Hasta La Gadget!

Zero Motorcycles has unveiled its latest lineup of MY23 electric motorcycles, with the highlight being the new DSR/X adventure bike. Designed for both off-road or highway use, it delivers 100 horsepower and an impressive 166 foot-pounds of torque, providing enough power to climb steep hills or hit a top speed of 112 MPH. 

With a 17.3kWh battery (upgradeable to 20.9 kWh), the DSR/X is good for 180 miles of city range or 85 miles on the highway. The standard Level 2 charger can take it to a 95 percent charge in two hours, or you can upgrade it to a 6KW rapid charge to hit the same level in an hour. 

That’s solid for an e-motorcycle, but range is pretty crucial for adventure bikes and gas-powered models can still go much further. To that end, Zero has partnered with adventure mapping country Backcountry Discovery Routes (BDR) to provide a library of “attainable, achievable and available routes to follow on electric motorcycles from coast to coast,” the company said. 

Zero Motorcycles

The other key feature of the DSR/X is the bike’s new Cypher III+ operating system that integrates Bosch’s full Motorcycle Stability Control suite, including off-road capabilities. The system is designed to deliver traction and stability, with features like linked braking to improve modulation and “Vehicle Hold Control which provides confidence and steadiness even on the steepest slopes,” Zero wrote. 

Zero Motorcycle’s DSR/X is available in either sage green or white pearl, and is now arriving at dealerships at a base price of $24,495. The company unveiled three other MY23 SR (street-riding) models, the high-powered SR/S ($23,995) and SR/F ($23,795), both equipped with 17.3kWh batteries and fast 6.6 kW charge speeds. The SR model ($19,995) offers a 14.4kWh battery and stock 3kW charger.. 

Meta’s Quest Pro headset is due to arrive next month, but there are always leaks to spoil the party. In a video from Ramiro Cardenas, you can see a black headset with three cameras on the front that resembles the minimal glimpses we’ve seen of the Project Cambria headset. Cardenas said multiple devices (labeled “engineering samples”) were left in a hotel room. Whoops.

Ramiro Cardenas

We also got a closer look at a pair of new controllers, with a new design that replaces the previous looped ones. The packaging says “Meta Quest Pro” – so that’s probably the name. The hype may have died down, but the tech has continued to advance. Expect better movement tracking, higher-quality displays and more.

Virtual reality should get another boost over the next 12 months. Alongside Meta’s new headset, Sony’s PS VR 2 headset is due to appear next year. Actually, expect to hear more on PlayStation VR titles later today.

– Mat Smith

The biggest stories you might have missed

• ​​Apple’s watchOS 9 is now available

• The next Nintendo Direct streams on September 13th

• Starbucks thinks you’ll want to collect NFTs to earn rewards

• The 2021 Apple TV HD has hit an all-time low of $99

• Meta is spinning off the Pytorch framework into its own AI research foundation

Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 4 is already $200 off at Amazon

The Flip 4 is also $100 off.

Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 4 is the pinnacle of its foldable smartphone lineup, but it’s also the company’s most expensive phone at $1,800. If you’ve been eyeing one but find the price hard to stomach, there’s good news. You can already grab one for $1,600 ($200 off) at Amazon, just a few short weeks after it went on sale. (And my favorite foldable phone, the Z Flip 4 is also on sale for $900 – a $1,000 discount.)

Continue reading.

iOS 16 is now available

The software introduces a redesigned lock screen.

Apple

Apple has released iOS 16 to all of us, and the theme is personalization. Apple redesigned the iPhone’s lock screen. You can now tweak the typeface and accent color of the on-screen clock and date to more closely match your wallpaper. You can even create multiple lock screens and tie them to specific focus modes. Oh, and you can make stickers from photos. The software is available on iPhone 8 and later devices.

Continue reading.

Canon R10 camera review

4K and fast shooting speeds for less than $1,000.

Canon’s EOS R10 offers some nice features for a sub-$1,000 camera: reliable autofocus 4K 60p, super slow-mo, a flip-out display, a built-in flash and very fast shooting. However, the sensor can produce some rolling shutter, and for a few reasons, it’s not the best camera in low light. Check out our full verdict.

Continue reading.

Roku reveals a new subwoofer and a revamped Roku Express

The company also previewed more discovery features.

