| The Morning After: Google is changing its targeted ads Posted: 05 Mar 2021 05:15 AM PST  Google's making a big change to its hugely lucrative advertising setup. Its ad business model has long relied on the extensive information it gleaned from users of its services (Gmail, Google Maps, etc.), not to mention its own web browser, Chrome. G... |
| Twitter is testing an 'Undo Send' button for tweets Posted: 05 Mar 2021 04:10 AM PST  After releasing its take on stories in the form of Fleets, Twitter could soon offer its own spin on one of Gmail's best features. Social media maven Jane Manchun Wong has shared a first look at an "Undo Send" timer for tweets that lets... |
| Microsoft Edge's vertical tabs will arrive this month Posted: 05 Mar 2021 03:20 AM PST  Last year, Microsoft promised a bunch of features for the Edge browser, and the most interesting of the bunch is vertical tabs. Now, the tech giant has announced that vertical tabs is making its way to all Edge users this month, four months after rol... |
| 'Teardown' gets Steam Workshop support with over 100 mods Posted: 05 Mar 2021 02:35 AM PST  Destruction-fueled heist game Teardown barrelled to the top of the Steam game charts when it landed in early access in October. Over 8,000 concurrent players quickly seized upon the chance to fully destroy its voxel art environments, levelling entire... |
| NASA awards key contract to bring rock samples back from Mars Posted: 05 Mar 2021 01:48 AM PST  NASA's Perseverance Rover is equipped with the most advanced science lab ever brought to another planet, so it will be able to thoroughly analyze any rocks and soil that it digs up. However, NASA also has something even more ambitious in mind: br... |
| Porsche's luxury electric bikes are coming out this spring Posted: 05 Mar 2021 12:05 AM PST  Porsche has launched a couple of other electric vehicles alongside the Taycan Cross Turismo, but they're of the two-wheeled variety. The luxury automaker has debuted two electric bikes inspired by the Taycan, both of which feature full-suspension... |
| Nubia's new Red Magic phone packs a 165Hz screen and up to 18GB of RAM Posted: 04 Mar 2021 11:13 PM PST  Nubia has come a long way since it first stuffed a cooling fan into its Red Magic gaming phones. Today, the Chinese brand is back with the Snapdragon 888-based Red Magic 6 series, which not only boasts a faster internal fan, but also two world firsts... |
| Razer's smart glasses are like Echo Frames with blue light filtering Posted: 04 Mar 2021 07:00 PM PST  Glasses that can double as headphones are an increasingly popular category. After Bose unveiled its version in 2019 and Amazon launched the Echo Frames in 2020, the next big company to jump on this trend is Razer. It's officially announcing the A... |
| 'Coming 2 America' gets an early release on Amazon Prime Posted: 04 Mar 2021 06:54 PM PST  Amazon Studios has a "why wait?" policy when it comes to streaming releases (see The Boys season finale, The Expanse, Jack Ryan and a few others) so it's not too shocking that one of its most high-profile releases is available one day e... |
| Kia's 2021 Niro hybrids add a few new tech features Posted: 04 Mar 2021 06:12 PM PST  When we reviewed Kia's Niro plug-in hybrid EV in 2018 we loved its efficiency as well as the standard support for CarPlay and Android Auto, even if its styling seemed a bit bland and its powertrain lacked oomph. Now refreshed hybrid and plug-in h... |
| Google Chrome update cycles are about to get even shorter Posted: 04 Mar 2021 03:07 PM PST  Google is moving Chrome to a more frequent release schedule. The company announced on Thursday it will push future milestone releases that add new features every four weeks. Those updates come about every six weeks at the moment. Google said you can... |
| Valve halts development on 'Artifact,' makes it free for everyone Posted: 04 Mar 2021 02:22 PM PST  Valve is halting the development of its Dota 2-inspired digital card game. In a blog titled "The Future of Artifact," the studio said the game's 2.0 rework hasn't attracted enough of an audience to justify further work and investment. But that's not... |
| Senators ask the FCC to change the definition of high-speed broadband Posted: 04 Mar 2021 02:21 PM PST  A group of four senators is calling on the Federal Communications Commission to change its definition of high-speed broadband in order to significantly increase base speeds. Under the current FCC policy, created in 2015, 25 Mbps down/3 Mbps up is the... |
