Tech Gadget: May 2021

Monday, 31 May 2021

AMD’s answer to Nvidia’s DLSS is coming this month

AMD has announced that FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR), its super sampling technique that should boost performance and image quality in supported games, will launch on June 22nd. The company gave a presentation at Computex Taipei today with more information on the feature, though it’s still not clear just how effective it’ll be.

Supersampling is a major point of differentiation between AMD’s GPUs and those from its competitor Nvidia. DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling), Nvidia’s version of the technique, uses neural networks to reconstruct images at higher quality from lower resolutions in real time, enabling games to run at smoother frame rates without compromising the image quality. Nvidia launched DLSS back in 2018 with the RTX 20-...

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NVIDIA’s RTX 3080 Ti looks like a great flagship GPU to attempt to buy

NVIDIA has announced two new cards, the RTX 3080 Ti and RTX 3070 Ti, which fill gaps in its 30-series lineup.

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Alienware’s X series gaming laptops meld sleek bodies with smarter cooling

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Nvidia announces new RTX 3080 Ti, priced at $1,199 and launching June 3rd

Nvidia is unveiling its latest flagship gaming GPU today, the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti. Based on Nvidia’s latest Ampere architecture, the RTX 3080 Ti will succeed the RTX 3080 and promises to deliver 1.5x more performance over the previous generation RTX 2080 Ti. Nvidia is making the RTX 3080 Ti available worldwide on June 3rd, priced from $1,199.

The RTX 3080 Ti looks very much like the RTX 3080, with an identical design and ports. The main difference is a jump in power and VRAM. The RTX 3080 Ti ships with more VRAM than the RTX 3080, with 12GB of GDDR6X in total. This new GPU is essentially as close as you can get to an RTX 3090 on paper, with half the VRAM. The $1,199 price matches the same pricing Nvidia used for the RTX 2080 Ti Founders...

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Alienware’s X15 is its thinnest and coolest gaming laptop yet

Alienware X15 — *The X15 comes in lunar light, Alienware’s colorway that is white on the outside and black on the inside of the clamshell.*

Alienware is keen on giving Razer a run for its money when it comes to making a super-thin gaming laptop. Two of the configurations of Alienware’s new X15 flagship model are actually 15.9mm thick, almost the same as Razer’s just-refreshed 15.8mm-thick Blade 15 Advanced. That’s impressively thin, especially considering that Alienware doesn’t usually try to compete in this realm.

What’s also noteworthy is that, despite its thin build, the X15 looks like it will be a capable machine. Alienware is also announcing a bigger and thicker 17-inch X17 laptop that’s even more powerful. We’ll go into detail on both below.

Let’s start with the X15, which will cost $1,999 for the base model, available starting today. Packed into that entry model is...

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Alienware's x15 and x17 cram Intel H-series CPUs and RTX 30 graphics into thin frames

Alienware's new x15 and x17 models are its thinnest gaming laptops yet.

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Samsung phones to get ray tracing, variable rate shading with next Exynos chip

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Uber and Lyft rides are pricier due to a lack of drivers (and the waits are longer, too)

Uber and Lyft rides have been almost twice as expensive, because the ride-hailing companies have been having difficulties meeting demand.

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AMD announces the Radeon RX 6000M series with RDNA 2 architecture

The AMD Radeon X 6800M on a metal surface seen from above. — *The new Radeon RX 6800M.* | AMD

AMD has announced its long-awaited Radeon RX 6000M series of mobile GPUs, featuring its RDNA 2 architecture.

Today’s release consists of three chips: the RX 6800M (configurable at 145W and above), the RX 6700M (up to 135W), and the RX 6600M (up to 100W). AMD says the flagship 6800M delivers the fastest AMD graphics for laptops yet; it claims the 6800M will run modern AAA games at frame rates that are comparable to or better than those of Nvidia’s mobile RTX 3080. It’s also purported to outperform Nvidia’s chip while gaming on battery.

AMD says the RX 6700M will deliver up to 100fps “in popular games” at 1440p resolution. The 6600M is better for “epic 1080p gaming.” Keep an eye out for independent reviews of these chips in the coming...

