| Amazon's Kindle drops to $60 again in Black Friday sale Posted: 20 Nov 2020 03:45 AM PST  You can now start shopping for Black Friday deals on Amazon devices, and one of the first models you can get at a discount is the company's Kindle e-reader. The latest version of the company's basic e-reader is now on sale for $60, down $30 from its... |
| RHA's new wireless earbuds have ANC and wireless charging Posted: 20 Nov 2020 03:21 AM PST  Scottish audio brand RHA may not be well known, but it often punches well above its own weight compared to its more famous rivals. The company is launching its latest pair of true wireless earbuds, TrueControl, with built-in ANC and wireless charging... |
| Valve tests wireless rumble support for the DualSense in Steam Posted: 20 Nov 2020 03:05 AM PST  There's good news if you're trying to use Sony's new controller to play PC games. Valve started beta testing initial support for the PS5's DualSense pad a few days ago, and followed up with support for advanced features like its gyroscope, trackpads,... |
| Amazon reduces the size of its delivery drone team Posted: 20 Nov 2020 02:20 AM PST  Amazon has confirmed that it is laying off a number of people working on its internal drone delivery project. The Financial Times reported that the mega-retailer had opted to shrink its internal team in favor of using external contractors to complete... |
| Tesla Model 3 crash sends scorching battery cells into a nearby house Posted: 20 Nov 2020 01:07 AM PST  A Tesla Model 3 owner crashed his car so hard, the electric vehicle's battery broke apart and sent cells flying all over the area. The police department of Corvallis, Oregon has posted the details of the crash on Facebook, where it revealed that the... |
| Amazon's Fire TV devices hit all-time lows for Black Friday Posted: 19 Nov 2020 09:06 PM PST  Amazon's Black Friday deals have started going live on the website, and you may want to check them out if you've been looking to buy any of the company's Fire TV devices. The e-commerce giant sold them for similar prices — some of them being all-time... |
| SiriusXM's podcast push brings original shows to its app Posted: 19 Nov 2020 07:45 PM PST  Spending $325 million on Stitcher was a sign that SiriusXM takes podcasting seriously, and now its selection of "exclusive, original, and popular podcasts" are available to subscribers via the mobile app and online here.The company announced a slew o... |
| iFixit digs into the M1 MacBooks and finds they haven't changed much Posted: 19 Nov 2020 04:44 PM PST  Now that Apple is putting its own Silicon inside new Macs, how much has changed from previous generations? While we can tell you what it's like to use the new M1-powered MacBook Air, the folks at iFixit specialize in pulling them apart to see what's... |
| Flash content like Homestar Runner lives on in the Internet Archive Posted: 19 Nov 2020 03:33 PM PST  Mere weeks before Adobe's planned end of support date for Flash, the Internet Archive has come in to save everyone's favorite mid-aughts plugin and the creative content that came out of it. Over on its website, the organization has created a new coll... |
| Xbox console exclusive ‘CrossfireX’ has been delayed to 2021 Posted: 19 Nov 2020 02:30 PM PST  Microsoft's already thin Xbox Series X and Series S launch lineup has suffered another casualty. CrossfireX, the upcoming competitive first-person shooter for Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and PC, will miss its originally planned 2020 release date. It wi... |
| Facebook sues website owner who scraped 100,000 Instagram profiles Posted: 19 Nov 2020 02:00 PM PST  Facebook has filed another lawsuit against a developer who misused its platform. The company said it's suing Ensar Sahinturk, who allegedly ran a network of cloned Instagram sites using information scraped from public profiles.According to Facebook,... |
| Microsoft Edge now offers a built-in coupon tool Posted: 19 Nov 2020 12:46 PM PST  Microsoft is adding a host of new shopping-related features to Edge — good thing too because it seems the Black Friday sales started earlier than usual. To start, Microsoft has tweaked Edge's existing price comparison tool to make it more useful. Mi... |
| YouTube's most popular toy unboxer will star in animated show for Amazon Posted: 19 Nov 2020 12:36 PM PST  YouTube's most popular 9-year-old has landed on a new platform. Ryan Kaji, star of the toy-themed Ryan's World YouTube Channel, is also getting a new show for Amazon. Kaji will star in Super Spy Ryan, a new special for Amazon Kids+. According to a pr... |
