Your smartphone wouldn't be nearly as handy without third-party apps. Whether it's free downloads or paid services, you probably have dozens of great applications and incredible games downloaded onto your device. If you've been wondering whether your collection of apps matches other Android users across the globe, the answer's...
This morning, Parrot unveiled the Anafi, a new drone clearly targeted at DJI’s Mavic line. According to the French company, the new portable UAV is the product of two years of development and a “wish list of user feedback and a biomimetic design inspired by insects.”
Like the Mavic, the...
Hackers have been relentless in targeting digital payment platforms to steal money, especially as tools enabling them to do so have become more easily accessible, an official of global card services Visa said.
Louis Smith, Visa head...
For many avid outdoorspeople, summertime and camping go hand in hand. But as climate change continues to drive summer temperatures higher, outdoor recreation could become less relaxing—and cooling technologies like fans and portable air conditioners require electricity that is seldom available at the average campsite.
Seeing an unmet need, UConn...
Google announced today that the lock icon, long thought to be a sign of website security and trustworthiness, will soon be changed with a new icon that doesn’t imply that a site is secure or should be trusted.
What drives entrepreneurial scientists to take an idea discovered in the lab and turn it into a business, especially in areas where other companies have failed?
The transition doesn’t happen in a puff of magic or a single eureka moment. “These companies don’t just come out of the ether from...
In October, Google officially discontinued its Daydream View VR headset — and the company took another step away from its initial leadership position in phone-based VR today by announcing that it’s open sourcing the software of Cardboard, its “no-frills” VR headset. It...
The number of rumors and leaks we’re getting on the iPhone 11 continues to grow: yesterday we heard some new analyst predictions and today we’ve got some new case dummies to examine.
Shared on social media and reported by...
Volkswagen Group, which also owns Audi, Porsche, and Scout Motors, is finally doing what nearly every other automaker has already done: announce its intention to adopt Tesla’s electric vehicle charging standard.
VW said it is “exploring adapter...
In January 2023, the Caltech Space Solar Power Project (SSPP) is poised to launch into orbit a prototype, dubbed the Space Solar Power Demonstrator (SSPD), which will test several key components of an ambitious plan to harvest solar power in space and beam the energy back to Earth.
Space solar...
