Gadgets

By Matt Burns Sony has issued a notice that YouTube will no longer work on some 2012-era smart TVs. But it’s not Sony’s fault, guys! It’s YouTube and the dastardly engineers who pushed the YouTube app past the TV’s performance capabilities thus proving once again it’s best to offload smart capabilities to set-top boxes. The…

A report claimed that Samsung was planning to issue a worldwide recall for the Galaxy Note 7 over the coming days amid reports of exploding batteries. The official announcement on the recall came just hours afterward. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Darrell Etherington Nintendo wants to harken back to its heydays with the new, unreleased Nintendo NX console in more ways than one: A new WSJ report says it’ll use cartridges in place of discs, which have been standard on the game company’s home consoles since the introduction of the GameCube in 2001. Cartridges are…

Huawei launched two new midrange smartphones, the Nova and the Nova Plus, ahead of the IFA 2016. Both mobile phones will be globally released in October this year. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

Chinese telecom regulator TENAA has cleared the purported Lenovo Vibe P2. The handset may come with a 5.5-inch display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 625, 4 GB of RAM and more. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Devin Coldewey Have you ever been in a VR conference call and thought, well, I know what everyone looks like from the front, but what about the other sides? The Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications has your back — and theirs. Researchers there have created a powerful multi-camera setup that captures every aspect of someone…

By Darrell Etherington Samsung is looking into reports from multiple users that the recently released Galaxy Note 7 has issues wherein a few phones have exploded during charging. A Samsung spokesperson told TechCrunch that they’re “conducting a through inspection,” and Korean news agency Yonhap reported earlier that a potential recall of the all Note 7…

By John Biggs Today in part 23 of our series entitled Goofy Rich Person Gadgetry, we present the MB&F Balthazar, a posable robot that tells the time and has a “dark side.” First, a little context. This is basically a “novelty” designed by a watchmaker to sell to rich people. It’s entirely hand made and…

By Romain Dillet That’s what we call a teeny tiny fuckup. Beats sent a press release to iGen.fr and other French media outlets saying that they should expect new Beats products on September 7 during Apple’s press conference. There was also a screenshot of the official Apple media invite so that it was 100% clear…

By Romain Dillet Rumor has it that Apple is about to introduce an Apple Watch 2 on September 7, alongside a new iPhone. While many leaks indicate that the Apple Watch will have more or less a similar design as the original watch, a new leak from Byte shows that the Apple Watch 2 could…

By John Biggs Fancy pens are fancy. They’re nice to own, really great to write with, and awful pretty. But what happens when you mash up fancy pen manufacturer Montblanc with some digital paper? Baby, you got a 21st century stew goin’. Montblanc calls it Montblanc Augmented Paper and it’s basically specially coded (and coated)…

By Darrell Etherington GoPro’s drone dayz are finally upon us: The action camera maker is going to reveal its Karma aerial photography drone on September 19, via its website. There’s lots of early speculation about the drone, and some teaser footage that suggests it could be a good option for videographers. Read More …read more…

By Brian Heater Desktop 3D printers have long had a tough road to legitimacy. For as long as the space has existed, critics have questioned their purpose beyond the creation of simple, plastic ephemera. It’s been a tough charge to escape, particularly for those running in the thousands of dollars; as such, it’s probably no…

By Brian Heater There’s really only so much you do with your analog fitness watch before it turns into something else. Withings already has one of the nicer offerings in the space in the form of the Steel – a solid time keeping device with step and sleep tracking baked in. As the name implies,…

By Romain Dillet Turning your good old radiator into a connected, smart radiator could be a dream of yours. Imagine being able to control the temperature of each radiator individually without having to move from the couch! If that’s your thing, Netatmo just announced Netatmo Valves. As the name suggest, these devices replace the existing…