Ronan Glon/Digital Trends Front-wheel drive (FWD), rear-wheel drive (RWD), and four- or all-wheel drive (4WD or AWD): You’ve probably heard these terms kicked around before. They’re the three main types of engine and transmission layouts for motor vehicles, and they’re often used to classify and group cars. Further reading Not all layouts are created equal,
Month: September 2019
While the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro may have stolen the show, Apple also released a new Apple Watch at its annual September event — the Apple Watch Series 5. The new device may not be a radical redesign like the Apple Watch Series 4 before it, but it still has a
The new iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max are finally here, boasting a ton of new features, a slightly different design, and more. While many argue that next year’s iPhone will represent a bigger shift, there is still a lot to love about Apple’s 2019 models — and you might be
According to Numerator, two-thirds of Thanksgiving weekend shoppers surveyed in 2018 planned to do “even more” shopping during Cyber Week. Cyber Week continues the focus on online shopping that kicks off on Cyber Monday, the sales event which began in 2005 as the digital equivalent of Black Friday. With online sales climbing each year, merchants
Email will likely never die, but if new apps can change how we think about using it, maybe it will feel like the worst parts have croaked. In the wake of popular apps like Inbox and Mailbox being sunsetted, like many I’ve been left rudderless trying to find an email client that fills the void.
Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty) Airbnb announced that it expects to become a publicly traded company next year, in a press release made in accordance with Rule 135 of the Securities Act of 1933. How do we know this? A company blog post entitled “Airbnb Announces Intention to Become a Publicly-Traded Company During 2020″ explains: Airbnb,
Master the art of mixing music anywhere at any time. Available now on Oculus Quest, Tribe XR DJ School is an interactive DJ simulation experience that teaches you the skills required to mix music on a professional level. Originally released on SteamVR back in March, the standalone experience offers the same all-in-one DJ training package
Postmates, the popular food delivery service, has raised another $225 million at a valuation of $2.4 billion ahead of an imminent initial public offering, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Thursday. Private equity firm GPI Capital has led the investment, first reported by Forbes, which brings Postmates total funding to nearly $1 billion. GPI takes
Ricoh has a well-earned good reputation when it comes to building smart, technically excellent photographic equipment – including the almost legendary Ricoh GR series of pocketable APS-C cameras, which are a favorite among street photographers everywhere. Earlier this year, the company released the Ricoh Theta Z1, which builds on its success with its pioneering Theta
Google today announced its largest package of renewable energy deals yet. Worth a total of 1,600-megawatts, the package includes 18 deals in the U.S., Chile and Europe. This brings Google’s current set of wind and solar agreements to about 5,500 megawatts (MW) and the company’s number of total renewables projects it’s involved in to 52.
Imagine this, but in your gut.Photo: Spencer Platt (Getty Images) Researchers say they’ve stumbled upon a peculiar cause of liver disease: a kind of bacteria that produces alcohol inside our gut. According to lead author Jing Yuan, a doctor at the Capital Institute of Pediatrics in China, their discovery was completely accidental. Advertisement He and
Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Longreads, Simplenote and soon Tumblr, is now worth $3 billion. But its founder and CEO Matt Mullenweg has a bigger goal. He wants to make the web better, more open and diverse. With the rise of social networks and closed platforms, Automattic’s mission statement has never sounded so important.
