Enlarge / The first-gen Google Wifi. Google With Google’s big 2019 hardware event set for October 15, we’re starting to zero in on what exactly to expect from the show. Besides the heavily leaked Pixel 4, we’re also expecting a new Google Home Mini, maybe a new Pixelbook, and today’s subject: a sequel to Google’s […]
Happy Labor Day weekend, bargain hunters. Dell’s Labor Day sale is going strong with a $ 600 discount on an XPS 13 laptop with a 4K display, and other great deals. This weekend you can also save on the Apple Watch Series 4, AirPods, and Google devices like the Home Mini. Check out those deals […]
Bungie announced today that Destiny 2 will be making its PC move from Battle.net to Steam on October 1 The studio noted that the transition would happen back in January, when it announced that it was separating from publisher Activision Blizzard to be the sole company in charge of Destiny. Battle.net is a PC games […]
Enlarge Android We don’t have any Beta 5 pictures yet, but here’s what the gesture navigation system looked like in earlier builds. Ron Amadeo Correctly set-up apps get a transparent nav bar. Ron Amadeo With a transparent bar, Android will continuously sample the background and change the color of the gesture indicator. (The whole rest […]
Amazon is moving forward with a plan to launch thousands of satellites into space in order to bring broadband internet service to the nearly all of the United States. Amazon subsidiary Kuiper Systems filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Thursday to obtain permission to launch 3,236 broadband satellites into low-Earth orbit. […]
Enlarge Sony Pictures / Marvel Studios Comic and superhero film fans spent months wondering exactly what would happen to the Marvel Cinematic Universe once Avengers: Endgame concluded. Who would die? What would happen to the space-time continuum? Am I Groot? While the movie answered some major MCU questions and was solid entertainment, it also ended […]
Insider Picks writes about products and services to help you navigate when shopping online. Insider Inc. receives a commission from our affiliate partners when you buy through our links, but our reporting and recommendations are always independent and objective. The Amazon Echo arrived in 2014 and kick-started the smart home market, inspiring other big-name companies […]
Enlarge / The blazing fast conclusion of Verizon’s speed test. David Weissmann It was a bit earlier than scheduled, but Verizon switched on parts of its 5G network today, debuting in “select areas” of Minneapolis and Chicago. Every carrier out there likes to slice and dice definitions to have the “First 5G” everything, but in […]
Team SEArch+/Apis Cor It’s expensive to ship things through space, so when the first space colonists reach the moon or Mars, they will want to carry as little cargo as possible. That poses a challenge: If they need to limit the amount of resources they bring, what will colonists use to build their shelters? One […]
Dan Baker/Digital Trends Keen to expand the usability of its recently revamped robot dog, Sony has just introduced a new “Aibo Patrol” feature as part of its latest software update. No, it doesn’t turn Aibo into an enraged, slavering guard dog that’s ready to pounce on any intruders that break into your home in the […]
Julian Chokkattu/Digital Trends Bixby, Samsung’s voice assistant on its Galaxy smartphones, has its own dedicated button so it can be called upon whenever you want — even accidentally. But there’s also Bixby Home, which is the screen to the left of the home screen that offers up information from other apps, your calendar, and more. […]
Enlarge / Not every Windows 10 user appreciates being a guinea pig for Windows updates. Andy Miccone / Flickr The next Windows 10 feature update, version 1903, looks like it’s going to give Windows 10 Home users a little more flexibility about when they install updates. All versions of Windows 10 allow for updates to […]
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[embedded content] Marvel’s Spider-Man: Far From Home trailer. Powerful inter-dimensional beings are wreaking havoc across Europe, Spidey finds a new ally in Mysterio, and Aunt May is getting it on with Happy Hogan in the first trailer for Spider-man: Far From Home. (Spoilers for Infinity War below.) When we last saw Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Andrew Holland), […]
When you hear that the world’s largest robot has gone live in Australia, your mind might conjure up something like an anime-style giant mech. In fact, the announcement comes from iron ore mining company Rio Tinto, which recently launched its fully automated rail network: A series of mine-to-port trains able to run completely free from human […]