The Samsung Galaxy S10 and Galaxy S10 Plus may have a party trick feature relating to the front facing camera after information and images appeared online about a light up camera ring.
According to Ice Universe – who has been leaking a large amount of Galaxy S10 rumors recently – the illuminated ring around the front-facing, pin hole camera will initially debut on the Galaxy A8s before making its way to the flagship duo.
It appears the Galaxy S10 will have a single front-facing camera, with a circular hole design appearing in one leaked image, while another image shows an oval ring design, which will apparently surround the dual front cameras on the Galaxy S10 Plus.
In terms of function, it looks like the ring will glow when you fire up the camera or use facial recognition to unlock the handset – which means it may not be bright enough to act as a flash for the camera.
The Galaxy S10 and S10+ have some special effects around the hole. This has been adopted on the Galaxy A8s. It will glow when the camera is turned on and will also glow when the face is recognized. Maybe more scenes are available.source：xda、weibo pic.twitter.com/laVxTEPIOoDecember 25, 2018
Dual front cameras for Galaxy S10 Plus
Ice Universe has also provided us with another possible look (from Weibo) at the front design of the Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus thanks to images apparently showing a screen cover for the handset.
In the top right corner there’s a cut out for what appears to be two front-facing cameras, which lines up with the oval camera ring light in the above Galaxy S10 Plus leak.
The panel also hints at thinner bezels above and below the display compared to the Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus – a rumor we’ve heard several times already – although all this still needs to be taken with a pinch of salt as none of the sources are verified.
This is the Galaxy S10+ screen cover, its data is accurate, if you like to draw a rendering, you can make it according to it. pic.twitter.com/IwysyZIxh4December 25, 2018
While Instagram is primarily a smartphone platform, you can still make contributions to your feed from the comfort of your PC. We show you the software you need, and how to use it, so you can upload video to Instagram from your laptop or desktop computer.
What you’ll need
The official Instagram site doesn’t allow the uploading of video from a PC, only a smartphone, so we’ll need to download some software that will make this possible. There are several apps available, but the one we’ll be using for this tutorial is Gramblr which is free.
Visit the site and download the version for your system (both Windows and macOS are available) then install the program. You’ll need to create an account and log in with your Instagram details as well.
Using Gramblr to upload video
Once the installation and setup is completed you’ll see the Gramblr interface appear. In the main pane is an area where you can drag or drop images and videos that you want to upload.
To do so, open up a File Explorer window (Windows key+E) and navigate to the folder where your videos are stored. This can be on the hard drive or external storage such as a thumb drive.
When you’ve located the relevant file, drag it onto the Gramblr main pane and drop it there.
Now it will occupy the middle of the screen, with a few options appearing around it. At the bottom you’ll see a time-line. Slide the two white ball-markers to set the beginning and end points of the video.
Next, it’s time to highlight the section of the video you want to be shown. You’ll see three different aspect ratios listed below the image – Any, 4:3, and 1:1 – so select the one that suits your video. 1:1 is the square type that’s used for most images and videos that appear in the Instagram feed, but you can also use 4:3 to get a decent result.
Any means there are no set dimensions, so you can make the box as tall or thin as you like. Sadly there’s no option for 16:9 which is the format for Instagram Stories.
With the aspect ratio selected, move onto the image itself and drag the + icon to highlight the area intended for your creation. The ratio setting will ensure that the shape is locked in the correct dimensions.
To the right of the image you’ll see a Thumbs-Up icon which will have previously been red. Once you’ve highlighted the video it will turn green, so click it to proceed.
The last step is to enter a caption, take a look at the video to see if it’s what you intended, then post it to Instagram. This can either be done immediately, or scheduled for a later time if you select the option listed is the Upload On: section.
Now click Send and the video will be loaded into your feed for all the world to enjoy.
For horse racing fans the King George VI Chase is one of the highlights of the National Hunt season. Taking place over three miles, the runners and riders need to negotiate 18 fences as they compete to reach the finish post and claim victory in the classic steeplechase event. Here’s how you can watch the action on your TV or device this Christmas.
When and where is it run?
