TL; DR The European Commission has announced its latest move to introduce USB-C as the standard charging port for multiple digital devices. He cites consumer convenience and the reduction of electronic waste as motivating factors. The move would push companies like Apple to roll out USB-C instead of Lightning on iPhones. After its last failed…
The ocean is important to countless industries, but we still only have a rough idea of what it’s like as a whole at any given time. To foster a new generation of ocean-monitoring floats and other devices, Sofar Ocean Technologies and DARPA are publishing an open hardware standard called Bristlemouth so that researchers will have…
Death Stranding was ahead of its time, though not in the way you’re probably thinking. Usually, that’s an expression reserved for innovation that feels light-years ahead of the competition. In the case of Hideo Kojima’s polarizing “strand” game, I mean that the project quite literally launched before technology could do it full justice. Released in…
Smartphone fast charging should have completely altered the way in which we charge our Android devices, but it’s not clear just if that is the case. We’ve seen Android smartphones slowly but surely increase internal battery sizes to help keep up with our growing usage year-on-year. As such, slow charging speeds mean that it could…
Do you ever wish you could log out of a conversation? As an introvert, I do this quite often. While it is not always possible to unsubscribe from a conversation with someone else (and could potentially be viewed as impolite), unsubscribing from email is perfectly acceptable.
Panos Panay, Microsoft’s Chief Product Officer, announced five new Microsoft Surface products yesterday in his always serious, somewhat overdone style. It was a smooth show. It even went to a moment when the new Microsoft Surface Studio was being brought from the stage to the production area. Panay “borrowed” someone’s Surface Studio and spun cameras…
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Millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa and emerging markets continue to live without access to electricity. Some reports peg these numbers between 500 million and 2 billion people despite the prevalence of renewable energy providers in these regions. Zola Electric, one such provider, is announcing today that it has closed $90 million in new funding…
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