Huawei on Wednesday launched its self-developed operating system across a slew of devices, including smartphones. The move comes as the Chinese tech giant looks to wean itself off its reliance on U.S. technology and could pit it against software from Apple and Google. HarmonyOS launched in 2019 after the U.S. blacklisted Huawei, cutting it off […]
Huawei is continuing its drive in the fitness and wearables market with the first watch built on its own HarmonyOS software. As you can tell from the naming and lack of ‘GT’ anywhere in the moniker, Huawei sees this as a brand new direction. Like its predecessors, the Watch 3 features a completely round face, […]
Huawei has announced a trio of new MatePad tablets; a new 12.6-inch MatePad Pro, a smaller 10.8-inch MatePad Pro, and a new MatePad 11. Not only are they the company’s first tablets running its own HarmonyOS operating system, but the smaller MatePad Pro and MatePad 11 use Snapdragon chips produced by Qualcomm rather than the […]
Croatian hypercar marque Rimac Automobili introduced the C_Two as a concept a little over three years ago and now it’s unveiling the final version of its all-electric hypercar. Named after a Mediterranean storm, the Nevera has been subjected to a multitude of changes since its early days, resulting in a 34 percent boost in aerodynamic […]
Twitter will begin testing advertising in Fleets, its competitor to the “stories” features on platforms like Snapchat and Instagram that let users post ephemeral updates. It’s one way Twitter is working to monetize users and create new revenue streams. “Fleet ads are full-screen billboards for advertisers,” Twitter senior product manager Justin Hoang and global product […]
The launch of NASA’s next flagship space telescope has been pushed back another seven months. The liftoff of the $9.8 billion James Webb Space Telescope has been delayed from March 2021 until Oct. 31 of that year, NASA officials announced today (July 16), citing technical difficulties as well as complications imposed by the coronavirus pandemic. […]
After Google and Apple reached a deal to bring the Apple TV app to Android TV devices late last year, this week Nvidia has now added support for Apple TV to its Shield TV devices. Previously, Apple TV was one of the last remaining major streaming services not available on Google TV/Android TV devices. However, […]
Alienware has debuted its new X-series of gaming laptops, which it claims are its thinnest and most powerful yet. Unveiled at Computex, the Alienware X15 and Alienware X17 are high-performance gaming laptops that are the first to join the company’s all-new X-series lineup, which Alienware claims is commands an “innovation-first prerogative.” The Alienware X15 is […]
Intel made a splash earlier in May with the launch of its first 11th Gen Tiger Lake H-series processors for more powerful laptops, but at Computex 2021, the company is also announcing a pair of new U-series chips one of which marks the first 5.0GHz clock speed for the company’s U-series lineup of lower voltage […]
LG has taken an important step toward shutting down its mobile business. The last LG phones have rolled off the production line and the company will no longer manufacture handsets after Monday, according to Asia Business Daily. The company announced plans in early April to wind down its phone business, but it kept making handsets […]
Xiaomi has revealed new Hyper Charge technology it says can fully replenish the Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro in just eight minutes. That’s achieved with a 200W wired charger delivered to the phone’s 4,000mAh battery. 0-50 per cent occurred in just three minutes. There were similar gains when using a 120W wireless charging tech that can […]
At launch, installing Microsoft Flight Simulator could take up 170GB on a hard drive, but Kotaku notes on the most recent patch mention that optimizations have cut it down to merely 83GB. That’s probably welcome news to anyone with a bandwidth cap they’re trying not to go over or who wants to squeeze the game […]
Japan plans to deploy a baseball-sized rover to explore the moon’s surface in 2022. The Japanese company ispace will deliver the small rover to the moon for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) using the commercial HAKUTO-R lander. JAXA will use the rover to snap pictures of the moon and collect data on lunar dust […]
Google’s approach to Android privacy is coming under fire following revelations from Arizona’s antitrust lawsuit over phone tracking. As Insider reports, freshly unredacted documents in the case suggest Google made Android privacy settings harder to find. When Google tested OS releases that surfaced privacy features, the company reportedly saw greater use of those features as […]
Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk announced today that the customer deliveries of the refreshed Tesla Model S Plaid – scheduled on June 3, 2021 – were pushed back to June 10. The additional week is required for the company to make some final, undisclosed Tesla showed off the Model S Plaid as part of its Battery […]