Monday, September 14, 2020

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The Morning After: Microsoft isn't buying TikTok

Posted: 14 Sep 2020 04:25 AM PDT

Weekends are usually a quiet couple of days for tech news. Not this time, TMA reader. Firstly, Microsoft isn't buying Tiktok, but a similarly senior tech company — Oracle — is now the most likely (if not the only possible) buyer. Then we have NVIDIA...

Facebook leaks its Oculus Quest 2 standalone VR headset

Posted: 14 Sep 2020 03:22 AM PDT

Facebook appears to have leaked its all-in-one Oculus Quest 2 headset, with the company boasting that it will be "our most advanced all-in-one VR system yet" (via Aiman Farooq). According to several videos leaked on Facebook Blueprint, the headset wi...

IKEA Sonos Symfonisk speakers get colorful new covers

Posted: 14 Sep 2020 02:30 AM PDT

IKEA's Symfonisk speakers are a great bargain: Sonos-compatible speakers but priced like any other piece of IKEA stuff. The downside in this instance was that you could only get them in a utilitarian white-and-grey or black-and-dark-grey color scheme...

IKEA partners with ASUS ROG on 'affordable' gaming furniture

Posted: 14 Sep 2020 02:17 AM PDT

IKEA has already jumped into tech with a smart home division and AR furniture app, but now it's making a leap into an entirely new category: PC gaming. The Swedish company has announced that it's teaming up with ASUS' Republic of Gamers (ROG) divisio...

US Border Patrol seized OnePlus Buds as 'counterfeit Apple AirPods'

Posted: 14 Sep 2020 01:18 AM PDT

In what looks like an embarrassing error, US Customs and Border Protection (CPB) has seized a shipment of OnePlus Buds, believing they were "2,000 counterfeit Apple AirPods," as spotted by The Verge. "CPB officers at JFK Airport recently seized 2,000...

NVIDIA is officially buying ARM for $40 billion

Posted: 13 Sep 2020 05:08 PM PDT

Just as we expected, NVIDIA just announced that it's buying the semiconductor design company ARM for $40 billion. The deal will make NVIDIA into an even larger presence in mobile computing, especially when it comes to bringing its AI technology into...

Samsung will stream a ‘Galaxy Unpacked for Every Fan’ on September 23rd

Posted: 13 Sep 2020 05:00 PM PDT

Back on August 5th, Samsung held an Unpacked event to launch the Note 20, Note 20 Ultra, Galaxy Tab S7 Plus, Galaxy Watch 3 and Galaxy Buds Live. That's already quite the lineup, but the tech giant is apparently not done unveiling new products: Samsu...

Oracle reportedly wins bid for TikTok as Microsoft officially drops out

Posted: 13 Sep 2020 04:32 PM PDT

Microsoft is officially out of the running to buy TikTok. The company issued a brief statement on Sunday confirming that ByteDance, TikTok's parent company, rejected its offer to buy TikTok's US operations. Meanwhile, ByteDance seems poised to announ...

Android Auto is glitchy in Android 11

Posted: 13 Sep 2020 02:12 PM PDT

You might not want to rush to install Android 11 if you depend on your phone for in-car music and navigation. Android Police points to reports on Google's forums and Reddit of serious bugs in Android Auto. There are numerous audio problems, including...

Japan will send an 8K camera to Mars and its moons

Posted: 13 Sep 2020 01:30 PM PDT

It's difficult to justify 8K video here on Earth, but that isn't stopping Japan from capturing ultra-high resolution imagery elsewhere in the Solar System. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and broadcaster NHK are developing 4K and 8K cameras (v...

'Borderlands 3' will get 4K and 4-player split-screen on PS5 and Xbox Series X

Posted: 13 Sep 2020 12:47 PM PDT

Gearbox is determined to keep Borderlands 3 relevant as next-generation consoles arrive, and it's not just focusing on visual touch-ups. The developer used its PAX Online presentation to reveal (via Windows Central) that Borderlands 3 will come to th...

TikTok's owner might refuse to sell its algorithm to a US buyer

Posted: 13 Sep 2020 11:47 AM PDT

If TikTok wants to sell itself to a US company and avoid a potential ban, it might have to leave behind one of its most important pieces of code. South China Morning Post sources claim TikTok's parent, ByteDance, won't sell or transfer the social vid...

SpaceX's next Starship prototype will try a 60,000-foot return flight

Posted: 13 Sep 2020 11:02 AM PDT

SpaceX is nearly done with short-hop Starship test flights. Elon Musk has shared (via TechCrunch) that the company's SN8 Starship prototype should be finished in "about a week," and will conduct Starship's first high-altitude flight. After static fir...

Facebook takes down false claims of extremists starting Oregon wildfires

Posted: 13 Sep 2020 09:26 AM PDT

Facebook has once again found itself stamping out false information that could foster violence, if not on a topic where it's normally an issue. Policy communications lead Andy Stone has revealed (via Gizmodo) that Facebook removed false claims extrem...

After Math: Ninja pulls the old 'Twitcheroo'

Posted: 13 Sep 2020 08:30 AM PDT

Despite only being four days long, this week has been chock full of shocking tech reveals and revelations, what with the Xbox Series S leaks and Ninja's surprise return to Twitch. Here are some of the headline highlights from the past week. Engadget...

Apple's AirPods Pro return to a low $199 price at Staples

Posted: 13 Sep 2020 07:43 AM PDT

Don't worry if you missed on the last good AirPods Pro deal — it's back. Staples is selling Apple's higher-end true wireless earbuds for $199, a full $50 off the usual price. The AirPods Pro haven't seen a discount this large at Staples since July, a...
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