Neowin News Feed for: Sport

Stockfish can crush you at chess even more efficiently in the 14.1 update

Paul Hill — Thu, 28 Oct 2021 23:30:01 +0000

Stockfish 14.1 has been released today with a 17 Elo point advantage over Stockfish 14. While not a huge leap, this update furthers the gap between the world's best players and chess engines. Read more...

Fossil Sport review: Finally, a great Wear OS watch

Rich Woods — Sun, 10 Feb 2019 12:02:49 +0000

The new Fossil Sport is among the first out of the gate using Qualcomm's Snapdragon Wear 3100 platform, and it's a pretty fantastic device. It's wildly lightweight, and so comfortable to wear. Read more...

Hands on: The Fossil Sport Smartwatch could be a game-changer

Rich Woods — Tue, 08 Jan 2019 21:20:01 +0000

The Fossil Sport is among the first devices to be powered by a Snapdragon Wear 3100 chipset, and it's radically different from anything else we've seen so far. It could be a game-changer. Read more...

Next Moto 360 could arrive in a 'sport' model and have two different sizing options

Timi Cantisano — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 03:20:01 +0000

A lot has changed since Motorola released its first smartwatch nearly a year ago. Although the landscape has changed, it looks like Motorola is ready to challenge competitors in 2015. Read more...

Reuters Poll: Apple Watch not of interest to 69% of Americans

Max Slater-Robins — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 13:35:45 +0000

A poll by Reuters/Ipsos has found that more than 69% of Americans surveyed had no desire to buy the Apple Watch and 46% of those had heard nothing about Apple's latest product. Read more...

VEVO shows pirated ESPN game; CEO backpedals

Paul Ferson — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:34:08 +0000

When you're a joint venture between music labels to promote getting music through legitimate means, it doesn't mean you're supporting ESPN through legitimate means, it seems. Read more...

Sims' Will Wright working on next game for smartphones

John Callaham — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:59:48 +0000

Will Wright, considered one of the greatest game designers of all time with titles like Sim City and The Sims, is now working on his next game title. However this project isn't for the PC... Read more...

HP laptops to sport long-lasting 'Enviro' batteries

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:00:10 +0000

Hewlett-Packard early next year will begin offering a new line of "Enviro" batteries for laptop users who want to upgrade to longer-lasting and more sustainably designed batteries. HP and Boston Power have been testing the... Read more...

Sport Airplane Wins NASA Challenge

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 01:39:53 +0000

The US Space Agency NASA has just awarded $250,000 in prize money this weekend to teams competing in a personal aircraft vehicle race sponsored by the Cafe Foundation at the Charles Schultz Sonoma County Airport... Read more...

New Yahoo boss buys sport website

Mon, 25 Jun 2007 01:21:22 +0000

Jerry Yang has made his first move as chief executive of Yahoo, buying the college sports website Rivals.com for an undisclosed sum. The site reports on American football, basketball and other sports in more than... Read more...

Will New Mac Pro Sport Blu-Ray Drive

Mon, 17 Jul 2006 13:08:50 +0000

Apple's new Pro Macs, predicted to launch at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference next month, may feature a Blu-ray DVD drive. Apple Insider is claiming to have learned that the Mac Pro case will include... Read more...

ATI's RD600 Conroe chipset will sport three PCIe slots

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 10:08:00 +0000

ATI IS WORKING on one cool, Conroe-supporting chipset. It is codenamed RD600 and this one will have no less than three PCIe 16X ports. As you might know, ATI wants to do a lot... Read more...