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Hubble researchers find a gaggle of small black holes

Posted: 13 Feb 2021 01:54 PM PST

Larger black holes may be the usual attention-getters, but the smaller ones may be at least as important. A team using the Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a concentration of small black holes in the NGC 6397 globular star cluster (pictured abov...

Clubhouse is tightening security to address China spying fears

Posted: 13 Feb 2021 12:00 PM PST

Clubhouse has been garnering hype through its high-profile discussions and a drop-in approach to audio chat, but there are also concerns the Chinese government might eavesdrop on nationals who got the app before it was banned in the country. The deve...

Ring's leaked Pro 2 video doorbell may offer a higher resolution

Posted: 13 Feb 2021 11:30 AM PST

Ring is apparently gearing up to release the second-generation version of its high-end Pro video doorbell, based on a listing that went up on Best Buy Canada. That listing has already been removed, but not before Zatz Not Funny! was able to take scre...

NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 3060 debuts February 25th, if you can find it

Posted: 13 Feb 2021 10:58 AM PST

NVIDIA has set a release date for the GeForce RTX 3060, although the wait won't be the biggest challenge. According to The Verge, the $329 mid-tier GPU will be available from retailers on February 25th at 12PM Eastern. You'll have to snap up...

Google returns to updating major iOS apps after months-long wait

Posted: 13 Feb 2021 10:11 AM PST

Google has left many of its iOS apps without updates since the start of December, raising questions and even creating problems — users briefly saw "this app is out of date" errors when signing into their Google accounts. That drought is fin...

Twitter bans right-wing activist group Project Veritas

Posted: 13 Feb 2021 09:19 AM PST

Twitter has once again taken action against a group for violating its rules, although this time the circumstances are very different. The New York Times and The Verge report that Twitter has banned right-wing activist group Project Veritas for "...

ICYMI: We try out Samsung’s S Pen/case combo for the Galaxy S21 Ultra

Posted: 13 Feb 2021 09:00 AM PST

Samsung brought its S Pen to the Galaxy smartphone series for the first time this year. This week, we were able to check out the new S Pen/case combo for the S21 Ultra and we found it capable but not as refined as we would have expected. We also play...

Hitting the Books: Why Travis Kalanick got Uber into the self-driving car game

Posted: 13 Feb 2021 08:30 AM PST

If you thought rocket science was hard, try training a computer to safely change lanes while behind the wheel of a full-size SUV in heavy drivetime traffic. Autonomous vehicle developers have faced myriad similar challenged over the past three decade...

Turn any written content into a podcast with this $35 app

Posted: 13 Feb 2021 07:55 AM PST

Podcasts such as ours are a fun and efficient way to consume content while multitasking. You can easily tune into your favorite hosts during morning runs, road trips and while winding down in the evening. Unfortunately, you can't listen to other medi...

Robinhood and Reddit CEOs to testify at GameStop hearing

Posted: 13 Feb 2021 07:28 AM PST

On February 18th, the House Financial Services Committee will hold a virtual hearing to look into how GameStop's shares shot up in value after a bunch of Reddit day traders banded together. Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters has released the list...

The Morning After: NVIDIA leans on older graphics cards to fight GPU shortages

Posted: 13 Feb 2021 06:52 AM PST

As it turns out, a Game Boy release in 2021 isn't this week's biggest dose of nostalgia. Continuing the theme of everything old becoming new again, we have Chappelle's Show making an unexpected return to Netflix after its creator worked things out wi...

August's latest WiFi smart lock is $55 off at Wellbots

Posted: 13 Feb 2021 06:00 AM PST

It's easy to spend a fortune making your home "smart," but you can save some money if you wait for the right deals. Wellbots has a good one going on right now on August's 4th-gen WiFi smart lock that brings the price down to $194. The lock is on sale...
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