Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge DJI is now offering flyaway coverage for its Mini 2 and Mavic Air 2 drones, should they develop a mind of their own and take off. The cost of replacing the escaped drone is $225 for the Mini, and $399 for the Mavic, which is on top of
Read MorePenelope Blackwell / Protocol: At the World Economic Forum, 13 tech companies, including Facebook, Google, and Microsoft, join coalition to improve racial and ethnic justice in the workplace — The World Economic Forum, or “digital Davos” since moving its convention online, announced that 48 companies joined a coalition committed … At the World Economic Forum,
Read More[Carl] wanted to put his force sensors on a transparent PCB and had to ask his board vendor for a special sample. Flexible PCBs are available on transparent substrates made of PET, but they are not as common as polyimide boards. As [Carl] found out, these boards are a bit thicker, a bit less flexible,
Read MoreIntel seriously doubled down on graphics performance with the launch of its Iris Xe graphics on laptops last year, all while implying it would bring similar gains to the more crowded desktop market as well. Today we are seeing the first inkling of this with the launch of Intel’s first dedicated, plug-it-in-a-slot desktop GPU in
Read MoreThe video streaming service said Giuliani repeatedly violated rules against posting false information about the recent election. YouTube suspends Rudy Giuliani from its ad revenue sharing program Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreQuantum computers, according to experts, will one day be capable of performing incredible calculations and nearly unfathomable feats of logic. In the near future, we know they’ll help us discover new drugs to fight disease and new materials to build with. But the far future potential for these enigmatic machines is as vast as the
Read MoreCatalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: In today’s iOS 14.4 update, Apple fixes three 0-days, tipped by an anonymous researcher, and acknowledges a report that they may have been exploited in the wild — Fixes come after Apple patched another set of three zero-days last November. — Apple has released today security updates … In today's iOS
Read MoreRhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo also pledged to help the U.S. economy recover from the pandemic, to expand broadband access to regions with patchy Internet connections, and to promote manufacturing and clean-energy jobs. Biden’s commerce secretary pick pledges a tough line on China but doesn’t detail how she’d deal with Huawei Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreThomas Wilde / GeekWire: Microsoft reports Xbox content and service revenue increased to $3.5B, up 40% YoY, as Xbox Game Pass subscribers hit 18M, up from 15M in September — The latest Xbox console release helped Microsoft hit a new mark for gaming revenue, topping $5 billion during the December quarter, up 51% year-over-year. Microsoft
Read MoreHundreds of bones found in Cambridge, England, tell harsh tales of life between the 10th and 14th centuries. Especially for laborers. Social inequality 'recorded on the bones' of medieval human skeletons – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreEducation institutions have a 14x higher rate of Internet of Things device exposures compared to other industries, according to a recent report from RiskRecon and cybersecurity research firm Cyentia Institute. Report: More IoT Device Exposures Seen in Education Institutions Source: Campus Technology
Read MoreSony has been dominating the mirrorless camera market for the past few years, but we always knew it intended to release a flagship camera lineup even more powerful than its popular a7 and a9 models. That new flagship arrived today: the Sony a1. At $6,498, it’s clearly aimed at professional photographers and videographers only — or
Read MoreIt’s also $30,900 more expensive than an M5 Competition. 2022 BMW M5 CS is the company's quickest production car yet – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreThe new Mini models see a modest $500 price hike for 2022, as well. 2022 Mini Cooper Hardtop and Convertible get fresh looks and new tech – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreImage: Bloodhound LSR For sale: a rocket-powered car named Bloodhound built specifically to break the land speed record. Theoretical top speed of 1,000 miles per hour. Seats one. Price? A paltry $11 million. The tortured saga of the Bloodhound Land Speed Record project has reached a sadly predictable impasse: the current owner is done spending
Read MoreCatalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: Firefox 85 launches with network partitioning, a new feature to block supercookies by partitioning Firefox’s browser cache on a per-website basis — Firefox now joins Chrome and Edge, both of which removed support for Flash earlier this month. — Mozilla has released today Firefox 85 … Firefox 85 launches with network
Read MoreWe can’t wait to travel so we can try out this works-on-any-5G-network phone. Save 0 on the dual-SIM, global 5G Nokia 8.3 smartphone – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft is continuing to attract people to its Xbox Game Pass service. The “Netflix for video games” service now has 18 million subscribers, up from the 15 million previously reported in September. Xbox Game Pass is a subscription service that offers access to a growing selection of more
Read MoreTom Warren / The Verge: Intel launches its first Iris Xe desktop graphics cards targeting SMBs and mainstream PCs, after debuting its Iris Xe Max laptop cards in October — Intel’s first desktop GPUs in 20 years aren’t designed for gaming just yet — Intel is launching its first Iris Xe desktop graphics cards today.
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple just released iOS 14.4 and iPadOS 14.4, and the update notes contain some worrying language (via TechCrunch). Under kernel updates, Apple notes that “a malicious application may be able to elevate privileges,” and under WebKit updates, it says “a remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary
Read MoreLooking for more great shows like WandaVision? Let’s round up Disney’s best gems. 14 of the best TV shows to stream on Disney Plus – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreTweetbot has long been one of the best third-party Twitter applications around for the iPhone and Mac, and today sees the launch of the latest version for iOS: Tweetbot 6, which converts the app into a paid subscription service instead of the single-time purchase that was previously offered. The new app makes the change to
Read MoreImage: Google Google is ending development on the virtual reality painting app Tilt Brush — one of the most well-known VR applications — and making it open source. Tilt Brush was acquired by Google in 2015 after launching for the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, and it was soon folded into the company’s larger VR
Read MoreYour excitement for blockbuster flicks may have vanished after coronavirus closed theaters and murder hornets came on the scene, but most of the movies we forgot about are on their way back in 2021. After long postponements—several, in many cases—these 19 movies have new premiere dates that should get you excited to… Read more… 19
Read MoreTop Product: Samsung Galaxy S10e | $359 | Back Market Read more… The Never-Ending Quest To Shrink My Everyday Carry Source: Life Hacker
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