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'Call of Duty' season one update will launch December 16th

Posted: 05 Dec 2020 03:58 AM PST

Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War launched last month and brought the shooter series to a new generation of consoles, and now its first major content update is about to arrive. While the "season one" batch of additions were scheduled to arrive on Decem...

Apple will replace unresponsive iPhone 11 screens for free

Posted: 04 Dec 2020 08:58 PM PST

"A small percentage of iPhone 11" units suffer from touch issues, Apple says, and it's swapping out their displays for free as part of a new replacement program. In its announcement, the tech giant admits that the screens on iPhone 11s manufactured b...

TikTok's deadline comes and goes with no sale and no ban, yet

Posted: 04 Dec 2020 07:24 PM PST

After months of wrangling, proposals, court rulings and a few extensions, a deadline set by the Trump Administration's Treasury Department mandated a sale for TikTok by today, December 4th. The day is almost over (on the East Coast, anyway), and ther...

The Ravn X is a 55,000-pound drone for launching satellites

Posted: 04 Dec 2020 03:36 PM PST

This week, a company based out of Alabama called Aevum unveiled the Ravn X, a drone designed to carry and launch satellites into low-orbit. It weighs in at approximately 55,000 pounds when it's carrying a full payload, making it one of the heaviest u...

Learn AWS, Cisco and CompTIA anytime with these courses

Posted: 04 Dec 2020 02:55 PM PST

If you want to turn your passion for technology into a stable career, it's a smart idea to learn the concepts, skills and technologies that will set you up for success in the computer and IT field. Well, that's precisely what you can do with this bun...

The Boring Company offers a look inside a Las Vegas loop station

Posted: 04 Dec 2020 01:44 PM PST

The Boring Company's work in Las Vegas is starting to take shape. On Twitter, the company shared a short clip showing off one of the underground stations it's building as part of the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) loop. As you can see from the vi...

Google brings tab search to Chromebooks with Chrome OS 87

Posted: 04 Dec 2020 12:40 PM PST

Google is rolling out Chrome OS 87, which includes the recently revealed tab search feature. You can access that from the circular button in the top-right corner or by pressing Ctrl-Shift-A, as 9to5 Google notes. It's a useful function that will help...

Amazon’s free news app on Fire TV now features local stations

Posted: 04 Dec 2020 12:21 PM PST

Amazon is adding local coverage to its Fire TV news app. Starting today, Fire TV users can access live and on-demand news from local channels based in 12 cities across the US — New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta, Houston, M...

Fitbit will replace some Sense smartwatches due to ECG problem

Posted: 04 Dec 2020 11:21 AM PST

Fitbit is replacing several hundred units of its Sense smartwatch due to an issue with the electrocardiogram (ECG) feature. As first spotted in Fitbit's forums by The Verge, some affected users said the company proactively contacted them about a repl...

HBO Max no longer offers one-week free trials

Posted: 04 Dec 2020 11:07 AM PST

If you had hoped to see Wonder Woman 1984 for free by signing up for an HBO Max trial, you'll need to make alternate plans. As of this week, the streaming service is no longer offering a free one-week signup period to new subscribers. The development...

These gadgets are still available at Cyber Monday prices

Posted: 04 Dec 2020 10:55 AM PST

Cyber Monday rounds out the biggest shopping weekend of the year. That means you still have today to finish your holiday shopping and score some innovative gadgets that are on sale. We've rounded up seven incredible deals that make fantastic presents...

Oscar Isaac will play Solid Snake in a 'Metal Gear Solid' movie

Posted: 04 Dec 2020 10:36 AM PST

Some day in the future, you might very well see Oscar Isaac sneaking around in a cardboard box. The Star Wars actor is attached to play Solid Snake in a Metal Gear Solid movie.Jordan Vogt-Roberts (Kong: Skull Island and The Kings of Summer) is slated...

Lawmakers want expanded telehealth coverage to last beyond the pandemic

Posted: 04 Dec 2020 10:26 AM PST

A bipartisan group of 49 lawmakers led by Senator Brian Schatz says the current state of expanded access and coverage to telehealth services should be the norm going forward. In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Nan...

PAX plans a return to in-person events in 2021

Posted: 04 Dec 2020 09:40 AM PST

PAX events could return in their regular in-person format next year. Dates have been set for the 2021 installments of PAX East, West and Unplugged.As things stand, PAX East is scheduled to run June 3rd-6th in Boston. The gaming expo typically takes p...

Grado GT220 review: Stellar sounding wireless earbuds that cover the basics

Posted: 04 Dec 2020 09:30 AM PST

Grado has been making headphones for decades, but the family-owned company was late to the wireless game. Admittedly, it waited until it felt the technology met its lofty standards for audio performance. Grado debuted its first wireless headphones in...

Flexible color ePaper displays could soon adorn your clothes

Posted: 04 Dec 2020 08:42 AM PST

Whenever the runways of Paris, London, Milan and New York open back up, designers might be showing off looks adorned with flexible color ePaper displays. E Ink has teamed up with Plastic Logic to make the first such panels based on its Advanced Color...

The best Cyber Week tech deals you can still get today

Posted: 04 Dec 2020 08:35 AM PST

In the past week, we've seen a ton of great deals on some of this year's best gadgets. Black Friday and Cyber Monday didn't disappoint, with discounts on everything from headphones to SSDs to smartphone gimbals and more. But if you still have some ho...

Homeland Security is investigating CBP's warrantless phone tracking

Posted: 04 Dec 2020 08:31 AM PST

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is launching an inspector general investigation into the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP)'s warrantless use of commercially-available phone location data to track individuals. This follows an inquiry in...

Nanox shows off its Star Trek-inspired 'biobed' to the world

Posted: 04 Dec 2020 08:00 AM PST

X-rays are taken for granted in the western world, but the World Health Organization believes that close to two-thirds of the global population do not have reliable access to diagnostic imaging. The cost of the equipment alone is prohibitive in many...

Google Podcasts lets you add shows using their RSS feeds

Posted: 04 Dec 2020 07:55 AM PST

Google Podcasts just became more alluring if you tend to listen to shows that aren't always available on major podcast networks. 9to5Google reports that Google has added support for subscribing to podcasts using their RSS feeds. You just have to past...

'EVE Online' will finally get a native Mac app early next year

Posted: 04 Dec 2020 07:05 AM PST

If you've wanted to play EVE Online using a Mac, you've had to settle for running the game in a compatibility layer (namely Wine) since 2007 — and it has only become more problematic with macOS Big Sur. That won't be a problem before long, thankfully...

Whimsical 'Wattam' debuts on Steam December 18th

Posted: 04 Dec 2020 06:15 AM PST

Katamari Damacy creator Keita Takahashi's Wattam is no longer an Epic Games Store exclusive on PCs. Funomena's weird yet wonderful friend-making game is now slated to come to Steam on December 18th, just over a year after its EGS debut.The premise re...

Podcast: Tech tips to make dating, relationships and breakups easier

Posted: 04 Dec 2020 05:30 AM PST

This week, Cherlynn is joined by senior editor Jessica Conditt and special guest Harris O'Malley aka Dr. NerdLove to talk all about the ways tech affects dating, relationships and breakups. Will Google Photos, Facebook and Instagram ever stop sending...

Kratos coming to 'Fortnite' could be the first of several video game cameos

Posted: 04 Dec 2020 05:04 AM PST

Now that Fortnite has launched Season 5 with characters from Disney's The Mandalorian, it's introducing a new skin from Sony's universe of games. You can now play as Kratos from the God of War series, either as a single skin or in a bundle with a Mim...

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