There are lots of easy-to-use apps that allow you to generate 3D models of physical objects using just your smartphone’s camera. But when it comes to calculating the exact size of an object, those same apps are actually pretty inaccurate. They don’t have to be, though, because researchers at …
By David Nield
You may have heard of CyanogenMod and admired it from afar, but now’s the time to seize the day and get it installed on your Android phone. For those new to flashing phones, there are official apps for your mobile and for Windows to help you along, and we’ve explained everything you need to know below.
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A team of researchers from UCLA Berkeley has developed a new supercapacitor which is paper-thin, super-fast to charge and can match batteries with its energy storage density.
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Unless you’ve opted for an antique carriage dating back to the 1920s, most modern strollers are able to collapse small enough to squeeze into a car’s trunk. But the lightweight …
By Aloysius Low The company’s latest tablet will debut in select Asia-Pacific countries at the same time as in the US — here’s the breakdown on how much you’ll be spending to get one.
By Joan E. Solsman The rapper mogul’s celebrity-packed unveiling touted Tidal as the first artist-owned streaming music service of its kind, but it was scant on details about what that means.
The only thing that sucks worse than doing taxes is a hacker stealing your identity, doing your taxes for you, and then depositing your return in a random bank account, where it can later be transferred to Nigeria. Sound impossible? It’s not, according to …
By Joan E. Solsman From the ashes of the Sony Music Unlimited streaming service comes the first way to listen to the free version of Spotify on TVs.
By Jeff Bakalar Jill Schlesinger is back answering 404 listeners’ financial questions and giving out great advice. Plus, we’ll talk about the chances of a dystopian robotic future and new 3D NAND storage technology that might make 10TB solid state drives a reality.
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