By Brendan Griffiths Why wait for Black Friday, folks? UK retailers are having a huge clearance sale today of the original Xbox One console. It looks like they really want their shelves cleared for the new lineup Xbox One S deals and PS4 Slim/Pro deals. This means there are some massive discounts to be had…

By Darrell Etherington The winner of TechCrunch Beijing’s 2016 startup competition is Ruff, a special Internet of Things development platform designed to let devs easily develop code in JavaScript to run on a variety of devices. The aim of the platform is to make it easier to develop for IoT, using development tools that web…

A new report claims Apple may be planning to introduce a new color option for its iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. The company is said to be planning to launch a glossy Jet White color to capitalize upon the success of the Jet Black hue. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Kate Conger,Matthew Lynley Billionaire CEO Yueting Jia told employees in a letter last week that the company’s rapid growth was leading to stagnation and management problems at LeEco, and announced that he would invest $10 million into the company and cut his salary to 15 cents in order to keep LeEco steady as it…

Samsung Galaxy S8 is reportedly going to sport a dedicated AI button that will launch the company’s virtual assistant that’s possibly named Bixby, but can it save the smartphone maker after the Galaxy Note 7 recall? …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Darrell Etherington NXP Semiconductor, which made headlines recently after entering into an agreement to be acquired by Qualcomm, unveiled a series of new products today that make it clear why they were a high-value target for the mobile chip giant. Each of three new products NXP announced today promises to advance tech related to…

By Devin Coldewey Nintendo is courting nostalgia for the holidays this year, like pretty much every year — but the NES Classic Edition, a palm-size recreation of the original console with 30 games built-in, rates highly on the nostalgia scale even for a company whose heart is stuck in the 1980s. It’s already a highly…

By Devin Coldewey Back in June, Tend.ai came out of stealth with its versatile system allowing a robot arm to tend to a dozen or more printers, laser cutters, and other modern workshop tools. Now the company has raised $2 million to continue its work, courtesy of True Ventures. Read More …read more Source:: TechCrunch…

By Megan Rose Dickey Ever since I saw Disney’s Smart House in 1999, I’ve dreamed of a home that cleans itself and cooks breakfast, lunch and dinner. We’re not there yet, but Apple’s HomeKit and Home app gets us (me) a bit closer to that dream. Apple is racing against Amazon and Google to try…

By Devin Coldewey If you could print something out aboard the International Space Station, what would it be? That was the question posed to engineers and enthusiasts in the ISS Design Competition, and the winner — a clever and powerful device for launching palm-size satellites — will actually be getting beamed up. Read More …read…

By Brian Heater It was really just a matter of time before WiFi startup Luma added Alexa functionality to its bag of tricks. After all, the hardware startup counts Amazon as among its biggest backers – and distributors. The functionality arrives today for the simple WiFi range extenders, bringing with it the ability to “pause…

By Parker Wilhelm Thinking of picking up a New Nintendo 3DS in time for Pokémon Sun & Moon’s launch on November 18? You could wind up saving some serious green on the Nintendo handheld just by waiting a week longer. Nintendo revealed today that a new model of the New Nintendo 3DS will arrive on…

By Haje Jan Kamps One problem with 360° videos is that you usually see a tripod or a hand holding the camera. One exception is the throwable Panono camera, but obviously you’re limited to how long you can keep a ball hovering. Varavon has another alternative, with a three-axis-stabilized gimbal drone that can film a…

By Matt Swider,Jon Porter We’re almost three years into the current generation of consoles and the battle between Sony’s PS4 and Microsoft’s Xbox One is raging harder than ever. But what started as a straightforward showdown between two similar pieces of hardware has since become more complicated as each has added various new features to…

By Matt Swider,Jon Porter We’re almost three years into the current generation of consoles and the battle between Sony’s PS4 and Microsoft’s Xbox One is raging harder than ever. But what started as a straightforward showdown between two similar pieces of hardware has since become more complicated as each has added various new features to…