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• Lime’s old e-bike batteries are being upcycled into portable speakers
• Roku buys Nielsen tech to better target ads on traditional TV
• Volvo plans to go fully electric by 2030 and only sell cars online
• Google will give its AR features a boost with dual camera support
• What's on TV this week: 'Coming 2 America' and 'WandaVision' finale
• 'Dota: Dragon's Blood' trailer gives a clearer view of Netflix's new anime series
• The Cash app's parent company is now running its own bank
• 'The Sinking City' developer says its game was illegally uploaded to Steam
• 'The Binding of Isaac: Repentance' heads to Switch and PlayStation later this year
• Twitter will label tweets with misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines
• Apple reopens all 270 of its US stores, for now
• Google updates Gmail and other iOS apps for the first time in months
• Gab data breach may include 70GB of data on 15,000 users
• EA delays the next Need for Speed to focus on Battlefield
• Google's predictive 'Smart Compose' is coming to chat apps in Pixel phones
• Apple's next iPhone could feature a smaller display notch and larger battery
• Google finally makes Assistant more useful for your work life
• Instagram will let four users go live in a single stream
• This service helps you build credit and savings over time
• Rocket Lab reveals plans for reusable rocket with 8 ton payload
• Google's Pixel 4a 5G drops to an all-time low at Amazon and B&H
• Nintendo's 'Ring Fit Adventure' is back in stock and $10 off at Amazon
• Samsung Galaxy Chromebook 2: A better balance of premium and practical
• My late, reluctant trip to 'Mass Effect Andromeda'
• The Morning After: Netflix's Golden Globes success story

Lime’s old e-bike batteries are being upcycled into portable speakers Posted: 02 Mar 2021 03:36 AM PST Gomi, a UK company that makes sustainable chargers and other devices, has launched a line of portable Bluetooth speakers built from retired Lime e-bike batteries. As part of a partnership with Lime, Gomi will use 50,000 battery cells from 1,000 old e...

Roku buys Nielsen tech to better target ads on traditional TV Posted: 02 Mar 2021 03:09 AM PST Roku has purchased Nielsen's Advanced Video Advertising unit, which will change the way ads are served on its platform. The streaming hardware-maker now owns Nielsen's video automatic content recognition technology and dynamic ad insertion (DAI) syst...

Volvo plans to go fully electric by 2030 and only sell cars online Posted: 02 Mar 2021 01:16 AM PST Volvo will only sell electric cars by 2030, ending gas- and diesel-engine sales sooner than other major automakers, the company announced. It also plans to eliminate dealerships and move EV sales online in an effort to develop direct relationships wi...

Google will give its AR features a boost with dual camera support Posted: 01 Mar 2021 10:46 PM PST Google's augmented reality animals and other virtual 3D objects in Search could look more realistic on the Pixel 4 and 4 XL in the coming days. The Google Play Services for AR app, which unlocks experiences built using the tech giant's ARCore...

What's on TV this week: 'Coming 2 America' and 'WandaVision' finale Posted: 01 Mar 2021 08:40 PM PST This week is a major one for streaming releases, as ViacomCBS launches Paramount+, and its competitors flood the channel with originals. Amazon Prime has its Coming to America sequel premiering this week, Netflix already released a Notorious B.I.G. d...

'Dota: Dragon's Blood' trailer gives a clearer view of Netflix's new anime series Posted: 01 Mar 2021 05:25 PM PST It's only been a couple of weeks Netflix and Valve revealed a teaser trailer for the anime series based on Valve's hit game Dota 2, but now they're back with a longer trailer showing off more of the characters and story elements. As we&#3...

The Cash app's parent company is now running its own bank Posted: 01 Mar 2021 04:44 PM PST Jack Dorsey, the CEO of both Twitter and Square, tweeted today that the "Bank now open." What he's referring to is that now, about a year after receiving FDIC approval, Square Financial Services has begun operations. Operating as a subs...

'The Sinking City' developer says its game was illegally uploaded to Steam Posted: 01 Mar 2021 03:11 PM PST Among the many other games that came out on Steam last Friday was a title called The Sinking City. In normal circumstances, it wouldn't have stood out. It's a game from 2019 that earned mostly average reviews. However, its developer, a studio named F...

'The Binding of Isaac: Repentance' heads to Switch and PlayStation later this year Posted: 01 Mar 2021 01:50 PM PST Sometime after it comes out for PC on March 31st, The Binding of Isaac: Repentance will make its way to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 in the third quarter of 2021. Repentance is the third expansion to the popular indie title. Firs...

Twitter will label tweets with misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines Posted: 01 Mar 2021 12:57 PM PST Twitter has introduced new rules to prevent the spread of misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines. Under the new policy, the company will label tweets with "misleading" information and ban accounts that repeatedly break the rules. Twitter had prev...

