June, 2018

• 5 June

  Samsung signs on for Windows

  

  Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 850 platform was announced at Computex 2018, along with the news that Samsung is the latest partner to plan a device around it. Devices based on the 850  should ship in time for your holiday purchasing pleasure, according to Qualcomm. Whether you call them by their marketing moniker, “always-connected computers,” or their more …

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• 5 June

  Apple Watch is about to get a lot better, but WatchOS 5 is still missing 2 big features

  

  This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple’s 2018 WWDC keynote was about software, not hardware. And yes, there was a lot of news on iOS 12. But there was also a rundown on WatchOS 5, Apple’s newest software update for Apple Watches. And like iOS 12, it was about small …

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• 5 June

  This $1 Hot Wheels car works with GoPro

  

  GoPro is hitching a ride with Hot Wheels, as the two companies team up to create the first die-cast toy car that attaches to a GoPro action camera. That means Hot Wheels fans can capture video of fast-flying toy car stunts from the driver’s seat, so to speak. The Hot Wheels car itself isn’t high-tech. Called the Zoom In, the …

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• 5 June

  Intel promises more powerful, longer

  

  Intel kicked off the annual Computex tech trade show in Taiwan with a wide-ranging keynote from Gregory Bryant, senior vice president and general manager of the Client Computing Group, covering everything from faster processors to prototype PCs to a new design for low-power laptop displays that promises to extend battery life. One important theme of Intel’s announcements is that PCs, …

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• 5 June

  Taser

  

  Taser-maker Axon and drone manufacturer DJI have partnered to sell surveillance drones to US law enforcement agencies. The Axon Air partnership, which Axon promoted in a press release on Tuesday, is designed to protect the chain-of-custody of evidence collected by drones. The program does this by linking the DJI drones to Axon’s Evidence.com network, a data management system that preserves data from body cameras and …

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• 5 June

  Apple ARKit 2 multiplayer, hands

  

  This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. I’m leaning over a table with nothing on it, playing with someone across from me. We’re holding iPads. On our screens, a field of blocks are laid out. We’re launching slingshots, knocking each other’s slingshots out to try to win first. This is …

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• 5 June

  iOS 12 will reportedly fix the iPhone X’s most annoying quirks

  

  This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Ever noticed your iPhone X’s camera roll filling up with unintentional screenshots — because you accidentally press the physical buttons when fishing it out of your pocket or purse? Ever wondered why it’s so hard to force-close an app? Reportedly, both of these …

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• 5 June

  With iOS 12 and AirPods, you can turn your iPhone into a remote mic

  

  This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple’s AirPods are about to get a feature that helps you hear better.  The next version of Apple’s mobile operating system, iOS 12, will include the capability to turn your iPhone into a directional microphone. The feature, called Live Listen, has been offered …

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• 5 June

  Patreon to build up its merch tools with Kit takeover

  

  Patreon, which gives fans a way to pay their favorite creators on a recurring basis, is aiming to build out tools that will allow creators to sell merchandise more easily, through a takeover of startup Kit.  Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.  Patreon said its goal in integrating Kit is to invent a way to automate “merch for membership” …

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• 5 June

  Google Lens now has its own app for a faster launch

  

  Google released an app for its Google Lens augmented reality helper on Monday, directing users to a service that provides a quick link between the real world and the digital one.  The software serves as a quick-launch icon for the service, according to Droid Life, similar to an earlier app for Google Assistant. Google Lens, introduced at Google’s I/O conference in 2017, uses …

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