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SSC NA promises a re-run of the Tuatara's top speed record attempt

Posted: 31 Oct 2020 02:26 AM PDT

Less than two weeks ago, SSC NorthgAmerica announced that its Tuatara has taken over the claim of "fastest production car in the world," after going over 330 MPH down a seven-mile stretch of Highway 160 in Nevada. It provided video evidence of the ef...

YouTube TV drops Boston regional sports network NESN

Posted: 31 Oct 2020 01:54 AM PDT

At the end of September, a dispute with Sinclair cut off YouTube TV's deal for Fox regional sports networks across the country, and as October comes to an end it's also dropping Boston network NESN. NESN broadcasts games for the Red Sox and Bruins, a...

Apple ordered to pay VirnetX $503 million for VPN patent lawsuit

Posted: 30 Oct 2020 09:11 PM PDT

The seemingly endless legal battle between Apple and VirnetX still rages on, and the latest development may cost the tech giant half a billion dollars. A jury in Tyler, Texas has ruled that Apple has to pay VirnetX $502.8 million in royalties for VPN...

Apple program will replace AirPods Pro buds with crackling, ANC issues

Posted: 30 Oct 2020 05:10 PM PDT

Occasionally Apple identifies a problem significant enough to launch a program to repair or replace an issue with one of its products, and today it revealed a service program for the AirPods Pro. According to the notice, in devices manufactured befor...

TikTok avoids another US ban thanks to influencers' lawsuit

Posted: 30 Oct 2020 04:34 PM PDT

TikTok has, once again, been spared from a ban in the United States. A Pennsylvania judge temporarily blocked a ban that was set to take effect November 12, in response to a lawsuit from three TikTok stars.The latest ruling is the second time an inte...

$149 Playdate handheld is 'ready to go,' orders start in early 2021

Posted: 30 Oct 2020 03:42 PM PDT

"Playdate is almost done." That's the gist of Panic's latest update on its upcoming pint-sized handheld console. The company says it will begin to take orders for the $149 device in early 2021, with initial manufacturing starting up in November. The...

'Key & Peele' and other Comedy Central classics head to HBO Max in November

Posted: 30 Oct 2020 02:33 PM PDT

WarnerMedia hopes a handful of Comedy Central classics may help entice you to subscribe to HBO Max. The streaming service announced today it's inked a deal to air all episodes of Chappelle's Show, Inside Amy Schumer, Key & Peele, Nathan for You a...

Google Meet starts rolling out custom backgrounds to web users

Posted: 30 Oct 2020 01:18 PM PDT

We knew custom backgrounds were coming to Google Meet, but now they're finally here for everyone. Google has started rolling out the feature to the majority of its customers. At the moment, custom backgrounds are available on Chrome OS, as well as Wi...

Modified drones help scientists better predict volcanic eruptions

Posted: 30 Oct 2020 12:12 PM PDT

Mount St. Helens, Vesuvius, Krakatoa: history is full of volcanic eruptions that took humans by surprise and caused devastating damage. But with the help of drones, an international team of scientists from the US and seven other countries say they've...

Don't get your hopes up for the first facemask with built-in earbuds

Posted: 30 Oct 2020 12:00 PM PDT

Of course masks are the latest craze in wearable tech. There's LG's "wearable air purifier" with battery-powered fans, an upcoming Belgian mask with temperature, oxygen saturation and breath sensors, as well as a Japanese mask that translates what yo...

Ubisoft pulls post about PS4 games not working on PS5, cites 'inaccuracies' (updated)

Posted: 30 Oct 2020 11:47 AM PDT

Sony has been promising for a while that 99 percent of PlayStation 4 games will be backward compatible on PS5. It recently released a list of just a few titles that won't make the cut. However, Ubisoft says PlayStation 5 won't support some of its gam...

Take great notes with this smart pen and writing pad combo

Posted: 30 Oct 2020 10:55 AM PDT

Most people need a good note-taking system. Students jot down useful information during classes to prepare for exams, professionals record a client's pain points and preferences to win business, creatives document their latest ideas and observations...

