Filming a video on your phone may be a frustrating experience, with unsteady footage that looks like a terrible home video. The DJI Osmo Mobile 7P really flips the script. Priced att $99 (was $129), it produces silky smooth video that appears to have been taken with a pricier piece of equipment.
Circuit boards are found in almost every electronic device that consumers use today. When you open your phone, computer, or a basic remote control, green is the first thing you notice. That famous green hue, however, does not come from the board material itself; it is due to a special coating known as solder mask, which covers the copper traces and gives them a green tint.
Video making has long required breaking the bank or devoting hours to learning complex software. Google Vids eliminates all of those hassles at once. If you already have a Google account, you can create, edit, and share videos right from your browser, no downloads or subscriptions required.
SEGA intended to set the Mega Drive (Genesis) system apart from the competition by giving it a unique selling factor that no one else could duplicate. The system was released in Japanese stores in October 1988, however SEGA’s initial sales were far fewer than they had anticipated. Engineers soon responded by developing an internet service that allowed users to download new games and compete against one another from the comfort of their own homes. It was an ambitious concept, but on November 3rd, 1990, it all came together with the debut of Meganet, a service that anyone wanting to spend the extra money and pay a monthly subscription could participate in.
SpaceX filed a confidential IPO application with regulators earlier this week, bringing Elon Musk’s rocket company closer to a public stock listing than it has ever been. The filing details are sealed for now, but people familiar with the process expect a public debut as early as June. If everything goes to plan, the stock sale could raise tens of billions of dollars and value the company at around one trillion dollars.
Studio 64 Bits worked tirelessly for four months to hand-draw every single frame, allowing them to introduce Elden Ring to the wild world of Saturday morning television in the 90s. The end effect feels like a bizarre parallel universe in which the game appears alongside Thundercats and He-Man.
Dell released the Inspiron Duo in late 2010 at a hefty $549.99 ($824.23 today), following closely behind the iPad but with a complete keyboard for when things got serious. The sales teams marketed it as a true game changer, a system that could effortlessly flip between laptop and tablet mode in seconds. However, for far too many users, this combination proved to be a true headache, a jumble of minor design decisions that just made things more difficult at every turn.
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The Wall Street Journal recently got a rare look inside Apple Park as part of the company’s 50th anniversary celebrations, with reporters joining Tim Cook for a walk through an archive that Cook himself admitted he had barely visited until preparations for the milestone began pulling decades of stored material back into the light.
Apple’s AirPods Pro 3, priced at $199 (was $249), remain the best noise-cancelling earbuds since they are ideal for everyday use. They’re the first thing people reach for when they wake up and the last thing they remove at night, and you can see why once you find a good fit.
