Interaction designers love hand gestures. They’re simple, generally pretty easy to learn, and intuitive. They believe that ultrasonic imaging, as used in medicine and pregnancy scans, could hold the key to understanding hand movement. “With current technologies, there are many practical issues that prevent a small, portable ultrasonic imaging sensor integrated into a smartwatch,” said Jess McIntosh, a PhD student who worked on the research. “Nevertheless, our research is a first step towards wha

The “OK Google” command can still be used to ‘wake up’ the speaker. Listen upWhat was supposed to happen is that you could tap the top of the tiny speaker (or say “OK Google”), and then issue your command. For some reason a limited number of Google Home Minis were detecting touches constantly, and always listening for and processing commands, sending snippets of recordings back to Google around the clock. You can still tap the top of the speaker to control the volume and mute the Google Home Min

A freshly introduced update for Windows 10 has apparently been causing havoc with some users’ machines, invoking the dreaded blue screen of death (BSOD), and in some cases triggering the even-more-dreaded boot loop (i.e. After that, it reboots automatically, attempts to boot again, and then displays the ‘Automatic Repair’ screen. In other words, it’s not the fault of the update itself, but the fact that users have been led to install “both the delta update and the cumulative update which shouldn

You can set up voice recognition on an Amazon Echo, Echo Dot, or Echo Show by reading aloud 10 phrases to create a voice profile (there’s a tutorial video here). Alexa will then be able to identify you across any Echo device and ‘most’ third-party devices with Alexa attached, Amazon says. While Alexa has been able to handle multiple accounts before, you had to switch between them using the Alexa app. The new upgrade brings the Echos and other Alexa devices up to speed with the Google Home family

Reliance Jio today announced a new Diwali Dhan Dhana Dhan offer that extends the all unlimited benefits currently being provided. Under the Jio Diwali Dhan Dhana Dhan offer, users can extend the all unlimited benefits that users are enjoying now. Jio Diwali Dhan Dhana Dhan offer detailsAccording to Reliance Jio, users who have already recharged with the Dhan Dhana Dhan offer can also recharge with the Diwali Dhan Dhana Dhan offer. Reliance Jio planning to revise tariffs soonAnother important poi

Facebook unveiled the Oculus Go virtual reality headset at the Oculus Connect 4 conference earlier today, a new standalone device that has no wires and doesn’t need a PC or phone to operate. That’s right: unlike Oculus Rift, you don’t need to hook Go up to a pricey PC in order to run VR experiences. The headset is more expensive than Gear VR and the Google Daydream View (2017), but it’s half as much as Oculus Rift. Whereas Oculus Rift requires an expensive PC rig to provide the graphical boost b

Here’s everything you need to know about the new Oculus Project Santa Cruz virtual reality headset. A high-end standalone virtual reality headset from OculusA high-end standalone virtual reality headset from Oculus When is it out? No consumer release date yet, but Project Santa Cruz ships to developers in early 2018No consumer release date yet, but Project Santa Cruz ships to developers in early 2018 How much does it cost? Project Santa Cruz featuresProject Santa Cruz was first unveiled back in

An inexpensive “all-in one” standalone Oculus virtual reality headsetAn inexpensive “all-in one” standalone Oculus virtual reality headset When it is out? The lenses are even better than the ones currently used for the Oculus Rift, offering “significantly reduced glare.” Image credit: OculusAttractive features all, but it remains to be seen what we’re really getting in terms of a “middle-of-the-road” virtual reality device. On the bright side, if the Go ultimately proves too limiting, the fully

Western Digital (WD) has announced its next biggest innovation in hard drives, and it could bring capacities all the way up to 40 terabytes. At its San Jose, California headquarters, WD announced the world’s first microwave-assisted magnetic recording (MAMR) hard drives. The storage company claims its innovative MAMR technology will enable its future hard drives to store more than four terabytes-per-square-inch. The result will enable hard drives that could come with 40 terabytes of capacity and

