Hayabusa 2’s Mascot lander has taken the plunge to asteroid Ryugu, a “land full of wonder, mystery and danger.”
Google Voice Access app lets you navigate Android phones hands-free – CNET
It’s designed for people with disabilities, but gives everyone more accessibility options.
Google Translate now knows the difference between US and UK English and other dialects
Google Translate’s iPhone app now includes several regional options for speech input and output. This means that someone using the app to speak English, for example, isn’t stuck listening to someone in Standard American English.
As spotted by All Things How, these new regional speech inputs and outputs for Google Translate now include US, UK, Australia, and India for English; Bangladesh and India for Bengali; France and Canada for French; and Mexico and Spain for Spanish. Having the app recognize and speak in these regional pronunciations could prove to be incredibly helpful for travelers trying to be understood as not all languages are spoken the same in various parts of the world.
Google Translate is a free download from the Apple App…
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina full trailer is finally here – CNET
Sabrina Spellman is back on Netflix October 26, just in time to celebrate Halloween
The clock is ticking on Google’s smartwatch platform
Last week, I wrote about the new software update for Wear OS, Google’s smartwatch platform. I thought (and think) that it’s a good update for existing users and potentially a foundation that the company could build on to make something that’s actually competitive with both the Apple Watch or even Samsung’s Galaxy Watch.
The update “breathes new life into Wear OS smartwatches,” but the emphasis is very much on existing smartwatches. You see, I also wrote that this update does not mean that you should go out and buy a new Wear OS watch — and therein lies the problem for Google. There’s a “life support” metaphor in “breathing new life” if you want to reach for it.
Android users have perennially been waiting for the next thing to save the…
Jeff Bezos unseats Bill Gates on Forbes 400 list of richest Americans – CNET
Amazon’s CEO has a net worth of $160 billion.
Tesla Model 3 outsells Altima, Fusion, Malibu in Q3 – Roadshow
The all-electric Model 3 was America’s fifth best-selling sedan.
Even light drinking increases risk of death
Analyzing data from more than 400,000 people, researchers have found that consuming one to two drinks four or more times per week — an amount deemed healthy by current guidelines — increases the risk of premature death by 20 percent.
Tropical frogs found to coexist with deadly fungus
In 2004, the frogs of El Copé, Panama, began dying by the thousands. The culprit: the deadly chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Within months, roughly half of native frog species there went locally extinct. A new study suggests that frogs remaining in El Copé developed the ability to coexist with chytrid fungus due to ecological and/or evolutionary changes. The results could mean good news for other areas hit hard by chytrid fungus.
How Microsoft’s new Surface Pro 6 tablet compares to the iPad Pro
The new Surface Pro 6 has been announced, and Microsoft promises big gains over the previous generation thanks to its jump from dual-core to quad-core 8th Gen Intel Core processors. Of course, the jump forward in power comes with a bump up in price. This generation starts at $899 compared to the $799 starting price for the previous generation.
We’ve broken down what’s inside of Microsoft’s latest 2-in-1 so that you can compare it with the model that it’s replacing, as well as the latest iPad Pro. Though the Surface Pro 6 and iPad Pro are quite different, they both help people get work done and thus, are both carefully considered by those who are thinking of buying a capable 2-in-1 machine.
Take a look at the specs below: