October 21, 2019 Pixel 4 and 4 XL review: A slightly flawed taste of the future After Google started making its own smartphones in 2016, it quickly fell into a predictable pattern: Those devices would pack clean software, take surprisingly…
October 21, 2019 Amazon’s Fire tablets and Kindles are on sale for everyone Last month, Amazon introduced some hefty discounts on its Fire tablets and Kindle e-readers, but those discounts were only available to Prime subscribers. Now,…
October 21, 2019 The Morning After: The battery-saving power of dark mode on iPhones Hey, good morning! Welcome back! This week is reviews week, so you can expect verdicts on Microsoft's new Surface family, Google's new Pixel phones…
October 21, 2019 Rocket Lab plans to send payloads to the Moon Rocket Lab has been increasing the altitude of its missions in recent months, but now it wants to venture much, much farther. The private…
October 21, 2019 Google will fix Pixel 4 face unlock issue with ‘eyes open’ update Shortly after Google's Pixel 4 launch last week, the BBC discovered that its Face Unlock biometric security system would unlock your phone, even if…
October 21, 2019 Test shows dark mode really can save battery life on OLED iPhones Dark mode is a key feature on iOS 13, but can it really extend your iPhone's battery life? If it's an OLED model, the…
October 20, 2019 Los Angeles Fire Department wants to double its drone fleet It's not just law enforcement finding success with drones. The Los Angeles Fire Department's Battalion Chief Richard Field told TechCrunch that he intended to…
October 20, 2019 Sonar drone helps find a WWII Japanese aircraft carrier The late Paul Allen's underwater robotics are still achieving firsts in discovering long-lost warships. Vulcan's research vessel Petrel and its two robotic vehicles have…
October 20, 2019 Next-gen hearing implants could overcome inner ear damage Many hearing implants won't help people with inner ear damage or auditory nerve problems, but the brainstem implants that do frequently do an incomplete…
October 20, 2019 Amazon sellers are shipping long-expired food Whole Foods thrives on freshness, but Amazon's online store? Not so much. CNBC reports that Amazon's third-party sellers are all-too-frequently shipping food that has…