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• Lime begins trialing shared electric mopeds
• Garmin's daintiest watch ever is designed for small wrists
• Tweetbot 6 arrives for iPhone and iPad with a subscription model
• Facebook criticized for not doing enough to enforce its Holocaust denial policy
• NASA's asteroid-sampling OSIRIS-REx probe will head back to Earth in May
• Intel starts shipping its first Iris Xe discrete graphics cards for desktop
• Tasker's Android phone automation connects with Google Assistant
• 'Godzilla vs. Kong' makes its HBO Max debut on March 31st
• HomePod mini update adds UWB-enhanced handoff features
• Microsoft's profits jump by 33 percent thanks to the cloud, PCs and Xbox
• Disney and Comcast are sharing streaming rights to ‘Modern Family’
• Plex Arcade features a bunch of old-school Atari games
• Chrome OS 88 turns your Chromebook into an impromptu smart display
• 'The Lord of the Rings: Gollum' is delayed to 2022
• Google is turning Tilt Brush over to the open source community
• Twitter is making it easier for researchers to study its platform
• Gorgeous RPG 'Haven' expands to Switch and PS4 on February 4th
• iOS 14.4 rolls out with Bluetooth audio monitoring
• The East Coast suffered major internet connection issues this afternoon
• Researchers built an AI that plays chess like a person, not a super computer
• 'Animal Crossing' updates send Mario and Hello Kitty to Carnival
• Byte, the spiritual successor to Vine, has a new owner
• Sony's A1 is a $6,500 50MP camera that shoots 30fps bursts and 8K video
• Apple's M1 Mac mini is $50 off at Amazon and B&H
• Apple celebrates Black History Month with a limited-edition Watch Series 6

Lime begins trialing shared electric mopeds Posted: 27 Jan 2021 04:17 AM PST Lime is adding electric mopeds to its range of rentable vehicles. The company, best known for scooters and bicycles, will start with pilot schemes in Washington, DC and Paris, before expanding to "a handful of cities" sometime this spring. For now, t...

Garmin's daintiest watch ever is designed for small wrists Posted: 27 Jan 2021 04:00 AM PST Pretty smartwatches are no longer novel (thankfully), but that doesn't mean we can't welcome more attractive options. Garmin unveiled its latest wearable today, calling the Lily the "small and fashionable smartwatch women have been waiting for." I'm...

Tweetbot 6 arrives for iPhone and iPad with a subscription model Posted: 27 Jan 2021 03:05 AM PST One of the best third-party Twitter clients now requires a subscription. Tweetbot 6, the latest version of developer Tapbots' app, now costs 99 cents per month, or $5.99 annually. The old Tweetbot 5 client meanwhile, demanded a single $4.99 purchase...

Facebook criticized for not doing enough to enforce its Holocaust denial policy Posted: 27 Jan 2021 02:14 AM PST Last year, Facebook finally banned Holocaust denial content, after tacitly allowing it to fester on its site for years. And today on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the company touted efforts to connect people to "credible information about...

NASA's asteroid-sampling OSIRIS-REx probe will head back to Earth in May Posted: 27 Jan 2021 01:18 AM PST The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will soon bid asteroid Bennu farewell. NASA has announced that OSIRIS-REx will start its journey back to our planet on May 10th, two-and-a-half years after it rendezvoused with the near-Earth asteroid. The agency launched th...

Intel starts shipping its first Iris Xe discrete graphics cards for desktop Posted: 26 Jan 2021 10:32 PM PST Intel's first dedicated graphics cards for desktop will soon pop up on the market as part of pre-built systems customers can buy. The chipmaker has announced that it has officially launched the Iris Xe discrete desktop graphics cards, which it develo...

Tasker's Android phone automation connects with Google Assistant Posted: 26 Jan 2021 08:34 PM PST People have long used Tasker to take care of repetitive tasks on their Android device, or to customize its features based on things like whether they're at home or at the office. Now the app's features are a little easier to use since you can trigger...

'Godzilla vs. Kong' makes its HBO Max debut on March 31st Posted: 26 Jan 2021 05:40 PM PST When WarnerMedia announced plans to premiere its 2021 slate of movies in theaters and on HBO Max at the same time, some of the companies and big names involved in making those movies were immediately outraged. Legendary Pictures co-financed Dune and...

HomePod mini update adds UWB-enhanced handoff features Posted: 26 Jan 2021 02:37 PM PST Back when it announced the HomePod mini last year, Apple said it was working on a feature that would allow you to seamlessly transfer music, calls and podcasts between your iPhone 11 or iPhone 12 and the smart speaker. With the arrival of iOS 14.4 ea...

Microsoft's profits jump by 33 percent thanks to the cloud, PCs and Xbox Posted: 26 Jan 2021 01:40 PM PST Another quarter, another booming earnings report from Microsoft. But what's notable for Q2 2021is that it isn't just the cloud driving the company forward this time. The company reported revenues of $43.1 billion, up 17 percent from last year. That's...

