Tuesday, February 16, 2021

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The Morning After: Parler is back

Posted: 16 Feb 2021 04:45 AM PST

As long as your internet connection has survived the extreme cold snap, Parler is back online. In the aftermath of the January 6th Capitol riot, Amazon suspended social network Parler's web service access on January 10th for violating its terms of se...

Revel will launch $99-per-month e-bike rentals in New York

Posted: 16 Feb 2021 04:32 AM PST

Revel is expanding on its electric moped rentals by introducing monthly e-bike rentals in New York City for $99 per month starting in March, the NY Post has reported. While a bit pricey, considering that the Wing e-bike it's using cost $1,299 to...

Lego’s Vidiyo music video creator is silly fun, and I love it

Posted: 16 Feb 2021 04:00 AM PST

Vidiyo is Lego's do-it-yourself music video maker, aimed at kids between the ages of seven and ten. It was created in collaboration with Universal Music Group, which has offered up around 60-second samples of big pop hits. Essentially, you buy minifi...

Microsoft's unified Office experience comes to iPad

Posted: 16 Feb 2021 03:55 AM PST

Microsoft's all-in-one Office app is now available on iPad almost a year to the day since it launched outside of preview on mobiles. For the uninitiated, the app combines the company's holy trinity of productivity tools (Word, Excel and Power...

Amazon will build Fire TV Sticks in its first Indian manufacturing line

Posted: 16 Feb 2021 02:55 AM PST

Amazon has announced that it will start manufacturing Fire TV sticks in India, marking the first time it has built any devices in the nation. They'll be built by a subsidiary of its manufacturing partner Foxconn, starting later this year outside...

SpaceX launched 60 more Starlink satellites but failed to stick the landing

Posted: 16 Feb 2021 01:33 AM PST

SpaceX successfully launched another 60 Starlink internet satellites today for 1,145 in total, bringing it close to its initial goal of 1,440. However, in a rare miss, the Falcon 9's first stage booster failed to land on the "Of Course I Sti...

Hyundai reveals the Ioniq 5 interior ahead of its full unveiling

Posted: 16 Feb 2021 12:15 AM PST

When the Ioniq 5 crossover is fully revealed next week, it will be Hyundai's first electric vehicle built on the Electric-Global Modular Platform (E-GMP). Th platform has a flat battery that Hyundai is taking advantage of to optimize the interio...

'AC Valhalla' update patches NPC lip syncing issues and other problems

Posted: 15 Feb 2021 10:46 PM PST

Assassin's Creed Valhalla has had quite a few issues since its release late last year, and players have been clamoring for fixes to improve its gameplay. Some of its most troublesome problems include save bugs that corrupt data, prevent players f...

LG slowly starts rolling out its 2021 OLED and LCD 4K TVs

Posted: 15 Feb 2021 06:17 PM PST

Last month LG officially took the wraps off of its 2021 TV lineup during the virtual CES 2021 event, and now the company is announcing the beginning of their global rollout. That includes its new high-end LCD line of QNED 4K and 8K TVs that combine q...

Mercedes-Benz won't sell the EQC in the US 'for now'

Posted: 15 Feb 2021 03:30 PM PST

Mercedes-Benz has abandoned plans to release its EQC crossover in the US, at least for the time being. "Following a comprehensive review of market developments, the EQC will not be offered in the United States for now," a spokesperson for a...

Roku is testing a remote with a built-in battery and customizable buttons

Posted: 15 Feb 2021 02:36 PM PST

It looks like Roku is working on a new remote that features a rechargeable Li-ion battery. In a Reddit post spotted by The Streamable (via Zats Not Funny), someone in the company's Early Access Program shared an ad that details the Roku Voice Remote...

Carl Pei's Nothing has acquired the branding of defunct phone brand Essential

Posted: 15 Feb 2021 01:41 PM PST

Andy Rubin's Essential may get a second chance at life. Nothing, the new startup from OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei, has acquired the company's branding. Digging through the UK Intellectual Property Office database, 9to5Google found that Rubin transfer...

