By John Biggs Sticking tiny robots into your body sounds fun but what happens when those robots run out of battery and start to explode? While this may not always be the case, it could happen. Luckily researchers at Hokkaido University’s Department of Chemistry have created a crystalline assembly that moves autonomously when exposed to…

By Kane Fulton and Kevin Lee What’s silver and black, matches a GTX 980 for performance but costs less? Nvidia’s new GTX 1060 graphics card, according to its maker, which has been officially unveiled to the world. The GTX 1060 is officially the third graphics card built on Nvidia’s new 16nm Pascal architecture. Although it…

By Kane Fulton and Kevin Lee What’s silver and black, matches a GTX 980 for performance but costs less? Nvidia’s new GTX 1060 graphics card, according to its maker, which has been officially unveiled to the world. The GTX 1060 is officially the third graphics card built on Nvidia’s new 16nm Pascal architecture. Although it…

Samsung touts that it will bring a radical improvement to removable memory cards in form of UFS technology. The OEM told the media a few things about the memory boosters and they look utterly promising. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Jon Porter Microsoft has significantly reduced its Xbox Play Anywhere plans if a change to one of its blog posts is to be believed. The change concerns the upcoming games that will support the service, which allows users to buy a game once on either Xbox One or PC and then own it on…

Sales of the iPhone and iPad have declined in Q2 2016, prompting Apple to include the products in its back-to-school bonanza. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 may get a redesigned S Pen and new Air Command features. The Samsung smartphone is expected for a launch in August this year. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Ajay Kulkarni Here’s the dirty little secret about the Internet of Things: The things might not work, and you might not use them. As a consumer, many of your gadgets will collect dust tucked away in a drawer. As a business, many of your devices will not perform as well as expected, turning into…

HTC’s smartphone division has seen better days, with the company struggling to sell 1 million units of the powerful HTC 10. Is it time for the company to focus on the highly successful HTC Vive virtual reality headset instead? …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Gabe Carey Introduction Look around you. Even with the advent of the cloud and the ubiquity of Wi-Fi replacing cables nothing beats a good old Universal Serial Bus port – or simply USB. It’s ingrained in our phones, tablets, computers, game consoles, cameras and the list goes on and on. Practically anything you own…

By Devin Coldewey NASA scientists are bringing one of the most powerful computers in the world — just recently given a tune-up — to bear on the question “Where do stars come from?” So next time your toddler asks you that, you’ll be able to say something smart, like “hyper-dense elongated stellar filaments, child.” Read…

By Devin Coldewey Hoverboards! The must-have trash gadget of the holidays, now gathering dust in a million closets and garages nationwide, is being recalled in even larger numbers than before due to “a risk of the products smoking, catching fire and/or exploding.” Someone warn Justin Bieber! Read More …read more Source:: TechCrunch Gadgets

By Haje Jan Kamps If you were eagerly awaiting your “late summer” delivery of your pre-ordered Light L16 camera, today will bring an impatient tear to your eye. In parallel with announcing having raised $30 million from GV (nee Google Ventures), the company sent out an email to early supporters telling them they’d have to…

By Brian Heater Sure, there are still plenty of hurdles left when it comes to pulling off the Olympics in Rio this summer, but paying for stuff apparently won’t be among them. Visa is announcing its third wearable payment option set to coincide with the games, joining the aforementioned ring and a band co-branded with…

By Brian Heater It’s tough standing out in the increasingly overcrowded world of fitness trackers. Though, to be fair, standing out from the pack has never really been one of Atlas Wearables‘ issues. It’s a strange-looking thing. The sort of thing that, even in this enlightened age of ubiquitous wearables, people look at the Wristband…