Google unveils Daydream to create a VR ecosystem for Android

Google's new Daydream platform is designed to create a vibrant Virtual Reality ecosystem on Android, and has support from most of the major hardware vendors. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

ARM announces new Artemis CPU core, first 10nm test chip, built at TSMC

ARM and TSMC announced a significant step forward for 10nm manufacturing yesterday, with news of a 10nm test device. Full-scale 10nm production, however, is still at least a year away -- and the early feedback from TSMC suggests this may be a short-lived node. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Adobe Spark [Embargo until May 19, 9am ET] Adobe Spark will unleash your inner graphic designer

Adobe's new Spark offering is more than an upgrade of its current Post app. With Spark you can create high-quality graphic designs from the browser as well as iOS. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

What is ‘smart’ nutrition, and how will it revolutionize food?

The outsourcing of dietary choices to artificial intelligence has already begun and could lead to better outcomes for both humans and the environment. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

IBM researchers announce major breakthrough in phase change memory

Researchers from IBM have unveiled a breakthrough in phase-change memory. Their work could lead to dramatic density improvements for the proposed next-gen memory standard and make it far more competitive compared to NAND flash and DRAM. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Red Dwarf: Planet beyond Neptune confirmed as third-largest in the solar system

Astronomers and researchers have new evidence showing that the dwarf planet 2007 OR10 is both larger than expected and has a much slower rotation period than most objects in the solar system. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Animation shows advance of climate change with horrifying clarity

This new way of displaying the trends in global temperature over history will chill you to the bone. Sorry. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

MIT creates origami robot you can swallow

With the aid of a magnetic field, the origami robot can crawl around in your stomach for science. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Civilization VI gets launch trailer, October release date

My sleep schedule is nowhere near ready for a new Civilization game, but the heart wants what the heart wants. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

New Windows 10 build kills controversial password-sharing Wi-Fi Sense

Microsoft's Wi-Fi Sense feature was controversial last year, thanks to initially poor communication regarding how the feature worked. Now the company has announced it's discontinuing Wi-Fi Sense in future versions of the operating system. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Kepler team announces largest-ever collection of 1,284 verified new exoplanets

Despite malfunctioning hardware and dwindling fuel reserves, Kepler forges onward, equipped with a new statistical method that confirmed more than 1200 exoplanets. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Doubts cast over whether teenager located lost Mayan city

The Internet is buzzing with reports that a budding archaeologist may have found an ancient Maya city -- but actual experts in the field have a different opinion. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Disney cancels Disney Infinity, shuts down self-publishing business

Disney is exiting the popular toys to life genre of video games, possibly due to increased competition from companies like Nintendo. That's bad news for any fans of the company's Disney Infinity products and its command of the Star Wars and Marvel franchises. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Leaks point to two 2016 Moto X phones with modular add-ons

Are modular phones the next big thing, or will this be the same as the 3D phone fad of 2011? | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

NASA unveils first Mercury topography maps from MESSENGER craft

Before crashing into Mercury's surface, the MESSENGER probe sent a glorious visual archive back to Earth. Here's what the probe taught us about Mercury before it died. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

New Windows 10 updates add support for FreeSync, G-Sync, and unlocked frame rates

Microsoft announced major changes and improvements to the Windows 10 Store today, including support for FreeSync and G-Sync, and uncapped frame rates. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

NIST report says we urgently need more work in post-quantum cryptography

The National Institute for Standards in Technology has issued a report on the need to plan for the cryptographic apocalypse. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Verizon’s latest Samsung Galaxy S7 update adds even more bloatware

Verizon's version of the Galaxy S7 is already carrying a pretty hefty bloatware load -- and the most recent OTA update included an application that loads yet more apps without user input. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

HTC sales crater year-over-year as company revenue plunges 64 percent

HTC's revenue and profits both cratered in Q1 2016, but recent launches like the Vive and HTC 10 aren't included in these results. We won't know how much either product can shift the needle until next quarter. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

MIT researchers publish a legend for alien hunting

MIT astrobiologists have an ambitious new plan to expand the search for life -- but they could expand it too far. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Deep Space Industries partners with Luxembourg for asteroid mining probe

Before you can mine asteroids, you first have to figure out how to get to them. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Biotech company gets approval for experiments trying to reverse brain death

Either we get to bend the arrow of time a little bit, or this is going to result in the zombie apocalypse. Let's roll the dice and find out. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

The McLaren F1 supercar can only be serviced with this ancient Compaq laptop

What does it take to keep a 25 year-old supercar running? A 25 year-old laptop, apparently. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

NOAA scientists are exploring the Mariana Trench, and you can watch it live here

From April 20th to July 10th, NOAA is executing a three-part deepwater exploration in the Mariana Trench and surrounding areas. Featuring the deepest portion of any ocean, this unimaginably dark and mysterious place has been something of an obsession for scientists and successful … | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Oculus shipping hardware to retail stores while pre-orders are delayed for months

Oculus has decided to prioritize shipping Rift to retail outlets, while consumers who pre-ordered months ago wait in (literal) line. It may make smart business sense, but it's an insult to the people who supported the company financially and have been waiting months already. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

