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LG Shows Off Foldable Plastic Display That Promises to Be as Hard as Glass

The screen can flex both ways and could be found on smartphones as soon as 2023.

Gadgets Florence Ion Sep 7

The Galaxy Z Fold 3 Is Here, and Samsung Has Finally Hit Its Stride

With stylus support, water resistance, and a stronger screen, Samsung's newest foldable phone is its most promising yet.

Gadgets Sam Rutherford Aug 11

Nokia Claims Its Newest Phone Is ‘Life-Proof’

The $550 XR20 can supposedly withstand extreme temps and drops of up to six feet without a case.

Gadgets Sam Rutherford Jul 26

Corning Made a New Type of Gorilla Glass Just for Smartphone Cameras

Corning Says Gorilla Glass DX and DX+ is more durable than traditional anti-reflective lens coatings while still allowing 98% of light to hit the camera sensor.

Tech News Sam Rutherford Jul 23

The Pyrex Glass Controversy That Just Won’t Die

Clear glass Pyrex cookware is practically an American icon. With its pleasing heft and remarkable resilience, these famous clear pans have been essential when cooking biscuits, casseroles, and pies since 1915. There’s only one problem. A few years ago, the pans started exploding when they got too hot—which is ironic since Pyrex glass was specifically…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Mar 16

The Durable Glass Bendy Phones Need Could Be Years Away

I’ve loved the idea of folding gadgets ever since Arthur C. Clarke talked about flexible “SoftScreens” in books like, The Light of Other Days. A device that can be folded and crumpled without breaking? That’s my idea of the perfect gadget, and while the bendy Samsung Galaxy Fold and Huawei Mate X seem like they…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Mar 5

The Next Version of Gorilla Glass Will Help Your Phone Survive a Five-Foot Fall

It’s an unfortunate irony that the device we now rely on so heavily is also so incredibly fragile. Your smartphone’s big, beautiful touchscreen is an accident waiting to happen, but Corning continues its magnanimous to improve the survival rate of your hardware, and its latest creation, Gorilla Glass 5, should help your phone survive even…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Jul 20

How This Revolutionary Industrial Glass Made Its Way Into Your Kitchen

You might not know it by name, but chances are you have a Pyrex dish in your kitchen right now—most Americans probably do. A fascinating history over at Collectors Weekly traces the ubiquitous supermaterial as part of an exhibition which opened this week at the Corning Museum of Glass. Pyrex was invented in 1915 after…

Tech News Alissa Walker Jun 11

LaCie Wrapped This 1TB External Drive in Mirror-Finish Gorilla Glass

LaCie’s no stranger to turning external storage into works of art. Last year it hid a terabyte of drive space inside a silver-plated sphere, and while its brand new Mirror might have a more traditional rectangular form factor, it’s the first external drive to be completely wrapped in reflective, scratch-resistant, mirror-finish Gorilla Glass. So you’ll…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Jan 4

Next-Gen Gorilla Glass Wants to Save Your Phone From Fateful Drops

Few of us ever really bat an eye if we get a scratch or two on our smartphone’s screen. The real heartbreaker is when the phone is accidentally dropped or knocked off a table and the screen shatters, leaving it completely unusable. It’s a fate many of us have experienced before, and one that Corning…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Nov 20

TRONify Anything With This New Colorful Glowing Thread

Forget about all the company’s work on its incredibly durable Gorilla Glass. No one’s going to care if their smartphone’s screen gets scratched when Corning’s other major innovation hits consumers. Because when their device is covered in Fibrance, a fiber-optic thread-like material that glows in any color and looks like a prop straight out of…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Sep 16

Your Next Smartphone Could Have Security Sensors Built Into Its Screen

The slab of glass on the front of your phone currently detects your finger prods and allows light to pour through—but soon, it could provide an extra layer of security, too. A team of researchers from Polytechnique Montreal has devised a new technique which allows them to create in-glass sensors within slabs of Gorilla Glass,…

Physics & Chemistry Jamie Condliffe Jun 19

Antimicrobial Gorilla Glass Slaughters Bacteria With Toxic Silver

Everywhere you go you’re touching gross things and then touching your phone. How often do you disinfect your phone? Probably never! Luckily, Corning has developed a new version of its tough Gorilla Glass that kills bacteria. The trick is filling the glass with tiny silver bullets to murder the bastards. Last week, Corning teased its…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jan 6

