Sonos has introduced a trio of new hardware today, adding three new smart speakers to its lineup, including the Sonos Arc soundbar that includes Dolby Atmos support, as well as Sonos Five, the next version of its Sonos Play:5 speaker, and a third-generation Sonos Sub. All of these will require the new S2 app that
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Eight360’s omnidirectional sphere promises a whole new level of immersion. Thanks to the diligent work of a New Zealand based company called Eight360, you may soon be jumping into VR through a device called the NOVA, or as CEO Terry Miller calls it, “the crazy spinning ball of death”. The NOVA is this massive spherical
Tesla CEO Elon Musk wants to add videoconferencing to your Model 3. The Tesla Owners Silicon Valley group proposed the idea, and Musk seems to think it’s a definite possibility. Musk tweeted Tuesday that videoconferencing will be “a future feature” in the car. The Tesla Model 3 has a camera in the rearview mirror that
Facebook announced the first members of its Oversight Board, which features 20 people from a variety of backgrounds, including a former prime minister of Denmark and a Nobel Peace Prize winner. The mission of the Oversight Board is to review appeals to Facebook’s policy decisions and is meant to be completely separate from Facebook leadership.
Drones are increasingly more affordable these days and no longer just a toy for those willing to spend hundreds of dollars — in fact, a good cheap drone can cost less than $500 if you take it home while it’s on sale. To help make this easier, we’ve rounded up all the best cheap drone
Google plans to announce the public beta for the upcoming Android 11 during a live stream on June 3. Android’s latest public beta was supposed to debut at the Google I/O conference on May 12-14, but the coronavirus pandemic forced that event to be canceled. The announcement will instead take place on YouTube beginning at
Modern Games is a new studio working to create games that combine physical and digital play. The company was founded by husband-and-wife team Justin and Amanda Kifer — serial entrepreneurs who previously launched companies including Citizen Local (acquired by MyLife in 2011) and Fidgetly, a fidget spinner company that also created a motion controller for
FP TrendingMay 06, 2020 17:40:59 IST Huawei Y9s is soon set to be launched in India. The upcoming smartphone by Huawei is already listed on the company’s official India website and the Chinese smartphone manufacturer has already started to tease the Y9s on Twitter. Huawei India tweeted a 5-second clip teasing the smartphone. “Make way
Astronomers have discovered the closest black hole to Earth ever found, located just 1,000 light-years away. It is part of an unusual triple system called HR 6819, consisting of two stars and a black hole all orbiting the same point, according to research published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics. Black holes absorb everything that
If I had to request one feature from all Macs right now, it wouldn’t be Face ID. It wouldn’t be thinner bezels. Not even more ports. It’s something much smaller: The context menu. The right-click menu on MacOS is severely limited when it comes to opening files and choosing Mac apps. I know, I know
Wunderlist is going away, but fans of the productivity app may find some consolation in founder Christian Reber’s announcement that he is launching a new startup called Superlist. “Superlist will be more than just a todo app, but never as bloated as the project management software you loathe to use,” he tweeted. “Slick, fast, and
Artist’s illustration of a rocky exoplanet Illustration: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC Single-celled organisms like Escherichia coli and yeast can grow and survive in an atmosphere like the kind theorized to exist on many rocky exoplanets, according to a new paper. Advertisement Scientists would love to know whether there’s life elsewhere in the universe, and part of
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Become your favorite characters from The Wiggles, Sesame Street and Oddbods. When you were a kid did you ever fantasize about becoming your favorite TV, comic book, or video game character? Sometimes it might have been playing dress up, singing songs, or drawing pictures of your favorite character with your trusty pack of crayons. With
Color blindness is usually a hereditary condition. While there have been a few high-tech methods, such as special glasses, to help people deal with it, to date there hasn’t been much in the way of a permanent solution to the problem. Perhaps until now, that is. An initial trial in patients suggests that a new gene
It looks like Tom Cruise may soon be going to space, according to a tweet by NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine. Bridenstine said the space agency will be working with Cruise “on a film aboard the Space Station.” The announcement follows a report by Deadline that Cruise would be teaming up with Elon Musk’s SpaceX and
If you’re a coffee or espresso lover, you probably already know the convenience of having a single-serve coffee maker like a Nespresso machine. With a Nespreso machine, you just pop in a pod and you’re well on your way to enjoying a fresh and delicious cup of espresso without having to wait in line at
An Amazon warehouse worker in New York has reportedly died from the coronavirus. Amazon says that the employee was last at the Staten Island warehouse on April 5 and was later placed on quarantine after testing positive on April 11, according to The Verge. Amazon said that the employee was not contact traced to any other Amazon
Bloomberg reports Facebook is working on a new, more comfortable Oculus Quest. Bloomberg is reporting that Facebook is currently working on a new Oculus Quest headset featuring a lighter physical design and faster refresh rates, resulting in a significantly more comfortable in-headset experience. The new improved VR headset was reportedly scheduled to launch at the
FP TrendingMay 05, 2020 21:02:41 IST Airtel Thanks customers will now get free access to ZEE5’s premium content library as part of their new promotional offer. Both the companies have collaborated with an aim to offer digital entertainment to customers in India. The offer was made available to Airtel Thanks customers from 4 May and
Xiaomi today launched a new e-commerce service in India that allows people in the nation to easily browse and order its handsets and other products from nearby physical retail stores as the Chinese giant rushes to kickstart its sales in its biggest overseas market. Dubbed Mi Commerce, the service allows people to locate nearby stores
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Image: Apple It’s in the new iPad Pro tablets, it’s rumored to be coming to the iPhone 12 and a form of it has been appearing in Android phones for the last few years. What exactly is LiDAR, and why would you want it in a mobile device? Here we’ll take you through what the
The FLAC file format is an interesting option because it reduces the size of audio files considerably. This format also allows you to save metadata for audio files so that you can easily access tags or album art for your songs. The downside of the FLAC format is that a lot of devices don’t support
Chris DeGraw/Digital Trends On the surface, you’d be hard-pressed to find a gentler video game than Animal Crossing: New Horizons. There’s no violence of any sort. The world is jam-packed with adorable creatures who are always happy to see you and lend a helping hand. Heck, even the music makes you smile. Historically, the players
French startup Back Market has raised a new $120 million funding round from Goldman Sachs, Aglaé Ventures and Eurazeo Growth. The company operates a marketplace for refurbished smartphones and electronics devices. Back Market doesn’t refurbish devices in house. Instead, it partners with certified sellers and let them list their items on the site. The startup
tech2 News StaffMay 05, 2020 10:35:49 IST Apple and Google have said that they would ban the use of location tracking in apps that use a new contact tracing system the two are building to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. Apple and Google, whose operating systems power 99 percent of smartphones, said last month
The Force is strong with these Lucasfilm-based immersive experiences. Today is May 4th, otherwise known as Star Wars Day, an annual commemoration of George Lucas’ legendary franchise celebrated across the globe. Since the introduction of the Skywalker Saga, the grassroots celebration has exploded in popularity. What began as a simple pun has since evolved into
API-powered startups are having a good year, with Plaid’s mega-exit to Visa still fresh in mind. And digital video-powered startups are also having a good year, as the world stays home more than before and work shifts to a more remote-friendly landscape. What about a company that does both? Well, they’d probably raise money and
You may remember the great Donkey Kong controversy of 2018, which stripped divisive arcade gamer Billy Mitchell of a years-long reign as Donkey King, of Guinness World records, and of his name from the leaderboards. Now, as Ars Technica first reported, Mitchell has filed a defamation suit against the gaming organization Twin Galaxies, the highest