Huawei has officially unveiled its second-generation Mate Xs foldable and MatePad Pro 5G tablet at a closed-door launch event in Barcelona.
The event went ahead, even though MWC 2020 was cancelled due to concerns over the spread of coronavirus, with the duo given top billing during a live-streamed launch event.
Both devices will rely heavily on the Huawei AppGallery, which will be the default…
As we continue to hear rumors that a new iPad Pro revision is coming in the spring, Ben Geskin shared photos of supposed cases for the new hardware. Mirroring CAD leaks from the end of the year, the eye is naturally drawn to the new square hole for the expected new…
Security demo reminds iOS users that any app (or widget) can read the clipboard silently
February 24, 2020
A new demo from researchers at Mysk shines a light on the free, unrestricted, access all apps have to the iOS clipboard.
In the video, the developers create a dummy app that simply prints out the information gleaned from the clipboard. When the user copies an image, the app…
MIT CSAIL’s radars map hidden features to help driverless cars navigate snowy terrain
February 24, 2020
Inclement weather — particularly rain and snow — threaten to stop autonomous vehicles in their tracks. That’s because precipitation covers cameras critical to the cars’ self-awareness and tricks sensors into perceiving obstacles that aren’t there. Plus, bad weather has a tendency to obscure road signage and structures that normally serve as navigational landmarks.
Fortunately…
Five staple iPhone apps that I use each day
February 23, 2020
I have quite a few third-party apps installed on my iPhone, but there are several staple apps that I use regularly that I’d have a hard time doing without.
These apps include Apollo, the excellent full-featured Reddit client, NetNewsWire, a legendary RSS reader reimagined…
AI is not just another technology project
February 23, 2020
AI, unlike any other initiative is a business transformation enabler and not another technology system implementation that business users need to be trained on. Traditionally, businesses choose either the classic waterfall approach of linear tasks, or the agile approach…
This week’s top stories: Apple March event rumors, default apps on iOS, iPhone 9, and more
February 23, 2020
In this week’s top stories: A fake iPhone 9 makes the rounds, new iOS 13.4 beta, watchOS 6.1.3 is released for everyone, March Apple keynote rumors, and more. Read on for all of this week’s biggest news.
Leading off this week, Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri made headlines for explaining why the company hasn’t adopted the iPad yet. According to Mosseri, the reason for Instagram’s iPhone-only…
When the mobile-based Minecraft Earth was announced last year, it immediately drew comparisons to Pokémon Go because of its use of augmented reality and location-based activities. But it was very different (as senior editor Jess Conditt will attest), since it…
AI discovers antibiotic that kills even highly resistant bacteria
February 23, 2020
The use of AI to discover medicine appears to be paying off. MIT scientists have revealed that their AI discovered an antibiotic compound, halicin (named after 2001‘s HAL 9000), that can not only kill many forms of resistant bacteria but do so in a novel way.
Spin Master's new NinjaBots are cute little killers
February 22, 2020
Do you remember the old Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon from the ’80s? Shredder’s minions were all featureless humanoid robots, which our heroes could could slice and dice without guilt. At this year’s Toy Fair, Spin Master’s new product answers the question: What if the ninjas were the robots?
Unlike the Foot Clan, NinjaBots aren’t human shaped; they’re…
