based on its new Sunny Cove microarchitecture. Intel is building in Thunderbolt 3, Wi-Fi 6, and DL Boost (deep learning boost) into…

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Police Officers At Premises Of Platinium Dogs Club In Standoff With Woman Inside Cordoned Area

Police Officers At Premises Of Platinium Dogs Club In Standoff With Woman Inside Cordoned Area

Two police officers at 7 Galistan Avenue, the premises used by Platinium Dogs Club for its pet boarding services. A woman who is said to be linked to Platinium is sitting inside the car, according to eyewitness Derrick Tan.

UPDATE: Statement from Singapore Civil Defence Force on the person who was sent to a hospital

UPDATE 2: Statement from the police on the incident at 7 Galistan Avenue

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Nvidia May Stay Cheaper And Skip 7nm Technology

Nvidia May Stay Cheaper And Skip 7nm Technology

Current Nvidia graphics cards use TSMC’s 12nm process. 2019 may bring forward a major improvement for the company, as Nvidia GPUs will begin using 7nm process node from the Taiwanese manufacturer. However, Nvidia may also skip 7nm chips altogether and remain with the 7nm process nodes until 5nm tech becomes available.

A process node (also technology node or simply node) means a specific…

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Fortnite Is Giving A Freebie And Launching The 14 Days Of Fortnite Event Again

Fortnite Is Giving A Freebie And Launching The 14 Days Of Fortnite Event Again

The upcoming holiday-themed 14 Days of Fortnite event ended before many players were expecting. Developer Epic Games admitted the company shared the wrong end date on its social networks. As an apology for the honest mistake, the studio promises a free item for all players that participated in the event. They are even taking it further: the entire event will be back for a limited time. First,…

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Sony Reveals A PlayStation Secret: BIG Next-Gen Release

Sony Reveals A PlayStation Secret: BIG Next-Gen Release

I get it. I promise I do. However, I don’t have the official PlayStation 5 release date. What I do have for you is a new Sony exclusive. An incredible title going straight for PS5. It appears Sony is ordering a huge budget PS5 game and is coming out on 2020. According to a new advert for a senior gameplay animator, the project is going to be an original third-person adventure game.…

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