Tuesday, January 5, 2021

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You can now listen to the Persona game soundtracks on Spotify

Posted: 05 Jan 2021 02:43 AM PST

The Persona games are undeniably stylish. A unique JRPG series that blends modern anime visuals with excellent dungeon crawling and an engrossing slice-of-life simulator. My favorite element of the Persona franchise, though, is the music. If you love...

Nintendo is buying the developer of Luigi's Mansion 3

Posted: 05 Jan 2021 01:13 AM PST

Nintendo has agreed to buy Next Level Games, the developer of the Luigi's Mansion series, as reported by The Verge. As a second-party partner, the Vancouver-based company already works exclusively on Nintendo platforms. However, the acquisition will...

Asobo Studio shows off real-time snow in 'Microsoft Flight Simulator'

Posted: 04 Jan 2021 10:25 PM PST

Last month, Microsoft Flight Simulator developer Asobo Studio released an update that made the program compatible with most VR headsets. One of the enhancements that rolled out with it is snow and ice coverage for Flight Simulator's Live Weather feat...

Twitter is buying a podcast app to help build its audio Spaces

Posted: 04 Jan 2021 06:50 PM PST

Last month Twitter publicly announced it's testing Spaces, which operate as audio-enabled chat rooms within the social networking site. Now it's acquired the team behind Breaker, a podcast app that focused on community and social elements since it st...

Instagram tests new design for Stories on desktop

Posted: 04 Jan 2021 03:30 PM PST

Browsing Instagram Stories from your desktop may soon be a bit easier: Instagram is testing a new design for Stories on its website that gives the feature a much-needed facelift. With the new look, Stories appear in a carousel rather than a single ti...

Singapore police can access data from the country's contract tracing app

Posted: 04 Jan 2021 02:55 PM PST

With a nearly 80 percent uptake among the country's population, Singapore's TraceTogether app is one of the best examples of what a successful centralized contact tracing effort can look like as countries across the world struggle to contain the coro...

Forgotten PS1 game 'Magic Castle' finally emerges two decades later

Posted: 04 Jan 2021 12:59 PM PST

It might have taken more than 20 years, but a game intended for the original PlayStation has at last made its way into the world. A group of Japanese developers worked on Magic Castle for eight months in the late '90s. They used Sony's Net Yaroze, a...

Massachusetts plans to ban the sale of new gas-powered vehicles by 2035

Posted: 04 Jan 2021 12:03 PM PST

Back in September, Governor Gavin Newsom announced California would ban the sale of new gasoline and diesel-powered vehicles by 2035. Massachusetts says it now plans to do the same. As part of the state's 2050 Decarbonization Roadmap, which was first...

After almost four years, the last 'Nier: Automata' secret has been found

Posted: 04 Jan 2021 11:22 AM PST

Nearly four years after NieR: Automata was released, a modder has discovered the RPG's final secret. Lance McDonald spotted some unfamiliar code when he was reverse engineering the game. He figured out it related to a cheat code that allows players t...

Amazon's Haven healthcare venture is reportedly disbanding

Posted: 04 Jan 2021 10:56 AM PST

Three years after Amazon started a healthcare venture with Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase, the trio have decided to call it quits. CNBC reports that the organization, once called Haven, is disbanding, and the company will likely shut down by t...

Discovery+ launches today, and it's available on Fire TV, Roku and more

Posted: 04 Jan 2021 10:10 AM PST

Discovery waited until the last possible moment to announce where you can stream content from Discovery+. But now that the service is officially available in the US, the company has finally shared that information. The list of places where you can do...

A major Slack outage welcomed us back to work this morning

Posted: 04 Jan 2021 08:11 AM PST

So much for a smooth return to work after the holidays. Your first day back at the office (or your desk at home) might have been disrupted when Slack experienced serious issues on Monday morning. At first, the incident was somewhat limited as message...

Venmo's mobile app can now cash your checks

Posted: 04 Jan 2021 07:50 AM PST

Venmo's bid to become your banking hub now covers your checks. The PayPal-owned brand is launching a Cash a Check feature in its Android and iOS apps that lets you deposit money without using your bank's app or visiting a physical location (a risky p...

Comedy Central, MTV and more are coming to Hulu’s live TV service

Posted: 04 Jan 2021 07:22 AM PST

Subscribers to Hulu's live TV service are about to get more bang for their buck. Under an expanded distribution deal, 14 more ViacomCBS cable networks are on the way to Hulu + Live TV in the form of BET, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount Ne...

