Creeping from just a finger’s width up to a few feet per year, slow-moving landslides occur naturally throughout the world. They typically are detected inching downslope in rocky areas with high seasonal precipitation and clay-rich soil, and they can take months to years – even centuries – to develop. Yet they can also bring sudden violence. Thousands of landslides are flowing, slipping…
It’s nearly time for the scientific heart of NISAR – short for NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar – an Earth science satellite being jointly built by NASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation, to ship out to its last stop before launching into orbit: southern…
The arrival of ChatGPT has led to a “code red” within Google and big changes on their way, but as reported last month, it seems Microsoft Bing will beat Google to the punch by simply integrating ChatGPT itself. Here’s what that will apparently look like.
Earlier this…
In 2022 Samsung was hit with outrage from fans over “GOS,” a tweak to how Galaxy phones worked that throttled performance to an extent. A year later, that “feature” is still in place, but on the Galaxy S23, “GOS” is at least optional.
When “GOS” was first discovered, it was explained as an optimization in Samsung’s software which would hold the CPU/GPU back when playing games.
Vivo X90 and X90 Pro launch internationally, but X90 Pro Plus and its killer camera isn’t
February 4, 2023
Earlier today Vivo announced that the company’s newest flagship phones, Vivo X90 and Vivo X90 Pro, are going to be available globally.
Vivo’s latest lineup of devices all come with 6.78-inch 120Hz AMOLED displays. The X90 Pro and X90 have a resolution of…
In a continued pattern, Samsung has yet again shipped its latest flagship without support for a years-old Android feature. Yet again, the Galaxy S23 series doesn’t support seamless updates.
For the sixth year in a row, Samsung has skipped out on support for seamless…
Galaxy Watch 5 and Watch 4 ‘raise to wake’ gesture is broken following latest Wear OS updates
February 4, 2023
The Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 5 have proved to be some of the best smartwatches for Android users, but they’re still not immune to the occasional issue. Lately, some Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 5 owners have reported issues with “raise to wake” not working properly.
“Raise to wake” is a fairly standard feature on smartwatches, with the option allowing users to see the time…
Google’s most iconic Pixel ad aired 4 years ago (and the Childish Gambino song still isn’t out)
February 4, 2023
With the Grammys being this weekend, it’s the perfect opportunity to remind you that Google’s best, most iconic Pixel ad featuring Childish Gambino aired during the 2019 edition of the awards show.
To set the stage, we’re firmly in the Pixel 3 and 3 XL era with the…
Samsung’s Galaxy S23 series is the first flagship line from the company that uses Qualcomm Snapdragon chips globally, and the good news is that “Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy” is manufactured by TSMC too.
In 2022, Qualcomm launched the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 which was a…
Google Docs and Slides adding eyedropper tool to color picker
February 4, 2023
Google is making a small but profound usability tweak by adding an eyedropper tool to the color picker in Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drawings.
Today, the color dropdown in those four apps is split into “Solid” and “Gradient.” If the default 10×8 grid don’ts have the shade you’re looking for, you can tap the Custom ‘plus’ button to enter a Hex color code or use the tool…
