Ultrasound can make gesture controls on your smartphones actually useful

At trade shows like Mobile World Congress, it’s natural that attention is lavished on the newly unveiled flagship devices soon to hit the market. But, snoop around the booths long enough, and you’ll also find the tech that’s ready to go, but just not yet available to the public. So it is — hopefully — with Elliptic Labs, creators of some of the smoothest smartphone gesture controls I’ve ever seen.

Elliptic Labs’ tech is based on ultrasound, which allows the company to monitor movement in a 360-degree dome surrounding your smartphone. It works like sonar — sending out inaudible frequencies from your phone’s speaker, and listening for their return with the microphone. The company’s algorithms time how long each wave takes to return, and...

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These are the Switch Games you should buy on launch day

When the Nintendo Switch launches on Friday, you will have 12 games to choose from. From an obvious choice to games that show off the console's more unique features, here are the four games you should considering pick up on launch day.

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‘Overwatch’ merged into Owlchemy Labs’ ‘Job Simulator’ works surprisingly well

Job Simulator developer Owlchemy Labs has recreated Blizzard's Overwatch in the game, leading to some hilarious results. If you want to make a sniper rifle, all you need is a coffee mug and some grape juice.

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Connected CloudPets teddy bears blab on owners, leak 2 million voice recordings

In the latest toy scandal, a connected teddy bear has leaked the voice recordings of more than 2 million children and parents, along with email addresses and password information associated with more than 800,000 accounts.

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Strava updates its Apple Watch app with GPS support

The popular fitness network Strava has updated its iOS app so it can run independently on the Apple Watch 2 which features built-in GPS. The update comes a couple weeks after the Android Wear version of the app was updated with the same functionality.

Strava says Apple Watch 2 users will be able to record their time, pace, distance, speed, and heart rate directly on the Watch. To access the new untethered features, just update the Strava app on your iOS device.

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LG to debut its own virtual reality SteamVR headset at GDC 2017

Valve has confirmed that LG is set to debut a virtual reality headset built using its SteamVR tracking technology at the Games Developer Conference 2017. It is said to feature "next-generation" VR features and capabilities.

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In just three years, Google has shipped 10 million Cardboard VR headsets

It hasn't even been three years since Google Cardboard was first launched, but already, it's met with some pretty serious success. Google has shipped 10 million Cardboard VR sets and seen 160 million downloads of Cardboard apps.

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