The race takes place at on Boxing day each year. At the time of writing the precise time of the event hasn’t been confirmed, but looking at previous years would suggest that it will be run around 3pm. This is borne out by the fact that the race has recently begun at 3:05pm (2017), 3:15pm (2016), and 3:10pm (2015), so expect a similar schedule for 2018.
Where can I watch the race?
On the free-to-air channels received by TVs across the UK you can watch the King George VI Chase this year on ITV. The channel has scheduled coverage for both the program at Kempton and Wetherby throughout Boxing Day.
Should you wish to use a PC, smartphone, or tablet then there’s the , which provides live content from the channel either through the web portal or dedicated apps for and .
You’ll need to be in the UK to access the ITV Hub content, as it’s still covered by the UK broadcasting laws.
If you’re outside of the UK, you may be able to use a VPN to access the content. Check out our pick of the best VPNs, with the front runner NordVPN being the VPN of choice, but be aware that using a VPN in this way may break the terms and conditions of any streaming service you use.
Another possible avenue for watching the race online is by using . This website also offers apps for , , and , which allow users to see racing coverage from TV stations, replays of the full day’s racing card, plus a variety of stats, news pieces, and betting features that integrate with several major bookmakers across the UK. From January 1 2019 it will offer Live streaming from Ireland and Chelmsford.
There is a growing sense of unease among many smartphone owners about the amount of time we’re spending on our devices.
Google told me that around 70% of the Android users it spoke to wanted to “find a better balance” in their tech use.
But this puts the tech sector in an awkward spot. How can it help its customers detach from their phones when, for many firms, their business model relies on them doing the opposite?
Both Apple and Google have this year released digital tools – called Screen Time and Digital Wellbeing respectively – which let iPhone and Android users see how much time they are spending on various apps and how often they pick up their devices.
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Many Android users will not have it yet as it is part of the Android Pie operating system, which has only been released by a handful of phone brands so far.
For those who have seen it, the results can come as a bit of a shock.
On my first day with Android’s Digital Wellbeing tracker, I unlocked my phone 200 times and spent more than three hours on it. This was alongside working a long shift in the BBC newsroom and being a mum. I’m sure it wasn’t all WhatsApp banter and Cats of Instagram but I was still horrified, to put it politely.
Rose La Prairie is a London-based Google engineer who was on the team which developed the tool.
She told me that the tech giant was well aware people might feel “guilt or shame” when confronted with the data for the first time, so designing the interface to be non-judgemental was crucial.
“Part of it was making sure we didn’t do things like big red arrows or big green arrows, or trying to make a judgement, or an assessment, of what is good or bad,” she said.
“When it comes down to it, when we talk to people, it very much depends on the individual, so what’s good for me might not be good for someone else.”
Ms La Prairie thinks that most people should be able to self-regulate by using the product.
“For some people seeing the data will be enough, it’s that reminder of how you spend your time and what you do on your phone.” she said.
“There will be some people who will need a little extra reminder, and I put myself in that camp.”
For those people, the dashboard can be set to mute notifications, make the phone display go black and white at a certain time (such as bedtime) and set an alert after a certain amount of screen time on an app.
But it is not really in Google’s interests for you to not be on your phone, is it?
‘Good experience’
Unlike Apple’s hardware-focused business model, Google is advertising-driven and that very much requires eyeballs on screens.
“I think what we really care about is making sure users have a good experience,” Ms La Prairie says.
“People want to figure out how they use their devices in a different way and we really want to make sure we can help users with that.”
It’s worth noting that what she doesn’t say is: “Turn the phone off.”
The mobile phone industry’s response to the issue is, well, interesting. Some firms believe that they can wean us off our big screen smartphones with the help of… smaller screen smartphones.
Devices like the Nokia phone from HMD Global and the tiny Palm phone are marketed as companion devices – in Nokia’s case with less functionality, in Palm’s case just smaller – to give us a break from our main device.
“It’s quite apparent that the industry still wants to keep selling phones,” said CCS Insight analyst Ben Wood.
“It is a little bit ironic that they are trying to sell you a little phone to do the same thing [as your big phone].”
