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The truth is that there are cases where you can prove that slowing down can be triggered. A new case is emerging now and shows that the tech giant Apple may have made the iPhone 6S slower to prevent battery problems. It’s common for new versions of iOS to bring performance and battery issues to older devices, something that the tech giant Apple quickly fixes in subsequent releases, bringing new life to those devices....

Adobe Illustrator on iPad is now available to pre-order on the App Store. The teams at Adobe and a select group of artists have been busy refining the app’s tools and user experience since it was previewed in November 2019 at Adobe MAX. I asked one of those artists, Yiying Lu, about her experience with Illustrator on iPad so far and how it will shape the future of creativity. Last year, Yiying Lu presented a Today at Apple Design Lab at Apple Union Square in San Francisco, where she inspired audiences to bridge art and technology through cross-cultural creativity....

It’s been rumored that HTC plans on expanding the “10” brand from its recent flagship, and include it with its popular Desire lineup of handsets. Now, according to a report from Venture Beat, that future may include two different mid-range handsets. The first of which is the Desire 10 Lifestyle, which will reportedly feature a 5.5-inch 720p HD display, with a 13-megapixel camera on the back and a 5MP front-facing camera on the other side....

enzie, esident of HTC A, tweeted a reminder today that the new One’s Sense 6 interface will come to the old One by the end of May. The company originally promised this at its launch event in New York City last month, it looks like it’s still committed to deliver. Sense 6 runs on top of Android 4.4.2 KitKat—HTC refers to it as its “sixth Sense.” It introduces an even more minimalistic design, along with themes, colored panels, gestures referred to as Motion unch, which lets you do things like double tap to wake up the screen....

HTC today announced its Uh Oh protection plan that expands upon its previous HTC Advantage program, and offers more than just a free one-time screen replacement due to damage to its consumers. Under the Uh Oh protection plan, HTC One M9 owners will be eligible for one free replacement unit due to a cracked screen, water damage or even for switching carriers for the first 12 months from the date of purchase of the handset....

With superhero movies never being as popular as they are right now, Fox is quickly approaching the end of the road with its most recognizable lead character. After 17 years spanning multiple appearances in various timelines and decades, Hugh Jackman is hanging up his adamantium claws for good with Logan. The R-rated character study appears to be unlike any other portrayal of the character so far, and a departure from the typical comic book movie formula....

Crytek’s competitive bounty hunting game Hunt: Showdown is set to be released on PC and Xbox One August 20, with a PS4 release following later this fall. The game has been in Early Access on Steam since February 2018, and joined Xbox Game Preview in May 2019. Hunt: Showdown is an online multiplayer game that combines PvP and PvE combat. In each match, players explore a map crawling with enemies as they track the level’s boss using supernatural powers....

Ikea this week announced its first-ever smart air purifier, dubbed the Starkvind. Available in October, the Starkvind will come in two different designs, and according to a report from HomeKit Authority, it will support integration with HomeKit and Apple’s Home app. In the press release announcing the Starkvind air purifier, Ikea explained that it will be available in a floor-standalone model and a side table model, designed to “meet different tastes and needs....

Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) promises to bring a lot of changes to enterprise networking in 2019 and beyond. While none of Apple’s devices yet support it, it’s just a matter of time, and it’s important for IT administrators to begin planning for how the latest 802.11 standard from the IEEE will impact networks. While 802.11ac was focused on raw speed, Wi-Fi 6 and 802.11ax is focused on capacity and optimization. I’ll refer to the technology as Wi-Fi 6 for the remainder of the article, but it’s simply the marketing name the Wi-Fi Alliance has given 802....

The announcement of these new studies came during Apple’s annual product launch event. Apple used this platform to emphasize how its phone and watch products can be used as healthcare tools. In order to obtain useful results from these studies, Apple is calling on its users to help with research. We’ll give you all the details about Apple’s three new health studies, how you can take part with your iPhone and Apple Watch, and how Apple addresses data concerns....

