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By Emma Boyle Despite its fairly finite name, it turns out The Last of Us wasn’t the last we’d see of The Last of Us. Considering the first game has been continually hailed as a masterpiece thanks to its excellent, emotional story and engaging life-like characters, the decision to develop a sequel isn’t actually all…

By John Biggs Fine timepieces are usually staid affairs. A little gold here, some enamel here, and a nice movement are enough to please some of us but it’s clear that a minority need hand-cut crystal domes, scurrying aliens, and enough luminous material to make a deep-sea angler fish jealous. The new MB&F HM6 is…

LG is now allowing developers to unlock the bootloader on their G6, provided they have the European variant. But here are a few caveats to keep in mind before you plan on modifying your G6. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

A report from a Netherlands-based publication revealed that the upcoming Galaxy Note 8 will run on Android 7.1.1 Nougat and will sport an Infinity Display like the Galaxy S8. The smartphone is also touted to come with dual-rear camera setup …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Romain Dillet Snap’s Spectacles are going on a summer tour across Europe. Starting today, anyone in Europe can buy a pair of sunglasses on Snap’s website or in a vending machine. With this launch, Spectacles are available outside of the U.S. for the first time. European Spectacles are exactly the same as the ones…

By Stephen Lambrechts After months of speculation, Japanese gaming giant Nintendo has finally shed some more light on its upcoming subscription-based online service for the Nintendo Switch via a post on the company’s official website. Initially expected to arrive shortly after the Switch’s retail release, the launch of Nintendo’s new paid online gaming service has…

By Brian Heater The Spark is, at once, an impressive feat of engineering and a reminder that drones are a ways from being true mainstream devices. It’s DJI’s smallest and cheapest drone by far, and the company also has tossed in some neat gesture control tricks that make you feel like Luke Skywalker for the…

By David Carnoy The SoundBuds Slim costs less than $30 online, sound decent enough and fit well. What more could you want? …read more Source:: cnet Camcorders

By Ty Pendlebury Jam-packed with up-to-date features for less money than the competition, the Denon AVR-S730 is one of the best AV receiver bargains of the year. …read more Source:: cnet Cell Phones

By Devin Coldewey Back in January we heard about Draper’s efforts to outfit a living dragonfly with a sort of solar-powered mind control backpack. This project, known as DragonflEye, is cruising right along, and the R&D firm just released a video of the modified insect taking flight. Read More …read more Source:: TechCrunch Gadgets

By Matthew Lynley Blue Apron, which delivers ingredients to cook meals in your home and was among the companies whispered to go public this year, has now filed to go public. Amidst an array of enterprise companies that have jumped on the IPO bandwagon following Snap’s successful IPO (aside from its more recent whiff of…

By Nate Drake The Linux Foundation offers a number of online courses via the edX platform including an Introduction to Linux. One very attractive feature of these courses is that they are free to take, although you can pay an additional fee of $99 (around £75) for a formal ‘certificate of completion’ if you wish.…

Samsung recalled the Galaxy Note 7 twice over exploding battery issues, but it plans to relaunch the smartphone as the Galaxy Note FE. A Korean retailer now lists the device, complete with pricing and specifications. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Gabe Carey Fourth time’s the charm. At least that seems to be Intel’s contention with its upcoming fourth generation of chips to be based on the 14nm manufacturing node and 8th generation of Core processors altogether. After finally releasing the 7th generation, or Kaby Lake, Core processors unto the world late last year, the…

By Devin Coldewey Years ago I called for a black and white computer, and that strange desire still lives within me today. While no one has yet taken me up on this amazing idea, the monochrome devices that do exist have improved, yet are still frustratingly limited in their capabilities. That’s why the reMarkable tablet…