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• Amazon's $500 'Prime Bike' is a connected spin bike made by Echelon
• Tour de France winner Greg LeMond is making cute carbon e-bikes
• Netflix cancels 'Dark Crystal' prequel series after one season
• NASA outlines how it will take humanity back to the Moon in 2024
• BlizzCon will return as an online-only event in February 2021
• 'The Dark Overlord' hacking group member sentenced to five years in prison
• Royole's FlexPai 2 5G foldable phone costs under $1,500
• Microsoft keeps the same price for its new wireless Xbox controllers
• Elon Musk warns that Tesla's 'Battery Day' tech is two years away
• The Xbox's redesigned Microsoft Store is now available to all
• iFixit's Apple Watch Series 6 teardown discovers larger capacity batteries
• Now iOS users can set Gmail as their default email app
• Microsoft’s Bethesda deal: Great for Game Pass, troubling for exclusives
• The LAPD has used facial recognition software 30,000 times since 2009
• 'The Falcon and the Winter Soldier' won't arrive until 2021
• Cowboy is bringing free crash detection to its e-bikes
• Apple TV+ won its first major Emmy for Billy Crudup in 'The Morning Show'
• Microsoft details its plan to become ‘water positive’ by 2030
• Xbox remote play is open to everyone on Android devices
• Adobe previews AI-powered ‘Sky Replacement’ tool for Photoshop
• Xbox Game Pass has more than 15 million subscribers
• Facebook is testing a tool to let users claim image rights
• NBC's Peacock is finally live on Roku after tense negotiations
• Amazon's Sidewalk neighborhood WiFi will work with Echo and Tile devices
• Petcube Cam is a small, smart way to keep tabs on your furbabies

Amazon's $500 'Prime Bike' is a connected spin bike made by Echelon Posted: 22 Sep 2020 03:15 AM PDT Echelon makes connected exercise gear in a similar vein to Peleton, but with a more emphasis on a lower price. The company has teamed up with Amazon to create a lower-cost connected spin bike that's available exclusively for Prime subscribers. The Ec...

Tour de France winner Greg LeMond is making cute carbon e-bikes Posted: 22 Sep 2020 03:00 AM PDT Greg LeMond, a former professional cyclist that won the Tour de France three times, is jumping on the e-bike bandwagon. Today, his personal company — simply called LeMond — has launched two pedal-assist bicycles built almost entirely from carbon fibe...

Netflix cancels 'Dark Crystal' prequel series after one season Posted: 22 Sep 2020 02:25 AM PDT The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance will not get a second season. Deadline Hollywood is reporting that the series, a prequel to the 1982 Jim Henson movie, has been cancelled by Netflix. The news comes just hours after the series won its first Emmy aw...

NASA outlines how it will take humanity back to the Moon in 2024 Posted: 22 Sep 2020 01:50 AM PDT When NASA officially announced the Artemis program last year, it revealed its plans to land the next man and the first woman on the Moon in 2024. It's no small feat, so it's no surprise that there are aerospace experts who remain unconvinced that a g...

BlizzCon will return as an online-only event in February 2021 Posted: 22 Sep 2020 01:05 AM PDT After cancelling this year's BlizzCon convention due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Blizzard has announced that it will hold a replacement show online. BlizzConline (yep) will be held on February 19th-20th, 2021 with all the latest news around its popular...

'The Dark Overlord' hacking group member sentenced to five years in prison Posted: 21 Sep 2020 11:38 PM PDT A US district judge has sentenced a UK National to five years in federal prison for participating in the cybercrime activities of hacking collective group "The Dark Overlord." Nathan Wyatt was extradited from the UK to the US in December 2019 for tar...

Royole's FlexPai 2 5G foldable phone costs under $1,500 Posted: 21 Sep 2020 09:51 PM PDT Back in March, we got a glimpse of Royole's second-gen flexible phone, the 5G-enabled FlexPai 2, which takes advantage of the company's latest OLED panel for its outward-facing flexible screen — a similar form factor to that of Huawei's Mate Xs. This...

Microsoft keeps the same price for its new wireless Xbox controllers Posted: 21 Sep 2020 07:25 PM PDT On Tuesday morning Microsoft will start taking pre-orders for its next-generation console family, the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S. While the consoles will work with existing Xbox One gamepads, if you want a second Xbox Wireless Controller to main...

Elon Musk warns that Tesla's 'Battery Day' tech is two years away Posted: 21 Sep 2020 05:01 PM PDT The Tesla "battery day" presentation is almost here, set to take place tomorrow after being rescheduled from April due to the coronavirus pandemic. But with just hours to go until the company reveals something — the expectation is that it has develop...

The Xbox's redesigned Microsoft Store is now available to all Posted: 21 Sep 2020 03:26 PM PDT With less than 24-hours before Microsoft starts taking Xbox Series X and Series S pre-orders, the redesigned Microsoft Store on Xbox is now available to all users — though not without some launch day issues. The product of what the company says is ye...

iFixit's Apple Watch Series 6 teardown discovers larger capacity batteries Posted: 21 Sep 2020 02:27 PM PDT When Apple announced the Watch Series 6 last week, the company understandably spent a lot of talking up the wearable's new sensor for measuring blood oxygen levels. But it turns out the latest Apple Watch has a couple of smaller enhancements hidden u...

