| Garmin's new smartwatch lets streamers show real-time heart rates Posted: 22 Oct 2020 04:00 AM PDT  Watch a Twitch streamer playing horror game du jour Phasmophobia, progressing in a tense esports tournament or perfecting a speedrun, and you might see their current heart rate on their feed. Garmin is offering broadcasters another way to layer that... |
| Microsoft partners with SpaceX on a cloud computing business for space Posted: 22 Oct 2020 02:00 AM PDT  Microsoft has launched a new cloud computing business in an effort to make Azure the space industry's platform of choice. The tech giant says it's developing technologies to help the public and private sectors launch faster and to make sure they achi... |
| Twitter is encouraging US users to vote early Posted: 22 Oct 2020 12:50 AM PDT  Twitter is encouraging US users to vote early and is showing them how to do so, the company announced. Starting today, everyone with a US Twitter account will see a home timeline prompt encouraging them to vote early, along with information from the... |
| Jony Ive will help design 'the future of Airbnb' Posted: 21 Oct 2020 10:03 PM PDT  Airbnb has brought Jony Ive onboard to help the company design new products and services over the next few years. The company's co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky has announced Airbnb's multi—year deal with Ive's new design firm LoveFrom, calling it "a... |
| Hummer EV 'supertruck' has a UI built on Unreal Engine and runs Android Posted: 21 Oct 2020 08:54 PM PDT  On Tuesday night GMC took the wraps off of its upcoming Hummer EV, a 1,000HP "supertruck" that's powered by up to three electric motors and its new Ultium battery setup. But inside the new Hummer, there's a 12.3-inch driver information display and 13... |
| Feds blame Russia, Iran for election misinformation and threatening emails Posted: 21 Oct 2020 06:01 PM PDT  At a press conference on Wednesday evening, Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe told reporters that two foreign actors, Iran and Russia, have been identified as taking actions to interfere in the US elections. Ratcliffe claimed the two h... |
| NASA shares first images from OSIRIS-REx's touchdown on Bennu Posted: 21 Oct 2020 03:39 PM PDT  It made history in the span of approximately six seconds. On Tuesday afternoon, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft successfully completed its touch-and-go meeting with 101955 Bennu. In the process, it managed to collect a sample of regolith it will now car... |
| Quibi confirms it's shutting down Posted: 21 Oct 2020 03:22 PM PDT  Barely six month after Jeff Katzenberg / Meg Whitman-lead Quibi launched, the company announced it's closing up shop. Confirming the details leaked from a call with investors, Quibi's leaders said in a letter that the service's lack of success is "Li... |
| Tesla produced and delivered a record number of cars this quarter Posted: 21 Oct 2020 02:48 PM PDT  Elon Musk had plenty to crow about during Tesla's Q3 2020 earnings call on Wednesday. "Q3 was our best quarter in history!" Musk exclaimed. The company recently announced that it had produced a record 145,036 vehicles this quarter, delivering 139,300... |
| Adobe tries using AI to fix blurry video footage Posted: 21 Oct 2020 02:30 PM PDT  Between things like camera shake and poor lighting, the videos you take with your phone, DSLR or mirrorless camera can end up blurry for any numbers of reasons. Worse yet, it's difficult to sharpen a photo or video after the fact, and more often than... |
| Quibi is reportedly shutting down Posted: 21 Oct 2020 12:53 PM PDT  Quibi, the short-form video streaming service that made a splash at CES 2020 with its Turnstyle feature, is shutting down, according to separate reports from The Wall Street Journal and The Information.The Wall Street Journal reports Quibi co-founder... |
| Boston Dynamics will start selling arms for its robodog Spot next year Posted: 21 Oct 2020 12:23 PM PDT  Boston Dynamics has reportedly already sold more than 250 of its $75,000 Spot robots since starting commercial sales back in June. Interested and deep-pocketed parties can purchase one directly from the company's website as well as a host of accessor... |
| Microsoft explores realistic VR haptics with a wrist-mounted gadget Posted: 21 Oct 2020 11:58 AM PDT  With recent headsets like the Oculus Quest 2 and Valve Index, VR headsets have never been in a better place from a graphical fidelity standpoint. But as much as the touch controllers that come with those devices have improved as well, it can still fe... |