At a special event in New York, today, HTC and Microsoft have announced the launch of HTC’s first smartphones with Windows Phone 8 inside. Strangely, these devices are called Windows Phone 8S and Windows Phone 8X and this seems to show the “big love” between HTC and Microsoft. Wait a second, wasn’t Nokia supposed to be Microsoft’s “spouse”? It seems that HTC managed to convince Microsoft that they deserve this special attention as these two companies have had a long connection – HTC’s first devices have been Windows handsets....

On this page, we will guide you on how to install the official firmware flash file on your Huawei Mate 40 Pro NOH-NX9. Well, the device runs out of the box with Android 10 which is powered by the Kirin 9000 5G processor. To install the firmware flash file on Huawei Mate 40 Pro NOH-NX9, you need to download the software called the Huawei Flash tool. This method simple and easy....

Huawei today announced its latest addition to its smartphone lineup: the Huawei Mate 8. The latest flagship phone from the company comes with a 6-inch Full HD display that is housed inside a body made entirely out of aluminium and features a screen-to-body ratio of 83 percent. Huawei boasts that the Full HD screen on the Mate 8 features a “wider color range” that covers 95 percent of the NTSC gamut....

Enter the MateBook 16s – successor to the AMD-based MateBook 16, which earlier this year we judged ‘could be a real winner’ with a better webcam. This comment was aimed at Huawei’s notoriously quirky camera that popped up from a key in the Fn row, giving an unflattering ‘up the nose’ viewing angle during video calls. That’s fixed in the new model, which is based on 12th-generation H-series Intel Core processors and features a 2....

Hyundai announced today that it’s expanding support for Apple’s CarPlay (and Android Auto) to additional vehicles. In addition to previously supported vehicles, 2016 Sonata Hybrid, Sonata Plug-in Hybrid, Veloster, and 2015 and 2016 Azera models can now install the free, manual software update via the company’s MyHyundai site. Alternatively, Hyundai dealerships will offer installation of the update for a fee. Hyundai also notes that its new 2017 Santa Fe and Santa Fe Sport now come with CarPlay stock, as will the rest of its 2017 models with compatible in-dash systems....

If you own Samsung’s Galaxy S4, the one that uses a Qualcomm Snapdragon 600, then there’s a small chance you may have heard some distortion coming out of your headphones. According to Android Police, this is a well known problem. They point to a 16 page thread on XDA and a 120+ comment thread on Reddit with people reporting clipping issues. Someone even ran some a comprehensive analysis on the GS4’s audio output, which you can see here....

Following the official launch of the new iMac on Friday, iFixit has already gotten its hands on one of these redesigned 24-inch iMacs to share its traditional teardown. This gives us a better look at the internal parts of the computer, which is basically a single logic board with everything soldered there. An X-ray of the new iMac shown by iFixit reveals some interesting details about the machine. In previous generations of the iMac, Apple has used the Apple logo on its computers as the antenna for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connections, but this year things have gotten a little different....

iHeartRadio, the Internet radio streaming app, is out with a new version for iPhone today adding a couple of new features for listeners. First up is support for Apple’s CarPlay feature for CarPlay-equipped vehicles. This presents an optimized version of the iPhone app on CarPlay equipped cars’ built-in screens when connected to the iPhone making it easier to navigate and control the app when driving. Apple has mentioned that iHeartRadio is a supported CarPlay app since the re-branded feature was introduced earlier this year, but support was not yet available when we reviewed CarPlay in an aftermarket Pioneer display last month....

Backing up your phone in case of damage or loss is a given, but what if you neglected to do this? All might not be lost. Tap or click here for tips on retrieving your data from a broken phone. Dropping your phone in the water used to be akin to an automatic death sentence, but phones are a lot tougher nowadays. They can withstand more shock and are more resistant to water, if not completely immune to a splash or quick dunk....

Nuance Dragon Mobile Assistant version 5.2 for Android is rolling out Tuesday with a new feature called “Nuance Voice int” biometric technology. The new capability builds on Dragon’s longsting wake-up phrase that lets you activate Nuance’s app with a voice comm such as “Hello, Dragon.” th version 5.2, however, Nuance can use your voice, only your voice, to get past your lock screen even when your hset is in sleep mode....