The HTC U11 is a great phone, and a few different versions of it have already launched. But, if this leak from Venture Beat’s Evan Blass proves true, the HTC U11 Eyes may be the next take on the phone. The leak shows a device that looks fairly similar to the standard U11, but a few subtle differences are apparent. HTC U11 EYEs (Harmony): 6″ FHD+ (1080 x 2160) Super LCD3, SD652 octa core, 4GB/64GB (+microSD), USB-C, 3930mAh, IP67, Android Nougat, Edge Sense. pic.twitter.com/Ng0ateH3XRJanuary 12,

The New Year has just begun, but General Motors is already looking toward 2019, when it will take the next step for its self-driving cars. It plans to release the Cruise AV, a self-driving car without a steering wheel, pedals or any of the standard driver controls. The news comes from a GM announcement about its safety petition to the US Department of Transportation for permission to put the Cruise AV on roads as early as next year. The big difference between the existing Cruise vehicles and the

In this guide, we’re trying to help you become a profitable Bitcoin miner by highlighting five of the top ASIC mining devices on the market today. In most cases you’ll also need to purchase a good quality PSU (power supply) to ensure maximum efficiency. The Antminer S9 is one of the most popular ASIC mining devices out there, and other mining hardware is often benchmarked against it. The Avalon 761’s greater hash power and energy efficiency means you’ll likely see a slightly faster return on inv

For millions of VPN users, privacy is one of the most desirable aspects of a VPN service, if not the most prized benefit of all. And given that, the amount of logs – details recorded on the user and their online activity – kept by a VPN provider is a crucial consideration. The first thing you need to bear in mind is that there are two main categories of logs: connection logs, and usage logs. Another great feature is the free plan with a hefty 10GB monthly data allowance, providing you register w

Anyone who’s anyone knows that the only keyboards worth their salt are mechanical keyboards thanks to their beautifully engineered switches that type like a dream and last an eternity. That could be about to change very soon, however, with the introduction of a new low-profile mechanical keyboard switch from German manufacturer Cherry. That ‘Cherry feeling’If you’ve ever touched a mechanical keyboard, then chances are the switches in it were made by Cherry. The German manufacturer has been in th

This is the world’s first smartphone with an in-display fingerprint scanner. Its placement within the display also means the fingerprint scanner is ideally located for your thumb, making it easy to hit. This is the optical fingerprint sensor inside the phoneThe Vivo smartphone uses an optical fingerprint sensor that’s bolted to the rear of the OLED display panel of the phone. It’s easy to use, but it’s not as fast as current capacitive readersThere’s something rather magical about using the in-d

CES 2018 has been a great event for new and innovative technologies, but there have also been some brilliant examples of traditional PCs at this year’s show. While some may argue that desktop PCs are going out of fashion, the machines we’ve seen at CES 2018 show there’s plenty of life left in the form factor, with no shortage of desktops offering power and performance that mobile devices can only dream of. And, while the traditional PC has been around for decades, we’re still seeing how far some

The timeless quality of black and white photography makes it a must-try subject for any photographer to try. Along with our best black and white photography tips, we’ll reveal how to get creative with high-contrast graphic compositions and create moody landscapes, and show you how dramatic high- and low-key effects can be used to transform your still life photography and portrait photography. So other elements become even more important for successful black and white images. Here are some exampl

Whereas for the past decade HD has reigned supreme, the last couple of years has seen the rapid rise of 4K, or ‘Ultra HD’. It’s got four times the amount of pixels as HD, which means four times sharper images with four times the detail. HDR means there’s a bigger difference between the lightest and darkest portions of an image, and increased color bit-depth means more colors are possible than ever before. A cheap 4K TV might have the correct amount of pixels, but that’s no use if the rest of the

Messenger, sure – if a friend cannot be contacted in any other way, I may resort to Facebook’s relatively uncluttered instant chat service. In 2016 it made behind-the-scenes changes that were designed to favor posts from pals over publishers and pages owned by businesses. We were right, and as a result, from once fearing News Feed changes, we now desperately desire them, in an attempt to restore some faith in its ability to enrich the relationships it once elevated. Facebook’s Adam Mosseri, head

