Immersing yourself in virtual reality can feel like a sci-fi fantasy come true, but bulky, cumbersome VR headsets almost make it more trouble than it’s worth. There have been various attempts to slim down VR headsets, such as Dlodlo’s lightweight V One headset and Panasonic’s prototype goggles shown at CES 2020. Now Facebook has revealed […]
MacOS Big Sur may be a worthwhile upgrade if you love to marathon TV shows. As 9to5Mac reports, users have discovered that Safari in Big Sur will play Netflix videos in 4K with HDR, whether you’re using Dolby Vision or HDR10. You won’t have to switch to another browser just to see more than a […]
Hey everybody, welcome back to Week in Review. Last week, I wrote about Apple’s App Store controversy, which I’m kind of revisiting this week through the lens of how Apple’s WWDC announcements tease a change to what apps fundamentally look like in the future. If you’re reading this on the TechCrunch site, you can get […]
If you thought that the Snapdragon 865 was the reason why Android flagships were expensive, there’s bad news surrounding the Snapdragon 875, but bad for consumers, not for Qualcomm’s financial position. According to a new rumor, the Snapdragon 875 might end up being more expensive than its predecessor, despite a previous specifications leak mentioning that the upcoming […]
Researchers from MIT have developed a new way to keep shared spaces free of the coronavirus and other pathogens: a UVC light-equipped robot. UVC light is capable of disinfecting surfaces and neutralizing aerosolized virus particles, but it’s dangerous for humans to be exposed. With this in mind, MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) […]
During WWDC this year, Apple officially announced plans to move to ‘Apple Silicon’ inside Macs, moving on from Intel and officially switching to ARM. The process will take two years, but the decision to make this move was reportedly made a very long time ago, shortly after Intel launched Skylake. A former Intel engineer, François […]
The possibility of the iPhone 12 being the first 5G iPhone started off looking unlikely, but more and more rumors started hinting that all phones released by Apple at the end of the year might have 5G connectivity. News recently broke, however, that as well as the four 5G iPhone 12 models there may also […]
While artificial intelligence systems continue to make huge strides forward, they’re still not particularly good at dealing with chaos or unpredictability. Now researchers think they have found a way to fix this, by teaching AI about physics. To be more specific, teaching them about the Hamiltonian function, which gives the AI information about the entirety […]
A mammoth global spying and data theft effort currently leaves web surfing citizens at risk, with several Bitcoin and crypto domains included in the mix, according to research from Awake Security. At the heart of the problem — a web domain registration company named CommuniGal Communication, or GalComm. “Of the 26,079 reachable domains registered through GalComm, […]
The PlayStation 2 is over 20 years old, but it’s still difficult to hack if you want to run homebrew games without tweaking the hardware. You usually need to install a modchip, buy a specially-configured memory card or even pry the system open to block the disc reader’s sensors. However, it might just be a […]
With rival Apple continuing to invest in its retail stores in Connecticut and elsewhere, Microsoft is closing its own at a cost of $450 million. In Connecticut, Microsoft has stores at Danbury Fair mall and at the Westfarms mall in Farmington. Microsoft has yet to reopen its stores since closures forced by the coronavirus pandemic. […]
A new update has just begun rolling out on the Samsung Galaxy S20 in Korea. The update arrives with the July 1 security patch from Google – which is quite a surprise considering Samsung is normally one of the worst when it comes to getting updates delivered on time. The update has a build number […]