Epic Games' next headquarters will replace a local shopping mall

Posted: 04 Jan 2021 07:10 AM PST

Many tech companies build their new campuses on discarded office space or other familiar territory, but Epic Games is trying something... different. Eurogamer reports that the Fortnite developer is taking control of a hometown shopping mall, Cary Tow...

‘Wild Rift’ finally made me a ‘League of Legends’ player

Posted: 04 Jan 2021 07:00 AM PST

A couple of years ago, I decided to open Twitch and watch some professional League of Legends. I had never played the MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) but wanted to learn about the broader esports industry and suspected the experience would une...

Qualcomm's Snapdragon 480 brings 5G to even cheaper phones

Posted: 04 Jan 2021 06:30 AM PST

Despite the efforts of companies like Samsung and Xiaomi, 5G support is still mostly limited to more expensive phones. But starting this year, you're likely to see the feature make its way to a greater number of budget phones thanks to the introducti...

Breath of the Wild's minor characters are likely advanced Miis

Posted: 04 Jan 2021 05:05 AM PST

For years, fans have theorized that Nintendo used Miis to build many of the NPCs (non-player characters) in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Many share Mii-like characteristics — the shape of their face, eyes, nose and mouth, for instance — a...

HP Reverb G2 review: A great VR headset with middling controllers

Posted: 04 Jan 2021 05:00 AM PST

Does the world need another PC VR headset? Oculus seems to be giving up on that market and focusing entirely on the Quest 2, a $299 standalone device that can still provide a decent high-end VR experience when connected to a computer. Valve's Index w...
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Monday, January 4, 2021

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The Morning After: Samsung's Galaxy S21 will be revealed on January 14th

Posted: 04 Jan 2021 04:30 AM PST

The new year starts in earnest today, and while there's that whole online tech show to report on soon, Samsung has decided to bookend it with the launch of its new Galaxy phones. Yep, it's confirmed the unveiling for Thursday, January 14th — the last...

Google workers have formed a union

Posted: 04 Jan 2021 04:18 AM PST

A group of 226 engineers and other Google workers have formed a union, according to an article and opinion piece in the New York Times. Called the Alphabet Workers Union, it is affiliated with the Communications Workers of America and was organized i...

UK court rules Julian Assange shouldn't be extradited to the US

Posted: 04 Jan 2021 03:04 AM PST

A British court has ruled that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange shouldn't be extradited to the US in order to stand trial. Judge Vanessa Baraitser said that, while Assange had exceeded the role of a journalist, the risk to his mental and physical wel...

China's huge FAST telescope will open to scientists globally in April

Posted: 04 Jan 2021 02:53 AM PST

China will open its 500-meter (1,600 foot) telescope to the global scientific community starting on April 1st, China's Global Times reported. The "Sky Eye" parabolic dish is the world's largest Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) used for spott...

Quibi's content library could make its way to Roku

Posted: 04 Jan 2021 01:08 AM PST

After short-form streaming site Quibi died, there were questions about what would happen to its shows — some of which is quite good. Now, it's possible that its content catalog may be sold to streaming app and hardware manufacturer Roku, according to...

Samsung will reveal its next flagship smartphones on January 14th

Posted: 03 Jan 2021 03:04 PM PST

Samsung confirmed today that its latest Galaxy Unpacked event -- and its first major smartphone launch of the year -- will take place virtually at 10AM Eastern/7AM Pacific on Thursday, January 14th."Over the past year, mobile technology has taken cen...

Poco teases a sequel to its legendary F1 phone

Posted: 03 Jan 2021 12:05 PM PST

Poco has released numerous phones since its iconic Pocophone F1 debuted in 2018, but the Xiaomi-created brand has steered clear of creating a direct sequel — even the $500 F2 Pro is far too expensive to be considered a true follow-up. You might see a...

Watch Tesla's Full Self-Driving navigate from SF to LA with (almost) no help

Posted: 03 Jan 2021 11:14 AM PST

Tesla's Full Self-Driving might still be in beta, but that isn't stopping early adopters from using it for autonomous trips... well, almost. As Teslarati describes, Tesla enthusiast Whole Mars Catalog has posted a video showing their FSD-equipped Mod...

