Category: gadgetry

We saw a black hole

[ad_1] Gotta put it on Instagram.This is the first real picture of a black hole After years of relying on computer-generated imagery, scientists using the Event Horizon Telescope have captured the first real image of a black hole. The snapshot of the supermassive black hole in the Messier 87 galaxy (about 55 million light years […]

Google Assistant will finally work with business G Suite accounts

[ad_1] The updates include features like Google Assistant integration. While that’s still in beta and primarily works with Calendar, G Suite customers can now ask their Assistant when and where a meeting is. Google Assistant has worked with Calendar for a while, but only on personal accounts. It was an obvious and glaring omission from […]

The Morning After: Amazon’s illuminated new Kindle

[ad_1] Smash that like and subscribe button.Blackmagic’s free video-editing app helps YouTubers cut faster Blackmagic Design has unveiled DaVinci Resolve 16 with a brand new “cut” page aimed at YouTubers and others who need to work quickly. The module is separate from the current edit page (though you can switch back and forth) and features […]

The Paperwhite gets a run for its money

[ad_1] The big news here is clearly that illuminated display. There was a time when even the premium Kindle meant reaching for the reading light (much as I loved my Kindle Keyboard, I also like reading at night). In fact, for about five years after the first one, all Kindle owners were consigned to squinting […]

Google has more Pixel tablets, laptops on the way

[ad_1] If you’re waiting for a follow-up to Google’s Pixelbook laptop or Pixel Slate convertible tablet, then there’s good news. Following a report last month by Business Insider that Google had trimmed its “Create” division by sending employees to other parts of the company and would likely “pare down” its hardware offerings, The Verge has […]

See Apple’s unreleased 1993 W.A.L.T. phone in action

[ad_1] The video shows you a fully-functioning W.A.L.T. phone, complete with a touchscreen, a built-in address book, caller-ID and an attached stylus. The device had handwriting recognition, online banking access and even allowed you to customize ringtones. The W.A.L.T. came in both the classic white Mac color (a prototype which sold on eBay for $8000 […]

Walmart battles online retail by adding more robots to its stores

[ad_1] The retailer announced today that it will deploy 1,500 new “Auto-C” autonomous floor cleaners, 300 “Auto-S” shelf scanners and an additional 1,200 “FAST” unloaders to scan and sort items as they come off delivery trucks. Plus to streamline online orders, it’ll have 900 “Pickup Towers” so customers can order something on the company’s site […]

NASA enlists academia to develop autonomous space habitats

[ad_1] One, the Habitats Optimized for Missions of Exploration (HOME), will develop autonomous systems, machine learning, robotic maintenance and onboard manufacturing for autonomous and self-maintained smart habitats. The HOME team includes researchers from the University of California, Davis; University of Colorado Boulder, Carnegie Mellon University, the Georgia Institute of Technology, Howard University, Texas A&M University […]

Qualcomm’s latest chip will give midrange phones a gaming boost

[ad_1] For the first time, Qualcomm is launching a gaming-specific version of a chipset alongside the regular one. The Snapdragon 730G (G stands for Gaming, get it?) has an enhanced version of the Adreno 618 GPU to make it 15 percent faster than the one in the regular 730. It also packs some bonuses via […]

Tesla’s Sentry Mode has already caught a suspected carjacker

[ad_1] San Francisco-based Jed Franklin received an alert on his phone informing him that Sentry Mode had been activated. On arriving at his vehicle, he found that the window had been broken, but that the perp had fled empty-handed. Franklin then downloaded the video captured by Sentry Mode, which had recorded a clear image of […]