What do cassette tape decks of the 1980s, MP3 players of the 1990s, and today’s smartphones have in common? None would exist as we know them today if it were not for NAND flash memory, the influence of which has quietly improved the quality of IT life for consumers for a lot of years. San Jose, Calif.-based Kioxia America, Inc., known as Toshiba Memory America until October 2019, today announced that it is celebrating the anniversary of the company’s invention of NAND flash memory by Toshiba scientist Dr....

The latest Netflix prediction is that the streaming service could lose as many as 4 million subscribers in 2020. Netflix has come under heightened pressure recently due to the increase in the number of new streaming services. The problem for Netflix is a lot of these new arrivals are priced far lower than Netflix. This has led to many suggesting these services will affect Netflix’s subscriber growth, leading to some being referred to as “Netflix killers....

There are people—yours truly included—who felt genuinely dumbfounded having read both the authorized “Steve Jobs” biography by Walter Isaacson and Adam Lashinsky’s “Inside Apple.” Do not get me wrong, Isaacson and Lashinsky are among the best contemporary wordsmiths, and their work enlightened us with some previously unknown details about the inner-workings of Apple and the man who cofounded it. Nonetheless, the authors dedicated way too many pages to the stuff we already knew, and their writing style may not appeal to the Technorati accustomed to fast-paced news reporting and sensationalist headlines....

But sometimes the culprit isn’t your actual computer. It can be the browser that you use. Google Chrome is known for eating resources if you have multiple tabs open simultaneously. The good news is that’s about to change. The tech giant will be rolling out new Chrome features soon that will save memory and help extend your device’s battery life. Keep reading for details. Here’s the backstory Having multiple tabs open in Chrome can be a resource hog....

Update: The brothers have uploaded a new video further explaining the Face ID issue. Watch it below. Apple touts that Face ID is even more secure than Touch ID was, with there being a 1 in 1,000,000 chance of a different person being able to unlock someone else’s iPhone X with Face ID. A new video posted to Reddit, however, shows Face ID failing to properly differentiate between siblings… In the video, you can see Face ID unlock the iPhone X for both siblings....

Former star of The Bachelor Nick Viall is making the career move from reality TV star to actor, but he isn’t too concerned because he feels people aren’t expecting much from his acting skills. Fans are much more accustomed to seeing the 39 yr old star in a reality tv setting. Viall first came to the public attention when he appeared as a contestant on The Bachelorette in 2014. He had remained in the public eye ever since....

A British university study in 2019 indicated that Night Shift doesn’t work when it comes to helping you sleep, and that has been confirmed by a new study carried out in the US. Apple says the Night Shift feature “may” aid sleep by gradually reducing the amount of blue light in the display and increasing the amount of yellow light… This is intended to mimic the natural shift in color temperature seen in daylight as the sun gets lower in the sky....

While the federal government already has its Trusted Digital Identity Framework in place, the framework is only applicable to federal government entities and not applicable to states and territories or the private sector. The Bill, if passed, would create another framework that allows state and territory governments and the private sector to facilitate online transactions requiring a digital identity, which the DTA hopes will reduce friction and delay in online environments....

In this guide, we will show you the steps to switch from ColorOS to OxygenOS on the OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro devices without unlocking the bootloader. One major reason why OnePlus devices managed to quickly become the fan-favorite could be attributed to its underlying custom OS skin. Beholding a plethora of features and maintaining the overall stability at the same time managed to impress one and all. In this regard, its Chinese variant runs the HydrogenOS whereas all the other region devices come with the popular OxygenOS....

In this guide, we’ll be sharing the easy steps to install the Motorola XT2071-4 (Razr 5G 2020 ) firmware flash file (codenamed Smith). As an open-source platform, Android devices do come with plenty of customization options which can also lead to bricking or stuck in the boot loop issue due to unsupported file flashing or even improper flashing steps. Needless to say that most Android users want to heavily customize their devices via flashing third-party firmware files or rooting....

