If your heart’s beating faster, the new Apple Watch Series 4 will be able to tell. The latest Apple Watch packs several new features, with the most obvious change on its surface: a redesigned face to put much more screen on your wrist. It’s about time. The tech giant on Wednesday unveiled its new Apple …
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Windows derails Chrome, Firefox installation, promotes Microsoft Edge instead
Microsoft is trying a new tactic to get people to use its Edge browser: a warning dialog box that interrupts the installation of other browsers like Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome. “You already have Microsoft Edge — the safer, faster browser for Windows 10,” a dialog box reads after you launch an installer for another browser. The process, which appears …
Read More »Alphabet says its Loon balloons could beam internet to more people than before
Google’s parent company, Alphabet, says it’s reached a new milestone in its ambitious plan to beam the internet to remote populations. The project, called Loon, would send giant, high-flying balloons into the stratosphere to deliver LTE signals to the ground. On Tuesday, Loon said it sent a signal farther than it has before: 1,000 kilometers, or more than 621 miles, …
Read More »eBay uses iPhone X camera to let people shop with a move of the head
eBay wants to make shopping more accessible to people with disabilities. The company has developed technology that uses Apple’s ARKit and the iPhone X camera to track head movements, allowing for hands-free shopping. The open source project, dubbed HeadGaze, is available now on GitHub, an online community for sharing code. “As someone with extensive motor impairments, I don’t have full …
Read More »Qualcomm’s newest chips promise Google smartwatch battery boosts
With the next Apple Watch likely to debut this week, Qualcomm has launched an early smartwatch counterpunch. Qualcomm’s next-generation smartwatch chip platform, Snapdragon Wear 3100, will be in Google WearOS watches starting this holiday, starting with the Montblanc Summit 2 watch in October. The new chips were first teased by Qualcomm at Google’s developer conference in May. Along with Google’s updated …
Read More »Ahead of Pixel 3 event, Google updates USB
We’re expecting Google to announce its next-generation Pixel 3 phones on Oct. 9, but a better, faster dongle has surfaced early for your Pixel phone’s pleasure. Google’s store page says its upgraded $12 (£12) USB-C Headphone Adapter “now provides 38 percent more playback time and has a 53 percent improvement on plug-in latency than previously available Pixel 2 headphone adapter.” …
Read More »OnePlus 6T will have an in
The OnePlus 6T has been officially announced and here’s our review. A screenshot of theOnePlus 6T lockscreen featuring the in-display fingerprint reader, as confirmed by OnePlus. OnePlus The upcoming OnePlus 6T will feature an in-display fingerprint reader, the company confirmed to CNET. This will make it not only the first OnePlus phone with the technology, but also the first phone to …
Read More »The Google Pixelbook 2 leaks with thinner bezels, round keys
The Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL might not be the only things Google has in store for its Oct. 9 event. There have been leaks of an unreleased Chrome OS device, rumored to be a new Google Pixelbook. The mysterious device can be seen in the video below, which was posted by Chrome Unboxed. If you look closely at …
Read More »Apple Pay, Google Pay support arrives at 7
You can now use Apple Pay and Google Pay to satisfy your Slurpee craving. The mobile payment systems, which typically run through your phone or smartwatch, have begun being accepted at 7-Eleven stores across the US, the convenience store giant announced Monday. Support for the contactless payments systems is rolling out gradually through September, joining the Samsung Pay mobile payments …
Read More »JVC’s new 4K projectors will give your TV an inferiority complex
JVC just announced three new projectors, all with native 4K resolution. That may not seem like a big deal, but enthusiasts have been waiting for more reasonably priced 4K projectors from the company for years. Its D-ILA technology has been lauded, by CNET several times, for having some of the best image quality available in projectors. This is largely due …
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