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Tesla's revamped Model S and X will feature RDNA 2 GPUs, AMD confirms

Tesla's refreshed Model S and X will run AMD's RDNA 2 graphics.

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AMD makes a bigger play for gaming laptops with Radeon RX 6000M GPUs

AMD is finally bringing its RDNA 2 technology to notebooks. During its Computex keynote today, the company announced the Radeon RX 6000M series of mobile GPUs.

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You can buy AMD's Ryzen 5000 chips with Radeon graphics on August 5th

Today at Computex, AMD officially announced that consumers will be able to buy the 5600G and 5700G on August 5th for $259 and $359, respectively.

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'Knockout City' is free for new players until they reach level 25

Starting this week, Knockout City is free to play until you reach level 25 in-game.

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David Lynch's 'Dune' will be released on 4K Blu-ray in August

On August 31st, Arrow Films will rerelease Lynch's "worst" film on 4K Blu-ray in the US, UK and Canada.

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Today is the day LG reportedly stops producing smartphones

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Bacteria get a fresh gig as art restorers in Italy

A marble sculpture of a nude bearded man reclining — An image of Michalangelo’s The Day, part of the tomb of Giuliano de’ Medici. This image was taken in 2002, long before bacteria got a chance to feast on its grime. | Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images

Michelangelo’s marbles in the Medici Chapel were looking dingy, so a team of art restorers decided to smear some bacteria on the situation. The specialized microbes cleaned up centuries of grime, leaving the marble statues with a fresh new look, The New York Times reports.

The team selected specialized strains of bacteria to target different stains on the marble. Some types of bacteria can thrive in harsh environments and are adapted to eating things that can cause humans problems. These bacteria can break down things like pollutants into relatively harmless components.

In this case, the team looked for bacterial strains that would eat away at the stains and other gunk, without harming the marble itself, and tested their top choices on...

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Sigma fp L hands-on: Tiny camera, big sensor, enormous compromises

Sigma has crammed a 61-megapixel full-frame sensor into the tiny fp L body, but that has meant some big compromises to handling and performance.

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Intel says Windows is better than Mac for gaming, to no-one’s surprise

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Xiaomi says it can fully charge a phone in eight minutes

Xiaomi has demonstrated its new Hyper Charge tech fully charging a 4,000mAH phone battery in eight minutes.

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The best 60-percent keyboards you can buy

Here's a list of the best 60-percent keyboards you can buy, as chosen by Engadget editors.

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Amazon Sidewalk will share your internet with others soon unless you opt out

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Poll: Are you staying with Google Photos or switching?

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The Morning After: A surprising cloudy day on Mars

Today’s headlines: The first look at a cloudy day on Mars, Apple delays paid podcast subscription launch to June and Tesla may have to ship Texas-made EVs out of state to sell them to Texans.

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Google says it won't build Privacy Sandbox backdoors

Google has said it will not bypass the Privacy Sandbox rules it plans to impose next year in order to end third-party cookie tracking.

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Realme X7 Max 5G launched: Mediatek-powered flagship hits India

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Android 12 will force apps through the official share menu

With Android 12, Google will stop third-party apps from replacing the stock share dialog.

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OnePlus Nord CE specs leak, sales start from June 16

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You told us: Samsung really dropped the ball with its Upcycling program

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Google reportedly hid privacy settings on Android, urged OEMs to do the same

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PSA: Today is the last day of free unlimited Google Photos storage

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Sunday, 30 May 2021

Alleged Huawei Watch 3 spy shots give us a brief look at Harmony OS

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OnePlus 9 series updates: OnePlus 9, 9 Pro get camera improvements, more

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Get a good look at the features of the Sony WF-1000XM4 in this leaked video

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Xiaomi says it can now fully charge a phone in eight minutes at 200W

Xiaomi has shown off its latest fast charging tech demo, and consequently is claiming the new world records for both wired and wireless charging speeds. Using a modified Mi 11 Pro with a 4,000mAh battery, Xiaomi says it’s able to fully charge the phone in 8 minutes over a 200W wired “HyperCharge” system, or in 15 minutes with 120W wireless charging.

