Are you patiently waiting for your Pixel 2 or Pixel 2 XL to be despatched? Or maybe you’re still on the fence about whether or not to get one of Google’s newest smartphones? Either way, there’s a whole load of new images taken on the Pixel 2 ready for you to check out on Google Photos. You can also see how some of the smart video stabilization features Google has added work in practice, turning juddery and shaky clips into something far smoother and easier on the eye. It looks like the camera is

Following a leak a few days back, TCL has officially announced its new BlackBerry phone, the BlackBerry Motion at GITEX Technology Week. The BlackBerry Motion is an all-touch smartphone designed to “empower the most challenging, on-the-go lifestyle.” Specs for BlackBerry Motion include a Snapdragon processor, 5.5-inch full HD display, 4GB RAM and a 4,000mAh battery with QuickCharge 3.0 support. In the Middle East, the BlackBerry Motion will be first BlackBerry with dual-SIM capabilities, however

There have been probes at Jupiter before, but there’s something special about NASA’s Juno spacecraft. Currently orbiting the giant planet, Juno is humankind’s most distant solar-powered space probe, which is some feat given that sunlight reaching Jupiter is five times dimmer than that on Earth. It’s there to learn about Jupiter’s atmosphere, its magnetosphere and – for the first time ever – the planet’s interior below the clouds. Juno’s massive solar arrays are helped by its polar orbit, which a

Next year the tech we’ll see the most could be advanced facial recognition, similar to the Face ID system from Apple. Consumers see 3D face scanning as more of a significant upgrade, Kuo suggests, which will lead to a boost in sales for anyone who can package it in a phone. What’s more, it opens up more possibilities for augmented reality features (like crazy Snapchat lenses for your face). As Samsung makes its own OLED panels, it has an advantage over other Android phone makers in being able to

I don’t know how much of the blame lies with me, and how much lies with Duolingo. What’s more, Duolingo also tells you what percentage fluent you are in that language so that you can put it on your LinkedIn profile. I was so proud when I got to 26% fluent in Spanish. I had this plan in my mind that I was going to do a few months worth of Spanish learning, and blow her away with my virtuoso conversational skills. It turns out that 26% fluent doesn’t mean I’m fluent but with 26% of the vocab, it m

As Puerto Rico and its people continue to reel from the devastating effects of Hurricane Maria, two of the world’s biggest tech companies have outlined plans for bringing power back to the Caribbean island and US territory. First up Google has just nabbed a temporary license for it to provide an emergency cell network across Puerto Rico using its Project Loon technology – that’s where giant, floating balloons are used to get connectivity out to remote areas that lack the usual internet and cell

Even Amazon was getting in on the action by opening up the microphone tech behind its Echo speakers . Everyone seemed to be preparing themselves for a tidal wave of Alexa and Google Assistant speakers as manufacturers rushed to tick this newest of feature boxes. These included a new version of the base Amazon Echo, an enhanced Amazon Echo Plus, and a miniature screen-equipped Amazon Echo Spot. Then, at its big Pixel 2 launch event earlier this week, Google followed Amazon’s lead and announced tw

Sleep tracking technology has existed for decades in a research setting. With answers to sleep problems being elusive for many, it makes sense that sleep tracking would become just as widespread as step, run and activity tracking. Of course sleep tracking technology has existed for decades in a research setting. But beyond figuring out a coffee after 5pm leads to bad sleep, is sleep tech going to have lasting appeal? There’s no clear answer about what might make sleep tech useful to you – and yo

The upcoming feature in question will automatically put your Pixel 2 or Pixel 2 XL phone into a Do Not Disturb mode while you’re driving, muting notifications and letting you get on with the important job of keeping your eyes on the road. It’s oh so quietOne potential problem – which affects iOS too – is that your phone won’t be able to tell if you are actually driving or if you’re sat in the passenger seat trying to queue up some tunes for the long journey ahead. At least the feature is optiona

Count those devicesJust about every paid VPN service includes unlimited bandwidth for the month – you’re not restricted on this front. Unsupported devicesJust about every VPN supports a Windows computer with native software. However, in this case you still need to make sure that the VPN supports installation on a router. So check the small print to be sure that your VPN service includes a kill switch, because really, this is a must-have feature. As an alternative, you can implement your own thir

