Time was you could go to Microsoft’s website and get a definitive answer as to when your Surface machine’s support life cycle would end. For…
Computers
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Confirmed: No One Will Win the Google Lunar XPRIZE
Google partnered with the XPRIZE Foundation years ago to encourage innovative companies to shoot for the moon — literally. The Google Lunar XPRIZE offered $30 million in…
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Google prototyping Article model viewer for AR and VR web experiences
Google has packaged a prototype of a 3D model viewer called “Article” for developers to try out in virtual reality and augmented reality environments. In a blog post,…
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The Marines Are Fielding a New Assault Rifle
The U.S. Marine Corps is expanding its use of a new automatic rifle, issuing it to all Marine infantry and other Marines at the very tip of…
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Army Helicopter Crash Kills Two in California
The Army says two soldiers from Colorado have been killed in a helicopter crash during training operations in the Southern California desert. The San Bernardino Sun newspaper reports the…
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When does your Surface support life cycle end? Will it get fixed?
Time was you could go to Microsoft’s website and get a definitive answer as to when your Surface machine’s support life cycle would end. For reasons unknown,…
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DJI’s Mavic Air Drone uses more than a dozen sensors to keep it from crashing
DJI MAVIC AIR DRONE The rotors fold into the body on the Mavic Air, just like they did on its predecessor, the Mavic Pro. Stan Horaczek There’s…
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The Labo STEM toy is Nintendo’s latest bit of creative weirdness
Earlier this week, Nintendo introduced a new product called Labo. It’s part video game, part craft project, and most importantly, part one of Nintendo’s step into the…
Physics
BEST TRUE WIRELESS EARBUDS: FREE YOURSELF FROM THE TYRANNY OF CORDS
Earbud makers have been busy doing away with wires—a good thing whether or not your phone still has a headset jack. You no longer have…
Confirmed: No One Will Win the Google Lunar XPRIZE
Google partnered with the XPRIZE Foundation years ago to encourage innovative companies to shoot for the moon — literally. The Google Lunar XPRIZE offered $30…
Google prototyping Article model viewer for AR and VR web experiences
Google has packaged a prototype of a 3D model viewer called “Article” for developers to try out in virtual reality and augmented reality environments. In a…
The future of iPhone: An iPhone in every size?
Every few years since its inception, the design of Apple’s iPhone tends to go through some major changes. The first three iPhones are all similar…
Facebook announces $199 Oculus Go standalone VR headset
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants to get a billion people to live and play in VR. But the company won’t get there with premium VR…
Zuckerberg sets a giant goal for virtual reality, but without a timeline
That’s about 13 percent of the world’s population. Zuckerberg threw out that goal as he opened the Oculus developers conference on Wednesday. He talked about…
Face ID is replacing Touch ID on the new iPhone X
Apple just introduced the new iPhone X, and the full edge-to-edge screen means no more home button. No more home button means no more Touch ID,…
Military Tech
The Marines Are Fielding a New Assault Rifle
The U.S. Marine Corps is expanding its use of a new automatic rifle, issuing it to all Marine infantry and other Marines at the very…
War Games
AMAZON ECHO PLUS REVIEW: NOT PLUS ENOUGH
The “plus” in the Amazon Echo Plus is an integrated ZigBee smart-home hub. It’s a feature that boosts this smart speaker’s price tag by a…
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Apple taught iPhone users not to care about specs. Now it’s Google’s turn.
October 16, 2017 -
Stevie Wonder’s vision restored, O.J. Simpson’s hookers, and Hugh Hefner didn’t have to die, in this week’s tabloids
October 8, 2017 -
Why bone-conduction might be the headphone technology of the future
October 1, 2017