[ad_1] After months of waiting, Australians will finally be able to get their hands on Samsung’s new Galaxy Book and Galaxy Tab S3 range on July 28, 2017.  Both devices will take advantage of Samsung’s updated S Pen, which now has a pressure level sensitivity of 4,096 and no longer needs to be charged.  ReplacingRead more about Samsung's Galaxy Book and Tab S3 are finally launching in Australia next week[…]

[ad_1] The Multicore Association, the processor standards body with a focus on multicore processor implementations, has announced the availability of an enhanced implementation of its Multicore Task Management API (MTAPI) integrated into an open source framework called Embedded Multicore Building Blocks (EMB2). The MTAPI takes care of task scheduling and execution on embedded parallel systems.Read more about Open source tools set to help parallel programming of multicores[…]

[ad_1] If you’re a cord cutter and your tastes skew toward animated sitcoms, you might’ve noticed that Netflix has slowly been losing some of its key real estate – including shows like Bob’s Burgers.  It turns out they’re not being stuck in a vault somewhere, however. They’ve all just left Netflix for the cool newRead more about Hulu just boosted its TV show library in a big way, but it's still far behind[…]

[ad_1] In the latest in our series on the EW BrightSparks of 2017 we highlight Josh Elijah, who looks after design and development for Engimake, a company he co-founded. Engimake He started his business straight out of university, fulfilling his dream to build robots. A Kickstarter programme successfully raised £48,000 and now Engimake are busy delivering the QuadBot roboticsRead more about EW BrightSparks 2017 profile: Josh Elijah, Engimake[…]

[ad_1] There’s going to be no shortage of Motorola phones to choose from this year, as following the launch of the impressive Moto G5 and Moto G5 Plus earlier in 2017 the company now looks to be coming back with improved versions, known as the Moto G5S and Moto G5S Plus. These new phones areRead more about Moto G5S and G5S Plus release date, news and rumors[…]

[ad_1] The idea is to help combine STEM subjects with the arts, delivering an all-in-one portable system for music, light and sound, for use in the classroom. HAT compatible Measuring 60x67mm, it’s designed to function as a high-end Raspberry Pi Speaker and an LED matrix, along with an inbuilt microphone to help build your veryRead more about Pi-topPulse offers music, lights and voice control for the Pi[…]

[ad_1] UPDATE: If you’re after an Xbox One S, scroll down to check out the deal with two free games at JB Hi-Fi — today only! With the recent unveiling of the Xbox One X, the Xbox One S has seen some impressive price drops and bundle deals with Microsoft going all out to pumpRead more about The best Australian Xbox One deals in July 2017[…]

[ad_1] The mesh capability – based on Bluetooth Low-energy, using its Advertising packages – enables many-to-many device communications and is, says the SIG, optimised for creating large-scale device networks. For example, the technology is suited for building automation, sensor networks and other potential IoT systems where tens, hundreds, or thousands of devices need to reliably and securelyRead more about SIG finalises Bluetooth mesh networking[…]

[ad_1] Update: Casey Hudson, the former General Manager at BioWare Edmonton, has announced that he plans on returning to the role via Twitter and will replace Aaryn Flynn. Under Hudson’s careful guidance, the studio launched the original Mass Effect trilogy and has worked on Neverwinter Nights and Star Wars. Anthem will, apparently, be a scienceRead more about Anthem: trailer, release date and news[…]

[ad_1] Bluetooth mesh is a protocol that will run on top of any Bluetooth 4.0 device. It does not need Bluetooth 5 hardware, Silicon Labs marketing manager Mikko Savolainen told Electronics Weekly. It relies completely on Bluetooth Low Energy ‘advertising’ messages, defining what goes into the 31byte payload. A software stack for existing silicon that canRead more about New software puts Bluetooth Mesh on old hardware[…]