Month: February 2020
Casio’s new G-Shock watch comes with a heart rate monitor and smarts to rival Garmin
Casio has announced that it’s launching a new G-Shock watch that is arguably its most smartwatch-like option from the popular rugged range. The GBD-H1000 is available in four models giving you a pick of black/white, all black, red and black/red color options. All of those shock-resistant models feature the same…
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Amazon to launch food delivery service in India to take on Zomato, Swiggy
E-commerce giant Amazon is set to venture into the Indian food delivery market to take on Zomato and Swiggy. The launch of this new service could happen in March, as reported by TechCrunch. This move comes a month after Uber Eats, the food delivery arm of Uber Technologies in India,…
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Billions of Wi-Fi devices face snooping risk due to major security flaw
Security researchers have discovered a vulnerability that could be used to exploit billions of connected devices such as routers to decrypt Wi-Fi traffic and snoop on the data. Dubbed Kr00k by researchers at security firm ESET, the flaw was able to compromise chipsets from leading providers including Broadcom and Cypress…
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AMD RX 5950 XT is no Nvidia killer as ‘leaks’ confirmed as fake
Rumors surrounding the AMD RX 5950 XT graphics card, which some people are billing as an ‘Nvidia killer’ have recently reached fever pitch, and one particular ‘leak’ suggested that it would be an immensely powerful GPU. The only problem is, it’s just been confirmed as categorically false. According to the…
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Facebook once built a phone that could only be used by right-handed people
Yesterday I chatted here with author Steven Levy about his new book, Facebook: The Inside Story. Today I wanted to share some of my favorite parts of the story, focusing on Levy’s considerable original reporting. While I’m sharing my favorite parts here, I’m still leaving a ton out. This book…
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Bang & Olufsen could launch new noise-cancelling headphones very soon
Bang & Olufsen could be on the verge of releasing a new pair of noise-cancelling headphones, based on FCC filings that reveal plans for the over-ear cans. The filings list a product called ‘Beoplay H95’, which suggests the new headphones could be a follow-up to the Bang & Olufsen Beoplay…
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