We’ve all had those situations when we’ve received a text message that we don’t necessarily want anyone else to see. The problem is that such a message always seems to come through when your iPhone on a desk, or on a table in plain sight. So there you are, your message pops up along with the sender’s name and, if you have default settings turned on, a preview of the message’s contents....

The MacBook Air is one of Apple’s mostpopular laptops, and following a notable update in2019- which saw it get a new design, new Retina display, and a host of other features - there’s a new 2020 model in town. The 2020 MacBook Air refines the experience ever so slightly, offering enhanced performance, as well as an important move to the new keyboard - the same one which Apple introduced in theMacBook Pro 16-inch modelback in 2019....

Mid-sized SUVs have become hugely popular over the past few years – particularly at the premium end of the market, if they’re wearing the right German badge. The Mercedes GLC Coupe is most certainly wearing a badge of desire. But yes, you read that right, we added the word “coupe” onto the end of GLC – the name of Merc’s mid-sized SUV. Say what? Our quick take When we drove the GLC SUV after its launch, we felt it stood a chance of being rated as the best car in the class....

Netflix has officially unveiled the release date for Arcane Season 2 with its latest teaser poster, depicting two of the more popular characters within the series, Jinx and Vi. After years of waiting, Arcane Season 2 is approaching fast and releasing this year, and here’s everything we know about it. Riot Games’ latest upcoming animation series arrives in November 2024 and premieres exclusively on Netflix. This second season arrives after the first caught wide success when it was released three years ago in November 2021....

New Chris Evans Netflix movie gets dreadful Rotten Tomatoes score More often than not, a new film comes out and immediately gets swamped with bad reviews on Rotten Tomatoes. This time, it’s Chris Evans’ Netflix movie Pain Hustlers. StarringEmily Bluntalongside Evans, Pain Hustlers was first released on the streaming platform on Friday, October 20. As per the film’s synopsis, “After losing her job, a woman who’s struggling to raise her daughter takes a job out of desperation....

A new video fromCetizen on YouTubecompares the iPhone X’s display to that of the S7 Edge and the Note 8. They test to see at what point the screen will receive a burnt-in image from leaving the display on too long, which was a worry that some people had before picking up the iPhone X. For the test, they took each phone, set it to maximum brightness, and started a timer, checking at regular intervals over the course of several days....

Skating is one of those pastimes that can seem incredibly mysterious if you’ve never tried it - a world with fashion of its own, language and expertise that are hard to crack. That is until you play something like OlliOlli World, a game that pulls out every stop to make sure you’re able to get on with its vibe. Its intricate levels and amazingly vivid world beg to be explored and mastered, while its wry and zany tone make it a joy to check out what’s over that next grind-rail....

Word on the street is that Apple is trying to team up with an automobile company, one that’s already entrenched in the market, to help build its oft-rumoredApple Car. One such company appears to be Hyundai, but a new report suggests at least one executive isn’t too keen on the idea. Reutershas a look at the potential partnership between Hyundai and Apple. Right from the start, things seem to be on a rocky footing....

Apple may have gone the farthest along in commercializing sapphire as its new Messa, Arizona plant starts churning out first batches of sapphire crystal, but rivals are not standing still. Now key players are taking notice and some are taking action, in particular Korea’s Samsung and LG. The fast-follower Samsung, along with consumer electronics makers LG, is said to be reconsidering its stance on the feasibility of using sapphire in mobile devices....

Samsung’s Galaxy Home was first announced at the Galaxy Note 9 launch last Summer, but while we know more about the smart speaker now, we still don’t have a launch date or price - although maybe we will at theGalaxy S10 launchnext month. The lack of even a ballpark price is a little irritating because it’s difficult to compare the Bixby-powered Galaxy Home to what’s already out there. It’s a premium-looking device so it’s not going to be cheap, but it’ll be interesting to see where it fits in terms of the £199Sonos Onewith Alexa (or Google Assistant,coming soon) and the £319Apple HomePodwith Siri....

Sony BRAVIA Z5500 HDTV With Motionflow 200Hz And DLNA Sonyhave announceda new Full-HD LCD TV, which the company describes as offering the smoothest, sharpest BRAVIA picture quality to-date. The Sony BRAVIA Z5500 will be available in three sizes – 40-, 46- and 52-inches – each with Motionflow 200Hz and Image Blur Reduction technology. Meanwhile an ethernet port and DLNA support makes the Z5500 a native media streamer, too. Motionflow 200MHz calculates three additional frames for every one original, which are then smoothed together using the Image Blur Reduction system....

“Leaving my office last week, I pulled alongside a bus covered with yet another ad for AT&T’s ‘Best-Ever Pricing’ for families,”writes T-Mobile USA’s outspoken CEO John Legere in a blog post Monday. As is his wont, Legere couldn’t resist offering a scathing critique of AT&T’s family plan, calling it“funny”because“their deal is no deal at all”compared to the pricing of T-Mobile’s Simple Choice Family Plan. Regardless, Legere went on to announce a new competitive offering which will be launching later this month to give a family of four a total of ten gigabytes of high-speed LTE data (2....

Startups likeImpossible Food and othersare working as we speak to change how we produce food. But where do they get the “ingredients” to do so? Boston-based Motif Ingredients hopes to be that supplier. The company recently secured $90 million in financing to do just that, and it might be a good time to do so. Demand for alternative foods increased 17 percent last year, but obstacles remain primarily in how these meat and dairy substitutes taste....