Monthly Archives: August 2022

Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 adds battery life, screen strength, and temperature sensor

Enlarge / The Galaxy Watch 5 has a notably flat-front screen, so it’s good Samsung has upgraded the display to sapphire crystal. (credit: Samsung) Samsung announced the Galaxy Watch 5 and Watch 5 Pro on Wednesday, giving its round, semi-rotating Wear OS watches new looks, a tougher screen material, and—for reasons the company can only…

Microsoft open-sources over 1,500 of its cute 3D emoji designs for anyone to use

Enlarge (credit: Microsoft) As part of its Windows 11 design push, Microsoft also published fun redesigns for all of its emoji characters that added more character and texture than the older Windows 8- and 10-era versions. Today, the company is going one step further, open-sourcing the vast majority of these new “Fluent” emoji designs and…

Elon Musk cashes in $6.9 billion of Tesla stock, just in case

Enlarge / Photo illustration by Chesnot/Getty Images Within weeks of the Twitter board’s approval of Elon Musk’s unsolicited bid to take the company private, the South African-born billionaire came down with a severe case of buyer’s remorse. Twitter was not happy, and after Musk decided not to go through with the purchase, the social media company quickly…

You can finally play Sony’s Spider-Man on PC—but it’s not all good news (yet)

Enlarge / All images in this review were personally captured by Sam Machkovech on various PCs, unless otherwise specified. (The game’s handy “photo mode” helps on this front, though such images are still representative of real-time gameplay.) (credit: Sony / Insomniac / Nixxes) In two days, the 2018 hit game Marvel’s Spider-Man will break out…

Best Lego Star Wars sets of 2022

Tony Ware Best overall Mos Eisley Cantina Check Price Immerse yourself in one of the most iconic locations in the Star Wars saga. Best old school Millennium Falcon Check Price Outrun Imperial starships with Lego’s Millennium Falcon set. Best for kids 501st Legion Clone Troopers Check Price Join the Clone Wars with this 501st Legion…

FullStory secures $25M to help companies spot issues in their apps and websites

FullStory, which sells analytics tools for apps and websites, secured $25 million in new equity financing, paperwork filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission this week shows. TechCrunch couldn’t independently confirm the investors and the company hadn’t responded to a request for comment as of press time. But according to Crunchbase, the infusion is…