The public betas for all of Apple’s latest operating system iterations are finally out (save for watchOS, per usual). We always warn people about installing these on their primary devices, because you don’t want the iPhone you rely on for work and socializing to start freezing up a lot with a buggy version of iOS. […]
BMW has a long history of building motorcycles, but it hasn’t done all that well in the electric motorcycle department. Clearly, though, this is something the company is thinking hard about and today, at its inaugural NextGen event, the company showed its newest electric concept bike, the BMW Motorrad Vision DC Roadster. As usual, there’s […]
The next generation in Microsoft Surface hardware was tipped this week to take a radical position. Radical compared to what Microsoft’s tried before with real, live, market-ready hardware that is to say. This new device would have two displays that work as one, would be surprisingly robust, and would be able to run both Windows […]
In 1975, at the age of 19, Bill Gates dropped out of his sophomore year at Harvard to launch Microsoft with his buddy Paul Allen. Gates worked weekends and never took vacation in his 20s to get the company off the ground. And it worked. Today, Microsoft is valued at more than $1 trillion and […]
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says letting Google’s Android platform become dominant was his “biggest mistake” at the company. The Windows desktop operating system has been a core piece of Microsoft through much of its 44-year history, but Microsoft has failed to win a leadership position in mobile operating systems. It lags behind Alphabet’s Google, and […]
A rare signed photo of Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong making his ‘giant leap for mankind’ has been sold at auction for $52,247. The 10×8 photo captures the moment just before Armstrong set foot on the lunar surface. It is signed “Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11.” The photo had a pre-sale estimate of $15,000. The image […]
Cloud services are great until you can’t access an important file while you’re on the road with frustratingly slow internet connection. Google Drive introduced offline mode for Documents, Slides and Spreadsheets as a solution for that. Now, it’s also testing the capability to save PDFs, images, Microsoft Office and other non-Google files stored on Drive offline. Google is currently accepting applications […]
A hacker illegally accessed NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 2018 by targeting an off-the-shelf micro-computer called a Raspberry Pi. The breach was discovered in 2018, but just disclosed to the public in a June 18 report. In it, NASA details an “unauthorized” Raspberry Pi that created a portal that allowed the unknown attacker access to […]
Today, Raspberry Pi is introducing a new version of its popular line of single-board computer. The Raspberry Pi 4 Model B is the fastest Raspberry Pi ever, with the company promising “desktop performance comparable to entry-level x86 PC systems.” The new model is built around a Broadcom BCM2711 SoC, which, with four 1.5GHz Cortex A72 […]
Walmart’s early use of AI at its stores isn’t just for the sake of convenience. The retailer has confirmed to Business Insider that it’s using camera-based computer vision tech to deter theft and losses at its checkouts (including self-checkouts) in over 1,000 stores. The simply titled Missed Scan Detection program notifies attendants if an item […]
Ford had promised the Mustang Shelby GT500 would be its most powerful factory-built car ever. Now we know how powerful. The 2020 model of the car, set to go on sale this fall, will have a 760 horsepower V8 engine “making it the most powerful street-legal Ford ever,” the automaker said in an announcement. “Enough […]
A new report from Forbes is claiming that Microsoft’s upcoming foldable Surface PC, which I revealed to be in the works late last year under the codename Centaurus, will be able to run Android apps. In addition, the report also provides a few specifications, including screen size and possible CPU. According to Forbes, Microsoft’s foldable […]
