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• The Morning After: Boston Dynamics' dancing robots are back
• Apple suffers a loss in lawsuit against maker of iPhone emulators
• NASA approves two missions to better understand space weather
• Google is selling the Home Max smart speaker again, for now
• Samsung's HDR10+ Adaptive takes your room's lighting into account
• Tesla uses three free months of 'Full Self-Driving' to push year-end sales
• Google removed the Pixel 5's and 4a 5G's ultrawide astrophotography mode
• Watch the Boston Dynamics robot family dance like 2020 was a good year
• Man sues police over a facial recognition-related wrongful arrest
• Google is shutting down Cloud Print this week
• A Spotify loophole allowed people to upload bootleg remixes as podcasts
• A Redditor is squeezing entire movies onto a single floppy disk
• Apple, Amazon and Tesla supplier accused of using forced labor
• A touchless 2020
• Why Apollo Neuro is the must-have stress relief wearable for 2021
• How Twitch kept its crown in a controversial year
• Apple Watch prototype exposes the company's 'Ultra' security testing program
• American Airlines will resume Boeing 737 Max passenger flights today

The Morning After: Boston Dynamics' dancing robots are back Posted: 30 Dec 2020 04:31 AM PST Today, we've got stories on Apple's "ultra" security measures, someone squeezing entire movies on floppy disks and a deep dive on the ways we might connect, without touch, in a post-pandemic world. But for this opening salvo, let's home in on a famil...

Apple suffers a loss in lawsuit against maker of iPhone emulators Posted: 30 Dec 2020 04:03 AM PST Apple sued security start-up Corellium last year, accusing it of violating copyright law for offering researchers access to "virtual" iPhones that can help them find bugs in iOS products. Now, a federal judge in Florida has tossed Apple's copyright c...

NASA approves two missions to better understand space weather Posted: 29 Dec 2020 11:20 PM PST NASA will take part in two heliophysics missions that could give us the data needed to better understand solar winds and explosions, or space weather as a whole. The agency has officially announced its participation in the Extreme Ultraviolet High-Th...

Google is selling the Home Max smart speaker again, for now Posted: 29 Dec 2020 09:22 PM PST Despite Google's Home Max being officially retired and pulled from sale a couple of weeks ago, the Google Store is once again offering the speaker for sale. While flashing a message saying the device is sold out and prompting customers to try out a p...

Samsung's HDR10+ Adaptive takes your room's lighting into account Posted: 29 Dec 2020 07:43 PM PST Last year one of our Best of CES awards went to Dolby Vision IQ. It expanded on the display spec that already tweaked HDR output to look its best from scene-to-scene by taking into account the lighting conditions. That way content can look the way it...

Tesla uses three free months of 'Full Self-Driving' to push year-end sales Posted: 29 Dec 2020 05:13 PM PST The "Full Self-Driving" system that Tesla sells as a $10,000 option isn't available in subscription form yet, but the car company is already using that idea to boost sales. Reported earlier by Electrek and confirmed in a tweet by Elon Musk, "All Tesl...

Google removed the Pixel 5's and 4a 5G's ultrawide astrophotography mode Posted: 29 Dec 2020 03:02 PM PST When Google came out with the Pixel 5 and 4a 5G earlier this year, you could use the company's astrophotography mode with any one of their primary cameras. But that's not the case anymore. After Google updated its camera app in November, the Pixel co...

Watch the Boston Dynamics robot family dance like 2020 was a good year Posted: 29 Dec 2020 01:45 PM PST With a namesake like Atlas, you wouldn't think Boston Dynamics' bipedal robot would be the most lithe specimen on the planet. But then we've already seen it has a knack for parkouring, and now you can add dancing to its list of talents. In its latest...

Man sues police over a facial recognition-related wrongful arrest Posted: 29 Dec 2020 12:15 PM PST A New Jersey man is suing the town of Woodbridge and its police department after he was falsely arrested following an incorrect facial recognition match. Nijeer Parks spent 10 days in jail last year, including a week in "functional solitary confineme...

Google is shutting down Cloud Print this week Posted: 29 Dec 2020 11:29 AM PST In a few short days, Google will officially shutdown Cloud Print. We knew this day was coming since 2019, but now that it's finally here, consider this a friendly reminder. For most people, chances are the shutdown won't be anything more than a minor...

A Spotify loophole allowed people to upload bootleg remixes as podcasts Posted: 29 Dec 2020 10:30 AM PST When most people want to find a reworking of their favorite songs, they usually turn to platforms like SoundCloud and YouTube. The fact almost anyone can upload a track to those services has allowed songs like 'Plastic Love' and 'Dead to Me' to find...

A Redditor is squeezing entire movies onto a single floppy disk Posted: 29 Dec 2020 10:02 AM PST Sure, you can have an 8K TV displaying incredible visuals and a top-of-the-line sound system pumping out crystal-clear 22.2 channel audio. But why bother when you can fit an entire movie onto a floppy disk and use a custom VCR to play it?A Redditor n...

Apple, Amazon and Tesla supplier accused of using forced labor Posted: 29 Dec 2020 08:36 AM PST According to an investigation by The Washington Post and the Tech Transparency Project, companies including Apple, Amazon and Tesla are sourcing parts from a Chinese supplier that allegedly uses forced Muslim labor. The Tech Transparency Project foun...

A touchless 2020 Posted: 29 Dec 2020 08:00 AM PST The last time I exited an all-encompassing public health crisis, day to day life changed subtly but permanently. It was 2003 and, living in Hong Kong, we had just faced a SARS epidemic that left a little under 300 people in the city dead.This crisis...

Why Apollo Neuro is the must-have stress relief wearable for 2021 Posted: 29 Dec 2020 07:55 AM PST Everyone encounters stress, from challenges at work and squabbles with family members or friends to the unprecedented reality of living during a pandemic, but we all deal with it differently. Some people, for example, need to go for a run or meditate...

How Twitch kept its crown in a controversial year Posted: 29 Dec 2020 07:00 AM PST Whenever Twitch announces a new approach to handling harassment on the platform, there's been a common, overwhelming response from streamers: "Please, please, be more than just words. Please follow this up with actions."That's how Twitch Partner Jenn...

Apple Watch prototype exposes the company's 'Ultra' security testing program Posted: 29 Dec 2020 05:50 AM PST A video leak appears to show a Watch prototype and reveals how Apple gets such devices to developers while still keeping them under a veil of "ultra" security. Released by a leak site called Apple Demo and first discovered via The Verge, it shows a W...

American Airlines will resume Boeing 737 Max passenger flights today Posted: 29 Dec 2020 05:20 AM PST American Airlines is the first domestic carrier to resume flights with Boeing's 737 Max after the plane was withdrawn from service more than a year ago. CNBC reports that the craft's return to active duty begins with Flight 718, a roundtrip jaunt fro...

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