Apple’s iOS 13.1 and iPadOS are now available

Apple has jumped on a revision pretty soon after iOS 13's drop. Some folks have noticed buggy behavior in 13.0, so the update could help iron out kinks before there's too much opportunity for complaints. Then again, the company has got a lot on in the coming weeks with the launch of TV+ and Apple…

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Netflix’s ‘El Camino’ trailer shows a deeply scarred Jesse Pinkman

The former meth cook is on the run from the law and when he turns up at Skinny Pete's house, he looks like he's been through the ringer several times. As anyone who's seen Breaking Bad will attest, that's definitely the case. He's scarred, physically and mentally, but when an offscreen voice asks at one…

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Apple Watch Series 5 review: The best smartwatch gets (slightly) better

The Series 5 is similar to the Series 4, but shoppers buying their first Apple Watch won't mind. Sponsored Links Unboxing the Apple Watch Series 5 last week was an anticlimactic experience. The day the device arrived for review, I unfastened last year's Series 4, with its 40mm gold aluminum case and pale pink sports…

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How to pick a 4K TV in 2019

TOP PICKSTVs are a big purchase, but while we would recommend you check out a TV for yourself before buying it, we have a few suggestions to get you started. To make price comparisons easier, our picks are all going to be at 65 inches, but there are equivalent 55-inch models available for less.Hisense 65H9FWhether…

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Xiaomi’s Mi Mix Alpha has a ‘180-percent’ screen-to-body ratio

While the phone's defining characteristic is its wrap-around screen, it has another standout feature: a 108-megapixel camera that can capture photos with a 12,032 x 9,024 pixel resolution. It also has a 20-megapixel ultra-wide camera with 1.5cm super macro photography capabilities, as well as a 12-megapixel telephoto lens with 2x optical zoom and dual PD…

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A Group of Google Contractors Has Voted to Unionize

About 80 Google contractors in Pittsburgh voted to unionize with United Steelworkers on Tuesday, in a historic move for white-collar workers at the search giant. The tech workers, who are employed by Google contractor HCL Technologies, are only a few of the many contractors that comprise the bulk of Google’s labor force. But Tuesday’s vote…

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Remember The Dress? Here’s Why We All See Colors Differently

When The Dress went viral in 2015—driving tens of millions of online onlookers into existential conniptions over whether the garment was blue and black or white and gold—it didn't just break the internet, it broke color science as researchers had conceived of it up to that point.Never before had scientists observed such stark differences of…

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