| The Morning After: Reviews are in for the Pixel 5, Pixel 4a 5G and OnePlus 8T Posted: 15 Oct 2020 04:25 AM PDT  Thinking of buying a new phone? We've got opinions on lots of them this week, and we haven't even handled those 5G iPhones yet. We published no fewer than three in-depth smartphone reviews yesterday: Google's Pixel 5, the Pixel 4a 5G and the OnePlus... |
| Barnes & Noble confirms hack exposed customer details Posted: 15 Oct 2020 04:03 AM PDT  Barnes & Noble has emailed its customers saying that it has been the "victim of a cybersecurity attack," in which personal data was accessed. The breach not only affected B&N's corporate IT systems but the Nook e-reader platform as well, leav... |
| RED's 6K Komodo camera costs $6K Posted: 15 Oct 2020 01:35 AM PDT  Indie filmmakers and everybody else who wants a relatively inexpensive cinema camera can now purchase RED's new model called Komodo 6K. True to its name, the model can capture 6K at 40 fps, 6K Wide Shot at 50 fps and 4K at 60 fps — plus, it's the bra... |
| The first iPhone 12 hands-on happened on 'Good Morning America' Posted: 14 Oct 2020 11:44 PM PDT  Now that Apple has announced its new iPhones, people are of course eager to see what they look like in real life. Unfortunately our current conditions kept reporters away from the event, and mean it will take a little longer for most of us to get fir... |
| Virgin Galactic prepares for its first spaceflight from Spaceport America Posted: 14 Oct 2020 10:28 PM PDT  Virgin Galactic has started preparing for its first suborbital spaceflight that's launching from Spaceport America in New Mexico. CNBC found FCC filings back in September revealing the aerospace company's plans for the last round of SpaceShipTwo test... |
| Tesla will start making seven-seater Model Ys next month Posted: 14 Oct 2020 08:49 PM PDT  We've been hearing about a three-row, seven seat version of Tesla's Model Y crossover since before it was officially announced, but now Elon Musk says it's almost here. For those who want to transport more people inside Tesla's smaller electric SUV,... |
| DJI's new Ronin gimbals flip into portrait mode with a single tap Posted: 14 Oct 2020 08:00 PM PDT  DJI has revealed two new versions of its Ronin gimbals. The RS 2 is a successor to the original Ronin-S -- it's intended for bigger cameras and professional crews. The RSC 2, meanwhile, has a more portable design, which could make it a better fit for... |
| Microsoft's new Xbox UI is already available on Xbox One Posted: 14 Oct 2020 04:28 PM PDT  We're still almost a month away from the Xbox Series X and Series S going on sale, but their software experience has arrived on the Xbox One. In August Microsoft revealed its unified Xbox UI that would stretch across mobile apps, PC and consoles, and... |
| The Apple TV app comes to Sony's Android TVs Posted: 14 Oct 2020 02:19 PM PDT  You can add Sony TVs to the growing list of places where you can download and use Apple's redesigned TV app. Sony has begun rolling out the software to its lineup of recent smart TVs, starting with the X900H. It plans to follow with select 2018 sets... |
| Twitter says it will remove Holocaust denial tweets Posted: 14 Oct 2020 01:23 PM PDT  Twitter will delete Holocaust denial tweets, which it says violate the company's hateful conduct policy. Bloomberg first reported on the stance, which a Twitter spokesperson confirmed to Engadget. Twitter's clarification follows a Facebook ban on Hol... |
| The LAFD just hired America's first firefighting robot Posted: 14 Oct 2020 01:07 PM PDT  Robots are about to become a lot more commonplace in our daily lives. If that much wasn't clear when Boston Dynamics' Spot rebot took an "evening stroll" last month, the Los Angeles Fire Department makes an even better case. This week, it became the... |
| Facebook and Twitter try to limit ‘NY Post’ story on Joe Biden's son Posted: 14 Oct 2020 12:28 PM PDT  Facebook and Twitter are both taking steps to slow the spread of a New York Post story that claimed to have obtained emails from the laptop of Joe Biden's son.Though the New York Post has called the emails "a smoking gun," the origins and authenticit... |
| Sega marks its 60th anniversary with free mini-games on Steam Posted: 14 Oct 2020 12:24 PM PDT  Sega is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year and it's marking the occasion with a week of festivities on Steam. There's a sale on many Sega games including Persona 4 Golden, Bayonetta and the Total War series. You can claim a couple of titles f... |