Ultimately, Mr Wood believes it really comes down to willpower.
“You can have all the different type of gadgets but it’s down to you as an individual how much you want to spend time on your phone,” he said.
Catherine Price wrote the book How To Break Up With Your Phone after having a baby and realising one day that the baby was watching her and she was watching her mobile.
“I realised I didn’t want that to be her impression of a human relationship, but I also didn’t want it to be the way that I was living my own life,” she said.
“Breaking up with your phone does not mean dumping your phone or throwing it under a bus, it just means taking a step back to create a relationship that is actually good for you. It’s becoming friends with your phone.”
In her book, Ms Price lists a 30-day plan to reclaim this “friendship”. Her top tips include:
Turn off all the notifications you can bear to. Just leave the ones you actually want, for me that is phone calls and text messages because they are real people trying to contact me, in particular, in real time, plus my calendar and maps
rearrange your home screen so that it only contains apps that have a practical purpose that are not tempting. Your home screen should not have email, or social media, or the news or a dating app, or games. Put them into a folder on an interior page so you can’t see their icons, you have to actively open them
Get your phone out of your bedroom. You will need to have something on your bedside table that takes the place of the phone… like a book. When you go to reach for that phone you will encounter the book instead
Get a standalone alarm clock. If your phone is your alarm clock you are guaranteeing that your phone will be the first thing you interact with in the morning
There is a plug-in called Facebook Demetricator, which tells you how many times your post has been “liked”. You still may go back to see that people have liked your post, but you’re not going to be checking compulsively to see when 17 gets to 20 and 25 gets to 30, it can help break that habit.
As for me – well I’ve got over the shock of seeing how often I reach for my phone. But have I changed?
‘Feel guilty’
I still find myself on my device, having picked it up to, say, check the weather forecast, only to suddenly find myself on social media 10 minutes later, still with no idea about whether or not I need an umbrella.
That said, I do genuinely use my handset a lot for work, to navigate my way around, and to keep up with the endless communications from my children’s school. I tell Ms La Prairie I’d like to be able to differentiate between time well-spent on my smartphone and time wasted.
Apparently I’m not the only one.
“The way we think about use is intentional and unintentional, and people really care about the unintentional because it makes you feel guilty,” she tells me.
“A great version would be how to we crack that nut, and distinguish between intentional and unintentional.”
So is 2019 going to be the year we break up with our phones? Analyst Mr Wood isn’t convinced.
“For me, 2019 is the year when people are going to be more aware of the amount of time they are spending on their phones,” he said.
“But breaking up with their phones? That’s a very big ask.”
As if leaked pictures and early benchmarks weren’t enough to prove the existence of the upcoming Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060, now we have government filings as additional proof.
Gigabyte has been a busy bee and registered forty different variants of the GeForce RTX 2060 with the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC). This excessive number of filings not only point to models that would fall into different price points, but also three different SKUs equipped with 6GB, 4GB and 3GB of video memory.
What’s more, it seems Gigabyte has registered graphics cards that may come with different types of video memory including GDDR6, GDDR5X and even GDDR5. This would be a huge departure for a Nvidia Turing-based graphics card, which have all featured GDDR6 memory thus far.
Higher prices have been a major deriding factor of GeForce RTX 20-series GPUs, however, having all these different SKUs wouldn’t really help solve that problem as the performance between all these different versions of the RTX 2060 would be too varied. If anything, it would cause more confusion than help lower the price of entry.
Before we read too deeply into these filings, it’s best to assume Gigabyte may just be putting in filings for every possible variation of the GeForce RTX 2060, including ones it has no intention of producing. As we’ve said it before, be sure to stay tuned for our complete coverage of Nvidia press conference happening soon at CES 2019 in January.
BT must have been feeling the festive cheer over this Christmas week as it’s handing out the freebies in its January Sale broadband deals. Sign up with BT Broadband now you can get a hefty reward card worth up to £120 and absolutely free activation.
The most popular internet provider in the land, BT’s broadband plans are many and varied. Our top pick is its Superfast Fibre Unlimited Broadband deal. It costs £29.99 per month and you get a whopping £100 pre-paid Mastercard. The only thing you’ll pay at the outset is £9.99 to cover the delivery of your new router. You also get free calls to UK landlines at the weekend.
