Articles by Carl Velasco
You Can Now Set Up A Windows 10 PC Using Voice Commands And Cortana: Here’s How
Cortana is now involved in setting up Windows 10 PCs, with the digital assistant guiding users through the needed steps to get their machine up and running. Here’s how to set up your PC with the help of Cortana.
OnePlus 5: Leaks Point To 8 GB Of RAM, Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 Chip, And Dual Cameras
A new set of leaks purports that the next OnePlus smartphone, reportedly called the OnePlus 5, will sport highly impressive specs. Here are a few things the rumors say we can expect.
Android 7.1.2 Nougat Exits Beta, Comes With Useful Fixes To Pixel And Nexus Devices
Google has now officially outed Android 7.1.2 Nougat for Pixel and Nexus devices after a lengthy beta period. Here’s a look at all the changes, improvements, fixes, and new features.
Samsung Galaxy S8 vs. LG G6 Speed Test: Which Smartphone Is Faster?
Both the Samsung Galaxy S8 and the LG G6 are two of this year’s most anticipated top-tier phones, but which comes out on top in terms of speed? Let’s find out.
3 Big Reasons To Fall In Love With iPhone 7 (Product)RED Special Edition And 1 Big Reason To Hate
There are plenty of reasons why you should buy the iPhone 7 Product(RED), but there’s also one glaring reason why you might think twice.
Xbox Scorpio vs. PlayStation 4 Pro: Which Is More Powerful? Let The Inevitable Console Wars Begin
Cat’s out of the bag: the full and official specs for Microsoft’s Project Scorpio have now been revealed. But how does it stack up to Sony’s PlayStation 4 Pro?
Western Digital Unveils ‘My Passport SSD’ With USB Type-C And Up To 1 TB Of Storage
Western Digital is going to release a portable SSD storage drive called My Passport SSD, available in configurations of up to 1 TB. Available this quarter, the drives will still be more expensive than your average external HDD.
Nvidia Launches Titan Xp GPUs: 3,840 Cuda Cores With Boost Clock Of 1,582 MHz
Nvidia has unveiled a new graphics card called the Titan Xp, which launches at the same price as its predecessor, the Titan X. Take a look at its impressive specs.
Facebook Messenger Gets Smarter: Context-Aware ‘M’ Assistant Rolls Out, Gives Helpful Suggestions Based On Conversations
Facebook has announced that it’s now rolling out M, a smart virtual assistant for Messenger, to U.S. users on both Android and iOS. Here’s what you can do with it.
Comcast Prepares Wireless Phone Service: Unlimited Plans To Cost $45 Or $65, Exclusive To Comcast Subscribers
Comcast has just unveiled Xfinity Mobile, it’s official entry into the competitive wireless phone service market. Its unlimited data plans, while not too bad, have a few caveats.
AT&T Will Throw In Free HBO If You Sign Up For Its Unlimited Plus Plan
AT&T is giving its customers a sweet deal. Beginning April 6, those who’ll sign up for its Unlimited Plus plan will get free HBO access.
Microsoft Releases Collaborative Event-Planning App ‘Who’s In’ For iMessage, But Will It Fail?
Microsoft wants iPhone users to use the Who’s In feature when they plan events with friends. But as informed by similar apps that struggled to gain momentum, Who’s In may be fighting an uphill battle.
Company Bricks Guy’s Smart Garage Door After He Leaves A Bad Review
Garadget, a smart garage door opener, has been the talk of the internet. The company faced backlash for purposefully disabling a person’s IoT device as retaliation for a bad review.
Google: TPU, Our Custom Machine Learning Chip, Is 15 To 30 Times Faster Than CPUs, GPUs
After keeping a laconic stances about its custom TPU machine learning chips, Google has announced more in-depth details about them. It turns out that they’re much faster than the standard CPU and GPU combo.
Valve Comes Up With ‘Steam Explorers’ To Better Curate Games And Feature Overlooked Titles
Valve is bringing heavy overhauls to its gaming marketplace and platform Steam to fix issues surrounding discoverability. One of these changes is Steam Explorers, in which people can sign up and help surface lesser-known games into the fore.
