FaceApp is not a new application, but it is currently living through a sort of ”renessaince” thanks to thousands of people using a new option to make their faces look older, therefore taking a peek at what they might look like in a dozen or so or more years. It is a fun thing to do, but, as is the case with many fun activities, there is a dark ...
Withings, a known developer of iPhone-connected health devices, has jut launched two new blood pressure monitors, BPM Core and the BPM Connect. BPM Core is an all-in-one device that can simultaneously record an electrocardiogram, measure blood pressure and listen to the heart via a digital stethoscope, all of that in just a minute and a half. As for the BPM Connect, ...
In his Sunday TV appearance, Peter Thiel said that he believes Google needs to be investigated by both FBI and CIA due to the company's treasonous, as he put it, decision to work not with the US government but with the Chinese military instead. As is often the case in such, err, cases, Thiel has no evidence of Google's wrongdoing: nevertheless, billionaire ...
Ah, Australia. You never fail to bring a smile to my face with your tech-related news. Today I had the pleasure - and now you, the readers, will - of learning about Bruce, the Aussie Slang Bot. Bruce is a Facebook app designed for tourists. Its main objective is to quickly translate Australian slang terms into English that can be actually understood ...
Many people have problems with Apple blockade called Find my iPhone (iCloud). Find My iPhone is a special security option available for all Apple products. The owner of the device creates a special login and password for his/her device. The information is not stored on any servers or websites so there is no way even for Apple company to know your ...
According to the Tech blog Ata Distance, the leak that has later been officially confirmed by Octopus Cards Limited, iOS 13 will be released with built-in support for the Octopus contactless payment system. Snippet of the code has been spotted in Apple's online JSON-based Apple Pay pass identifie; it showed references to Octopus. iOS 13 will hit Apple ...
Maybe that is because they do not use electric watches? :D According to the scientists from the University of Cambridge, energy consumption of Bitcoin mining has reached great/hilarious/horrible proportions. Using a so-called CBECI (Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index) engine, the scientists calculated that Bitcoin mining is responsible ...
Gunfight will consist of six short rounds, 40 seconds each. Two teams of two players each will fight in small maps made specifically for this game mode. Gunfight will not allow for healing or picking up teammates - the whole point is for the matches to be fast and short. Interestingly, players will not pick up their own weapons. Instead, the game will ...
Access to these graphics has been granted to the German website Winfuture.de. The new pictures show front, back and sides (in this link - https://ocdn.eu/pulscms-transforms/1/aMNk9kpTURBXy8yMWNhNWE3YWQxZGQ5ZWQ5NDRiNzVmZmY2MDE1ODExOC5qcGeSlQLNAxQAwsOVAgDNAvjCw4GhMAU) of the upcoming device. Some of the more noteworthy elements of Note 10's design are selfie ...
Posters depicting Huawei's upcoming superproduct have just popped up in the company's store in China. The poster does not depict Mate X's specific release date, but its very existence suggests that it will take place soon. Rumour is that Mate X will be released in China at the turn of July and August: release date for the rest of the world is unknown. ...
The very first Samsung smartphone with a rotating camera can now be pre-ordered in the United Kingdom. Phone's price is £579; upon pre-ordering, it will reach its buyers on July 19th. If you pre-order now, you will also receive a free bonus in form of a pair of AKG Y500 wireless headphones, normally worth £129.
Xinjiang, border crossing between China and Kyrgyzstan. There, chinese border agents have requisitioned some of the Muslim tourists crossing into China to hand over their smartphones, as well as share any passwords and unlock codes they deem neccessary. Border agents then analyze the tourist's smartphones via a spyware application, scanning it for one or more ...