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Thursday, 31 December 2020
Tesla launches the world's largest Supercharger station in Shanghai
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2021 could be a great year for 'alternative' consoles
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The Internet Archive now has better scans of Computerworld magazine
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Apple removes more unlicensed games from the App Store in China
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The Morning After: Intel, AMD and Apple made 2020 a big year for CPUs
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Android Authority’s favorite non-phone tech that got us through 2020
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FCC orders phone companies to help trace illegal robocallers
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Ticketmaster pays $10 million fine after hacking a startup rival
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This leaked render could be our first look at the Huawei P50 Pro
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Google's Pixel phones only use Adaptive Charging if there's an alarm to guide it
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We asked, you told us: You really think the Xiaomi Mi 11 is hot
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A new Galaxy awaits as Samsung reveals Galaxy S21 teaser
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Wednesday, 30 December 2020
Brave's privacy-focused browser rolls out a version for Apple's M1 Macs
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Xiaomi Redmi 9T revealed via unboxing: It’s an upgraded Poco M3
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The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip is now getting its Android 11 update (Updated)
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GM's CES keynote will reportedly show off an electric Chevrolet pickup
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A new update makes it easier to move apps between the LG Wing's displays
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LG Display's transparent OLED puts a screen between you and the sushi chef
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LG wants to use transparent OLED displays for ‘invisible’ bedroom TVs
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This maker built a working Batman grappling gun in only a year
If you’ve ever watched a Batman movie or played Just Cause, you’ve probably thought “wow, using a grappling hook would be so much fun.” YouTuber Built IRL, whose name is JT, thought so too — and he’s been working on making that happen for the past year. The end result is a grappling hook gun that functions pretty similarly to the ones we’ve seen in movies and games.
As you’ll see in the video above, this new grappling gun is more impressive than many previous attempts. For one thing, it’s self-contained — the entire unit fits on his arm, including the CO2-powered blasting mechanism that shoots the hook using standard cartridges, and a very powerful 10,000W motor that’s properly fast and can completely pull him up into the air. (He shows...
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'S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2' gameplay teaser previews the game's 2021 launch
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ESPN Plus is raising its annual subscription price to $59.99 in 2021
The cost for an annual subscription for ESPN Plus subscribers will increase from $49.99 to $59.99 in 2021, according to Variety. ESPN raised the monthly price of ESPN Plus earlier this year to $5.99, and now the annual subscription is getting the same treatment.
New subscribers will start paying $59.99 on January 8th, 2021, and the new price will reportedly trickle down to existing subscribers a few months later in March. Disney had already announced that Disney Plus and the company’s bundle of Hulu, Disney Plus, and ESPN Plus would each cost $1 more starting in March 2021, raising those prices to $8.99 and $13.99, respectively. Streaming price hikes have been a theme of 2020; YouTube TV raised its price, Fubo followed not long after,...
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Most of 2020’s best holiday deals could end later this week
When the calendar flips over to 2021 this Friday, January 1st, some of the best deals that we’ve been featuring for the past few months could come to an end. Assuredly, not every single one will end, but judging from previous years, the start of a new year means the holiday season is over and most companies will likely want to raise their prices. Here are a few mainstay deals that might not be around for much longer.
If you sign up for YouTube TV by December 31st, you’ll get a free Google Chromecast with Google TV (pictured above), the latest streaming device that supports 4K HDR playback and includes a remote.
Next up, this great Walmart-exclusive deal combines a Switch Pro controller with a download code for Super Mario Odyssey for...
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11 great sci-fi books from 2020 to check out on your new Kindle
It’s not easy to make it to a library right now, and with a long winter stuck at home looming ahead for many of us, there’s never been a better time to hunker down with a good book. If you’ve been lucky enough to receive a new Kindle (or a non-Amazon-branded e-reader or just a device with an e-book app on it), you might be looking for some new books to read.
To help, here are some of the best new science fiction books released in 2020 (along with some additional recommendations for other books in a series, where applicable), which should be the perfect pairing with your new e-reader.
We’ve rounded up our favorite and most-used games, apps, and entertainment. Check out our app picks for iPhones, Android phones, Windows PCs, and M...
