Garmin continues to go head-to-head with Fitbit with the launch of its latest offering — the vivosmart 4 activity tracker. This sleek new wristband not only tracks steps, activities and gives you the weather but also comes with a blood oxygen sensor and will tell you how much energy you have saved up for your […]
View More Taking a spin with Garmin’s vivosmart 4 activity tracker, out todayCategory: Electronics
I, for one, welcome our robotic ukulele overlords
It is unclear where the UkuRobot came from and where it will go once it is done with humanity but I fear that it is up to no good. Look at this robot: small, compact, infinitely complex. Its fretting system stares at us, gimlet -eyed, while the plucking system continues its dark work on the […]
View More I, for one, welcome our robotic ukulele overlordsDixons Carphone now says ~8.8M more customers affected by 2017 breach
A Dixons Carphone data breach that was disclosed earlier this summer was worse than initially reported. The company is now saying that personal data of 10 million customers could also have been accessed when its systems were hacked. The European electronics and telecoms retailer believes its systems were accessed by unknown and unauthorized person/s in 2017, although […]
View More Dixons Carphone now says ~8.8M more customers affected by 2017 breachDrone development should focus on social good first, says UK report
A UK government backed drone innovation project that’s exploring how unmanned aerial vehicles could benefit cities — including for use-cases such as medical delivery, traffic incident response, fire response and construction and regeneration — has reported early learnings from the first phase of the project. Five city regions are being used as drone test-beds as […]
View More Drone development should focus on social good first, says UK reportNext iPhone could be available in grey, white, blue, red and orange
According to a supply chain report, Apple is preparing to release three iPhone lines this fall. One, a 5.8-inch iPhone X with improved specs and lower price. Two, a new 6.5-inch iPhone X Plus with an OLED screen. And three, a 6.1-inch iPhone with Face ID, which is said to come in a variety of […]
View More Next iPhone could be available in grey, white, blue, red and orangeGear for making outdoor fitness more enjoyable
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View More Gear for making outdoor fitness more enjoyableThe UDOO BOLT is a powerful computer on a tiny board
When we last met UDOO the team was building a powerful Raspberry Pi-based DIY board with a bunch of impressive features including more ports and a better processor. Now the team behind the first units has released the UDOO BOLT, a DIY board that can run “AAA games” thanks to a built-in AMD Ryzen Embedded […]
View More The UDOO BOLT is a powerful computer on a tiny boardTrov launches its on-demand personal property insurance services in the U.S.
Trov, the on-demand personal property insurance service, is launching in the U.S., the company announced today. Trov’s first port of call in the U.S. will be Arizona. The service is already available to customers in the UK and Australia who have signed up to insure items 1 million times since the company first launched its […]
View More Trov launches its on-demand personal property insurance services in the U.S.This could be Apple’s next iPhone USB-C fast charger
Right now, the cable that comes with a new iPhone does not plug into a new MacBook Pro without a dongle. #donglelife is for real. If this leak is correct, though, that wrong might soon be righted. Photos have surfaced showing what is an engineering prototype of an Apple 18 W USB-C charger, which is […]
View More This could be Apple’s next iPhone USB-C fast chargerBuild your own L3-37 droid complete with voice interaction
Robot maker Patrick Stefanski has created a 3D-printed – and animated – model of L3-37, the droid in the recent Solo movie. L3-37 is one of the funnest – and woks – droids in recent memory and this recreation is fun and ingenious. Stefanski used Alexa voice controls to let the robot head respond to […]
View More Build your own L3-37 droid complete with voice interactionSerenade the world with this portable karaoke microphone
Sing so everyone can hear you with this portable karaoke mic. Get your own PopSolo for $14.94 here. Read more…More about Mashable Video, Party, Electronics, Singing, and Sing
View More Serenade the world with this portable karaoke microphoneSoutheast Asia e-commerce startup iPrice raises $4M led by chat app Line’s VC arm
iPrice, a service that aggregates Southeast Asia’s e-commerce websites in a single destination, has pulled in new funding led by messaging app Line’s VC arm, Line Ventures. The round is officially undisclosed, but TechCrunch understands from a source close to negotiations that it is worth around $4 million. Existing iPrice backers Cento Ventures (formerly known as […]
View More Southeast Asia e-commerce startup iPrice raises $4M led by chat app Line’s VC arm