Though it’s no stranger to consoles, the Monster Hunter franchise has become somewhat associated with handhelds in recent years. However, with the upcoming release of Monster Hunter: World, Capcom is hoping to make things truly global and as part of that it’s releasing the game on the same date across the world on the latest console generation. We sat down with the producer of Monster Hunter: World, Ryōzō Tsujimoto, to discuss why PC and console were the right platforms for this push into the we

Microsoft has pushed out a new preview build of Windows 10 to fast ring testers containing quite a number of changes, including work on the operating system’s do-not-disturb feature, and further tinkering with the Edge browser. With the new preview build, you can set your own schedule for when Quiet Hours kicks in – and customize the relevant priority list to make sure notifications from important sources always get through. It’s now possible to enjoy ebooks or Reading View pages in full-screen,

In what was perhaps a happy coincidence, this coincided with the growth of artificial intelligence and machine learning. The more pictures of cats that you feed it, the more accurate the AI becomes at picking out cats from other images. Using AI to beat AIAmusingly, there is only one problem with using captchas to train machine learning algorithms. What’s to stop, for example, people who want to get around captchas from using machine learning against captchas? Last year developer Francis Kim bui

CES 2018 has shown off some amazing laptops coming out this year, and we got a chance to get a close look at many of them at 2018’s event. We’ve seen incredibly thin and light laptops, powerful gaming laptops that would make some desktop PCs envious, and a new breed of laptop that can last almost an entire day on a battery. The best laptops of CES 2018 highlight just what the humble laptop form factor is capable of, as in a show that was brimming with drones, wearables and robots, it proved that

Why this is a great VPN deal? Easy to set upIf this your first time using a VPN service, then ZenMate is a good choice as this provider offers easy-to-use software that is a breeze to setup across all of your devices. ZenMate will also allow you to access region blocked content so you can stream your favorite shows during your downtime no matter where you’re traveling. There has never been a better time to start using a VPN and getting started with ZenMate is as easy as installing the company’s

Specifically, these systems are running Intel Broadwell and Haswell CPUs for both client and data center. What is perhaps more concerning is that these are benchmarks for Skylake or newer processors, and we’ve yet to see any figures from Intel regarding the impact on older CPUs. Not all machines, however, due to the major issue of the Windows patch causing boot failure for some PCs with older AMD processors. This led to Microsoft halting the distribution of the patch, although the problem should

Can a computer write a great novel or a script for a movie? Data-mining of digital texts reveals fiction’s most common emotional arcs. “By classifying the emotional arcs for a filtered subset of 1,327 stories from Project Gutenberg’s fiction collection, we find a set of six core emotional arcs which form the essential building blocks of complex emotional trajectories,” say the authors of the The emotional arcs of stories are dominated by six basic shapes. Can an AI write a movie screenplay? Can

Smartwatches add extra functionality so you can communicate with your phone while it’s in your pocket, but what if the device on your wrist was actually your phone? The Shell smartwatch is soon to start pushing for crowdfunding on IndieGoGo, so it may never actually see the light of day, but it’s an interesting concept that combines phone tech with wearables. It’ll look like a smartwatch until you unclip it from the body and two metal arms pop out which you use as a microphone and a speaker for

We now know that the Samsung Galaxy S9 is landing some time in February, and with the launch that close it’s no surprise that a lot of details are leaking out, most recently a photo seemingly showing the phone’s retail box. Those specs are all shared by the Samsung Galaxy S8, so they’re not particularly impressive, but are in line with various other rumors. The Galaxy S9 could put a real focus on photography. Samsung has actually already debuted a variable aperture camera on the Chinese W2018 fl

When I agreed to go hands-on with Monster Hunter: World a couple of possible problems cropped up in the back of my mind. First, I have never played a Monster Hunter game. And what do you know – I enjoyed my time with Monster Hunter: World. Learning curveIn the east and the west, the long-running Monster Hunter franchise has a pretty dedicated following. Overall, Monster Hunter: World looks like it could be the game that helps the franchise genuinely break into the mainstream in the west.