Zuckerberg reportedly said Facebook needs 'to inflict pain' on Apple

Posted: 15 Feb 2021 01:01 PM PST

While it's no secret that tensions are growing between Apple and Facebook, a report by The Wall Street Journal has shed more light on just how acrimonious the rift has become. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg once reportedly told employees that &quot...

Apple will offer free Watch repairs if software update doesn't fix charging woes

Posted: 15 Feb 2021 12:45 PM PST

Apple has released a new watchOS update today that aims to avoid an issue that causes the Watch Series 5 and SE to stop charging. But if you're unfortunate enough to already be experiencing this problem, then you could be eligible for a free repair. ...

Extreme cold snap causes T-Mobile outages in Texas and other parts of the US

Posted: 15 Feb 2021 11:30 AM PST

If you're not getting wireless service on your T-Mobile device, you're not the only one. Inclement winter weather in Texas and other parts of the US is causing issues with the carrier's network, with Downdetector tracking more than 1,000 outage repor...

Parler is back online after Amazon kicked it off the internet

Posted: 15 Feb 2021 09:38 AM PST

More than a month after it was cut off from the internet by Amazon, 'free speech' social network Parler announced on Monday that it's back online. In a press release it shared with Engadget and several other publications, the company said its new bac...

'Overcooked: All You Can Eat' is coming to PS4, Xbox One, Switch and PC

Posted: 15 Feb 2021 09:00 AM PST

Overcooked fans will soon be able to create nicer-looking kitchen chaos on platforms other than PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. Overcooked: All You Can Eat, which includes both games and all DLC, will land on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Swit...

Netflix is working on its own Britney Spears documentary

Posted: 15 Feb 2021 08:44 AM PST

Hulu's documentary Framing Britney Spears is getting a lot of attention right now, so it shouldn't surprise you that there are other films in the works documenting the pop star. According to Bloomberg, Netflix has its own Britney Spears docum...

'Metro Exodus' on next-gen consoles will run at 60FPS with ray tracing

Posted: 15 Feb 2021 08:14 AM PST

The Metro Exodus upgrade for next-gen consoles is more ambitious than you might have expected. 4A Games and Deep Silver have revealed that the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X versions of the game will have a revamped engine with "fully ray trace...

Tesla ordered to recall 12,300 Model X EVs over a loose trim issue

Posted: 15 Feb 2021 08:09 AM PST

KBA, Germany's motor vehicle regulator, has told Tesla to recall approximately 12,300 Model X vehicles worldwide over trim adhesive concerns. According to Roadshow, KBA said the molding could become loose and lead to parts of the trim falling off, wh...

Save an extra 15 percent on these bestselling gadgets with this President’s Day sale

Posted: 15 Feb 2021 07:55 AM PST

Shopping around for gadgets? Here are 21 deals on top-rated items that are currently on sale. Plus, you can get an additional 15 percent off the sale price this Presidents' Day when you use offer code PREZ2021 at checkout.Ilumi Color PAR30 Spot Smart...

Microsoft starts testing Xbox cloud gaming on the web

Posted: 15 Feb 2021 07:42 AM PST

You don't have to wonder what Xbox cloud gaming looks like on the web. The Verge has learned that Microsoft has started testing xCloud game streaming in browsers, and the experience will seem familiar if you've tried it on Android devices. A...

Microsoft's Surface Headphones drop to a record low $111 at Woot

Posted: 15 Feb 2021 06:12 AM PST

If you passed on Microsoft's original Surface Headphones when they were new, they might be worth a second look. Woot is offering the Surface Headphones at an all-time low price of $111 — less than a third of their original $349 sticker, and less...

The Morning After: NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 3060 arrives February 25th

Posted: 15 Feb 2021 04:45 AM PST

NVIDIA has set a release date for the GeForce RTX 3060, but the wait won't be the biggest challenge. The $329 mid-tier GPU, the first at this price to feature ray tracing, will be available on February 25th at 12PM ET. You won't be able to pick u...

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