| Walmart abandons plan to have robots check store inventories Posted: 03 Nov 2020 03:29 AM PST  Much as Elon Musk did with his Tesla Model 3 factory, Walmart has discovered that robots can't necessarily displace humans. The retail giant has decided scrap plans to use them to automate inventory tracking after finding that people could do as good... |
| Amazon is randomly shipping products in Mario-themed boxes Posted: 03 Nov 2020 02:45 AM PST  You may get your Amazon order in a Super Mario—themed box even if the item inside isn't even remotely connected to Nintendo or gaming in general. Nintendo has teamed up with the e-commerce giant as part of Mario's ongoing 35th anniversary celebration... |
| NBC pulls its social distancing TV show and makes it online only Posted: 03 Nov 2020 01:30 AM PST  NBC has pulled its social distancing-oriented show Connecting from the air and moved it to its streaming service Peacock, the broadcaster announced. The ensemble comedy revolved around a group of friends caught in the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown who t... |
| WhatsApp makes it easier to clean up GIF and photo spam Posted: 03 Nov 2020 12:35 AM PST  All the GIFs, memes, random photos and videos your friends send through WhatsApp could pile up and eat a huge chunk of your device's storage without you noticing. It can be a pain having to go through all of them when it's time for a cleanup, which i... |
| DualSense teardown exposes the gears behind Sony's 'adaptive triggers' Posted: 02 Nov 2020 11:07 PM PST  One of the PS5's most intriguing features is its controller's capability to make you feel various in-game scenarios with its adaptive triggers. Now, TronicsFix has pulled a DualSense controller apart to give us a look at how its adaptive triggers wor... |
| Persistent 'Among Us' accounts could arrive in December Posted: 02 Nov 2020 09:09 PM PST  A couple of months ago, Among Us developers InnerSloth revealed that their multiplayer Mafia-style game has become so popular that they cancelled plans for a sequel. Instead their energy is now focused on improving the existing game, which is availab... |
| Twitch plans streaming GlitchCon event for November 14th Posted: 02 Nov 2020 08:35 PM PST  With TwitchCon cancelled due to the pandemic, Twitch said it would find ways to "join forces in an alternate dimension" and now it has. The streaming video service posted a tweet with a quick video preview and the message "Because no fun was ever had... |
| What's on TV this week: 'Game of Thrones' 4K and 'NFS: Hot Pursuit Remastered' Posted: 02 Nov 2020 06:06 PM PST  This week there will be a slew of election news on Tuesday night, but other than that there are a lot of Ultra HD Blu-ray releases. The include the complete series run of Game of Thrones in 4K ($210), Grease, V for Vendetta, Forrest Gump and Antebell... |
| Pandora is the first third-party music app to work on Apple's HomePod Posted: 02 Nov 2020 03:39 PM PST  When Apple unveiled the HomePod mini last month, the company showed off a long-awaited feature: the ability to use it with third-party music services. And as of now, Pandora is the first third-party music app to work with Apple's existing HomePod as... |
| Bloomberg: MacBook Pro, Air laptops will get Apple Silicon CPUs first Posted: 02 Nov 2020 03:17 PM PST  Earlier today Apple announced its November 10th "One More Thing" event, and now we have a better idea of what we can expect to see from the company. According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman and Debby Wu, the tech giant will detail three Apple Silicon-pow... |
| Police used facial recognition to identify a Lafayette Square protester Posted: 02 Nov 2020 02:10 PM PST  In the aftermath of the Lafayette Square protests in June, police in Washington DC used facial recognition technology to identify a protestor who had allegedly punched an officer in the face. They found the man after feeding an image of him they foun... |
| Sony shut down a company's plan to sell custom PS5 covers Posted: 02 Nov 2020 12:23 PM PST  If you've been following the leadup to the PlayStation 5's November 12th release date, you'll know that a company called PlateStation had emerged in mid-October to offer a way for people to customize the new console. For $40, the startup offered to s... |