There’s no doubt that iOS 12 will arrive in 2018, and with it likely a whole heap of changes, improvements and new features. iOS 12 news and rumorsSo far we don’t know anything at all about iOS 12, but now that iOS 11 has arrived we’re sure to start hearing things soon and we’ll keep this page updated with every reputable rumor. It was a handy feature and we’d like to see it – along with everything we added to it – returned in iOS 12. For iOS 12 we’d like to see it turned into a proper file mana

ROK Mobile is now offering what it claims is the cheapest unlimited data plan available on the “nation’s best network,” Verizon. ROK is a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), so it offers mobile service on the network of another cellular service provider. At $50 a month, it beats the regular price of an unlimited data plan for a single line from most other carriers. A unique perk that comes with ROK’s unlimited data plan is free roadside assistance, which can be valuable to drivers, especiall

You can now run Windows 10 desktop on Samsung’s latest flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S8, the S8+ and the Note 8 far more easily than before. Ingram Micro Cloud’s solution automates the setup of Amazon WorkSpaces and Microsoft Windows Desktop as a Service (DaaS) for the Samsung Galaxy Note 8, Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+ and DeX prosumers so that they can set up and run a virtual desktop on their smartphones in just a few easy steps. This is the first mobile device-based Windows cloud DaaS being offe

You might recall that the Xbox One X console was once known as ” Project Scorpio ” while in development, and Microsoft has paid homage to that legacy with a little surprise hidden inside each unit. Specifically, it’s a little drawing of Master Chief from Microsoft’s acclaimed Halo series riding a scorpion that’s etched directly into the circuit board. The Project Scorpio name will live on in the limited-edition Project Scorpio Edition of the Xbox One X, which is essentially the same console but

For many years, AOL Instant Messenger was one of the last real reminders of how sweeping AOL’s presence was in the 1990s. Oath is the new company Verizon created to merge elements of AOL and Yahoo following its acquisition of both. The signs were already there, as AOL starting denying access from some third-party chat clients way back in February. At the time, an AOL employee who spoke with Ars Technica claimed usage had slipped into the “single digit millions.” Long before that, in 2012 The New

Apple Chief Design Officer Jony Ive, in a rare media appearance, revealed that the new iPhone was in development for half a decade – all the way back in 2013. This means while you were toying around with the ‘new’ iPhone 5S and its novel fingerprint sensor, Apple was busy crafting the beginnings of the iPhone X, which ironically, lacks a fingerprint sensor. Ive described the grueling development process to get to a finished device. Will the iPhone X be the 10th anniversary smash hit that Ive and

With a not-so-subtle wink and a nod, Apple is already previewing its iOS 11.1 update today with a preview of new emoji to come. If the angry red face emoji didn’t go far enough for you, there’s a new expletive-enhanced flushed face to give your messages more… character. iOS 11.1 is becoming more inclusive and, in some cases, gender-neutral. When will iOS 11.1 arrive? Apple is launching this update to developers and public beta testers next week, however, it didn’t give us a final iOS 11.1 rele

Android Wear 2.0 landed in February, so given that most things in the mobile world have a yearly cycle we might well be just a few months away from the launch of Android Wear 3.0. It’ll be freeGuessing at Android Wear 3.0’s release date isn’t as simple as some things, because Google has only had two major Android Wear releases so far, and it didn’t stick to the typical yearly gap between them. We then saw the sizeable Android Wear 1.1 update land roughly a year later in May 2015, but after that

The Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL are both now available to pre-order, and with premium designs and high-end specs you might well want to get an order in. With that in mind we’ve created a list of five things that are worth knowing, but may have got drowned out in all the Google Home Max, Google Pixel Buds and Google Pixelbook news. The Pixel 2 XL is only marginally larger than the Pixel XL despite having a much bigger screenThe Pixel 2 XL has a 6.0-inch screen, yet at 157.9 x 76.7 x 7.9mm it’s only sl

For the first time ever, a 360-degree video has been created of a spacewalk on the International Space Station (ISS), allowing you to see Earth in all of its glory. Looking down at Earth from space is an experience that is often described by astronauts as being phenomenal, and both exhilarating and humbling in equal measure. Now you can experience a part of that from the comfort of your own home thanks to the crew of the ISS. The video, First time in the Universe: Spacewalk in 360, was created b