Month: November 2018

Motorola today announced that it’s bringing the Motorola One to the United States a few months after the Android One phone launched internationally. It will be available exclusively from Best Buy for $399; you’ll be able to order it online (in black) beginning November 9th or find it in stores (in white) as of November 11th. The One is sold as a GSM-unlocked device, so it’ll work on AT&T and T-Mobile, but not Verizon or Sprint.

The Motorola One has a look that’s very similar to Apple’s iPhone X, featuring a notched 5.9-inch display (720×1520). The device’s “chin” is big enough for Moto to stamp its logo on. The rest of the One’s spec sheet is also on the mid-range side: you get a Qualcomm 625 processor, 64GB storage (with microSD), 4GB…

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Hot spots have been discovered orbiting just outside the supermassive black hole at the galaxy’s center. Their motions have given us the closest look at that violent environment.

A new report from noted Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo suggested that Apple’s 2019 iPhone offerings will come with an upgraded Face ID camera system.

Kuo, (via MacRumors) says that he believes that Apple will utilize a new sensor that will better illuminate one’s face “to lower the impacts from visible lights of environment in order to improve the Face ID user experience.”

The report also suggests that Apple might introduce another range-sensing system with a Time of Flight 3D camera in its 2019 or 2020 iPads (potentially with the 2020 iPhones. This type of sensor measures the time in which a light dot travels between the camera and subject, and could be used to capture 3D images. The system could potentially be used for augmented reality…

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California lets self-driving cars go fully robo, Tesla upgrades Autopilot, Chevy makes an electric Camaro, and more.

But don’t forget about the president’s attempts to stop birthright citizenship—or Kanye West’s announcement that he’s quitting politics.

Check out Jags and Jetfires, Caddys and Cords, Fords, Bimmers and more at this San Diego museum. Here’s a full tour.

Check out these pictures of a record-setting endurance Cadillac, sidecar Bimmers, Jags, Jeeps, Jetfires and more.

If unplugging entirely isn’t realistic, here’s how you can better spot fake news.

It’s a battle between a superb camera and a fantastically low price tag.