In a nutshell: As game streaming still tries to break into the mainstream, companies continue to open and test their services on as many platforms as possible. The latest is xCloud for iPhones and iPads. Microsoft is beginning a testing period on Apple mobile devices, but Cupertino's iron grip on its ecosystem is holding back the iOS version of the service.

Microsoft launched a limited preview of its Project xCloud gaming-streaming service on iOS. The app is available for those registered with the TestFlight program. Microsoft will be

Bottom line: The team said that its most recent security update for the PH-1, pushed out on February 3, will be the last. Devices will continue to work but no additional customer support or updates will be provided.

Essential Products, the technology company created by Android co-founder Andy Rubin, is shutting down.

Most suspected that Rubin’s start-up wasn’t long for this world when its debut device, the Essential smartphone, flopped . The company reportedly sold less than 90,

Why it matters: Plenty of corporations have made climate-related promises over the past decade or so -- emissions targets they want to hit, green energy goals, fossil fuel usage reduction, and so on. However, few people would have expected oil giant BP to announce its own, highly ambitious greenhouse gas target. Regardless, that's precisely what the company has done today: by 2050, BP wants to reach "net zero" emissions across its operations.

2050 is certainly

In brief: Mobile World Congress (MWC), the trade show hosted annually by GSMA for the mobile industry, has officially been canceled due to fears over the coronavirus. The event was originally scheduled to run from February 24 through February 27 in Barcelona, Spain.

Bloomberg was first to report the news, citing an e-mailed statement from GSMA CEO John Hoffman. In it, he said the virus outbreak has made it “impossible” to hold the event.

As the publication highlights, this is the

In a nutshell: Reuters on Wednesday announced a new fact-checking initiative tasked with identifying misinformation on social media. Described as an extension of its existing media verification efforts, the new unit within Reuters’ editorial department will identify false or misleading content posted on Facebook and Instagram and publish findings on its blog.

Case studies already on the blog highlight the claim at hand, state whether they are true or false and cite evidence to support the verdict.

Facebook already has an established fact-checking program in place but some believe

Fans rejoice: Let's face it. The last several Need For Speed games have been lame. EA and developer Ghost Games tried taking the series in a direction that many fans did not want to go. Namely, giving it an open-world just because that's the "in-thing," forcing a grindy tuning mechanic, and worst of all, microtransactions — looking at you Payback. Fortunately, the series is returning to the developer that put it on the map, Criterion!

On Wednesday,

What just happened? Strapped for cash and with developers leaving one by one, it looks like the much awaited System Shock 3 is on life support, barring some financial miracle. According to a former developer, the project has been trapped in between the high expectations of its fanbase and the inability of the development team to rise up to them in a reasonable timeframe.

Dial back to March 2019 and System Shock fans still had a lot to hope in seeing a third instalment materialize , especially with teasers that looked

In brief: WhatsApp now has more than two billion users worldwide, joining an elite group of platforms that have eclipsed that same milestone. As even more users come online, the figure is likely to continue to grow although perhaps not at the same pace it has enjoyed up to this point.

WhatsApp’s growth has been nothing short of impressive. Initially launched into beta in January 2009 by former Yahoo employees Brian Acton and Jan Koum, the communications app found an early following and by 2011

In a nutshell: After months of speculation and anticipation, Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S20 series yesterday. One of the devices’ most impressive features is the ability to capture video at an 8K resolution, but recording at 7680 x 4320 comes at a high storage cost: 600MB for every minute.

In addition to the Galaxy Z Flip, Samsung