NASA’s “InSight” lander touched down on the surface of Mars, with the goal of examining the Red Planet’s interior. InSight has been in operation for around three months, and it’s already turned up some interesting results. According to reports, InSight has detected hundreds of “marsquakes”; planetary tremors that behave similarly to the ground-shaking natural phenomena […]
Huawei announced that it will release its Sound X smart speaker in Europe in the next few weeks. The Sound X is the first Huawei smart speaker to debut outside of China but will arrive without a voice assistant speaker It’ll pack the same Devialet-powered 360-degree sound and 60W double subwoofer. However, it won’t initially […]
The Realme X50 Pro has finally been unveiled and Realme continues to be the most affordable brand on the market. The X50 Pro is mainly referring to the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 chipset, which is the staple for practically all 5G flagships so far this year. This means the phone will connect to more 5G bands […]
Honor has an update to the Honor 9X called the Honor 9X Pro. The Honor 9X came out outside of China this past October, so the 9X Pro doesn’t feature too many enhancements over its predecessor. The phone’s most notable hardware upgrade is a new, more power-efficient Kirin 810 processor. Huawei says the 9X Pro’s […]
Huawei will unveil its next flagship phones, the P40 and P40 Pro, on March 26th at an event in Paris. Unlike their impressive P-series predecessors, however, the P40s will not have access to Google’s various apps and services since the US banned companies from doing business with the Chinese telecom giant. Huawei’s Mate 30 Pro […]
Microsoft revealed new details on its next-generation console, the Xbox Series X confirming specifications on what the company calls its “superior balance of power and speed” for its new hardware. The next-gen Xbox, Microsoft said, will be four times as powerful as the original Xbox One. The biggest new confirmation is that the Xbox Series […]
Huawei is updating its MateBook X Pro this year with a new green color option and Intel’s 10th Gen processors. The laptop builds off the design of the previous generation MateBook X Pro and packs in modern internals. It still has a 91 percent screen-to-body ratio and works well with Huawei and Honor smartphones thanks […]
Huawei’s latest tablet looks a whole lot like Apple’s iPad Pro, certainly, but try to ignore that and you’ll find a sleek 10.8-inch Android slate tipping the scales at just 492 grams. Huawei’s tablet has a couple of unique features up its sleeve. These include two-way wireless changing, the ability to mirror the screen of […]
Huawei is back with a successor to the Mate X foldable, the Mate XS. Although, externally, the device looks very similar to the original, Huawei says it’s got a more durable display and features a redesigned hinge. It also features a faster processor, the Kirin 990. Unfortunately, due to Huawei’s continued presence on the US’s […]
Disney is discounting the price of a yearly subscription to its streaming service in Europe, ahead of its regional launch on March 24th. Customers who subscribe before March 23rd will get £10, or €10, off the price of a year’s subscription, bringing the annual cost down to £49.99 or €59.99. In an email sent to […]
Sony is back with a successor, the obscenely titled Xperia 1 II. In Europe the handset will be Sony’s first to support 5G, where it will be able to connect to sub-6GHz networks. Sony is keen to emphasize the photography capabilities of its flagship smartphone, and there are also some neat hardware inclusions like a […]
A study to be published soon by Brown University has found that Twitter bots have had a “substantial impact” in amplifying the messages of climate denialists. Bots are computer programs that can masquerade as humans to post or send messages on social media. Researchers discovered tweets posted by bots created the impression there was a […]
Government’s entity list ban against Huawei has largely prevented US companies from working with them. Despite legal wrangling and trade negotiations between the two countries the ban is still in place, and in the case of Google, it means that while there are still updates and services available on older devices, any new Huawei phones […]
The Hot Wheels team met with Cybertruck chief designer Franz von Holzhausen. They studied the real-life Cybertruck from every angle and even made three-dimensional models of the truck’s exoskeleton to ensure that no details were glossed over. Even the interior is getting the Hot Wheels treatment. The 1:10 scale model features all-wheel drive, “chill” and […]
Apple reportedly is trying to block the distribution of a former employee’s book about its App Store, saying the Germany-based author reveals trade secrets that could harm the company’s competitive advantage, according to a report from Reuters. Reuters describes Sadowski as a self-styled German rapper, ski instructor and marketing manager, while the book is called […]