It is the sixth-largest patent verdict in history.

What you need to know

Apple and Broadcom have been found guilty of patent infringement.
The tech giants have been ordered to pay $1.1 billion in damages.
A jury has found that the companies infringed on WiFi patents from CalTech.

A California jury has ordered that Apple and Broadcom pay $1.1 billion in damages for patent infringement on Wednesday. Reported by Bloomberg, both companies have been found guilty for infringing on WiFi technologies developed by the California Institute of Technology.

According to lawyers for the college, Apple has specifically been ordered to pay $837.8 million, whereas Broadcom is responsible for $270.2 million. The verdict has resulted in the largest payout of the year so far and is apparently the sixth-largest patent verdict of all time.

A spokesperson for CalTech says that it is ”pleased the jury found that Apple and Broadcom infringed Caltech patents,” and that the school is ”committed to prote…

The iPhone 11 is going to be so boring. So iterative. A real yawner. A letdown. You don’t need it. Totally. Completely. Must skip. Facepalm emoji dash thumbnail.

That was not an uncommon narrative last year when iPhone 11 rumors started making the rounds. Hell, even once it was announced.

Now, just four months later, Apple has released its first quarter, 2020 financial results and, well…

OK Doomers.

Apple Q1 2020

Now, you all know how much I don’t hate to say I told them so. The misinformers. Not the ones who are just wrong. We’re all sometimes wrong. We learn we grow. No. The deliberate ones. The ones who do it on purpose to manipulate markets or just manipulate their audiences.

Because they cause real damage. Not to Apple. Apple is enormous. Apple can ride it. But to the people and audiences who put their trust in them, and then miss out, get screwed over, and lose. Because there’s a real-world cost. There’s always a real-world cost. Hot takes, they burn.

That’s why I’ve…

Express yourself with a green bell pepper, black cat, or non-binary symbol.

What you need to know

The 2020 emoji lineup has been announced.
There are 117 new emoji coming this year.
There is finally a roller skate emoji.

Every year, the Unicode Consortium votes on and approves a new set of emoji symbols for the year. Emoji 13.0 was just announced today and with it comes a laundry list of 117 new symbols (no laundry list symbol though). These emoji symbols will be coming to most platforms in the second half of 2020. Not every device will have all 117 symbols. Most software developers pick about half from the list to add to their various apps and operating systems.

New symbols range from new facial expressions, like a smiling face with a tear (I feel this way often), to body parts, like an anatomical heart and lungs, to animals, like a black cat, bison, mammoth, beaver, polar bear, and the dodo bird. There are a few new food and drink options, like blueberries, olive, bell pepper…

4K is the way of the future. Despite its slow consumer-level growth over the last five or so years, we’re starting to see more and more 4K HDR content, and therefore, more and more consoles, platforms, and services are showing support. When 4K TVs hit the market, they were incredibly expensive, but now you can get a 4K TV quite inexpensively. These are the best cheap 4K HDR TVs you can buy.

Top dog

LG UK6300PUE

Our pick

In terms of the best bang for your buck, this LG model is without a doubt our top pick. LG makes some of the best TVs money can buy, and this one matches up well to even other more expensive sets. You can get a 49-inch for under $400, featuring LG’s fantastic Web OS smart interface, a stunning IPS panel, and, of course, HDR10 support.

From $440 at Amazon

Cheaper option

Toshiba LF621U19

This Toshiba features Amazon’s Fire TV platform built right in, and it supports 4K HDR content. You get three HDMI ports on this one and a USB port, a simple remote, as well…

So, you’ve finally resolved to invest in yourself by becoming more active and getting healthier. Kudos to you for planning your meals, getting those workouts in, and for picking up that new fitness tracker to keep you on course. If your tracker of choice is the Fitbit Alta HR, here are a few great workout bands that’ll withstand even the most intense exercises and keep you inspired on your fitness journey.

Hello nylon

Smasy Rainbow Band

Staff Favorite

This Smasy band also seems to have been inspired by one of Apple’s current watch bands. These bands are made of nylon and come in four color options, including a stellar rainbow design. The company promises to reduce the ”sticky feeling” caused by sweating during workouts and offers an 18-month warranty to sweeten the deal.

$8 at Amazon

Lightweight

GHIJKL Braided Band

GHIJKL currently offers a super sporty braided rope wristband for the Fitbit Alta HR. The intricately woven band boasts ultimate comfort with its soft and ligh…

Is that… a ukelele?

Dead Cells is going natural. The highly-addictive roguelike platformer from 2018 is getting a new DLC called The Bad Seed and we got our first look at the trailer on Wednesday.

The DLC, which is set for a Feb. 11, 2020 release across all platforms, introduces two new levels and a new boss. There’s the Arboretum, which is described as a ”relaxing and peaceful” greenhouse inhabited by sentient mushrooms that, in typical Dead Cells fashion, want to kill you. The Swamp is a little less deceiving, a gross, slime-filled area filled with a lot of pointy and blood-sucking creatures.

Finally, there’s The Nest, which houses a boss that Motion Twin calls ”mama tick.” As with many Dead Cells bosses, she’s big and nasty.

Of course, throughout you get new enemies to fight and new weapons to pick up and play around with, including something that looks like a ukelele and another that appears to be a pair of fans.

The DLC is designed for people who have beaten the base …

Feeling a bit overwhelmed with iPhones each year? Don’t worry, you’re not alone.

When Steve Jobs first announced the iPhone back in 2007, the device only had one size and only worked with one carrier in the U.S. Life was easy back then — you wanted an iPhone? Then you had to go to AT&T. It was that simple.

But times have changed, and in some ways, getting an iPhone has become a bit overwhelming, and even anxiety-inducing.

History of the iPhone

Skip forward to early 2011, and the iPhone 4 was also going to be available on Verizon with a CDMA version, as well as AT&T with the GSM version. Then Sprint started carrying the CDMA iPhone 4 and iPhone 4s in late 2011. Eventually, the iPhone would find its way to every US carrier in some way or form, along with many other cellular companies in other countries.

And for a while, all was fine and dandy. From the original iPhone to the iPhone 4s, it was a simple 3.5-inch screen. Then the iPhone 5 brought the first 4-inch iPhone s…

Blizzard is bringing the Diablo series to your mobile phone, and we cannot wait.

While Blizzard announced Diablo IV at Blizzcon this year, it also dropped a lot of information about Diablo Immortal. Immortal is set to combine the feel of a Diablo game with the added benefit of an MMO experience — all on mobile. Not only will the game be a fully-fledged Diablo game, but there will also be a ton of extras. It’ll be also be the first full Diablo game designed from the ground up to be played on a mobile device.

Here is everything we know about the game so far.

What is Diablo?
What type of game is Diablo Immortal?
What Classes are there?
Is Diablo Immortal free to play?
Are there microtransactions?
What is the control system like?
What is the release date for Diablo Immortal?

Hell unleashed

Diablo Immortal

See at Google Play

Diablo Immortal is a fully realized entry to the Diablo series. With the added benefit of an MMO experience, Immortal looks set to be amazing.

What …