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Jul 24

Watchmaker Doxa resurrects its most famous dive watch

Doxa is a storied dive watch company and their most popular watch, the Sub, has just gotten a 2018 overhaul. The watches were made famous by writer Clive Cussler whose character, Dirk Pitt, consulted his beefy Doxa on multiple occasions.

This new model is made in collaboration with gear manufacturer Aqua Lung and features a 42mm steel case with 300 meters of water resistance, a Swiss ETA movement, and a unidirectional diving bezel. It will cost $2,190 when it ships in August.

The SUB 300 ‘Silver Lung’ continues the yearlong 50th anniversary celebration for DOXA Watches, whose pioneering SUB would first plumb the ocean depths in 1967 as the first purpose-built dive watch for the emerging recreational scuba diving market. Lauded for its bright orange dial and professional-grade build quality and dependability, the SUB quickly became the benchmark against which all other dive watches were measured, and ultimately won the approval of the pioneers of modern diving. This included those at Aqua Lung, who would soon distribute the watches under the US Divers name before consolidating into the singular name Aqua Lung in 1998.

Why is this important? First, it’s a cool-looking watch and priced low enough for a Swiss movement and case to be interesting. Further, it has real history and provenance and is a little known brand. If you’re a diver or just want to pretend to be one you could do worse than this beefy and very legible piece.

Jul 24

Verizon courts Apple and Google for 5G TV streaming

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It would seem that Verizon’s preparing to partner up with one of two tech titans to deliver 5G television service to the masses later this year. Initial services could launch in approximately 4 large cities before the end of the year, but only if Verizon is able to partner with a big name in television programming. Apparently the ability to … Continue reading

Jul 24

Fortnite Birthday update makes big building changes

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Fortnite‘s version 5.10 update has landed, and boy is it a big one. We already knew that the update would tweak the way Slurp Juice works, but as it turns out, those changes are just the tip of the iceberg. This update makes some sweeping changes to building, which were made in an effort to move the meta away from … Continue reading

Jul 24

GM Allows Owners To Make Money From Sharing Their Cars

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Maven is the car sharing platform that General Motors launched back in January 2016. The service has its own fleet of GM cars which customers can rent for short periods of time as need be. GM is switching things up a bit as it’s now allowing owners of GM-branded vehicles in select areas to make money by sharing their own cars through the platform.

This peer-to-peer car sharing service has been launched under GM’s Maven brand. Those who own or lease a 2015 or newer GM car can list their vehicle on the Maven peer-to-peer car share app.

Once their listing is approved, the cars can then be rented out for some extra cash. Owners or lessees who rent their vehicles through the platform will get 60 percent of the revenue while GM will keep the rest. The insurance for the vehicles being rented out will be covered by GM.

“If you want to have access to a car, you have access to a car. So I believe this is just expanding our opportunity to provide consumers what they want,” said Julia Steyn, vice president, General Motors urban mobility and Maven.

GM has branded this service as Peer Cars and it’s available to all existing Maven members. GM is testing this new service in Chicago, Detroit and Ann Arbor, Michigan. It may decide to launch Peer Cars in other cities across the country later.

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Jul 24

Midnight Black Galaxy Note 9 Render Leaked

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We have seen many leaked renders of the Galaxy Note 9 already and yet more are surfacing online every day. The renders have given us a good glimpse of the color options that Samsung will be offering with its new flagship smartphone. A render of the Midnight Black Galaxy Note 9 has now been leaked online.

Midnight Black is a popular color for Samsung’s flagship smartphones. It’s offered for multiple Galaxy models including the Galaxy S9. Customers obviously like it as it has long been the color of choice for many people. It’s therefore no surprise that the Galaxy Note 9 is expected to be offered in Midnight Black as well.

The leaked render also reiterates the information we have heard about the new handset’s design. It looks similar to the Galaxy Note 8 from the front. There are some design differences at the back, though.

The camera placement is the same as before but the setup itself has a slightly different design. The fingerprint sensor which used to be alongside the camera sensors last year is now placed underneath it.

That’s the extent of the design changes on the Galaxy Note 9. Samsung is due to unveil the device on August 9th. It’s expected to be released on August 24th.

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Jul 24

Xiaomi Mi A2 And A2 Lite Android One Smartphones Launched

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Xiaomi reportedly had two Android One smartphones in the pipeline and the company today unveiled both of them. The Xiaomi Mi A2 and Mi A2 Lite are now official. As they are part of the Android One program, the devices will provide a stock Android 8.1 experience. Since many customers prefer a stock Android experience, the company might see considerable interest in these handsets.

They’re the successors to last year’s Mi A1 which itself was based on the Mi 5X that Xiaomi had kept limited to China. It’s a similar story this year as the Mi A2 has specs identical to those of the Mi 6X.

It has a Snapdragon 660 processor under the hood with up to 6GB of RAM and 128GB storage. It also features an 18:9 aspect ratio 6 inch 1080p LCD display, a 12 + 20 megapixel dual rear camera, a 20 megapixel front camera, USB Type C port, and a 3,000mAh battery.

The Mi A2 Lite is slightly smaller as it features a 19:9 aspect ratio 5.84 inch 1080p LCD display with a Snapdragon 625 processor, 4GB RAM and 64GB storage, 12 + 5 megapixel dual rear cameras, 5 megapixel front camera, a 4,000mAh battery, and a microUSB port.

The new handsets will be available in Spain initially with prices for the Mi A2 and Mi A2 Lite starting at approximately $290. Xiaomi has said that it will release the handsets in up to 40 countries later this month.

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