Experience three different stories set across three different dimensions. This week Cartoon Network Studios dropped the first trailer for its upcoming VR game, Cartoon Network Journeys VR. Developed by Cartoon Network Studios, Paper Crane Games, and TwinSky Games, the trippy cosmic adventure takes you on three different adventures set across three unique dimensions as you
Rich Shibley/Digital Trends The Microsoft Surface Go can only be one of the best 2-in-1s when used with the Type Cover. But most deals for this Windows 10 device only include the base tablet. Best Buy lets you get this tablet and laptop hybrid complete with keyboard attachment at $80 below their combined price. Grab
In Washington today, Amazon announced a series of initiatives and issued a call for companies to reduce their carbon emissions 10 years ahead of the goals set forth in the Paris Agreement as part of a sweeping effort to reduce its own environmental footprint. “We’re done being in the middle of the herd on this
After reviewing more than 80 different models, it may come as a surprise that our pick for the best mirrorless camera is one from an entirely new system: The Panasonic Lumix S1. This well-rounded camera has excellent still and video features, one of the most functional (if not portable) designs we’ve ever seen, and class-leading
tech2 News StaffSep 19, 2019 21:32:44 IST Huawei at a launch event held in Munich announced its brand-new Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro smartphones also accompanied by its new Vision TV and its new smartwatch the Watch GT 2. As expected Huawei also announced a new Porsche Design Mate 30 RS. Huawei Mate 30
Impossible Foods You’ll soon be able to cook an Impossible Burger in your kitchen once the popular plant-based meat substitute reaches certain California grocery store shelves on Friday. The brand will only be available at gourmet grocer Gelson’s Markets in California, but a nationwide rollout will follow. Later this month, the East Coast will join
Amazon will be stepping up its efforts to reduce its climate impact, CEO Jeff Bezos announced on Thursday. The company will be ordering 100,000 electric delivery trucks from Michigan’s Rivian as part of this commitment, Bezos said. The commerce giant will seek to meet its goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2040 – 10 years
Arch Rao, the former head of product at Tesla who was behind the company’s Powerwall home energy storage is system, is back with a new company pitching energy management and efficiency for homes. SpanIO is looking to upgrade the electrical fusebox for homes with a digital system that integrates into the existing circuit breaker technology
The Cabinet has approved a ban on vaping and e-cigarette devices in a controversial decision, announced by Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in a Cabinet session 18 September. The ban applies to the production, manufacturing, import-export, sale or distribution, storage and advertisement, Sitaraman said, without clarifying outright whether using an e-cigarette or vape is still legal. The ban, which is not
Indonesia has one of the fastest-growing e-commerce markets in the world, but the logistics industry there is still very fragmented, creating headaches for both vendors and customers. Shipper is a startup with the ambitious goal of giving online sellers access to “Amazon-level logistics.” The company has raised $5 million in seed funding from Lightspeed Ventures,
Instagram says that from this week it will place restrictions on posts linked to particular diet products and cosmetic surgery procedures, and in some cases remove them entirely. The new rules will also affect Facebook, Instagram’s parent company. The move comes in response to an uptick in marketing posts by popular influencers on the photo-sharing
Photo: Getty A new profile of the freewheeling CEO of WeWork reads like a loosely adapted episode of Silicon Valley. The lengthy Wall Street Journal profile published Wednesday paints a rather comprehensive image of WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann, covering everything from his established taste for tequila parties to his aim of becoming the world’s first
One of the web’s most popular time-wasting sites is down: Reddit went offline on Wednesday afternoon, leaving tens of thousands of people unable to access their favorite subreddits. According to Down Detector, the Reddit outage began around 1:30 p.m. PT and affected users worldwide, with both the website and the site’s app affected. Nearly 20,000
Raising climate awareness with 360-degree films and multi-sensory experiences. EarthxInteractive, a subsidiary of EarthxFilm specializing in environmentally-conscious immersive storytelling, has announced a partnership with the United Nations and the City of New York to provide a series of climate-focused 360-degree films and immersive experiences for their annual Climate Week in NYC. From September 20 –
SpaceX Elon Musk tweeted out two new photos showing how work on SpaceX’s Starship rocket prototype is coming along. The commercial space company expects to fly the ship to the moon and hopes to use it to help establish a colony on Mars In a tweet posted on Tuesday and captioned with “Droid Junkyard, Tatooine”
Apple may have announced new iPhones, watches, and iPads at its September event, but what was missing? Macs, Macs and more Macs. Oh, and the iPad Pro. There’s no way the company will close out the year without touching on those key products. Though it hasn’t been officially announced yet, here’s what we’re expecting from
How brands and marketers can harness the power of new messaging and productivity apps Colin Bendell 7 hours Colin Bendell Contributor Colin is Senior Director of Analytics and Strategy for Cloudinary, the co co-author of High Performance Images, and passionate about data, web performance and user experience. Brands are often left to act like the
Kilograph brings Michael Graves’ unrealized architectural designs to life in VR. Available now via Kilograph.com, Imagined Landscapes is an interactive VR experience that allows you to explore and contribute to a 3D recreation of Barranco de Veneguera, a proposed 3.5-mile resort located in the Canary Islands designed by legendary designer and illustrator Michael Graves. During
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