According to a report from The Investor, Samsung and Synaptics, the partner that works on the touch sensor, wanted to create a new feature technology that would have separated the device from the competitors. Samsung poured a lot of money into the development, but Synaptics failed to create the technology needed on time. However, they found that the process was slow and the results were “frustrating”. As production got closer, Samsung had to make the decision to move the sensor to the back of the smartphone next to the rear-facing camera, as seen in the latest leaked images of the final design....

While possible design and features have already leaked but a recent speculation essentially points to the Galaxy S8 to come with a 256GB storage option for those who want more storage on their device. Also, the newest feature is that the model has an internal storage read and write speed up to 500 mbps making the transferring of data from other devices much faster. Galaxy S8 is also expected to be available in two versions – 5....

“Today’s inspiration comes at a moment’s notice and creatives and professionals need a device able to keep up with insatiable imaginations while complementing their busy, on-the-go lifestyles. Galaxy Tab S6 enables consumers to unlock their creativity while delivering the top-quality productivity features and advanced technology they have come to expect from Samsung tablets,” said DJ Koh, President and CEO of IT & Mobile Communications Division at Samsung Electronics. In terms of specifications, the Galaxy Tab S6 comes with a nearly bezel-less 10....

On a hungry afternoon, you want to eat a nice Mac Burger and decide to visit a McDonald’s drive-thru for a takeaway. Imagine your fright and anger when the drive-thru speaker tells you to [email protected]@k Off. This is what happened to a drive-thru customer at a McDonald’s in North Carolina. He got a Big Mac shock when the voice from the order kiosk started belting out profanities instead of the normal politically correct ‘Hello, how may I help you!...

This new feature, as the company points out on Twitter, coincides with the 140th anniversary of the first successful telephone call of Alexander Graham Bell. — Wire (@wire) March 10, 2016 Wire promises to provide end-to-end encryption to its uses in addition to crystal clear voice and video service. Wire utilizes the Axolotl ratchet for end-to-end encryption, with prekeys employed for asynchronous communication. As such, both parties do not need to be connected simultaneously for the connection to be encrypted....

Children as young as five were not able to read facial expressions as much due to too much communication with technology says Iain McGilchrist. Dr McGilchrist, a former Oxford literary scholar who retrained in medicine, said he had come to know of growing numbers of teachers who had to explain to their pupils how to read human faces. He further added that he had proof that more pupils were showing borderline “autistic” bbehavior....

In a blog post put up on 1st Jan, PlayStation has said the offer applies to PlayStation Plus members who had an active membership or free trial on December 25. “The extension will be automatically applied, so no action is necessary to receive the extension. We will post additional information here on PlayStation.Blog when the extension becomes available,” it said. Starting the post with a big ‘Thank You,’ the post goes on to add that Sony PlayStation members whose membership or trial ends before the extension is available will get five days of Plus to enjoy once the extension becomes available....

In its release, the startup said, “Otto’s aim is to solve the harder and more important self­driving challenge first by introducing the technology to the highways and making trucks fully autonomous.” Its tech includes sensors, hardware and software that can be retrofit onto current trucks to grant them full autonomy to drive more safely and efficiently, with the driver acting as more of a supervisor. “At the heart of our vision is the belief that self-driving tech is the key for creating a more sustainable, productive—and above all, safer—transportation future,” wrote Levandowski and Ron in a blog post....

The lowest “time on” LTE was recorded by England’s 3 UK , while CricKet USA was the slowest among all the eligible networks. It is important to note that several networks were excluded from the survey because their speed and coverage readings did not provide enough sample size for data comparison. It was found that Vodafone ES from Spain gave the fastest 4G LTE network speed averaging 18 Mbps and Vodafone ES in itself measured a speed of 25....

