Gadgets

Gone are the days when outer space was the exclusive purview of government and defense. Now, we’re in a period often called “New Space,” in which commercial ventures are leading the way in carving out new markets and use cases for space. But as the past five years have vividly illustrated, government and defense have…

If you’ve been feeling a lack of “something” in your home theater sound, chances are you’re at a loss for bass, which is where a subwoofer comes into play. Designed to do all the heavy lifting for the lower frequencies of your surround system, a subwoofer is capable of tapping into the kind of rumble-friendly…

Germany’s Federal Cartel Office (FCO) is claiming credit for Meta untying its virtual reality headsets from its social accounts — a change of direction the company announced back in August, when it began to roll out Meta accounts and Meta Horizon Profiles, saying these accounts could be used to log into its virtual reality products…

One of the most notable changes to arrive with iOS 16 was a massively overhauled lock screen customization system. Apple went all-in with the new feature, blending aesthetics with a functional flair brought to life by nifty widgets. Samsung soon followed suit with its own take on a deep lock screen customization system that made…

Foldable smartphones are already exciting. The dual-purpose devices give you both a small and a large screen all in one handy package, and it’s down to you whether you want that unfolded screen to be tablet-like, or smartphone-like. Samsung has control of the market at the moment, but challengers are beginning to emerge — and…

I’m worried about the Google Pixel Fold. I’m excited about Google’s first folding smartphone, but I lack faith, and with good reason. There’s a nagging doubt in my mind that when, or if, the Google Pixel Fold reaches store shelves, it will be rubbish. But when I think this, another part of me knows that…

Harvey, a startup building what it describes as a “copilot for lawyers,” today emerged from stealth with $5 million in funding led by the OpenAI Startup Fund, the tranche through which OpenAI and its partners are investing in early-stage AI companies tackling major problems. Also participating in the round was Jeff Dean, the lead of…

Smartphone shipments have been declining in what has been a rough year for mobile handsets, and that’s meant even more pressure on an already-precarious sliver of the mobile market: feature phones. Today, one of the players in that space, the feature phone operating system startup KaiOS, is getting a small financial injection that both speaks…