| Ubisoft's new hub will bring cross-play and cross-saves to more games Posted: 21 Oct 2020 11:36 AM PDT  Ubisoft is merging Uplay and Ubisoft Club into a single hub for "in-game services, activities and communities." Ubisoft Connect, as it's called, is an evolution of those services and it works across multiple platforms. It'll debut on October 29th, th... |
| Learn to produce music with Ableton Live for $29 Posted: 21 Oct 2020 10:55 AM PDT  It's getting harder and harder to stay entertained at home as we head into winter. If you're ready to turn boredom into something fun and productive, learn a new skill with this music production virtual training.With this Ableton Music Production Mas... |
| Porsche bakes Apple Podcasts and Apple Music lyrics into its Taycan EV Posted: 21 Oct 2020 10:23 AM PDT  Porsche Taycan owners can stream Apple Podcasts without having to connect their iPhone over CarPlay. The automaker says it's the first native integration of the Podcasts app into any car.If you link your Apple ID to your Taycan, you can continue list... |
| Fire TV devices will get improved hands-free features with Alexa Posted: 21 Oct 2020 10:04 AM PDT  Three years after adding basic hands-free Alexa support on Fire TV devices, Amazon is finally taking things a step further. Previously, you could ask your Echo devices to play specific shows or open apps on Fire TV hardware. But with Amazon's latest... |
| The latest ‘Fortnite’ patch makes the game 60GB smaller on PC Posted: 21 Oct 2020 09:57 AM PDT  While the main draw of Fortnite's latest update is the addition of new Halloween-themed skins and an upcoming in-game concert with J Balvin, there's also a welcome surprise if you play the game on PC. On Windows, the battle royale's new 14.40 patch c... |
| Lomography's new 35mm camera has a lens you can fill with liquid Posted: 21 Oct 2020 09:04 AM PDT  Lomography's latest panoramic 35mm camera has a trick up its sleeve. You can pour liquid into the lens of the HydroChrome Sutton's Panoramic Belair Camera (yep, that's the full name) to add some colorful effects to your panoramic shots. Lomo suggests... |
| Puffco Peak Pro: A more refined stoner experience Posted: 21 Oct 2020 08:30 AM PDT  When the original Puffco Peak desktop concentrate vape made its debut at CES 2018, I was excited to say the least (the very least). Up until that point smoking or vaporizing concentrates -- more commonly known as dabbing -- required an outsized effor... |
| AT&T's WarnerMedia is streaming 'free' TV to millions of connected cars Posted: 21 Oct 2020 08:22 AM PDT  You don't need to buy a Tesla to stream shows through your car's internet access, although it will come with catches. AT&T has unveiled a previously rumored WarnerMedia Ride service that streams shows from Cartoon Network, CNN, TBS and other chan... |
| Jabra's ANC update for the Elite 75t earbuds is now available Posted: 21 Oct 2020 08:05 AM PDT  As promised, Jabra is adding active noise cancelling (ANC) to its Elite 75t and Elite Active 75t earbuds starting today. Owners just need to update their Jabra Sound+ apps (either from the App Store or Google Play Store), and upgrade their buds' firm... |
| Lenovo Smart Clock Essential review: Basic doesn't mean bad Posted: 21 Oct 2020 08:00 AM PDT  One of our favorite gadgets from 2019 was the Google-powered Lenovo Smart Clock. It doesn't have all the bells and whistles of a typical Google smart display, but its alarm clock features, affordable price point and small form factor more than make u... |
| PayPal will soon let US users buy, sell and shop with cryptocurrency Posted: 21 Oct 2020 07:39 AM PDT  PayPal is leaping into the cryptocurrency market, Starting in the next few weeks, users in the US can buy and sell bitcoin and several other digital currencies on the platform. Early next year, you'll be able to use cryptocurrency to pay for goods at... |
| Apple pulls TV Remote app now that it's built into iOS Posted: 21 Oct 2020 07:32 AM PDT  Don't go looking for Apple's dedicated remote app to steer your Apple TV — you won't find it. The 9to5Mac team has learned that the company quietly removed the Apple TV Remote app from its digital store. While there wasn't an official explanation, th... |
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