NotRecording prevents apps from being able to discern when you record your display

The iPhone and iPad each come standard with nativescreen recordingcapabilities, which is essentially a means of capturing activity on your display for someone else to see on their own device as a video file. Unfortunately, not all apps permit screen recordings, and that’s something that iOS developer opa334set out to change with a freejailbreak tweakrelease dubbedNotRecording. To learn more about NotRecording, we spoke directly to opa334 and learned that the NotRecording tweak was created as a direct response to a tweak bountypublishedsome time ago on Reddit....

August 2, 2025 · 2 min · 409 words · Beth Sanchez

Oppo Find X2 Pro hands-on review: A leather-clad stunner

Wrapped in bright orange vegan leather, theOppo Find X2 Prois among the most eye-catching, tactile phones of 2020. More importantly, it looks like the Find X2 Pro is Oppo’s most well-rounded phone package to date. Thenewly announced Find X2 Proprovides sensory overload out of the box, but what about the rest of the phone? Following the virtual launch event in London, I spent a short time with the Find X2 Pro to see if it lives up to the expectations generated by its fantastic appearance....

August 2, 2025 · 7 min · 1459 words · Amber Jennings

Review: Helldivers II

The market for co-op live service shooters isn’t exactly hurting for new entries. It’s a market dominated with more losses than hits where for everyDestiny 2there’s anAnthemandMarvel’s Avengers.Releasing a live service game in today’s market is a risky bet, especially when the game is a departure from its predecessor. Yet, that’s exactly whatHelldivers IIis offering. It’s a live service co-op third-person shooter, a change from the original’s top-down perspective. DoesHelldivers IIprovide enough fun experiences to keep players coming back to fight for liberty and democracy or is Super Earth doomed from the start?...

August 2, 2025 · 7 min · 1383 words · Jerry Rodriguez

Samsung's regular Note 20 display might disappoint

Samsung is known for having some of the best displays in the smartphone world, but it might not be quite the display that you expect come launch day. An established leaker of information about forthcoming phones has suggested that theSamsung Galaxy Note 20will have a flat display - something we’ve heard before - as well as sticking to a 1080p resolution and 60Hz refresh rate. The leaker calls the specification “desperate”, but has a long history of being critical of manufacturers who don’t offer fast refresh rates at high resolutions....

August 2, 2025 · 2 min · 338 words · Robert Swanson

Say hello to the first Sony Xperia 5G smartphone, coming in the "near future"

SonyusedMobile World Congressto announcethe Xperia 1, Xperia 10 andXperia 10 Plus, but they launch at a show where5G devicesandfoldable phonesare all everyone is talking about. The new 21:9 devices offer a different form factor to the devices that currently floodthe flagship market, but couldSonyhave done more to stand out rather than just stand tall? The company briefly mentioned 5G during its press conference, but there was certainly no talk of a foldable device, despite rumours suggesting Sony was working on one....

August 2, 2025 · 3 min · 473 words · Dr. James Fleming

Shell Eco-marathon: Driving the future through super efficiency

“That green button under your foot is the kill switch,” we’re told as we strap into the five-point racing harness. “Lift your foot off it and the engine will stop.” The engine in question reverberates through the carbon fibre cabin of Shell’s UrbanConcept vehicle, a super-efficient car that we’re now driving slowly round a closed track in London’s Olympic Park. The looming shell of the Velo Park dominates the horizon, its celebration of speed a stark juxtaposition to today’s challenge....

August 2, 2025 · 5 min · 908 words · Nathan Andrews

Sources: Toronto Ultra form all-EU roster with Black Ops 6 CDL team signings

Sources: Toronto Ultra form all-EU roster with Black Ops 6 CDL team signings According to several sources, Toronto Ultra are signing two European stars to form the remainder of their Call of Duty League roster for Black Ops 6. On Friday, September 20, it was reported that Toronto Ultra had completed the sale ofThomas ‘Scrappy’ Ernst and Dylan ‘Envoy’ Hannon to LA Thieves. They would be joining Dan ‘Ghosty’ Rothe and, once contracts are signed, Paco ‘HyDra’ Rusiewiez to form one of the most formidable rosters we’ve seen in recent years....

August 2, 2025 · 2 min · 392 words · Michelle Potts

Spotify for Apple Watch now lets you download music and podcasts for offline listening

At long last, Spotify is refreshing its app for the Apple Watch with a new feature allowing you to download your favorite songs, playlists and podcasts to the device for offline listening. STORY HIGHLIGHTS: Spotify for Apple Watch now works offline According to an announcement on theSpotify website, Spotify can now play downloaded content directly on the watch, with no internet connectivity required. Downloaded audio will play in 96kbps on the watch app regardless of your quality settings in the iPhone app....

August 2, 2025 · 3 min · 489 words · Donald Cruz

These Anker products are all on sale this Black Friday

Anker is a well-known electronics brand that offers a wide selection of peripherals, ranging fromphone chargers, topower banks,speakers, and more. The company’s products have a reputation for being high quality, with its recentgallium nitride(GaN) lineup of chargers proving particularly popular. ForBlack Friday 2024, Anker is hosting major sales across its hardware lineup, with discounts of up to 54 percent off. These deal prices are available on both the company’sofficial storefront, as well asthrough Amazon....

August 2, 2025 · 3 min · 558 words · Claire Black

This is the only laptop to send your kid to college with

I’ve reviewed many of the major laptops released over the past few years, and one of the most common questions I get is aboutwhich laptop to buy for a kid going off to college. You need something portable and light, but not one that compromises quality either. And more than anything, it needs to be fairly affordable, which rules out a lot of the more expensive premium laptops you can buy....

August 2, 2025 · 4 min · 782 words · Nicole Buchanan

This Unique Cold War-Era Soviet Tank Was The First Laser Tank

This Unique Cold War-Era Soviet Tank Was The First Laser Tank When you hear “laser tanks,” your mind may conjure scenes from “Star Wars” or “Battlestar Galactica” rather than anything real. Sometimes truth can be stranger than fiction. Laser tanks aren’t just a sci-fi concept — they’re very much real, and prototypes have existed since the Cold War era. From the 1970s until the collapse of the Soviet Union, a clandestine project worked at creating a vehicle equipped with a directed energy weapon (DEW) that could be used against the West, should the Cold War ever turn hot....

August 2, 2025 · 4 min · 808 words · Richard Sanford

V-Dimension Helius Solar Backpack Review

V-Dimension Helius Solar Backpack Review Considering how hungry today’s gadgets are for power, it’s no surprise most geeks break out into a cold sweat when they’re away from a mains socket. V-Dimension aims to change all that, with their Helius solar-powered backpack: they claim its integrated battery is good enough to keep even the most avid iPhone 3G user juiced-up. The solar panel itself measures 4.5 x 5.75 inches and is flexible enough that drops and bumps shouldn’t see it damaged....

August 2, 2025 · 4 min · 671 words · Janet Wagner

Volt: a customizable clock and battery indicator screen for your charging iPhone

It was only a few days ago that we showed you a tweak calledVettr, which displayed a nice and simplistic time and battery interface on your display whenever you had your iPhone plugged into a power source. But now, a newjailbreak tweakcalledVoltis challenging Vettr head-on with a number of features that you can customize to your liking. We’ll show you what Volt is all about in this review. A step up from Vettr?...

August 2, 2025 · 4 min · 719 words · Rachel Davis