Charging speeds are a frequent battleground for Chinese smartphone companies, who often release demonstrations of breakthroughs that may or may not show up in final products. Two years ago, for example, Xiaomi announced a 100W system that could charge a 4,000mAh battery in 17 minutes, while last year’s Mi 10 Ultra filled up in 23 minutes at 120W — though it did have a bigger 4,500mAh battery.

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Intel's latest 11th-gen CPU lets ultraportables hit 5GHz

Thin and light computers will finally cross the 5GHz barrier with Intel's latest flagship 11th-gen U-series chip.

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Xiaomi introduces new 200W HyperCharge tech: 0% to 100% in just 8 minutes

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Intel’s latest 11th Gen processor brings 5.0GHz speeds to thin and light laptops

Intel made a splash earlier in May with the launch of its first 11th Gen Tiger Lake H-series processors for more powerful laptops, but at Computex 2021, the company is also announcing a pair of new U-series chips — one of which marks the first 5.0GHz clock speed for the company’s U-series lineup of lower voltage chips.

Specifically, Intel is announcing the Core i7-1195G7 — its new top of the line chip in the U-series range — and the Core i5-1155G7, which takes the crown of Intel’s most powerful Core i5-level chip, too.

Like the original 11th Gen U-series chips, the new chips operate in the 12W to 28W range. Both new chips are four core / eight thread configurations, and feature Intel’s Iris Xe integrated graphics (the Core i7-1195G7...

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The best dark matter map to date raises questions about the universe

Scientists have released the most precise map of dark matter to date, but it only serves to highlight mysteries in the universe.

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Curiosity rover offers a rare glimpse of cloudy days on Mars

NASA's Curiosity rover has offered a rare peek at clouds on Mars, and they've already led to a discovery.

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Instagram will surface more reshared posts amid Palestinian censorship claims

Instagram is changing its algorithm to rank reshared posts more fairly amid Palestinian claims it was censoring content.

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Instagram making changes to its algorithm after it was accused of censoring pro-Palestinian content

Facebook-owned Instagram has made changes to its algorithm after a group of its employees reportedly complained that pro-Palestinian content was not viewable for users during the conflict in Gaza. Instagram typically surfaces original content in its stories before reposted content, but will now begin to give equal weighting to both, the company confirmed to The Verge on Sunday.

As reported by BuzzFeed News and the Financial Times, the Instagram employee group had made numerous appeals about content that had been censored by Instagram’s automated moderation, such as posts about the al-Asqa mosque being mistakenly removed. The employees didn’t believe the censorship was deliberate, according to FT, but one said that “moderating at scale is...

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Vilnius, Lithuania built a ‘portal’ to another city to help keep people connected

Weary of pandemic travel restrictions and aching to get out and see new people? The city of Vilnius, Lithuania has interesting solution: A real-time “portal” to another city. They really went all-in on the idea and the design; it looks quite a bit like something out of the erstwhile sci-fi movie/show Stargate.

The city installed a circular “door” for the portal near its train station that connects to a portal in Lublin, Poland, about 600 kilometers (or roughly 375 miles) away. The portals both have large screens and cameras that broadcast live images between the two cities— a kind of digital bridge, according to its creators— meant to encourage people to “rethink the meaning of unity,” Go Vilnius said in a press release. Aw.

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New Trailers: The Tomorrow War, Eternals, Infinite, Werewolves Within, and more

Chris Pratt in *The Tomorrow War* | Amazon Prime Video

So tonight is the finale for Mare of Easttown and there are so many threads that need to be tied up that I legitimately don’t know how they’ll answer all the open questions. I have a theory of who the killer is, and I don’t think it’s the same person who fathered Erin’s baby. Will Mare ever find happiness? It seems unlikely, I’m afraid. But maybe she’ll find answers or closure.

I realized that in this week’s trailer roundup that— in addition to a time-traveling theme— we have two movies that feature Sam Richardson, who played Richard Splett, arguably the best supporting character on the late great HBO show Veep. Please cast him in all the things, Hollywood, he’s hilarious.

