China’s huge FAST telescope will open to scientists globally in April

Posted on 04/01/2021 by Engadget

China will open its 500-meter (1,600 foot) telescope to the global scientific community starting on April 1st, China’s Global Times reported. The “Sky Eye” parabolic dish is the world’s largest Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) used for spott...

Acer unveils a 360Hz NVIDIA-powered gaming monitor

Posted on 01/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

At CES 2020, NVIDIA showed off the “world’s fastest” esports display, the ASUS ROG Swift 360, a monitor with a 360HZ refresh rate. That display should go on sale this September, and NVIDIA is already announcing another super-fast gaming monitor. Acer...

China’s giant radio telescope will start searching for aliens in September

Posted on 01/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

China will soon make a significant contribution to the search for extraterrestrial life. State media outlet Science and Technology Daily (via ChinaTechCity) says the country’s Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope, or FAST, will begin looki...

Samsung’s T7 Touch SSD can be locked with a fingerprint

Posted on 08/01/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Security is especially important for portable SSDs, which might carry tons of sensitive information yet end up tossed in a bag. Samsung recognizes this. To make its latest portable SSD more secure, it has added a fingerprint sensor to the new T7 Touc...

AmazonFresh arrives in Indianapolis, offering as fast as 1-hour delivery

Posted on 12/09/2019 by mandy

It has been a long time coming, but Amazon.com’s grocery delivery service AmazonFresh has finally rolled out to Indianapolis, offering Prime members in those areas access to tens of thousands of...

Unbox these oh-so-cute cute TLC Kritters that are selling out so fast!

Posted on 01/09/2019 by mandy

We’ve always been a fan of toys that bring out the happiness as you unbox them. They come in cute packages, but the real surprise is inside. There’s a certain feeling of euphoria when you unwrap a...

You can now choose how fast Alexa talks on your Amazon Echo devices

Posted on 08/08/2019 by mandy

The latest update to Amazon’s virtual assistant will allow customers to choose from seven speeds – Alexa's standard speaking rate, four faster speaking rates and two slower speaking rates....

Google adds ‘Find My Device’ on Fast Pair headphones

Posted on 20/07/2019 by mandy

Fast Pair, Google’s solution to pairing up Android phones with bluetooth headphones in an instant, is about to have new features that would allow users to locate their headsets when they are missing...

Google testing AirDrop-like transfer tool ‘Fast Share’ for Android devices

Posted on 01/07/2019 by mandy

Google is reportedly developing a new feature to help Android device users transfer files faster, a tool that is eerily similar to Apple’s AirDrop feature.According to reliable leakers 9to5Google and...