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• Ford and Bosch show off how cars can park themselves in Detroit
• Bang & Olufsen's BeoPlay H95s are money-no-object wireless headphones
• NVIDIA Shield update makes its 4K upscaling even better
• Fairphone updates its ethical, modular phone with new cameras
• Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 4 adds classic Marvel heroes and powers
• Amazon opens its first-ever Fresh grocery store in Los Angeles
• The Witcher gets its own monster-hunting mobile AR game
• GM shows off a revamped Chevy Bolt EV in teaser photos
• TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer quits just three months after taking the job
• Abbott's 15-minute, $5 COVID-19 test gets FDA authorization
• Facebook users reported Wisconsin militia group before last night’s shooting
• 'The Last Campfire' from Hello Games hits consoles, iOS and PC tomorrow
• FaZe and Tfue have settled their lawsuit and said goodbye
• Sony might send you an invite to pre-order the PS5
• It takes an estimated seven nuclear plants to power our bitcoin mining
• Netflix cancels 'Altered Carbon' after just two seasons
• CBS pads its fall lineup with 'Star Trek: Discovery' and 'One Day at a Time'
• Apple Music's Kids and Family section gets new playlists and a fresh look
• Facebook takes down militia group that organized armed response to protests
• 'Pokémon Go' super-sizes its creatures with Mega Evolutions
• Cornell University's laser-activated robot is smaller than a paramecium
• 'Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War' lands on November 13th
• Facebook warns developers iOS 14 could sink app ad revenue
• This $99 'smart case' records when you take your birth control pill
• Google's Nest Hub could be your next hotel concierge

Ford and Bosch show off how cars can park themselves in Detroit Posted: 27 Aug 2020 03:35 AM PDT There's an experiment going on inside Bedrock's Assembly Garage in Detroit that'll sound especially interesting for those who despise looking for parking spaces. Ford has teamed up with Bosch to demonstrate an automated valet parking technology that...

Bang & Olufsen's BeoPlay H95s are money-no-object wireless headphones Posted: 27 Aug 2020 03:00 AM PDT When a company like Bang & Olufsen talks about its "philosophy of purposeful design," you know you're in for some luxury gadget porn. The company has unveiled the BeoPlay H95, its flagship wireless headphones with active noise cancellation (ANC),...

NVIDIA Shield update makes its 4K upscaling even better Posted: 27 Aug 2020 02:35 AM PDT NVIDIA has just released the latest Shield TV update, marketing the 25th time that the streaming device has been refreshed since the original model launched in 2015. The anniversary update includes a few interesting features like 4K AI upscaling tech...

Fairphone updates its ethical, modular phone with new cameras Posted: 27 Aug 2020 02:00 AM PDT Fairphone is a Dutch social enterprise that's trying to improve supply chain and labor conditions in the tech industry. It has released three smartphones over its seven-year lifespan, each one sourcing materials and labor from the most ethical source...

Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 4 adds classic Marvel heroes and powers Posted: 27 Aug 2020 01:31 AM PDT Some of Earth's mightiest heroes have joined the Fortnite fray. As expected, the juggernaut battle royale is introducing a new season based on the Marvel universe. If you buy the game's new Battle Pass, you'll be able to unlock iconic character skins...

Amazon opens its first-ever Fresh grocery store in Los Angeles Posted: 27 Aug 2020 12:44 AM PDT Amazon aims to compete with the likes of Albertsons and Kroger with the launch of its first retail Fresh grocery story in Los Angeles. The Woodland Hills location, promising "a wide assortment of national brands and high-quality produce, meat and sea...

The Witcher gets its own monster-hunting mobile AR game Posted: 27 Aug 2020 12:30 AM PDT CD Projekt has announced a Pokémon Go-like augmented reality mobile game set in The Witcher's universe. It's called The Witcher: Monster Slayer, and it's being developed by Spokko, the studio CD Projekt established in 2018 to work on mobile games. As...

GM shows off a revamped Chevy Bolt EV in teaser photos Posted: 26 Aug 2020 11:01 PM PDT A few years ago, GM promised to have 20 EV models on the road by 2023. Two of those are the refreshed Chevy Bolt and its larger sibling, the Bolt EUV. Now, the company has released a teaser for both, showing their shadowy silhouette against the sky....

TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer quits just three months after taking the job Posted: 26 Aug 2020 09:34 PM PDT When Kevin Mayer left Disney's direct to consumer operations and took over as CEO of TikTok in May, he probably didn't foresee the company becoming such a popular target of politicians — specifically the president. Now, just three months later, and i...

Abbott's 15-minute, $5 COVID-19 test gets FDA authorization Posted: 26 Aug 2020 08:45 PM PDT Just as controversial new recommendations on coronavirus testing arrive from the CDC, the FDA has granted emergency use authorization (PDF) to another rapid COVID-19 testing setup from Abbott. The BinaxNOW COVID-19 Ag Card can produce results in 15 m...

