Gazelle to end used device trade-ins by mail in 2021 TechSpot

The traditional trade-in option will end on February 1, 2021, we’re told. Any trade-ins that are currently being processed will still move ahead as planned, the company said. Furthermore, Gazelle will continue to offer used handsets and tablets through its online store as usual.





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Apple purges 46,000 apps from its Chinese App Store TechSpot

Apple removed more than 46,000 apps from its China store on Thursday, marking the largest single-day purge ever. Games made up the vast majority of the deletions, with some 39,000 titles taken down. Notable examples include Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed Identity and NBA 2K20. Research firm Qimai said that only 74...





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The Internet Archive has enhanced its Computerworld scans TechSpot

The Internet Archive teamed up with the Patrick J McGovern Foundation a few years back to digitize some of International Data Corporation’s most important publications, putting them online for all to enjoy. While it was technically a success, the resulting quality of the scans left a lot to be desired....





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ESPN+ is raising the price of its annual subscription by $10 TechSpot

The cost of an annual subscription to ESPN+ will increase to $59.99 per year in 2021. Per Variety, renewals for existing subscribers will remain at $49.99 until at least March 2, 2021.





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Logo lawsuit between Apple and Prepear could soon be resolved TechSpot

In August, Apple, a company with a market cap of $2.27 trillion, launched a trademark lawsuit against tiny app developer and fitness startup Super Healthy Kids over claims the logo used in its Perpear recipe app is based on Apple's.





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NASA shows off the best Earth images taken from the ISS this year TechSpot

Chosen by the people at the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, the images include Cuba and the Bahamas, the fall colors of Ottawa, and moonrise over the southern Atlantic Ocean. You can see more photos taken from the ISS here.





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Nvidia's GeForce RTX 30 series mobile GPUs could debut at CES 2021 TechSpot

The RTX 3060 Ti, RTX 3070, RTX 3080, and the RTX 3090 graphics cards will probably remain hard to find in weeks to come due to a combination of scalpers, a tight supply and high demand, but at least we know how well they perform (they're pretty fast), as well...





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At least 100 million PCs still run Windows 7, one year after support ended TechSpot

On January 14, 2020, Windows 7 reached the end of its extended support period. After this point, only business and education customers willing to pay the high prices have been able to receive ESUs.





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Epic is giving away two more games before 2020 is over TechSpot

To be clear, Epic has been doing this for much of December, so if you haven't been keeping up with the Game Store's giveaways this month, you've probably missed out on quite a bit of free content. But, better late than never.





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Apple loses copyright battle against iOS virtualization startup Corellium TechSpot

On Tuesday, a US District Court in Fort Lauderdale shot down Apple's copyright claim against security software startup Corellium. The Cupertino tech giant took on the smaller company last year, filing a lawsuit alleging that it violated copyright law in creating an iOS virtualization system used to find security bugs...





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Epic patches bug that caused CPU temps to spike while the Games Store was running TechSpot

Closing the app reduced temperatures by as much as 20C for some, whereas others -- such as Redditor Neoncarbon -- regained a more modest 13C.





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Spending on mobile apps hit $407 million on Christmas Day TechSpot

According to preliminary estimates from mobile app analyst Sensor Tower, global spending on the App Store and Google Play hit $407.6 million on Christmas Day. That’s an increase of 34.5 percent year over year versus the $303 million generated in 2019 and is nearly double the amount of growth experienced...





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Insiders claim Sony will accelerate PS5 production in 2021 to meet demand TechSpot

If you have been frustrated about not being able to land a PlayStation 5 and refuse to support the scalping community, relief may be on the way. Digitimes reports that Sony is prepared to ship between 16.8 million and 18 million PS5 consoles in 2021. According to "industry sources," TSMC,...





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Check out the world's smallest portable Nintendo 64 TechSpot

One of Gunnar’s self-imposed requirements with the project was to create a portable using original Nintendo 64 hardware, not custom PCBs (the only exception being, he could use parts that were readily available on the modding market). This meant he had to trim the original board, relocate other pieces and...





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GOG is giving away a free copy of Metro: Last Light Redux TechSpot

GOG kicked off its Winter Sale earlier this month by giving away a free copy of Prison Architect to anyone that wanted it. The offer was only good for 72 hours and if you missed it, you were out of luck.





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Watch Boston Dynamics' robots perform an end-of-year dance TechSpot

In the video posted Tuesday, we see the entire Boston Dynamics lineup performing some fantastic moves and choreographic sequences to Do You Love Me by The Contours. Leading the show are two of the company's Atlas robots, joined by the canine-like Spot and box-stacking Handle.





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Samsung's HDR10+ Adaptive feature adjusts content based on a room's lighting TechSpot

HDR10+ Adaptive works by using a TV’s light sensor and adjusting the picture based on the light quality it detects. It will arrive in Samsung’s “upcoming QLED products,” but there’s no word on whether it will be rolled out to its existing models via an update.





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