2017 BMW i3: The new normal for EVs is 100-plus miles range. If not 200.

With a more powerful battery (same size) packaging, BMW's i3 jumps from 81 to 114 miles on electricity. When it ships, BMW will be facing Chevrolet, Nissan and Tesla EVs with 200-mile ranges. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Possible new particle from LHC has physicists cautiously excited

Surprising readings from December just won't go away -- and unlike the LHC's last big particle, this one would upset physics rather than confirming it. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

How Intel lost $10 billion — and the mobile market

How did Intel -- the most advanced foundry in the world -- manage to spend so many billions of dollars on mobile technology with so little to show for it? | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

New malware takes advantage of Windows ‘God Mode’ to evade detection

God Mode can make your computer more powerful with a batch of handy shortcuts, but the same trick is now being exploited by malware. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Tesla’s Bioweapon Defense mode could add years to your life — in Beijing

Inside of two minutes, a Tesla in Bioweapon Defense Mode reduces air 10x dirtier than in Beijing to a healthy level. At the same time, a Model S or Model X scrubs the outside air clean, too. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Blizzard to meet ex-lead designer, Nostalrius devs over classic World of Warcraft server

Fan interest in World of Warcraft classic servers is spiking, and Blizzard is apparently willing to talk. The company will sit down with the original designer of the game and the Nostalrius server authors in coming weeks. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Can DNA become the future of digital storage? Microsoft is betting on it

Thanks to its many unique properties, synthetic DNA is well placed to take on the coming data tsunami. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

TRAPPIST-1: a star with three habitable planets, just 40 light years away

Incredible new readings show three separate planets that could support alien life -- but that life would be very different from what we know on Earth. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Researchers team up with viruses to evolve a better insecticide

A collaborative team of researchers just used viruses to chivvy along evolution, resulting in a new bacterial toxin useful on pesticide-resistant insects. It calls to mind that old saying: the enemy of my enemy is my friend. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Qualcomm announces new deep learning SDK with support for Snapdragon 820, heterogeneous compute

Deep learning is increasingly critical to the future of computing, and Qualcomm is leaping into the fray with new software tools of its own. The Snapdragon Neural Processing Engine SDK will help developers leverage the strengths of the Snapdragon 820 platform in cutting-edge appl … | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Model E: Now Ford plans a 200-mile electric vehicle

200-mile Model E likely follows Chevrolet Bolt, Tesla Model E, and next-gen Nissan Leaf to market. The EV Ford will likely be built in Mexico (sorry, Donald) circa 2019. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

UC Berkeley team builds ‘semantic atlas’ of the human brain

Voxel-based mapping reveals the brain regions that we use to think about relationships, self-identity and even abstract things like math and time. Can this finally dispel the notion that we only use 10% of our brains? | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

SoFIA later: Intel kills upcoming smartphone and tablet hardware

After years of attempting to push into the market and billions of dollars invested in doing so, Intel is pulling out of tablets and smartphones. The company will align its efforts elsewhere and focus on different products. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

The iTunes Music Store is 13 years old today, and iTunes is still a disaster

Every company needs at least one terrible product. Apple's parvum opus turns 13 today. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Cloudy with a chance of nagware: Windows 10 upgrade notification disrupts weather broadcast

Windows 10 upgrade notifications can strike at any time -- even in the middle of your live AccuWeather forecast. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

ET deals: Dell PowerEdge T20 mini tower quad-core desktop for $369

Looking for a cheap barebones machine with plenty of room for storage? Take a gander at the PowerEdge T20 from Dell. It's small, powerful, and extremely affordable. With this deal, you can easily make a handy little media server without breaking the bank. Add a few terabytes of s … | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

SpaceX announces plans to launch Mars mission in 2018

A Red Dragon is headed for the Red Planet, courtesy of SpaceX. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Ubisoft’s The Division is a hacked-up mess, network code may require complete rewrite

Ubisoft's The Division has been having serious cheating problems since it launched, but new information suggests the problem may not fixable -- at least not without a complete code rewrite. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

MakerBot is done making its own 3D printers

As the high-end 3D printer market cools off, MakerBot decides to outsource its hardware to a general electronics manufacturer. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

ET deals: Save $48 on a 24-inch Dell SE2417HG gaming monitor

Looking for an affordable monitor that's well-suited for fast-paced gaming? Check out the 24-inch SE2417HG gaming monitor from Dell. Not only does it deliver full HD at 60Hz, but the response time on this display is a mere 2ms. And if you use today's coupon, you'll save a total o … | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Space-based relativity experiment is crucial to the search for gravitational waves

The Microscope satellite will test our ability to put objects into perfect free fall, and that's more important than you might think. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Apple just posted its first quarterly sales decline in 13 years

Apple just posted its first sales decline in 13 years, but the company's overall finances and financial position remain extremely solid. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

New microcontroller runs on radio waves, can be reprogrammed in the field

A new type of wireless sensor can run entirely off ambient energy and be reprogrammed in the field. It's a breakthrough for this type of device and could lead to major advances in wearable and wireless computing. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago