Today is the first day of December, and to ring in the holiday season, Google is running a series of Doodles celebrating the many holidays happening globally.
Today’s global Google Doodle, notably labeled as being “Day 1” of the “December Holidays” series, features a bird that flies in to decorate the usual Google logo with holiday lights. It’s implied from being “Day 1” that…
Android 11 stable begins rolling out for Poco F2 Pro w/ MIUI 12
December 1, 2020
The Android 11 update for the Xiaomi Poco F2 Pro has now begun rolling out for the mid-2020 flagship with the firm’s MIUI 12 skin.
Fans over on the official Xiaomi subreddit first spotted the stable update rolling out for Poco handsets after an extended beta phase…
Herbert Diess, the head of the Volkswagen group, has released a blog post discussing his effort to reform the giant automaker, including revealing ‘Mission T’, his plan to “catch up with Tesla”.
It comes as the executive forced a vote of confidence over his…
Sony confirms Android 11 road map for Xperia series
December 1, 2020
Despite not really making a dent in the wider smartphone space, Sony still maintains a large, loyal fanbase. With a small flagship lineup, it’s arguably far easier to for Sony to update their Xperia lines to Android 11.
The Japanese firm has now confirmed its Android 11 road map for selected Xperia devices including the Xperia 1 II, Xperia 5 II, Xperia 10 II, Xperia 1, and Xperia 5. That more…
As if mountain bikes weren’t already versatile enough, a new DIY conversion kit known as the Envo can turn a mountain bike into an electric snowmobile.
It’s not like electric snow bikes aren’t already a thing – there are plenty of powerful and well-equipped…
Qualcomm is the name of the game when it comes to high-end Android smartphones, and today we’re getting the first details on what’s next. For 2021, the processor we’ll see in many major Android phones will be the Snapdragon 888.
Succeeding the Snapdragon 865, the 888…
How Mark Kelly used conversational AI to help win a Senate seat
December 1, 2020
Conversational artificial intelligence has rapidly smartened and scaled since chatbots first entered mainstream social media in 2016. The first few iterations of chatbots on Facebook Messenger were simple, enabling restaurant reservations, flower deliveries, and other structured calls to action. Now, roughly one U.S. presidential term later, conversational experiences are increasingly intuitive.
Canon Considering More Lenses Like the RF 800mm and 600mm f/11
December 1, 2020
In an interview with Mynavi News, Canon’s Kengo Iezuka says that not only were the 800mm and 600mm f/11 lenses possible because of mirrorless design, but the success of these two lenses may lead to additional similarly-designed primes.
Kengo Iezuka is one of the executives…
Very rarely does a photographer only have one type of battery these days. From your camera’s battery, to rechargeable AAs, to drone batteries, it can be cumbersome to try and carry a charger for each when traveling. Bronine wants to change that with the Volkit.
The Volkit…
Samsung is working on an object tracker called Galaxy Smart Tag
December 1, 2020
Samsung is apparently looking to expand its Galaxy brand even further than before, this time to also encompass what seemingly will be a smart object tracker, akin to Tile. We’re assuming this will work in concert with Samsung’s SmartThings Find feature, which was unveiled recently. SmartThings Find can find compatible Galaxy products with more accuracy, and the upcoming Galaxy Smart…
