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• The Morning After: Nintendo turned 'Super Mario' into a battle royale
• T-Mobile details its plan to give free internet to 10 million homes
• Honor made a 16-inch laptop powered by AMD’s Ryzen 5
• Honor says its new rugged smartwatch has a 25-day battery life
• Robinhood reportedly facing SEC probe for selling to high-speed traders
• Mustang Mach E pre-delivery app lets you set up the car before it arrives
• SpaceX sends its Starship on a second 150m test flight
• A new NHTSA tool will show you where self-driving cars are in testing
• Ford's electric Mustang dragster covers a quarter-mile in 8.27 seconds
• DOJ may present its antitrust case against Google later this month
• Alphabet's Loon balloons are helping scientists study gravity waves
• Pinterest users won't see ads when they search for election-related content
• Instagram replaces Explore with Reels in India
• Facebook didn't actually take down the event page for Wisconsin militia
• Apple pushes iOS 14's updated ad anti-tracking feature to 2021
• GIF search, voice typing and more are coming to Windows 10
• Facebook slaps new label on Trump post about mail-in ballots
• NVIDIA shows off 'Doom Eternal' running on the GeForce RTX 3080
• Amazon's new Blink cameras can run for up to four years
• YouTube TV adds NFL Network to its core lineup
• 'The Division 2' players can soon fight their way up a 100-floor building
• Alexa for Residential lets landlords create smart apartments
• Facebook lets users transfer photos and videos to Dropbox
• MSI unveils its first Intel Evo-certified laptop
• Skullcandy’s Crusher Evo headphones are even better at rattling your brain

The Morning After: Nintendo turned 'Super Mario' into a battle royale Posted: 04 Sep 2020 04:15 AM PDT Yesterday was interrupted by all the Mario game news you could ever want in a lifetime. Yes, we knew it was coming, but then it all just landed at once. Remastered Mario games for the Switch, a new Game & Watch device (yes, honestly), a new Mario...

T-Mobile details its plan to give free internet to 10 million homes Posted: 04 Sep 2020 03:35 AM PDT Last year, T-Mobile CEO John Legere promised free internet for 10 million US homes in an effort to eliminate the "homework gap" — provided its merger with Sprint went through. Now that merger has happened, the combined company has opened up applicati...

Honor made a 16-inch laptop powered by AMD’s Ryzen 5 Posted: 04 Sep 2020 03:00 AM PDT Pay attention to the PC business and you may notice that the momentum is now with AMD rather than Intel. It's successes, and Intel's failures, means that Honor is now adding AMD's Ryzen 5 4600H into its flagship MagicBook Pro 16. The MagicBook Pro 16...

Honor says its new rugged smartwatch has a 25-day battery life Posted: 04 Sep 2020 03:00 AM PDT Even the bulkiest smartwatches from major tech brands can have that slightly milquetoast vibe. Sure, they look butch when you're in the office, but do you fancy risking it against the elements when you're in the middle of nowhere? That's the question...

Robinhood reportedly facing SEC probe for selling to high-speed traders Posted: 04 Sep 2020 01:56 AM PDT Robinhood is under civil fraud investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and according to The Wall Street Journal, it could pay a fine exceeding $10 million. The no-commission investment app, which recently scrapped its planned U...

Mustang Mach E pre-delivery app lets you set up the car before it arrives Posted: 04 Sep 2020 01:00 AM PDT Ford has unveiled a new app feature for its upcoming Mustang Mach-E that will save you the hassle of setting up navigation, climate control, charging stations and other personal settings once it's delivered. "Remote Vehicle Setup," will instead let y...

SpaceX sends its Starship on a second 150m test flight Posted: 04 Sep 2020 12:19 AM PDT About a month ago, SpaceX pulled off a first hop test for one of its Starship prototypes, and now it has repeated the feat. SN6 looks a lot like its predecessor SN5, with both missing a nose cone and fins, which makes them resemble a rocket-powered s...

A new NHTSA tool will show you where self-driving cars are in testing Posted: 03 Sep 2020 10:35 PM PDT You can now see ongoing driverless testing programs across the US, thanks to a new tool from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The agency has launched the public-facing platform as part of its Automated Vehicle Transparency...

Ford's electric Mustang dragster covers a quarter-mile in 8.27 seconds Posted: 03 Sep 2020 07:59 PM PDT Just the other day we saw Lucid Motors put its EV on the drag strip, and now Ford has released video of its purpose-built electric Mustang. It claims that the Mustang Cobra Jet 1400 prototype raced down the quarter-mile in just 8.27 seconds at 168 mi...

DOJ may present its antitrust case against Google later this month Posted: 03 Sep 2020 05:01 PM PDT A report by the New York Times suggests that the Justice Department is close to presenting its antitrust case against Alphabet, the parent company of Google. The report also mentions that there's disagreement among the team, as attorney general Willi...