Apple reopens all 270 of its US stores, for now Posted: 01 Mar 2021 12:46 PM PST For the first time in nearly a year, all 270 Apple Stores in the US are open. When the pandemic first made its way stateside and Apple announced it was temporarily closing some of its retail locations, the company said the plan was to start reopening...

Google updates Gmail and other iOS apps for the first time in months Posted: 01 Mar 2021 12:03 PM PST Google has updated the Gmail iOS app for the first time in months, along with Meet, Sheets, Docs, Calendar and Tasks. Aside from Tasks now supporting widgets on iOS 14, these are minor updates centered around bug fixes and performance improvements. I...

Gab data breach may include 70GB of data on 15,000 users Posted: 01 Mar 2021 11:53 AM PST Right-wing social media network Gab appears to have suffered an extensive data breach. According to Wired, a self-proclaimed hacktivist who goes by the handle "JaXpArO" obtained more than 70GB of data on the platform's users through a SQL injection v...

EA delays the next Need for Speed to focus on Battlefield Posted: 01 Mar 2021 11:29 AM PST Although EA previously said it would release the next Need for Speed and Battlefield games by March 2022, that won't be entirely the case. The publisher is delaying the upcoming Need for Speed by a year as its developer, Criterion Games, is tempo...

Google's predictive 'Smart Compose' is coming to chat apps in Pixel phones Posted: 01 Mar 2021 10:00 AM PST Google kicked off a cycle of updates that started around the time it dropped the first Android 12 developer preview last week. Since then, it announced a bunch of new features for Android devices, and today it's sharing a few more improvements co...

Apple's next iPhone could feature a smaller display notch and larger battery Posted: 01 Mar 2021 09:49 AM PST Apple may not announce the 2021 iPhone until the second half of the year, but that hasn't stopped the rumor mill, with a new report this week coming out from reputable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. In a note obtained by MacRumors, Kuo says Apple will rel...

Google finally makes Assistant more useful for your work life Posted: 01 Mar 2021 08:14 AM PST With many companies becoming more comfortable with letting employees work remotely even after the COVID-19 pandemic subsides, it's important that folks have the tools to do their jobs just as well at home. With that in mind, Google is bolstering...

Instagram will let four users go live in a single stream Posted: 01 Mar 2021 08:00 AM PST Instagram is expanding Live to accommodate more than two broadcasters in a single stream. The platform has unveiled Live Rooms, which (like Twitch's Squad Stream) will allow up to four people to go live together. In its announcement, Instagram sa...

This service helps you build credit and savings over time Posted: 01 Mar 2021 07:55 AM PST Financial freedom should be on everyone's mind. For many of us, a lack of formal education on personal finance means we don't know how to budget month to month and save for the future. You need to develop some key habits to achieve financial independ...

Rocket Lab reveals plans for reusable rocket with 8 ton payload Posted: 01 Mar 2021 06:37 AM PST Rocket Lab is developing a larger rocket that can carry bigger payloads than its current reusable trooper, the Electron. At 131 feet tall, the Neutron launch vehicle will be more than double the size of its predecessor and will also outstrip it in te...

Google's Pixel 4a 5G drops to an all-time low at Amazon and B&H Posted: 01 Mar 2021 06:25 AM PST At $499, Google's Pixel 4a 5G was already a pretty good deal if you wanted a pure Android experience, excellent cameras and, of course, 5G connectivity. If even that's too much, however, you can now pick up one for just $449 at Amazon and B&a...

Nintendo's 'Ring Fit Adventure' is back in stock and $10 off at Amazon Posted: 01 Mar 2021 06:15 AM PST Snagging Nintendo Switch accessories can be just as hard as buying a Switch console these days as items quickly go out of stock. That's been the case with the Ring Fit Adventure, Nintendo's exercise role-playing game, for the past few months...

Samsung Galaxy Chromebook 2: A better balance of premium and practical Posted: 01 Mar 2021 06:00 AM PST Samsung's first Galaxy Chromebook was a thing to behold. It had an incredibly sharp and vivid 4K screen, a wonderful keyboard and a thin, light, well-designed body. It was almost everything you could want from a laptop — but its $1,000 price and emba...

My late, reluctant trip to 'Mass Effect Andromeda' Posted: 01 Mar 2021 05:00 AM PST I can't wait for the high-definition Mass Effect trilogy. I'm so excited, in fact, that I caved and tried to play Mass Effect Andromeda, a game I intentionally avoided at launch. It wasn't due to the wobbly-faced gifs, though that didn't help but mor...

The Morning After: Netflix's Golden Globes success story Posted: 01 Mar 2021 04:45 AM PST Good morning! If you missed the Golden Globes over the weekend, the big news is that Netflix dominated proceedings. Netflix's The Crown took three major awards, with Emma Corrin and Josh O'Connor winning for their portrayals of Princess Diana and Pri...

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