Last Minute Tech Gifts Under $30
Last Minute Tech Gifts Under $30
It’s getting to be that time of the year where all of us are scrambling to get something meaningful for our loved ones, without breaking the bank. As of the time of writing, all of the below gifts are priced at $30 or below and should arrive before Christmas (unless otherwise noted below). They are perfect for the techies in your life!…
Scientists Able to Create a Sodium Battery That Maintains 91 Percent Charge Capacity Over 10,000 Cycles
THE LITHIUM BATTERY has long been the king of electronics. It powers everything from smartphones to self-driving cars — but it also has a serious problem with overheating and, at times, exploding…
Apple Announces AirPods Max Over-Ear Headphones With Noise Cancellation, Priced at $549
Apple today introduced new wireless over-ear headphones called AirPods Max, with key features including high-fidelity audio, Adaptive EQ, Active Noise Cancellation, and spatial audio. Priced at $549, the headphones can be ordered starting today on Apple.com and in the Apple Store app, with availability beginning December 15…
Toyota Claims That Its Newly Developed Batteries Can Enable a Maximum EV Range of 500 KM in One Full Charge, and a Zero to 100% Charging Time of Just 10 Minutes
The automotive industry is set for yet another big leap next year, as Toyota is reportedly on the verge of rolling out its “game-changing” solid-state battery…
Vertical Farm in Denmark Will Grow 1,000 Tons of Local Greens a Year With Taiwanese Tech
If you buy lettuce in the winter in Denmark, it will probably be imported from Spain or Italy—or even Kenya. But a new vertical indoor farm on the outskirts of Copenhagen will soon begin producing 1,000 metric tons of greens a year locally. The Danish company running the farm, in partnership with a Taiwanese tech provider, says that similar farms covering an area the size of 20 soccer fields could fully supply the country’s entire demand for greens…
Samsung Announces Massive 110-Inch 4K TV With Next-Gen MicroLED Picture Quality
Over the last couple years, Samsung has showed off (and sold to a very rich few) its futuristic, modular TV dubbed The Wall that uses MicroLED technology. MicroLED shares many of OLED’s best traits — without most of the associated drawbacks — and is widely viewed as the next big upgrade leap for the displays in our lives. Now, Samsung is taking MicroLED and putting it into a more traditional TV form factor. Today the company announced the 110-inch MicroLED TV, which goes up for presale today in Korea and will launch globally in the first quarter of 2021…
Apple Is Now Building the Chip It Needs to Ditch Qualcomm Like It Ditched Intel
This fall, Apple changed how we thought about laptops overnight. It replaced the Intel processors in its MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro and Mac Mini with its own homegrown ARM chips instead — and though we were initially skeptical about Apple’s silicon transition, the final product blew us away…