Now, an official Alder Lake CPU slide has been leaked and shared online by Videocardz, which provides more details on Intel’s upcoming 12th generation processor. According to the report, the CPUs will offer up to 20% single-thread performance uplift and a 100% increase in multithreaded performance due to the new Golden Cove high-performance cores and Gracemont power-saving cores. Based on a hybrid architecture, the Intel 12th Gen Alder Lake CPUs are expected to use the 10 nm Enhanced SuperFin (ESF) process to deliver smarter, faster, and more efficient real-world computing....

Two teenage boys, Chris Harris and a friend, visiting from the San Francisco Bay Area, were staying at their family’s vacation home and had tied their boat to a buoy on Tuesday evening. When they woke up the next day, they heard motorboat sounds and when they looked out their window, they realized that it was their boat that was being driven off. The boys called 911 and Harris took action....

The master has spoken. Tesla owner Elon Musk who has had a history of being wary of artificial intelligence has warned that more people will be killed in the future by AI rather than nuclear bombs. As of today, it is believed that the nuclear and hydrogen bombs are the ultimate risk to the human race. Tesla’s warning or prophecy may change the way we look at artificial intelligence. Musk was speaking in regard to the ongoing war of threats between the United States and North Korea, The belligerent regime of Kim Jong Un is hell bent on testing a nuclear device which President Trump and the US think tanks believe could alter the world peace....

Techworm takes a behind the scene non partisan look at Rehana. WHO is the real Rehana? Whatever we have heard about her is from social networks which are not authenticated. The miracle of Rehana was started by a Indian blogger Pawan Durani with this tweet on 13th Oct, 2014 which started a trend with 5K Retweets and instant like for this mysterious blonde assassin dressed in military fatigues. — Pawan Durani (@PawanDurani) October 13, 2014 But is Pawan’s claim really true?...

What the Japanese electronic giant didn’t realize was PS2 would become the most successful console in history in terms of sales. The title is unchallenged today with no competition in sight. The celebrated console paved the way for the next giant leap in console gaming, transitioning to CDs from cartridges. PS2 had a giant library of nearly 4,000 official games that the gaming enthusiasts continued to play till the console gave up....

Like Microsoft, Google and other big tech companies, Apple asks both technical questions depending on your past work experience and some mind-boggling puzzles. The questions that are basically directed to determine the interviewee’s communication skills, problem solving ability and creativity. Given below excerpts are interesting, puzzling and wacky and have been taken from the interview data from Glassdoor. These questions were asked to prospective Apple employees during their job interviews....

After Canarevo announced his plans to cut off a man’s head and put it onto another body, he drew a lot of fascination and criticism for the same. There were many of them who believed that the operation would probably never happen until the team was announced. According to Russia Today, Canarevo is hoping to finish the procedure, which will take 36-hours, and cost $11 million by December 2017. The operation is set to take place at a hospital affiliated to Harbin Medical University in Heilongjiang, China with a team made up largely of doctors from the country....

To remind you, the USB killer does not comprise up of any flash memory soldered on the PCB, but several capacitors that send out a huge surge of current that pretty much fries anything you plug the device into. There are ways that manufacturers have prevented the USB killer from carrying its destructive objectives and in some instances, when you plug in the flash drive, it will not necessarily kill the device, but it will fry the charging port....

EMSense treats your body as a giant antenna as you touch objects so that it could read their otherwise invisible electromagnetic (EM) signals and “see” what you touch. Carnegie Mellon graduate student Gierad Laput says “[Most devices] have EM signatures. But for passive objects like steel ladders—which are conductive—they pick up EM signals from their immediate environment, like fluorescent lights or power lines. Meanwhile, non-conductive objects like pens and plastic chairs are not capable of generating EM signals....

Two researchers at the Michigan State University have found a cheap and faster method of hacking smartphones that use fingerprint biometrics to secure and lock the user’s data. Kai Cao and Anil K. Jain from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Michigan State University have devised a simpler technique that uses an off-the-shelf printer and special photo paper to spoof fingerprints that can be carried out under 15 minutes....