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Japan will send a transforming robot ball to the Moon

Japan plans to explore the Moon with a transforming ball robot made with the help of Sony and Tomy.

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Fitbit vs Apple Watch: Which fitness ecosystem is best?

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Tesla may have to ship Texas-made EVs out of state to sell them to Texans

Tesla may have to ship EVs made in Texas out of the state to sell them to local customers due to pro-dealership laws that haven't been changed.

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This 4K drone for videographers is on sale for $99 right now

The Global Drone 4K Platinum Version is a great mid-range quadcopter that offers total control using a remote controller or your own phone.

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TP-Link Archer AX73 review: Affordable Wi-Fi 6 router runs lightning quick

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ZTE Axon 30 Ultra review: the right stuff for the right price

Specs for less

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Teslas made in Texas will likely have to leave the state before Texans can buy them

Tesla is building a factory in Texas to make some of its cars, but when it’s up and running, the cars made there may have to go on a roundabout journey to get to Texan buyers (via The Drive). Because of state laws banning car companies from selling directly to consumers, Tesla could end up shipping the cars from its Austin factory to other states, before they’re sent back to their Texan buyers. The state’s lawmakers were debating legislation that would have prevented the situation, but they’ve now missed their chance to pass it before they have to go on break until 2023 — the factory is expected to be completed by the end of 2021.

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iPhone 13: What to expect from Apple’s next smartphone and what we want to see

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Saturday, 29 May 2021

Google reportedly made it difficult for smartphone users to find privacy settings

Unredacted documents in Arizona’s lawsuit against Google show that company executives and engineers were aware that the search giant had made it hard for smartphone users to keep location information private, Insider reported.

The documents suggest that Google collected location data even after users had turned off location sharing, and made privacy settings difficult for users to find. Insider also reports that the documents show Google pressured phone manufacturers into keeping privacy settings hidden, because the settings were popular with users.

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NASA’s Curiosity rover has captured amazing images of clouds on Mars

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured these clouds just after sunset on March 19th, the 3,063rd Martian day, or sol, of the rover’s mission. The image is made up of 21 individual images stitched together and color corrected so that the scene appears as it would to the human eye. | NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

NASA’s Curiosity rover has captured images of clouds on Mars— as described in its blog post: “wispy puffs filled with ice crystals that scattered light from the setting sun, some of them shimmering with color.”

According to NASA clouds are rare in the thin atmosphere of Mars, but usually form at its equator during its coldest time of year. Scientists noticed that last year — two years ago in Earth time— there were clouds beginning to form earlier than expected, so this year they were ready.

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A gif of clouds drifting above Mount Sharp on Mars, taken by NASA’s Curiosity rover on March 19th.

The images are not only stunning, they’ve provided new insights to the Curiosity team at NASA. The...

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Google reportedly made it harder to find Android privacy settings

Google reportedly made it harder to find Android privacy settings and even pressured phone makers into hiding settings.

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10 best NEW Android apps from May 2021

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New AI supercomputer will help create the largest-ever 3D map of the universe

A new AI supercomputer, Perlmutter, is powerful enough that it will be used to help make the largest-ever 3D map of the universe.

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Acer Chromebook Spin 514 review: Mean green machine

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US soldiers reportedly leaked nuclear info online accidentally, by using flashcard apps

US soldiers stationed in Europe may have accidentally exposed information about the United States’ nuclear weapons stockpile when they used flashcard apps to help them remember details about the information, according to a report from open-source intelligence outlet Bellingcat.

Foeke Postma, a researcher with Bellingcat, wrote that the soldiers used study apps such as Chegg, Cram, and Quizlet to create flashcards where they stored information about bases in Europe where US nuclear weapons were likely located, secret codes, passwords, and other details about security. It appears that they forgot to set the settings for the apps to “private,” so that their usernames and photos were public-facing, and since some of the soldiers used the...

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Apple delays paid podcast subscription launch to June

Apple has announced that paid podcast subscriptions won't be available until June.