Facebook pauses recommendations of political and social issues groups

Posted: 30 Oct 2020 10:51 AM PDT

Amid a wave of actions Facebook has taken to prepare for next week's presidential election, it has stopped recommending groups that focus on political or social issues. For the time being, users won't see recommendations of new groups either.It's not...

Chevy will start selling EV retrofit kits in 2021

Posted: 30 Oct 2020 10:40 AM PDT

You'll soon be able to buy an electric Chevrolet motor just as easily as one of its gas engines. After years of prototypes, the automaker plans to start selling crate electric motors and batteries to consumers by the second half of next year (via aut...

Samsung redesigns its Galaxy Store to focus on games

Posted: 30 Oct 2020 09:55 AM PDT

Samsung wants its phones to be the go-to option for mobile gamers, and it's taking another step towards achieving that goal. The redesigned Galaxy Store has just two home screen tabs: one for apps and one for games.Each time you buy a game from the G...

Roborace engineer explains why a driverless racecar drove into a wall

Posted: 30 Oct 2020 08:55 AM PDT

A video of an unfortunate (albeit kinda hilarious) Roborace incident made the rounds on Thursday. It showed an SIT Acronis Autonomous racecar immediately veering to the right at the start of a lap and crashing into a wall. An engineer from SIT has si...

Oda aren't just speakers, they're a $299 ticket to live music

Posted: 30 Oct 2020 08:45 AM PDT

I am a bit of a live music junkie. In my twenties I would often go to at least one show a week (and often many more). Even now, as I unenthusiastically race towards 40, with a career, a small child and generally a lot more obligations, I try to see a...

Logitech made official gaming gear for 'League of Legends' band K/DA

Posted: 30 Oct 2020 08:25 AM PDT

K-pop frenzy is at an all-time high and tech companies continue to collaborate with the genre's biggest bands in the hopes of luring fans to buy their goods. After the virtual League of Legends K-pop band K/DA announced its comeback and upcoming EP t...

There's a lot to look forward to in 'Apex Legends' season seven

Posted: 30 Oct 2020 08:15 AM PDT

With season seven less than a week away, EA and Respawn are finally detailing the new content and features that we can expect from the latest update to the popular battle royale game Apex Legends. Thanks to a series of previews, it's now common knowl...

'Spider-Man: Miles Morales' new suit moves like 'Into the Spider-Verse'

Posted: 30 Oct 2020 08:10 AM PDT

Spider-Man: Miles Morales has an extra treat for fans: a giant nod to Into the Spider-Verse. Marvel, Insomniac and Sony have revealed that you can use Miles' black-and-red Spider-Verse suit in the upcoming PS5 and PS4 game. It's not just a skin on to...

Ford reveals how much its Active Driver Assist option will cost

Posted: 30 Oct 2020 07:47 AM PDT

Ford's autonomous highway driving tech won't come as standard on all of the vehicles that support it. The automaker has now revealed how much you'll have to pay to add the Active Drive Assist option to certain 2021 F-150 pickup and electric Mustang M...

Sony's WF-1000MX3 earbuds drop to $168, an all-time low on Amazon

Posted: 30 Oct 2020 07:30 AM PDT

It might be a good time to buy if you're itching for some true wireless earbuds to tune out the rest of the world. Amazon is selling Sony's well-received WF-1000XM3 buds for $168. That's an all-time low on Amazon, and one of the best deals yet for th...

Under Armour is selling MyFitnessPal for $345 million

Posted: 30 Oct 2020 07:22 AM PDT

Under Armour may be rethinking its fitness app strategy. After purchasing MyFitnessPal for $475 million in 2015, the company announced today that it has started a "definitive agreement to sell the MyFitnessPal platform to Francisco Partners." It's al...

Tesla raises price of Full Self-Driving mode to $10,000 now that it's in beta

Posted: 30 Oct 2020 06:26 AM PDT

Elon Musk warned that Tesla would hike the price of Full Self-Driving now that it's in beta, and he's being true to his word. The Verge reports Tesla has raised the cost of the package to $10,000 in the US for both new car buyers and upgrades, up $2,...

