Apple today released iPadOS 13 for all iPad users with features like Dark Mode, keyboard gestures, new multitasking capabilities, a redesigned Home screen, and more. To highlight these capabilities, the company has also released four new videos on its Apple Support YouTube channel that show what users can do with iPadOS. The first video explains […]
Bob Burdett was on his bike just before noon on Sept. 15, heading to meet his son for an afternoon of mountain biking at Riverside State Park. He was several miles from his South Hill home and was going to be early for his 12:30 p.m. rendezvous with his son. As he coasted to the […]
Explainable AI, which refers to techniques that attempt to bring transparency to traditionally opaque AI models and their predictions, is a burgeoning subfield of machine learning research. It’s no wonder — models sometimes learn undesirable tricks to accomplish goals on training data, or they develop biases with the potential to cause harm if left unaddressed. […]
Xiaomi is back with one of its trademark insane smartphone designs. Meet the Xiaomi Mi Mix Alpha, a phone with a screen that curves around the sides and then just keeps going, wrapping all the way around the back of the device. As Xiaomi’s blog post says, “the front, side, and back of the phone are almost […]
A neural interface startup that’s hard at work on a bracelet you can use to control computers with your thoughts is the latest Facebook acquisition. Bloomberg reported today that Facebook acquired four-year old CTRL-labs for somewhere between $500 million and $1 billion. The social media giant may decide to pair the technology with VR or […]
Amazon is planning to announce Alexa-powered wireless earbuds at its product launch on Wednesday, a new report claims. The rumored earbuds are codenamed “Puget” and are designed to make it easier to use Alexa, Amazon’s digital assistant, on the go, while also working as a health and fitness device that can monitor a range of […]
If you haven’t moved beyond Internet Explorer, here’s another reason to do so: Google and Microsoft have discovered a new IE vulnerability that can take over your entire PC. Microsoft published CVE-2019-1367 on Monday, a scripting engine memory corruption vulnerability that exists within basically every version of Internet Explorer for Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and […]
A new Galaxy S10 software update is bringing headline features from the Note 10 to Samsung’s other flagship phone line. SamMobile reports that the update is rolling out in certain regions right now for the Galaxy S10, S10 Plus, and S10E, and includes support for DeX PC connectivity, Live Focus blur effects in video recordings, […]
Quantum computing is the way of the future and Google is paving the way as it becomes the first in the industry to achieve “quantum supremacy.” With its quantum computer, the company is capable of performing calculations that even the most advanced traditional computers cannot handle. Google’s Quantum Supremacy According to Financial Times, a Google […]
The $200 price tag of the Nintendo Switch Lite, one of the console’s main selling points over its cousins, was made possible by months of negotiations. The Nintendo Switch Lite was announced in July as a lighter, smaller, and less expensive alternative to the standard Nintendo Switch system. The new console offers better battery life, […]
For those hoping there might be a hidden – or secret – way to output the Nintendo Switch Lite to a television or monitor, I have bad news. According to investigation work by YouTuber Jonathan Downey, “there’s nothing there to interpret and put out any type of video”. “It appears that the hardware that is […]
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is just six days away from giving an updated Starship presentation and the company is working relentlessly to get the spacecraft as close to a finished product as possible. In the last 48 hours, this burst of effort was marked (most notably) by the installation of two of Starship Mk1’s actuating […]
