Microsoft is putting a HoloLens app on Android this spring
Microsoft is pushing its Windows Mixed Reality platform, which has so far been limited to virtual reality and HoloLens headsets, onto mobile phones. The company is launching an Android-based version...
View ArticleSpaceX launched a trio of spacecraft, including a lander bound for the Moon
Update February 21st, 9:30PM ET: SpaceX successfully launched all three spacecraft into their intended orbits. The Falcon 9 used for the mission also landed on SpaceX’s drone ship, despite traveling...
View ArticleMicrosoft reportedly plans to discuss next-gen Xbox consoles at E3 2019
Sony may have decided to skip the video game industry’s largest annual expo this year, but Microsoft plans to be back at E3 2019 with its usual blow-out press conference. And now, French gaming news...
View ArticleLeaked images reveal Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 headset
Microsoft’s new HoloLens 2 headset has leaked just hours before the company is expected to unveil it at a press event in Barcelona. Twitter user WalkingCat has published four photos of the HoloLens 2,...
View Article1TB microSD cards are now a thing
The inexorable march of increasing storage capacities continues today with the announcement of the world’s first 1-terabyte microSD cards. Micron and Western Digital’s SanDisk brand have both launched...
View ArticleThe HTC Exodus 1 is getting more blockchain-powered features
HTC’s blockchain phone is getting several new apps today, which start to show us what the phone can really be good for. HTC is adding about 20 new apps, including a personal tracker that can sell your...
View ArticleSlack has decided to somehow make its icon even duller and less notable
When massively popular workplace messaging app Slack first revealed that it would be trading in its wonderfully unique hashtag logo for a squirting pinwheel, I found a silver lining anyhow. “At least...
View ArticleToday’s floods in California may be a preview of a more extreme future
A storm in northern California dumped so much water on the region that roads turned into moats, isolating two California towns. It’s the kind of storm that experts project might become more extreme as...
View ArticleDisney reportedly in talks to buy AT&T’s stake in Hulu
Disney is close to owning a majority stake in Hulu, and now the company is reportedly looking to expand that by acquiring AT&T’s 10 percent stake in the streaming service. Disney is in active...
View ArticleTwitter says it’s building a feature that lets you hide replies to your tweets
Twitter announced today that it’s building a new feature that would let users hide replies to their tweets. The feature, noticed first by expert software unpacker Jane Manchun Wong, would bring a...
View ArticleEpic Games sued over ‘predatory’ Llama loot boxes
Epic Games was sued today by the parent of an underage player in California who are claiming that Fortnite Save the World’s original blind-draw loot box mechanics were unfair and deceptive to...
View ArticleChina banned millions of people with poor social credit from transportation...
China banned people from buying plane or train tickets 23 million times last year because their social credit scores were too low, according to the Associated Press, which obtained a copy of a...
View ArticleSpaceX launches its new Crew Dragon capsule for the first time, paving the...
Early Saturday morning, SpaceX successfully launched its new Crew Dragon capsule from Cape Canaveral, Florida — the start of a milestone test needed to certify the vehicle for carrying passengers....
View ArticleTrump’s 2020 reelection campaign wants to push for government control of 5G...
Politico reports that President Donald Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign wants to advocate for governmental control of 5G wireless airwaves, which would in turn lease access to private wireless...
View ArticleSony has officially stopped producing the PS Vita
The PlayStation Vita is officially done. Sony signaled that it has ended production on the handheld gaming console’s last two models on the Vita’s product page (via Polygon). Launched in 2011, the...
View ArticleUltimate Ears Studio lets you customize your own colorful UE Boom 3 speaker
One of the defining features of Ultimate Ears’ UE Boom speakers has always been the bright, colorful fabric and rubber designs, and now the company is taking that to the natural endpoint with the...
View ArticleOppo’s Realme 3 is an impressive budget phone for India
Last year Oppo launched its Realme budget sub-brand in India, taking inspiration from Xiaomi’s Redmi in both name and business model. The strategy seems to have been successful. Realme was India’s...
View ArticleEA says it’s ‘aware’ that Anthem is crashing some PS4 consoles
I can’t remember the last time I heard of a video game bug so bad that people’s consoles just quit in disgust — but some PlayStation 4 owners are reporting that BioWare’s shared-world shooter Anthem...
View ArticleMercedes-Benz’s EQV electric van has 200 horsepower and 249 miles of range
Mercedes-Benz is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of commercial vans, especially at the high end, and the company is looking to protect that status in the future with an electric concept van...
View ArticleFDA approves ketamine-derived depression drug
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a new depression drug, esketamine, for patients who have not responded to other antidepressants. The treatment, a nasal spray related to the party drug...
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