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Ford's electric F-150 range estimates are very conservative

Ford has revealed that its F-150 Lightning range estimates assume you're carrying heavy cargo — real-world figures may be considerably higher.

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Anker charging accessories are discounted today only in an Amazon sale

Anker's power cables, adapters and wireless charging stands are steeply discounted as part of a one-day Amazon sale.

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WhatsApp won't limit accounts for users who don't accept its new privacy policy

WhatsApp won't be limiting features you can access if you don't accept its new privacy policy.

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Venmo now lets users hide their friends lists following Biden discovery

Venmo has started rolling out a change in users' privacy settings that would allow you to hide your friends list.

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Hitting the Books: Sci-fi strategies may be needed to stave off climate change

Stockholm Resilience Centre researchers Owen Gaffney and Johan Rockström walk readers through the scale of environmental challenges we currently face, explore the concept of "planetary stewardship," and discuss what we might have to do if what we're doing doesn't work.

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Fitbit may soon be adding snoring detection to its devices

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Fitbit may soon add snoring and noise detection to its devices, a move that will likely please the spouses and partners of the snoring population and be of interest to people for whom snoring is a sign of a possible health condition.

According to a report in 9to5 Google, which decompiled the latest version of the Fitbit app in Google’s Play Store, the feature allows a Fitbit’s microphone (in devices that have one) to listen to “ambient noise including your potential snoring,” after you’ve fallen asleep. Not only would the feature be a major drain on the device’s battery, the idea of a sleep tracker monitoring noise “throughout the night,” as the release notes state, is a little creepy.

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Tesla delays Model S Plaid deliveries to June 10th for a 'tweak'

Tesla is delaying the delivery of its Model S Plaid to June 10th for a last-minute 'tweak.'

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These noise-canceling headphones are $72 for this week only

The TREBLAB Z2 headphones offer excellent sound quality, active noise cancelation and long battery life.

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The future of COVID-19 immunity looks good

Larry Flynt’s Hustler Club Hosts Pop-Up Vaccination Site In Las Vegas — Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images

Our COVID-19 vaccines have passed their first tests with flying colors. They work unbelievably well, and they’re helping to slow the spread of disease in countries where they’re widely available. Now, scientists are turning to the next key question: how long will they work that well?

In people who were sick with COVID-19 and then got vaccinated, new research shows that they probably work for years. That group has powerful memory cells in their bone marrow that produce new antibodies when they’re needed. And they work so well that they can even block variants of the virus, studies show. These people may not even need vaccine boosters to stay protected long term.

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By your powers combined: Is it too late for Google’s wearable alliance?

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Memorial Day has brought about some fantastic tech deals

The iPhone 12 Pro Max is huge, but it has the best camera system on a smartphone — *If you have an iPhone, you owe it to yourself to get accessories that allow for fast charging.* | Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge

Memorial Day is Monday, May 31st, but many of the best deals in commemoration of the holiday are already live ahead of the weekend. We’ll always give you the most essential deals you need to know about in this column. But if you’re hungry for more (like, way more), my colleague Brandon Widder compiled the best Memorial Day deals on video games, headphones, TVs, and other odds and ends you might find interesting.

Here are a few of the highlights.

Load up on fast charging accessories for your iPhone

If you own an iPhone 8 or a more recent iPhone model, it supports fast charging. But to obtain fast charging speeds, you’ll need the right hardware. Conveniently, we’ve worked with Daily Steals to secure a deal on a bundle that includes...

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Elon Musk tweets Tesla Model S Plaid delivery to be delayed until June 10th

Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted Saturday that deliveries of the automaker’s Model S Plaid would be delayed until June 10th because the car needs “one more week of tweak.”

“This car feels like a spaceship,” tweeted Musk, who is also CEO of SpaceX. “Words cannot describe the limbic resonance.”

The company has been teasing the Plaid since 2019, and Musk tweeted on May 20th that Tesla would hold a delivery event June 3rd at its factory in Fremont, California.

Model S Plaid delivery pushed to June 10. Needs one more week of tweak.

This car feels like a spaceship. Words cannot describe the limbic resonance.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 29, 2021

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The Morning After: Apple finally fixed the Apple TV 4K remote

Check out our review of the new Apple TV and its Siri Remote, plus the best tech deals for Memorial Day weekend.