| Spotify will let artists and labels promote songs in recommendations Posted: 02 Nov 2020 11:25 AM PST  Spotify will soon test a way for artists and labels to promote songs in your recommendations. They'll be able to flag music they want to spread the word about to Spotify's algorithms. The service suggests artists could use the option to spotlight a n... |
| FCC funding aims to guarantee 100 Mbps internet throughout Puerto Rico Posted: 02 Nov 2020 11:15 AM PST  On Monday, the FCC's Wireless Competition Board announced that newly allocated financing part of Stage Two of the Uniendo a Puerto Rico fund will ensure that every location across Puerto Rico will have access to broadband internet with download speed... |
| The best tech toys for kids Posted: 02 Nov 2020 11:00 AM PST  Kids are spoiled for tech these days. Phones, tablets and game consoles are all things they've grown up with, making traditional toys seem somewhat staid. To compete, toy makers have been integrating more and more tech into their products over the pa... |
| Master Microsoft Excel with this $40 training Posted: 02 Nov 2020 10:55 AM PST  Microsoft Excel is the industry-standard spreadsheet program used by companies worldwide. Anyone serious about data analysis or data visualization needs to learn Excel as it has more built-in functions and formulas than its chief competitor, Google S... |
| Twitter will add warning labels to tweets with premature election results Posted: 02 Nov 2020 10:19 AM PST  A day before election day, Twitter is providing more detail on how it will address tweets — including Donald Trump's — that declare victory or otherwise share results that are not yet finalized. Twitter previewed a series of labels it will add to tw... |
| The best gifts for the PC gamer in your life Posted: 02 Nov 2020 09:30 AM PST  We're in a PC gaming renaissance. Cheap parts and an abundance of home workers have led many to upgrade or build a fresh rig this year, while this fall's new graphics cards have ensured that the most affluent gamers can still assert their technical s... |
| BMW will unveil its iNext electric SUV on November 11th Posted: 02 Nov 2020 09:19 AM PST  BMW will at last show off the production design of its iNext electric vehicle on November 11th. The automaker, which announced the SUV in 2018, is hosting a digital version of its NextGen event next week.As if BMW hasn't teased the EV enough, a six-e... |
| Apple will host 'one more thing' event on November 10th Posted: 02 Nov 2020 09:10 AM PST  Apple has already held two virtual events this fall, but the company isn't done yet. Next Tuesday, November 10th, the company will be holding an event appropriately called "One More Thing." Given that the iPad, Apple Watch and iPhone were the stars o... |
| Moment unveils a line of MagSafe camera accessories for the iPhone 12 Posted: 02 Nov 2020 09:01 AM PST  Moment, the company that manufactures external lenses, apps and accessories for smartphones, is taking full advantage of the iPhone 12's MagSafe technology. It just unveiled a line of MagSafe accessories that will let you attach your iPhone 12 to tri... |
| Apple TV will be available on Xbox consoles next week Posted: 02 Nov 2020 08:35 AM PST  Apple has apparently made getting its TV app on the new consoles a big priority. A few weeks after we learned that the Apple TV app was coming to both the PS4 and PS5, Microsoft is announcing its partnership with Apple for the new Xboxes: As of next... |
| Fortnite's next-gen upgrades include haptic feedback and dynamic visuals Posted: 02 Nov 2020 08:25 AM PST  Epic Games has revealed more details about what you can expect from Fortnite on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S. Next-gen versions of the all-conquering battle royale will be available for the consoles when they arrive next week. Epic... |
| Netflix explains how it avoids outages after a major incident in 2019 Posted: 02 Nov 2020 08:11 AM PST  Have you noticed that Netflix hasn't had any catastrophic outages like it did in years past, even with a surge of viewing during the pandemic? It's not a happy accident. Netflix has detailed the implementation of technology, priority-based progressiv... |
| ASUS ZenBook Flip S review: An OLED beauty with a few flaws Posted: 02 Nov 2020 08:01 AM PST  The ZenBook Flip S is close to being the ideal ultraportable. As one of the first Intel Evo devices -- the company's branding for devices with 11th generation "Tiger Lake" CPUs that meet a strict set of standards -- ASUS had to prove it could deliver... |
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