Friday, 10 August 2018

The Morning After: Galaxy Note 9 day and the 'RDR 2' trailer

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After Samsung’s big event, we’ve got all the Galaxy Note 9 (and Watch, and Home) news you need, right here. Prefer to catch the highlights yourself? We’ll run down the best parts of the event in this quick video. But that’s not all -- there’s a must-see new trailer for Red Dead Redemption 2, and we have a heads-up on the solar probe NASA plans to launch Saturday.

The 128GB model will cost $1,000, while a 512GB version is available for $1,250.

Samsung's Galaxy Note 9 is bigger and more powerful than ever

Samsung has unveiled the Galaxy Note 9 -- the latest in its flagship big-screen phone series. Like its predecessors, it comes with a stylus, which has gotten a refreshing makeover. Samsung also added an AI photography feature, updated the dual cameras and threw in some compelling performance improvements that power users will appreciate.

It touts a slightly larger 6.4-inch end-to-end 2,960 x 1,440 screen, a 4,000mAh battery that promises "all-day" use and a minimum 128GB of storage -- there's also a 512GB version that, with 512GB microSD cards, can give you a full terabyte of space. Also, now the S-Pen operates a BLE-connected remote control, its camera has help from Scene Optimizer AI software, its 10nm CPU uses a water-carbon cooling system and there’s a new Wireless Charger Duo stand to power-up a phone and watch at the same time. Oh, and yes, Fortnite for Android is available on Galaxy phones first.

At least it looks more like a real watch.

Samsung Galaxy Watch: steady progress but few thrills

The Galaxy Watch looks like an actual watch, not a smartwatch -- complete with a circular bezel and rotating design. Many of the features are similar to the previous Samsung smartwatches, including LTE connectivity and a battery that lasts "several days," according to Samsung's Elina Vives. That's thanks in part to a processor that was created specifically for a smartwatches. All versions of the Watch come with 4GB of internal storage, but the LTE version will ship with 1.5GB of RAM -- that's twice the amount you'll get in the standard Bluetooth model.

Does it stand a chance vs. Apple, Amazon and Google?

Galaxy Home is Samsung's Bixby-powered smart speaker

Samsung briefly showed off its Galaxy Home smart speaker yesterday, but the company left us with more questions than answers. We don't know when it'll launch; how much it'll cost; what music services, if any, it supports besides Spotify and, perhaps most importantly, what Bixby will be capable of when the Galaxy Home goes on sale.

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You need to see this.

'Red Dead Redemption 2' trailer shows off a more-ambitious sequel

After almost two years of teases and a few delays, we finally have our first look at how Red Dead Redemption 2 will actually play come October 26th. Gunplay and melee combat takes a heavy focus in the clip, and both look vastly improved over the last game. Environments look positively gorgeous -- stylized rather than photo realistic -- and character faces follow that lead, staying out of uncanny valley.

Things from the last game -- like a morality system, bonding with your horse and hunting -- look like they've been given a huge overhaul. Rockstar promises there will be more of these videos coming over the next few months, with episodes about missions, side activities (fishing!), enemy gangs, how robberies will work and one dedicated to the new-and-improved Deadeye slow-motion targeting system.

The Parker Solar Probe will help us better understand solar winds and space weather.

The fastest human-made object launches for the sun this Saturday

If the weather remains favorable and everything goes according to plan on August 11th, NASA is sending a spacecraft to the sun. The Parker Solar Probe will go closer to the massive ball of gas and plasma keeping our solar system together than any other spacecraft has gone before. It will brave extreme temperatures reaching up to 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit to collect data and images of the sun's atmosphere, called corona. The spacecraft will also reach speeds up to 430,000 mph, making it the fastest-ever human-made object.

But wait, there's more...

