The DEPSTECH WF010 Wireless Borescope Inspection Camera is on sale at a great price right now on Amazon, and we just told you about it earlier this week. So why are we telling you again? Simple, it’s because this is one of the most popular smartphone accessories ever among our readers and it’s on sale right now within spitting distance of its lowest price.

If you’re unfamiliar with how these little gadgets work, prepare to be wowed. The WF010 connects wirelessly to your iPhone or Android phone and transforms it into a remote viewfinder. Snake the camera into just about anything — even into water, since it’s waterproof — and you’ll see what’s happening on your phone. You can snap still photos and record video if you want, so the possibilities are endless. It also comes with hook and magnet attachments for grabbing keys or jewelry from tight spaces, and a mirror attachment so you can see around corners!

This awesome device is the company’s best-selling model and it sells for $36. Clip the coupon on the product page, however, and you’ll only pay $28.79. Of course, if you want to step things up a bit, you can always upgrade to the DEPSTECH WF060 Wireless Borescope Inspection Camera instead. It has a dramatically improved 5-megapixel camera with zoom, and it’s 16.5 feet long as opposed to 11.5 feet. The retail price on this model is a hefty $66, but you can clip the 25% coupon and get it for only $49.49. Both of these coupons will disappear before the end of the day, so hurry or you’ll miss out.

DEPSTECH WF010 Wireless Borescope

DEPSTECH Wireless Endoscope, IP67 Waterproof WiFi Borescope Inspection 2.0 Megapixels HD Snake…: $28.79

DEPSTECH WF060 Wireless Borescope

DEPSTECH Wireless Endoscope, 5.0MP Ultra-Thin HD Borescope, Zoomable Snake Inspection Camera wi…: $49.49

Check out this review from the product page for some great notes on how useful this device can be:

This is my third endoscope. By far this is the best. It has the right amount of stiffness for most jobs. My other units would typically need me to tape stiff wire along the cable to get stiffness.

It is a bit fussy connecting to the wifi, and if the unit turns off you have to reconnect to the wifi. But there are advantages that I think make it worth it. For one thing, both my son and I could connect at the same time. He was fishing the endoscope through, and I was watching as it moved. I was able to spot things that he was missing as he concentrated on the mechanics of moving. I can also see where it would be handy if you wanted to monitor a situation. For example, set it up at a spot in the pipe and then go and turn on water. Or you could position it in a crevice and use your phone to monitor for rodents.

As someone else noted, with the light on full the battery only lasts a few minutes. But there are a couple of offsetting factors. One is that you probably will not run the lights at full power, even if you are probing in total darkness. Full brightness tends to wash out the detail The other is that you can hook up any external battery pack you would use for a cell phone. Or you can even plug it into a wall charger. The unit will run as long as it is getting external power.

The tools come in a little container. That is very nice. It is also good that they screw on securely instead of snapping on. I have lost tools because they snapped off in a drain. The tools are not perfect. They are all plastic. I am used to long, thin metal hooks. This one is shorter than the focal length; I would like it to be at least as long as the focal length. It is also plastic and seems flimsy. I do like to keep the hook attached as the default. I find that in a lot of cases it helps guide the scope and gives a frame of reference.

The instructions say to change the resolution. I ignored that at first, but once I reset the scope’s resolution to match my phone the picture quality and apparent depth of field improved dramatically.

DEPSTECH WF010 Wireless Borescope

DEPSTECH Wireless Endoscope, IP67 Waterproof WiFi Borescope Inspection 2.0 Megapixels HD Snake…: $28.79

DEPSTECH WF060 Wireless Borescope

DEPSTECH Wireless Endoscope, 5.0MP Ultra-Thin HD Borescope, Zoomable Snake Inspection Camera wi…: $49.49

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It’s only February, but the first Pixel 5 leaks are already here. In a matter of days, we saw the first Pixel 5 render that suggested Google is working on a unique triple-lens camera system and heard a disturbing rumor that said the Pixel 5 might come with mid-range specs on board rather than flagship components. A different rumor said Verizon might not even carry upcoming Pixel phones, including the Pixel 4a and Pixel 5, just as Google released its first Android 11 build. That’s the Developer Preview release, a beta that’s better suited for developers rather than regular Android users — the first Android 11 public beta will drop in May after Google’s I/O 2020 event. While Google will unveil Android 11’s new features in May, the developer preview already contains a few features that give us an idea of what to expect from Pixel 5.

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One of the worst feelings in the world is when you realize you haven’t backed up your phone, computer or laptop until it’s too late. It’s something we may take for granted, as not many of us think that we need to save all of our data frequently. Having that sinking feeling when you realize you may not be able to see your photos or documents again is a haunting experience. You may think the process of backing up your life is complicated and overly expensive. However, with the help of j5create, that couldn’t be further from the truth.

If you are a gamer, a photographer, or an early adopter looking for a portable external storage option that saves on loading times, the palm sized NVMe SSD is the perfect choice to suit your needs. The j5create JEE256 USB-C to M.2 NVMe SSD Enclosure connects your M.2 NVMe SSD to a USB-C device for tasks such as file backup, disk upgrade, disk clone, data recovery and storage expansion. With the JEE256, you can easily back up, restore and save your most important files. The Enclosure is compatible with four different sizes: M.2 NVMe SSD 2230, 2242, 2260 and 2280 (M Key) solid-state drivers, offering your more flexibility. The JEE256 also gives you the option to repurpose your old NVMe SSD into extra storage.

