| The Morning After: SpaceX lines up a big test for the Starship Posted: 08 Dec 2020 04:15 AM PST  Keep an eye out today — we may see the first high-altitude test flight for SpaceX's Starship. The vehicle Elon Musk sees as the key to fast travel around the Earth and multiplanetary living has only taken short hops so far, but its next trip will rea... |
| WhatsApp adds a basic cart to its shopping experience Posted: 08 Dec 2020 04:00 AM PST  Last month, Facebook added a dedicated shopping button to WhatsApp. It's a simple feature that lets you browse a store's catalog and then, if you find something interesting, start a conversation that will presumably lead to a transaction. While helpf... |
| Toyota teases an electric SUV that will launch in 2021 Posted: 08 Dec 2020 03:57 AM PST  The Prius may be one of the most iconic green vehicles in the world, but Toyota is among the last to adopt pure EVs. Now that electric vehicle sales are starting to take off, however, Toyota is finally ready to get serious. The automaker has teased a... |
| Valve rolls out PS5 controller support to all Steam users Posted: 08 Dec 2020 03:00 AM PST  All Steam gamers can now play titles that use the platform's Input API with PS5's DualSense controller. Valve has been adding support for DualSense little by little ever since Sony's new console launched in mid-November. It started by adding initial... |
| YouTube livestreaming finally arrives on Google Stadia Posted: 08 Dec 2020 02:00 AM PST  YouTube livestreaming has been a big promise of Google Stadia gaming since the day it was unveiled in early 2019, but it's now over a year after launch and we still haven't seen the feature. Yesterday, however, 9to5Google noticed that that YouTube st... |
| Bitcoin exchange founder sentenced to prison for money laundering Posted: 08 Dec 2020 12:31 AM PST  Alexander Vinnick, the Russian man who founded and ran the now-defunct Bitcoin exchange service BTC-e, has been sentenced to five years in prison. A Paris court has found Vinnick guilty of money laundering and has ordered him to pay €100,000 (US$121,... |
| SpaceX Starlink wins $885 million from the FCC to serve rural areas Posted: 07 Dec 2020 10:54 PM PST  The FCC has revealed the results for the first phase of its Rural Digital Opportunity Fund auction, and one of the biggest winners is SpaceX. Elon Musk's space company — its Starlink satellite internet service, in particular — has won $885.5 million... |
| Surprise, Christopher Nolan hates the Warner Bros. HBO Max strategy Posted: 07 Dec 2020 09:22 PM PST  Christopher Nolan has been vocal about his distaste for releasing movies in theaters and online at the same time for many years, including a 2017 interview when he called Netflix's attempt "untenable" before later apologizing. So it shouldn't be a su... |
| What's on TV this week: 'Cyberpunk 2077' and 'Total Recall' in 4K Posted: 07 Dec 2020 07:47 PM PST  This week Cyberpunk 2077 will ship for games on PC and consoles of two generations. According to Jessica Conditt, the game has its flaws (and some notable bugs) but it's worth the wait. Destiny 2 isn't completely new, but it is getting a makeover on... |
| XPrize launches a $15 million contest to develop alternative meats Posted: 07 Dec 2020 05:44 PM PST  Just one week after Singapore became the first country in the world to approve the sale of lab-grown meat, XPrize has announced a new competition to foster the development of technologies that will transform the global food industry. In partnership w... |
| Save 30 percent on this Marshall speaker featuring Alexa Posted: 07 Dec 2020 03:55 PM PST  Music enhances almost every experience, from family dinners and house chores to kicking up one's feet after a long day of work. So, it should come as no surprise that one of the most highly requested gifts around the holidays is an at-home speaker. A... |
| California's COVID-19 exposure notification app starts rolling out Posted: 07 Dec 2020 03:50 PM PST  Starting later this week, people in California will be able to take another step to slow the spread of COVID-19 when the most populous state in the US rolls its own COVID exposure notification app. You'll be able to enroll in CA Notify starting on Th... |
| SpaceX's first high-altitude Starship test could happen Tuesday Posted: 07 Dec 2020 02:39 PM PST  We've seen some small hops, but the SpaceX Starship is ready to make a much larger leap. The SN8 prototype is on the launch pad in Boca Chica, TX, and SpaceX has confirmed that its first high-altitude test flight could take place as soon as Tuesday,... |
