This summer the folks at Purism announced they wanted to raise $1.5 million to create a smartphone that runs free and open source GNU/Linux software and includes hardware kill switches to give users more control over their privacy and security settings. The Librem 5 crowdfunding campaign got off to a slow start and looked like […]
ZTE Axon M dual-screen smartphone hits the FCC
It’s official: ZTE is developing a smartphone called the Axon M, and it sure looks like it’ll probably be the dual-display that we’ve been expecting (thanks to a series of leaks). A device called the ZTE Axon M showed up at the FCC website today, and while the documents don’t include photos or detailed specs, […]
Alpha launches two more Linux laptops
The makers of the Alpha Litebook and Centurian Linux laptops are going upscale. While the first two laptops from Alpha were relatively inexpensive devices with entry-level specs, the new Centurian Ultra and Centurian Nano supports up to a Core i7-7500U Kaby Lake processor and ship with up to 16GB of RAM and up to 1TB of […]
Deals of the Day (10-09-2017)
Amazon is running its first sale on its recently-released Echo Show smart speaker with a 7 inch touchscreen. Normally priced at $230, right now you can get one for $200. If you don’t need the screen though, Amazon’s also selling the Echo Dot for $45 ($5 off) and the Amazon Tap portable Bluetooth speaker for […]
SNES Classic hack allows you to load additional games
Nintendo’s SNES Classic Edition is an $80 game console that looks like a tiny version of the company’s 1990 game console, and which comes with 20 classic games pre-installed. Like last year’s NES Classic, the latest retro game system from Nintendo doesn’t officially support any other games. It doesn’t take cartridges, and you’re not supposed […]
SiFive unveils first Linux-ready RISC-V processor
Chips made by Intel and AMD currently dominate the PC space, while most smartphones and tablets tend to feature processors based on ARM designs. There are few other options, but one of the most intriguing are chips based on the RISC-V architecture. Since 2010, the RISC-V project has been developing an open instruction set architecture […]
TCL launches BlackBerry Motion touchscreen smartphone
As expected, the latest BlackBerry phone is the first to feature a waterproof design. The BlackBerry Motion also has the biggest battery of any Blackberry-branded smartphone to date, thanks to the 4,000 mAh battery. Like most recent BlackBerry-branded devices, the Motion is actually built by Chinese device maker TCL. But the Android smartphone ships with […]
Xposed Framework for Android Nougat released (officially)
Xposed Framework is a system that allows you to change the behavior of Android phones, tablets, and other devices in some pretty powerful ways. It brings the sort of features that used to require a custom ROM to phones, tablets, and other devices that have been rooted… but which are still running the software that […]
Disqus discloses 2012 security breach
If you have a Disqus account, you might want to change your password. The online commenting platform (which powered this site’s comments up until this earlier year), announced that it suffered a security breach in 2012 and that data for about 17.5 million users was compromised. While the breach happened 5 years ago, Disqus just […]
Cortana learns to speak to smart home devices
Microsoft’s Cortana voice assistant is built into every PC that ships with Windows 10. You can interact with Cortana by voice or by typing a question or request. And it does many of the same things other voice assistants including setting reminders, providing news or weather updates, or telling jokes. There’s also support for third-party […]
Deals of the Day (10-06-2017)
The LG V30 smartphone launched in the US this week, offering a 6 inch, 2880 x 1440 pixel display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor, 4GB of RAM, 64GB of storage, and dual rear cameras. Don’t need the latest processor or the full screen displays? You can pick up last year’s model for less than half […]
Seedi is a Retro game system that plays CD-ROMs (crowdfunding)
Want to play some classic console video games, but having a hard time getting your hands on an SNES Classic? There’s no shortage of ways to emulate classic game systems on a PC. You can even turn a $35 Raspberry Pi into a game emulation system with free software like RetroPie. But actually obtaining games […]
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