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NASA reschedules Ingenuity helicopter’s first flight on Mars for Monday

NASA has rescheduled the first flight of its Ingenuity Mars helicopter to April 19th at 3:30AM ET, the agency announced Saturday. The four-pound helicopter that arrived on Mars on February 18th with its parent rover Perseverance has seen its first flight delayed a few times. It touched the surface of Mars on April 4th, and… Read more

Realme Q3 is coming next week with a glow in the dark logo, will be cheaper than rumored

The Realme Q3 series will be unveiled next week and the company’s slogan, “Dare to leap”, will be painted on the back of the phones with phosphorescent paint that will glow in the dark. The teaser clip below was posted by Realme’s Vice President, Xu Qi Chase. The VP also called the Realme Q3 the… Read more

LG G1 OLED Evo 4K TV review: OLED has evolved

(Pocket-lint) – With some LCD TV makers – including LG! – making a big song and dance about the introduction of Mini LED backlight technology for 2021, the pressure on mainstream OLED TVs to deliver their own substantial hardware leap that’s been rumbling along for years now has become particularly intense. Just as well, then,… Read more

iPhone 12 Pro Space Collection featuring Elon Musk

Caviar launches 5 Limited Edition models of the iPhone 12 Pro (Max) dedicated to space conquerors. Each features a real fragment of a famous spacecraft. Today it is exactly 60 years ago that the first manned space flight took place. This memorable day has been renamed the Day of the Cosmonauts. In honor of this… Read more

Realme 8 Pro review: a peek at what’s next in midrange smartphone imaging

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. The Realme 8 Pro is a good, inexpensive Android phone that you probably shouldn’t buy right now — at least if you’re in the US. But it’s also a preview of positive things to come to the… Read more

LG Gram 16 review: Large-yet-lightweight laptop delivers big

(Pocket-lint) – The LG Gram 16 is never going to make sense to some people. For many, a large-screen laptop has to be a super-powered desktop-replacer. And if it’s not, why does it exist? LG’s Gram series has quietly challenged that view for the last few years. And the LG Gram 16 should make this… Read more

Monster Hunter Rise on the Nintendo Switch is small but mighty

Filed under: Games Review Monster Hunter makes a triumphant portable return More than a decade ago, in a lifetime before The Verge, Monster Hunter on the PSP was my commuting game of choice. I’d spend a couple of hours a day tackling solo quests as my train wound through the Japanese countryside, then compare loot… Read more

The Realme 8 Pro is a £279 phone with a 108-megapixel camera

Officially launching in the UK today, the Realme 8 Pro is a budget device that’s one of the first to use the new Samsung ISOCELL HM2 108-megapixel sensor in its main camera. While similar high-res sensors have been more common in pricier phones like the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra, this chip is designed for lower-cost… Read more

The Black Shark 4 is a high-end gaming phone that doesn’t look like one

Xiaomi’s Black Shark brand has announced its fourth series of gaming phones, the Black Shark 4 and 4 Pro. They improve on the previous series in most of the ways you’d expect them to. There’s a faster processor, moving up to the Snapdragon 870 in the standard Black Shark 4 and the Snapdragon 888 in… Read more

HP’s New Intel and AMD Convertibles are Very Different

Home News (Image credit: HP) HP announced new AMD and Intel convertibles today, the first of which upgrades the company’s AMD convertibles to Ryzen 5000U chips and the latter of which comes with a new discrete graphics option and plenty of utility software. Granted, that discrete GPU isn’t gaming-tier. Also, if you want something a… Read more

PSVR 2 will feature adaptive triggers, haptic feedback and more

Mustafa Mahmoud 2 days ago Console, Featured Tech News, Software & Gaming, Virtual Reality Sony recently confirmed that it was working on a next-generation version of its popular PlayStation VR headset. At the time, the console manufacturer confirmed that not only would the headset get upgraded, but the controllers too. Now, Sony has revealed these… Read more

Sony announces new PS5 VR controllers with adaptive triggers

Sony is revealing its new VR controllers for the PS5 today. The orb-shaped controllers look more like typical VR controllers, and they also include the same adaptive trigger technology found on the DualSense PS5 controller. Each controller has tensions in the triggers, and Sony is aiming to use this tech in future VR games. The… Read more

Arlo Essential Video Doorbell Wire-Free review: Ding dong

(Pocket-lint) – Arlo is a big name in home security, with a wide range of cameras, so extending its offering to the front door makes a lot of sense. Having originally launched an Audio Doorbell – which connected to an Arlo system – the obvious leap was to integrate video and audio to make it… Read more

Photoshop now runs natively on Apple’s M1 Macs

Lightroom was the first Adobe creative app to make the leap to Apple Silicon, and now the much-anticipated release of Photoshop is here. According to the company, Photoshop for M1 Macs completes most tasks 1.5 times faster than when running on Intel. But the speed improvements extend beyond actual editing; Adobe says a lot about… Read more

Insta360’s Go 2 is a $299 action camera with a surprisingly powerful case

At 26.5 grams and the size of my thumb, Insta360’s latest action camera, the Go 2, looks like an oversized Tic Tac with an eyeball. It’s the second generation in the Go lineup, which is Insta360’s only non-360-degree camera line. Where the first-generation Go left a lot to be desired, particularly in the image quality… Read more