Bluetooth is getting a new spin-off standard for audio, called LE (low-energy) Audio, announced by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG). This is different from general Bluetooth formats like Bluetooth 5 — this is a new standard for Bluetooth audio specifically.
The advantages of the LE Audio format over traditional Bluetooth include native support for devices like hearing aids and…
Sony had PlayStation boss Jim Ryan take the stage during the company’s Consumer Electronics Show keynote this evening in Las Vegas to talk gaming and reveal a logo. Surprise! The PlayStation 5 logo (pictured above) looks a lot like the PlayStation 4 logo. But if you look…
When the Bluetooth SIG announced the power-efficient Bluetooth LE/Bluetooth Smart standard nearly a decade ago, users expected that long-lasting wireless headphones and speakers would quickly follow — but that didn’t happen, as LE’s dramatic power reductions were…
Five years ago, the American Red Cross, the British Red Cross, the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, and Doctors Without Borders kicked off the Missing Maps project, a humanitarian endeavor that aims to preemptively map parts of the world vulnerable to conflicts, natural disasters, and disease epidemics. So far, its cartographers have contributed data on towns and cities in countries such as South…
During a press conference at the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show, Intel gave an update its efforts with respect to its AI and machine learning. The details were a bit hard to come by, but it gave a glimpse at the performance that can be expected from its future Xeon Scalable…
Since Android Pie, being able to put applications split-screen has changed. So this may be why you might be wondering how to enable split-screen now that you have updated to Android 10.
In previous versions of Android, you had to have multiple apps already open in the…
AMD reveals Xbox Series X ports in a sizzle reel (updated)
January 7, 2020
You might not have to wait for Microsoft to detail the Xbox Series X’s connectivity — AMD just did. As part of a sizzle reel for its CES presentation, the chip designer produced a 360-degree view of the Series X that put its rear ports on full display. And… it’s very familiar if you’re an Xbox One X owner. Like the existing console, the Series X’s backside will…
Nokia 6.1 Plus gets Android 10
January 7, 2020
Back in December HMD released its Android 10 update roadmap which showed us the next Nokia devices scheduled to receive the latest version of Googles OS.
Now the, Nokia 6.1 Plus has officially received the Android 10 update. Nokia Mobiles official Twitter handle…
Dell debuts an AMD Ryzen version of its G5 gaming laptop
January 6, 2020
Dell is expanding its G5 gaming laptop line with an unusual addition: AMD hardware under the hood. Its new G5 15 Special Edition will run on AMD’s new “Renoir-H” Ryzen laptop processors and Radeon RX 5600M graphics, giving you solid mid-tier performance if…
Acer is giving its thin-and-light Swift 3 laptop a useful shot in the arm. It just introduced two versions of the portable that use the latest chips from both AMD and Intel. The AMD-powered version, the 14-inch SF314-42, uses the brand new Ryzen 7 4700U to deliver reasonably brisk performance and WiFi 6 in a system that’s a comparatively svelte 2.6 pounds and 0.63 inches thick despite its…
