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Canary out, Smartphone in for Gas Detection

Published 2014-12-12 electronically adchoices cynthia

By using tiny carbon nanotubes tuned electronically to particular gases, researchers turned smartphones into toxin sensors. Cynthia Graber reports Learn more ab…

Smartphone Battery Drains a Lot Even with Dark Screen

Published 2015-06-26 adchoices drains ad

Background app updates, cell tower pings and other hidden activity accounts for almost half the battery drain on Android phones. Christopher Intagliata reports …

Photonic Chip Could Strengthen Smartphone Encryption

Published 2016-09-09 strengthen photonic encryption

The chip uses pulses of laser light to generate truly random numbers, the basis of encryption. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices.…

Moths Inspire Better Smartphone Screens

Published 2017-06-27 bumpy antireflective moths

Researchers designed an antireflective coating for smartphone screens, with inspiration from the bumpy eyes of moths. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more…

The Safari Bandwagon

Published 2017-09-14 ting bandwagon safari

Apple's huge smartphone line-up, our most anticipated High Sierra features, how we feel about wireless charging our iPhones, and how much is too much to pay for…

Samsung Galaxy Z Slide : un smartphone coulissant sans pli se dévoile en images non officielles

Published 2026-11-12 coulissant sans samsung

Samsung travaillerait sur un smartphone dont l'écran s'allonge en coulissant vers le haut, provisoirement appelé Galaxy Z Slide, d'après des rendus non officiel…

Ocarina of Time is even better if you use a smartphone app

Published 2026-11-11 skulltulas zelda ocarina

I never liked hunting for Golden Skulltulas in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. The game has 100 of them tucked all over Hyrule, and even over my many hour…