Month: September 2020

With the presidential election fast approaching, Twitter is tightening account security for prominent, election-related Twitter accounts in the U.S. They include accounts belonging to members of the U.S. Congress, U.S. governors, secretaries of state, political parties, and candidates with Twitter Election Labels running for the U.S. House, U.S. Senate, or Governor, as well as those
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DoorDash is an on-demand food delivery service. It is, to put it simply, an Uber for food (much like Uber Eats). Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, the DoorDash app lets you order food from a variety of nearby participating restaurants. It also lets people sign up to become food deliverers (nicknamed Dashers)
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The convertible 2-in-1 laptop, which has a display that can swivel from normal clamshell mode to tablet mode with tent and media modes in between, has come into its own. No longer are they too large to be used as tablets or too underpowered to be used as clamshells. The form factor is epitomized by
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Carrie Able, prolific art-maker and eponymous gallery owner / curator, refuses to pigeon-hole herself in one medium.  The New Yorker commands both the digital and physical canvas, as well as language and sound. The poet-painter-performer, now programmer, has long been interested in the melding of media to communicate her ideas about the world.  Immersive technologies
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As part of our ongoing coverage of Hispanic Heritage Month 2020, Digital Trends compiles a list every year of the most influential Hispanics in the technology industry. We highlight the work of those men and women holding important positions at companies both enormous and tiny, people doing everything possible to make sure that the Hispanic
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Whether you want to capture friends and relatives making funny faces on Skype or need accessible photos of online resources or programs, screenshots benefit users in many ways. With a simple press of a keyboard’s print screen key, you essentially have the ability to capture anything and everything occurring on your desktop at any time.
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Agence France-PresseSep 17, 2020 09:30:37 IST Astronomers have discovered a planet the size of Jupiter closely orbiting the smouldering remains of a dead star, the first time that an intact exoplanet has been discovered travelling around a white dwarf, according to research published Wednesday. Researchers said the fate of this giant planet, called WD 1586
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Select employees will begin testing research glasses in the wild this September. Facebook provided several updates on its mysterious smart glasses as part of today’s Facebook Connect developer conference. Referred to as Project Aria, this bleeding-edge research device uses machine perception and AI research to safely gather data in an effort to answer key questions,
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Oculus and Tidal are partnering to bring livestreamed music performances to virtual reality, the companies announced Wednesday. The exclusive concerts will be streamed on the Venues app on the Oculus Quest starting later this year. The performances will also be available in regular 2D video and high-quality audio on Tidal. All of the performances will
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FP TrendingSep 16, 2020 17:08:32 IST Fujifilm Holdings Corporation, trading as Fujifilm, launched a new instant camera, the Square SQ1, in the Indian market today. The analog, square camera is the company’s vision of a “minimalist, user-friendly” camera. According to the Tokyo-based firm, the new device will provide square format instant prints at 1.5 times
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Data storage units plugged into an IBM mainframe at the CeBIT technology conference in Hanover, Germany in 2015; used here as stock photo.Photo: Sean Gallup (Getty Images) A Chinese intelligence firm’s database on 2.4 million people—including some 50,000 Americans—was recently leaked, exposing it to researchers. Advertisement Per a Tuesday report in the Register, Fullbright University
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The Google Pixel 4a is undoubtedly one of the best budget smartphones around, featuring a flagship-level camera as well as great software and solid overall performance. Something very similar can be said for the Apple iPhone XR, which, despite being two years old, combines beauty, efficiency, user-friendliness, and a strong camera into an affordable package
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tech2 News StaffSep 16, 2020 01:20:10 IST Apple hosted the ‘Time Flies’ event today where it launched a handful of devices and made a few important announcements. The newly launched devices include iPad Air, Apple Watch Series 6, Apple Watch SE and iPad 8th generation. Apple also announced Apple One subscription service along with Fitness+ service
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Chad Wolf, the illegally appointed head of DHS, an agency that has allegedly overseen unnecessary hysterectomies on immigrant women, according to a new whistleblower’s complaintPhoto: Susan Walsh (AP) Why are the terms “Nazi Germany” and “Mengele” become trending topics on Twitter? The words dominated the social media platform on Monday after it was revealed that
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Logitech’s series of mice are already some of our favorite peripherals for both gaming, general office productivity tasks, and creative applications, and now there are 25,600 more reasons to get excited about the company’s humble mouse. Thanks to a software update on its custom Hero sensor, the Logitech G903 Hero, G502 Lightspeed, Pro Wireless, G703
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