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Month: May 2020
There are a lot of advantages to using a lightweight laptop like a Chromebook, but you might miss your bulky desktop when it comes time to print important documents. From pictures to invoices, setting up your Chromebook to print whatever you need is fairly simple. Depending on what you’re working with, there are different ways
If you’re into mobile gaming, then iOS is the place to be. Between the long list of great iPhone games and the best Apple Arcade games, there’s plenty to keep you entertained. While many titles are designed especially for a touchscreen, others are awkward to tap and swipe your way through — but the good
Saar Gur is adept at identifying the next big consumer trends earlier than most: The San Francisco-based general partner at CRV has led investments into leading consumer internet companies like Niantic, DoorDash, Bird, Dropbox, Patreon, Kapwing and ClassPass. His own experience stuck at home during the COVID-19 pandemic spurred his interest in three new investment
As the infrastructure for developing games becomes more advanced, studios have turned to buying best-in-class technology from others instead of building everything from scratch (often with inferior quality). This shift underpinned Unity’s rise as the most popular game engine. The current focus on games as ever-evolving social hubs that can remain popular for a decade
It has been five months since the first COVID-19-infected patient was discovered in Wuhan, China, four months since it was declared a pandemic and a little above a month since a lockdown was enforced in India. The coverage is extensive and the data is daunting. The virus has spread to 212 countries and the number
tech2 News StaffMay 08, 2020 18:09:35 IST To facilitate users with better plans during the Coronavirus lockdown, Reliance Jio has rolled out yet another ‘Work from home’ plan in India. This annual plan is priced at Rs 2,399 and offers 2 GB data per day to the users with no daily data capping. In addition
SpaceX has detailed how it intends to minimize disruption to astronomical research caused by the launches of its Starlink satellites. The Starlink project aims to bring global broadband internet to all via a network of satellites, which have been launching since 2018 and are now up to 420 operational satellites in total. There are plans
Summer is coming, and for millions of Americans isolating at home due to the coronavirus pandemic, getting out in the sun would be a breath of fresh air. It’s no surprise that people are grasping at reports that summertime will see a drop in infections, but is there any evidence that’s the case, or is
Xiaomi, Vivo, Samsung, Oppo and other smartphone companies have received approval from some state governments in India to partially resume manufacturing and assembling of devices amid the ongoing lockdown in the world’s second largest handset market that completely shut operations at these plants in late March. The companies said that they have secured permission to
Acast, a podcast monetization and distribution platform, announced a new partnership with JioSaavn, one of the largest streaming audio services in India. The agreement mean JioSaavn will distribute content from Acast and have access to its technology for podcasters. JioSaavn, which claims 104 million monthly active users, is the second-largest streaming audio service in India
Photo: Martin Bureau (Getty Images) The question of whether you own your digital purchases, or whether you’re simply licensing that content from whatever tech giant du jour hosts it, has always been a bit of a black box for consumers. Recently, this lack of transparency has prompted one California user to file a lawsuit against
Customize your own racetrack and hit the pavement as Mickey, Minnie, and Goofy. This week marked the launch of Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: Adventure Kit, a painfully adorable interactive AR experience based on a new Disney park attraction which launched this past March at Hollywood Studios in Orlando, Florida. Available to play free via
The X-37B spaceplane sounds like something out of a sci-fi novel, and its mysterious past is equally evocative. What does the military put in this long-term orbital vehicle? Turns out it’s exactly the kind of neat, but not mind-blowing, science you’d expect to find in such a thing — though solar-powered masers do sound pretty
There’s a lot that goes into making a video game. Each video game combines multiple artistic mediums, from music to art to animation — programming is even an art form in its own way. All of these art forms join in a game engine, and in this guide, we’re going to show you our favorite
Facebook said Thursday it will be removing the viral conspiracy video “Plandemic” from its platform for violating misinformation policies, the company told Digital Trends. The 25-minute clip from a supposed upcoming documentary was posted on Facebook on Monday and had racked up 1.8 million views, including 17,000 comments and nearly 150,000 shares. The video is
Launched on April 15 to a limited audience of select Comcast subscribers, Peacock is NBCUniversal’s entry in the rapidly expanding streaming video landscape. It will debut nationally on July 15, with all subscription tiers available. With an impressive lineup of new and classic content, including complete runs of popular syndicated series, reboots, and revivals of
Because VR teleportation is so 2016. VR has come a long way over since launch of the Oculus DK1. Over the past five years we’ve seen numerous advancements in immersive technology that have helped open the doors to a wide range of possibilities. Yet, at the same time, we still find ourselves dealing with many
Since its release earlier this year, Call of Duty: Warzone has captured the attention of over 60 million players, making it one of the most successful battle royale games to date. If you’ve played, you’ve probably learned that gaining a victory can be tough, especially if you’re struggling to find a weapon that suits you.