You Can Now Manually Install The Windows 10 Creators Update: Here’s How
As promised, Microsoft is allowing anyone to download the Windows 10 Creators Update earlier than its official rollout. Here’s how to manually download and install it now.
Twitter Loses Out To Amazon Over $50 Million NFL Thursday Night Football Streaming Deal
Amazon has officially inked a deal with NFL to stream Thursday Night Football games live on Amazon Prime. It beat out Twitter, which streamed last year’s games as a way to boost its live video platform.
Apple Music For Android Gets Updated: Brings Heavy UI Changes And Song Lyrics
Apple has now updated the Apple Music app for Android after leaving it untouched for months. The update brings visual upgrades, along with a reshuffling of features for a cleaner, more ordered look.
Upcoming Nintendo 3DS Games To Be Hyped For: 'Fire Emblem Echoes,' 'The Snack World,' And More
There are still upcoming 3DS games to be excited for, in spite of the Switch, Nintendo’s promising new hybrid console. Here are the titles to keep an eye out for.
Apple Upgrades Mac Pro With Faster Intel Xeon Chips, Better GPUs, Promises New Design Is Coming
Apple has promised that the Mac Pro will be completely redesigned for the next major release, but it won’t come this year. For now, it has upgraded the specs of the current-gen Mac Pro with faster and better chips.
Major Tech Companies Including Facebook, Mozilla, And Others Launch $14 Million News Integrity Initiative
Major tech companies have formed together and launched a $14 million initiative to come up with an answer to fake news. That answer is the News Integrity Initiative, and it aims to bolster the public’s news literacy.
Snapchat Throws Shade At Instagram For April Fools', Shows It Can Also Play The Copying Game
Snapchat’s April Fools' prank is being regarded as the winner of this year’s pranks because it finally addresses, albeit lightly, Facebook’s attempts to copy Snapchat. The prank involves a filter that parodies the Instagram user interface.
Chicago Police On The Hunt For Other Suspects In Rape Case Streamed Live On Facebook
Chicago police are already looking for other suspects in a sexual assault case that was streamed over Facebook Live. One offender, a 14-year-old boy, has already been charged and arrested, reports say.
The Galaxy S8, S8 Plus Won’t Support Google’s Daydream VR
Samsung’s newest pair of flagships, for all their bells and whistles, misses one feature: Daydream compatibility. It turns out installing the Daydream app on either the Galaxy S8 or S8 Plus brings up an error message, meaning it won’t work.
Verizon Has No Plans To Install Spyware On All Android Phones Or Track Data
Following the outrage caused by reports of Verizon’s plans to install spyware on Android phones, the carrier has now clarified a few things. The spyware won’t be installed on all Android phones, and it’s possible to opt it, Verizon confirmed.
You Can Now Search Public Stories On Snapchat: Here’s How To Use The New Feature
Snapchat has launched a search feature for Our Stories, letting people comb through the trove of submissions globally. The feature will leverage an algorithm in order to determine the content and theme of a video and index it accordingly.
High School Student Wins Doodle4Google Competition With Her Vision Of A Diverse, Peaceful Society
This year’s Doodle4Google winner is one that illustrates how humans can learn to love one another, regardless of their race, gender, ethnicity, and religion. The winner, a high school student form Connecticut, had her illustration featured on Google’s home page.
Pornhub, YouPorn Promise Increased Internet Security Amid Congress Privacy Protection Repeal
Both Pornhub and YouPorn have beefed up their internet privacy protection with HTTPS encryption. The switch comes at a time of mounting outrage against the recent repeal of internet privacy rules the FCC set last year.
Next Generation DDR5 RAM Will Offer Twice The Bandwidth Of DDR4, But When Will It Arrive?
The next generation of RAM, DDR5, will reportedly be twice as fast as this generation’s DDR4 technology. Commercial release of DDR5 RAM might take a while, however.
Google Turns Maps Into Playable 'Ms. Pac-Man' Courses For April Fools' Day: Here’s How To Play
It’s April Fools' Day, and naturally, Google is more than up to the task of seeing its annual pranking tradition come into the fore. This time, it’s offering users the ability to play 'Ms. Pac-Man' inside Google Maps.
