NewsSpace

Water-Tracking SWOT Satellite Encapsulated in Rocket Payload Fairing

December 10, 2022
The SWOT satellite, or the Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission, is now encapsulated in its payload fairing in preparation for launch. Technicians at the SpaceX processing facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California completed the operation and will soon mate the fairing to the top of a Falcon 9 rocket. The fairing protects the satellite from aerodynamic pressure and heating during…
Read more
GamingNews

Bayonetta Origins revealed, launches on March 17 on Switch

December 10, 2022
Connect with gaming and metaverse leaders online at GamesBeat Summit: Into the Metaverse 3 this February 1-2. Register here. In what is perhaps penance for making fans wait so long for Bayonetta 3, Nintendo revealed it’s making a new Bayonetta title. Called Bayonetta…
MobileNews

Google Keep for Wear OS rolling out richer notes feed

December 10, 2022
Following two new tiles for sunset/sunrise and favorite contacts, Google Keep for Wear OS is beginning to roll out its updated notes feed. Keep saw a Wear OS 3/Material You redesign in September that greatly modernized the app’s look. Google is now building on that by…
MobileNews

Google Slides now lets you ‘Follow’ people through a deck

December 10, 2022
Google wants to improve the real-time editing experience in Slides with a “Follow” feature that lets you jump to whatever page a specific user is viewing. Tapping another person’s avatar in the Google Slides top bar will let you follow and “move with them as they navigate and make changes to a presentation.” This joins the highlight around the slide in the filmstrip view. To stop…
Read more
MobileNews

Google Tensor G2: How has the signal strength and speed improved on Pixel 7?

December 10, 2022
One of the biggest problems that Google’s Pixel 6 series suffered from over time was an unreliable modem. Compared to other Android devices, the Samsung modem used with Google Tensor just wasn’t up to the task. How does Google Tensor G2 compare in the modem department? We put the Pixel 7 and Pixel 6 head to head to see how they compare with signal strength and speed to find out. The Pixel 6…
Read more
MobileNews

iOS 16 adoption hits 69% thanks to nice features, here’s how that compares to Android

December 10, 2022
iOS 16 adoption continues to grow as Apple sells more iPhone 14 units and resolves some of the early software bugs. According to the latest data from Mixpanel, iOS 16 is now installed on 68.95% of iPhones three months after release, a number that outpaces Android adoption of the latest software. iOS 16 adoption numbers impress Mixpanel is a third-party analytics company that bases its iOS…
Read more