iPhone XR vs. Galaxy S10E: Camera comparison – CNET
At $750, both phones are cheaper than their flagship cousins. But which of the two takes better photos and videos? iPhone XR vs. Galaxy S10E: Camera comparison – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAt $750, both phones are cheaper than their flagship cousins. But which of the two takes better photos and videos? iPhone XR vs. Galaxy S10E: Camera comparison – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWelcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! Even though it’s less common than it was, one of my favorite aspects of gaming is local multiplayer. Yeah, you can still have a great time playing online, but there’s nothing quite like handing your friends a solid beating,
Read MoreIt’s not uncommon to drive around the neighborhood on trash day and see one or two ceiling fans haphazardly strewn onto a pile of garbage bags, ready to be carted off to the town dump. It’s a shame to see something like this go to waste, and [Giesbert Nijhuis] decided he would see what he
Read MoreWe round up the phones with the longest battery life. Did yours make the list? 5 phones with the best battery life – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreI met two Aibo owners whose enthusiasm for Sony’s robot dog seemed extreme at first glance. Now I’m not so sure. Aibo in the house: How Sony's robot dog wins over its owners – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIf you were a kid of the 70s and 80s, the Polaroid instant camera undoubtedly holds a place in your heart. Now, you can revisit that magic — or experience it for the first time — with this retro-cool Polaroid OneStep 2 Camera and Photobox storage for $20 off, just $99.99 from TNW Deals. Relive shaking
Read MoreDaina Beth Solomon / Reuters: Walmart de Mexico says it is now offering grocery delivery via WhatsApp, charging ~$2.55 for a delivery within 90 minutes and ~$2.03 for longer waits — MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Walmart’s Mexico unit has begun offering grocery delivery from its Superama stores via messaging service WhatsApp … Walmart de Mexico
Read MoreAccess to fast and affordable internet is a big issue in the USA, even in a major metropolis such as New York City. Amidst a cartel of ISPs who simply will not deliver, a group of NYC inhabitants first took it upon themselves to ease this situation by setting up their own mesh-based internet connections
Read MoreRachel Premack / Business Insider: Amazon Air has started operations in Anchorage, Alaska, which could allow Amazon to expand its in-house logistics to moving goods to and from Asia — – Observers say Amazon is building a logistics empire to compete with UPS and FedEx. — Beginning June 27, Amazon will start daily operations …
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Booster, which enables fuel delivery directly to cars via an app in more than 20 US cities, raises $56M Series C, bringing total raised to $88.5M — Booster, a San Mateo, California-based startup offering same-day fuel delivery service in the U.S., today announced that it’s raised $56 million … Booster, which
Read MoreAndrii Degeler / Tech.eu: Creative Group, which offers mobile phone top-ups and e-vouchers for iTunes, Google, Spotify, Xbox, PlayStation, and other online services, raises €22M — Creative Group, a fintech startup headquartered in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, has landed a €22 million in funding from Prime Ventures … Creative Group, which offers mobile phone top-ups and
Read MoreFull-sized arcade cabinets are undeniably cool, but take up a lot of space and can be somewhat of a handful. [PleaseNoFisticuffs] desired something a little more fun-sized, and so built a desktop arcade machine that has some serious style. It’s a build that’s remarkably accessible for even the inexperienced builder. Paper templates are used to
Read MoreBloomberg: EU-based IT-consultant Capgemini to buy Altran for $4.1B, to fill the gap in its services competing with rivals like Accenture for IoT, 5G, and AI contracts — Capgemini SE said it will acquire Altran Technologies SA for 14 euros-a-share to expand its software engineering network with internet and technology companies. EU-based IT-consultant Capgemini to
Read MorePatience Haggin / Wall Street Journal: Data mining and ad targeting company LiveRamp, formerly known as Acxiom, to acquire Data Plus Math, which helps advertisers analyze TV viewer data, for $150M — Cash-and-stock deal, valued at $150 million, combines companies’ data sets that help advertisers check efficiency of campaigns Data mining and ad targeting company
Read MoreSoftware-defined radios or SDRs have provided a step-change in the way we use radio. From your FM broadcast receiver which very likely now has single-application SDR technology embedded in a chip through to the all-singing-all-dancing general purpose SDR you’d find on an experimenter’s bench, control over signal processing has moved from the analogue domain into
Read MoreChristopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: A look at the challenges, downsides, and huge costs of 5G rollout in the US, which may take a decade or more to complete — As carriers launch their 5G networks, the promise of superfast wireless is clashing with the reality of the rollout; ‘the real onslaught has not
Read MoreJon Russell / TechCrunch: Splyt, which wants to bring international roaming to ride-hailing apps and already allows Alipay users to book Grab rides, raises $8M Series A from Grab, others — The vision of a universal global ride-hailing service is over. Uber’s decision to exit markets like China … Splyt, which wants to bring international
Read MoreThe history of the rise and fall of the Jedi and the Sith gets animated. New Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures show gives you every lightsaber clash – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreReuters: Chinese Netflix equivalent iQiyi announces it has reached 100M subscribers; senior exec says it intends to expand into other Asian countries and North America — BEIJING (Reuters) – iQiyi, China’s answer to Netflix, intends to push harder into overseas markets such as North America and Japan … Chinese Netflix equivalent iQiyi announces it has
Read MoreFor [Turbo Conquering Mega Eagle], the question was simple: Do I spend 20 minutes slaving away in front of a bandsaw to cut a bunch of short brass rods into even shorter pieces of brass rod? Or do I spend days designing and building an automatic cutoff saw to do the same job? The answer is
Read MoreSouth China Morning Post: China’s biggest start-ups ditch Oracle and IBM for home-made tech — Enterprise software maker PingCAP already has more than 300 Chinese customers signed up PingCAP’s ascendancy comes as the US cuts Huawei Technologies off from key technology, sending chills through the country’s largest entities.For years … China's biggest start-ups ditch Oracle
Read MoreAndrew Liptak / The Verge: Ex-Equifax CIO Jun Ying sentenced to four months in prison for insider trading; he pleaded guilty to selling Equifax shares prior to 2017’s breach announcement — Four months of jail time — The Justice Department announced this week that former Equifax CIO Jun Ying has been sentenced to four months
Read MoreGaming company N3twork is developing a mobile rival to the Nintendo Switch battle royale game. Tetris Royale is Tetris 99 meets mobile, and it's now in the works – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCommentary: It’s easy to max out your free storage space for magical items you need to play the game. Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is great until you start paying for it – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFor a hundred years or thereabouts, if you made something out of plastic, you used a mold. Your part would come out of the mold with sprues and flash that had to be removed. Somewhere along the way, someone realized you could use these sprues to hold parts in a frame, and a while later
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