Alphabet's Loon balloons are helping scientists study gravity waves Posted: 03 Sep 2020 03:26 PM PDT In between beaming internet to people in developing countries and sometimes passing for UFOs, Alphabet's Loon balloons have been busy helping scientists study how our planet works. A team led by Stanford professor Aditi Sheshadri recently published a...

Pinterest users won't see ads when they search for election-related content Posted: 03 Sep 2020 02:20 PM PDT Ahead of November 3rd, Pinterest is implementing new policies to limit the amount and spread of misleading information related to the upcoming US presidential election. To start, when you search for topics like how to vote in two months times, you'll...

Instagram replaces Explore with Reels in India Posted: 03 Sep 2020 01:46 PM PDT Facebook is making its newest TikTok rival even more prominent in India. Instagram's app in India now has a dedicated tab for Reels, according to Instagram head Adam Mosseri. With the change, the Reels section appears where "Explore" used to be, and...

Facebook didn't actually take down the event page for Wisconsin militia Posted: 03 Sep 2020 12:28 PM PDT When Facebook said that it had removed a Wisconsin militia group and an event page associated with the organization following a deadly shooting, the company's explanation wasn't entirely accurate.While Facebook did remove the "Kenosha Guard" group fr...

Apple pushes iOS 14's updated ad anti-tracking feature to 2021 Posted: 03 Sep 2020 12:14 PM PDT Apple's iOS 14 promises to be one of the company's most significant software updates in years. Between additions like widgets and the App Library, there's a lot coming with iOS 14 that will likely change how you interact with your iPhone. But few of...

GIF search, voice typing and more are coming to Windows 10 Posted: 03 Sep 2020 11:53 AM PDT Windows 10 is getting an integrated GIF search, improvements to voice typing and other new features, Microsoft Senior Program Manager Brandon LeBlanc wrote in a Windows blog post. All are currently in beta testing. The overall goal of the new feature...

Facebook slaps new label on Trump post about mail-in ballots Posted: 03 Sep 2020 11:08 AM PDT Facebook has added a new label to Donald Trump's post about mail-in ballots. In the post, which also appears on Twitter, Trump elaborated on previous comments that encouraged people to vote twice. The rambling post says voters should "SIGN & MAIL...

NVIDIA shows off 'Doom Eternal' running on the GeForce RTX 3080 Posted: 03 Sep 2020 10:47 AM PDT When it revealed its first 3000-series graphics cards earlier this week, NVIDIA said the $699 GeForce RTX 3080 runs twice as fast as the 2080. To showcase its latest tech, the company released a gameplay video of Doom Eternal running on the 3080, whi...

Amazon's new Blink cameras can run for up to four years Posted: 03 Sep 2020 10:28 AM PDT It wasn't that long ago that Amazon fleshed out its line-up of home security cameras with the $35 Blink Mini, but apparently four-ish months without a new release was just too much. To end that smart home gadget drought, the e-commerce giant recently...

YouTube TV adds NFL Network to its core lineup Posted: 03 Sep 2020 10:01 AM PDT With football season right around the corner, YouTube TV is making some significant changes to its sports coverage. Beginning today, the NFL Network is available as part of the YouTube TV base membership. Football fans will be able to watch live game...

'The Division 2' players can soon fight their way up a 100-floor building Posted: 03 Sep 2020 09:43 AM PDT The Division 2 is about to get a mode that'll task players with battling their way up a 100-floor skyscraper. You can take on Summit alone or with up to three others. As you might expect, the aim is to reach the top floor.Developer Massive Entertainm...

Alexa for Residential lets landlords create smart apartments Posted: 03 Sep 2020 09:28 AM PDT Amazon wants to make it easier to have a smart home without actually owning a home. Today, the company is unveiling its "Alexa for Residential" program that lets property managers add Alexa-enabled devices and experiences to rental properties. Landlo...

Facebook lets users transfer photos and videos to Dropbox Posted: 03 Sep 2020 08:52 AM PDT If you're looking to export photos or videos from your Facebook account, you now have more options. Beginning today, Facebook is allowing users to export those files to Dropbox and the EU startup Koofr, as well as Google Photos.Facebook users worldwi...

MSI unveils its first Intel Evo-certified laptop Posted: 03 Sep 2020 08:30 AM PDT MSI has revealed its latest slate of laptops. Included in the lineup is the company's first laptop that's been certified by Intel's Evo initiative (formerly known as Project Athena). Not only will it include Intel's 11th-generation Tiger Lake CPUs, t...

Skullcandy’s Crusher Evo headphones are even better at rattling your brain Posted: 03 Sep 2020 08:13 AM PDT Skullcandy says its new Crusher Evo wireless headphones are more brain rattling than ever. The Crusher line has been using haptics to create "an ultra-realistic sensory bass experience" since 2013, but Skullcandy says the Crusher Evo cans offer "more...

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