WhatsApp set an all-time record for calls on New Year's Eve

Posted: 03 Jan 2021 09:18 AM PST

The COVID-19 pandemic forced many to have virtual New Year's Eve get-togethers, and that's very clearly reflected in WhatsApp's numbers. Facebook's chat app set a record as 2020 came to a close, with 1.4 billion video and voice calls placed on New Ye...

SpaceX will try to 'catch' its Super Heavy rocket using the launch tower

Posted: 03 Jan 2021 08:08 AM PST

SpaceX might not rely on legs to land its next-generation booster rockets. Elon Musk has revealed that his company will try to "catch" the future Super Heavy booster using the launch tower arm, with the grid fins (used to help control the descent) sh...

Save 80 percent on a .tech domain name for a limited time

Posted: 03 Jan 2021 07:55 AM PST

First impressions make a lasting impact — even for website domains. While long, unrelated domains may be easy to forget, to-the-point domains are much more likely to stick. And that's where a .tech domain name can make a huge difference..tech as a to...
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Sunday, January 3, 2021

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LG will demo a 'bendable' OLED gaming monitor at CES 2021

Posted: 02 Jan 2021 06:00 PM PST

In addition to several transparent OLED demos, LG Display will also be showing off a gaming-related concept product at its CES 2021 virtual showroom: a 48-inch 4K "Bendable CSO (Cinematic Sound OLED) display" that can switch between a flat screen and...

Apple reconsiders banning Mac app Amphetamine over its drug-inspired name

Posted: 02 Jan 2021 02:49 PM PST

Apple is once again facing scrutiny over the consistency of its app policies. As MacRumors reports, the company has reversed a decision that would have removed William Gustafson's keep-awake utility Amphetamine from the Mac App Store on January 12th....

Tesla's refreshed Model S design may have been spotted on the road

Posted: 02 Jan 2021 02:05 PM PST

Tesla's Model S design hasn't really changed much since 2016, but it appears poised for an (arguably overdue) update. According to Electrek, The Kilowatts have spotted what appears to be a Model S design refresh roaming around Palo Alto. At first gla...

SolarWinds hack may have been much wider than first thought

Posted: 02 Jan 2021 01:10 PM PST

The scope of the SolarWinds hack keeps growing. The New York Times has conducted interviews indicating that the allegedly Russia-backed campaign was much further-reaching than initially believed. Where the intruders allegedly scouted 'just' a few doz...

Jabra's Elite 85t wireless earbuds drop to $170 at Amazon

Posted: 02 Jan 2021 11:03 AM PST

Don't worry if you missed out on a pair of wireless earbuds this holiday season, especially if you want an alternative to some of the usual options. Amazon is selling Jabra's Elite 85t earbuds for $170, or $60 below the usual price, after a coupon au...

Alphabet's Wing argues new US drone rules will hurt privacy

Posted: 02 Jan 2021 10:11 AM PST

Alphabet's Wing is less than thrilled with the FAA's new rules for drone 'license plates,' and it's pushing for significant changes. Reuters and The Verge report that the drone delivery company has attacked the rules for remote IDs, warning that they...

Hitting the Books: What do we want our AI-powered future to look like?

Posted: 02 Jan 2021 08:30 AM PST

Once the shining city on a hill that the rest of the world looked to for leadership and guidance, America's moral high ground has steadily eroded in recent decades — and rapidly accelerated since Trump's corrupt, self-dealing tenure in the White Hous...

Pursue a career fighting cybercrime with these 8 courses

Posted: 02 Jan 2021 07:55 AM PST

Hackers can't keep their hands off things that aren't theirs, but this spells good news for anyone who wants to make a career fighting cybercrime. As online threats continue to rise, so does the demand for white hat hackers, those who use their hacki...

Tesla made half a million electric cars in 2020

Posted: 02 Jan 2021 07:48 AM PST

Tesla just reached an important production milestone. The electric vehicle maker has confirmed that it reached its goal of producing half a million cars in 2020, having built 509,737 EVs before the year was out. It didn't quite deliver that many ('ju...

