Image: Sony Sony is getting into the drone business, with the company showing off a brief first look at its new Airpeak drone at CES 2021. The new drone is said to be the smallest drone capable of carrying an Alpha camera and is designed for video content creation and professional photography. There are very
Read MoreAfter Wednesday’s storming of the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob, House Democrats have made impeaching the president a renewed priority, even as the clock ticks down on the last days of his term. So far, House lawmakers’ efforts to levy impeachment proceedings are contingent on whether Vice President Mike Pence and Trump… Read more… What
Read MoreDr. Ian Cutress / AnandTech: Roundtable interview with Intel CEO Bob Swan on ramping up 10nm production, possibly sub-licensing leading process node technology from other foundries, more — Intel has a very complex year ahead. On the back of what should be strong revenue year for 2020 as well as a widened scope … Roundtable
Read MoreDean Takahashi / VentureBeat: Intel unveils four chip families, including Intel Core H-series for laptop gaming and Core vPro focused on hardware-based security, for the enterprise market — Intel is aiming for a comeback, and today, it unveiled four new processor families that it will deliver in 2021. Intel unveils four chip families, including Intel
Read MoreTop Pick: Schmidt’s Deodorant, Lavender + Sage | $9 | Amazon Read more… Tired of Waxy Pits and Ingrown Hair? Maybe It’s Time To Make the Switch To Natural Deodorant Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreOnce he assumes office, President-elect Joe Biden is expected to ask Congress to immediately cancel $10,000 in student debt for all borrowers and extend the payment moratorium on federally backed student loans that’s scheduled to lapse this month. But will debt forgiveness pass the Senate? It’s possible—but there’s no… Read more… Why You Shouldn't Bank
Read MoreDevin Coldewey / TechCrunch: Parler sues Amazon after its AWS suspension, leveling far-fetched antitrust allegations including the claim that Amazon hopes to reduce competition for Twitter — Parler has sued Amazon after the beleaguered conservative social media site was expelled from AWS, filing a fanciful complaint alleging … Parler sues Amazon after its AWS suspension,
Read MoreChaim Gartenberg / The Verge: Qualcomm announces the next generation of its ultrasonic in-display fingerprint sensor, saying it’s 77% larger and 50% faster than the previous gen — And it might show up in the Galaxy S21 — Qualcomm has just announced the 3D Sonic Sensor Gen 2, the latest version of its ultrasonic …
Read MoreI swear, I leave the internet for approximately nine days and I nearly miss a viral cooking hack. (I’ll never take time off again, I promise.) But even though I might be the last to see this popular tortilla folding video, I think I might be the first to have waffled the tortilla after folding
Read MoreI won’t bemoan the the right-wing exodus from Twitter, Facebook, and various other social networks over the past few months. (The fewer people sharing messages of support for armed insurrection or coddling Nazis on my social networks, the better.) But the fact that many of of these people fled to the “free speech”… Read more…
Read MorePhoto by Amy Sussman / Getty Images Netflix has signed a multiyear deal with Kevin Hart and his production company HartBeat Productions for four exclusive films starring Hart and first dibs on films the comedy star develops with his company. Hart partnered with Netflix most recently for his comedy special Zero F**ks Given, which Netflix
Read MoreRegular paper greeting cards are pricey for what they are, and of course the annoying musical variety are even more so. If you really want to go all out, however, you’ve got to go custom made. That’s what [Xyla] and [Ian] did, though we’d stop short of recommending you build or send these to anyone!
Read MoreMonday’s Best Deals | Kinja Deals Read more… The 10 Best Deals of January 11, 2021 Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreImage: Apple Writing is often the domain of obsessives, and Emily Dickinson — at least, the witty, chaotic version of her portrayed by Hailee Steinfeld on Apple TV Plus’ Dickinson — gives herself over to her obsessions fully. In the first season of the show, which is an irreverent, Riverdale-style take on the life of
Read MoreIn yet another apparent case of giving (perhaps) too much power to a single person, an unnamed US State Department employee is being blamed for the agency website displaying text indicating US President Donald Trump was no longer in office as of 11 January. Background: Hey, @StateDept, what do you know that the rest of
Read MoreWith three phones comes three battery sizes. What Samsung Galaxy S21 rumors say about its battery life and sizes – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDespite Amazon’s policy barring the sale of items that promote hate, its customers can still find T-shirts, baseball hats and even onesies endorsing the QAnon conspiracy theory that the FBI has identified as a potential domestic terrorist threat. Amazon continues to sell QAnon goods even after booting pro-Trump Parler from its cloud service Source: Washington
Read MoreThe news is not official. State Department website shows Trump's presidential term as ending Monday – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSamsung’s new phones might be sporting softer shades. Samsung Galaxy S21 colors look really pretty in leaked photos – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreTom Warren / The Verge: IDC: PC shipments for 2020 were up 13.1% YoY, the most annual growth in the market since 2010’s 13.7% increase — The PC is far from dead — The PC was supposed to die 10 years ago, but it’s just experienced its first big growth in a decade. Market research
Read MoreTwo of the new robots are more futuristic, but one of Samsung’s new Bots will be available in the US this year — a robot vacuum that doubles as a home monitoring device. Samsung's CES 2021 robots will clean your house and pour you a glass of wine – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSocial media site Parler was effectively taken off the Internet when Amazon, Apple and Google all pulled technical support. Parler sues Amazon after pro-Trump site goes dark Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreImage: Western Digital Western Digital is doubling the maximum storage size of several of its portable SSDs to 4TB. Previously, Western Digital’s SSD lineup maxed out at 2TB. The 4TB storage configuration will be available under Western Digital’s My Passport and WD_Black black brands, along with its subsidiary SanDisk’s Extreme series. All of the products
Read MoreThe VitalSight is preconfigured to automatically upload your data for you. Omron's VitalSight is a blood pressure cuff that directly connects with your doctor – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWhen our children are young, we are privy to many of their innermost thoughts. In fact, it’s not unusual for a preschool-aged child to verbalize nearly every thought in real time, a sort of running dialogue of what is happening inside their brain—which can be both endearing and exhausting. At a certain point, though,… Read
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