Photo: John Moore (Getty Images) When the federal government put the Department of Health and Human Services in charge of hospital data aggregation instead of its subsidiary, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, critics feared that the Trump administration might be trying to stifle news to keep the public in the dark about how
Month: October 2020
Serve up disgusting brain burgers and bloody drinks to your flesh-hungry patrons. With much of the nation still under lockdown as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, this year’s Halloween has many trick or treaters and partiers confined reluctantly to their homes hunched over a bowl of miniature Snickers with a case of the
Instead of addressing genetic mutations, the CRISPR-Cas9 technology, which won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry this year, appeared to wreak genetic havoc in about half the specimens that the researchers examined Representational image. National Cancer Institute/Unsplash A powerful gene-editing tool called CRISPR-Cas9, which this month nabbed the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for two female scientists,
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Photo: Olivier Douliery (Getty Images) There’s a new development in the seemingly neverending game of chicken between TikTok and President Donald Trump over a nationwide ban. On Friday, a federal judge in Pennsylvania blocked the Trump administration from outlawing U.S. transactions with Tiktok, which was set to take effect Nov. 12. Advertisement Unlike last month’s
2020 is shaping up to be a pivotal year for VR. Yesterday, Facebook Reality Labs conducted its Q3 2020 Earnings Call, during which company co-founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, stated that the Oculus Quest 2 received 5x as many pre-orders as the original Oculus Quest. According to an official representative, these numbers surpassed the companies
Ameya DalviOct 31, 2020 00:33:11 IST Realme has been serious about making inroads in the wireless audio products category over the past year or so. Their first wireless neckband was quite popular, and so were their Buds Air TWS earbuds, for what they offered at that price point. The company recently launched the Pro versions
Illustration: Chelsea Beck/Gizmodo On my 32nd birthday, my 22-year-old sister mailed me a first-generation Tamagotchi. Too young to have suffered the Tamagotchi herself, she may have sweetly assumed that I was once the kind of focused, enraptured child from the throwback commercial—one with an innate or even competent grasp of faddish handheld electronics. She would
FP TrendingOct 30, 2020 16:57:10 IST Google Play Store is experimenting with a feature that will enable users to compare similar apps so that they can decide and choose the best one that meets their requirements. Google, through this feature on its Play Store app market, will provide more convenience to Android users. The Google
By December, Gilead expects to produce enough of the drug to treat 2 million patients, and is exploring an inhaled form of it for outpatients. The United States reached a milestone, of sorts, when last week the Food and Drug Administration approved the first treatment for COVID-19. The drug is called Veklury, although most people
No one ever said building an autonomous car would be easy. While a number of companies have certainly made incredible progress with the technology over the last decade or so, some are clearly faring better than others. Take this effort from the Acronis SIT Roborace team based at the Schaffhausen Institute of Technology in Switzerland.
