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HMD Global, which makes Nokia phones, may be working on a Nokia 5.1 Plus, an upgrade to the device that was announced in February during Mobile World Congress, according to leaked photos spotted by Tiger Mobiles. This new version seems to do away with the original Nokia 5.1’s bezels in …
Read More »Microsoft’s $399 Surface Go aims to stand out from iPads or Chromebooks
Microsoft’s new Surface Go is finally official after months of rumors and leaks. It’s an inexpensive 10-inch tablet designed to be a smaller and less powerful version of the Surface Pro. While the exterior of the Surface Go makes it look like a baby Surface Pro, Microsoft has changed a …
Read More »Parrot's new Anafi drone can zoom in, look upward, and fly anywhere
Until recently, if you wanted to buy a drone under $1,000, your research probably went like this: “Hmmm… which DJI model do I want?” That’s because the Chinese company DJI is the Microsoft of the drone world. It’s the 800-pound gorilla of the industry. Now, however, there’s been an attack …
Read More »Elon Musk’s mini-submarine ‘not practical’ for Thailand cave rescue, say authorities
The rescue of the soccer team in Thailand’s Tham Luang cave is nearly over, with a team of international divers entering today for what is hoped to be the final time. The divers will be making an 11-hour round trip through flooded passages to free the remaining trapped boys and …
Read More »Tesla raised its prices in China to offset US trade war tariffs
Just when it looked like China was going to be Tesla’s boon, the US’s trade war changed all that. Over the weekend, Tesla raised the price of the Model S and Model X by around 20 percent to compensate, according to stock-investing publication Seeking Alpha. In terms of hard figures, …
Read More »10 iPhone and Android games you should be playing right now
With an astonishing 6 billion mobile devices expected to be circulating worldwide by 2020, there’s an exceedingly good chance you have a smart something or other a few yards away right now. That also means you have access to the largest – and fastest-growing – segment of the gaming market. …
Read More »Facebook abandoned helicopter drone project months after first demo
The Aquila drone isn’t the only aerial internet project Facebook abandoned in the last year. The Tether-tenna, a small helicopter drone that could temporarily replace cellular service in emergency situations, was discontinued a few months after being shown off at the F8 developer conference in May of 2017, the company …
Read More »Nikon’s P1000 has a 125x zoom lens
There’s a school of thought in the photography world that suggests you “zoom with your feet,” but I don’t imagine any of its adherents ever conceived of the Nikon Coolpix P1000. Nikon’s latest “compact” camera has a lens with the world’s highest zoom ratio: at 24-3000mm equivalence, it’s capable of …
Read More »Reddit CEO says it’s ‘impossible’ to consistently enforce hate speech rules
A private chat thread released this weekend reveals that banning hate speech on Reddit is apparently too difficult a job to even attempt. The news, first spotted by the Huffington Post, comes from a leaked conversation between Reddit CEO Steve Huffman and Reddit user Zachary Swanson, known as “whatllmyusernamebe” on …
Read More »Apple’s iOS passcode cracking defense can be bypassed using a USB accessory
Apple released iOS 11.4.1 this morning, and with it came a new software mechanism that blocks passcode cracking tools favored by law enforcement. Called USB Restricted Mode, the tool renders the iPhone unaccessible to third-party software of any kind after its screen has been locked for one hour. That way, …
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