Engadget – Australian Online News https://australianonlinenews.com.au Delivering Breaking News to Australians Online every minute of every day. Australian Online News is committed to Breaking the news first online and delivering online news as it happens. Mon, 17 Feb 2020 00:19:54 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.2 The Galaxy Z Flip’s glass screen isn’t very durable – Engadget https://australianonlinenews.com.au/2020/02/17/the-galaxy-z-flips-glass-screen-isnt-very-durable-engadget/ Mon, 17 Feb 2020 00:19:54 +0000 https://australianonlinenews.com.au/2020/02/17/the-galaxy-z-flips-glass-screen-isnt-very-durable-engadget/ Samsung's foldable screen still behaves like fragile plastic.

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]]> Nelson went so far as to suggest that Samsung wasn’t using real glass, speculating that it might be a glass-polymer hybrid. This struck him as misleading — if you describe a display as glass, shouldn’t it behave like glass?
It may be more complicated than t…

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]]> Overwatch League moves matches to South Korea after coronavirus outbreak – Engadget https://australianonlinenews.com.au/2020/02/16/overwatch-league-moves-matches-to-south-korea-after-coronavirus-outbreak-engadget/ Sun, 16 Feb 2020 09:15:07 +0000 https://australianonlinenews.com.au/2020/02/16/overwatch-league-moves-matches-to-south-korea-after-coronavirus-outbreak-engadget/ Blizzard was concerned about health risks at Chinese matches.

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]]> A specific schedule is coming “soon,” but the league promised that this wouldn’t affect other Overwatch homestands in Washington, Florida and Atlanta.
There are still questions about how well cancelling events helps limit the spread of viruses. However, the …

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]]> Ultrasonic bracelet jams the microphones around you – Engadget https://australianonlinenews.com.au/2020/02/16/ultrasonic-bracelet-jams-the-microphones-around-you-engadget/ Sat, 15 Feb 2020 22:57:40 +0000 https://australianonlinenews.com.au/2020/02/16/ultrasonic-bracelet-jams-the-microphones-around-you-engadget/ You could thwart eavesdroppers with your wristwear.

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]]> The bracelet design isn’t for the sake of fashion. It not only ensures omnidirectional jamming, it eliminates blind spots (where transducers cancel each other out) through your wrist movement. As a result, it’s more effective than dedicated stationary jammers…

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]]> SpaceX delivers the Crew Dragon capsule to its launch site – Engadget https://australianonlinenews.com.au/2020/02/16/spacex-delivers-the-crew-dragon-capsule-to-its-launch-site-engadget/ Sat, 15 Feb 2020 21:28:56 +0000 https://australianonlinenews.com.au/2020/02/16/spacex-delivers-the-crew-dragon-capsule-to-its-launch-site-engadget/ The Crew Dragon capsule, which will blast off in the spring with astronauts onboard, is now at Cape Canaveral.

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]]> Crew Dragon in Florida ahead of its flight to and from the @space_station with @NASA astronauts @AstroBehnken and @Astro_Doug onboard! pic.twitter.com/nerz0Qujso
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) February 14, 2020
The Crew Dragon successfully completed a test flight to th…

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]]> Love at first fold: 24 hours with Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip – Engadget https://australianonlinenews.com.au/2020/02/16/love-at-first-fold-24-hours-with-samsungs-galaxy-z-flip-engadget/ Sat, 15 Feb 2020 20:00:31 +0000 https://australianonlinenews.com.au/2020/02/16/love-at-first-fold-24-hours-with-samsungs-galaxy-z-flip-engadget/ On Valentine’s Day, I fell in love with a foldable phone.

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]]> Things I already love
Even after just a relatively short time with the Z Flip, when I use my Pixel, it feels weird that I can’t fold it shut. I even find myself trying to bend my Pixel, my fingers itching to fold the Z Flip like they’re searching for a phant…

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]]> The latest ‘Fortnite’ emote lets you Rickroll your foes – Engadget https://australianonlinenews.com.au/2020/02/16/the-latest-fortnite-emote-lets-you-rickroll-your-foes-engadget/ Sat, 15 Feb 2020 19:11:47 +0000 https://australianonlinenews.com.au/2020/02/16/the-latest-fortnite-emote-lets-you-rickroll-your-foes-engadget/ Epic even trolled potential buyers for its newest emote.

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]]> It’s not uncommon to troll your Fortnite enemies with a victory dance, but the latest one might be particularly insidious. Epic Games has added a purchasable “Never Gonna” emote to the battle royale brawler that, as the name implies, Rickrolls your opponents …

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]]> NASA gives four projects $3 million to develop potential space missions – Engadget https://australianonlinenews.com.au/2020/02/15/nasa-gives-four-projects-3-million-to-develop-potential-space-missions-engadget/ Fri, 14 Feb 2020 23:53:37 +0000 https://australianonlinenews.com.au/2020/02/15/nasa-gives-four-projects-3-million-to-develop-potential-space-missions-engadget/ NASA announced its latest Discovery Program studies.

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]]> The first of the potential missions is called Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging Plus or DAVINCI+. It would analyze the atmosphere of Venus and attempt to determine if the planet had an ocean in the past. It would also …

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]]> Ring says its app will allow more control over data shared with Google, Facebook – Engadget https://australianonlinenews.com.au/2020/02/15/ring-says-its-app-will-allow-more-control-over-data-shared-with-google-facebook-engadget/ Fri, 14 Feb 2020 22:19:51 +0000 https://australianonlinenews.com.au/2020/02/15/ring-says-its-app-will-allow-more-control-over-data-shared-with-google-facebook-engadget/ Ring says that soon, its mobile app will allow users to opt-out of sharing data with third parties.

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]]> A couple of weeks ago, the Electronic Frontier Foundation published the results of its investigation into data the Ring app is sharing with third parties. While the Amazon-owned company has faced criticism over its links to law enforcement and the security of…

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]]> Gmail for iOS will let you attach items from the Files app – Engadget https://australianonlinenews.com.au/2020/02/15/gmail-for-ios-will-let-you-attach-items-from-the-files-app-engadget/ Fri, 14 Feb 2020 19:36:47 +0000 https://australianonlinenews.com.au/2020/02/15/gmail-for-ios-will-let-you-attach-items-from-the-files-app-engadget/ Gmail is making it easier to send attachments with the iOS app.

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]]> In the iOS app, users will simply click the attachment icon, scroll to the “Attachments” section and select the folder icon. This isn’t a huge change, but attachments have always felt a bit limited in the Gmail app, so it’s a welcomed improvement. This is an …

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]]> The Morning After: You can finally buy a ‘Nintendo PlayStation’ prototype – Engadget https://australianonlinenews.com.au/2020/02/14/the-morning-after-you-can-finally-buy-a-nintendo-playstation-prototype-engadget/ Fri, 14 Feb 2020 12:30:44 +0000 https://australianonlinenews.com.au/2020/02/14/the-morning-after-you-can-finally-buy-a-nintendo-playstation-prototype-engadget/ And there's a new form of 3D printing that creates tiny objects in just a few seconds.

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]]> ‘It’s all about the light.’Researchers find a way to 3D print tiny objects in seconds
Swiss researchers have developed a technique that forms a solid resin structure in one go, rather than segment by segment, as is the case with traditional 3D printing. They…

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