October 4, 2018 ‘Civilization VI’ brings its addictive empire-building to the iPhone Fans of Civilization VI who want to create an empire while on the go have another option for how to do so — it's…
October 4, 2018 AI catches fake news by gauging the accuracy of its source Internet giants are getting better at countering fake news. For the most part, though, they screen content on a story-by-story basis and only block…
October 4, 2018 Twitter brings a data-saving feature to its main mobile app To date, invoking Twitter's data-saving mode on your phone has meant either installing Twitter Lite or relying on the mobile web version. You won't…
October 4, 2018 Facebook political ad policy also blocked LGBT messages Facebook's tougher political advertising policy has had more unintended side-effects. The Washington Post has discovered that the social network inadvertently blocked dozens of LGBT-themed…
October 4, 2018 Facebook tests Snapchat-like map for Nearby Friends Facebook's eagerness to replicate Snapchat features might extend beyond particularly conspicuous elements like Stories and selfie filters. The company has confirmed to TechCrunch that…
October 4, 2018 Jon Favreau’s live-action Star Wars show will be called The Mandalorian Jon Favreau’s live-action Star Wars TV show for Disney’s streaming service finally has a name and a plot: The Mandalorian. In a post to…
October 4, 2018 Jon Favreau’s streaming ‘Star Wars’ series is ‘The Mandalorian’ We still don't know the name of Disney's subscription streaming service, but we do have some details for a live-action Star Wars show that…
October 3, 2018 LG’s first hybrid smartwatch is mix of ambition and compromise On paper, LG's Watch W7 should provide a first-class Wear OS experience and the longevity of a regular analog watch — in other words,…
October 3, 2018 Fewer people died in car crashes in 2017, but the outlook is still grim The annual report on deadly motor vehicle crashes in the US is usually a pretty depressing read. The last couple years have been especially…
October 3, 2018 Netflix’s ‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’ trades kitsch for pentagrams Kiernan Shipka might be best known for her work as Sally Draper on Mad Men, but since then she's had a number of roles…