Laptops Are Getting New Super Durable Gorilla Glass

Corning has a new version of its ultra-tough touchscreen glass called Gorilla Glass NBT, meant for touchscreen notebooks. What makes Gorilla Glass NBT so good? Many of the displays on laptops are made from soda lime glass. But Gorilla Glass NBT is made from a different material altogether, and while Corning doesn’t exactly divulge what…

Tech News Leslie Horn Jul 29

Your Next Smartphone Screen Will Be Able to Disinfect Itself

Your phone is filthy. Anything that’s getting rubbed by your grimy little fingers on a ridiculously regular basis is going to be far from pristine. But Corning can help. Its newest revision of Gorilla Glass is not only ridiculously resilient, it also kills pesky germs all by itself. Corning discussed its upcoming display tech at…

Tech News Eric Limer Jul 5

The Miracle Bendy Displays of the Future Are Still Years Away

The frustration with devices like a hypothetical iWatch—or a completely imaginary roll-up tablet (maybe a Vaio or something?)—is that they’re made up of parts, and sometimes those parts don’t exist quite yet. Or, in the case of Corning’s brilliantly flexible Willow glass, they exist, but no one knows quite how to use them yet. https://gizmodo.com/what-crazy-gadgets-will-be-made-with-cornings-new-flexi-5915478…

Tech News Brian Barrett Feb 28

These Optical USB and Thunderbolt Cables Are Up to 330 Feet Long

If you thought screens were where glass started and finished in gadgets, think again. Corning, the company behind Gorilla Glass, has also started making optical USB and Thunderbolt cables—and they’re super, super long. https://gizmodo.com/gorilla-glass-3-hands-on-somehow-even-more-indestructi-5973945 The cables are optical instead of your typical wired connection. There’s no speed advantage, but because there’s less signal attenuation in…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jan 8

New Tougher Gorilla Glass 3 Is Coming Next Week

Corning has made it known that next week, the company will tell us all about its latest ultra tough gadget glass. Details about Gorilla Glass 3 are scant right now, but here’s what we do know: It’ll be tough stuff. According to the release from Corning, the new gadget glass will feature “new glass composition…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jan 3

What Crazy Gadgets Will Be Made With Corning’s New Flexible Glass?

Corning, the venerable creator of Gorilla Glass, is making a big deal showing off its latest creation. Meet Corning Willow Glass—the ultra-thin, flexible glass that bends and rolls like plastic. Willow Glass is only 100 microns thick and designed to work with electronics like touch sensors. It’s pretty clear based on the information Corning provides…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jun 4

Corning and Samsung Team Up for Gorilla Glass-Tough OLED

Gorilla Glass, especially version 2.0, has earned its reputation for durability and strength. But reputation only goes so far and Samsung wants something more. That’s why Cornign and Samsung are joining forces to develop a newer, better, more scratch-resistant AMOLED screens. The new substrate has been dubbed Lotus Glass and, in addition to being as…

Gadgets Andrew Tarantola Feb 4

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LG Shows Off Foldable Plastic Display That Promises to Be as Hard as Glass

The Galaxy Z Fold 3 Is Here, and Samsung Has Finally Hit Its Stride

Nokia Claims Its Newest Phone Is ‘Life-Proof’

Corning Made a New Type of Gorilla Glass Just for Smartphone Cameras

The Pyrex Glass Controversy That Just Won’t Die

The Durable Glass Bendy Phones Need Could Be Years Away

The Next Version of Gorilla Glass Will Help Your Phone Survive a Five-Foot Fall

How This Revolutionary Industrial Glass Made Its Way Into Your Kitchen

LaCie Wrapped This 1TB External Drive in Mirror-Finish Gorilla Glass

Next-Gen Gorilla Glass Wants to Save Your Phone From Fateful Drops

TRONify Anything With This New Colorful Glowing Thread

Your Next Smartphone Could Have Security Sensors Built Into Its Screen

Antimicrobial Gorilla Glass Slaughters Bacteria With Toxic Silver

Laptops Are Getting New Super Durable Gorilla Glass

Your Next Smartphone Screen Will Be Able to Disinfect Itself

The Miracle Bendy Displays of the Future Are Still Years Away

These Optical USB and Thunderbolt Cables Are Up to 330 Feet Long

New Tougher Gorilla Glass 3 Is Coming Next Week

What Crazy Gadgets Will Be Made With Corning’s New Flexible Glass?

Corning and Samsung Team Up for Gorilla Glass-Tough OLED

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