Best known for its drones, Chinese manufacturer DJI has also slowly secured its spot as the go-to brand for stabilising smartphone gimbals. Then came the Oslo series where the brand combined its drone cameras with a gimbal for use on the ground. The latest in this series is the DJI Osmo Pocket, and DJI claims it is the smallest 4K snapper with a three-axis gimbal in the world. That may well be a...
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has compiled a detailed topographical map using a wide range of datasets to reveal what lies beneath Antarctica’s ice sheet. Bedmap2 builds on a previous iteration called Bedmap, which was built more than ten years ago. The map incorporates decades of geophysical data from satellites, aircraft and surface-based surveys to create a much higher resolution version...
TikTok is launching on smart TVs in France, Germany and the UK as part of a play to move into people’s living rooms and diversify its audience. The short-form video sharing platform has announced that a version of its app will be available from today on Android TV on models produced by Sony, Hisense, TCL, Skyworth, Sharp, Phillips, Xiaomi, Panasonic and Toshiba. The move, which follows the...
In William Gibson’s novel Zero History, a key character dons the ugliest T-shirt in the world – a ridiculous-looking garment that magically renders the wearer invisible to CCTV. Now, as states across the world deploy artificially intelligent surveillance systems to track, trace and monitor citizens, we may find ourselves wearing ugly T-shirts of our own. Researchers at Northeastern University...
At 9.59pm on December 9, an aircraft appeared over the English Channel. On aviation website FlightAware, the flight popped up suddenly, already airborne at 240 metres. In neon green, the flight-tracking website showed an apparently muddled path, tracing a scribble alongside the coastline between Dover and the village of Camber before landing at Lydd Airport in Kent around four hours later...
Microsoft has unveiled its last-minute marketing push for the soon-to-be ubiquitous OS, including five new ads featuring children from the US, Morocco, Thailand, Iceland and the UK stumbling, giggling and burbling at the news they will “grow up with Windows 10”. The concept revolves around the fact that Microsoft will not be replacing Windows 10 any time soon; instead of major new releases, it...
This article was taken from the October issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired’s articles in print before they’re posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content bysubscribing online Abu Dhabi’s new Capital Gate tower is, with its 18° slope, the world’s most tilted building. It comfortably out-leans the previous Guinness world-record-holder, a medieval church tower...
Google reportedly plans to release “Lite” versions of its Pixel 3 phones. They will be more affordable than their full-fat siblings, have a less powerful CPU s, may leave out expensive-to-implement IP68 water resistance… and Google may add a headphone jack back in. You’ll get a choice of sizes, a standard Pixel 3 Lite and a Pixel 3 Lite XL, mirroring the full-price options. The phones have...
Is the HMS Vigil a real submarine? The Vanguard-class submarine HMS Vigil is fictional. But it is based on real events, involving the UK nuclear programme ‘Continuous At Sea Deterrent’, or ‘Trident’. This nuclear programme is a Royal Navy ballistic missile submarine, which is armed with nuclear missiles. These permanent submarines act to deter threats to national security. What is a Vanguard...
One of Wales’ technology firms, IQE, had committed to reaching net zero by 2050. The Cardiff headquartered supplier of compound semiconductor wafer products and advanced material solutions to the global semiconductor industry, said its commitment to net Zero carbon neutrality across its worldwide operations was in accordance with the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). As part of this...