Universal Studios Japan Will Get A Pokemon Expansion

Though the statement provided as part of the announcement is pretty vague. The company says that the expansion “will immerse guests into the world of Pokemon with innovative technology and creativity beginning in 2022”. But what exactly will the theme park have was not mentioned. There’s also no mention of when construction of the Pokemon expansion in USJ started. So it’s equally up in the air if what visitors see in 2022 is the full scale of the expansion, or if there will be more coming....

January 11, 2023 · 1 min · 169 words · Everette Hamel

Upcoming Samsung Galaxy Devices Are Made From Fishing Nets

Just earlier today, Samsung revealed that the new devices which are going to be launched on 9 February are the first batch of Galaxy products that contained repurposed plastics. Specifically, the material is made from old plastic waste that were discarded into the ocean. [Image: Samsung.]Samsung pointed out that the origin of the plastics that the company has repurposed for its upcoming devices are not just discarded water bottles and grocery bags but also involved fishing nets....

January 11, 2023 · 1 min · 173 words · Jonathan Waller

Us And Eu Authorities Aware Of Macbook Pro Recall All The More Reason To Get Batteries Changed

Specifically, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is banning the recalled MacBook Pros from being taken onboard airplanes. An FAA spokesperson said that this is not something that’s out of the ordinary, and that any device with a recalled lithium-ion battery is not allowed on airplanes. The FAA also issued a statement to The Verge, which reads: Of course, it remains to be seen if this is actually enforceable. After all, not all 15-inch MacBook Pros of 2015 are actually affected....

January 11, 2023 · 1 min · 193 words · Ellis Blas

Us Clean Network Initiative Could Mean More Chinese Phone Brands Will Share Huawei S Fate

The document in question details the expansion of what’s called the Clean Network initiative, adding five new lines of effort. One of them is called Clean Apps, which reads ” To prevent untrusted PRC smartphone manufacturers from pre-installing – or otherwise making available for download – trusted apps on their apps store”. On one hand, the statement only overtly names Huawei as being affiliated to China. But on the other, other parts of the statement makes broad strokes references to almost anything made in the country....

January 11, 2023 · 2 min · 220 words · Edna Cortez

Us Senate Approves Bill To De List Chinese Companies From Stock Exchange

With the new bill, companies wishing to be listed on the US stock exchange will have to provide proof that it is free from control and not under the influence of a foreign government. Should the company be unable to prove itself, the alternative will be to allow a US Oversight board to audit the company’s accounts for the past three consecutive years. If this ends up in failure as well, the company will then be banned from the exchange....

January 11, 2023 · 2 min · 222 words · Alma Spencer

Usb 4 Version 2 0 Pushes Bandwidth Up To 80Gbps

As usual, the new USB 4 Version 2.0 standard will also be backwards compatible with older USB 4 cables. Making it extra special is the fact that these older cables will also be able to benefit from the doubling of data bandwidth. As per the announcement, the new standard is “based on a new physical layer architecture, using existing 40Gbps USB Type-C passive cables and newly-defined 80Gbps USB Type-C active cables”....

January 11, 2023 · 2 min · 261 words · Roy Oldham

Vivo Ifea Concept Phone Features A Detachable Pop Up Selfie Camera

The smartphone, known as the Vivo IFEA, introduces a new approach to smartphone photography and video capture with the aforementioned technology. The pop-up module is capsule-sized and consists of two unspecified cameras in the render, but featuring a single lens when showcased in their proof-of-concept (POC) video. Being able to function remotely while detached, it’s expected that the module includes its own battery that is chargeable when attached to IFEA....

January 11, 2023 · 2 min · 217 words · Sheila Griggs

Vivo S1 Pro Will Officially Launch In Malaysia On 3 December

The Vivo S1 Pro features a 6.38-inch Super AMOLED display with a teardrop notch, which also features an in-display fingerprint scanner. It packs a Qualcomm Snapdragon 655 SoC, 8GB of RAM, 128GB of internal storage, and runs on Android 9 Pie via Vivo’s FunTouch OS 9.2. Battery-wise, it has a capacity of 4500mAh which supports 18W fast charging via USB-C port. On its back, the Vivo S1 Pro features a diamond-shaped camera island that houses a quad-camera setup consisting of a 48MP main camera, an 8MP ultra-wide angle, 2MP macro, and 2MP depth sensor....

January 11, 2023 · 1 min · 168 words · Coleen Valdez

Vivo Y21T Mid Range Smartphone Launching Tomorrow Retailing At Rm899

The vivo Y21T sports a notched 6.51-inchh LCD display with 1600 x 720 resolution and 60Hz refresh rate, and features a plastic body that is available in Midnight Blue or Pearl White. Also onboard is a side-mounted fingerprint scanner, a SIM card tray that supports dual nano SIMs and one micro SD card, up to 4G connectivity, Bluetooth 5.0, Android 11 via vivo’s Funtouch OS 12 interface, and a USB-C port for data transfer and charging....

January 11, 2023 · 1 min · 195 words · Mae Herrera

Watch Dogs Legion Will Get Cross Play At Some Point In The Future

In a tweet responding to another player, the official Watch Dogs Twitter account said that the dev team is working on adding this feature to Legion. Though it will be added in a future update, no exact date was given. — Watch Dogs: Legion (@watchdogsgame) March 14, 2021 Naturally, enabling cross-play isn’t exactly on top of Ubisoft’s priority list. As it should be, since Watch Dogs Legion still needs its multiplayer component to work properly....

