| UK to raise contactless payment limit to £100 Posted: 03 Mar 2021 03:43 AM PST  The UK is increasing the the limit for contactless card payments to £100, marking the second time the cap has gone up in the space of a year. According to the Evening Standard, the Chancellor Rishi Sunak will point to the rise in "pinging"... |
| Hulu update brings picture-in-picture back to the iPhone Posted: 03 Mar 2021 03:16 AM PST  Hulu has added picture-in-picture support back into iOS, making it possible for iPhone and iPad users to keep an eye on programs while browsing other apps, MacRumors has reported. Support for the feature had been enabled on iOS 14 when it first launc... |
| Intel ordered to pay $2.18 billion in patent lawsuit Posted: 03 Mar 2021 01:35 AM PST  Intel has been ordered to pay $2.18 billion dollars after losing a lawsuit over two decade-old patents, Bloomberg has reported. A jury ruled that Intel infringed patents related to clock frequencies and voltage owned by a company called VLSI LLC. &qu... |
| Arrival’s electric van is ready for testing Posted: 03 Mar 2021 01:00 AM PST  Anglo-American vehicle manufacturer Arrival has today unveiled its electric van in a form ready to begin testing. 25 vans, currently under construction in Oxfordshire, will be spending the summer on roads in the UK in the run-up to mass production. T... |
| Fitbit's Charge 4 band can now display blood oxygen saturation levels Posted: 03 Mar 2021 12:15 AM PST  When Fitbit launched the Charge 4 fitness band, one of the features we found the most interesting was its ability to estimate users' blood oxygen saturation levels through its SpO2 monitor. Users could only see the data it collects on Fitbit'... |
| SpaceX's first lunar tourist is looking for eight crew members Posted: 02 Mar 2021 08:39 PM PST  Japanese fashion billionaire Yusaku Maezawa purchased the right to be SpaceX's first lunar tourist on a mission that's scheduled for 2023, but he won't be going alone. Maezawa bought all the seats on the flight, and announced plans to cho... |
| Instagram 'unintentionally' hid likes for more people today Posted: 02 Mar 2021 06:49 PM PST  In the long-forgotten time of 2019, Instagram announced the start of a test to hide Like counts users usually see on everyone else's posts. Over the last year of the COVID pandemic that test has still been going on, but without much update or exp... |
| Star Trek animated comedy 'Lower Decks' heads to Blu-ray on May 18th Posted: 02 Mar 2021 03:30 PM PST  Paramount+ (née CBS All Access) might be going full steam on becoming the Star Trek streaming service (among other things), but if you haven't ponied up the $6 a month or prefer owning physical media, you can still snag the new Trek shows on Blu-ray... |
| Bill Nye explains disasters in Peacock's 'The End is Nye' Posted: 02 Mar 2021 02:51 PM PST  Bill Nye is heading back to TV. The "Science Guy" will host and produce a new documentary series from Peacock called The End is Nye. The show will see Nye explore disasters, both natural and otherwise, with each episode. He'll explain t... |
| Amazon's GameOn screen recording app comes to iOS Posted: 02 Mar 2021 01:41 PM PST  In November, Amazon announced GameOn, an app for recording short, shareable clips from your favorite mobile games. Initially, it was only available on Android. But as spotted by TechCrunch, if you own an iPhone or iPad and live in the US, you can now... |
| Uber spins out Postmates' robot delivery division into a separate company Posted: 02 Mar 2021 12:47 PM PST  Uber is spinning off Postmates' autonomous delivery division into a separate startup called Serve Robotics. The company inherited the unit when it acquired Postmates last year for $2.65 billion. According to Bloomberg, Uber will invest approximat... |
| Twitter's Clubhouse-style audio chat rooms land on Android Posted: 02 Mar 2021 12:10 PM PST  Twitter Spaces, the company's answer to Clubhouse, is now available on Android. Until now, the audio chat rooms were iOS-only. The Spaces feature is still in beta. Only a select number of users can host the chat rooms, but now anyone on iOS and A... |
| Dead by Daylight's latest killer is a K-pop star Posted: 02 Mar 2021 11:16 AM PST  The roster of killers in Dead By Daylight reads like a who's who of horror icons. Michael Myers, Freddy Krueger, Leatherface, Stranger Things' Demogorgon and Pyramid Head from Silent Hill are all in the lineup. The latest dreaded killer comes... |
