The Android Lollipop statue. Lollipop was the fifth major version of Android. It was released in 2014 and still powers nearly 15 percent of Android phones worldwide. Android 10 is official and as of this writing it’s only available on a very small number of phones: Pixels and a few others. I’ll have a review
Read MoreThe iPhone SE from 2016. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Apple is said to be preparing its first mid-range phone since the iPhone SE, with an expected launch in the spring. Nikkei reports that Apple is looking to retake ground lost in markets like China and India to a host of companies
Read MoreMicrosoft recommends setting up multi-factor authentication in Windows 10 for better security, but you have to disable basic or legacy authentication first. How to disable basic or legacy authentication to set up MFA in Office 365 Source: Security
Read MoreNoah Kirsch / Forbes: Profile of Dean Stoecker, CEO and co-founder of data analytics company Alteryx, which went public in 2017 and generated $28M in profit on $254M revenue in 2018 — Sun Tzu meets software in mid-August at downtown Denver’s Crawford Hotel. The floors are terrazzo. The chandeliers are accented with gold. Profile of
Read MoreResearchers at the Allen Institute have hit an artificial-intelligence milestone: a machine that is ready for high school science. Maybe even college. A Breakthrough for A.I. Technology: Passing an 8th Grade Science Test Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe more expensive ATH-CKS5TW have a better battery life and physical buttons. | Image: Audio-Technica One year after Audio-Technica announced its first somewhat underwhelming pairs of true wireless earbuds, the company is back with two fresh attempts: the ATH-CKS5TW and ATH-CKS3TW. This time around, battery life has been improved, both pairs now charge over USB-C,
Read MoreAlong with a new flagship mouse, Logitech rolled out MX Keys, which it says delivers the best tactile low-profile typing experience on a Logitech keyboard. Logitech's new MX Master 3 mouse is driven by electromagnets (hands-on) – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDevindra Hardawar / Engadget: Razer updates Blade Stealth ultrabook gaming line with Intel 10th-gen CPUs, Nvidia GTX 1650, 16GB DDR4 RAM, starting at $1,500, available end of September — For years, Razer has been chasing the specter of a truly ultraportable gaming laptop with its Blade Stealth line … Razer updates Blade Stealth ultrabook gaming
Read MoreGoogle released Android 10 last night to all Pixel phones. The update brings some nifty features like system-wide dark mode, a new gesture navigation system, and smart replies in notifications. But the release is actually focused on privacy and security upgrades; let’s take a closer look at what’s under the hood. Location restrictions Prior to
Read MoreUSB-C versus USB Micro connectors are turning into one of the holy wars of our time. Rather than be left on the wrong side of the divide [Stefan S] has come up with his own USB-C version of of an Arduino Pro Micro to avoid having to always find a different cable. Home made Arduinos
Read MoreAmazon is reportedly working on speeding up checkouts at its physical stores by using your hand as a form of identification. According to a the New York Post, the retail giant is said to be quietly testing new scanners that can identify human hands to make a store purchase. The company intends to roll out the
Read MoreLogitech’s MX Master mice have long been some of the best money could buy. And now it’s back with the third-generation, the MX Master 3, that once again raises the bar with an even more refined version of its hardware that makes the already great scroll wheel even better and finally switches to USB-C for
Read MoreA year ago, electric rental scooters were hailed as the next big thing in transportation. But their troubles in San Diego show how the services have now hit growing pains. Welcome to San Diego. Don’t Mind the Scooters. Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreReuse beer is brewed with sewage water that’s been heavily treated and filtered. How a beer gets made from toilet water – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIan Allison / CoinDesk: Elliptic, which uses AI to trace and locate suspicious transactions on blockchains, raises $23M Series B led by Tokyo-based financial institution SBI Holdings — Blockchain forensics firm Elliptic has raised $23 million in a Series B funding round led by Tokyo-based financial institution SBI Holdings. Elliptic, which uses AI to trace
Read MoreWhile we don’t yet know the long-term effects of hanging out around 3D printers, it doesn’t take a in-depth study to figure out that their emissions aren’t healthy. What smells toxic usually is toxic. Still, it’s oh-so-fun to linger and watch prints grow into existence, even when we have hundreds or thousands of hours of
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Microsoft and Qualcomm’s Vision AI Developer Kit, which can run containerized Azure AI services locally, now available for $249 with Snapdragon 603, 8MP camera — In May 2018 during its annual Build developer conference in Seattle, Microsoft announced a partnership with Qualcomm to develop … Microsoft and Qualcomm's Vision AI Developer
Read MoreIndia’s lunar spacecraft is now ready to commence its descent. Watch Chandrayaan-2 attempt to land at the moon's unexplored south pole – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNikon has announced its next pro DSLR, and what do you know, it’s called the D6. The new camera follows in the long line of D-series DSLRs, which are particularly popular among sports photographers for their speed and reliability, and Nikon describes it as “its most advanced digital SLR yet.” Unfortunately, that’s the only thing
Read MoreKobo has a new e-reader out, the Libra H20, which looks to join the existing Kobo Forma in taking on Amazon’s luxury Kindle Oasis, with a similar one-handed design. But where the Forma stumbled by upping the screen size to an 8-inch panel, resulting in a device that was somewhat unwieldy to hold, the new
Read MoreAt IFA 2019, Razer brings Ice Lake and a Mercury White model to its 13-inch Blade Stealth ultrabook laptop lineup. Razer Blade Stealth 13 ultrabooks it in white with Ice Lake – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreRazer has refreshed its Blade Stealth laptops for 2019. There are three new configurations, and each of them ships with an Intel Core i7-1065G7, one of Intel’s Ice Lake 10th Gen processors that features Iris Plus graphics. Two of these configurations have 15W TDP processors, which would worry me, if not for the fact that
Read MoreThe Exynos 980 is Samsung’s first 5G-ready chip. Samsung launches 5G-integrated Exynos 980 mobile processor – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreYou’ve had the ability since October, and in June they made it official, but it’s only today that Mozilla’s Firefox web browser will protect your privacy by blocking third-party tracking software for all its users by default — theoretically keeping companies from keeping tabs on your online activity and potentially selling it to others. That’s
Read MoreJohn Koetsier / Forbes: The downloads of Bridgefy’s Bluetooth-based messaging app, which uses a peer-to-peer mesh broadcasting network, have spiked amid protests in Hong Kong — John Koetsier is a journalist, analyst, author, and speaker. — How do you communicate when the government censors the internet? The downloads of Bridgefy's Bluetooth-based messaging app, which uses
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