Now that the Surface Go has reached store shelves, there’s a lingering question: how did Microsoft stuff a full-fledged PC (if a modest one) into such a small body? You have your answer. iFixit has torn down the 10-inch tablet, and it’s evident that Microsoft bent over backward to make the design work. For one, […]
Facebook Dating doesn’t plan to launch a standalone dating app, which should temper expectations about how deeply it’s diving into Tinder and Match Group’s territory. The feature will be based inside Facebook’s main app, alongside its many other utilities buried beyond the home screen. It’s not ready for the public yet, but company employees are […]
State-of-the-art quantum devices are not yet large enough to be called full-scale computers. The biggest comprise just a few dozen qubits—a meager count compared to the billions of bits in an ordinary computer’s memory. But steady progress means that these machines now routinely string together 10 or 20 qubits and may soon hold sway over […]
Canada’s new radio telescope has picked up a mysterious signal from deep in space with a frequency so low, it’s never been detected before. The Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment – or CHIME – detected the strange noise known as a fast radio burst on July 25, BGR.com reported. FRBs are frequently picked up on […]
You might think diagnosing cancer is easy: Someone either has a cancerous tumor or they don’t. In practice, it’s much harder. Telling the difference between a deadly and a harmelss lump is literally “beyond our perception” with current imaging technology, Ilya Goldberg told GeekWire. That’s where he thinks artificial intelligence can step in. Goldberg is […]
Scientists at the Florida State University-headquartered National High Magnetic Field Laboratory have discovered a behavior in materials called cuprates that suggests they carry current in a way entirely different from conventional metals such as copper. The research, published today in the journal Science, adds new meaning to the materials’ moniker, “strange metals.” Cuprates are high-temperature […]
Mobile 5G isn’t here yet. And no matter how fast or shiny the best phones available today are, they’re going to feel somewhat lacking once 5G networks finally start going live. But what if you could add 5G support to a phone months or even years after you bought it? That’s exactly what Moto is […]
Surface Go—Microsoft’s 10-inch, $399 tablet—launches today in 25 markets. Many publications around the Web have had a couple of days to review Microsoft’s latest attempt at a cheap(ish) computer, and opinions are surprisingly varied. Surface Go is a shrunk-down version of the Surface Pro, Microsoft’s kickstand-equipped two-in-one tablet/laptop. It has a smaller screen (10-inches, 1800×1200), […]
Like every year, Apple is expected to unveil its new iPhones during a mid-September event. The phones would then be available for preorder for about a week, before launching in stores by the end of the month. Apple hasn’t announced any details about its September press event, but iPhone fans must be dying to find […]
Samsung has returned to the tablet game after a near 18-month hiatus. In that time, the market has shifted to 2-in-1s, and Chromebooks have largely superseded Android tablets in bringing a great mobile experience to the Google ecosystem. But Samsung lives in its own world, and the stylish, expensive Galaxy Tab S4 tries to work […]
A research collaboration including theoretical physicists from the University of Bristol and Birmingham has found a new way of evaluating how light flows through space—by tying knots in it. Laser light may appear to be a single, tightly focused beam. In fact, it’s an electromagnetic field, vibrating in an ellipse shape at each point in […]
A UCF physicist has discovered a new material that has the potential to become a building block in the new era of quantum materials, those that are composed of microscopically condensed matter and expected to change our development of technology. Researchers are entering the Quantum Age, and instead of using silicon to advance technology they […]
