Old computers can be repurposed as media streamers pretty easily, but the interface of Windows or Linux isn’t exactly ideal for surfing for content from your sofa. Now, developers have successfully ported Google’s Android TV platform over to x86-based machines.
As highlighted by the folks over at XDA, Android TV x86 delivers the interface we’ve come to know and love on devices such as the…
TVA announces two new solar farms for Google and Vanderbilt
November 16, 2020
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) last week announced that two 100-megawatt solar farms are being built in the Tennessee Valley to supply green energy for Vanderbilt University in Nashville and Google data centers in Bridgeport, Alabama, and Clarksville, Tennessee.
In…
Tesla stops selling $35,000 Model 3 with new 2021 model year refresh
November 16, 2020
Tesla has stopped selling the $35,000 version of the Model 3 altogether — which has been somewhat elusive ever since its launch — with the new 2021 model year refresh.
Long before ever delivering a Model 3, CEO Elon Musk promised that it would be the electric car for…
Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro to have QHD+ display, 120 Hz refresh rate
November 16, 2020
Xiaomi is expected to be among the first companies to launch a phone with the Snapdragon 875 – the Mi 11 and Mi 11 Pro. According to one leakster, the Pro version will also have a very intriguing display with QHD+ resolution and 120 Hz refresh rate.
The new screen of the Mi 11 Pro will be a massive upgrade over the Mi 10 Pro that brings a 1080p resolution and “just” 90 Hz refresh rate.
Oppo Inno Day is a yearly conference where the Chinese company reveals its latest innovations. Last year’s edition saw an under-display camera, and tomorrow we’re expecting a smartphone with 125W fast charging.
The company is also going to introduce a concept device…
SEALs, Green Berets Join Large Defense Drill in Sweden
November 16, 2020
Swedish Special Forces together with U.S. Navy Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewman and Special Reconnaissance Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) operators assigned to Naval Special Warfare Command perform UUV launch and recovery training utilizing a Combatant Craft Medium…
It’s now clear just how Apple stuffed a high-end smartphone into the iPhone 12 mini’s diminutive frame. iFixit has finished a teardown of the 12 mini that reveals just what Apple sacrificed in the name of size. The battery is an expectedly smaller 8.57Wh versus the 10.78Wh in the regular iPhone 12, although that’s still larger than the 6.96Wh from the iPhone SE. However, that’s not the…
Hands-on: iPhone 12 mini versus iPhone 12 Pro Max design
November 16, 2020
The iPhone 12 mini and iPhone 12 Pro Max have officially arrived, marking the largest and the smallest iPhones ever made with Apple’s edge-to-edge design language. Here’s how the two devices, which are on the opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of both size and price…
Apple’s new ‘Everyday Experiments’ video encourages at-home creativity with iPhone 12
November 16, 2020
Apple has shared a new “Experiments” video on its YouTube channel, shot on the iPhone 12. Apple’s “Experiments’ videos have become popular over the last several years as a way to showcase iPhone camera features, and today’s new iPhone 12 footage focuses on…
Tesla Model S refresh rendered based on new Roadster – Dope or Nope?
November 16, 2020
Tesla recently brought a small design refresh to the Model 3, but a bigger refresh is believed to be coming to the Model S program.
Now someone tried to imagined what it would look like based on the new Roadster.
Dope or Nope?
Tesla first brought the Model S to market back in 2012.
The electric sedan has been slighlty updated over the years, but design-wise, it has remained mostly unchanged since…
