Twitter might be finally making a change everyone can get on board with: The ability to tweet links and photos that don’t count against your 140-character limit.
Solar Impulse 2 is one step closer to reaching its goal of becoming the first airplane to circumnavigate the world without using a single drop of fuel. On Thursday, it completed the 11th leg of its journey by landing at Tulsa International Airport around 11:15pm local time. Bertrand Piccard piloted the plane during the 18-hour trip and was greeted with a lot of excitement from Tulsa’s mayor and city residents. It was a stop that came as a surprise to many. The team initially planned on flying from Phoenix, Arizona to Kansas City, Missouri, but were forced to change their route due to high winds in the area. They were faced with three options:
Google could face a record fine of up to €3 billion (US $3.4 billion) as soon as early next month as part of a six-year European Commission antitrust investigation into the company's search engine dominance, according to a news report. A fine in the European Commission's The $3.4 billion fine cited in the report would be less than the maximum allowed, which is 10 percent of Google's worldwide revenue, or about $7.5 billion.
Even on something as space constrained as the Raspberry Pi founder Eben Upton said a camera connector was the most “frequently demanded” feature addition for the Zero. “Through dumb luck, the same fine-pitch FPC connector that we use on the Compute Module Development Kit
With its prospects in the PC market dwindling, Acer is apparently looking to diversify. The company recently announced it hopes to join forces with Sweden-based game maker Starbreeze (creator of the The StarVR Head-Mount Display (HMD)—as it’s officially called—is not as well known as the
It’s a thrilling time to be a PC gamer! Cutting-edge graphics processors from both
Amazon's Fire tablet comes in a well thought out kid's edition. If you're in the market for a kid-proof tablet that won't break the bank, this is one to consider at its The Fire Kids Edition sports a 7" 1024 x 600 IPS display (wider viewing angle and higher quality colors). There is a 2MP rear-facing HD camera as well as a VGA front-facing camera for things like Skype. 8GB internal storage is expandable to 128GB via a microSD slot, and Amazon gives you free unlimited cloud storage for Amazon content and photos/videos taken from the device. There's an accelerometer and gyroscopic sensor onboard, and Bluetooth for wireless headphones or microphone connections. Battery life is roughly 7 hours, and it recharges to 100% in about 6.
You’re on Mars. There are demons. The demons need to die. That’s it. That’s all the story you need, and it’s pretty much all the story you’re getting. This is Big arenas, lots of guns, waves of demons, wailing guitar solos, and so much in-your-face violence that your own eyes might start bleeding by the end. Hell, there isn’t even a button for reloading your guns.
Leaks, leaks, leaks, leaks, leaks. We’re coming up on the annual Steam Summer Sale, and as usual someone decided to not-so-accidentally disclose both the date and duration—supposedly. If It’s not exactly halt-the-presses news, given that it’s both within the standard Summer Sale window and lasting for the standard two-week period,
Apple CEO Tim Cook tweeted on Monday from Beijing a photograph of himself and Didi Chuxing’s President Jean Lui A $1 billion investment in Didi, announced last week, could be the harbinger of a long-term relationship that some analysts speculate could lead to the U.S. company partnering with the ride-hailing company not only in providing software and services, but also
Don't let buzz, hum, or hiss ruin your AV experience. We'll show you how to solve common electrical faults and ditch the noise.
HP designed its 12-inch Elite x2 convertible tablet with notebook-class ruggedness in mind, and it largely succeeds. But while it offers seriously solid competition for the Microsoft Surface Pro 4, a few features fall short of the bar. Unlike Microsoft’s Surface Book, which emerged after several generations of Surface tablets, the Elite x2 evolved from HP’s notebook line as well as its more consumer-focused predecessor,
The Windows 10 Anniversary Update—also known by its codename, Redstone—will bring with it
Mark Hamill is a lot busier this time around in Hamill is part of an all-star cast that spent time with game designer Chris Roberts (creator of
