[ad_1] In exchange for the trouble, August is offering refunds to those customers who are willing to keep their Views and provide feedback. Those who aren’t happy, meanwhile, have been asked to return their doorbells to stores. The company is adamant that it will resume sales of the View “in the near future” and will […]
Author: Randall
Tobii uses eye tracking to keep people from peeking at your screen
[ad_1] Some additions are focused solely on making your life easier. The eye tracking can send your mouse cursor or whole windows to different monitors. It’ll also provide data on your screen time, your distance from the screen and the last time you took a break. You’ll know when it’s time to give your eyes […]
Racism accusations rock esports team Echo Fox
[ad_1] Here’s how Echo Fox explains the situation (emphasis original): There have been incidents in recent weeks in which a limited partner of the Echo Fox organization, who is not an employee, officer or director of Echo Fox, used a racial epithet towards individuals both verbally and via email. One such incident was detailed in […]
‘FIFA 19’ eChampions League group stages are underway
[ad_1] These decisive stages will include a few very high-profile players who are likely to make it to the final, including F2Tekkz, Maestro, MsDossary and Nicolas99FC. The eChampions League doesn’t have as high stakes as some tourneys, with a grand prize of $100,000 awaiting the best virtual footballer. However, it’s really a litmus test for […]
Alphabet’s smart neighborhood could have shape-shifting ‘superblocks’
[ad_1] In a new report, Sidewalk Labs pitches four basic road types for Quayside. The widest and busiest, called Boulevards, would allow traditional cars with a driver behind the wheel. These would be limited to the outside of each superblock, however, while a network of smaller Laneways, Accessways and Transitways crisscross inside. Sidewalk Labs also […]
Former Gmail designer builds Chrome extension to declutter your inbox
[ad_1] Simplify moves all of Gmail’s sidebar icons to discrete drop-down and pull-up menus. It relocates the search feature to a less prominent location and moves core functions, like delete, to the top bar. It also eliminates color-coded labels, and places the create new mail button in the bottom right corner, where the new mail […]
‘Avengers Endgame’ demands to be seen in IMAX (no spoilers!)
[ad_1] It’s not just the screen size, either. Bonnick says that IMAX goes to great lengths to ensure pristine moviegoing: “Every morning when the system powers up in a theater, there’s custom camera that looks at the screen, there are microphones in the theater that listen to the sound, and we run full diagnostics and […]
A full-frame camera that cuts too many corners
[ad_1] Thanks to the new processor, the EOS RP has a very decent eye- and face-tracking system (Canon calls it pupil detection) for a budget full-frame camera. It now works in continuous mode, rather than just single-point autofocus as before. Provided I stayed pretty close to my (human) subjects, I found it locked on to […]
Google bans developer with half a billion app downloads from Play Store
[ad_1] While DO Global isn’t the first app developer to get banned from Google’s marketplace, it is one of the biggest. In addition to having its apps removed from the platform, DO Global also appears to have been given the boot from Google’s AdMob network. That would mean the company is no longer allowed to […]
The best portable power strips and surge protectors with USB charging
[ad_1] Why you should trust us I’ve researched and tested power products for Wirecutter, including USB battery packs, residential solar power, uninterruptible power supplies, and home surge protectors, since 2015. Our surge tests for this most recent update were performed by our consulting engineer, Lee Johnson, who has more than 10 years of experience designing […]