You may have less juice than you think. Tim Stevens/Roadshow If you own a Chevrolet Bolt, you may be in for a sudden awakening. GM has notified a few hundred owners of the all-electric car that it may have a faulty battery that would cause a false range reading. PluginCars.com […]
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Anker’s SoundCore 2 is a popular mini Bluetooth speaker on Amazon. It costs $35 (£42 in the UK, AU$99 in Australia), plays pretty loud for its small size, is water-resistant and has excellent battery life. That’s all good — and the SoundCore 2 is a perfectly fine little wireless speaker […]
Liver fluke eggs are often where they’re not wantedCDC Public Health Image Library By Colin Barras It might have been what the doctor ordered, but it didn’t do the patient much good. A 375-year-old mummified man discovered in South Korea had a parasitic liver infection caught by eating raw shellfish, […]
Water buffalo grazing in a Welsh marshJoan Gravel/Alamy By Fred Pearce Moose and water buffalo do a lot of munching and trampling, so it might seem a bad thing that these large animals have escaped their native realms and invaded other regions. But there appears to be an upside to […]
Samsung unveiled its latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy Note 8, at a press conference in New York City yesterday. The next-generation phablet ships with a 6.3-inch dual-curved Quad HD+ Super AMOLED, updated S Pen stylus and iris scanner. It is also the first Samsung smartphone to include a dual-camera set-up. […]
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 […]
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. […]