January 11, 2023 · 1 min · 164 words · Norma Bennett

Whatsapp Reportedly Begins Closed Test For Companion Mode

To quickly recap, Companion Mode would finally allow you to link your primary device to a secondary smartphone or a tablet seamlessly – both of which are not supported by WhatsApp’s Linked Devices feature. This way, you can use your account on them without needing to wipe it from the main device. It is unclear how many devices are supported by the newer feature, given that Linked Devices enables for up to four devices to be linked to a single WhatsApp account....

January 11, 2023 · 2 min · 293 words · Eleanor Byrd

Whatsapp Working On Extending The Delete For Everyone Time Limit Indefinitely

However, while it’s great that users get to erase text that may contain a mistake (or one that they might regret sending), you only have a limited amount of time to use “Delete For Everyone” before the limit expires. The limit was initially set to 7 minutes before it was extended to the current time limit of 4096 seconds, or 68 minutes and 16 seconds. The new feature, spotted by WABetaInfo, is still under development and is not yet available to the public....

January 11, 2023 · 1 min · 200 words · Jason Johnson

Winamp To Make A Return As All In One Music Player

Released in 1997, it was a freeware media player that had one of the widest selections of community-made skins. That said, the last time it got an official update was in 2013. That’s in the final year of Winamp in AOL’s possession. Now owned by Radionomy, its new owners want Winamp to be “a more complete listening experience,” according to Radionomy CEO Alexandre Saboundjian. He went on to say “You can listen to your MP3s you have at home, but also to the cloud, to podcasts, to streaming radio stations, to a playlist you perhaps have built”....

January 11, 2023 · 1 min · 190 words · Joe Martell

Windows 10 Update May Cause Problems With Bluetooth Speakers

Specifically, Microsoft says the new update may be an issue when you try connecting a Bluetooth speaker to a system that has an internal speaker. The specific update in question is update 4505903 on Windows 10 version 1903. Once you’ve installed the update, there’s a chance that your Bluetooth speaker will not connect at all. And If it does, it may produce worse quality sounds than usual, or they will simply be produced by your system’s internal speaker instead....

January 11, 2023 · 1 min · 131 words · Robert Nemeth

Windows Defender Is Now Microsoft Defender Coming Soon To Macos

The preview build of Defender for Mac starts off focusing on signature-based malware detection. But over time, it’s expected to be able to detect and report the existence of malware based on what they’re doing to your system, much like the way it does on Windows. It will also come with the Microsoft AutoUpdate service which ensures that the Microsoft Defender for Mac keeps itself up-to-date. The company has not announced where the Microsoft Defender will go next....

January 11, 2023 · 1 min · 105 words · Gertrude Foreman

Wrc 8 By Bigben Interactive Features Proton Iriz R5

The Proton Iriz R5 also shows up in a trailer for the game featuring nine iconic cars. Among the other cars in the trailer include those that have won the World Rally Championship races of the past. These date all the way back to 1972, with many of them being cars from Italian manufacturer Lancia. — #WRC10 @Steam Next Fest (@WRCTheGame) September 3, 2019 Of these cars, four of them are included as part of the base game....

January 11, 2023 · 1 min · 157 words · Matthew Carpenter

Xiaomi Mi Cc9 Series Goes Official The First Result Of Its Meitu Acquisition

First in the list is the titular device itself, the Mi CC9. Equipped with a 6.39-inch Full HD+ Samsung AMOLED display, the new phone runs on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 alongside up to 6GB of RAM and 128GB internal storage. Xiaomi has also launched another variant for this particular phone which is called the Mi CC9 Meitu Custom Edition. Pre-installed with a camera app that has been tweaked by Meitu’s team, this particular model also comes standard with more RAM and storage space at 8GB and 256GB respectively as well as a special white pearl colourway and Meitu branding on its back....

January 11, 2023 · 2 min · 316 words · John Coleman

Xiaomi Mi Smart Sensor Set Now Officially In Malaysia Alongside Home Security Camera 360 And Led Smart Bulb

One of them is the Mi Smart Sensor Set which consisted of two Mi Motion Sensors, two Mi Windows and Door sensors, a Mi Wireless Switch, and a Zigbee-based Mi Control Hub. The set basically acts as a starter smart home kit and allow users to receive alerts whenever a motion detected in their home although users can integrate plenty of other smart devices into the set. Aside from that, Xiaomi has officially brought the Mi Home Security Camera 360° 1080P into Malaysia as well....

January 11, 2023 · 2 min · 229 words · Steven Sheppard

Xiaomi Phones Might Be Throttling Performance Of Some Apps

To test this, Poole disguised the Geekbench app by renaming it Fortnite. The results were surprising, to say the least when it received 30% lower single-core scores and almost 15% lower multi-core scores, which are way beyond any margin of error. To further prove the discrepancy, the developer renamed the build again to Genshin Impact, which achieved similar lowered scores. This would suggest that Xiaomi is throttling certain power-hungry apps for some reason, though the fact that benchmark apps are exempted isn’t a good look for the company’s practice, as it would mean that the scores don’t reflect real-life performance....

January 11, 2023 · 2 min · 238 words · Patrick Kennell

Xiaomi Pocophone F1 Lite Appears On Geekbench Features Snapdragon 660 Soc And Android 9 0 Pie Updated

For those unaware, Xiaomi released the Pocophone F1 with top-of-the-line hardware at an affordable price. It runs on Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoC, a choice between 6GB and 8GB RAM, and up to 256GB of storage. After its successful launch last year, it’s not surprising that Xiaomi would want to develop a budget version of the Pocophone F1. According to the Geekbench listing, the F1 Lite is tested running on Android 9 Pie and sdm660, which is the reference code for the Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 chipset....

January 11, 2023 · 2 min · 256 words · Shirley Brockington