Adjustable dumbbells can be incredibly useful in a home gym, but the need to manually tweak weight can be a pain when you’re trying to keep your heart rate up mid-workout. iFit’s NordicTrack badge might have a solution: have Alexa do the work. The brand has introduced iSelect Adjustable Dumbbells that can use an Alexa-capable […]
For many years, a bottleneck in technological development has been how to get processors and memories to work faster together. Now, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have presented a new solution integrating a memory cell with a processor, which enables much faster calculations, as they happen in the memory circuit itself. In an article […]
Apple said Monday that it paid developers $60 billion in 2021, or $260 billion total since the App Store launched in 2008. It’s a figure that suggests App Store sales continue to grow at a rapid clip. By comparison, Apple said in 2019 it had paid developers a total of $155 billion since 2008. And […]
Earlier today, a report indicated that some European carriers were blocking the Private Relay feature introduced by Apple with iOS 15. This feature is designed to give users an additional layer of privacy by ensuring that no one can view the websites that they visit. Now, in addition to some carriers in Europe, it appears that T-Mobile/Sprint […]
Many of China’s households still rely on small coal stoves for heat, which causes air pollution that damages health. To address these problems, the Chinese government launched a five-year “Clean Heating Plan” in 2017 with the goal of transitioning 70% of northern households away from coal and toward cleaner heating options. As the plan reaches […]
Tired of the color on your car? A new innovation from BMW will let you change it at the touch of a button. At CES, the luxury automaker introduced the iX Flow featuring E Ink, a concept that would allow owners to change the exterior color of their car by pressing a button. BMW said […]
Campaigners opposing plans for an electric car battery plant which would see an airport close are urging planners to consider alternative sites. Proposals for the “gigafactory” at Coventry Airport have been submitted and will be considered on Tuesday. The scheme would see the airfield levelled to make way for the facility. Losing the site would […]
You might not have to send your devices in (or buy replacement parts) if the display breaks — you could just make new screens yourself. University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers have developed what they say is the first fully 3D-printed flexible OLED display. In theory, you wouldn’t have to depend on panels made at […]
Today is January 9, which means it’s been 15 years since Apple CEO Steve Jobs stood on stage at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco, California and gave the world its first look at the iPhone, a device that would go on to change everything. The original iPhone was a tiny little thing with a […]
Hiroshi Lockheimer oversees all of Google’s operating systems as Senior Vice President of Platforms and Ecosystems. In recent years, he has been very critical of Apple not supporting the RCS standard to make iOS messaging more interoperable with Android, and the latest salvo on iMessage is the harshest yet. The Android chief and RCS proponent […]
There are more changes coming to WhatsApp for iOS in the following updates as the app is testing a revamped chat list design for a clearer UI. With that, the application is planning to remove certain UI elements. As reported by WABetaInfo, WhatsApp wants to improve its chat list page with a clearer design. For […]
All-solid-state batteries are now one step closer to becoming the powerhouse of next-generation electronics, as researchers from Tokyo Tech, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), and Yamagata University introduce a strategy to restore their low electrical resistance. They also explore the underlying reduction mechanism, paving the way for a more fundamental understanding […]
