The Morning After: The Galaxy S10 cometh

It's Wednesday, February 20, 2019. Hey, good morning! Samsung’s big phone event is finally here. From the latest in its S-series to something a bit more foldable, we’re ready and waiting for all the news to start rolling in at 2PM ET. Before we get to that, though, there’s the business of CERN’s 90s-throwback web browser and an FDA warning about young blood. 2PM ET / 11AM PT.   Happy Galaxy S10 reveal day!   It's hard to believe, sometimes, that Samsung's Galaxy S smartphones have been around for nearly a decade -- no wonder the company's trying something a little different for the launch of its new Galaxy S10s. Samsung is taking over the Bill Graham Auditorium in San Francisco to celebrate ten generations of flagship phones. Be sure to bookmark our liveblog right here and visit again before Samsung Unpacked kicks off at 2PM ET / 11AM PT on Wednesday, February 20th. Why wait?   Latest Samsung leaks show new watch and earbuds from every angle   Who needs leakers when Samsung is outing its Unpacked lineup itself? Ahead of its flagship event tomorrow, the Korean tech giant has let slip a look at its AirPods-style wireless Galaxy Buds and Galaxy S10 in a Norwegian TV commercial. It offered a close-up of the incoming smartphone that seemingly confirms some of its headline features, including its hole punch display, ultrasonic fingerprint reader, rear triple-camera setup and reverse wireless charging.  And yes the special edition has a ‘transparent’ back.    Xiaomi Mi 9 hands-on: Speedy, stylish and a great camera, too   Sure, the top-level stuff seems solid enough: there's a Snapdragon 855 with either 6GB or 12GB of RAM inside, plus a bright and beautiful 6.39-inch AMOLED display running at 2340x1080, all wrapped up in a lovely, curved glass body. But what's it like to actually use? Chris Velazco is ready to fill you in on China’s latest flagship phone.   Powered by three hydrogen fuel-cell stacks and a 40kWh battery pack.   Hyundai’s Nexo makes a case for fuel-cell SUVs   The Nexo happens to be comfortable, easy on the eye, a bit luxurious and, more importantly, ready to tackle most anything an SUV owner would throw at it. All of that and it only spits out H2O at the end of a drive.   Take a guess.   Google teases a big gaming announcement for March 19th   The company plans to unveil a mysterious gaming project -- we’re guessing it has to do with the Project Stream cloud gaming service -- at a Game Developers Conference presentation on March 19th at 1PM ET, with the invitation showing just a light at the end of a hallway followed by the cryptic tagline "gather around."  Wait, people are really doing that?   FDA: Infusing yourself with young blood is pointless, dangerous   Yes, enough people thought it’d be a good idea to infuse young blood -- an actual plot from The Simpsons and Silicon Valley -- that the government had to intervene.   Coming to Kickstarter first for $199.   RVR is a Sphero robot for budding tinkerers   RVR -- that's pronounced "rover" -- is a big change for Sphero. First off, it's not even a sphere. It's more of a rounded brick with a set of tank treads on each side. But most notable is also what you can put on top of the robot: a special plastic cover with slots for all kinds of circuits and rotors and any other parts you can think of. Raspberry Pi and Arduino boards can be attached, as well as all kinds of servos, external sensors or speakers if you desire.   They even copied the loot cave.   Bioware fixes 'Anthem' end-game just in time for launch   Just days after its Origin Access and EA Access release, players spotted a loophole in BioWare's new shooter akin to the loot cave area from Destiny's early days. The chest farming trick essentially let level-30 gamers grab high-level Legendary and Masterwork gear in Anthem's open-world areas, effectively allowing them to bypass its end-game grind.   But wait, there's more... 1. Teenage Engineering OP-Z review: Small synth, big dreams 2. NVIDIA may have unwittingly leaked Unity ray-tracing support 3. Linux gaming is on a life-support system called Steam 4. Google Keep puts notes on your Apple Watch 5. Citroen's tiny EV concept is an alternative to bikes and scooters The Morning After is a new daily newsletter from Engadget designed to help you fight off FOMO. Who knows what you'll miss if you don't subscribe. Craving even more? Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter. Have a suggestion on how we can improve The Morning After? Send us a note. Copyright © 2016 Aol Inc. All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: AOL 770 Broadway #4 New York, NY 10003 You are receiving this email because you opted in at engadget.com. Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe from this newsletter.