1. Photos leak of a 3.3-inch Palm-branded Android phone

2. Former Tesla VP Doug Field is back with Apple (and maybe at work on Project Titan?)

3. Amazon AWS error exposes info on 31,000 GoDaddy servers

4. Limited edition PS4 celebrates 500 million PlayStation consoles sold

5. Mike Pence lays out plan to create Space Force

6. Researchers can track cell development through 'genetic barcodes'

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Thursday, 9 August 2018

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Block to Be Salesforce Co-CEO With Benioff

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5 Practical Tips for Crowdfunding Success

"Crowdfunding is more than just the money," remarked Justin Giddings,
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The Morning After: Netflix's last Marvel movie and Magic Leap

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It's Thursday, August 09, 2018.

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Good morning, there! It’s Galaxy Note 9 day, so wave your oversized stylus toys (and don’t mention the Note 7) because we’ll be liveblogging and reporting our full impressions from the event at 11 AM Eastern / 8 AM Pacific / 3 PM GMT. Follow along right here.

The first Nintendo-produced GameCube pads in a while.

‘Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’ bundle includes a GameCube controller

Is Smash Bros. without a GameCube controller a deal breaker? Nintendo tweeted that a limited edition of the game will be available that includes one of these controllers along with an adapter to use it on your Switch. Nintendo is making GameCube controllers again.

You'll have to live in the right city at first, however.

Magic Leap's $2,295 mixed-reality headset is available now

Magic Leap’s One Creator Edition headset is now available. If you're an American developer (or very, very early adopter), you’ll need to shell out $2,295 for all the necessary hardware. The future of augmented reality is only available in "limited quantities," and it's offering free in-person delivery and setup in Chicago, LA, Miami, New York City, Seattle and San Francisco’s Bay Area. If you're not in a qualifying area, you'll have to make a reservation.

The worst thing about this Android tablet is its price.

Review: Samsung Galaxy Tab S4

The Tab S4 suffers from a problematic premise. If Samsung didn't insist it was designed for getting serious work done, I'd be more forgiving. However, its work-centric DeX mode is simply too unreliable for any regular use. Reviews Editor Cherlynn Low cites the companion keyboard as a major problem, but a lot of the fault here lies in the software as well. As an Android tablet alone, the Tab S4 is actually pretty good. It has a sharp screen, decent audio and respectable performance. But it isn't special enough to justify its high price.

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It's Cozmo's bigger and always-on brother.

Anki's Vector robot brings us one step closer to 'Star Wars' droids

Anki’s family of adorable robots for kids is getting a new addition: A bigger, more-powerful home robot called Vector. And unlike Cozmo, you won't need a phone to play with it.

You can malign someone as long as you don’t @-mention them?

Twitter doesn’t have the spine to ban Alex Jones

While Twitter tries to explain while Alex Jones is still allowed on its platform, it’s facing one big problem: The truth isn’t subjective. Its Living Document of rules suggests that users shouldn’t be banned for old tweets that violate new rules, which is apparently its reasoning for not hitting the delete button yet. So, as Jack Dorsey asked, we’ve taken the time to “document, validate, and refute” a few of his existing tweets.

It might have been outclassed, but it’s still a great phone.

Samsung’s Galaxy Note 8 still has game, one year later

In preparation for whatever Samsung’s got planned for the Note 9, Mobile Editor Chris Velazco takes another look at the Galaxy Note 8, one year on.

Its invisible tech could be a real game-changer.

HALO collar promises to reduce concussions in contact sport

The NFL has been equipping players with durable, shock-absorbent helmets for years to guard against traumatic injuries, but quick head movements can still leave athletes susceptible to concussion. HALO is a new form of wearable tech that could help to bridge that gap. It looks like a typical compression shirt, but under the hood, it's been specially engineered to minimize the risk of whiplash. It's made of a rate-responsive polymer that becomes rigid whenever the head moves abruptly, and according to Aexos, the team that created it, this would mitigate the stress and fatigue an athlete might experience.

Cupertino reaffirms to the US government that it doesn't spy on you.

Apple says the iPhone doesn't listen to your conversations

Last month, members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee fired off a letter to Apple, following reports that phones and other devices, such as smart speakers, can listen in on conversations. Now, the tech giant has sent the Representatives its response: iPhones, it says, don't listen to people's conversations and don't share people's spoken words with third parties.