Hardware

If there was any hope remaining that LK-99 might be a room-temperature superconductor, it's pretty much dead now. In fact, it's worse than that. Pure samples of the substance show that it is an insulator — the opposite of a superconductor. The glimmers of hope that kept the story in the n

You've surely seen all of those videos of robots opening and walking through doors. The dirty little secret is that most or all of them involved a good bit of human hand holding. That can come in the form of manual remote guidance wherein a user remotely controls the process in real-time or a g

Here's a clever addition to Comcast's range of home internet devices. The Xfinity Storm-Ready WiFi is a range extender that features a four-hour battery and cellular connectivity that will click on when users lose internet and power. As the name suggests, the system is designed specifically

I got caught in the rain twice last week. That probably says more about my general lack of preparedness than anything, of course, but I was reminded both times how much is sucks attempting to use a wet touchscreen. I wouldn't say it's the largest single issue facing smartphones today, but i

David Limp is set to step down from his role as head of Amazon's consumer devices division later this year. Amazon has confirmed the news with technewss, following a Wall Street Journal report. Limp has been the company’s Senior Vice President of devices and services for more than 13 yea

India’s ambitious push for self-sufficiency in mobile phone assembling is yielding results. India shipped 2 billion domestically assembled smartphones and feature phones between 2014 and 2022 as part of its Make in India initiative, according to a new research, as the world’s second lar

The world’s largest smartwatch market is about to get two new smart rings. While wrist-worn wearables are still wildly popular in India, a pair of domestic manufacturers are banking on consumers who are meticulous about health and sleep tracking but are less interested in the form factor. BoA

The next big thing in VR might not be higher resolution or more immersive sound, but an experience augmented by physical sensations or moving parts that fool your senses into mistaking virtual for reality. Researchers at SIGGRAPH, from Meta to international student groups, flaunted their latest att

Skydio today announced that it will be shutting down its consumer drone business. Beginning today, the firm will no longer be selling its Skydio 2+ Starter, Sports, Cinema or Pro kits, although it will continue to offer the Skydio 2+ Enterprise Kit to business customers. Skydio also promises to con

My early pandemic podcasting rig was dire. Fitting, really, as everything felt fairly dire at that point. Transitioning to remote interviews was a shock to the system after so many years of stubbornly insisting that they all be done face to face. Much like going into the office every day, however,

It's an exciting time for robotic learning. Organizations have spent decades building complex datasets and pioneering different ways to teach systems to perform new tasks. It seems we're on the cusp of some real breakthroughs when it comes to deploying technology that can adapt and learn on

Feeding table scraps to chickens isn't a new idea. But then again, neither were smoke detectors when Matt Rogers co-founded Nest in 2010, and that worked out pretty well. Rogers is back at it, this time with fellow Nest alumnus Harry Tannenbaum. The duo and their team at Mill have cooked up wha

Sometimes conceptualizing automation requires some stretching of the imagination. It's not always clear why some tasks are prioritized — or how that automation might be implemented. And then there's window cleaning. While it's true that window-cleaning safety has come a long way s

The appetite for hardware to train AI models is voracious. AI chips are forecast to account for up to 20% of the $450 billion total semiconductor market by 2025, according to McKinsey. And The Insight Partners projects that sales of AI chips will climb to $83.3 billion in 2027 from $5.7 billion in