From Men in Black's Neuralyzer to Minority Report's Precogs, sci-fi's wildest gadgets are closer to reality than we think, and leaping from the screen into our everyday lives, faster than expected!
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The Vizio 43-Quantum 4K QLED HDR Smart TV is now available for $279.99 on Amazon after a 20% discount. With a 4.4-star rating, this TV is a popular choice for many.
The 65-inch Roku Smart TV is down to $349.99 on Amazon, a 22% discount. Enjoy 4K HDR10+ picture quality and a voice remote for easy navigation.
Announced by Science Minister Lord Patrick Vallance, the £11.5 million funding from Innovate UK is part of a larger £8 billion investment in research and innovation.
Tighten your seatbelts as more big tech launches are coming in the second half of 2024. Here is a roundup of some tech events where companies will unveil freshly-baked devices and software updates.
New Yorkers can now interact with people from Dublin through a giant screen installed in the city. Known as the NYC Portal, it establishes an always-on 24/7 live stream connecting the two cities.
Worldwide IT spending is expected to rise by 8% this year, according to analyst firm Gartner. The increase is attributed mainly to the Data Center Systems and Devices segments which are doing well.
Compact & affordable, the Blade2 fast-charges a laptop, supports nearly all USB fast charging standards, it even has a companion smartphone app that connects via Bluetooth. What's not to like?
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UNESCO has called on schools to remove technology, such as smartphones, from classrooms unless they are absolutely necessary. It said technology was over-used and caused a significant distraction.
Once upon a time, cyborgs and black matter supercomputers could only be a reality in the science fiction world. Now, it seems everything is coming to life one by one. This is techno-humanism for you.
Apple dominated the global smartphone market in 2022, collecting its highest ever operating profit of 85% and 48% of revenue from smartphone sales, according to Counterpoint Research.
According to developer Peabee, an entire loaf of bread is too much. He says, “I love bread, but I don't want to be eating 20 slices in 3 days. It shouldn't be so hard to find half-loaves of bread.
Virgin Media and the Centre for Economics and Business Research have published a report which calls on the UK to invest more in technology to see a £232 billion boost to the economy by 2040.
In a blog post, Microsoft President Brad Smith has congratulated the President- and Vice-President-Elect, and emphasized the importance of building bridges to close the divide between people.
Alphabet-owned tech giant Google, who had been grappling with a sexual misconduct lawsuit filed by its shareholders, has reached an agreement worth $310 million in settlements to close the chapter.
The UK government has announced £20 million in funding for technology that will help make the country more resilient against outbreaks of diseases such as COVID-19. Each project can get up to £50,000.
After a delay, courtesy of unfavorable weather conditions, SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft took flight atop the Falcon 9 rocket and safely detached itself before the latter went up in flames.
China has developed the world's maiden mobile, portable quantum satellite communication station and subsequently used it for performing secure quantum key transfer between two stations.
LG sets to ramp up its offerings in the car infotainment sector by partnering with Qualcomm, combining technologies from both companies and offering a more streamlined user experience in vehicles.
On September 17, Amazon will be hosting the nation's largest job fair in six locations where over 30,000 full-time and part-time positions at the tech firm paying north of $15/hr will be up for grabs.
A new technique called SWIFT was used to 3D-print a synthetic perfusable cardiac tissue complete with a faux blood vessel network that could beat synchronously for a period of seven days.
Ofcom has revealed some research which shows which devices are on the rise and declining in the UK. It showed that smart speakers have started catching on quite quickly as opposed to VR.
Microsoft has released the results of a new survey that showed Millennials are most likely to have fallen victim to a tech support scam despite 75% claiming to be advanced experts with technology.
Nikki Krishnamurthy will succeed Liane Hornsey who resigned from Uber in July after she was accused of dismissing complaints of racial discrimination within the ride-sharing company.
Those curious have dug up new trademarks filed by HMD Global. Perhaps the more interesting out of the pair is 'PureDisplay'. While there aren't any details behind the trademark, one can always dream.
It appears that HMD Global has purchased the "PureView" trademark from Microsoft. The revolutionary camera tech was used in various high-end devices including Lumia 920, 925, 1020, 1520, and 950/XL.
The Bank of England's chief economist has warned that the UK faces having swathes of technologically unemployed people and stated that they will need to upskill in order to stay employable.
There have been a lot of great tech gadgets and products unveiled in 2017. And while you want to reward the best, sometimes - for better or worse - you need to recognize the best attempts to innovate.
After a gap of over 17 years, the Redmond giant has managed to cross the $600 billion mark. Back in 2000, at the peak of the dot-com era, Microsoft had for the first time hit the milestone.
Three has introduced its digital empowerment programme, Discovery, to Scotland. The programme's one-to-one sessions will be accessible to anyone at Three stores in Edinburgh and Glasgow.
Today is the one day of the year where sysadmins of all types are showered with love and gifts for all of the work they do. Or at least that's the theory. So Happy Sysadmin Day to our readers!
Researchers at MIT have created a new implementation for how the CPU cache interacts with the processor and data, by replacing the archaic fixed cache found in all modern processors.
After the Brexit vote, many predicted that Venture Capital would dry up, with the UK leaving the single market. It seems like these predictions were wrong, with a rise in technology funding.
Donald Trump has issued another executive order, this time, for a review of the country's cyber security. It comes on the back of media stories surrounding alleged Russian and Chinese hacking.
Google has kicked off its celebration of Earth Day 2017 by announcing a few small tweaks to the search experience. The firm also points out it's on track to be 100% powered by renewable energy.
The International Telecommunication Union has announced the specs for 5G which will feature a downlink of 20Gbps, latency of a mere 1ms, and one million devices connected per square kilometer.
It's that wonderful day of the year where everyone in companies small and large shower their sysadmins with praise and gifts... Maybe. Tell us how your company recognized your work today!
In order to improve collaboration between teachers and their peers, and increasing productivity in the classroom, Microsoft has detailed a set of new features making their way to Office 365 Education.
