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Congress approves COVID-19 spending bill with contentious copyright measures

Posted: 22 Dec 2020 02:20 AM PST

US Congress has finally passed a new spending bill with COVID-19 relief measures, which on the one hand is good news for many Americans. As often happens with crucial legislation, however, lawmakers tacked on some extra legislation, including a contr...

Let's Encrypt will help old Android phones browse securely for three more years

Posted: 22 Dec 2020 01:00 AM PST

Back in November, Let's Encrypt warned that older Android phones stuck running 7.1.1 Nougat or lower won't be able to visit large portions of the secure web by September 2021. Now, the nonprofit certificate authority has announced that it has found a...

Samsung's Galaxy Chromebook 2 looks like its predecessor in leaked image

Posted: 21 Dec 2020 08:28 PM PST

Samsung is apparently working on a follow-up to the Galaxy Chromebook it released earlier this year. And based on a photo leaked by Evan Blass (a.k.a. evleaks), it pretty much looks like its predecessor with some minor differences: Samsung has rearra...

Nvidia and Intel used compromised SolarWinds software

Posted: 21 Dec 2020 04:24 PM PST

Fallout from the SolarWinds hack continues to expand. A handful of major tech companies, including Nvidia and Intel, have joined the growing list of organizations affected by the unprecedented hack US officials have blamed on Russia. The Wall Street...

Apple will reportedly start building an EV with a 'breakthrough' battery in 2024

Posted: 21 Dec 2020 03:35 PM PST

We've been hearing bits of information about Apple's secretive Project Titan self-driving car division for years now, but a new report from Reuters finally provides some more concrete details on the tech giant's automotive plans. According to the rep...

Peloton will pay $420 million to acquire fitness equipment maker Precor

Posted: 21 Dec 2020 02:37 PM PST

Home fitness tech has been on a tear in 2020, and one major player is gearing up to capitalize on shifting workout habits for the long haul. In a press release, Peloton today confirmed its plans to acquire Precor, a maker of home and commercial-grade...

'Stardew Valley' adds couch co-op in its biggest update ever

Posted: 21 Dec 2020 01:44 PM PST

With less than two months before its fifth anniversary, farming sim Stardew Valley has just received its biggest content update ever. As Polygon points out, there are far too many changes to list in a short article, but some of the more notable will...

Civil rights groups demand CBP stops facial recognition expansion at airports

Posted: 21 Dec 2020 01:10 PM PST

The American Civil Liberties Union, Electronic Frontier Foundation and more than a dozen other civil rights groups have objected to Customs and Border Protection's plan to expand use of facial recognition at border entry and exit points. The Departme...

Mercedes teases an AI-powered version of its MBUX infotainment system

Posted: 21 Dec 2020 12:42 PM PST

When the new Mercedes EQS sedan hits the road next year, it will feature a new and improved version of the automaker's MBUX infotainment called the MBUX Hyperscreen as an optional upgrade. The company says the ultrawide screen spans the entire front...

Adobe releases Premiere Pro beta for M1 Macs

Posted: 21 Dec 2020 11:44 AM PST

Following beta versions of Photoshop and Lightroom for M1 Macs, you can now try out an in-development release of Premiere Pro that optimizes the software for Apple's new chip architecture. As with the Photoshop M1 beta, you won't find every feature t...

Twenty One Pilots' livestreamed music video set a Guinness World Record

Posted: 21 Dec 2020 10:23 AM PST

Twenty One Pilots' supposedly never-ending music video wrapped up last week and it set a Guinness World Record in the process. The band livestreamed a video for "Level of Concern," which pulled in fan-created content from more than 162,000 submission...

TikTok’s latest feature highlights your favorite videos from 2020

Posted: 21 Dec 2020 09:40 AM PST

2020 was a rollercoaster year for TikTok. A constantly changing deadline from the Trump administration meant the company spent most of the year unsure of it would still be around to see the end of it. So can you blame ByteDance's US outpost for wanti...