| Plex's free streaming service is now available in the Apple TV app Posted: 04 Mar 2021 01:31 PM PST  After a short beta period, Plex's Apple TV app integration is now live, the company told Engadget. The feature allows you to use the Apple TV app or Siri to play content that's available through Plex's free streaming service, with the added bonus tha... |
| iOS 14.5 won't actually let you change a default music service Posted: 04 Mar 2021 01:03 PM PST  It turns out that Apple's iOS 14.5 update won't actually let you change your default music service that you use with Siri. Beta users had originally noticed that it appeared as if early versions of the update might allow you to change the default ser... |
| LinkedIn stops collecting tracking data ahead of iOS 14 changes Posted: 04 Mar 2021 12:55 PM PST  LinkedIn will stop collecting IDFA data on iOS. The move comes ahead of a policy change Apple will implement with the release of iOS 14.5 later this year that will require developers to ask someone's permission before they use that data to track them... |
| Google is policing itself on privacy because it knows it has to Posted: 04 Mar 2021 12:40 PM PST  Most people have known for years that technology giants like Facebook and Google make a ton of money by knowing exactly what people do online and selling that knowledge to advertisers. The advertisers, in turn, get better and better at serving people... |
| HBO Max's 'Made for Love' stars a woman with a surveillance chip in her head Posted: 04 Mar 2021 12:29 PM PST  HBO Max has released a teaser for a series called Made for Love, which might give you a good reason to avoid getting too close to tech billionaires. Cristin Milioti plays Hazel Green, a woman who escapes an oppressive, decade-long marriage by fleeing... |
| Alphabet is reportedly working on a wearable that can pick out voices in a crowd Posted: 04 Mar 2021 11:32 AM PST  Alphabet's moonshot factory is reportedly developing a wearable device that could augment your hearing. According to a report from Insider, the company's X lab is working on a project codenamed Wolverine. Since 2018, the team has produced multiple pr... |
| TikTok's Q&A features open to all creators Posted: 04 Mar 2021 10:54 AM PST  TikTok's Q&A feature is now official. The feature was first spotted last month, when TikTok started testing it with users who had 10,000 or more followers. But now the app is allowing anyone with a creator account to opt in. Once activated, there... |
| NFL hopefuls are adding AI video analysis to their arsenal Posted: 04 Mar 2021 10:24 AM PST  More than 130 football players have been training under the watchful eye of the athletic performance development company EXOS in Arizona, all in hopes of landing a first-round NFL draft pick. As it turns out, though, the eyes they've been working in... |
| Sonos' next portable speaker will reportedly cost $169 Posted: 04 Mar 2021 10:06 AM PST  The Verge has shared new details and images of the next Sonos speaker, and it looks to address many of the complaints people had with the Sonos Move. It's called the Sonos Roam, and like the Move before it, it will have the ability to play audio over... |
| The 2022 Jeep Wagoneer will have Amazon Fire TV built in Posted: 04 Mar 2021 09:44 AM PST  The 2022 Jeep Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer will have plenty to keep passengers entertained during long trips. They'll be the first vehicles to have Amazon Fire TV built in to the infotainment system. Passengers will be able to watch movies and sho... |
| Orlando’s Super Nintendo World reportedly won't open until 2025 Posted: 04 Mar 2021 09:15 AM PST  Nintendo fans will have to wait longer to visit a Super Nintendo World in the US. After a pandemic-related construction delay, Universal's Epic Universe park in Orlando, which will include the Nintendo-themed attraction, will miss its originally plan... |
| Why is Clubhouse so addicted to notifications? Posted: 04 Mar 2021 09:00 AM PST  I've learned to dread Clubhouse notifications. They blow up my phone dozens of times a day, at all hours of the day and night. My childhood neighbor just joined the app, do I want to "welcome" them in? How about the guy I went on three dates with six... |
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