It’s that time of year again. With bellies full of turkey and fixings, and a potential football blowout underway, sometimes the most satisfying way to spend Thanksgiving is to gather around the glow of the TV screen and stream to your heart’s content. Thanksgiving might not have the wealth of shows and movies that Halloween
Month: November 2019
Every year, the technology for watching movies improves, inching along on its way to total cinematic immersion. So much is made about advances in visual fidelity, however, that the role of sound is sometimes overlooked. Sound design is a crucial aspect of filmmaking, engulfing the audience in a way visuals simply cannot, and Dolby Atmos is one of
An emotionally-stable cow is a happy cow. Somewhere northwest of Moscow on a dairy farm in Krasnogorsk roams a herd of VR-wearing cows immersed in a serene summer pasture tailor-made for bovine enjoyment. The program, developed in collaboration with farm employees, IT experts, veterinarians, and other industry-leading professionals, was designed to test the effects of
Who could have guessed an adorable, big-eyed baby Star Wars alien would have generated a ton of demand for toys? Apparently not Disney, which today started to sell merchandise based on The Child from new Disney+ show The Mandalorian, commonly known as “Baby Yoda”. The shirts, bags, mugs, and phone cases all feel…forced, like Disney
You may have heard the pitch before, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram aren’t homes for your real friends anymore because they’re too big, too commercial and too influencer-y, the result is that your most important relationships have been relegated to the lowest common denominator tool on your phones: your texting app. Cocoon, a startup from a
The Valley’s affinity for robotics shows no signs of cooling. Technical enhancements through innovations like AI/ML, compute power and big data utilization continue to drive new performance milestones, efficiencies and use cases. Despite the old saying, “hardware is hard,” investment in the robotics space continues to expand. Money is pouring in across robotics’ billion-dollar sub
The New York Stock Exchange filed paperwork this morning with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to allow companies to raise capital as part of a direct listing. Direct listings are a way for companies to go public by selling existing shares held by insiders, employees and investors directly to the market, rather than the
A robot vacuum can clean all those post-Thanksgiving crumbs in no time at all. In much in the same way, you can vacuum up great deals on those devices on Black Friday and Cyber Monday. If you’re in the market for an automated robot vacuum, expect to see awesome deals for top brands such as
tech2 News StaffNov 26, 2019 20:22:45 IST With OnePlus celebrating its five-year anniversary, and Xiaomi hosting the Mi Super Sale, starting today (26 November) Amazon India is also hosting Fab Phones fest. The sale will go on till 29 November 2019. During the sale, Amazon is offering no-cost EMI, exchange offers, damage protection cover. Users making payment
Leavy.co, the Paris-born startup that offers a travel app for millennials to help them travel more without getting into further debt, has quietly raised $14 million in funding. The investment — which is pegged as a seed round and actually closed in January! — is led by Dutch investor Prime Ventures, with participation from angel
tech2 News StaffNov 26, 2019 11:58:41 IST Self-destructing messaging is a feature that has been seen on Snapchat since day one. It is this kind of ephemeral messaging that made is quite popular amongst teens. Now it looks like more mainstream messaging apps also want to have that feature. There were speculations that WhatsApp is also working
Photo: Marion Curtis (Netflix) Netflix has saved a well-known movie theater in New York City from imminent closure, and that is ostensibly a good thing. But something much more devastating lies beneath. The company that made streaming mainstream says it will rescue NYC’s Paris Theater. This comes on the heels of an announcement from the
ILMxLAB’s three-part series officially comes to a close with a solid, but flawed final episode. Last week developer ILMxLAB (Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire, Vader Immortal) released the third and final episode of its original episodic series, Vader Immortal – A Star Wars VR series. Available on Oculus Rift/Rift S and Oculus Quest headsets,
Establishing an enduring presence on the Moon will mean making a lot of landings — and NASA researchers want to make those landings as reliable and cheap as possible. This robotic “pallet lander” concept would be a dead simple (as lunar landers go) way to put up to 300 kilograms of rover and payload onto
Entry into the HTC Vive ecosystem has never been cheaper. HTC is jumping into Black Friday/Cyber Monday fun with some incredibly big discounts on their VR headsets, adaptors, and VIVEPORT subscriptions with an awesome holiday sale beginning Thanksgiving Day and ending Monday, December 2nd. This means you can order your best bud a new Vive