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I tried to play 'Unsung Story' and fell for 'Mario Party' instead
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2020 put us on the edge of a processor revolution
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Samsung’s One UI 3.0 update starts rolling out to Galaxy Note 10 devices
Samsung’s One UI 3.0 update has started hitting older Samsung devices, starting with the Galaxy Note 10 and Galaxy Note 10 Plus, according to SamMobile. The update, which brings Android 11-specific feature changes and some small visual and interface tweaks to Samsung smartphones, is only arriving on last year’s Note 10 devices in Germany, Spain, and Switzerland for now, but a wider release is expected at some point early next year if not in just a few weeks.
Samsung first began beta testing One UI 3.0 this past fall following the release of Android 11, and it’s been at various stages of availability for different smartphones depending on your region. The Note 10 and Note 10 Plus versions have been available in beta since October, and in...
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10 great games to play on your new 2020 VR headset
If you received a virtual reality gaming headset this holiday season, congratulations! Whether you’ve got the newly released Oculus Quest 2, one of the last few units of the now discontinued Oculus Rift S, or another headset like the PlayStation VR, there are a ton of video games for you to explore with your new head mount display. Here are ten games I personally enjoy and think are worth your time and money.
We’ve rounded up our favorite and most-used games, apps, and entertainment. Check out our app picks for iPhones, Android phones, Windows PCs, and M1-equipped Macs; our favorite mobile games from Apple Arcade and Google Play Pass; and our top choices for gaming PCs, the PS5, Xbox One and Series X / S, Nintendo Switch, and VR. We’ve...
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Google experiments with surfacing TikTok and Instagram videos in search
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Modeling the bizarre remnants of a supernova
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Apple pulled an app that promoted potentially COVID-unsafe parties
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The Morning After: Boston Dynamics' dancing robots are back
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Apple suffers a loss in lawsuit against maker of iPhone emulators
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New Samsung TVs with HDR10+ will adapt to ambient lighting
HDR10+ Adaptive is a new feature coming to the high dynamic range standard that’ll optimize TV picture quality based on a room’s ambient brightness, Samsung announced today. HDR content is typically designed to look its best in dark rooms with as little ambient light as possible, but the new feature promises to use your TV’s light sensor to react to bright environments and adjust its picture quality accordingly. Samsung says the feature will launch globally with its “upcoming QLED TV products.”
HDR10+ isn’t the first HDR standard to have introduced such a feature. At last year’s CES, Dolby announced Dolby Vision IQ, a new feature for its own HDR standard that similarly promises to optimize HDR content for the room it’s being watched in....
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Stable One UI 3.0 rolls out to Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus users in Germany
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Tuesday, 29 December 2020
NASA approves two missions to better understand space weather
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Leak: Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro in the works, could feature same screen as Mi 11
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Google is selling the Home Max smart speaker again, for now
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Samsung's HDR10+ Adaptive takes your room's lighting into account
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A modder has made a Nintendo 64 that’s smaller than the original’s controller
Taking an old console and making it as small as possible is a well-established tradition in the modding community, and there may be a new victor in the race to shrink the Nintendo 64 as far as possible (via Input). GmanModz has cut down an N64 to the point where it’s smaller than a GameCube controller — and only slightly bigger than the cartridges it takes.
Yes, cartridges. This isn’t an emulator, this is an actual Nintendo 64 that was cut, soldered, and otherwise modded to fit into a handheld package, complete with screen, battery, and controls (the joysticks are from a Nintendo Switch, chosen for their diminutive size).
At three and a half inches, the screen is...
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Tesla uses three free months of 'Full Self-Driving' to push year-end sales
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An iPhone app promoting secret parties during the pandemic has been unceremoniously yanked
An iOS app called Vybe Together that promoted private parties during the COVID-19 pandemic has been removed from the Apple App Store, had its account on TikTok banned, and scrubbed most of its online presence. It’s unclear whether Apple or the app’s creators removed it from the App Store.
Vybe Together billed itself on TikTok and its website as a place to organize and attend underground parties, using the tagline “Get your rebel on. Get your party on.” Organizers would have to approve everyone who wanted to attend, and the ones that got approved would receive the address two hours before the event. Most of these gatherings would have been illegal under current US pandemic restrictions — which may explain why the app required you to...
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The best Android smartphone of the year 2020: Editor’s Choice (Update: Video!)
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Apple Watch prototype exposes the company's 'Ultra' security testing program
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Vivo X60 series announced: The gimbal camera returns, now with Carl Zeiss
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