Category: Tech

Hublot’s next smartwatch is the $5,200 Big Bang e

[ad_1] Thanks to Wear OS, of course, users will get access to Google Play, Google Assistant and Google Pay, plus swipe controls for notifications and messages. The Big Bang e packs a Snapdragon Wear 3100 processor, 1GB of RAM and 8GB of storage. Oddly, it does not have GPS or NFC, 9to5Google points out, and […]

AI breathes new life into a classic ‘80s synth

[ad_1] Musicians in the 1980s had a love-hate relationship with Yamaha’s DX7 synthesizer. Its digital sound engine was unlike the analog synths that came before it, and created a unique timbre, but the thing was a beast to program. (Modern FM synths are substantially more manageable.) This led most users to simply stick with the […]

Indie history: How shareware helped build Epic Games

[ad_1] Present May 4th marked the 20th anniversary of GodGames’ acquisition by Take-Two. Wilson, Miller and Sweeney have all trod their own paths in the video game industry, and they’re all still active today. They started out in the undefined, pre-internet, post-shareware fog of the early 1990s, where they learned plenty about large-scale business and […]

Long-lost ‘Days of Thunder’ NES game recreated from 30-year-old floppies

[ad_1] Unreleased video games tend to show up in ready-to-play forms, but a recent discovery required decidedly more effort. The Video Game History Foundation has reconstructed a lost NES adaptation of the Tom Cruise stock car movie Days of Thunder (one of the blockbuster hits of 1990) using 30-year-old source code floppy disks from the […]

Lenovo brings Linux to its P-series ThinkPads and ThinkStations

[ad_1] In the past, Lenovo has flirted with Linux, but now the company is making the operating system a much bigger part of its product lineup. Starting this month and moving into the summer, it will begin certifying its P-series ThinkPad and ThinkStation workstation computers for the operating system. Specifically, you (or more likely the […]

Google is sending Android 11 updates to some Pixel 4 owners early

[ad_1] Screenshots of these 3 icon shapes pic.twitter.com/lU4kDkOZcV — Mishaal Rahman (@MishaalRahman) June 1, 2020 Onboarding/tutorial messages for the feature. pic.twitter.com/GS2K7gzizP — Mishaal Rahman (@MishaalRahman) June 1, 2020 They’ll now also be able to access controls for connected devices by holding the Power button, provided they switch on the option in Settings. Here’s the animation […]

Music Industry plans blackout day in support of George Floyd protests

[ad_1] Apple Music is also participating, saying it cancelled its regular Beats 1 radio schedule and steering users toward a streaming station that celebrates the best in Black Music. It will also host a playlist designed to unite users, with regular intermissions explaining the protests and movement. Deezer and Tidal Music also tweeted support. On […]

Roku’s live guide will help you navigate its free movie and TV channel

[ad_1] Good news, couch potatoes: Roku is now giving you a better way to sort through its wealth of free movies and TV shows. The new “Live TV Channel Guide” is exactly that: a traditional grid interface for seeing what’s airing on the Roku Channel, the company’s popular free content fountain. Additionally, Roku is also […]