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If leaks are to be believed, Sony’s experiments in pushing the boundaries of camera design are taking an unexpected turn. Engadget notes that “several Chinese female influencers and models” have been showing off a camera shaped like a bottle of perfume with a large flippable lens o
As Omate’s TrueSmart cellular watch approaches its first anniversary, the startup decided to let its previous Kickstarter backers in on its next project. According to the teaser update, September 1st will see the launch of a fashion-oriented wearable dubbed the Omate X, which features a sleeke
Snapchat has earned the favor of the coveted teen demographic, but can it turn engagement into money? The Wall Street Journal reports that the startup is in talks to launch Snapchat Discovery, a service that would partner with media companies and brands to serve video content and ads. Sources told t
Comcast, then Verizon, AT&T and now Time Warner Cable. That’s the list of ISPs that have less-than-politely declined Netflix’s free OpenConnect setup, and instead decided they’ll take a payment from the streaming service in exchange for connecting its network directly to theirs
While it may not be a full suit of high-tech gadgetry like Iron Man dons, the US Navy is set to test exoskeletons from Lockheed Martin. In the first contract to employs the company’s strength-boosting garb for industrial use, two FORTIS exoskeletons will help carry heavy loads for the trial pe
Earlier this year both Apple and Google showed off some new software. Google lifted the wraps off of Android Auto which essentially projects a mobile device’s Android experience to an in-dash display. Apple unveiled CarPlay which brings its iOS experience to vehicles. Two of the biggest car manufact
The world of wearable technology is fast expanding in every direction, although it remains to be seen just how far gizmos like a smartwatch or fitness band will be able to go. Lenovo, a name that is more often than not associated with computers and notebooks, is now linked to a potential wearable ba
A handful of companies are working in the U.S. to bring gigabit internet to households in various parts of the country however it is still not widespread. Google is one of those companies. The rollout of its Fiber gigabit internet service has been slow and is limited to few cities. Folks in Cincinna
Verizon comes out ahead of rivals AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint in nearly every category of performance in a new study of the U.S. wireless market by RootMetrics. However, the report says T-Mobile made noticeable improvements in larger cities, based on the wireless company’s ongoing investments in m
The Bureau of Meteorology has boosted the link between its two data centers from 80 gigabits per second to 200Gbps as it prepares for the installation of a new supercomputer. The federal budget included an undisclosed amount of funding for the new supercomputer. The supercomputer, to be used for wea
For the last several years, Roku has sold a series of devices that you connect to your TV to stream a wide range of content from thousands of different apps. Roku is getting embedded directly into TVs that will go on sale in the coming months from consumer electronics manufacturers Hisense and TCL.
Tanks are Goliaths. They’re covered with layers and layers of thick armor for protection, which makes them huge and slow-moving. Now, DARPA wants to change that. For the last 100 years, the ability of weapons to punch holes through thick armor has advanced faster than the armor’s ability