Apple takes home an engineering Emmy for its ubiquitous ProRes video tech

Posted: 30 Oct 2020 06:00 AM PDT

Apple took home an engineering Emmy award for its ProRes video codec first developed in 2007 that has become widely used in digital television and film production (via 9to5Mac). As Apple's team accepting the prize noted, it gained popularity because...
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The Morning After: Netflix price hike takes HD streaming to $14 per month

Posted: 30 Oct 2020 04:27 AM PDT

It's hard to remember now, but when Netflix first offered streaming as a standalone subscription back in 2011, it cost just $8 per month. Now the company's latest price increase pushes that Standard streaming rate in the US to $14. If you already hav...

SmartThings Find app can track down lost Samsung Galaxy devices

Posted: 30 Oct 2020 03:35 AM PDT

Smartphones and other devices are so intertwined with our lives that losing one can be traumatic. To that end, Samsung has unveiled SmartThings Find, an app that uses a variety of technologies to locate your phone, even if there's no cell or WiFi sig...

New 'Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy's Edge' trailer reveals its story

Posted: 30 Oct 2020 02:59 AM PDT

Lucasfilm's immersive entertainment studio ILMxLAB has released a new trailer for Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy's Edge, and it gives us a glimpse of the kind of adventures we can expect from Ady Sun'Zee. It shows the young Padawan exploring a myst...

PlayStation CEO thinks VR's bright future is still years away

Posted: 29 Oct 2020 10:31 PM PDT

Sony offering PSVR owners a free camera adapter to use with the PS5 pretty much tells you that the company has no plans to release a new virtual reality headset anytime soon. Now, Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan has confirmed to The Washi...

YouTube Music finally lets users filter out liked YouTube videos

Posted: 29 Oct 2020 08:12 PM PDT

The forced transition from Google Play Music to YouTube Music is upon us, and for those making the switch, one annoying aspect of the new service has been how it blends random videos from YouTube in with music. As far as YouTube Music is concerned, l...

Instagram drops 'recent' posts from hashtag pages ahead of the election

Posted: 29 Oct 2020 05:37 PM PDT

Instagram is taking a new step to prevent the spread of misinformation ahead of the presidential election. The app is temporarily disabling "recent" posts from appearing on hashtag pages in order "to reduce the real-time spread of potentially harmful...

Apple AirPods with a wireless charging case hit a new low price of $108

Posted: 29 Oct 2020 04:13 PM PDT

Apple may have new versions of its iconic earbuds in the works, but if you'd like to get a pair now complete with their wireless charging case, Walmart's online offer features the lowest price we've seen. They're on sale for $108, and according to th...

NASA confirms OSIRIS-REx has secured its asteroid sample

Posted: 29 Oct 2020 03:24 PM PDT

After a process that took a couple of days, the OSIRIS-REx mission has stowed away the sample of regolith that it snatched from an asteroid last week. Shortly after ,the team discovered that small particles appeared to be leaking from the collector h...

The Rock's latest headphones are earbuds with bold battery claims

Posted: 29 Oct 2020 03:03 PM PDT

Gyms might be closed in some parts of the US and across the globe, but that's not stopping Under Armour and Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson from releasing a new pair of true wireless earbuds. The UA Project Rock True Wireless X - Engineered by JBL (that's...

Twitter user growth stalled after big gains earlier this year

Posted: 29 Oct 2020 02:09 PM PDT

Last quarter, Twitter rode the wave of bored people stuck inside during the coronavirus pandemic to a big increase in "monetizable daily active users" (or mDAU). That wasn't the case from July through September, the company announced today in its Q3...

Apple One subscription bundle launches on October 30th

Posted: 29 Oct 2020 02:04 PM PDT

Apple officially revealed its "Apple One" subscription bundle back at the Watch event in September. Today, during the company's quarterly earnings announcements, Apple revealed to Bloomberg that the services package will launch tomorrow — Friday, Oct...

Apple's Macs, iPads and services offset weak quarterly iPhone sales

Posted: 29 Oct 2020 01:49 PM PDT

Apple just released its Q4 2020 earnings, and as usual, the numbers for July through September illustrate the company in a sort of transitional part of the year. Since this is 2020, though, hardly anything could be described as business as usual, whi...