| All the best Prime Day deals you can still get under $100 Posted: 14 Oct 2020 12:10 PM PDT  Amazon Prime Day ends tonight but there are still a number of good deals out there, whether you're shopping for friends and family or for yourself. But if you haven't been on the lookout for big-ticket items, you may have been discouraged over the la... |
| Watch seven minutes of 'Assassin's Creed Valhalla' gameplay Posted: 14 Oct 2020 11:18 AM PDT  With a few short weeks before Assassin's Creed Valhalla's release on November 10th, Ubisoft has shared a new seven-minute trailer that details many of the game's primary mechanics. The clip's narrator explains how much of the game will focus on the s... |
| Save on these 5 eLearning bundles on Prime Day Posted: 14 Oct 2020 10:55 AM PDT  The upcoming Amazon Prime Day promotion is great for grabbing cool gear and gadgets at rock-bottom prices, but it's of no use for people looking to take advantage of the latest and greatest eLearning bundles that can help you take your career to the... |
| Zoom is getting into ticketed online events Posted: 14 Oct 2020 09:41 AM PDT  By this point in the pandemic, chances are you've already used Zoom to not only attend work meetings but to take part in classes and workshops. So it should come as no surprise Zoom plans to capitalize on that trend. The company has started beta test... |
| Amazon has steep discounts on microSD cards and SSDs for Prime Day Posted: 14 Oct 2020 09:00 AM PDT  In the past, Amazon Prime Day has brought a number of good storage deals and this year is much the same. If you're a Prime member in need more digital space (that's not in the cloud) for your documents, photos, video games and other information, you'... |
| Shockingly, the 'Monster Hunter' movie trailer is full of giant beasts Posted: 14 Oct 2020 08:43 AM PDT  Milla Jovovich and Paul W.S. Anderson, the star and director of the Resident Evil series, are ditching zombies to tackle a different horde of video game-inspired creatures in their Monster Hunter movie. They offered a brief look at what they've cooke... |
| Toronto will test Olli driverless shuttles to boost its transit system Posted: 14 Oct 2020 08:18 AM PDT  Self-driving shuttles in North America aren't limited to the US. The city of Toronto has struck a deal with Local Motors to use the latest version of its Olli driverless shuttles as part of an automated transportation trial in spring 2021. The six- t... |
| Google Pixel 5 review: An off year for Pixel fans Posted: 14 Oct 2020 08:01 AM PDT  It used to be that, if you bought a Google Pixel, you were getting a powerful smartphone with some of the cleanest, most clever software around. Then, last year, things started to change: Google started offering lower-cost smartphones that, while may... |
| Microsoft says its AI can describe images 'as well as people do' Posted: 14 Oct 2020 08:01 AM PDT  Describing an image accurately, and not just like a clueless robot, has long been the goal of AI. In 2016, Google said its artificial intelligence could caption images almost as well as humans, with 94 percent accuracy. Now Microsoft says it's gone e... |
| Pixel 4a 5G review: Good, but you can do even better Posted: 14 Oct 2020 08:00 AM PDT  Google is bucking the $1,000 phone trend, and I'm here for it. The company's Pixel 4a received nearly universal acclaim earlier this year, if only because that $350 price tag was impossible to argue with. But with the new Pixel 4a 5G and Pixel 5, Goo... |
| Snapchat will let creators make LiDAR lenses for iPhone 12 Pro Posted: 14 Oct 2020 08:00 AM PDT  Folks who make augmented reality lenses on Snapchat will soon have another powerful tool at their disposal: the LiDAR scanner on iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max. Snap has rolled out a Lens Studio update that offers lens creators a much broader ca... |
| YouTube bans misinformation on COVID-19 vaccines Posted: 14 Oct 2020 07:58 AM PDT  YouTube will remove videos that contain misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines (via Reuters). It will ban any content that contradicts information about those vaccines from the World Health Organization (WHO) or local health authorities, the company... |
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