This is the current MagSafe charger, which is sold separately from the iPhone 12. Samuel Axon The MagSafe charger attached to an iPhone 12. Samuel Axon Bloomberg has published yet another report sharing details of a planned Apple product launch. This time, the publication’s sources say Apple is working on a magnetically attached battery pack for […]
Enlarge / What a lovely little green robot! Have we met before? Aurich Lawson Huawei is China’s—and formerly the world’s—largest smartphone vendor, and over the past 18 months, it learned an important lesson: the company can’t rely on the US supply chain. In 2019, the US government banned US exports to Huawei, which cut the company off […]
Ten months into the world’s response to the unprecedented global COVID-19 pandemic, every corner of America is attempting to find the best approach for bringing ourselves back to “normal” without exposing our vulnerable populations. I am in the unique position of being a leader directly involved with companies around the globe, including leading NC West […]
In a blow to Apple, a district court approved Epic Games’s request for a temporary restraining order against the iPhone maker and App Store operator. The ruling prevents Apple from barring Epic’s use of tools required for iOS and Mac software design. In a hearing conducted over Zoom on Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Yvonne […]
The list of companies racing to literally take your commute to new heights grows annually. Once seen only in far-fetched science-fiction movies, flying taxis that allow commuters to hover their way above traffic jams are expected to take to the skies before the end of the 2020s. It’s a sector of the industry that’s still […]
The arrow is aimed at a culture of overwork. Bungie says it is taking steps “to keep our teams healthier” following a year of Destiny 2 content development that “was starting to wear people down.” That messaging comes from Bungie Creative Director Luke Smith, who shared the concerns as part of a massive “Director’s Cut” […]
Rami Ismail has traveled the world as an ambassador for indie game developers. He has seen the places that need more capital and experience as well as the surprisingly strong places where creativity is coming into its own. And so his view of diversity is far different than what you might hear in a conversation […]
Computer vision is an exceedingly useful subfield of machine learning that’s been applied to everything from facial recognition to tuberculosis diagnosis, and Microsoft wants to streamline its deployment on Windows. The company today released a preview of Windows Vision Skills, a set of packages that enable a range of AI-driven photo and video analysis tasks. […]
Blizzard Entertainment announced that it is scaling back its support for Heroes of the Storm. It is canceling the Heroes of the Storm and Heroes of the Dorm esports events in 2019, and it is also shifting some developers off the ongoing game, according to a blog post. Heroes of the Storm hasn’t gathered the […]
[embedded content] Scientific discovery can be an artistic one too — like the intricate pattern of lines in this video that’s actually a zebrafish embryo growing an entire nervous system. Nikon Instruments Inc. unveiled the winners of the Nikon Small World in Motion on Thursday, September 27. A time-lapse of a zebrafish embryo took first […]
Enlarge Nicole Klauss Microsoft has stopped developing new features for the touch-friendly Office Mobile apps for Windows 10, reports the Verge. Word Mobile, Excel Mobile, and PowerPoint Mobile first made their debut with Windows 8.1. Their significance is twofold: they have a user interface that’s designed to be touch-friendly, and they’re built using Microsoft’s modern […]
We were promised that the future would bring flying cars, right? We were. And the good news is that tech entrepreneurs around the world are finally getting started on creating what are commonly known as VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing, pronounced vee-toll) vehicles designed at car size. Of course, no one is ready for flying […]
Lenovo Yoga Chromebook, stand mode. Lenovo The new Inspiron Chromebook is the first premium Chrome OS device from Dell. Valentina Palladino The new HP Chromebook x2 detachable. HP The original Pixelbook’s 12.3-inch QHD display has large bezels around it for better grip in tablet mode. Valentina Palladino Among the new hardware launched this week at […]