Facebook is losing users in the US and Canada

Posted: 29 Oct 2020 01:46 PM PDT

The surge in growth Facebook saw at the start of the coronavirus pandemic appears to be slowing down. User growth in the United States in Canada — the company's most lucrative ad market — has declined, Facebook reported as part of its third-quarter e...

While we were staying home, Amazon amassed $96.1 billion in sales

Posted: 29 Oct 2020 01:44 PM PDT

The coronavirus has been very good for Amazon's bottom line. The company announced massive sales gains — $96.1 billion compared to $70.0 billion in third quarter 2019 — during the third quarter, fueled in large part to changes in shopping habits and...

Alphabet's revenue recovers despite looming antitrust lawsuit

Posted: 29 Oct 2020 01:26 PM PDT

Just like that, another quarter has come and gone. Since its last earnings report was released in July, Google's parent company Alphabet has grown its revenue to $46.2 billion in the third quarter this year. That's not only better than last quarter's...

Sports service DAZN expands to 200 countries on December 1st

Posted: 29 Oct 2020 01:08 PM PDT

Since launching in 2016, sports streaming service DAZN has made its way to the US, Brazil, Canada, Japan and a handful of European countries. On December 1st, the company plans to complete its largest expansion to date by opening up access to its pla...

Scientists found an Earth-sized ‘rogue’ planet in the Milky Way

Posted: 29 Oct 2020 01:08 PM PDT

Scientists have discovered what they say could be the smallest free-floating planet ever detected. The planet was discovered by University of Warsaw researchers in the middle of the Milky Way, and is estimated to be between the size of Earth and Mars...

Every Polestar 2 is being recalled over a power-killing software glitch

Posted: 29 Oct 2020 12:30 PM PDT

The Polestar 2 is experiencing its first round of growing pains. On Thursday, the Volvo-Geely subsidiary announced that was recalling its recently released EV sport coupe fleet to correct a pair of potential safety issues.The first issue involves a s...

Netflix is raising the price of standard and premium plans in the US

Posted: 29 Oct 2020 12:23 PM PDT

Netflix is raising the prices of its standard and premium plans. Its standard plan, previously $13 a month, is now $14, while the premium plan has been raised from $16 to $18 a month. The price of the basic service is unchanged at $9 a month.For exis...

Some Google One plans now come with a complimentary VPN

Posted: 29 Oct 2020 12:12 PM PDT

If you're a Google One subscriber, there's a new reason to consider the service's $10 per month 2TB plan. Google is adding built-in virtual private network (VPN) functionality to the Google One app, but you'll need to subscribe to the 2TB and above p...

World Of Warcraft's 'Shadowlands' expansion arrives on November 23rd

Posted: 29 Oct 2020 11:59 AM PDT

November 23rd marks the 16th anniversary of World of Warcraft, and Blizzard plans to celebrate the occasion by giving you plenty more to do in the game. It'll start rolling out the long-awaited Shadowlands update at 6 PM ET on that day. That's four w...

Eufy's Spaceview baby monitor is 25 percent off on Amazon

Posted: 29 Oct 2020 11:21 AM PDT

If you have a new parent on your holiday shopping list, one of our favorite baby monitors is currently at an all-time-low price. Eufy's Spaceview baby monitor, with a single camera is now $120 on Amazon which is a $40 discount. The two-pack is also o...

SteelSeries' Aerox 3 mice are water-resistant despite being full of holes

Posted: 29 Oct 2020 11:02 AM PDT

If you've ever accidentally spilled a drink on your mouse while playing a PC game, you might have found yourself in a sticky situation -- quite literally if it was an energy drink. SteelSeries has revealed a pair of gaming mice that could help keep o...

Save hundreds on these Python, AI and data science courses

Posted: 29 Oct 2020 10:55 AM PDT

In this age of big data, companies worldwide need to sift through the avalanche of information at their disposal to enhance their products, services and overall profitability. As such, there's a growing demand in today's job market for specialists wh...

Ubisoft delays 'Far Cry 6' to sometime after March 2021

Posted: 29 Oct 2020 10:55 AM PDT

Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, Far Cry 6 will miss its February 18th release date. The news comes courtesy of Ubisoft's latest earnings report, in which the company says it's moving the release of Far Cry 6, as well as Rainbow Six Quarantine, to...
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