| Consumer Reports study finds reliability issues with some EVs Posted: 19 Nov 2020 12:25 PM PST  There are probably always going to be teething issues with new products, and electric vehicles are no exception. According to the results of Consumer Reports' most recent reliability study, owners of recent EV models have flagged some "significant pr... |
| Apple releases iOS 14.2.1 to fix bugs on iPhone 12 devices Posted: 19 Nov 2020 11:44 AM PST  If you have an iPhone 12, you might want to update your firmware iOS 14.2.1. The latest version of iOS is rolling out, though it's only available for iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max and iPhone 12 mini. According to Apple's release notes,... |
| Google now has iOS widgets for Gmail, Drive and Fit, with more on the way Posted: 19 Nov 2020 11:32 AM PST  When iOS 14 came out in September, Google was one of the first third-party developers to come out with a home screen widget for one of its iPhone and iPad apps. It's now rolling out new ones for Gmail, Drive and Fit. Google Some of the new widgets l... |
| Facebook labeled 180 million posts for election misinformation Posted: 19 Nov 2020 11:10 AM PST  Facebook just offered its first look at the scale of its fight against election misinformation. In the lead-up to the 2020 presidential election, Facebook slapped warning labels on more than 180 million posts that shared misinformation. And it remove... |
| Save thousands on these 26 expert-led programming courses Posted: 19 Nov 2020 10:55 AM PST  It takes time, practice, and commitment to learn any new set of skills. The right instruction also goes a long way to bridge the gap between conceptual understanding and practical application. If you want to pick up coding and hit the ground running... |
| The first post-launch 'Avengers' hero arrives on December 8th Posted: 19 Nov 2020 10:28 AM PST  Marvel's Avengers will get its first post-launch hero on December 8th. That's when Kate Barton (aka Hawkeye) will join the lineup as part of a free update. Crystal Dynamics previously aimed to add the character in October, but it pushed back those pl... |
| Arecibo Observatory will be torn down because repairs are too dangerous Posted: 19 Nov 2020 10:20 AM PST  After 57 years of helping to expand human knowledge and understanding of the cosmos, the story of Puerto Rico's world-famous Arecibo Observatory is coming to an unfortunate end. Following two cable failures in recent months, the National Science Foun... |
| Facebook hopes its new AI moderation tools can further counter hate speech Posted: 19 Nov 2020 10:01 AM PST  Facebook has waged a long-fought and sometimes seemingly losing battle against hate speech and misinformation spreading across its platform. On Thursday, the company rolled out the latest implements of its automated anti-trolling arsenal in an effort... |
| GM plans to launch 30 electric vehicles by 2025 Posted: 19 Nov 2020 10:00 AM PST  GM is stepping up its commitment to electric vehicles, and it's providing a clearer view of its strategy in the process. The automaker revealed at a Barclays conference that it's boosting its combined EV and self-driving investment from $20 billion t... |
| Stadia, one year on: Better but still incomplete Posted: 19 Nov 2020 09:30 AM PST  Google launched Stadia, a streaming service that lets you play high-quality video games, exactly 12 months ago. The launch was met with a mixture of skepticism and disappointment. Was Stadia viable for people with an average-at-best internet connecti... |
| Amazon's Alexa-powered smart glasses are now more widely available Posted: 19 Nov 2020 09:13 AM PST  Last year, Amazon announced Echo Frames, which are almost exactly what they sound like — a prescription-ready eyeglasses frame that looks pretty standard but has built-in microphones for you to summon Alexa. They were announced as a "Day One" product... |
| Intel made a high-end reference design laptop for small brands to copy Posted: 19 Nov 2020 09:08 AM PST  Intel is expanding its line of NUC (Next Unit of Computing) systems with its latest laptop reference design. Its partners will be able to sell the NUC M15 with their own branding and configurations. The laptop kit could give smaller brands another wa... |
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