Corning’s Gorilla Glass is used in a lot of high-end smartphones, and now the company is promising even tougher displays with its latest version, Victus 2. The new glass composition offers improved drop performance on rough surfaces like concrete, the company says, while offering the same scratch resistance as the original Victus. The first Victus…
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We may get to see Samsung’s next flagship phones in just a couple of months. Samsung will unveil its Galaxy S23 devices in the US in the first week of February 2023, according to news outlet Korea JoongAng Daily, which cites an anonymous company executive. As The Verge notes, it echoes a previous report by…
When I turned 10, I was finally allowed to own a pen. At school, that was when we moved from pencils to ink, and our parents were told to get us all-new stationery. That was also the year we learned to write in cursive, because we were finally big kids and cursive writing meant we…
Modern technology is regularly used by historians and archaeologists to uncover the mysteries of our past. Now a mixture of both tech and artificial intelligence has been used to scientific researchers to uncover the ancient mysteries of Peru. In 2018, researchers were using drones to capture footage of the landscape of Peru that revealed more…
Twitter has quietly stopped applying its own COVID-19 misinformation policy, potentially opening the door to harmful tweets about the pandemic. Twitter hasn’t officially announced the change in stance, but an updated policy document on its website confirmed that “effective November 23, 2022, Twitter is no longer enforcing the COVID-19 misleading information policy”. That comment appears…
Have you ever wished that you could own your very own Batmobile? You probably have, and now you can own one from the 1989 movie – for $1.5 million. It isn’t every day that you get the chance to own a piece of automotive and movie memorabilia, but now is your chance to own one of…
An unannounced OnePlus phone has made an appearance on the Bluetooth SIG certification website and it could well be the upcoming OnePlus 11. The new OnePlus phone has been certified as having Bluetooth 5.3 connectivity as well as running OxygenOS 13 based on Google’s Android 13. Beyond that, there isn’t a great deal going on…
Well, this is a nice surprise. Not only is the final content update for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla now live on all platforms – a week earlier than planned! – but it includes a surprise tie-in to next year’s Bagdhad-based Assassin’s Creed Mirage. We were expecting this last chapter of Eivor’s story to arrive next week,…
Warning: this article contains spoilers for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet! There’s a lot of emotional beats in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. And fans have noticed how empty it feels when the cutscenes have no voice acting, but could really benefit from some. A group of Pokémon fans, who are also voice actors, have come together…
One night last week I went to a book club with Blade. It was Blade’s idea, actually. Captain America and Captain Marvel were there, so we were pretty much knee deep in captains. Blade had arranged the whole thing to spend time with Captain Marvel, but then the other captain overheard and wanted in too,…