Disney and Comcast are sharing streaming rights to ‘Modern Family’ Posted: 26 Jan 2021 01:20 PM PST Here's something we're not used to seeing: two companies sharing the streaming rights to a popular show. But that's exactly what's happening with Modern Family, which you'll be able to watch through both Hulu and Peacock when all 250 episodes of the...

Plex Arcade features a bunch of old-school Atari games Posted: 26 Jan 2021 12:22 PM PST Media streaming service Plex is moving beyond TV, movies, audio and photos. Starting today, you can play a bunch of Atari games through a Plex Arcade subscription. Plex has teamed up with Parsec to offer classics like Asteroids, Centipede, Missile Co...

Chrome OS 88 turns your Chromebook into an impromptu smart display Posted: 26 Jan 2021 12:02 PM PST Google has started rolling out Chrome OS 88. The update includes a couple of enhancements, the most notable of which is a new screen saver you can use to get more functionality out of your computer's lock screen. By enabling the feature, your Chromeb...

'The Lord of the Rings: Gollum' is delayed to 2022 Posted: 26 Jan 2021 11:25 AM PST The Lord of the Rings: Gollum was supposed to arrive this year, but its journey to your screens will take unexpectedly longer. Developer Daedalic announced that it will release the game in 2022 on PC, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation and Xbox consoles...

Google is turning Tilt Brush over to the open source community Posted: 26 Jan 2021 11:10 AM PST Google is winding down support for yet another one of its marquee VR products. In a blog post spotted by Protocol, the company said it's halting development on Tilt Brush and open sourcing the project so that the community can continue to use the app...

Twitter is making it easier for researchers to study its platform Posted: 26 Jan 2021 11:00 AM PST Twitter just took a major step toward making it easier for researchers to understand the conversations happening on its platform. The company introduced a new version of its API that will allow researchers to access wide swaths of public Twitter data...

Gorgeous RPG 'Haven' expands to Switch and PS4 on February 4th Posted: 26 Jan 2021 10:25 AM PST Haven is centered around a pair of lovers on a lost planet, so it's fitting that it'll arrive on more platforms just ahead of Valentine's Day. The sci-fi RPG will land on Nintendo Switch, PS4 and Epic Games Store on February 4th. It debuted on Steam,...

iOS 14.4 rolls out with Bluetooth audio monitoring Posted: 26 Jan 2021 10:12 AM PST Apple has started rolling out iOS 14.4 to iPhone and iPad users. While not as a meaty of an update as iOS 14.3, it comes with a handful of small enhancements. To start, you'll find a new option within the Settings menu that allows you to designate th...

The East Coast suffered major internet connection issues this afternoon Posted: 26 Jan 2021 09:48 AM PST If you had problems with your internet connection today, you were far from the only one. There were widespread reports of outages on DownDetector on Tuesday, particularly on the East Coast of the US. Services like Zoom, Gmail, Slack (yes, again) and...

Researchers built an AI that plays chess like a person, not a super computer Posted: 26 Jan 2021 08:45 AM PST We mere mortals haven't truly been competitive against artificial intelligence in chess in a long time. It's been 15 years since a human has conquered a computer in a chess tournament. However, a team of researchers have developed an AI chess engine...

'Animal Crossing' updates send Mario and Hello Kitty to Carnival Posted: 26 Jan 2021 08:26 AM PST You can't attend Carnival in Rio de Janeiro (or anywhere, really) due to the pandemic, but Nintendo thinks it can bring the celebration to you. It's releasing an Animal Crossing: New Horizons Festivale update on January 28th that delivers that Brazil...

Byte, the spiritual successor to Vine, has a new owner Posted: 26 Jan 2021 07:45 AM PST Byte, the spiritual successor to Vine, created by Vine co-founder Dominik Hofmann, has been purchased by Clash, a creator monetization company. Clash, co-founded by former Vine star Brendon McNerney, is itself another wannabe smash-hit video sharing...

Sony's A1 is a $6,500 50MP camera that shoots 30fps bursts and 8K video Posted: 26 Jan 2021 07:42 AM PST Sony has just dropped a bomb on the camera world with the launch of the A1, its new flagship full-frame mirrorless camera with some breakthrough features. Thanks to a new 50-megapixel Exmor RS stacked CMOS sensor and the cutting-edge Bionz XR process...

Apple's M1 Mac mini is $50 off at Amazon and B&H Posted: 26 Jan 2021 07:15 AM PST Apple's M1-powered Mac mini just became a tad more affordable, at least if you're willing to make some effort. Amazon is selling the base version of the compact desktop for $649, or $50 below its usual price, while B&H Photo is offering a matchin...

Apple celebrates Black History Month with a limited-edition Watch Series 6 Posted: 26 Jan 2021 07:09 AM PST Apple is celebrating Black History Month by amplifying Black creators, artists, developers and businesses across its various services and with an Apple Watch Black Unity Collection. A limited-edition Apple Watch Series 6 features the words "Black Uni...

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