| Google Play Books update brings audio narration to kids titles Posted: 02 Mar 2021 11:00 AM PST  Google has been trying to make ebooks accessible to a wider global audience including those who are learning to read. The web giant is continuing its focus on youngsters by launching a set of audio resource tools for children's titles on Google P... |
| Watch Samsung detail its Micro LED TVs Posted: 02 Mar 2021 10:55 AM PST  We got a first look at Samsung's 2021 TV lineup at CES 2021, but on Tuesday the company provided more information on details like pricing and availability. And we've crammed all of its biggest announcements in a video that clocks in at under 10 min... |
| Epic Games has bought 'Fall Guys' studio Mediatonic Posted: 02 Mar 2021 10:43 AM PST  Epic Games has bought Tonic Games Group, the parent company of Fall Guys studio Mediatonic. The collective also includes the publisher Irregular Corporation and another studio, Fortitude Games. "Beyond the shared vision among our teams, we see tremen... |
| 'Pokémon Go' on HoloLens 2 is a glimpse at the future of AR gaming Posted: 02 Mar 2021 09:15 AM PST  What if you could play Pokémon Go without holding a phone? And what if you could battle alongside your friends, no matter where they are in the world? That's something we got a taste of at the Microsoft Ignite conference today, as Niantic CEO Joh... |
| The CPU from Apple's iMac G3 is powering NASA's Perseverance rover Posted: 02 Mar 2021 09:15 AM PST  When NASA's Perseverance guided itself to the surface of Mars on February 18th, it did so with the help of the same processor that powered the 1998 iMac G3. You know, the colorful and bulbous all-in-one desktop that saved Apple's business and... |
| 'Hogwarts Legacy' may allow players to create transgender characters Posted: 02 Mar 2021 08:58 AM PST  Hogwarts Legacy, the upcoming game set in the Harry Potter universe, will reportedly enable players to create a transgender character. According to Bloomberg, they'll be able to select a body type and voice (masculine or feminine) that aren't... |
| Microsoft Mesh aims to bring holographic virtual collaboration to all Posted: 02 Mar 2021 08:40 AM PST  Last week, I sat around a table with fellow journalists as Greg Sullivan, Microsoft's head of Mixed Reality, detailed the company's vision for the future of virtual collaboration. Nobody was wearing masks or standing apart. We weren't wor... |
| The 2022 C40 Recharge will be Volvo’s first leather-free EV Posted: 02 Mar 2021 08:11 AM PST  Volvo is going all in on going green, the company announced during an online press event on Tuesday. The car maker pledged to produce nothing but electrics by 2030, go fully carbon neutral by 2040 and to begin selling its vehicles virtually — startin... |
| Google revamps Chrome profiles to make switching easier Posted: 02 Mar 2021 08:00 AM PST  Google has always offered Chrome profiles as a way for people who share devices to keep their browser info separate. And while past updates have focused on making signing in easier and improved theme customizations, it's not done tinkering with t... |
| 'It Takes Two' turns a good platformer into a saccharine romcom Posted: 02 Mar 2021 08:00 AM PST  I'm conflicted about It Takes Two, the new game from Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons and A Way Out studio Hazelight. On one hand, it's an adorable platformer featuring intuitive spatial puzzles and super-sized domestic environments, with a vibe reminisc... |
| This bundle will teach you how to build modern Android apps Posted: 02 Mar 2021 07:55 AM PST  Android 11 isn't even a year old, but it's already had a massive impact on the way users interact with their phones. It comes with screen recorders, improved password management and greater control over the permissions given to apps. If you're in the... |
| Insect-like drones can take a beating and keep flying Posted: 02 Mar 2021 07:37 AM PST  Insect-like drones have taken one large step closer to becoming a practical reality. Researchers at Harvard, MIT and the City University of Hong Kong have developed tiny insect-inspired drones that can not only maneuver in extremely tight spaces, but... |
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