Amazon's smart thermostat is back on sale for $48
Amazon's budget-friendly alternative to Google's Nest thermostats has returned to its all-time-low price for the first time since December. The company's smart thermostat, which it debuted last year,...
View ArticleCatch the first Nintendo Direct of 2022 tomorrow at 5PM ET
Nintendo is ready to hold its first Direct livestream of 2022, and it promises to start the year in grand fashion. The company has revealed plans for a 40-minute Direct on February 9th at 5PM ET that...
View ArticleApple scores its first Oscar nomination for Best Picture
This year’s Academy Awards nominations have been revealed, and Apple TV+ execs will surely be pleased. The service’s films received six Oscar nods overall, up from two last year. Most significantly,...
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Spotify’s problems are bigger than Joe Rogan
From musicians pulling their music to a high-profile podcaster pausing their exclusive show, Spotify is under attack from all sides. Furore over Joe Rogan’s podcast and Spotify’s subsequent...
View ArticleApple's 'Tap to Pay' lets iPhones accept contactless payments
The rumors of direct iPhone contactless payments were true. Apple has revealed Tap to Pay on iPhone, an upcoming feature that will let businesses accept payments just by bumping handsets (and the Apple...
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Google 'Journeys' help you resume previous searches in Chrome
Ever found yourself immersed in a web search, only to lose track after an interruption? Google thinks it can help. It's introducing a previously teased Journeys feature (shown above) in the latest...
View ArticleEU unveils a $49 billion plan to address chip shortages
Some jurisdictions are looking into ways of boosting semiconductor production amid the global chip shortage that's impacting all kinds of sectors. The European Union, for one, wants to become a bigger...
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Kia's PHEV Sportage SUV is coming to America
Just a few short months after debuting it for the European market, Kia has announced on Tuesday that the 2023 PHEV (plug-in hybrid) variant of its venerated Sportage line of SUVs will be made available...
View ArticleDisney+ streamed the Oscar nominations to test live events
Disney+ dipped its toes into the world of livestreaming for the first time in the US with a broadcast of this year's Oscar nominations, offering a glimpse of a possible direction for the platform. "We...
View ArticleJustice Department recovers $3.6 billion in Bitcoin from 2016 Bitfinex hack
The Department of Justice has seized approximately $3.6 billion worth of Bitcoin stolen in the 2016 hack of Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex. At the time, the incident was the...
View ArticleNASA picks Lockheed Martin to build a rocket that will return from Mars
The Perseverance rover is a capable machine, but one thing it can't do is send rock, sediment and atmospheric samples from Mars back to Earth by itself. NASA hopes to retrieve some of those through its...
View ArticleGoogle says default 2FA cut account breaches in half
Google's decision to enable two-factor authentication by default appears to have borne fruit. The search firm has revealed that account breaches dropped by 50 percent among those users where 2FA...
View ArticleInstagram rolls out bulk delete features and new account controls
Instagram is making it a whole lot easier to remove posts, comments and other activity from the platform. The photo sharing app is rolling out new account controls that allow users to bulk delete...
View ArticleDouglas Trumbull, VFX whiz for ‘Blade Runner’, ‘2001’ and others, dies at 79
Douglas Trumbull, the visual effects mastermind behind Blade Runner, Close Encounter of the Third Kind, 2001: A Space Odyssey and numerous others, died on Monday at age 79. His daughter Amy Trumbull...
View ArticleMeta denies it threatened to leave Europe
Meta has “absolutely no desire to withdraw from Europe.” The company issued the statement in a blog post it published on Tuesday after some media outlets published reports claiming it had “threatened”...
View ArticleGumroad faces backlash over alleged NFT ambitions
Just as many of the ugliest online fights begin these days, Brian "Box" Brown, an Eisner-winning illustrator and comic artist, sent a seemingly innocuous tweet. It read, in part, "my former regular...
View ArticleAdobe Premier Pro now uses AI to fit music to your videos
It can be a pain to time music with a video you're editing — you may spend ages trimming and slicing tracks to create an arrangement that matches your footage. Adobe thinks your computer can do the...
View ArticleCoco's restaurant delivery bots are headed to more warm-weather cities
Coco, a company that offers food deliveries by remote-controlled robot, has expanded beyond its home base of Los Angeles for the first time. The service is now available in Austin as it commences a...
View ArticleSony's next PS5 system update will add voice commands
The next PlayStation 4 and PS5 system update will add a handful of new accessibility and quality of life features to Sony’s consoles. Among the additions is support for voice commands on PlayStation 5....
View ArticleApple to offer paid parental leave and more sick days to retail employees
Apple will expand benefits for all of its retail employees in the US, beginning April 4th. Bloomberg reports the new benefits include increased vacation and sick days, paid parental leave and more. It...
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