Now iOS users can set Gmail as their default email app Posted: 21 Sep 2020 01:51 PM PDT When Apple unveiled iOS 14, it quietly noted that this version of the operating system finally lets users set their own default apps for email and web browsing. Google already updated Chrome on iOS so that those who've installed the new OS since it w...

Microsoft’s Bethesda deal: Great for Game Pass, troubling for exclusives Posted: 21 Sep 2020 01:06 PM PDT Microsoft's $7.5 billion acquisition of ZeniMax Media is huge news in many ways. It brings renowned studios like Bethesda, id and Arkane into the Xbox family, along with popular franchises including Doom, The Elder Scrolls and Fallout. It makes the X...

The LAPD has used facial recognition software 30,000 times since 2009 Posted: 21 Sep 2020 12:56 PM PDT For years, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) hasn't given a clear answer on whether it uses facial recognition in its policing work. That changed this week. On Monday, the agency told The Los Angeles Times it has used the technology nearly 30,...

'The Falcon and the Winter Soldier' won't arrive until 2021 Posted: 21 Sep 2020 12:33 PM PDT Marvel fans awaiting the debut of The Falcon and The Winter Soldier will have to wait a little longer than expected. As confirmed on the official Disney Plus page for the show, it looks like the series has now been delayed to 2021. The series was alr...

Cowboy is bringing free crash detection to its e-bikes Posted: 21 Sep 2020 10:30 AM PDT Cowboy is bringing crash detection smarts to its e-bikes by the end of this month. It has been beta testing the feature with a thousand users, but it'll soon be available for free to all Cowboy 2 and Cowboy 3 owners.The bike uses its sensors to watch...

Apple TV+ won its first major Emmy for Billy Crudup in 'The Morning Show' Posted: 21 Sep 2020 10:02 AM PDT After winning two Daytime Emmys last week, Apple TV+ took its first major "Primetime" Emmy last night. Billy Crudup won for outstanding supporting actor in a drama series in ATV+'s The Morning Show for his role as network executive Cory Ellison. Crud...

Microsoft details its plan to become ‘water positive’ by 2030 Posted: 21 Sep 2020 09:40 AM PDT Earlier this year, Microsoft announced plans to become carbon negative by 2030. But the company isn't just looking at its emissions. Today, it unveiled its plan to be "water positive" by 2030, too. By that, Microsoft means it will replenish more wate...

Xbox remote play is open to everyone on Android devices Posted: 21 Sep 2020 09:18 AM PDT Microsoft has rolled out a new Android Xbox app, which will allow all Xbox One owners (and Series X/S players in the future) to stream games from their console to their phone or tablet. Until now, only Xbox Insiders had access to the feature. It's di...

Adobe previews AI-powered ‘Sky Replacement’ tool for Photoshop Posted: 21 Sep 2020 08:52 AM PDT An impressive sky can make all the difference in a photo, especially a golden hour sunset. If anyone knows this, it's Adobe. Today, Adobe showed off a new Sensei-powered AI Sky Replacement tool that will arrive in Photoshop soon. The tool makes it ea...

Xbox Game Pass has more than 15 million subscribers Posted: 21 Sep 2020 08:04 AM PDT Tucked away in its blockbuster announcement that it's buying Bethesda Softworks, id Software and Arkane Studios parent company ZeniMax Media, Microsoft revealed that Xbox Game Pass now has more than 15 million subscribers. That means it has added mor...

Facebook is testing a tool to let users claim image rights Posted: 21 Sep 2020 07:58 AM PDT Facebook is testing a new way to let users claim ownership of images and issue takedown requests if they wish, The Verge reports. Today, Facebook revealed Rights Manager for Images, a tool that gives creators the ability to track and moderate where t...

NBC's Peacock is finally live on Roku after tense negotiations Posted: 21 Sep 2020 07:41 AM PDT When NBC Universal's streaming service Peacock launched on July 15th, it was available to just about every bit of streaming hardware out there -- except Roku devices. That changes today. After prolonged negotiations, and even a bit of public acrimony...

Amazon's Sidewalk neighborhood WiFi will work with Echo and Tile devices Posted: 21 Sep 2020 07:21 AM PDT Last fall, Amazon announced Sidewalk, a way to keep low-power, low-bandwidth IoT devices connected even when they're far from your WiFi router. Today, Amazon revealed a few new details, including the addition of Echo and Tile devices. The company pla...

Petcube Cam is a small, smart way to keep tabs on your furbabies Posted: 21 Sep 2020 07:00 AM PDT Even without a pandemic, a trip to the vets for a minor check-up is easy to put off. Petcube has a solution. The Petcube Cam is the company's latest critter surveillance gadget, and it comes with a remote vet visit feature that couldn't be better tim...

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