Less than 6 months after launching the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL, Google is now seemingly getting ready to release another pair of own-branded phones. According to recent rumors, these new handsets may be called Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL (or Pixel 3 Lite and Pixel 3 XL Lite). While we don’t know when the two devices will be announced, this […]
The Samsung Galaxy Fold hasn’t hit shops yet — heck, barely anyone has had the chance to hold it yet — but Samsung may already be making plans for its next big foldable device, according to an approved patent design. “Big” is the operative term here. If the patent imagery is correct, this could potentially […]
Apple on Friday made the unprecedented move of canceling work on the AirPower, the wireless charging mat that was supposed to charge the Apple Watch, iPhone, and AirPods all at once. There are already a number of AirPower-like alternative products on the market, and we’re likely going to be seeing additional replacements in the future. […]
Until now, you’ve had to use Chrome to sign into your Google account with a security key. You won’t have to be quite so choosy going forward, though. Google has transitioned to using the new Web Authentication standard for hardware-based sign-ins, making your key useful in Firefox, Edge and other browsers that rely on the […]
Touch Up Thanks to a new neural network, convincing photo edits that would have previously required extensive Photoshop expertise has become as easy as drawing a quick doodle. The AI algorithm, recently shared by YouTube channel “Two Minute Papers,” lets people quickly generate convincing, fake pictures of people just by sketching new features onto them […]
Unexpectedly on a Friday night, Valve has surprise launched a teaser site featuring a brand-new virtual reality headset, called the Valve Index, that appears to be a device of its own making and not one in partnership with its longtime VR partner HTC. The teaser site spotted by Ars Technica offers no information other than […]
Fears of an AI-controlled robot takeover aside, artificial intelligence has provided mankind with an incredible opportunity to leverage incredible computational power for use in a variety of ways, including things like cancer detection. But can a computer tell us when we’re likely to meet an untimely end? Researchers from the University of Nottingham decided to […]
By 2020, a fleet of robots may work aboard the International Space Station, handling menial or dangerous tasks so human astronauts can focus on more complex or scientific projects — or even letting people back on Earth beam into robot bodies. At least, that’s the end goal of a new partnership between the Japanese Aerospace […]
A revealing cluster of emails reviewed by Business Insider and Channel 4 News offers a glimpse at the fairly chaotic process of how Facebook decides what content crosses the line. In this instance, a group of executives at Facebook went hands-on in determining if an Instagram post by the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones violated the […]
Lightning Motorcycles finally unveiled the electric vehicle it had been teasing for months. With a $12,000 to $19,000 price range, the Strike electric motorcycle has options with a 200-mile range, 150 mph top speed and 35-minute DC fast-charge time. The new machine has a more upright riding position and friendlier price tag than Lightning’s debut LS-218 […]
Betaworks Studios, the brainchild of New York City seed-stage venture capital fund Betaworks, has amassed the support of WeWork, or The We Company, as they now call themselves. JLL Spark Ventures and the co-working giant have led co-led a $4.4 million investment in the membership-based co-working club described as a supportive community for builders. Betaworks […]
Rocket Lab, the Kiwi operation working on breaking into the launch industry with small but frequent launches, has its first launch of the year today, due to take off in just a few minutes. Tune in below! The company recently, after the numerous delays endemic to the launch industry, made its first real commercial launches, […]