| Uber is selling its self-driving unit to autonomous vehicle startup Aurora Posted: 07 Dec 2020 02:18 PM PST  As expected, Uber is selling off its self-driving unit. On Monday, the company confirmed the sale of its Advanced Technologies Group (ATG) to Aurora Innovation, one of its now previous competitors in the autonomous vehicle space. As part of the deal,... |
| Tinder's parent company is auditing its sexual violence prevention policies Posted: 07 Dec 2020 12:38 PM PST  Tinder parent company Match Group is partnering with one of the largest anti-sexual violence groups in the US to audit how it handles reports of sexual assault across its many dating platforms. The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) wi... |
| NVIDIA found a way to train AI with very little data Posted: 07 Dec 2020 11:05 AM PST  NVIDIA has developed a new approach for training generative adversarial networks (GAN) that could one day make them suitable for a greater variety of tasks. Before getting into NVIDIA's work, it helps to know a bit about how GANs work. Every GAN cons... |
| Spectrm’s conversational marketing platform unlocks revenue Posted: 07 Dec 2020 10:55 AM PST  What makes a conversation good? It's a question you may or may not spend a lot of time thinking about, but it's something you instantly recognize when it happens. A great exchange cuts through the noise and arrives at the heart of any matter without... |
| Baidu approved for fully driverless road tests in Beijing Posted: 07 Dec 2020 10:39 AM PST  A few months after Baidu's robotaxi service arrived in Beijing, the company has received the first permits to run driverless vehicle tests in the city. China's capital granted Baidu Apollo permission to deploy five such vehicles on public roads.The c... |
| Airbnb starts non-profit for those who need a place to stay during a crisis Posted: 07 Dec 2020 10:13 AM PST  For a few years now, several Airbnb hosts have opened up their homes for those in need, like those escaping Hurricane Sandy or COVID-19 responders. Today, Airbnb has decided to formalize the process by starting a new non-profit appropriately called A... |
| Google brings Pixel 5 features to older Pixel phones Posted: 07 Dec 2020 10:00 AM PST  Google is giving Pixel 3 devices and later models access to features that launched with the Pixel 5 as part of the line's December update. One of those features is Assistant's "Hold for Me," which allows the voice assistant to wait for someone to com... |
| LG plans to outsource more of its low-end and mid-range phones Posted: 07 Dec 2020 09:18 AM PST  LG is shaking things up in its mobile division once more. It confirmed to Reuters it will increase outsourcing of its low- and mid-range smartphones. Third-party companies will design and build more of the devices, and LG will slap its label on the p... |
| 'Cyberpunk 2077' is worth the wait Posted: 07 Dec 2020 09:00 AM PST  It doesn't take long for Night City to feel like home.The city is sprawling and spotted with neon, even when drenched in Northern California sunlight. Concrete roadways serpentine over the asphalt, sliding by staggeringly tall skyscrapers and discret... |
| Google Stadia is now available in eight more European countries Posted: 07 Dec 2020 09:00 AM PST  Google has switched on Stadia in eight more European countries. Residents of Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and Switzerland will be able to start using the game-streaming service over the next day or so as G... |
| Black Mirror's creators made a 'Death to 2020' Netflix special Posted: 07 Dec 2020 08:33 AM PST  If you're one of many who've cursed the year 2020 more times than you can count, Netflix hears you. The streaming giant just announced Death to 2020, a "comedy event" from the creators of Black Mirror that features some huge names. The announced cast... |
| Denmark plans to end all offshore oil and gas pumping by 2050 Posted: 07 Dec 2020 08:28 AM PST  Denmark hasn't been shy about moving to a greener future, and that now includes casting off a large part of its fossil fuel legacy. The Press Association and Greenpeace report that the Danish Parliament has voted to end all offshore oil and gas pumpi... |
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