Snapchat's Newest Features Take the App a Step Closer to Being Like Most Everything Else Online: Fake

Snapchat’s Newest Features Take the App a Step Closer to Being Like Most Everything Else Online: Fake

New York Magazine

Snapchat videos, unlike those on Vine or Instagram or YouTube, have always stood out for the fact that they feel more – to use a fraught word on the internet – authentic.

Amazon Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote review: Smarten up your old TV

ZDNet

amazone-fire-tv-alexa.jpg Image: Amazon. Amazon’s £39.99 (inc. VAT) Fire TV Stick now comes with a remote control that allows you to issue voice commands to your TV.

Why Windows must die. For the third time

ZDNet

Last week, a key event occurred in the history of personal computing. It marks the beginning of the death of the operating system that we recognize today as Microsoft Windows.

This Android flaw is ‘used by most ransomware’. But Google won’t fix it until Android O

ZDNet

Security firm Check Point: “This is clearly not a minor threat, but an actual tactic used in the wild.” Image: Getty Images.

Apple is totally serious about tracking your sleep

BGR

It’s no secret that Apple wants to improve the sleep-tracking abilities of its devices, with special emphasis on the Apple Watch smartwatch.

Minecraft on Nintendo Switch does the trick, hides most of its compromises

Ars Technica

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe only needed a few days to prove that good Wii U games play better—and sell better—on the Nintendo Switch. Coincidentally, the next major game for Switch seems poised to capitalize on the same idea: Minecraft, which officially goes …

Bioware’s next game isn’t coming until at least spring 2018

Digital Trends

Bioware’s next game may still be a long way off from release, but at least it doesn’t plan to release it before it’s ready.

Galaxy S8 Is Fragile But Affordable To Repair, Experts Say

Android Headlines

The Samsung Galaxy S8 and the Galaxy S8 Plus are highly fragile phones but are also relatively affordable to repair, several experts recently interviewed by Motherboard claim.

Hey Look, The New ‘Assassin’s Creed’ Game ‘Origins’ Just Leaked

Forbes

The next Assassin’s Creed game is called Assassin’s Creed Origins and it takes place at the very beginning, when the Assassins were first crawling from the sea to walk on two legs.

The new-look Nokia 3310 on sale this month

CNET

The Nokia 3310 is back. Richard Trenholm/CNET. 17 years after it first went on sale, you can buy the Nokia 3310 again. A new, updated version of the iconic Nokia phone goes on sale in the UK on 24 May, and it will cost £50.

Tips For Playing Prey

Kotaku

Prey is a tense, moody game that makes you distrust everyday objects because they might secretly be monsters. Whether you’re just launching the game or well into your exploration of Talos I, here are some tips for making it through.

What Should Apple Name Its Next New iPhone?

Forbes

Later this year, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will launch the next iPhone. As a celebration of the tenth anniversary of the first iPhone launch, the new product has already generated a lot of hype and outsized expectations.

Microsoft doesn’t think USB-C is ready for the mainstream

The Verge

While everybody else is worried about whether the Alcantara fabric on the deck of the Surface Laptop will hold up over time, I have a different concern: why no USB-C plugs?

128GB OnePlus 3T Variant Is Coming Back, Confirms OnePlus

Android Headlines

OnePlus has just confirmed that the 128GB OnePlus 3T (Gunmetal) variant will become available again, soon. For those of you who do not know, the 128GB OnePlus 3T is currently not available for purchase, and it has been like that for a couple of days now.