"You look like you are dressed up for work," my friend commented as he saw me at a rafting event last month. For those who do not know me, thinking I showed up to a rafting trip in dress pants and tie would have been the completely wrong impression. I simply wore a T-shirt, shorts, and flip flops. Of course, most places would probably frown at people showing up to work in such attire even if they do not have an official dress code, but being...
A couple of weeks back, my colleague Jonathan and I had an afternoon free so we decided to go to our local Jeep dealer to try out their cars. To be clear, I have no interest in driving a Jeep, but we were there because they supposedly had a promotion to test drive a car. While this did not end up panning out, both Jonathan and I wanted to still try different cars so the dealer split us up and we drove around. Up to that point, it was clear I...
From PC Mag: If you like the idea of the tiny NUC barebones desktop PC, but want more performance and the option of adding a graphics card, Intel looks set to deliver exactly that with its next-generation Quartz Canyon NUC.
As Tom's Hardware reports, an Intel product brochure marked as...
From The Verge: One day after releasing the final beta of Android Q, Google is making its most direct case yet for why Q’s new gesture navigation controls are an improvement over what came before. The Verge reported on the company’s reasoning earlier today, and now Google has posted a more thorough...
From CNET: Since being blacklisted in May by US President Donald Trump, Huawei has been rumoured to be working on its own operating system. We've heard that it's called Hongmeng, that it's designed to work across smart devices and power Huawei's phones as an alternative to Google's Android. On...
From The Verge: Google is making its new augmented reality walking directions, known now as Google Maps Live View, available to a much wider range of Android phones and the iPhone today. The AR walking directions first appeared on Google’s Pixel phones earlier this year, showing real-time navigation...
From PC Mag: Valve has changed its policy with regards to how easy it is to change the release date of forthcoming games on Steam. Any change now requires approval by Valve.
As PCGamesN reports, news of the change came via Reddit user HeadlessIvan who works for an indie label publisher. When...
From CNET: The Nintendo Switch is reportedly getting a screen upgrade. The video game console will start using IGZO displays from Sharp, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday. Sharp says its IGZO, or indium gallium zinc oxide, displays offer high resolution, low energy...
From The Verge: Twitter is testing a new feature that lets you snooze notifications from its app for a short period of time. The feature, which was discovered by app researcher Jane Manchun Wong in the code for Twitter’s Android app, allows you to pause push notifications for one, three, or 12 hours...
From PC Mag: The continued push for thinner and lighter laptops has seen more of the components they use become non-removable. However, Toshiba is set to offer a tiny alternative to the soldered-down BGA SSDs that have become common by introducing a new storage form factor.
As AnandTech reports, at...
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