If that’s a little pricey for you, then BT’s standard 10Mb ADSL costs a mere £24.99 and BT still throws in a £60 BT Reward card and you get 200GB Cloud storage. A worthwhile investment for 2019. Or there’s more speed available as well if you’re concerned that the amount of people all streaming and surfing at once in your house will put too much of a strain on your connection.
Scroll down to see these deals in full or if none of these offers were the Christmas broadband gift you were hoping to unwrap, check out our best broadband deals page for all of your options.
BT’s fibre broadband January Sale deals:
BT Superfast Fibre | 18 months | Avg. speed 50Mb | Weekend calls | £9.99 router delivery | £29.99pm + £100 reward card BT’s cheapest fibre broadband. For £29.99 a month you can get average speeds of 50Mb and not to mention BT will throw in a free £100 reward card to sweeten the deal. You do have to pay a £9.99 router charge but after that it’s just the monthly charges. View Deal
BT Superfast Fibre 2 | 18 months | Avg. speed 76Mb | Weekend calls | £9.99 router delivery | £39.99pm + £120 reward card For an extra tenner a month you can really boost the average speeds your getting. This is ideal if you have loads of people in your household all trying to use the internet at once or if you stream a lot of 4K content or do a lot of gaming. You immediately shave £120 off the price with BT’s massive Reward Card. View Deal
BT’s ADSL broadband January Sale deal:
BT Broadband | 18 months | Avg. speed 10Mb | Weekend calls | £19.99 upfront cost | £24.99pm + £60 reward card You can get BT’s Standard broadband for under the £25 a month-mark with average speeds of 17Mb. Not only are you with one of the UK’s most popular broadband providers but like all the other deals above you get a free BT reward card, this time worth £60. View Deal
What is a BT Reward Card?
The Reward Card that BT sends out is a pre-paid credit card that you can use anywhere that accepts Mastercard. In short, that’s around a million shops, cafes and restaurants around the world, so you shouldn’t find it difficult to find places to spend, spend, spend.
It’s an old-fashioned chip and pin card, rather than contactless. But do make sure that you claim your Reward Card within three months of installation, otherwise you’ll lose out on all that cash.
Update: The US PlayStation Plus price we highlighted earlier is still holding strong, The UK one is slowly going up in price, although it’s still the best PS Plus deal around by miles. Is this a sign the big discount is coming to an end though?
If you’re scrambling for a last-minute (or just plain old late) present, then this cheap PlayStation Plus membership price is the perfect chance to still get a gift for someone as it’ll be delivered instantly to your inbox and store account.
We’ve tracked down the cheapest PlayStation Plus prices on the net and have found CDKeys.com has the best prices in both the US and UK today. As we said though, you don’t have to wait for delivery as the code will be emailed to you or accessed via your orders section on CDKeys’ site once you’ve paid. So you can either print off the code or write it into a Christmas card. Be sure to select the correct one from the links below, as PlayStation Plus membership codes are country-specific.
PlayStation Plus memberships can be pricey if you pay full price or accidentally let the auto-renew settings pay for a year as soon as your current sub ends. We can do much better for you here at TechRadar Deals though. This is a fantastic gift idea for anyone you know that may be getting a PS4 or PS4 Pro for Christmas. It’s even a great buy if they already have a sub, as you can stack this on top of an existing one.
Note: the bigger discount is reserved for the UK sub today as you’re saving £8 off the official RRP. Whereas in the US, CDKeys despite boasting a reduction from a ‘$69.99’ original price is actually only a couple of dollars cheaper than the actual MSRP of $59.99 (we assume that’s a typo on the original price on the site) – still, it is cheaper. If you prefer Walmart, you can get a code delivered for $59.99 if you’re looking to gift a code to someone.
If you’re looking for even more deals before Christmas arrives, we’ve got you covered for phones, laptops, TVs, gaming consoles, iPads and everything in between. Take a look at our other cheap deals. And if you’re in the UK, be sure to check out the best Boxing Day sales and January sales.
