Apple Glasses unveiling in mid-2021, available to order in 2022
According to serial-Apple leaker Jon Prosser, Apple plans to introduce its widely-expected “Apple Glasses” augmented reality eyewear in March-June of 2021. “Apple Glasses” concept designed by Martin Hajek for iDrop News https://twitter.com/MacRumors/status/1260973236050788352 Joe Rossignol for MacRumors: This would be consistent with the original Apple Watch, which was previewed in September 2014 and launched in April […]
Facebook to build a subsea cable to improve connectivity in Africa
Facebook, together with China Mobile, MTN GlobalConnect, Orange, STC, Telecom Egypt, Vodafone, and WIOCC, have announced they will partner to build a subsea cable to improve connectivity between 23 countries in Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. The 37,000 kilometres long cable, called 2Africa, is expected to provide nearly three times the total network capacity […]
Apple’s Chipmaker TSMC Announces Plan to Build Arizona Factory
Apple’s chipmaking partner TSMC today announced its intention to build and operate an advanced semiconductor factory in Arizona, with construction planned to start in 2021 and production targeted to begin in 2024. The facility will be able to manufacture around 20,000 wafers per month using TSMC’s latest 5-nanometer fabrication process. TSMC has been gradually miniaturizing its process […]
OnePlus 8 Pro has an accidental X-ray vision filter that sees through plastic and clothes
Well, here’s a camera trick we’ve not seen in a smartphone before: X-ray vision. Or, at least, something that looks very much like it. It’s a feature of the new OnePlus 8 Pro, which seems to use the phone’s infrared sensors to see through a small subset of black materials. If you’ve got a OnePlus 8 […]
Facebook is buying Giphy and integrating it with Instagram
Facebook is buying the popular GIF-making and sharing website Giphy for a reported price of $400 million, with plans to integrate the massive GIF library into Instagram and other Facebook apps. News of the deal was first reported by Axios, which revealed the $400 million value of the deal. Giphy is one of the largest GIF sites on the internet, […]