'Black Mirror' team's 'Death to 2020' special hits Netflix on December 27th

Posted: 21 Dec 2020 09:22 AM PST

The team behind Black Mirror are back with their latest project, and instead of telling yet another story about how technology could ruin our lives, they have 2020 firmly in their crosshairs. The show's creators, Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones, ha...

Scientists find a strange signal coming from our closest neighboring star

Posted: 21 Dec 2020 08:45 AM PST

Astronomers have encountered a mystery surprisingly close to Earth. The Guardian and Scientific American have learned that Breakthrough Listen astronomers using the Parkes telescope in Australia discovered a strange radio signal coming from Proxima C...

Our favorite games of 2020

Posted: 21 Dec 2020 08:31 AM PST

While some forms of entertainment like movies and sports were hit hard by the pandemic, gaming actually thrived in 2020. Since we were all stuck indoors, we spent a lot more time in front of screens, discovering new experiences, replaying older class...

‘Homestar Runner’ creators revive 15-year-old game right before Flash dies

Posted: 21 Dec 2020 08:20 AM PST

Homestar Runner remains one of the best-known internet cartoons built on Adobe Flash, a site that regularly produced hilarious absurdist content throughout the 2000s. Of course, the era of the smartphone and iPad eventually led to a major move away f...

How to order N95 masks for 50 percent off

Posted: 21 Dec 2020 07:55 AM PST

Once seen only in construction sites and surgery rooms, the NIOSH-approved N95 respirator mask has become a ubiquitous part of our daily lives. N95 masks filter at least 95% of airborne particles and protects users from face and lung contamination, m...

B&H is selling the 12.9-inch iPad Pro at all-time low prices

Posted: 21 Dec 2020 07:48 AM PST

It might not be too late to get your hands on a 2020 12.9-inch iPad Pro in time for the holidays. If you're looking to pick one up, you might not find a better deal at the moment than at B&H. Several models are on sale for the lowest prices we've...

US COVID-19 relief bill includes $7 billion for broadband internet access

Posted: 21 Dec 2020 07:36 AM PST

Congress' long-awaited COVID-19 relief bill could be good news for those who need to learn and work remotely during the pandemic. Axios has learned the package in the newly agreed deal earmarks $7 billion for broadband access. About $3.2 billion of t...

YouTube tested a way to sync downloads across devices

Posted: 21 Dec 2020 07:20 AM PST

One of the most notable YouTube premium features is the ability to download basically any video for offline playback. According to Android Police, YouTube briefly tested an extension of that feature that would use your account to sync downloads acros...

In 2020, Apple’s best wasn’t its Pro devices

Posted: 21 Dec 2020 07:00 AM PST

The coronavirus most definitely did not stop Apple from releasing a slew of new hardware in 2020. The company announced three updated iPads, five new phones, some crazy-expensive headphones and three new Macs with its new M1 silicon inside. Putting a...

AI gauges the mental health of cancer patients through eye movements

Posted: 21 Dec 2020 06:54 AM PST

Good mental health is important, and early research suggests AI might help diagnose that health for people who are under a particularly heavy strain. Scientists have developed a combination of deep learning algorithms that use eye tracking to gauge t...

Disney confirms ‘The Book of Boba Fett’ is a ‘Mandalorian’ spin-off series

Posted: 21 Dec 2020 06:31 AM PST

When the season two finale of The Mandalorian dropped last week, it teased something called The Book of Boba Fett in a post-credits scene. It was clear that Boba Fett was going to get some time in the spotlight, we didn't know if this was a movie, a...

Apple's Watch Series 6 is 15 percent off at Amazon and Best Buy

Posted: 21 Dec 2020 05:20 AM PST

Discounts on Apple's latest products are pretty rare, and the Watch Series 6 is no exception. Normally, it costs at least $399, though we've seen small discounts at Apple and prices as low as around $350 on Amazon. Right now, however, you can grab th...

OnePlus' second concept phone is an 8T that changes color

Posted: 21 Dec 2020 05:00 AM PST

Plenty of phones have a special back panel with a colourful gradient or shimmering effect. Very few, however, actually change color altogether. (Not without a case or Dbrand-style skin, anyway.) The OnePlus 8T Concept is different, though. The experi...
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