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The popularity of turning captions “on” – CBS News Watch CBS News Whether you have lousy TV speakers, are hard of hearing, are distracted by the kids, or are watching a film with actors who mumble, chances are you are using the captions option while watching TV, even if they’re not translating a foreign language. Correspondent David Pogue talks with Oscar-winning sound mixer Tom Fleischman, who explains – despite technological advances in audio – why films may be getting harder to hear. Pogue also sits down with Jeff Tashige, whose closed-caption work for Netflix has gone viral. Be the first…
The Magic V2 RSR Porsche Design is the first result of the collaboration between Honor and Porsche. The foldable flagship was made official back in January and it’s one of the most expensive of its kind currently available on the market.But if you can’t afford to pay more than €2000 / $2000 for such a premium product, Honor’s next RSR Porsche Design phone might be a better choice. The Chinese company has already confirmed plans to introduce three new products on March 18: Magic6 Ultimate, Magic6 RSR Porsche Design, and MagicBook Pro 16.The bad news is these will be launched…
You just can’t go wrong with buying one of Samsung’s super-duper Galaxy Tab S9 FE tablets, as they offer great performance at a more affordable price. Furthermore, they are the best choice if you want a nice slate but don’t want to give an arm and a leg for one of Samsung’s more powerful but quite expensive Galaxy Tab S9 tablets. And right now, the impressive mid-range Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ is an even bigger bang for your buck, as it’s available at a sweet discount on Amazon!That’s right, the retailer is currently selling the 256GB version of the…
Last week, a bipartisan House bill was introduced that could mean the end of popular video app TikTok in the U.S. The proposed legislation would ban TikTok in the states if its parent company, ByteDance doesn’t sell its interest in the app. ByteDance is a Chinese company and U.S. lawmakers are concerned about TikTok’s connection with China and fear that the company collects personal data from TikTok subscribers.The bill was introduced by introduced by Reps. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.); the pair are the top lawmakers on the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party. If the…
Asus is expected to introduce its new flagship for the year, the Zenfone 11 Ultra, later next week, but we already know a lot about the device. The upcoming handset will be launched worldwide, although prices will be different depending on country.Thankfully, we don’t have to wait until March 14 to learn about the phone’s price. A Czech retailer has just spilled the beans on the Zenfone 11 Ultra’s price, so that’s one more mystery revealed ahead of the official announcement (via YTECHB).According to Czech store Huramobil, the Zenfone 11 Ultra will be available for purchase for as low as…
PetaPixel reports that four Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra units were sent nearly 23 miles above the Earth using stratospheric balloons. The latter are made from ultra-thin plastic and are filled with helium. They can’t be steered into the wind, so those hoping to send a balloon to a specific location have to find an altitude where the wind direction takes the balloon to the desired destination. Each Galaxy S24 Ultra was carried to its high-altitude destination by one of four balloons used for this endeavor. Besides having its own Galaxy S24 Ultra, each balloon also featured a core flight computer. With…
Besides AT&T, MVNOs (Mobile Virtual Network Operators) that rely on AT&T’s network also were down. These are usually pre-paid wireless firms that don’t own their own networks and pay one of the majors to use their airwaves to connect their customers. The number of complaints submitted by AT&T users on DownDetector had soared that morning from 11 to over 32,000. That day, after service was restored, AT&T explained what had caused the outage by releasing this statement: “Based on our initial review, we believe that today’s outage was caused by the application and execution of an incorrect process used as…
Do you like the color of snow? How about getting a new smartphone in just that particular color? You might have already guessed which phone we’re talking about – the Google Pixel 7. The smartphone of yesteryear with 128GB of storage in Snow currently sells at a compelling price via a generous Amazon deal. If you act quickly enough, you can save as much as $190 on one, so don’t miss out. This smashing discount lands the Google Pixel phone just under $410. As you can probably imagine, that’s a lovely offer on a top-notch phone that remains among the…
Last week Apple pushed out iOS 17.4 and if you live in the EU, JACKPOT! Your iPhone can now sideload apps from third-party app stores, use mobile browsers with a non-WebKit browser engine, pay for in-app purchases using a third-party platform, and more. In other markets, iPhone users have to be happy with a less ambitious, but still useful, update. For example, with iOS 17.4 installed, users can now set the Stolen Device Protection feature to work everywhere and not just at familiar locations.iOS 17.4 will allow you to have the Stolen Device Protection feature protect you anywhere your phone…
Google has perhaps accidentally dropped a big hint about its upcoming Pixel 8a smartphone. While responding to a user-submitted bug report on its issue tracker, Google confirmed the Pixel 8a’s existence and revealed a feature that will be unique to that phone and those launched in the future.Pixel users enrolled in the Android 14 QPR beta program noticed in QPR1 Beta 1 a nifty new addition to the “About phone” section in their phone’s Settings menu. This new section, called “Battery information” provided enhanced battery statistics, such as charging cycles and the battery’s manufacture date. However, the feature vanished in…
Google Lens, the visual search tool that is available as a standalone app and embedded into Google’s Pixel phones, is getting a major update. Soon, you’ll be able to save the images you analyze with Lens and easily revisit them whenever you’d like. This is a much-needed feature that users have been asking for.Previously, when you used Google Lens to search for information about an image, the image itself wasn’t saved. This meant you had to either take a separate photo with your camera app and then search with Lens or lose the visual content after your search was complete.…
How does sparing an old tablet or phone to get your new Galaxy Tab S9+ for as little as $299.99 sound? If the offer tickles your fancy, go ahead and grab your flagship Samsung tablet straight from the official store. Here, you can find the slate for as much as 73% off its price tag, so long as you provide an eligible trade-in.Granted, you can’t trade in just any device and expect the price tag to drop as much as 73%. Nevertheless, the list of eligible devices is quite long, so you might want to check whether some of your…
This year Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S24 series is powered by two application processors, the homegrown Exynos 2400 SoC and the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for Galaxy chipset. The Galaxy S24 and Galaxy S24+ are powered by the Exynos 2400 SoC in all markets except for the U.S. and China where those units have the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for Galaxy under the hood. The top-of-the-line Galaxy S24 Ultra carries the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for Galaxy chipset in every region.According to Revegnus, Samsung planned on using the Dimensity 9000 chipset, released in the first quarter of 2022, to power its…
Chrome Custom Tabs were added to Android back in 2020 as a way to provide app developers and users with a way to have a customized browser experience within a specified app. The feature allows users to open web pages within the app without having to switch to a separate browser or using the old WebView method.However, even with the added convenience of having all the features of a full browser available within apps like X or Slack, for example, there were still some caveats when you wanted to still have access to the original post. Once you opened a…
Threads by Instagram has been on a roll lately, adding new features and improvements to the app. Just yesterday, we reported on how Threads officially rolled out saving drafts and taking photos from inside the app, and today, we are excited to find out that Threads now also supports Ultra HDR images and 10-bit video on Pixel devices. This means that your photos and videos will appear with enhanced colors, superior brightness, and deeper contrasts.As tested and reported by 9to5Google, to benefit from this, you’ll need a recent Pixel phone device such as the Pixel 8 series, Pixel 7 series,…
The European officials are not letting go of Apple and now summon the Cupertino giant to give further explanations on its latest actions against Epic Games, maker of the insanely popular game Fortnite game (and sworn Apple arch-enemy).“We have requested further explanations on this from Apple under the DMA (Digital Markets Act),” a European Commission spokesperson said in an email (via Reuters).What the spokesperson means by “further explanations on this” is, of course, the fact that Apple barred Epic Games from launching its own online marketplace on iPhones and iPads in Europe. The EU officials want to investigate whether this…