Back in March, information appeared that the Chinese company Xiaomi was designing a new generation fitness bracelet - the Mi Band 4 device. And now this gadget has been spotted in “live” photographs. The source of the images, according to online resources, was the National Communications Commission of Taiwan (NCC). As you can see, the device will have a rectangular screen. Next to this display there will be a touch button [...]
The possibility of placing the front camera of a smartphone under the screen, just as it happens with a fingerprint scanner, has been discussed for a long time. Network sources report that Samsung intends to place sensors under the surface of the screen in the future. This approach will eliminate the need to create a niche for the camera. Already, the South Korean tech giant is creating Galaxy S10 […]
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki announced that the monthly audience of the video service has reached the milestone of 2 billion people. About a year ago it was reported that YouTube is visited at least once a month by 1,8 billion people on our planet. Thus, over the year the site’s audience increased by approximately 11–12%. It is also noted that consumption of YouTube content is growing rapidly [...]
On May 6, Microsoft's main event of the year for developers and IT specialists—the Build 2019 conference—starts, which will be held at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle (Washington). According to established tradition, the conference will last 3 days, until May 8 inclusive. Every year, Microsoft's top officials, including its head Satya Nadella, speak at the conference. They […]
At the end of 2018, the microblogging service Tumblr, which is owned by Verizon along with the rest of Yahoo's assets, changed the rules for users. From that moment on, it was impossible to post “adult” content on the site, although before that, starting in 2007, everything was limited to filtering and “parental access”. Because of this, the site lost about a third of its traffic after just 3 months. Now […]
The Swiss company Flyability, which develops and manufactures inspection drones for inspecting industrial and construction sites, announced a new version of an unmanned aerial vehicle for conducting surveys and inspections in confined spaces called Elios 2. Elios's first production drone relied on a grille to passively protect its propellers from collisions. Elios 2's passive mechanical protection design […]
Garmin has announced five models of “smart” wristwatches in the Forerunner series for professional runners and ordinary users involved in sports. The Forerunner 45 (42mm) and Forerunner 45S (39mm) are aimed at beginner runners. These smart watches have a 1,04-inch display with a resolution of 208 × 208 pixels, a built-in GPS/GLONASS/Galileo navigation system receiver, and a heart rate sensor. The devices allow [...]
Mozilla has warned of widespread problems with Firefox add-ons. For all browser users, add-ons were blocked due to the expiration of the certificate used to generate digital signatures. In addition, it is noted that it is impossible to install new add-ons from the official AMO catalog (addons.mozilla.org). A way out of this situation has not yet been found, Mozilla developers are considering possible solutions and so far [...]
AMD has unveiled a new version of its Vega brand logo, which will be used in professional Radeon Pro graphics accelerators. In this way, the company further separates its professional video cards from consumer ones: now the difference will be not only in color (red for consumer and blue for professional), but also in the logo itself. The original Vega logo was formed by two regular […]
be quiet! officially introduced the Dark Rock Slim processor cooling system, samples of which were demonstrated in January at the CES 2019 electronics exhibition. Dark Rock Slim is a universal tower cooler. The design includes a copper base, an aluminum heatsink and four 6mm diameter copper heat pipes. The device is blown by a 120mm Silent Wings 3 fan with a rotation speed of up to […]
The Austrian company Noctua, since its founding back in 2005, has been working closely with the Austrian Institute of Heat Transfer and Fans, so at almost every major exhibition of Hi-Tech achievements it presents its new developments in the field of cooling systems for personal computer components. However, unfortunately, these cooling systems do not always reach mass production. Hard to tell, […]
Razer has announced the release of a toaster. Yes, a regular kitchen toaster that toasts bread. And this is not a month-late April Fool's joke. Although it all started with an April Fool's joke back in 2016. Three years ago, Razer announced it was working on Project BreadWinner, which supposedly would create a device that would fry toast with the […]
