The tech giant sent out an invite promising “4x the fun.” We’ve got a month to figure out what it is.
House lawmakers want answers from Google on censored Chinese search engine
Since news broke last month that Google is working on a censored search engine for the Chinese market, the company has faced unrelenting criticism from lawmakers. In the latest demand, a bipartisan group of 16 House representatives is looking for answers on the still-secretive plan.
To launch the project, reportedly called Dragonfly, Google would have to cooperate with the Chinese government’s strict surveillance and censorship measures, a prospect that has ignited controversy inside and outside the company. Last month, a bipartisan group of senators sent a letter to CEO Sundar Pichai about the project, but his response was blasted as insufficient.
Criticism of the company has only accelerated since….
2019 Subaru BRZ continues to offer good times for a good price – Roadshow
Not much changes for 2019, but then again, the price doesn’t move much, either.
This wireless FM transmitter solves a bunch of problems for under $10 – CNET
It adds Bluetooth to your car stereo, provides two USB charging ports and more. Plus: Calling all moviemakers! This handheld 3-axis gimbal is just $72.
Samsung unveils three new AKG wireless headphones
Samsung is releasing three wireless AKG headphones today, a selection of neckbuds, on-ear, and over-the-ear headphones named the Y100, Y500, and N700NC respectively. Samsung is focusing on balancing environmental noise with this series. The Y100s and Y500s both feature “Ambient Aware” technology that lets users hear surrounding sound, while the NC700NCs have adaptive noise canceling that lets listeners control the amount of surrounding sound they want to hear.
Prices range from $99.95 for the Y100 neckbuds to $149.95 for the Y500 on-ear headphones to $349.95 for the more premium noise-canceling over-the-ear N700NCs. Although the N700NC headphones are the most expensive of the bunch, besides the adaptive noise canceling, the Y500…
DC Universe: Everything to know about the superhero streaming service – CNET
DC’s new streaming service launches Saturday with lots of Batman for Batman Day.
Elvie Pump is the next wearable breast pump to take your breath (and tubes and cords) away – CNET
Pump and go.
Framing Apple’s iPhone keynote
This year’s iPhone event is done and dusted, and now we’re all sitting in the interregnum between the announcements and the reviews. I’ve been lucky enough to live blog these events for years, but the process of creating a live blog is weird. I was taking photos for the site during the keynote, and since I’m a “spray and pray” kind of photographer, I took upwards of 1,600 photos in just a couple of hours.
I point that out just to say that my attention was more focused on what Apple was doing than the reaction to it. I only had so much bandwidth, and most of it was taken up by the camera. So when I had a chance later to look at all the coverage (and Twitter jokes), it didn’t come as a huge surprise to see that there was a lot of shrugging…
The DelFly Nimble robot can fly like a real insect
A research project from the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands created the latest iteration of the DelFly robot called the Nimble. It’s a super agile robot with a quad-wing flapping system, and it’s capable of flying just as nimbly as a real winged insect.
Using its four wings, the DelFly can control three axes of flight, and it goes left or right by changing the way each one of its wings flap. It’s eerily similar to a real insect. Currently, the DelFly can fly around for more than five minutes on a full battery with a range of more than 1 kilometer (0.62 miles).
You might be asking yourself, “What can a flying robot be used for?” The DelFly’s project page states…
What’s in your bag, Tyler Alvarez?
Aquaphor, a Pentax K-1000, an inhaler, and more from one of the stars of Netflix’s American Vandal