Beats 1 has been a key selling point since Apple Music’s launch. The internet radio station boasts a number of big names and includes a slate of shows hosted by the artists themselves. Even if you don’t have your own show like Dr. Dre, Drake or Run the Jewels, debuting ...
Read More »Apple iPad (9.7-inch, 2017) review
Remember the iPad? In the afterglow of its splashy 2010 debut, Apple’s tablet became the post-smartphone “it” gadget of the decade. In recent years, however, sales have dipped — both for iPads and tablets in general. But not for lack of trying: Near-annual improvements have pushed the iPad family forward, ...
Read More »NASA tests robotic tools to crack the surface of icy moons
[ad_1] While the Mars rovers are assiduously searching the red planet for water over the next decade, there are whole moons full of the stuff just waiting for us to come visit. At least, that’s the theory. But missions to Europa and Titan are still hypothetical, so in the meantime ...
Read More »The Morning After: Friday, March 31st 2017
[ad_1] There and back again, again.SpaceX proves its rockets are reusable Last night SpaceX launched a cargo mission into orbit, then landed the Falcon 9 rocket booster safely on its drone ship. While that has become almost routine, what’s new is that for the first time, the company reused a ...
Read More »Bose SoundTouch 300 review – CNET
[ad_1] Sound bars are more popular than ever, but high-end versions have an issue: their small size means they struggle to compete with traditional, larger loudspeakers. Companies such as Yamaha, Sony, Sonos and Bose, however, have learned how to use your room’s boundaries as their own personal playgrounds. With its ...
Read More »Facebook opens up 360-degree live streaming to all
[ad_1] Facebook just made live streaming 360-degree video relatively easy, provided you have the equipment to capture the content. Users of devices like the new 2017 model Gear 360 just announced at the S8 smartphone launch, or the Insta360 Nano (for iPhone) and Air (for Android), or a host of higher-end ...
Read More »Samsung's 'unbox your phone' event gave us a phone that's still a box
[ad_1] The Samsung Galaxy S8 certainly has a larger screen than most smartphones: Its display stretches almost the entire length of the chassis, framed only by thin bezels on the top and bottom. The screen is so wide, it spills over the sides of the phone, curving to the contours ...
Read More »MSI Trident 3 Arctic Release Date, Price and Specs
MSI’s mini gaming PC is VR-ready, yet quieter than a library MSI claims its Trident 3 desktop is the world’s smallest VR-ready gaming PC. And now it’s available in white. A black version of the petite 4.7-liter system was originally announced at CES 2017, but for a limited time ...
Read More »Windows has a heart of trash
[ad_1] I did a bad thing. I opened a bad file and it borked my PC. So now, in concordance with the grand tradition of frustrated tech bloggers calling on enormous companies to conform to their wishes, here is my rant on how terrible computers are — Windows ones, this ...
Read More »The Morning After: Tuesday, March 28th 2017
[ad_1] Plug inElon Musk’s latest project is Neuralink So what’s next for a billionaire after launching rockets and mass producing electric cars? If you’re Elon Musk, the answer apparently is plugging computers into human brains. The Wall Street Journal reports his new venture, Neuralink, is working on “neural lace” technology ...
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