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macOS Catalina 10.5.5 introduces Battery Health Management

TechSpot News | June 2, 2020, 5:49 a.m. | Original

Apple macOS's battery health management is a new optional feature -- something similar was introduced to iOS -- than extends the life of your laptop's battery by managing charging based on users' habits. More release notes and download links here.

Publishers say the Internet Archive's National Emergency Library constitutes 'willful mass copyright infringement'

TechSpot News | June 2, 2020, 5:01 a.m. | Original

In brief: Plaintiffs in the case including Hachette Book Group, Penguin Random House, HarperCollins Publishers and John Wiley & Sons said the Internet Archive has taken the intellectual investment of authors and the financial investment of publishers and are giving it away.

The Internet Archive back in March created the National Emergency Library , a controversial program that made more than 1.4 million eBooks available to borrowers without any wait times. The idea was to assist students through the remainder of the academic year and make it easier for ordinary citizens to access

Long-lost version of NES game Days of Thunder recreated from 30-year-old floppies

TechSpot News | June 2, 2020, 3:52 a.m. | Original

Snippet: One of the first items they honed in on was a 5.25-inch floppy disk with a hand-written label that read “Nintendo Hot Rod Taxi Final.” This wasn’t a known game title but perhaps it was a placeholder for something else?

The Video Game History Foundation was recently contacted by a family friend of Chris Oberth, a video game programmer that passed away back in 2012. They needed help to make sense of the materials he had left behind – a

Steam June update improves Remote Play

TechSpot News | June 2, 2020, 3:31 a.m. | Original

The latest Steam release improves Remote Play by adding the option to share your IP and attempt to establish a direct connection, adds options to manage downloads, and fixes several bugs on Windows and Linux.

Making history: the SpaceX launch, ISS dock, and a false copyright claim

TechSpot News | June 2, 2020, 2:57 a.m. | Original

The Falcon Rocket 9, which carried the manned Crew Dragon capsule, was just 17 minutes away from launch on Thursday, May 28, when teams from NASA and SpaceX decided the risk posed to equipment by thunderstorms over the Cape Canaveral site was too great. The Demo-2 mission was rescheduled for...

Apple releases security-focused iOS 13.5.1 update

TechSpot News | June 2, 2020, 2:22 a.m. | Original

In brief: Coming in at around 80 MB (depending on your iPhone), Apple's minor iOS 13.5.1 update blocks one of the more powerful jailbreaking tools to have come out recently. The company has also released updates for watchOS, iPadOS, HomePod, and Apple TV.

Unc0ver's jailbreaking tool came out less than two weeks ago, with the

Samsung's Odyssey G7 curved gaming monitor launches worldwide

TechSpot News | June 2, 2020, 12:53 a.m. | Original

In brief: Samsung unveiled its Odyssey lineup of curved high-end gaming monitors at CES this year and has now launched the smaller G7 variant, which comes in 32-inch and 27-inch display sizes.

Samsung literally went ahead of the curve with its Odyssey gaming monitor lineup revealed at CES 2020. The company has now announced the global launch of the G7 model, which boasts an impressive 1000R curvature for increased immersion, 1ms response time (GTG)

App that detects and removes Chinese-made apps goes viral

TechSpot News | June 2, 2020, 12:08 a.m. | Original

A hot potato: The US isn’t the only country whose relations with China are currently strained. A border dispute in the Himalayas has seen rising tensions with India, leading to an app called ‘Remove China Apps’ passing five million downloads in just over two weeks, most of which came from within India.

Indian startup OneTouch AppLabs is behind the app . It scans a device and will either congratulate the user on having no Chinese-made apps or list them all, which includes the likes of TikTok. Rather

Latest Google Pixel update brings improved adaptive battery, sleep management, personal safety, more

TechSpot News | June 1, 2020, 11:10 p.m. | Original

In brief: In light of recent events and ongoing pandemic, Google is focusing on health and safety features for its Pixel phones. New functionality includes improved sleep tracking and the ability to automatically notify emergency contacts in the event you don't check in. Other updates include improvements to battery life monitoring and Google Assistant integration with the Recorder app.

After the Pixel 4 and 4 XL launched, Google promised intermittent "feature drops" about every three months to add new functionality along with security updates. Google has now released the

Samsung launches $1,999 rotating TV in US for smartphone-loving millennials

TechSpot News | June 1, 2020, 10:20 p.m. | Original

What just happened? Back in April 2019, Samsung unveiled a TV that was very different from anything we’d seen before. Called the Sero, it’s a 43-inch quantum dot television that rotates 90 degrees so users can watch smartphone content in its native portrait mode. Now, the television is available in the US for $1,999.

Samsung says that smartphone-loving millennials are the Sero’s target audience. The TV’s portrait mode should make

In brief: Plaintiffs in the case including Hachette Book Group, Penguin Random House, HarperCollins Publishers and John Wiley & Sons said the Internet Archive has taken the intellectual investment of authors and the financial investment of publishers and are giving it away.

Snippet: One of the first items they honed in on was a 5.25-inch floppy disk with a hand-written label that read “Nintendo Hot Rod Taxi Final.” This wasn’t a known game title but perhaps it was a placeholder for something else?

In brief: Coming in at around 80 MB (depending on your iPhone), Apple's minor iOS 13.5.1 update blocks one of the more powerful jailbreaking tools to have come out recently. The company has also released updates for watchOS, iPadOS, HomePod, and Apple TV.

In brief: Samsung unveiled its Odyssey lineup of curved high-end gaming monitors at CES this year and has now launched the smaller G7 variant, which comes in 32-inch and 27-inch display sizes.

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