The Huawei Mate 10 Pro has leaked before, and the leaks just keep coming. A photo of the Mate 10 Pro was uploaded a week ago, showing off an interesting design and glass back. Credit: @evleaks (Image: © @evleaks)Note 8 meets Google Pixel meets iPhone XThe Huawei Mate 10 Pro is expected to launch October 16, with sales starting up soon after. A dual-camera system lined up vertically isn’t the only similarity to the iPhone X. Huawei itself has suggested that the Mate 10 Pro will have advanced faci

Most of the announcements during today’s Oculus Connect 4 event involved having a screen strapped to your face. But, with 3D posts, Facebook is trying to merge the worlds of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). Essentially, the idea is that you’ll soon be able to craft cartoony virtual 3D items in Facebook Spaces , the social network’s VR social hangout zone, and then share those items with friends through Facebook’s news feed. Your friends will then be able to interact with the obje

Last summer, the Oculus Rift and Oculus Touch bundle enjoyed an appealing $100 six-week price drop down to $399. As of today, though, that’s now the permanent price in the US. That makes the combination of the Oculus Rift headset and the Touch motion sensors substantially more financially palatable than it was last year. At the time, the Oculus Rift headset alone sold for $599/£599 and the Touch controllers sold for $199/£199. The new, permanent price is only $200 more than the budget-friendly $

Within 10 minutes, he announced Oculus Go, the new standalone VR headset from Oculus that, according to Zuckerberg, ‘is the first product to hit the sweet spot between mobile and desktop VR.’ Oculus Go is a lightweight headset that you can take with you anywhere, no mobile phone or PC required. What separates the two headsets is the hardware: Inside the Oculus Go, you’ll find a custom optical design – a step up from the lenses you’ll find inside the current Oculus Rift. Also, around the headset

Facebook’s dedicated, wire-free headset codenamed Project Santa Cruz will be in the hands of developers starting early next year. Some questions remainA few questions remain: how much will this headset cost? From our early look at Oculus Connect 4, the graphical fidelity shown off in the prototype experiences didn’t look any better than what we’ve seen with the standalone Google Daydream headset. We ask this because in the same breath, Oculus announced the Oculus Go, a new standalone headset tha

Big spenderApple has reportedly committed $1 billion to its original programming effort which should help in securing the A-list names it’s seeking. A big question that remains to be answered, though, is how Apple intends to distribute its original programming. If Apple is as serious about pursuing original programming as it seems to be this would make sense. If Apple was to expand its Apple Music ecosystem to include TV shows there’s no doubt it would have fans. If it continued to keep the cont

A new post on Razer’s official website states there will be a livestream to reveal the new phone on November 1, but we’ve yet to learn the exact timings of the event. We first suspected Razer was planning to make a phone after the company bought the manufacturer of the Nextbit Robin in January 2017. He said, “One of the most hotly rumored things about Razer is that we’re coming up with a mobile device. And I can say that we are coming up with a mobile device specifically geared toward gamers and

This is all promo for Mr Robot season three that is about to start on Amazon. In Mr Robot, Rami Malek plays a hacker called Elliot Alderson who is part of a group called F Society. There are other hackers who also hack things but we can’t really tell you much more without giving away massive spoilers. One thing that we were curious about is how accurate the hacking is in Mr Robot. But we will definitely be watching Mr Robot season three for some vicarious hacking.

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Ten years after Amazon released its first ever Kindle, the retailer has announced the all-new Kindle Oasis – and it may just be the product to tempt you to upgrade your ereader. The upgraded Kindle Oasis is larger than last year’s Oasis model, and packs the largest screen ever seen on an Amazon e-reader at seven inches. The screen is backlit as on previous models and brings back adaptive auto brightness too, missing from the original Oasis. Ten years onOne of the biggest upgrades for the new Kin

Now that we have the NES Classic Mini and the SNES Classic Mini, a trademark has appeared in Japan which suggests the next console being used to test the Nintendo Shrink Ray could be the original Game Boy. Though we wouldn’t object to a Game Boy Classic Mini at all, there are some limitations to it. There’s also the fact that you can get a large number of the original Game Boy games on the Virtual Console already. That said, Nintendo did prove it can go tiny and functional with its 2005 Game Boy