Archives by date

By Connie Loizos Two years ago, Ember launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to build a mug that keeps hot drinks and iced drinks cool. Contributors gave the company nearly $362,000. Fast forward and the five-year-old startup has now raised just north of $24 million altogether, including a $13 million Series C round that it…

By Devin Coldewey One of the many considerations we will have should we decide at last to colonize another planet is where we’ll live. Should we bring inflatable habitats? Should we ship girders and metal sheets? Or should we 3D print the structures right there on the planet in question? Two universities’ early efforts to…

By Sarah Perez Amazon this morning announced a new feature for its Echo devices called “multi-room music,” which allows owners with more than one Echo to control where their music is played, or even sync it across a group of Echo devices using voice commands. For example, you’ll be able to tell Alexa to play…

The NYPD has had enough of Windows Phones. Because Microsoft stopped updating its mobile operating system, thousands of New York cops will switch to Apple’s iPhone by the end of the year. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

Samsung has another A+ from DisplayMate in the bag thanks to the Galaxy Note 8’s screen. That just goes to show how impressive the smartphone maker’s OLED technology really is. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Darrell Etherington Sonos is almost certainly going to throw its hat in the smart speaker ring on October 4, when it’s hosting an event in NYC. We know about its forthcoming voice-enabled speaker because such a device was filed with the FCC, and the filing describes a speaker with voice control and far field…

By Alex Cox Mobile gaming is a serious business, and one which commands some serious hardware, and you’re spoiled for choice if you want an angular, brutish gaming laptop, with the likes of the Alienware 15 and the HP Omen X serving the mass market well with their pointy edges. Meanwhile, niche manufacturers like MSI…

By Joe Osborne,Max Slater-Robins,Emma Boyle There are few things that will provide the life-affirming rush of adrenaline from the comfort of your home quite like playing a horror game. While there are, of course, horror movies (and we’ve gathered together the best of them here) games have the edge in that they put you squarely…

By Devin Coldewey Uber’s engineering blog has just posted an interesting piece on the company’s web-based tool for exploring and visualizing data from self-driving car research. It’s a smart look at an impressive platform, and definitely has nothing to do with a long piece published last week lauding a similar platform in use by one…

By Devin Coldewey We’ve mostly moved past the point where our internet of things devices leak private information to anyone watching via unsecured connections, but that doesn’t mean you can stop being afraid. Never, ever stop being afraid. To top up your paranoia reserves, a new study finds that internet providers can, if they so…

By John Biggs Engineer Julio Vazquez wanted to help his friend Rami Wehbe play the Nintendo Switch after he lost the use of his right hand due to a cerebrovascular accident. Wehbe couldn’t play Breath Of The Wild with the Joy-Con controllers because he needed both hands to manage the two sticks. Vazquez built a…

By Devin Coldewey If you like to keep on top of the latest display tech, you’re probably familiar with Ray Soneira’s exhaustive testing of the screens on the newest smartphones and other devices. His latest target is the Galaxy Note 8, and it turns out Samsung’s phablet sports the best screen they’ve ever seen on…

By Devin Coldewey NASA is in the business of giving small-time scientists and engineers opportunities: its small business grants, open data initiatives, and other efforts are meant to empower the high school kid or hobbyist who could be the next Werner Von Braun. But in the Cube Quest Challenge, for the first time ever, NASA…

By Ry Crist This well-rounded bulb offers three distinct light settings — just turn off and back on to make a switch. …read more Source:: cnet Cell Phones

By Matt Burns DJI wants security researchers to turn their attention to its software and drones and will pay for discovered bugs or exploits. Called The DJI Threat Identification Reward Program, the program aims to create a formal line of communication between researchers and hackers to the drone maker. The company will pay between $100…