Zoom acquires some encryption expertise, Uber makes a big investment in scooters and we review the new 13-inch Macbook Pro. Here’s your Daily Crunch for May 7, 2020. 1. Zoom acquires Keybase to get end-to-end encryption expertise Keybase, whose encryption products include secure file sharing and collaboration tools, should give Zoom some security credibility as
President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on May 6, 2020.Photo: Getty Images The White House has refused to release CDC guidelines that were developed to give schools and businesses across the United States a better idea of what they should do to maintain health and safety during the coronavirus pandemic,
FP TrendingMay 07, 2020 19:15:53 IST Microsoft’s free-to-play racing game Forza Street is now available on iOS and Android. A Miami street racing game, Forza Street is different from big-budget console and PC entries in the Forza Horizon series and is based in a street racing world. Microsoft refers to the game as an “evolving” experience “with
Antenna-based TV is about to change in a major way, thanks to the upcoming unveiling of ATSC 3.0. Also known as NextGen TV, ATSC 3.0 will allow for 4K HDR resolution and upgraded sound formats to be broadcast to antenna TV. In other words, it’s going to be a pretty big deal. Because of that,
Deep Render, a London startup and spin-out of Imperial College that is applying machine learning to image compression, has raised £1.6 million in seed funding. Leading the round is Pentech, with participation from Speedinvest. Founded in mid-2017 by Arsalan Zafar and Chri Besenbruch, who met while studying Computer Science at Imperial College London, Deep Render
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images The ongoing public health crisis sent the UFC 2020 schedule into a tailspin, but it looks like the world’s biggest fighting promotion is finally starting to stabilize — something that CEO Dana White promised would happen when he declared that the Ultimate Fighting Championship MMA would be
Despite the worldwide impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, global smartwatch shipments continued to grow during the first three months of the year, driven by online sales, says a new report by research firm Strategy Analytics. Shipments grew 20% annually to reach 13.7 million units in the first quarter of 2020, up from 11.4 million units
Ameya DalviMay 07, 2020 11:19:52 IST We’ve been thinking of compiling our phone lists for this quarter for a while but decided against it as nobody was going to receive their orders due to the nationwide lockdown. Now that the government has green-lit the delivery of smartphones in Green and Orange zones at least, it
When I first met Bustle Digital Group’s Jason Wagenheim, it was right as New York City was beginning to go into lockdown. The BDG offices were empty thanks to the company’s newly instituted work-from-home policy, but it still seemed reasonable to meet in-person to learn more about BDG’s broader vision. At the time, Wagenheim —
A segment of the fossil showing the captured fish (brownish colored scales) with the cephalopod’s arms wrapped around it. Image: Malcolm Hart, Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association A re-analysis of a fossil found in England during the 19th century reveals that it depicts a 200-million-year-old scene in which a squid-like creature is still clutching onto
“Don’t pay any attention to them. They’re gonna eat our dust.” Studio Trigger’s beautifully animated and at times surprisingly dark manga-turned-anime Little Witch Academia is receiving its own VR spin-off entitled Little Witch Academia VR: Broom Racing, a magical VR racing experience that allows players to go head-to-head against friends and strangers across a variety