Hardware

OnePlus is officially gearing up to launch its first foldable phone “soon,” the company told technewss on Thursday. The company previously revealed that the device, tentatively called the OnePlus Open, was going to launch in the second half of this year, and it now looks like we’

Can software work alongside human physicists and engineers in R&D labs to develop new quantum computers? That’s the question Qruise, a startup in technewss’s Battlefield 200 competition at Disrupt 2023, is attempting to answer. Qruise, a spinoff of Forschungszentrum Jülich, a nati

The pandemic had a profound impact on countless careers, but few jobs were hit quite like nursing. As hospitals overflowed, staff was forced to take on impossible long shifts, risking their own health in the process. In many ways, it was the perfect environment to introduce a robot like Diligent

Lux, the makers of popular iPhone photography apps like Halide, Spectre and Skylight, is out today with its latest app: Orion, an app that turns an iPad into an external HDMI display for any camera, video game console or even VHS. The new app is a bit of an offshoot for Lux, which primarily focuses

Echo Hub is easily one of the more interesting hardware devices introduced at today's Amazon Devices event in Arlington, Virginia. In fact, it's one of those things Amazon should have introduced years ago. The system is effectively a wall-mounted tablet designed to serve as a centralized co

At its annual devices event, Amazon updated its Fire TV lineup with new devices, including the Fire TV Stick 4K and Fire TV Stick 4K Max,  as well as a new Fire TV-branded soundbar — following its rival Roku into expansions into other home entertainment products. But beyond the hardware news

During Amazon's Devices event, the company introduced a new Alexa feature that aims to support users with mobility or speech disabilities. “Eye Gaze on Alexa” will be available later this year on the new Fire Max 11 Tablet, which launched in May. This marks Amazon’s first time

Among the new devices introduced at today’s Amazon fall devices event, the company introduced new products for families with kids. The company showcased two new models of Echo Pop Kids, the newer smaller Echo devices with a screen, including those with ties to Disney. The new devices come in

In addition to getting a generative AI-powered upgrade, and the ability to continue conversations without again using the wakeword “Alexa,” Amazon’s voice assistant is going to gain a more natural-sounding voice. The company introduced today an updated “speech-to-speech̶

The first Apple Watch Ultra was a bold device, in more ways than one. Chief among them may well be the company's decision to approach a relatively niche market. That's not to say that there aren't a lot of outdoorsy types, but the people seeking a product specifically for use cases like

It's hard to know the right time to upgrade. It's a question I get a lot, having done this job for as long as I have. It's the double-edged sword of FOMO: wanting to get your hands on the latest thing as soon as possible, while worrying that next year's model will just be that much

The ability of Huawei — and China at large — to manufacture advanced chips amid U.S. sanctions has again come into question as conflicting claims arise. The U.S. finds no evidence that the Chinese smartphone and telecom giant Huawei can produce smartphones with advanced semiconductors a

I fell asleep with my phone again. I know it's bad for me, but work trips will do that to you. The next morning, bleary-eyed, I went to plug it in, spending a confused few moments wondering what had gone wrong. I was attempting to plug a Lightning cable into an iPhone 15. Perhaps I'm the fi

Since 2014, I've been reviewing Apple's latest iPhones at Disneyland. The rationale was, and is, simple: Instead of lab tests, do my best to get a feeling for what these devices will be like to use for people and families in a real-world scenario. Disneyland offers the ability to test the c