Blobmoji, a series of wobbly-bobbly emoji killed off by Google at the Android Oreo release, are coming back. Blobmoji are now available as sticker packs on the Google Keyboard GBoard. According to The Verge, they will also appear in the next Android Messages update. Most but not all of the original hundred Blobmoji are to make a return, alongside an unknown number of new ones.Gboard sticker pack should be available already; just download the add-on from the application’s menu. We do not know when will the Android Message update be ...

Cool, it has been a while since I wrote about Chinese knockoffs. Following an Apple-made (and stupid, or so I believe) trend of smartphones with notches, a Chinese company HOMTOM has decided to release its own iPhone X-lookalike.Specifications:– 5.85′ display, 18,9:9 ratio, HD+ resolution,– MediaTek MT6750T CPU, 1,5 GHz, eight cores,– Mali-T860 MP2 GPU,– 4 GB RAM and 64 GB flash memory, microSD up to 128GB,– dual 16 Mpix + 2 Mpix main camera, 8 Mpix selfie shooter,– facial recognition, fingerprint scanner,– Android 8.1 Oreo. We know nothing ...

Except they are not coming to our planet from Cybertron; instead they are being made by humans in Japan. Shunji Yamanaka from the University of Tokyo and Takayuki Furuta of the Future Robotics Technology Center (fuRo) at Chiba Institute of Technology have just unveiled their latest creation; a three-wheeler autonomous assistant slash self-driving vehicle. CanguRo performs two main functions. In his ”robot mode” he can follow you around and be basically your porter, carrying stuff for you. If you feel like walking is out of style and want to ride, he can transform into a ...

Dual cameras are nothing new in smartphones, and the three cameras setup is slowly creeping into the mainstream a la Huawei P20 Pro. Three cameras are nothing, though; what will you say about nine of them? Well, Light company has clearly said ”fine, lets do it”. The nine cameras smartphone project is currently under development by Light and funded by Foxconn. According to The Washington Post, Light has already created a working prototype. It is reportedly able to create 64mpx pictures, work extremely well in low light environment and create a wonderful depth of field. Light also ...

When happens when your news writer has too much time to spare? He writes about giant members, naturally. The mischevious manhood in question is carved into a dry lake bed outside of Geelong, Victoria, and is big enough for Google Maps to see it from space. Image first surfaced on the Facebook group Take The Piss Geelong, though the local community has reportedly already known about the carving for a few months. The carving may be remembered as the largest picture of a male organ to date. No group or single person has yet claimed responsibility for what has been dubbed an Aussie ...

New promotion has been announced by the US connection provide Verizon. It now offers a number of discounts for US military personnel as well as their families. Active-duty military, reservists, Gold Star families and veterans net 15% off one line, $35 off two lines, and $40 off three or more lines. This promotion also applies to Verizon’s Beyond Unlimited and Above Unlimited plans. Military families are also eligible for a $200 MasterCard prepaid card if they activate a new LTE phone on a new line. In order to receive the discount, one needs to log into their Verizon account and ...

Long story short, a huge data leak involving well over 120 million monthly users of a quiz website Nametests.com, which’ quizes Facebook published, has been found out on April 22nd. The finding has been done by one Inti De Ceukelaire from Belgium. IT turned out that the quiz website stored users’ data in extremely easily to hack JavaScript format. After Inti reported his findings to Facebook, it took the company two months to act – data leak was fixed on June 25-th. During this time the website was not closed and has been gathering more easily accessible information.Come ...

The history of this device has begun on the dark day when hilip Frenzel, mechatronics student on the University of Aalen, accidentally broke the display of his iPhone. Repairs did not work and a week later the display broke once more. Instead of shedding a tear over all the beers that he will not be able to afford and buying a new phone, Frenzel instead put his mind to work to create a device that will help everyone to avoid such nasty accidents in the future. Thus, the prototype of Spider-app was made.The device was made with simplicity and functionality in mind (it was mostly made via a ...

American scientists… no, seriously, bear with me. A group of engineers from the University of Michigan have created a 0.3mm computer that can measure temperature. Well, ”computer” is probably too big of a word, pun totally intended – this device has no long term memory and loses all of its data upon losing power. Fact is a fact, though – we have a complete, working electronic device that is a dozen times smaller than a grain of rice.This device will be used to measure temperature in extremely little objects, e.g. a group of cells inside a body. It might prove ...

… of how much time are you spending on the platform. This new, officially confirmed by the company feature will tell you how much time have you spent on FB in the last seven days. It will also show the average per day time that you were logged in. Another feature of this, erm, feature will be an option to set a timer to let us know when we have been on Facebook for too long.”Your Time On Facebook” is probably a part of Zuckerberg’s plan to make sure that people’s time on his website is ”well spent”. He is not the only one, too, as both YouTube, ...