Category: gadgetry

The best USB Wi-Fi adapters

[ad_1] Why you should trust us Before joining Wirecutter, Joel Santo Domingo tested and wrote about PCs, networking products, and personal tech at PCMag.com and PC Magazine for more than 17 years. Prior to writing for a living, Joel was an IT tech and system administrator for small, medium, and large companies. Testing wireless home […]

The best 2-in-1 tablets for 2019

[ad_1] Buy Samsung Galaxy Book 2: $1,000+ Whether it’s a tablet or a phone, the reasons to pick Samsung over other brands tend to be its typically superior displays and the useful S Pen. But for the Galaxy Book 2, you might also appreciate the fact that it comes with built-in gigabit LTE support. It […]

Korg’s Minilogue and Monologue synths are getting a major update

[ad_1] The Minilogue and Monologue are a few years old at this point, and approaching modern classic status in the synth world. But that doesn’t mean that Korg is content to simply let them coast through life the same way they left the factory. Today the company is releasing a major update to the firmware […]

Native Instruments’ Massive X software synth is finally here

[ad_1] The new plug-in isn’t meant to be an update to Massive — instead it’s a complete redesign of the original. There’s no cross-compatibility between the two synths, meaning there’s no way to open any of Massive’s presets on the newer instrument. According to the description on the Native Instruments website, Massive X is “built […]

Seagate’s 5TB Backup Plus Portable drops to $100

[ad_1] Plantronics BackBeat FIT 3100 (Black) Street price: $130; deal price: $100 Back down to $100 in black, this matches the low we saw for these headphones a few months ago. The Plantronics BackBeat Fit 3100 is a truly wireless option with ear hooks that keep each earbud securely in place as you run. They’re […]

San Francisco’s grand plan to ban online e-cigarette sales

[ad_1] The board passed the legislation on Tuesday, and San Francisco Mayor London Breed has 10 days to sign it. She’s already said she will. When that happens, San Francisco will be the first US city to ban the sale of e-cigarettes. But, in a digital-first world, what does vaping prohibition actually look like? The […]

Oppo’s under-screen camera kills phone notches

[ad_1] There’s room for improvement, though.Oppo’s under-screen camera is real and taking photos in Shanghai Probably the best way to remove the notch or pinhole from our smartphones is to make the camera invisible. And that’s what under-screen cameras promise. Several Chinese phone makers are hustling to make this a reality, and Oppo was the […]

Livongo’s smartwatch tie-in is made for managing chronic conditions

[ad_1] “Our smartwatch integration allows us to capture information from our Members, add it to our AI+AI engine, and return actionable, personalized, and timely information back to them,” said Livongo president Dr. Jennifer Schneider in a statement. The Mountain View-based health startup, founded in 2014, currently serves over 164,000 active users. The technology is aimed […]

Silksong’ is a faster, more elegant sequel

[ad_1] While its creators recently told fans they wanted it to match “the quality and scale of Hollow Knight” before announcing a release date, this week, I got to spend over 20 minutes playing through two different areas of the game, and it feels like it must be pretty close. Please? In the sequel, you […]

Facebook, Google and others come together to set benchmarks for AI

[ad_1] The benchmarks, named MLPerf Inference v0.5, center around three common machine learning tasks: image classification, object detection and machine translation. Given the different processing abilities of different devices, there are separate benchmarks for AI across various platforms, such as smartphones, servers and chips. As well as providing best practice guidance for companies in the […]