Apple has released its annual holiday ad, just in time for Thanksgiving. Named “The Surprise,” the ad focuses on two young girls who spends a lot of time playing with an iPad. The ad focuses on a family that travels across the country to visit the mother’s father. Like many families, the parents hand them
$35 million-funded Omni is packing up and shutting down after struggling to make the economics of equipment rentals and physical on-demand storage work out. It’s another victim of a venture capital-subsidized business offering a convenient service at an unsustainable price. The startup fought for a second wind after selling off its physical storage operations to
MA State Police video of a robot training on or before April 2019Gif: Techcrunch Massachusetts State Police (MSP) has been quietly testing ways to use the four-legged Boston Dynamics robot known as Spot, according to new documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts. And while Spot isn’t equipped with a weapon just
You don’t have to wait until Black Friday 2019 to take home a fantastic pair of wireless noise-canceling headphones at a discount. Amazon knocked $72 off the Sony WH-1000XM3, which just so happen to be the best in the business, dropping them down to only $278. So, what makes the Sony WH-1000XM3 so fantastic? Everything
Traffic problems and air pollution caused by carbon emissions from vehicles are becoming more and more prevalent as urban populations grow. But thanks to electric bicycles, people now have a more practical and responsible option when it comes to commuting or getting around town. Aside from being environmentally friendly, the use of e-bikes offers economic
Android smartphones may dominate the market, but when it comes to tablets Apple still looms large over the tablet market. Steve Jobs first introduced the touchscreen tablet as we know it into mainstream consciousness, and in so doing carved out a new niche that blurred the line between portable smart devices and computers. The gutsy
The Apple AirPods Pro – now with noise-canceling technology, wireless charging case, and hands-free Siri – are a huge improvement over the original AirPods and AirPods 2, but they still face some serious competition on both price and features. The 1More Stylish is the best alternative to the AirPods 2 that we’ve reviewed to date,
Keegan Walden Contributor Keegan Walden, Ph.D, is the Co-founder & COO of Torch, a leadership development software platform. He is also a psychologist with a B.A. from Yale University and a Ph.D. from Northwestern University. My co-founder and I go to couples therapy. Our partnership is not romantic — we’re both married to other people
If you’ve purchased a new laptop or device for Black Friday or Cyber Monday, then you might also want to swap out its internal storage to a faster solid-state drive (SSD). Alternatively, you might also want to buy an external drive to transfer over or keep your photos, videos, and important documents safe. Well, Amazon is
Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2019 are shaping up to offer shoppers a banner year for deals and deep discounts on must-have consumer tech products. Apple’s MacBooks are no exception. And while we’re expecting this year to be filled with great Black Friday deals on MacBooks, you don’t have to wait until the day of
Build and design 4 Keyboard and trackpad 4 Display 3.5 Performance 4 Battery Life 3 4/5 overall rating the good Mature design Macro keys Performance the bad Display black levels the bottom line A mature design and great thermal management make for a great gaming experience. The display could use some work though. As a
Detectify, the Sweden born cybersecurity startup that offers a website vulnerability scanner powered by the crowd, has raised €21 million in further funding. Leading the round is London-based VC firm Balderton Capital, with participation from existing investors Paua Ventures, Inventure and Insight Partners. Detectify says the new funding will be used to continue to hire
If an Apple iPhone is on your short list of must-have deals to take advantage of this Black Friday, we don’t blame you. Coughing up over a thousand dollars on a brand new iPhone 11 Pro could put a serious dent in your wallet. For those on a budget, there’s an option out there for
Black Friday, the biggest annual retail day in the country, is less than one week away. And although Walmart held onto its crown last year as the place to shop, Amazon roared along into second place and actually managed to steal the lead on Cyber Monday. Whether Walmart will beat Amazon in total sales for
Sign up here to receive Max Q weekly in your inbox, starting December 15. There were lot of highlights in the space industry this past week (even though a rocket launch that was supposed to happened is now pushed to Monday). The biggest news for commercial space might just be that NASA signed on five
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