It’s a new week, which means there is a new set of Fortnite challenges to go through. For season 4 week 10, Fortnite wants you to travel 20,000 meters in a vehicle. The nice thing is that you don’t have to do it in a single game, but even slowly chipping away at it can
It’s a new week, meaning there is a new batch of weekly challenges to cross off your list in Fortnite. As part of season 4 week 10, one challenge requires you to catch seven fish at a place called Heart Lake. It’s unmarked on the map, so you’ll probably need to be pointed in the
Now that season 4 week 10 of Fortnite is live, you’ll have a new set of challenges to complete. One of them requires you to drive a boat from The Fortilla to The Authority in less than four minutes. This task seems daunting at first, but we’ve got all the details on how to complete
Typically, the Fortnite challenges for opening chests in specific locations are pretty straightforward. However, with season 4 week 10, one challenge requires you to search chests at a location called Upstate New York — a spot that is not marked on the map. Since it’s unmarked, you might be unaware of where it is. But
The Apple iPhone 11 Pro is the smallest of the iPhone 11 range, but don’t underestimate it. The iPhone 11 Pro is equipped with a powerful A13 Bionic processor, and the tech underlying the 5.8-inch Super Retina XDR OLED is just as impressive as its larger brethren. The stainless steel frame is just as strong
Apple’s recently announced subscription bundle, Apple One, will launch on Friday, October 30. Company CEO Tim Cook revealed the launch date during an earnings call with investors on Thursday. Apple One offers access to a bunch of the tech giant’s digital services for a single monthly subscription, saving you money over individual sign-ups. The Individual
Netflix is raising the monthly fee of its standard and premium plans in the U.S. The change will see the monthly rate for its Standard plan rise by $1, from $12.99 to $13.99, while its Premium plan will increase by $2, from $16 to $18 The Basic plan remains at $9 per month. The new
Gif: DisneyResearchHub One of the obvious giveaways that you’re interacting with a robot is their blank dead-eyed stare. The eyes don’t connect with yours the way they would if they were, you know, human. A research team at Disney is trying to fix that using subtle head motions and eye movements that make the robot
A touch of technology in your own hands. After 7 months of beta testing, Interhaptics just released its most ambitious project to date: a mixed reality development suite for deploying haptics across platforms for both head-mounted displays and mobile devices. Eric Vezzoli, head of the French software company, and his team built Haptic Composer and
With the live music industry in shambles, musicians are turning to immersive tech to connect with fans. The live music industry has been hit hard by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Concerts both large and small have been canceled for several months now, leaving many musicians isolated from their fans. In these unprecedented times, VR has
Whether you’re preparing a latte or want to take your hot chocolate up a notch, a milk frother can help you produce a drink with a smooth, creamy texture. Quality frothed milk is the hallmark of a good latte or cappuccino, but milk frothers can also be used to prepare drinks such as a caffe
The Apple TV is to an iPhone what a bottle of fine wine is to a cheeseboard — a match made in heaven. But like a decent bottle of Bordeaux, the Apple TV isn’t inexpensive. These cheap Apple TV deals will make it a little lighter on the old bank account though, bringing pricing down to
As we get closer to Black Friday and Cyber Monday, we’re seeing some amazing discounts on some of the hottest tech. Even Apple products! In fact, now may be one of the best times of the year to score the gear you’ve been craving. Right now, you can score amazing deals on AirPods, AirPods Pro,
The iPhone 11 Pro is one of the most perfectly proportioned, delightfully curvy, and exceptionally pleasing-to-hold smartphones ever made. I’ve used it every day since it was released in 2019, and have compared it to the majority of other big-name phones released since then. Although some have come very close to matching it — the
The premiere of season 2 of The Mandalorian is looming large, promising a return to a galaxy far, far away with the titular bounty hunter Din Djarin and his adorable sidekick, Baby Yoda. (Yes, we know the character is officially called The Child, but that’s a topic for another article.) It’s been nearly a full year
FP TrendingOct 29, 2020 17:01:21 IST Micromax India has started to tease its upcoming Micromax ‘In’ series ahead of its launch on 3 November. The 10-second clip gives a glimpse of the upcoming smartphone. “India’s style makes heads turn. We’ve designed our new smartphones to do just that,” Micromax India tweet read. The clip shows
Screenshot: AMD Nvidia’s RTX 3070 officially hits retail stores tomorrow. After the fiasco that was the RTX 3080 release, actual buyers will hopefully be able to get their hands on these cards rather than see them snatched up by bots to scalp on eBay. Advertisement After that previous incident, Nvidia said it was not prepared,
Celebrate all hallows eve with seven AR costumes and three background dancers. Today, Snap Inc. unveiled a new line of Snapchat Lenses that combine 3D motion capture and multiple neural networks to create over 10 augmented reality costumes powered by 3D full-body tracking. Available now on iOS and Android devices via the Snapchat app, users
Developer BigBox VR gives us the low down on their ambitious VR battle royale game. UPDATE [10.28.2020]: BigBox has informed us of a simpler method for requesting friends. In addition to manually entering a unique code, players can also fistbump one another to send a request. Population: One is a vertigo-inducing VR battle royale experience
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