Casey Neistat’s short-lived Beme app is officially no more

If you spend more than just an hour or two on YouTube daily, then chances are you know who Casey Neistat is. He’s an American YouTube celebrity with more than six million subscribers online. You know what else he had until very recently? An app called Beme. Neistat’s video-sharing app officially launched for Android in May 2016 but was bought by CNN in November. Now, the app is officially no more and gone from the Play Store.

Download the new Google Nexus launcher APK here

Note: To enable the swipe for Google Now gesture and stop launcher crashes when choosing a new wallpaper, you have to flash the zip file linked below via TWRP. Installing the APK works but it crashes when launching the wallpaper picker and you can't swipe right for Google Now. You can install the wallpaper picker separately to stop the force close issue. That didn’t take long. The new Google Nexus launcher APK is now available for download.

Great gaming hardware with challenging software

Nubia Red Magic 6The Red Magic 6 builds on the gaming phone traditions of its predecessors and it does it all for less than $600. The Snapdragon 888 is great, plus you get a 165Hz display, active cooling, at least 12GB of RAM, and hardware shoulder buttons. But like its predecessors, the software could be improved and the update situation is hazy at best. If you can get past those large caveats and can live with a very average camera, then the Red Magic 6 could be the gaming phone for you.

How to use Snap Layouts on Windows 11

Windows has had window snapping for a while now, but Windows 11 takes it one step further. Windows 11 introduced Snap Layouts — a simplified version of the drag-to-snap window snapping and arrangement system in Windows. It’s a nice way to arrange your windows in the new update. Here’s how to use Snap Layouts in Windows 11 to make your multitasking experience even smoother. Read more: How to install Windows 11

The best monopods for photography

Finding the best monopods for photography is no easy feat. These come in all sizes, weights, prices, and constructions. The idea is to get the best bang for your buck and figure out what is better within your budget. We are here to help and have compiled a list of our favorite monopods for photography. What is a monopod, and who should get one? A monopod is a stick to mount a camera for added stability.

This could be our first look at a Samsung Infinity-O display

At its recent developer conference, Samsung teased several new notch styles that it is working on for future devices. A slide presented during the keynote showed silhouettes of four phones with the new screens, labeled Infinity-U, Infinity-V, Infinity-O, and New Infinity. Thanks to a new leak, we may now have our first real look at an Infinite-O display cover glass. As the name implies, there is simply a circular hole in the upper left of the screen for a selfie camera.

Truly terrible camera phones are tough to find nowadays

Modern smartphones pack pretty adept camera systems that perform well in most scenarios. Sure, older devices may struggle to keep pace with newer phones in this department, but even modern budget devices snap adequate shots. But do you believe the smartphone you currently own shoots great photos? We posed this question to our readers in a recent poll, and the results are now in. Do you think your smartphone takes great photos?

WhatsApp privacy and encryption are a mess, finds new investigation

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR A new report highlights the inner workings of WhatsApp’s content reviewal system. The report suggests that despite WhatsApp’s claims that employees cannot read messages, it nonetheless employs contractors to review content. WhatsApp maintains that its employees can only read messages reported to the firm. According to a lengthy new report, WhatsApp‘s privacy-focused claims may not be as watertight as users might expect. ProPublica revealed the inner workings of the company’s moderation system, which suggests that WhatsApp contractors, under specific circumstances, are able to read messages sent between users.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 5/Pro vs Redmi Note 4: Specs showdown

The Redmi Note 5 series is here, and it’s time to see how it stacks up against the Redmi Note 4 in the specs department. But first, let’s compare the Redmi Note 5 and 5 Pro to see what the differences between the two are. The Redmi Note 5 sports a 5.99-inch display with Full HD+ resolution, which means it has an aspect ratio of 18:9. It’s powered by the Snapdragon 625 chipset and packs a large 4,000 mAh battery.

Zack Snyder's Army of the Dead franchise is growing at Netflix

Zack Snyder fans have a lot of Netflix content to look forward to as the Watchmen, 300, and Man of Steel director expands his Army of the Dead universe. Earlier this year, Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead came out on Netflix. It quickly became one of the streamers most-watched originals. It was Snyder’s first return to the zombie genre since his debut feature, Dawn of the Dead in 2004. Interestingly enough, an Easter egg in Army of the Dead actually suggests the film takes place in the same reality as Dawn of the Dead.