Facebook users reported Wisconsin militia group before last night’s shooting Posted: 26 Aug 2020 05:15 PM PDT A Facebook event organized by a militia group that advocated for members to "take up arms" in response to protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin was reported to Facebook by multiple users who were told it didn't violate the company's policies. The company re...

'The Last Campfire' from Hello Games hits consoles, iOS and PC tomorrow Posted: 26 Aug 2020 04:35 PM PDT The Last Campfire, the new game from No Man's Sky developer Hello Games, comes out on August 27th. It will be available on Apple Arcade, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Windows — where it'll be exclusive to the Epic Games Store. Beyond a...

FaZe and Tfue have settled their lawsuit and said goodbye Posted: 26 Aug 2020 03:47 PM PDT When we first covered the news that Turney "Tfue" Tenney was suing his gaming organization, FaZe Clan, for violating California Labor Code, we offered a prediction for the future: All of this ... will likely end in a deal where Tfue gets to cut his F...

Sony might send you an invite to pre-order the PS5 Posted: 26 Aug 2020 02:41 PM PDT When the next-gen consoles go on sale later this year it will probably be tough to get one at launch, but Sony is planning to invite some dedicated gamers to be first in line for its PlayStation 5. To get on the list for one of the pre-order invites,...

It takes an estimated seven nuclear plants to power our bitcoin mining Posted: 26 Aug 2020 02:24 PM PDT Turns out that plugging a bunch of computers into our electrical grid that do nothing but draw current and hash through algorithms has had some negative environmental impacts. Recent studies suggest that Bitcoin-related power consumption has reached...

Netflix cancels 'Altered Carbon' after just two seasons Posted: 26 Aug 2020 01:35 PM PDT According to Variety, Netflix doesn't plan to produce a third season of Altered Carbon. Citing a source with "knowledge of the decision," Variety reports Netflix canned the show for one of its usual reasons. The company didn't see the series build en...

CBS pads its fall lineup with 'Star Trek: Discovery' and 'One Day at a Time' Posted: 26 Aug 2020 01:28 PM PDT With most productions on hold thanks to quarantine, networks are starving for original content to fill out their fall lineups. In the case of CBS this means dipping into the well of anything that may have finished shooting before lockdown began — eve...

Apple Music's Kids and Family section gets new playlists and a fresh look Posted: 26 Aug 2020 12:26 PM PDT The next time you check out the Kids and Family section on Apple Music, you may notice something different about it. Apple has updated the space with new curated playlists and refreshed existing ones with updated artwork. With today's update, the com...

Facebook takes down militia group that organized armed response to protests Posted: 26 Aug 2020 11:59 AM PDT Facebook has removed the page for a Kenosha, Wisconsin militia group after it organized a "call to arms" event as a response to protestors demonstrating against the police shooting of Jacob Blake Jr.According to screenshots shared by The Verge, a mil...

'Pokémon Go' super-sizes its creatures with Mega Evolutions Posted: 26 Aug 2020 11:07 AM PDT Pokémon Go is set to get a big update — in more ways than one. Mega Evolutions are coming to the mobile game for the first time. Long-time Pokémon players will be familiar with Mega Evolution, which featured in Pokémon X and Y as well as Pokémon Sun...

Cornell University's laser-activated robot is smaller than a paramecium Posted: 26 Aug 2020 10:56 AM PDT Semiconductors aren't the only silicon technology racing to outpace Moore's Law. Researchers from Cornell University unveiled an entire robot that is teensy enough to fit most anywhere in the human body — yes, even in there — and inexpensive enough t...

'Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War' lands on November 13th Posted: 26 Aug 2020 10:45 AM PDT Developers at Treyarch and Raven Software are worried about the terrible power that propaganda, disinformation and conspiracy theories have to construct systems of inequality and support dangerous dictators. So, naturally, they built a game that perp...

Facebook warns developers iOS 14 could sink app ad revenue Posted: 26 Aug 2020 10:28 AM PDT Apple's upcoming iOS 14 will be a disaster for app developers that rely on Facebook's ad-tracking tools, the social network is warning. That's because iOS 14 comes with a series of privacy updates meant to make it harder for apps to scoop up personal...

This $99 'smart case' records when you take your birth control pill Posted: 26 Aug 2020 09:45 AM PDT Each year, an estimated 10 million people in the US take birth control pills. But remembering to take each pill can be challenging, and 80 percent of people miss at least one pill per month. That leads to an estimated one million unplanned pregnancie...

Google's Nest Hub could be your next hotel concierge Posted: 26 Aug 2020 09:01 AM PDT The next time you're wrapping up a trip (whenever that might be amid the COVID-19 pandemic), you might find yourself asking Google Assistant to check you out of a hotel. Google is bringing hands-free hospitality to hotel rooms through its Nest Hub sm...

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