For 22 of his 24 years of life, Lual Mayen lived in a refugee camp in northern Uganda. His parents fled from South Sudan and its decades-long civil war. And that is why Mayen’s journey to becoming a game developer is so rare and amazing. I heard Mayen tell his story at Rami Ismail’s #1ReasonToBe […]
Toyota Ever since it was awarded the 2020 Tokyo Olympics six years ago, Japan has made it clear that it intends to use the global spectacle to show off a wide range of its advanced technologies. Japan’s Olympics organizing committee recently ramped up its tech-focused efforts with the launch of the Tokyo 2020 Robot Project, […]
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg toboggans down the Great Wall of China.Facebook Facebook and Instagram are recovering from huge outages on Wednesday. Instagram tweeted: “Anddddd… we’re back.” Reports of disruption on Facebook declined significantly. Facebook said the problems were not the result of a DDoS attack, while NBC Bay Area reported that the issue was caused […]
See it? Tweet it! Our updated camera is just a swipe away, so you get the shot fast. Rolling out to all of you over the next few days. pic.twitter.com/moOEFO2nQq — Twitter (@Twitter) March 13, 2019 Twitter wants to make sharing photos and videos just as in the moment as that text tweet. Rolling out […]
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Enlarge / Netgear’s RAX-120 router. Netgear Thanks to upcoming developments in Wi-Fi, all of us connectivity-heads out there can look forward to getting familiar with new 802.11 protocols in the near future. Ars took a deep look at what’s on the horizon last fall, but readers seemed to have a clear request in response—the time had come […]
The most beautiful new iPhone you’ve ever seen … doesn’t come from Apple at all. The engineers at French company Remade buy used iPhone 6 and 7 models and and repair any problems they find before striping them and repainting them in lush, vibrant, hues: rose, orange, bronze, raspberry, foam, and sapphire. Sure, you could […]
It’s hard to pinpoint the reason why the Pokémon franchise has remained a worldwide sensation for more than two decades. Maybe it truly is the desire to catch ’em all. Maybe it’s that the basic formula, of becoming the very best trainer, has remained largely the same since its debut on Game Boy. A sense […]
NASA and AeroVironment’s high-altitude drone, Helios Prototype. NASA An experimental, solar-powered drone capable of beaming internet down to Earth is set to take off. The drone, called the Hawk 30, is the product of a tightlipped partnership between Softbank and AeroVironment, an American aerospace company. The joint venture is aimed at delivering 5G and Internet […]
Selfie image from Beresheet, taken 37,600 kilometers (23,400 miles) from Earth SpaceIL Curiosity and InSight aren’t the only spacefaring crafts snapping selfies — Israel’s Beresheet spacecraft shared an image of itself floating far above the Earth this week. The first privately funded mission to the moon was launched by the Israeli nonprofit SpaceIL at the […]
At Mobile World Congress, a spotlight usually shines on new and improved smartphones, and this year was no different. From the LG V50 ThinQ to the Sony Xperia 10, a number of handset announcements were made at MWC. But handsets are only part of the news from the show. Carriers made some big announcements too […]
A major US ally, the UK continues to voice concerns about Huawei, but may still decide to use its 5G equipment. The Financial Times reported last month that the British government decided it could “mitigate the risks” associated with using Huawei’s 5G technology. On Monday, Jeremy Fleming, the head of the UK’s cybersecurity agency GCHQ, […]
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images A war is brewing. On the one side: data-grubbing giants set on gathering (and monetizing) your personal information. On the other: a growing army of informed users, a surprising number of concerned tech executives, and… the long arm of the law. While it’s too early to announce a winner, increasing global privacy […]
There were plenty of “wow” moments at 2019 MWC event this week. Robots did everything from dance a jig to mimic humans in real time to thread needles. Holograms loomed as a bigger slice of future life than ever. And on Thursday, one attendee even inserted a chip under the base of his index finger […]
If you’re looking for a no-nonsense workhorse printer than can blend into the background of even the most mundane small office setting, look no further than the Xerox Phaser 6022 color laser printer. With its white exterior and purple (or is that blue?) top panel, this printer is easy on the eyes in that they […]