On top of the screen is a notch that houses a 1080p camera for video calls, with a bigger sensor that allows in twice as much light as the previous MacBook Pro, so expect better video call performance in dim rooms. But unlike the notch in the iPhone, there’s no TrueDepth camera system here, which […]
Last year at Amazon’s annual fall hardware event, Ring (which is owned by Amazon) showed off a drone designed to capture video inside your home. Ring didn’t exactly call it a drone—it was dubbed the Ring Always Home Cam—but it was an autonomous flying device with plastic-encased propellers as well as cameras and microphones that […]
Just like its predecessor, the Surface Pro X includes a 13-inch touchscreen display, up to 15 hours of battery life, up to 16 GB of RAM, and runs on Microsoft’s very own custom processors. Surface Pro 8 Photograph: Microsoft The Surface Pro 8, on the other hand, brings improvements to both the inside and out. […]
The pandemic’s time elasticity vortex may have you constantly wondering what day it is, but there’s at least one certainty in gadget land each fall: Apple will launch a new iPhone. Apple is hosting its annual fall hardware event this morning, and, as usual, the entire tech industry (and anyone who’s been thinking it’s time […]
Citizen, the app that tracks local crime and lets users film incidents as they happen, has launched a new subscription service. It’s called Protect, and it enables subscribers who pay the $20 monthly fee to contact Citizen’s team of virtual security agents for help whenever they feel threatened. Tuesday’s update marks a significant change in […]
Thomas Howard: When we first started to think about Nothing, there was this idea to ‘own’ transparency. We’re not going to win the tech race, that’s for sure. But if we want to even have a chance, we need to get really good at engineering. So let’s just do away with the facade, get rid […]
Remember when web browsers were useful tools? Remember when you could follow sites you liked, check your email, and see your calendar, all without leaving the browser? Or, I should say, remember when you could do all that without Big Tech feeding your personal data into the yawning maw of surveillance capitalism? I remember those […]
As always, the new software we see on Monday won’t roll out to the broader public until later this year, though software developers and eager beta testers can expect to get access to it sooner. MacOS The newest version of macOS will be numeral 12. Its name is still a mystery, though Apple is likely […]
The Lyft ebike’s display between the handlebars will show basic ride data (like speed and battery level) and has a speaker to announce instructions for unlocking and parking. But the company says it’s toying with other uses, such as navigation. That brings us to the next big improvement: connectivity. Unlike current ebikes in Lyft’s fleets, […]
Importantly, Photos users can control which photos show up in these collections. You can remove specific photos from memories, rename the memories, or prevent specific photos from ever showing up. This is a boon for anyone who’s lived through a heavily photographed life experience they’d rather forget. On the creepier end of things, the company […]