Saturday
Jun082019

Canadian Reviewer Weekly Roundup – 6/2 – 6/8

Saturday
Jun082019

Google reportedly argues against cutting Huawei off, cites security concerns

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If the reports are to be believed, Google is reportedly urging the Trump administration to lift its ban on doing business with Huawei. The company is citing security concerns as the reason for them to continue working with Huawei.

Last month, Huawei has been blacklisted by the US government and prevented them from conducting business with US companies without prior government approval. So, Google had to restrict Huawei’s access to the Android operating system. And while the US backtracked a bit and delayed that action by 90 days, that reprieve is set to expire on August 19th.

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Saturday
Jun082019

ASUS partners with ‘PUBG’ publisher Tencent Games for new ROG Phone

It isn’t exactly a secret that ASUS is working on another ROG Phone, but it’s been revealed on Chinese social media site Weibo that the company is partnering with Tencent for the new gaming smartphone. Tencent’s gaming division is a video game publishing giant from China and it has published games like PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, Ring of Elysium, and League of Legends. The partnership means Tencent will help optimize its games and the gaming experience on the second-generation ROG Phone.

The phone is expected to launch in China sometime in July. Some of the rumoured specs of the ROG Phone 2 include a 120Hz display, updated Snapdragon processor, and most likely, more RAM.

Source: GSMArena

Friday
Jun072019

Apple’s macOS Catalina adds Auto Dark Mode

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One glaring omission when Apple introduced Dark Mode in macOS Mojave was the option to automatically turn the feature on and off depending on the time of day. But with the upcoming release of macOS Catalina, the company finally rectified this. There is now an Auto Dark Mode option. You can head to System Preferences – General to see the three options: Light, Dark, and Auto. If you choose Auto, the different design elements on your desktop will get darker at night and then get lighter during the day. Complementing this feature is the Dynamic Desktop wallpaper, which changes depending on the time of day. As expected, there will be a Santa Catalina Island option that will launch when macOS Catalina launches in the fall.

Source: Mashable