Looks like Samsung isn’t done with hardware announcements for this year. We’ve already had two Unpacked events since August – one for the announcement of the Note 20 range and another for the Galaxy Z Fold 2 at the start of September – and now an additional event has been scheduled for September 23. Samsung’s […]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection proudly announced in a press release on Friday a seizure of 2,000 boxes of “counterfeit” Apple AirPods, said to be worth about $400,000, from a shipment at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York. But the photos in the press release appear to show boxes of OnePlus Buds, the wireless […]
While an Apple Event is planned for next week, the word is that we’ll have to wait another month to see Tim Cook showing off the iPhone 12. But if that wait feels too long then a new video from EverythingApplePro should help a little. You can’t see a whole handset in the video; it’s […]
The US government’s ban on Huawei, which is about to get even worse for the Chinese conglomerate, forced the company to create its own flavor of Android for western markets. Huawei uses Android as the base OS for its phones, but can’t use any Google apps on top of it, which is really the magic […]
Elon Musk has shared some details about future testing of Starship, the SpaceX launch vehicle currently being developed by the company at its Boca Chica, Texas facility. Recently, SpaceX has completed short, 150 meter (just under 500 feet) test flights of two earlier Starship prototypes, SN5 and SN6 – and SN8, which is currently set […]
These days it can often feel like a waste to print something out. A situation that is only strained further by tech companies that consistently try to rid us of the need for a pen and paper. While in most cases this is arguably a good thing, there are times when having a printout may be the […]
Apple revised its App Store guidelines on Friday ahead of the release of iOS 14, the latest version of the iPhone operating system, which is expected later this month. Apple’s employees use these guidelines to approve or deny apps and updates on the App Store. Those rules have come under intense scrutiny in recent weeks […]
Facebook returns to its college roots, Alexa gets a printing feature and we take a deep dive into Unity’s business. This is your Daily Crunch for September 10, 2020. The big story: Facebook launches a college-only network If you’re old and decrepit like me, you remember when Facebook was only for college students and required […]
Delivering internet connectivity from satellites orbiting the Earth is becoming an increasingly popular idea especially as Elon Musk continues to launch low-orbit satellites to build out his upcoming Starlink network. Satellite internet connections are actually already being used today by workers on remote oil rigs, ships traversing international waters and by airlines in areas where broadband […]
A new Google Nest thermostat has hit the FCC. Droid-Life was the first to spot this listing on the government’s site. The listing is in confidential mode, so it’s sparse on details, but the details we do have are kind of weird. We think it has air gesture controls. First, the RF exposure report lists […]
RALEIGH – Persistence AI, a startup in Raleigh focusing on artificial intelligence, says it will hire hundreds of people to support the launch of a new product which it is accelerating for deployment to help companies meet a variety of needs stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. The product is called Agent, and “hundreds of people” […]
Anduril, a military tech startup founded by Oculus Rift creator Palmer Luckey, has unveiled a new AI-powered drone called the Ghost 4. The company promises to inject artificial intelligence into drone-assisted missions in the near future, Wired reports, with the Ghost 4 performing tasks such as identifying targets much faster and more efficiently. Luckey called […]