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Amazon Prime Video’s biggest problem isn’t content, it’s everything else

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Friday, 28 May 2021

Denon and Marantz will add HDMI 2.1 to these older receivers for $600

For $600, Denon and Marantz will update pricey receivers from 2018 with the gear needed to handle 8K resolution and 120Hz gameplay via HDMI 2.1

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'Microsoft Flight Simulator' shrinks initial install size from 170GB to 83GB

Now you can install 'Microsoft Flight Simulator' without blowing through your entire bandwidth cap.

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UK police raided a shady Bitcoin mining facility they thought was a weed farm

UK police have busted a crypto mine that they thought was a cannabis farm.

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The FCC just spilled the beans about the Samsung Galaxy Buds 2’s design

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The Morning After: We can finally see 'Horizon Forbidden West' running on the PS5

Sony gave us our first gameplay preview of the new 'Horizon' game and NASA's Mars copter survived a scare during its sixth flight.

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Oscar Isaac will star in Marvel's Moon Knight series on Disney+

Star Wars and Ex Machina actor Oscar Isaac will star in the Disney+ and Marvel streaming series "Moon Knight."

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Microsoft reveals new phishing campaign by SolarWinds hackers

The group behind the massive SolarWinds hacks has also been running a sophisticated email-based spear-phishing campaign, according to Microsoft.

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Over 10,000 women are suing Google over gender pay disparity

Four female former Google employees have won class-action status for their gender pay disparity lawsuit against the tech giant.

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Amazon will install small 'ZenBooth' meditation kiosks in its warehouses

In what may go down as a defining 2021 moment, Amazon has unveiled tiny "ZenBooth" kiosks to help overworked employees destress.

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You told us: Here’s how many Android devices you have aside from phones

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OnePlus Nord updates: A flurry of fixes arrive with new Oxygen OS patch

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Lenovo’s new 13-inch Android tablet also works as a portable Switch display

*A built in Micro HDMI port lets the tablet work as an external monitor.* | Image: Lenovo

Lenovo’s Yoga Pad Pro is a new 13-inch Android tablet that can easily double as an external monitor, Gizmochina reports. It will be available to buy in China for 3,299 yuan (around $517) on May 31st.

It’s not tricky to get most tablets on the market to work as a second monitor, but for the most part you’re limited to using them with specific devices. Apple’s iPads can be used as external monitors thanks to their built-in Sidecar feature, for example, but this only works if you’re using them with a Mac. But the Yoga Pad Pro has a full-on Micro HDMI port built into its grip, meaning you can plug basically any HDMI device into it and use the Yoga Pad Pro as a 13-inch monitor. And yes, that absolutely includes a Nintendo Switch.

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Tesla update activates the in-car camera for driver monitoring

New Tesla EVs are ready to use their in-car camera while Autopilot is active to make sure the driver is paying attention.

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Redmi K40 Gaming Edition tipped to land as Poco F3 GT in India (Update)

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Microsoft's Surface Pro 7 and Type Cover are $260 off at Best Buy

Save $260 on Microsoft's Surface Pro 7 with Type Cover during Best Buy's Memorial Day sale.

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Lenovo’s beefy new Android tablet is also an external monitor

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Samsung Galaxy Z Flip updates: A June security patch arrives in May

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Thursday, 27 May 2021

Sony launches motion-sensing music effects controller on Indiegogo

Here’s something you don’t see every day: a brand-new Sony product launching first on Indiegogo. Motion Sonic is, in the words of Sony’s campaign, “effects gear to control sound in sync with your motion for playing music.”

The Motion Sonic device itself is a small capsule that can slot into differently shaped rubber wristbands, sort of like a Fitbit. There’s a band that attaches to your wrist for use cases like playing guitar, and another wraps around the back of your hand and is better suited to playing keys.

What it actually does is allow you to link hand motions to specific musical effects. For example, you could set it to add a delay effect when you move fingers from left to right, or to bend pitch as you roll your wrist. These...

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