Gmail is one of Google’s biggest and most beloved products, but that didn’t stop the company from trying something new back in 2014 with the launch of Inbox. I will admit to never getting hooked on Inbox, but a lot of former Gmail users fully embraced Google’s email experiment. They’re …
Read More »NASA Tests Foldable Umbrella-Like Heat Shield
The technology to reach another planet or moon is only worth so much if you can’t land on it. Every landing has its own challenges, but celestial bodies with an atmosphere are particularly vexing. For decades, the heat shields that protect spacecraft during atmospheric entry have been rigid and heavy, …
Read More »Apple Announces iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR
Last year’s iPhone X was an oddly out-of-cycle update for the iconic smartphone lineup. Apple still sold the boring and safe iPhone 8 and 8 Plus, but this year Apple is leaving the old iPhone design in the dust. Now, it’s all about the notch. The iPhone XS and XS …
Read More »Intel CPU Shortages Hitting Whiskey Lake as Ryzen Mobile Volumes Ramp
Trendforce has announced that its lowering its expectation for mobile sales due to ongoing shortages of Intel’s new Whiskey Lake CPUs. The company writes: Intel originally planned to begin mass production of CPUs based on its latest Whiskey Lake platform in 3Q18, when the notebook market would be in the …
Read More »Adobe Piles on New Audio, Video Features in Creative Cloud
Adobe users can be loosely divided into two groups: those who are happy with the feature set of its apps from 10 years ago, and those who are pushing the envelope looking for the ultimate productivity edge. If you’re a creative who works with audio or video and are in …
Read More »Next Windows 10 Update Will Auto-Move Files to OneDrive to Free Space
Microsoft has been weaving OneDrive more deeply into Windows with each update, and the upcoming Windows 10 feature update (build 17720) will continue the trend. An updated version of Microsoft Storage Sense will automatically back up content to OneDrive, and it may even remove the local version of the file …
Read More »Sphero Launches Robot With Programmable LED Panel, IR Support
Sphero started out making products that were toys first and foremost, but its tiny personal robots have slowly become more education-oriented, and the new Bolt is the most bookish of them all. The Bolt is a transparent spherical robot with a raft of sensors and a programmable LED matrix display. …
Read More »2 Years After Apple Killed the Headphone Jack, USB-C Audio Is a Disaster
Two years ago, Apple yanked the headphone jack off its mobile devices and called itself courageous. The Kool-Aid theory was that by getting rid of this ancient analog port, we’d all be free to pay for new devices that offered the same functionality over a different connector or to buy …
Read More »Verizon Will Offer 5G Home Internet Next Month in Select Cities
The age of 5G is upon us, even if it’s not coming to phones quite yet. Verizon has announced that it will begin offering home 5G internet service in a handful of cities starting next month. That’s the same network that will eventually service phones, but home internet customers will …
Read More »HQ Trivia nabs Target to sponsor game with biggest ever single winner prize of $100K
HQ Trivia is aiming to attract more players following a slight decline in downloads with a new, large prize. The company announced today it has bagged Target to sponsor to sponsor a special Emmy-themed game featuring its biggest-ever single winner prize of $100,000. The game will air on Monday, September 17 …
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