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Google recently revealed new Search features that mark, in its words, a “fundamental transformation” in the way users look for and find content on the web. The updates all focus on a shift towards more tailored, personalized results. One major addition is activity cards, which surface pages you’ve already visited related to your current search. […]

Firefox’s privacy-focused browser has undergone a few changes since its launch including the addition of tabs and a full-screen mode. The latest update to v7 includes some UI tweaks, but the big changes are beneath the surface. Focus is now running on an all-new mobile rendering engine. Here’s the changelog for Firefox Focus v7. Mozilla says […]

Most mobile browsers hide the top of the browser UI when you scroll down the page as a way to save space. Now, Chrome OS may start doing the same thing in certain instances. As usual, this change has appeared in the Canary build first. Google’s François Beaufort has shared an animation that shows off the […]

Promptly on time, Google has released October’s OTA files and factory images for the Pixels, as well as its general Android security bulletin for the month. At the same time, Verizon is pushing out the set of patches to Pixel users now. It’s the second update to Android 9 Pie, and this time around there are […]

In a move that will surprise few at this point, Essential pushed out the latest Android 9 Pie release with October security patches within minutes of Google. Perhaps more exciting is the fact that with this update, the company is bringing back notch support. The settings for customizing how each app uses the status bar/notch area […]

Asus and Verizon have had an on-and-off deal here in the U.S., both for phones and tablets (the latter of which aren’t half bad). One of of those devices, the Zenfone V Live, is getting an update to Oreo starting today. Another one of those better-late-than-never situations, I guess. Big Red was kind enough to […]

It’s easy to forget lately, but Facebook was built around the concept of staying connected to your real-life friends and family. Some features still help you do that. For example, Nearby Friends, which lets you know approximately where friends in your general area are. Now, Facebook is working on a logical extension of that idea: […]

Earlier this year, Google made it possible to purchase domains ending in .app, and now you can grab another flavor of exotic domain. Today, .page domains are available in early access. Anybody can buy one, but they’ll be cheaper once they enter general availability on October 9. For the next week, .page domains can be […]

Huawei hasn’t released a smartwatch since the spring of 2017, but all signs point to its imminent return. After swinging by the FCC for certification, the Huawei Watch GT has shown up in a new leak. There’s an image of the watch, as well as a few details on the pricing and specs. It looks […]