Smartglasses are slowly advancing, maybe becoming a mainstream consumer product that companies like Facebook and Apple will eventually try to sell us. In the meantime, designing commercial versions for business might still be the best landing spot for hardware makers. Lenovo’s new ThinkReality A3 AR smartglasses, announced at this year’s virtual CES and coming in mid-2021, is
An expanded foldables lineup. More 5G phones. Smarter gadgets. Computers, TVs, home appliances and a host of other devices. Maybe even lower prices. After a crazy 2020, this new year could be one of Samsung’s busiest yet. To take advantage of the opportunity 2021 brings, the South Korean company needs to be bolder to regain its status as an innovation powerhouse, while also
The City of Peachtree Corners in Gwinnett County, Georgia has launched a new solar roadway system that produces energy for an electric vehicle (EV) charging station at city hall. Separately, the city has also revealed a new EV fast-charging plaza for up to 16 vehicles. The plaza is the inaugural project in Peachtree Corners’ new EV
President Donald Trump continued tweeting Friday evening using the government-owned @POTUS account, despite having his @realDonaldTrump account permanently suspended by Twitter earlier in the day. “As I have been saying for a long time, Twitter has gone further and further in banning free speech, and tonight, Twitter employees have coordinated with the Democrats and Radical Left in
THE STOCK MARKET ENDS the first trading week of the year with new record highs. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 0.18% at 31,097 points, the S&P 500 pointed up 0.55% at 3,824 points and the Nasdaq increased 1.03% today, ending at 13,201 points. Markets shrugged at the disappointing December jobs report, which showed
NASA has big hopes for 2021, with one of its main goals to launch Artemis I, an uncrewed moon mission meant to show its Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket can send humans to our lunar neighbor. But first, NASA plans to make noise with a fiery SLS test this month. NASA is nearing the
There have always been apps that let you control your TV from an iPhone or iPad, but in my experience, these apps don’t work very well or have limited features — even the official apps from TV manufacturers. Now I’ve been testing “TV Remote,” which is not a new app, but it was updated today
There are big infotainment displays. And then there’s Mercedes-Benz’s “Hyperscreen.” The German automaker just unveiled a mammoth, pillar-to-pillar, 56-inch touchscreen that will debut in the upcoming EQS luxury electric sedan. The Hyperscreen is the centerpiece of the automaker’s second generation MBUX infotainment system that eschews physical buttons in favor of a completely digital (and voice-controlled) in-car user experience.
The extraordinary and violent scenes that consumed the US Capitol building on Wednesday have dominated news coverage across the world. The Guardian carries a scene from the Capitol’s rotunda, filled with a pro-Trump mob waving the flag of their leader: “Chaos as pro-Trump mob storms US Capitol”. Prominence is given to a quote from the US president-elect, Joe Biden,
In a twist on the first stimulus check, the IRS and Treasury Department have nine more days to send all the $600 stimulus payments they can. That’s when they hit a Jan. 15 deadline to stop making payments through direct deposit, paper checks and EIP cards. (If you want to get an idea for what you could expect, try out out
