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• The Morning After: We reviewed Apple's $549 AirPods Max headphones
• Visa will allow select payments from Pornhub owner Mindgeek
• 'Tetris Effect: Connected' adds VR support on PC
• Alibaba is facing an anti-monopoly probe by Chinese regulators
• SpaceX shows off its Starship test flight one more time
• 'Cyberpunk 2077' patch targets save file limits on PC, crashes on consoles
• California clears Nuro's driverless cars to start making commercial deliveries
• Samsung’s next Chromebook may trade a 4K screen for better battery life
• Telegram channels will start getting ads next year
• Let this eerily accurate AI dunk on your Spotify habits
• Zoom may offer email to bolster its growing empire
• DeepMind's latest AI can master games without being told their rules
• Save $300 on a lifetime to Jillian Michaels' fitness app
• Sony A7C review: Smart, small and clumsy
• Accessibility in tech improved in 2020, but more must be done
• Apple's new MacBook Pro M1 is $100 off at Amazon
• New York is the first state to temporarily ban facial recognition in schools
• AirPods Max review: Expensive headphones with untapped potential

The Morning After: We reviewed Apple's $549 AirPods Max headphones Posted: 24 Dec 2020 04:35 AM PST Even if this holiday season means spending less time with family and friends than we're used to, you can still get judged for your decisions thanks to an AI that has been programmed to dislike your taste in music. The "How bad is your Spotify" bot in...

Visa will allow select payments from Pornhub owner Mindgeek Posted: 24 Dec 2020 03:15 AM PST Visa isn't done investigating allegations of illegal activity against Pornhub, but it has apparently seen enough to start accepting payments from its parent company again. According to Reuters and CNN, the credit card company will allow payments usin...

'Tetris Effect: Connected' adds VR support on PC Posted: 24 Dec 2020 02:02 AM PST Tetris Effect is an ideal game to both soothe and stimulate players, and now the multiplayer Connected edition works in virtual reality too. Tetris Effect Connected isn't available on the PlayStation VR headset yet, but PC VR users can join the actio...

Alibaba is facing an anti-monopoly probe by Chinese regulators Posted: 23 Dec 2020 10:01 PM PST China's market regulator has opened an investigation into Alibaba's "suspected monopolistic conduct." The State Administration for Market Regulation has posted a short statement on its website announcing the anti—monopoly probe. The regulator seems t...

SpaceX shows off its Starship test flight one more time Posted: 23 Dec 2020 07:04 PM PST Taking a victory lap around the test flight that wrapped up quite a year for SpaceX, the company posted a longer video of its Starship SN8 high-altitude test flight. Its high speed impact and explosion is just a footnote, as this two-minute video mar...

'Cyberpunk 2077' patch targets save file limits on PC, crashes on consoles Posted: 23 Dec 2020 03:13 PM PST Another day, another patch for Cyberpunk 2077. The 1.06 hotfix is rolling out on PC and consoles (no word about Stadia, yet), and while console players will hopefully benefit from improved memory management that should reduce the game's crashing (esp...

California clears Nuro's driverless cars to start making commercial deliveries Posted: 23 Dec 2020 01:45 PM PST It was only earlier this year that delivery service Nuro became the second company to get permission to test fully driverless vehicles in California, and now it can claim another milestone. California's DMV has granted the state's first Autonomous Ve...

Samsung’s next Chromebook may trade a 4K screen for better battery life Posted: 23 Dec 2020 12:39 PM PST Following a leaked render earlier in the week, more information on Samsung's Galaxy Chromebook 2 has found its way online, including details on pricing. A marketing slide shared by Microsoft tipster WalkingCat suggests the device will feature a 13.3-...

Telegram channels will start getting ads next year Posted: 23 Dec 2020 11:22 AM PST Nearly eight years after its initial launch and with almost 500 million users to its name, encrypted chat app Telegram finds itself at an inflection point: it either needs to monetize its platform or find a buyer. In a post over on his Telegram chann...

Let this eerily accurate AI dunk on your Spotify habits Posted: 23 Dec 2020 09:49 AM PST If you're a Spotify user, you might have checked out your 2020 listening data with Spotify Wrapped. It's a straightforward celebration of your year in music and podcasts, a judgement-free overview of what you listened to. The Pudding, however, is dis...

Zoom may offer email to bolster its growing empire Posted: 23 Dec 2020 08:12 AM PST Zoom was clearly one of the biggest tech winners of 2020 thanks to its easy video calls, and it now appears eager to translate that success elsewhere. The Information's sources claim Zoom is developing an email service and considering a matching cale...

DeepMind's latest AI can master games without being told their rules Posted: 23 Dec 2020 08:00 AM PST In 2016, Alphabet's DeepMind came out with AlphaGo, an AI which consistently beat the best human Go players. One year later, the subsidiary went on to refine its work, creating AlphaGo Zero. Where its predecessor learned to play Go by observing amate...

Save $300 on a lifetime to Jillian Michaels' fitness app Posted: 23 Dec 2020 07:55 AM PST The benefits of regular exercise are well-known. Yet, finding the motivation to work out and the proper guidance on what to do or what not to do are difficulties everyone encounters on their path to leading a healthier and happier lifestyle. One solu...

Sony A7C review: Smart, small and clumsy Posted: 23 Dec 2020 07:30 AM PST With the launch of the A7S III, Sony proved that it still rules the full-frame mirrorless camera market, despite impressive rival products from Canon. On the APS-C side, however, it keeps building the same cameras over and over using recycled parts f...

Accessibility in tech improved in 2020, but more must be done Posted: 23 Dec 2020 07:00 AM PST For some of us, being forced to stay home and work remotely via video conferences was a temporary reprieve from our daily commute. But for Jonathan Lee, Zoom was a life changer. Lee, 28, is a paraplegic who uses walking aids to get around, and being...

Apple's new MacBook Pro M1 is $100 off at Amazon Posted: 23 Dec 2020 06:58 AM PST While Apple rarely discounts its new hardware soon after release, Amazon is another story entirely. Now you can snag the 13-inch MacBook Pro M1 with 8GB of RAM and a spacious 512GB SSD (space grey only) for $1,399 — $100 off its normal price. This is...

New York is the first state to temporarily ban facial recognition in schools Posted: 23 Dec 2020 06:43 AM PST States and cities have banned facial recognition in government and law enforcement, but that's now extending to the classroom. New York state has temporarily banned the use of facial recognition and other biometric technology in schools until either...

AirPods Max review: Expensive headphones with untapped potential Posted: 23 Dec 2020 06:30 AM PST The AirPods Max weren't exactly a well-kept secret. Rumors that Apple was working on a set of high-end over-ear headphones have been making the rounds since 2018. In fact, we pretty much knew what they would look like and how they would be built. Sti...

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