October 3, 2018 FEMA will test mobile Presidential Alerts today at 2:18PM ET FEMA will conduct the first nationwide test of its Wireless Emergency Alert system today beginning at 2:18 PM Eastern. While you can choose to…
October 3, 2018 Philips Hue now supports iOS 12’s Siri Shortcuts With the launch of iOS 12, iPhone owners were introduced to Siri's new Shortcuts feature that makes suggestions based on a user's routines. Numerous…
October 3, 2018 A ‘Dota’ veteran’s take on ‘Arena of Valor’ for Switch I've been playing multiplayer online battle arena games — better known as MOBAs — for the best part of two decades. First it was…
October 3, 2018 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,…
October 3, 2018 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…
October 3, 2018 Disney’s spray-painting drone could end the need for scaffolding We've seen some pretty interesting work come out of Disney Research in the past, like techniques for digitally recreating teeth, makeup-projecting lamps, a group…
October 3, 2018 EA announces ‘FIFA 19’ PS4 esports tournament If you're a FIFA 19 esports fan, then EA has some good news for you. Today, the company released details about a new competition…
October 3, 2018 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…
October 3, 2018 Japanese spacecraft drops box-shaped robot on asteroid’s surface Overnight, Japan’s asteroid-sampling spacecraft Hayabusa2 deployed its third robot onto the surface of an asteroid named Ryugu more than 186 million miles from Earth….
October 3, 2018 Honda teams with GM to produce autonomous vehicles This week, Honda that announced that it is purchasing a stake in GM's autonomous vehicle subsidiary Cruise. It's part of a larger plan for…