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The Morning After: The end of the road for the Netflix-Marvel partnership

It's Tuesday, February 19, 2019. Hey, good morning!  The other shoe finally dropped on Netflix’s remaining Marvel series, and guess who researchers blame for the increase in Flat Earth believers?   It’s over.   Netflix officially cancels 'Jessica Jones' and 'The Punisher'   Netflix has cancelled Jessica Jones and The Punisher, putting an end to the Marvel partnership that started in 2013. Jessica Jones' third season will still launch on Netflix later in 2019 as a last hurrah, but that's as far as it goes.   Wait, they’re making what?   The superfans behind the Instant Pot hype   Enthusiasts are creating homemade wine, dog food and lube.   Game streaming isn’t quite fast enough to keep up with ‘Sonic Generations.’   PlayStation Now re-review: Still not good enough Should you subscribe to PlayStation Now? If you have a ridiculously fast internet connection and don't own many games, Nick Summers says it's worth considering. However, an underwhelming selection of PS4 games makes its $20 per month / $100 per year subscription fee a little hard to swallow.   Flash hat Qualcomm logo.   Xiaomi's fake-transparent Mi 9 isn't hiding anything   Yes, Xiaomi is doing the “transparent” phone back again. First seen on an Explorer Edition of the Mi 8, it’s coming back for a version of the Mi 9; however, this time the company isn’t bothering to pretend there’s anything see-through about the casing. Jun laid out how Xiaomi etched a stark design on a 0.3mm aluminum sheet and explained that the phonemaker will carve out the design on the sheet with a CNC machine.   Nice work on that recommendation algorithm.   Researchers blame YouTube for the rise in Flat Earthers   According to Asheley Landrum, assistant professor of science communication at Texas Tech University, all but one of 30 Flat Earthers interviewed at a recent event said they hadn't considered Earth to be flat until they watched videos promoting the theory on YouTube.    It would beam energy down to Earth using a microwave or laser.   China wants to put a solar farm in space by 2025   According to China's state-backed Science and Technology Daily, Chinese scientists plan to build and launch small power stations into the stratosphere between 2021 and 2025, upgrading to a megawatt-level station in 2030 and a gigawatt-level facility high above Earth before 2050. Without atmospheric interference or night-time loss of sunlight, these space-based solar farms could provide an inexhaustible source of clean energy.  But wait, there's more... 1. Android Q's revamped gestures might ditch the back button for good 2. Fox delays 'Cosmos' season 2 premiere over misconduct investigation 3. Scientists use gene editing to make stem cells that are invisible to immune system 4. Chrome will make it harder to block incognito browsing 5. What's on TV: 'Desus & Mero,' 'Anthem,' and Academy Awards 6. Sharp's latest RoBoHon robot can't walk, but hey it's only $715 7. Audi helps you avoid red lights by suggesting speeds The Morning After is a new daily newsletter from Engadget designed to help you fight off FOMO. Who knows what you'll miss if you don't subscribe. Craving even more? Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter. Have a suggestion on how we can improve The Morning After? Send us a note. Copyright © 2016 Aol Inc. All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: AOL 770 Broadway #4 New York, NY 10003 You are receiving this email because you opted in at engadget.com. Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe from this newsletter.

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Wireless Charging and Our Autonomous Electric Future
One of the biggest problems for those of us who have electric cars is
charging. Chargers that drop the charging time to a few minutes have
been coming to market, but the cars that can use them haven't yet begun
to ship. What this means for most of us is that we are talking anywhere
from 45 minutes to several days to fully charge our cars, depending on
the charging system we have access to.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85850.html

Apple's Plans for Subscription News Service Irk Publishers
Apple plans to launch a subscription news service at an event next
month. Described as "Netflix for news," it would let customers access an
unlimited amount of content from publishers for a single monthly fee. It
will be based on a reworked version of Texture, the media subscription
service Apple purchased last year. The monthly fee for the service is
expected to be about $10.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85847.html

Amazon Meshes With Eero
Amazon has scooped up mesh WiFi network maker Eero, the home network
company known for making an easy-to-set-up product that can blanket a
home with high-quality WiFi. "We are incredibly impressed with the Eero
team and how quickly they invented a WiFi solution that makes connected
devices just work," said Dave Limp, Amazon's senior vice president for
devices and services.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85845.html

Trump Order Gives Artificial Intelligence a Boost
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at boosting
artificial intelligence R&D in the U.S. The order sets up the American
AI Initiative, which instructs federal agencies to move projects
involving artificial intelligence to the top of their priority lists. No
funding is proposed in the order, but the initiative directs federal
agencies to focus on five areas.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85842.html

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