By Devin Coldewey Always with his finger on the pulse, Senator Al Franken today sent an official request to Niantic asking about particulars of the Pokémon GO privacy policy. “I am concerned about the extent to which Niantic may be unnecessarily collecting, using, and sharing a wide range of users’ personal information without their appropriate…

By Devin Coldewey One of the striking things about the Juno probe, I remarked to one of its creators, is its simple and streamlined design — compared to other spacecraft, at least. The engineers had a hell of a time packing everything in there, but it helps when critical sensors have shrunk in size from…

By Desire Athow LaCie is an unknown brand to most people but the storage company, which was acquired by storage giant Seagate a few years ago, has a cult following amongst Apple aficionados. That explains why the brand has the largest number of DAS (direct-attached storage) devices on Apple’s online store. Visually, LaCie is also…

By Desire Athow LaCie is an unknown brand to most people but the storage company, which was acquired by storage giant Seagate a few years ago, has a cult following amongst Apple aficionados. That explains why the brand has the largest number of DAS (direct-attached storage) devices on Apple’s online store. Visually, LaCie is also…

By John Biggs The hoverboard wars are all but over with casualties on either side. Swagways, Segaways, Wamboards, and Zoomers have all been relegated to the back of the garage and now that most of these things are recalled and new ones can’t be sold. There is a vacuum forming in the “dumb little Segways…

By Jessica Naziri Everyone likes a good vibration — which is why recording artist Timbaland teamed up with SubPac, a Los Angeles-based startup that has created a wearable device set to redefine entertainment through new immersive physical-sound technology. Read More …read more Source:: TechCrunch Gadgets

By Andrew Hayward PS4.5 NEO: What we know about PS4K Update: A new report from The Wall Street Journal claims that Sony has not one, but two new consoles coming in 2016. According to a Sony insider, the company plans to unveil both a PlayStation Neo and new PlayStation 4 Slim at the Tokyo Game…

Asus talked at a recent event about its upcoming ZenFone 3 Deluxe family, and the top model might come loaded with the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 821. The line of handsets shows promise, but it does not come cheap. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Darrell Etherington Oculus is running its third developer conference for people interested in building VR experiences. Oculus Connect 3 is (you guessed it) the third annual developer conference hosted by the company, and it’s taking place in San Jose between October 5 and October 7. The event typically contains some news relevant to both…

By Andrew Williams Introduction and design Mid-range is the new high-end. Their cameras are already better than the knackered old Canon in the cupboard and you’ll often be hard-pressed to notice the difference between a mid-level phone and a top-end one in day-to-day use. At £229/US$279/AU$389 the Sony Xperia XA is the most accessible one…

By Devin Coldewey People with deafness have plenty of ways to navigate everyday situations as if they had no disability at all, but there are still situations that present dangers unique to them — not being able to hear a smoke alarm or gunshot, for instance. SoundSense is a small wearable device that listens for…

By James Rivington …read more Source:: techradar.com – Gaming

The Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 7 just made an appearance on Geekbench. The results appear to confirm the phablet will ship with 4 GB of RAM and not 6 GB as expected. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Darren Allan Zotac has revealed a pair of GeForce GTX 1060 cards including a new Mini offering designed to fit in small PC cases. The GeForce GTX 1060 Mini (pictured above) is 6.85-inches long (a tad under 17.5cm) meaning it should fit in a Mini-ITX case. Zotac has equipped this model with what it…

By Darren Allan Zotac has revealed a pair of GeForce GTX 1060 cards including a new Mini offering designed to fit in small PC cases. The GeForce GTX 1060 Mini (pictured above) is 6.85-inches long (a tad under 17.5cm) meaning it should fit in a Mini-ITX case. Zotac has equipped this model with what it…