Much of the code is written with HTML5, Siegler observes, but nonentheless the experience of running the app on a 9.7-inch iPad feels as native as it can get. Using the left-hand menu and pop-overs you can access Facebook’s many option at any time while being focused on the news from your friends. Turning the tablet upside down invokes Facebook’s chat and the photo viewer feels like Apple’s native Photos app....

Comcast cable TV customers can expect to pay more for their service in 2020 as the company shifts its focus to its new NBC Peacock streaming service. Over the last couple of years, Comcast has seen a major decline in its cable TV subscribers and now the company looks set to fully embrace the world of streaming, albeit at the cost of existing cable customers. Comcast and NBC announced the Peacock streaming service last year, although pricing was only recently confirmed....

Netflix’s The Two Popes cast is led by two iconic actors, who are joined by an impressive list of supporting actors. Directed by Brazilian filmmaker Fernando Meirelles (City of God) and written by Anthony McCarten (Bohemian Rhapsody), the Netflix drama features two legendary actors as historical Vatican figures. The Two Popes explores the friendship between Pope Benedict XVI and Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio. As the Catholic Church experiences scandal after scandal, the head of the Vatican muses about the future, and if he’s making the right decisions....

Fox has a big year coming up, with Logan (out this week), War for the Planet of the Apes (out July), Kingsman: The Golden Circle (October) and Murder on the Orient Express (November) still to come, but one film they seem particularly confident with is Alien: Covenant. Ridley Scott’s second return to the franchise that made him, the film was originally set for release in August (a time for risky box office prospects), but was bumped up to a prime May spot....

Apple ran a new, minute-long Apple Music commercial during last night’s Country Music Association Awards, featuring hit country music singer-songwriter Kenny Chesney. In the ad – filmed this summer at his concert at the Gillette Stadium in Foxboro MA, home of the super bowl champions New England Patriots – Chesney focuses on the human curation offered by Apple Music. The ad, which can be found on iTunes and watched below, also features a cameo appearance by the Apple Watch, Chesney using it to check his Activity rings....

New iOS 9 Features 3D Touch Earlier this year, Apple introduced us to force touch on the Apple Watch then brought similar functionality to its Early 2015 MacBook laptops. 3D touch shares a similar capability on the iPhone 6s by providing access to quick action menus on apps. When you add a certain amount of pressure on an app icon, it will present a list of common tasks you can complete, such as a Selfie menu for the Camera app, a Post on FaceBook or New Message/Tweet on Twitter....

The Correlium team has today released a beta of a work-in-progress hack to get the Android operating system running on the iPhone. Using the checkra1n jailbreak exploit to gain access to the bootloader of older iPhone models, Project Sandcastle lets you install a semi-working version of Android on an iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus. Support for additional phone models is in the works. Obviously, proceed at your own risk. Even more so than a standard jailbreak, you can imagine the potential for stuff to go wrong here is significant....

Prototype iPhone 4 from last year The next generation iPhone has reached the final testing stage (aka “AP” stage [Thanks, Chronic!]) and is now being carried around by high level Apple and carrier executives. Although this has been assumed since the no-iPhone-at-WWDC-rumors broke, the current plan is for a September launch for the next-generation iPhone. Apple and Verizon have yet to strike a deal regarding FaceTime over 3G for the Verizon network....

As the COVID-19 pandemic goes on with an increasing demand for video conferences, camera makers have been enabling these devices to function as webcams. Now, Nikon has introduced a new software that turns its DSLR or mirrorless cameras into a webcam for Mac and Windows PCs. With the Nikon Webcam Utility Software (via Engadget), users can connect some of the Nikon cameras to a computer via USB connection to use them as a real webcam....

This financial year, severely overweight people without another primary disability cost the National Disability Insurance Scheme millions more. The National Disability Insurance Scheme would spend more than $4.5 million in the 2020-21 financial year due to severely overweight people who do not have any other primary disability. NDIS Minister Linda Reynolds stated that 21 active participants with an NDIS plan indicated obesity as their primary disability as of June 30 in response to a parliamentary question regarding obesity being covered by the scheme....