Rating: 6/10 ? 1 – Absolute Hot Garbage 2 – Sorta Lukewarm Garbage 3 – Strongly Flawed Design 4 – Some Pros, Lots Of Cons 5 – Acceptably Imperfect 6 – Good Enough to Buy On Sale 7 – Great, But Not Best-In-Class 8 – Fantastic, with Some Footnotes 9 […]
Reminder: Google Assistant Will Stop Working With First-Gen Hue Bridges on June 22nd
Philips Hue Philips Hue officially ended support for its first generation Hue bridge on April 30, almost two months ago. The original bridge can no longer connect to the Internet but still works on local networks with inheritance Philips Hue Bridge v1 application, as well as voice assistants like Google […]
Chrome OS Is Getting On-Device Google Assistant
Cam Google Assistant is already quite ubiquitous, with availability on phones, smart speakers, screens and, most recently, Chromebooks. With the Pixel 4, Google was able to reduce the wizard to the point where it could run locally (instead of being entirely in the cloud), and now the same functionality is […]
Boeing Is Using Advanced Varjo VR Headsets to Train Its Starliner Astronauts
UploadVR Like the pilots and NASCAR drivers, astronauts regularly use simulations to exercise their profession. NASA was the first to use Virtul Reality (VR) headsets decades ago, but now Boeing is pushing the envelope with the first end-to-end VR astronaut training simulator. The simulator will prepare The crew of the […]
Google Meet Adds a '.new' Domain Shortcut to Quickly Start Video Calls
Google Meet It’s been a long time since Google has presented its “.new” domain shortcuts, which allow you to quickly open new documents or slideshows by typing docs.new, slides.new and sheets.new in your address bar. Now anyone can make a Google Meet call with the convenient meet.new shortcut. The meet.new […]
Battle Royale Hit 'Apex Legends' Dives Onto Nintendo Switch in the Fall
Respawn / Nintendo Apex Legends, a Fortnite-style shooter battle royale of Fall of the Titans developer Respawn, has become a quick hit on PC and consoles. After a fairly moderate free-to-play launch, it has attracted players who appreciate the sci-fi setting and team-oriented, class-oriented gameplay. You can play the game […]