By Devin Coldewey About 200 miles due east of Boston, a robotic boat is putting along at a walking pace on what could be an historic journey across the entire Atlantic. “Solar Voyager,” built by two friends in their spare time, would be the first autonomous vessel to cross that ocean — and the first…

By Devin Coldewey What happens when carefree hackers Simone Gertz and Samy Kamkar get together for a lazy afternoon? A lunatic plan to cut hair using a drone and a pair of automatic scissors. Read More …read more Source:: TechCrunch Gadgets

By Hugh Langley Watch Dogs 2 The reveal of Watch Dogs 2 has been slightly odd to say the least. A couple of leaks led to a rather muted announcement from a Ubisoft press release confirming the game’s existence, which was hardly the big splash you’d expect this game to make. But our patience has…

By Darren Allan A wide range of connectivity is obviously important, but nobody likes ports and cables which clutter up the place – but the good news is that the likes of USB ports are decidedly on the wane as we look towards a future of wireless notebooks that dispense with physical connectors completely. That’s…

By Jon Porter Deus Ex developer Eidos Montreal has announced that it is working alongside Open Bionics and Razer to bring a series of affordable bionic hands to market. The use of bionic limbs is a central theme within the upcoming Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, whose protagonist, Adam Jensen, is equipped with his own bionic…

By Hugh Langley Deus Ex Deus Ex’s developers don’t like to describe the series as science fiction – they think the label makes it sound too farfetched. Instead, they use the term “futuristic anticipation”, and when Deus Ex’s biggest problem (or achievement, depending on how you look at it) is how its vision of the…

By Sarah Perez Earlier this year, a company called Silk Labs, co-founded by former Mozilla CTO Andreas Gal, unveiled its plans to address the smart home market with a hub called “Sense,” which interoperates with a home’s connected devices, while also automatically adapting to its owners’ patterns and behavior over time. The device was crowdfunded…

Samsung may equip the Galaxy Note 7 edge with a dual camera system. Some existing smartphones, such as the Huawei P9 and the LG G5, already sport dual cameras. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

The cloud smartphone Nextbit Robin is up for sale with a $299 discounted price tag at Amazon again. If you missed out on the first deal, this could be the perfect opportunity to get it. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

T-Mobile has launched a pair of promotions to help out customers still thinking of gifts to get for Father’s Day. The deals will allow customers to get a free iPhone SE or $130 discount on tablets. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

Another Chinese smatrphone has hit the scene, packing impressive specs on a budget. The new Vernee Apollo Lite rocks a deca-core Helio X20 processor, 4 GB of RAM, USB Type-C and other impressive specs at just $230. Here’s the deal. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

A new report suggests a delayed release of Microsoft’s new Surface Pro 5 tablets in June 2017. The slate will pack 16 GB of RAM, and offer a 4K UHD display as an option on some variants only. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

Tendigi’s Nick Lee has found a way to get Apple’s iPhone to run Google’s Android operating system. His solution is a special 3D-printed case that launches Android directly upon being connected to the device’s Lightning port. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

In collaboration with Google, Lenovo is set to roll out a consumer-ready smartphone that features Project Tango. The device is dubbed PHAB2 Pro per a leak and will boast a 6.4-inch QuadHD display. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

The BlackBerry Priv failed to be the salvation for the company’s mobile business, an annonymous AT&T executive stated. He explained why the physical keyboard, Android-operating handset flopped, and it all makes sense. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones