Day: October 26, 2019

RED’s ambitious Hydrogen phone project is ending after the release of just a single device, the Hydrogen One, according to an announcement from Jim Jannard. The company’s founder says that he is “shutting down the HYDROGEN project” as he retires due to “a few health issues.” from https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/24/20931506/red-hydrogen-one-phone-project-canceled-founder-jim-jannard-retireshttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/65550360/akrales_181025_3026_0102.0.jpg

If your Google Home or Google Home Mini has recently stopped working, good news: Google will likely replace it. from https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/24/20931201/google-home-mini-bricking-firmware-update-replace-out-of-warrantyhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/65549484/vpavic_161101_1258_0033.0.0.jpg

For decades, perfumers and scientists have struggled to predict the relationship between a molecule’s structure and its scent. While scientists can look at a wavelength of light and identify what color it is, when it comes to scents, scientists can’t simply look at a molecule and identify its odor. from https://www.engadget.com/2019/10/24/google-researchers-train-ai-smells/https://o.aolcdn.com/images/dims?quality=85&image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fo.aolcdn.com%2Fimages%2Fdims%3Fcrop%3D6000%252C3748%252C0%252C0%26quality%3D85%26format%3Djpg%26resize%3D1600%252C1000%26image_uri%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fs.yimg.com%252Fos%252Fcreatr-images%252F2019-10%252F1e49c110-f699-11e9-bb7b-04ecdc43f178%26client%3Da1acac3e1b3290917d92%26signature%3Daed5fe9f54b87d1f9801719d4003ea6ec92d25ef&client=amp-blogside-v2&signature=5656ac71ea51a5dcd0e13bbf51aae68a548bc16c

Disney will offer Disney+ subscribers the ability to download films and TV shows on the streaming service for offline viewing, but if those titles were to leave, so go the downloads. from https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/24/20930207/disney-plus-downloads-offline-viewing-star-wars-marvel-netflix-bob-igerhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/65544626/the_last_jedi_stormtroopers.0.jpg

For a while, the most popular payment app in the US was… Starbucks. Yes, enough people were buying venti lattes that even dedicated payment services were being left by the wayside. You can’t say the same now, though. from https://www.engadget.com/2019/10/23/apple-pay-overtakes-starbucks-in-us/https://o.aolcdn.com/images/dims?quality=85&image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fo.aolcdn.com%2Fimages%2Fdims%3Fcrop%3D7952%252C5304%252C0%252C0%26quality%3D85%26format%3Djpg%26resize%3D1600%252C1067%26image_uri%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fs.yimg.com%252Fos%252Fcreatr-images%252F2019-10%252F75fb6350-f5d1-11e9-8dbf-0806845f5eac%26client%3Da1acac3e1b3290917d92%26signature%3D679656df65216e0fd7ba11d800d1b47d3b1dc198&client=amp-blogside-v2&signature=6cffda00baddb4b0c190b0bd5d4af4d3d9de0ea4

Hey, good morning! You look fabulous. Get some coffee — we’re talking about quantum computing. If you need something a little lighter, there’s also Huawei’s folding phone and a quick preview of the content coming to Netflix in November. from https://www.engadget.com/2019/10/24/the-morning-after/https://o.aolcdn.com/images/dims?quality=85&image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fo.aolcdn.com%2Fimages%2Fdims%3Fresize%3D2000%252C2000%252Cshrink%26image_uri%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fs.yimg.com%252Fos%252Fcreatr-uploaded-images%252F2019-10%252F55701330-f647-11e9-bee6-5dd583f1ff3c%26client%3Da1acac3e1b3290917d92%26signature%3Dee86f558eece54894792b6eb0d310a490e149db8&client=amp-blogside-v2&signature=5c212f78e6c25119349caf720016c0d3533b1812

Apple wants to make Apple TV+ available in as many places as possible. Yes, you have heard us say that before. from https://www.engadget.com/2019/10/24/apple-tv-app-amazon-fire-tv-stick/https://o.aolcdn.com/images/dims?quality=85&image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fo.aolcdn.com%2Fimages%2Fdims%3Fcrop%3D1726%252C1080%252C118%252C0%26quality%3D85%26format%3Djpg%26resize%3D1600%252C1001%26image_uri%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fs.yimg.com%252Fos%252Fcreatr-uploaded-images%252F2019-10%252F2f3d8d00-f66a-11e9-b9ff-2e2bcf92432e%26client%3Da1acac3e1b3290917d92%26signature%3Dc8c74e263fd83e844e6a5ea71a31ec2303a9aa3f&client=amp-blogside-v2&signature=8958bcc097fe50de5abfb9313ae0ed66fdfd61a4

Google made the unconventional (by 2019 standards) decision to skip the notch on the Pixel 4 in favor of an old-fashioned top bezel in order to fit in all of the advanced face unlock and Soli radar tech. from https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2019/10/24/20930168/google-pixel-4-xl-teardown-ifixit-soli-radar-screen-repair-motion-sensehttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/65543592/3EFbfdWGkHWadeLI.0.jpeg

The US Defense Department has finally ended the use of 8-inch floppy disks for coordinating the country’s nuclear forces. from https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/25/20931800/usa-nuclear-8-inch-floppy-disk-solid-state-transitionhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/65551329/bxsdaqki.0.0.1464256391.0.png

Google is announcing that last year’s version of Android, Android 9, accounted for 22.6 percent of the ecosystem as of this past August. from https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/23/20927371/android-9-pie-google-install-base-percent-vs-iphone-updates-project-treble-mainlinehttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/65538056/akrales180510_2565_0016.0.jpg