The Morning After: 2021's other next-gen console launches

Posted: 02 Jan 2021 07:42 AM PST

Welcome to 2021! So many things are different this year, but one thing is the same -- a new year means it's almost time for CES. While this year's event is happening entirely online, we're still planning on covering all of the news from start to fini...
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Saturday, January 2, 2021

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'Apex Legends' Fight Night event formalizes in-game boxing with a new zone

Posted: 01 Jan 2021 04:25 PM PST

While Apex Legends isn't a game made for hand-to-hand fighting, players occasionally settle the quest to become champion with an impromptu boxing match between the two remaining teams. Now that fight is going to be a part of the game, at least for a...

'Cyberpunk 2077' DLC is still in the works for 'early 2021'

Posted: 01 Jan 2021 01:14 PM PST

Anyone who hasn't sought a refund for their copy of Cyberpunk 2077 should have new content to experience in Night City sooner rather than later. A post on NME points out this page on the game's website is live saying DLC will hit Night City in "early...

Now 'The Office' is a Peacock exclusive

Posted: 01 Jan 2021 09:52 AM PST

Even though the US version of The Office has been off the air for years, its familiarity and light brand of workplace comedy has kept it atop the streaming charts ever since. However, now that NBC has a streaming service of its own, it's snatched the...

A workout-at-home service report card

Posted: 01 Jan 2021 08:00 AM PST

There are plenty of ways to start getting fit in the new year, but 2020 ushered in the era of the at-home workout service. While companies like Peloton and Daily Burn have been delivering live and on-demand exercise videos to smartphones and smart TV...

9 deals on online courses to learn a new skill in 2021

Posted: 01 Jan 2021 07:55 AM PST

Do you remember promising yourself that you would learn something new by the end of the year? Time's just about up, but it's never too late to expand your skill set. From cloud computing and IT to digital marketing and social media, there's a course...

Everything we know about Samsung's Galaxy S21 so far

Posted: 01 Jan 2021 07:32 AM PST

2020 is thankfully in the rearview mirror, which means — among other things — a year of new hardware to look forward to. While we'd normally have to wait a little longer for news of high-profile smartphone launches, 2021 is already shaping up to be d...

Tech that can help you stick to your New Year’s resolutions

Posted: 01 Jan 2021 07:00 AM PST

Join me in bidding "adieu" and good riddance to 2020. You may just be hoping that 2021 will bring better things, but there are ways to make that wish a reality rather than a prayer. Setting attainable New Year's resolutions is one of them, but you ma...

Stadia Pro adds 'F1 2020' and 'Hotline Miami'

Posted: 01 Jan 2021 04:30 AM PST

To ring in the new year, Google has added four new titles to Stadia Pro: Ary and the Secret of Seasons, Figment, F1 2020, and Hotline Miami. All of those titles are now available to play with the $9.99 subscription, along with another unannounced tit...
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Friday, January 1, 2021

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Huawei removes Tencent games from its Chinese store

Posted: 01 Jan 2021 03:12 AM PST

Huawei has pulled Tencent games like Arena of Valor from its app store because of a "big change" Tencent made in how the companies work together, according to a Bloomberg report. Huawei dominates the Chinese mobile market, accounting for 43 percent o...

Sony is launching the PS5 in India on February 2nd

Posted: 01 Jan 2021 01:05 AM PST

PlayStation gamers in India will finally have the chance to get their hands on a PS5 within a few weeks' time. The official PlayStation India Twitter account has announced that Sony's new console will be available in the country on February 2nd. Reta...

Amazon’s first TV is only available in India

Posted: 31 Dec 2020 03:15 PM PST

If you want a first-party Fire TV experience, there are a lot of ways to go about getting one. But as far as dedicated TV sets that come with Fire OS preinstalled, Amazon has preferred to work with partners through its Fire TV Edition program rather...

SolarWinds hackers accessed Microsoft source code

Posted: 31 Dec 2020 12:14 PM PST

The hackers behind the SolarWinds attack got deeper access into Microsoft's systems than the company previously disclosed. The company, which previously confirmed it found compromised code in its system, now says the hackers were able to gain access...

Apple reportedly took years to drop a supplier that used underage labor

Posted: 31 Dec 2020 11:57 AM PST

On Tuesday, The Washington Post and the Tech Transparency Project published an investigative report on one of Apple's supply partners. The two say Apple, and several other companies, source parts from a Chinese supplier that allegedly uses forced Mus...