Roku’s new subwoofer, the Wireless Bass, costs $130. That’s $50 less than the Roku Wireless Bass Pro, and there are some compromises. It has one 5.25-inch subwoofer, compared with the Pro’s 10-inch subwoofer, and is front-firing instead of downward-firing. The Wireless Bass has less oomph as well, with 120W of peak power against the Wireless Bass Pro’s 250W. Roku also revealed a new version of its entry-level streaming media player, Roku Express. The latest model comes with dual-band WiFi, which will likely improve streaming performance. The $30 device streams video in 1080p quality, so you’ll need to consider other models if you want to watch TV and movies in 4K.

Continue reading.

Google may be giving up on Pixelbook laptops

A new Pixelbook was reportedly “far along in development.”

According to an internal memo reported by The Verge, Google is killing its Pixelbook laptop development. It has apparently “shut down” the team working on the next generation of the device. The move means Google is officially done making laptops after nearly a decade of experimenting with notebooks. Will this mean more resources devoted to the company’s big-screened version of Android?

Continue reading.

Cruise will launch its autonomous taxi service in Phoenix and Austin before the end of 2022, according to Kyle Vogt, the CEO of driverless car company. And Vogt promises that his company is planning to expand rapidly in 2023 if everything goes to plan.

Read more…

Last year Netflix grabbed the most Primetime Emmys with 10, but this year it was only third best behind Apple TV+ and HBO Max. The latter dominated last night’s proceedings with 12 awards, including five for The White Lotus, four for Succession (including Outstanding Drama Series) and one each for Euphoria, Hacks and Last Week Tonight. 

Apple TV+, meanwhile took all four of its awards with Ted Lasso, including Outstanding Comedy Series, Lead Actor, Comedy (Jason Sudeikis), Support Actor, Comedy (Brett Goldstein) and Directing, Comedy (MJ Delany). Last year Lasso took seven primetime prizes.

Netflix’s most productive show was Korea’s Squid Game, which took two Primetime Emmys while showing off the streamer’s power as a global platform. It also took one award for Ozark, with Julia Garner taking the supporting actress prize. Meanwhile, Hulu took two awards with wins by Michael Keaton for Dopesick and Amanda Seyfried for The Dropout, while Prime Video nabbed a single award for Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls.

Nearly as notable were shows that were shut out. Those include HBO Max’s Better Call Saul and Barry, which have both won Emmys in the past, Apple TV+’s Severance and Netflix’s Stranger Things and Only Murders in the Building, which had 17 nominations but only won three non-Primetime Emmys. As with last year, streaming platforms dominated the Emmys over linear TV, with the major networks taking just three Primetime Emmys combined.

Reports have been floating around that China has coincidentally approved three new moon missions after finding a new crystal-like mineral that could prove critical for future energy production.

There’s even a new name for the new mineral which was gathered on lunar soil: Changesite-(Y)

International Mineralogical Association has approved the name of a new mineral (Changesite 嫦娥石) discovered in the Chang’e-5 lunar soil one day before the Mid-Autumn Festival #CNSA pic.twitter.com/oprBGkwhBC

— Yuqi Qian (@YuqiiQian) September 9, 2022

That was announced at the Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) just a few days ago. It is believed that the samples in which this mineral was found are 1 Billion years older than other samples gathered by previous missions from the USA and the Soviet Union.

China is the third country to discover a new Lunar mineral, and to be fair, nothing has happened on that topic for the past 40 years. Still, that’s a historic achievement.

All of this is nice, but what’s the energy angle? Well, this new mineral is said to contain Helium 3, a form of Helium almost non-existent on Earth that could be extremely valuable in the context of Nuclear Fusion energy.

Without diving too deep into the details, Helium 3 could be an ideal fuel for nuclear fusion because it would yield a lot of energy without emitting as much radiation that may harm the reactor.

The potential abundance of Helium-3 on the moon is not new, and so is the idea of mining the moon, which China has floated since 2014. Such a prize could spark a space race back to the moon, and that’s why you have heard more about “returning to the moon” in recent years.

This discovery might have helped define what to look for and where to start mining. In his “Helium-3 Power Generation” article, Christopher Barnatt mentions that a Space Shuttle’s worth of Helium could power the entire USA for one year, thus worth the tremendous cost of space mining.

While this opens incredible perspectives, nuclear fusion is not yet near operational despite significant progress in the past few years. Researchers working on Fusion reactors have managed to lengthen the stability of nuclear fusion, and there’s a chance it could work and positively change the world in the not-too-distant future.

China Approves Three Moon Mission, For A New Energy Source?

, original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.