In the technology tussle for consumer wrists, it seems as though the smart money is on the smartwatch. A new report from Gartner predicts that the wearables market will grow 18.4 percent in 2016, with sales of 274.6 million units and $28.7 billion by the end of the year. Most of that cash, analysts said, will be driven by an …
Every year, CES plays host to the world’s biggest electronics companies as they show off their latest and greatest products. Many of the displays are put on solely for bragging rights and to grab media mentions – the world’s biggest and most impractical TVs, sports cars kitted out with all kinds of gadgets, and even acrobatics performing all kinds of …
Joysticks at their fingertips, the mostly male students packing the classroom lift their virtual helicopters into the air, part of a new cottage industry that’s sprung up in China: drone pilot schools. China is already the world’s biggest drone manufacturer, churning out remote-controlled flying machines that range from 3D urban mappers to tear-gas spraying models for police. But it lacks …
If you pick any two Facebook users, it’s been calculated there’s an average of 3.57 “degrees of separation” between them. The maths has been done using the social media giant’s handy data set of 1.6 billion people. Facebook wanted to test the age-old “six degrees of separation” theory to mark its 12th birthday. “This is a significant reflection of how …
Exposing a Leica to the elements of nature would typically be considered blasphemy but the company encourages you to do so with the new X-U. This rugged beauty can withstand dust, shock, rain, and snow thanks to its sealed body. The Leica X-U is available now for $2,950 (approximately Rs. 2,00,000). The X-U packs in a 16.2-megapixel APS-C CMOS …
Samsung recently confirmed its “Galaxy Unpacked 2016” event for February 21 in Barcelona where the company is widely expected to unveil the next Galaxy flagship smartphone with a curved display variant, the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge. Now, a new report claims that Samsung may also reveal its yet-unannounced Gear 360 virtual reality (VR) camera at the same event. …
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), more commonly known as drones, have garnered many eyeballs in recent years. The drones have steadily gained popularity worldwide with companies such asQualcomm now manufacturing its own flight platform to allow designers and developers to make their own drones. This year, we saw Chinese drone maker Ehang launching what it claimed as the world’s first drone …
The government has struck a deal between BT-owned Openreach and the Home Builders Federation (HBF) which aims to deliver superfast broadband to all newly built homes. BT said more than half of new homes would now be connected free of charge, with the rest co-funded by developers. It follows criticism about a backlog of properties waiting for broadband services. The …
A team of researchers has developed a new type of radio frequency identification (RFID) chip that is virtually impossible to hack, thus preventing your credit card number or key card information from being stolen. According to Chiraag Juvekar, graduate student in electrical engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the chip is designed to prevent so-called side-channel attacks. Side-channel attacks …
Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) software will go head-to-head with the world’s highest ranked Go player Lee Sedol, the firm has said. It comes a week after the search giant announced that AlphaGo had beaten French Go champion Fan Hui. That was seen as a pivotal moment for AI, similar to IBM’s Deep Blue beating Garry Kasparov at chess. Jump media …