When we get a new device these days, somewhere in the package is likely to be a wall-wart USB power supply. We look for a place to plug in the little switch-mode dongle, rearrange a few plugs in the mains power strip, and curse its designers for the overly cozy outlet spacing. And all the
Read MoreDieter Bohn / The Verge: Microsoft unveils HoloLens 2 with an ARM CPU, more comfortable, lighter, and with 2X wider field of view than its predecessor, available for preorder for $3,500 — Designed to get work done — I am in a tiny room in a basement somewhere in Microsoft’s Redmond, Washington headquarters … Microsoft
Read MoreHere’s everything you need to know about Microsoft’s next-generation mixed reality headsets. HoloLens 2 AR headsets announced for ,500, available to preorder now, ship later this year – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWe talk to the Marvel designers who make your favorite superheroes look badass from head to toe. These Oscar-nominated women make Black Panther and Avengers look fierce – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIf the apocalypse strikes, the Arch Mission Foundation wants to be sure all the knowledge we’ve accumulated doesn’t disappear. Thirty-million-page backup of humanity headed to moon aboard Israeli lander – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBrian Heater / TechCrunch: Microsoft announces Azure Kinect, a new depth-sensing camera for enterprises that uses Azure cloud; pre-orders open now for $399 — Today’s Mobile World Congress kickoff event was all about the next Hololens, but Microsoft still had some surprises up its sleeve. Microsoft announces Azure Kinect, a new depth-sensing camera for enterprises
Read MoreA phone that transforms into a tablet. Blazing 5G speeds. Is this the future of phones? Huawei Mate X triple threat: Foldable phone with 5G, lots of cameras – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhones are already camera-studded in 2019, and now we have this. Nokia 9 PureView has 5 rear cameras: *yawn* – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMicrosoft at Mobile World Congress took the wraps off of its HoloLens 2 and it has some hardware upgrades that’ll help enterprise usage and the front-line workers using it. But HoloLens for Microsoft is all about landing cloud subscriptions. Microsoft's HoloLens 2: Why it's really all about the cloud Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreLast week, Amazon made the unexpected move of calling for regulation on facial recognition. In a blog post published on Thursday, Michael Punke, VP of global public policy at Amazon Web Services, expressed support for a “national legislative framework that protects individual civil rights and ensures that governments are transparent in their use of facial recognition technology.”
Read MoreChaim Gartenberg / The Verge: Hands-on with HMD’s $699 Nokia 9 PureView with an in-display fingerprint sensor and five 12MP rear cameras, available in March — Screw everything, we’re doing five cameras (for real this time) — HMD Global has a new Nokia flagship, and it might be the company’s most ambitious phone yet …
Read MoreWhen Huawei decided to unveil its latest phone in the surroundings of Barcelona’s ornate Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, it was undoubtedly dropping hints to the attending tech reporters for what they’ll see. After all, the Huawei Mate X, announced today, is a bit like a rare Picasso painting. For starters, it’s gorgeous. Not pretty
Read MoreVlad Savov / The Verge: Among foldables unveiled in 2019, Huawei’s Mate X feels the most complete compared to Royole FlexPai or Galaxy Fold, but questions about their software remain — A foldable that folds without a gap — Samsung’s Galaxy Fold announcement isn’t even a week old yet, and we already have a competitor
Read MoreDespite most of the common gauges remaining the same over the last 60 years, the automotive dashboard of days past used very different technology to those today. Cable driven speedometers were common, along with mechanical drive for the odometer, too. Fuel and temperature gauges were often wired directly to their senders, and some oil pressure
Read MoreAndrei Frumusanu / AnandTech: Huawei Mate X has a 4500 mAh battery, a folded thickness of 11mm and 5.4mm when unfolded, and a camera setup that can serve both as a selfie and main camera — Today at Huawei’s press conference at MWC Barcelona, Huawei has something special to share with us. Huawei Mate X
Read MoreIt folds like Samsung’s Galaxy Fold, but it’s a fundamentally different phone. Huawei unveils Mate X, joins Galaxy Fold in foldables game – CNET Source: CNet
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Read MoreVlad Savov / The Verge: Hands-on with a prototype of Oppo’s lossless 10x optical zoom system that the company says will ship on a retail device in Q2, 2019 — Going from 16mm to 160mm inside your phone — Oppo has come to Mobile World Congress this year not with a phone, but with a
Read MoreHuawei’s foldable phone is ready to shine bright like a diamond, with a price tag to match. Mate X: Huawei's ,600 foldable phone steps up to Galaxy Fold with three screens, four rear cameras, 5G – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreRoger Cheng / CNET: Huawei announces Mate X, a $2,600 foldable 5G phone with a 6.6″ front screen and a 6.38″ back screen that unfolds for a combined 8″ display, coming mid-2019 — The Galaxy Fold isn’t the only foldable device in town. Say hello to the Huawei Mate X. — Richard Yu, CEO of
Read MoreDan Seifert / The Verge: Huawei updates MateBook X Pro with faster CPU and graphics, launches lower end 14″ MateBook 14, and adds AirDrop-like phone/laptop file transfer feature to both — The new lower-tier MateBook 14 also joins Huawei’s laptop portfolio — Last year, Huawei released the MateBook X Pro … Huawei updates MateBook X
Read MoreReview: Charming, funny and scary — sometimes all at once — this fantasy epic on Netflix slays, in a good way. Game of Thrones for kids? Netflix's Dragon Prince somehow makes it work – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe 5G phone will use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 855 processor. Oppo unveils 5G phone, 48-megapixel camera phone with 10x lossless zoom – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe demise of Sears provides a perfect cautionary tale. By all accounts, the former retail giant — which was in a “death spiral for well over a decade” — is paying a steep price for its failure to innovate in new technology. Yet, the means for Sears to do just that was available. Business technology
Read MoreA new MateBook X Pro adds new processor, graphics and Bluetooth hardware, plus special tricks if you also own a Huawei phone. Huawei highlights new Nvidia MX250 graphics in its MWC laptops – CNET Source: CNet
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