Month: August 2020

Pixel 4a available for pre-order for $349, Pixel 4a (5G) and Pixel 5 coming this fall

Google’s follow-up to last year’s Pixel 3a is official. The Google Pixel 4a is a mid-range phone with some flagship-like features including an OLED display. Google’s excellent camera features, and guaranteed OS and security updates f…

Google’s follow-up to last year’s Pixel 3a is official. The Google Pixel 4a is a mid-range phone with some flagship-like features including an OLED display. Google’s excellent camera features, and guaranteed OS and security updates for at least three years. The Pixel 4a is available for pre-order now for $349 and ships August 20, 2020. But […]

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Pixel 4a im Test: Google macht das Pixel kleiner und noch günstiger

Google macht mit dem Pixel 4a einiges anders als beim 3a – und eine Menge richtig, unter anderem beim Preis. Im Herbst sollen eine 5G-Version und das Pixel 5 folgen. Ein Test von Tobias Költzsch (Google, Smartphone)

Google macht mit dem Pixel 4a einiges anders als beim 3a - und eine Menge richtig, unter anderem beim Preis. Im Herbst sollen eine 5G-Version und das Pixel 5 folgen. Ein Test von Tobias Költzsch (Google, Smartphone)

PS4 gamepads won’t work for PS5 games, Sony says

Contrast with Microsoft’s plan to bring Xbox One controllers forward for Series X.

  • The PlayStation 5's new gamepad is called DualSense and sports a bold two-toned design. Did Aperture Science make this? [credit: Sony / Aurich Lawson ]

You won't be able to use Sony's DualShock 4 or other third-party PS4 gamepads to play PlayStation 5 games, Sony confirmed in a blog post today.

Those older gamepads will still work with "supported PS4 games" running on the PS5, Sony said, and PS5 software will work with "specialty peripherals" designed for the PS4—including "officially licensed racing wheels, arcade sticks, and flight sticks." Those caveats highlight the fact that there's no technical limitation or communication protocol mismatch stopping the upcoming hardware from communicating with legacy controllers.

But Sony says it "believe[s] that PS5 games should take advantage of the new capabilities and features we’re bringing to the platform, including the features of DualSense wireless controller." Those features include what Sony is calling "haptic feedback and dynamic trigger effects" and a built-in microphone (last month, Geoff Keighley hosted what is, thus far, the only public hands-on impressions of these new controller features).

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Trump administration gives TikTok 45 days to sell to Microsoft or leave US [Updated]

Short-form video platform beloved by teens seen as a national security threat.

TikTok's US operations may soon be part of every cool teen's favorite code conglomerate, Microsoft.

Enlarge / TikTok's US operations may soon be part of every cool teen's favorite code conglomerate, Microsoft. (credit: SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images)

After weeks of rumor and speculation, the Trump administration this weekend gave TikTok's parent company, Beijing-based ByteDance, 45 days to sell off the social media sensation or else stop operating in the United States—and Microsoft looks to be the buyer.

Microsoft on Sunday confirmed what several media outlets had been speculating since Friday, saying it is in talks to buy TikTok's operations in the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand and may also invite other US investors to take minority stakes in the deal.

"Microsoft will move quickly to pursue discussions with TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, in a matter of weeks, and in any event completing these discussions no later than September 15, 2020," the company said in a corporate blog post. "During this process, Microsoft looks forward to continuing dialogue with the United States Government, including with the President."

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Funkstrahlung: Bürgermeister in Oberbayern greifen 5G der Telekom an

Einige Bürgermeister in Bayern wenden sich gegen 5G, angeblich, weil sie nicht über den Ausbau informiert wurden. “Sie reden immer nur denen das Wort, die gegen Mobilfunk sind” , kontert die Telekom. (5G, Telekom)

Einige Bürgermeister in Bayern wenden sich gegen 5G, angeblich, weil sie nicht über den Ausbau informiert wurden. "Sie reden immer nur denen das Wort, die gegen Mobilfunk sind" , kontert die Telekom. (5G, Telekom)

Akkus: Samsung und Varta legen Patentstreit bei

Aus einem Patentstreit wird ein Lieferabkommen: Samsung und Varta haben ihren Streit um Akkus in Headsets beigelegt, Varta bleibt Hauptlieferant. (Samsung, Akku)

Aus einem Patentstreit wird ein Lieferabkommen: Samsung und Varta haben ihren Streit um Akkus in Headsets beigelegt, Varta bleibt Hauptlieferant. (Samsung, Akku)