Gas stations are prime targets for credit card skimmers. A new app developed by scientists at the University of California San Diego can help law enforcement catch thieves before they take off with your card data. Known as Bluetana, the app works by detecting the Bluetooth signature of skimmers that are placed in the gas pumps.
“All criminals have to do is download the data from the comfort…
Robotic devices have been used to help people walk or run in rehabilitation settings, but until now, they’ve been tethered and limited to a single action, like walking or running. In a paper published in Science today, a team of researchers explain how they’re…
CBS is set to air the Nintendo World Championships later this month. The trio of esports tournaments — in which Super Mario Maker 2, Splatoon 2 and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate players duked it out — will debut on August 25th at 1 PM ET. The network will broadcast…
Apple releasing iOS 13 developer beta 7 today
August 15, 2019
Apple is releasing the seventh developer beta version of iOS 13 and iPadOS 13 (possibly alongside new seeds of watchOS 6, tvOS 13, and macOS Catalina) today. The release comes just over one week since the last round of releases — save for macOS Catalina which hasn’t been updated this month. Apple’s public beta builds should follow at a later date after the latest developer beta has been…
Xiaomi launched its latest Android One smartphone about a month ago in Spain. Now, the company has confirmed that India will get the Xiaomi Mi A3 on August 21st.
In case you missed the announcement in mid-July, the Xiaomi Mi A3 is an Android…
The Galaxy Note 10 has quite a few new features, but perhaps the ones Samsung spent the most time talking about at its Unpacked event were those that came from its Microsoft collaboration. One of those features, the handy “Link to Windows” shortcut, is now available on…
Sony is expanding the PlayStation 4’s DualShock 4 collection to include four new colors: “Electric Purple,” “Red Camouflage,” “Titanium Blue” and “Rose Gold.” And while all four of the new color variants look striking, we here at Engadget are particularly partial to the rose gold controller. Not only is the color itself beautiful, the two-tone…
Sony’s DualShock 4 controller for the PS4 already has dozens of color variants, but that’s not stopping the company from announcing a few more today: electric purple, titanium blue, rose gold, and red camouflage (for blending in to a bright red forest, I guess?).
All…
Soundboks' gigantic Bluetooth speaker is louder than ever
August 15, 2019
Portable Bluetooth speakers usually come in pint-sized pocketable versions or larger tabletop varieties that can push out decent sound to a group of people. The extra-large versions are rarely talked about or seen in the wild, but like exotic animals, they have a visceral…
The ‘new’ Nokia unveiled its first wave of Android phones a couple of years ago at MWC 2017, initially with two years of security updates promised. Good news though, if you own the Nokia 3, 5, 6, or 8, you’ll now get security patches until at least 2020.
Due to the various original release dates of each device, there is some discrepancy as to when support will end. So here is the full…