The Enclosure is compatible with USB-C or Thunderbolt 3 USB 3.1 Gen 2, 10 Gbps and supports read/write speeds of up to 900 Mbps. Compared to a typical external hard drive, the compact and lightweight JEE256 is a perfect travel accessory if you have a laptop that doesn’t have an M.2 socket available.

It takes no time at all to set up, as you just need to use the included rubber fasteners to secure your M.2 SSD drives onto the board. The JEE256 is completely plug and play, with no tools or drivers required. You won’t have to worry about overheating, as the Enclosure is made from smooth aluminum and includes two side vents designed for efficient heat dissipation. The rubber retention peg can be adjusted to match different kinds of M.2 NVMe SSD.

You’ll always know what your device is doing thanks to the blue LED indicator light. If it’s a steady blue light, that means it’s turned on. If it’s flashing, it’s processing a data transmission.

With the reversible USB-C connector, the JEE256 achieves comprehensive compatibility with most major operating systems, including Windows®, macOS®, Linux® and Chrome OS. You can access your files from any USB-C compatible device with this enclosure. For more information, be sure to visit the JEE256 product page. While you’re there, check out their award-winning modular mini docking station, one of a kind power built-in travel docking station, and the various display adapters offered by j5create!

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All smartphones have a great built-in feature that you’ll hopefully never use. That’s a variation of Find My iPhone that Apple introduced years ago that lets you get a hold of a lost or stolen device. So if one should receive Find My Mobile notifications on their device, one would clearly worry that something may have happened to their devices. That’s exactly what happened a few hours ago when Samsung pushed out a mind-boggling notification via the Find My Mobile app that reads “1”.

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In our continued efforts to get human-caused climate change under control, carbon dioxide emissions are a big target for elimination, and for good reason. Carbon dioxide actively contributes to global warming, slowly causing our planet to heat up and causing all manner of terrible side effects along the way.

However, there’s another type of gas that is doing its own fair share of harm, and humans might be responsible for far more of it than we initially thought. It’s methane, and a new paper published in Nature suggests that mankind should focus on curbing methane emissions sooner rather than later.

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Microsoft and Sony have been so infuriatingly quiet about their next-gen consoles in 2020 that desperate gamers have been scouring every corner of the internet in search of clues about what the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 might have to offer. For the most part, there hasn’t been much to find, but even the tiniest of details is enough to set off a firestorm, which is what happened when people started poking through the GDC 2020 schedule.

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Each new foldable phone that launches proves the technology just can’t match our imagination right now. We want these things to be ultraportable smartphones with big, durable screens, and we want them to be affordable. The foldable phones we’ve seen so far can’t meet all those demands.

Most of them are bulky when folded, and most of them have durability issues that affect the two components that turn a regular phone into a foldable: the hinge and the display. Smartphone makers have already developed plenty of innovations for both components, but more work is needed. The Motorola Razr and Galaxy Z Flip prove that foldables aren’t nearly as durable as we want them to be. We have reasons to question the hinge of the Razr, and the phone’s display can peel off, apparently. On the Flip side (see what we did there?), the hinge isn’t as dust-resistant as we thought, and the screen can scratch because it’s plastic, not glass.

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A newly published German-language book titled App Store Confidential certainly doesn’t sound problematic for Apple, but according to an English translation of the books’ description, which is available to buy now on Amazon, the book purports to offer an intimate look behind-the-scenes at one of Apple’s most important businesses.

The company’s proprietary app marketplace started off with just 500 apps in 2008, and over the following decade, it grew to amass sales twice that of McDonald’s. “But few know how the App Store works. Until now,” the book’s description teases. It goes on to hint at peeling back the mystery surrounding how an app becomes successful and even “App of the Year,” as well as developer do’s and don’ts to keep in mind when working with Apple.

But if Apple gets its way, you won’t be able to read this book at all.

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If humans want a larger presence in space we’re going to have to have a good bit of help from robots. At least that’s what NASA and Western Australia are betting on, and they’ve just agreed to partner up on a new robotics development center that will begin working on technology that will build and control some of the most advanced hardware ever sent into space.

The project is part of AROSE (Australian Remote Operations for Space and Earth), which aims to be the control hub for robotics systems deployed to space to construct everything from Moon-orbiting space stations to structures on the Moon and perhaps even Mars.

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You don’t have to search very hard in our archive of stories here to find tons of examples of Android apps behaving badly. Everything from apps forcing adware on you to apps stealing personal data and credentials, logging into your Google and Facebook accounts surreptitiously, and so much more (with examples here, here, and here). It’s clear that as adept at Google is at software, the search giant still has a problem with the ability of apps to sneak into its proprietary app marketplace, masking their malicious intent.

The company has been taking incremental steps toward reversing that tide, with another one having been announced today — and this one is a move to require developers to get approval from Google going forward if they want to be able to access the location data of a user in the background.

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Android apps will soon have a tougher time playing fast and loose with your location data originally appeared on BGR.com on Wed, 19 Feb 2020 at 21:04:40 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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