All stories by Napier
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Twitter tests labeling and correcting 'harmfully misleading' tweets by politicians
The 2016 election was a watershed moment for the spread of misinformation online, so social networks have been exploring ideas to prevent the same from happening again in 2020. Twitter's latest test: labeling "harmfully misleading" tweets by politicians. NBC News first reported ...
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Google removes 'nearly 600' apps from the Play Store over annoying ads
Google is cracking down on apps on the Google Play Store with the most obnoxious ads. The company today announced it had removed 'nearly 600' apps from the Play Store - banning them from monetizing ads too - for their disruptive advertisements. Specifically, Google says that "disruptive" ads ...
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Microsoft is rolling out beautiful new Windows 10 icons
In November of 2018, Microsoft revealed a revamped set of Office icons it had created under it's fresh new Fluent Design ...
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Android 11 tries to make floating chat bubbles a thing again
When Google first began teasing Android 10 last year - then still known as Android Q - it led us to believe the company would ...
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Microsoft brings combined Word, Excel, and PowerPoint app to iOS
It was just a couple of days ago that Microsoft publicly introduced its super-handy combined Office app to the Google Play ...
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SpaceX will launch its first 4 tourists into orbit as soon as 2021
We all knew it was coming eventually, but it seems Elon Musk's SpaceX is finally gearing up to launch its first tourists into orbit. The company will start off by sending four private citizens in an experience that would last five days - as soon as 2021. You can bet those will be ...
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Report: Coronavirus could cause iPhone SE 2 shortage, iPad Pro delay
Coronavirus fears shut down Mobile World Congress, and now the virus appears to be impacting Apple too. Yesterday, the company ...
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Facebook is testing tabs to organize your News Feed
Facebook caused a lot of hullabaloo when it changed the News Feed from chronological order to an algorithmic ranking, and some people will never get over it. While you can still sort your feed by 'Most Recent,' the option is currently buried in the sidebar and reverts to normal after ...
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Leak: TCL's new phone turns into a tablet without folding
We're living in a new era for phone design. We've seen phones with bendable displays that fold horizontally and vertically, folding phones with dual screens, and phones with screens hidden on their backside. But I can't for the life of me figure out how this TCL concept phone - leak ...
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Microsoft just combined Word, Excel, and PowerPoint into a single handy Android app
Most of us have more apps than we need on our phones, so I've always been a little annoyed that reading Microsoft Word, Excel, ...
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Apple will reportedly launch the iPhone SE 2 at a March 31 event
Rumors have been floating around for some time that Apple is planning on launching a new, low cost iPhone in 2020 - called either the iPhone SE 2 or the iPhone 9. German site iphone-ticker.de is now claiming that device will be announced at a March 31 event. Though we can't confirm ...
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Surprise: The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip's ultra-thin folding 'glass' scratches like plastic
When Samsung announced the Galaxy Z Flip would be the first phone to use "ultra-thin glass," I had just one big question: would it hold up to JerryRigEverything's scratch tests? Would it, as with virtually every glass phone ever, "scratch at a level six, with deeper grooves at a ...
