Samsung will take the wraps off its next-generation Gear S smartwatch next week at IFA. The South Korean company confirmed to US news network CNBC that it plans to use the consumer technology conference to unveil the successor to the Gear S3. DJ Koh – the president of Samsung‘s mobile […]
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Samsung fans were finally treated to their first glimpse of the Galaxy Note 8 earlier this week as the Korean technology firm unveiled its all-new phablet. This giant 6.3-inch phone arrives almost a year after its predecessor was sensationally pulled from sale due to a battery defect that caused the device […]
Online dating is more popular than ever. You probably know some couples who’ve paired off after meeting on a matchmaking website. Mazel tov! But if you find the idea of meeting a potential soulmate from the internet IRL unsettling, oh boy, do I have a tale to spin for you. […]
Feel that nanopowerY.Zhang, A.Noy 2017 By Timothy Revell It sounds like a simple task: use ambient energy from your surroundings to do something handy, such as charge your iPod from the vibrations of your morning run. But few of the many energy-harvesting devices introduced over the past hundred years have […]
There’s an organism that will just love thisMatthieu Paley/National Geographic By Jop de Vrieze The microbes living in our gut could vary with the seasons, according to evidence from one of the few remaining groups of hunter-gatherers. Jeff Leach at the Human Food Project, a non-profit looking at the role of […]
Follow the moneyAPA-PictureDesk GmbH/REX/Shutterstock By Timothy Revell After Kubiiki Pride’s 13-year-old daughter disappeared, it took 270 days for her mother to find her. When she did, it was as an escort available to be rented out on an online classified web site. Her daughter had been drugged and beaten into […]
It’s 2017, and despite the mainstream popularity of sound bars there are still people who prefer the flexibility and power of a real AV receiver. While the mechanics of your basic receiver have never really changed — they still switch inputs and drive large sets of speakers — they now boast […]
Would a questionnaire help?vandervelden/Getty When you search for a medical condition online, would you also want to take a test for it then and there? Google has announced plans to offer people in the US searching for “depression” a clinically validated questionnaire so they can find out if they may […]