Every NYC subway station now supports contactless payments

Posted: 31 Dec 2020 11:24 AM PST

New York's MTA has finished rolling out contactless payments across all the subway stations and bus lines in all five boroughs. The OMNY (One Metro New York) system allows riders to tap-and-pay for fares with smartphones, smartwatches and contactless...

Podcast: Answering your questions on the PS5, foldable PCs and more!

Posted: 31 Dec 2020 10:12 AM PST

For the last episode of 2020, Cherlynn and Devindra answer a slew of listener questions, covering everything from when to buy a PlayStation 5 to the future of folding PCs. We also look back at the best moments of covering tech throughout the year (wh...

T-Mobile warns customers of second data breach in less than a year

Posted: 31 Dec 2020 09:21 AM PST

As if 2020 weren't bad enough, some T-Mobile customers are winding down the year with word of a data breach. According to reports from BleepingComputer and AndroidPolice, T-Mobile has within the past few days begun to notify affected subscribers of "...

Two weeks with Apple Fitness+

Posted: 31 Dec 2020 08:16 AM PST

I'm at the stage of my pandemic fitness routine where if I finish a workout without having yelled in frustration, I have to wonder if the session was too easy. Whether it's because I've grown bored or I'm getting stronger, I've struggled to find exer...

15 courses on how to become quality management-certified

Posted: 31 Dec 2020 07:55 AM PST

Companies must improve their output quality and eliminate waste if they want to reach maximum efficiency. Hiring quality management professionals certified in Lean Six Sigma allows them to do that, ultimately saving them time and money. That makes Le...

Puerto Rico commits $8 million to rebuild Arecibo telescope

Posted: 31 Dec 2020 07:54 AM PST

There's a glimmer of hope for the collapsed Arecibo Observatory telescope as 2020 draws to a close. El Nuevo Dia reports that Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vázquez has signed an executive order approving $8 million to help rebuild the radio telescope. I...

A year of tech events without tech events

Posted: 31 Dec 2020 07:00 AM PST

In late October, Huawei did something different to mark its latest smartphone launch: It hosted a "drive-through' press event. It hired a fleet of luxury cars to taxi me and other reporters to a warehouse in the south-east of London to showcase the n...

Today is the last day you can play the original 'FarmVille'

Posted: 31 Dec 2020 06:34 AM PST

Now's your last chance to squeak in some web game nostalgia. As Zynga warned in September, today is the last day to play the original FarmVille. The developers are shutting down the 11-year-old game after December 31st, 2020, in sync with Adobe endin...

Tesla launches the world's largest Supercharger station in Shanghai

Posted: 31 Dec 2020 06:02 AM PST

Tesla has launched the world's largest Supercharger station in China, the company announced on Wiebo. The 72-stall facility in Shanghai easily bests the 56 stall station the company opened last month in Fresno county, California, as Electrek noted. U...

2021 could be a great year for 'alternative' consoles

Posted: 31 Dec 2020 06:00 AM PST

Despite the pandemic, it's been a pretty great year for video game hardware. Microsoft launched the Xbox Series X, a powerful obelisk packing a 12-teraflop GPU, and the smaller Series S, which can run games natively at 1440p resolution. Sony, meanwhi...

The Internet Archive now has better scans of Computerworld magazine

Posted: 31 Dec 2020 05:30 AM PST

The Internet Archive announced that it has made Computerworld's print issues from 1967-2014 available online in better quality than ever. The publication provides a historical record of sorts for computing, as it launched during a key period in the i...

Apple removes more unlicensed games from the App Store in China

Posted: 31 Dec 2020 05:01 AM PST

The App Store is reportedly looking a little different in China today. According to Reuters, Apple has removed roughly 39,000 games owned by developers and publishers that don't have an ISBN (International Standard Book Number) from the Chinese gover...

The Morning After: Intel, AMD and Apple made 2020 a big year for CPUs

Posted: 31 Dec 2020 04:36 AM PST

Very, very soon, 2020 will be over. Did it take an eternity to get here, or did the year fly past for you? We've commissioned a run of end-of-year stories that touch on what happened in tech over the last 12 months, how we're on the brink of a proces...

FCC orders phone companies to help trace illegal robocallers

Posted: 31 Dec 2020 04:25 AM PST

The FCC has been adopting more and more measures to combat robocalls, and the latest set of rules (PDF) it's implementing include limiting even non-telemarketing calls made to residential phones. Non-commercial, commercial and nonprofit organizations...
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