Waymo, a division of Google parent company Alphabet, will now refer to its technology as “autonomous driving.” Waymo will no longer say ‘self-driving’ in apparent shade to Tesla Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MorePhoto by Samuel Corum/Getty Images A mob of President Donald Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol building this afternoon, and the event was livestreamed. On YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, and more, you could get a view of protestors gathered outside of — and eventually inside of — the US Capitol. In some cases, the streams were
Read MoreDespite the name, home automation doesn’t have to be limited to only the devices within your home. Bringing your car into the mix can open up some very interesting possibilities, such as automatically getting it warmed up in the morning if the outside air temperature drops below a certain point. The only problem is, not
Read MoreWednesday’s Best Deals | Kinja Deals Read more… The 10 Best Deals of January 6, 2021 Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreEdge Chromium is finally letting you sync your open tabs and browsing history between all of your devices. The long-promised features were expected to launch back in summer 2020, but they’re finally rolling out now after a few months in beta. Browsing history and open tab syncing works on Windows 10, macOS, Android,… Read more…
Read MoreThe new Samsung Health feature offers workouts from fitness gurus such as Jillian Michaels. How Samsung TVs will take your at-home workouts to the next level in 2021 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThese gifts are sure to please your fitness-minded friends and family. Best fitness gifts for 2021 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreOn CNET’s I’m So Obsessed podcast, the actress discusses working on Clooney’s Netflix film as well as playing Roxy Jones on the Amazon Prime series Hunters. Midnight Sky star Tiffany Boone benefited from George Clooney's space film expertise – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFor those who haven’t yet splurged on a fancier setup for recording videos at home, know that your smartphone’s camera (ideally coupled with a better microphone that you clip to your body) is good enough in most cases—the rear-facing camera(s), that is. The front-facing camera is typically less powerful. Read more… Up Your Selfie Video
Read MorePhoto by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images Pro-Trump protesters have stormed the US Capitol building, effectively halting a vote to certify the results of the 2020 election. The Capitol is currently on lockdown, and lawmakers from both chambers have been evacuated as the mob has breached both congressional chambers and voting floors. Tear gas has
Read MoreThe ongoing breaches reportedly affect 3% of email accounts at the DOJ, according to The Wall Street Journal. Justice Department emails targeted in SolarWinds hack, report says – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThis new facility would be housed in a pair of disused factories, both of which are currently owned by the city. Jeep is eyeing Toledo, Ohio for a new factory customization facility, report says – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreImage: Mint Mint, the free personal finance app from Intuit, is receiving an update today, adding more automated features like subscription tracking and new “insights” to keep you informed where your money is spent, Fast Company reports. Mint’s new features may bring it more in line with the competition from banks and companies like Google
Read MoreA financial windfall can come in many forms—inheritance, from a trust, stock options, winning the lottery, and to a lesser extent, government relief checks. It’s very common for people to spend much or all of a windfall right away, leaving them little to show for it. This is why you need a plan. Read more…
Read MoreAt this point in time, one would be hard pressed to find anyone who is not at least aware of some of the uses of exoskeletons as they pertain to use by humans. From supporting people during rehabilitation, to ensuring that people working in industrial and warehouse settings do not overexert themselves, while also preventing
Read MoreTeachers who have found themselves holding class over Zoom have probably already figured out clever hacks to show their students documents, but there’s now an app designed specifically for that purpose (via 9to5Mac). Overviewer was made by developer Charlie Chapman, and it allows teachers (or anyone, really) to easily use their phone’s camera as a
Read MoreLauren Feiner / CNBC: DOJ says SolarWinds hackers accessed about 3% of its email accounts, but there’s no indication that the breach impacted classified systems — – Hackers who tapped into government networks through SolarWinds software potentially accessed about 3% of the Justice Department’s email accounts, a spokesperson said Wednesday. DOJ says SolarWinds hackers accessed
Read MoreDr. Ian Cutress / AnandTech: Jim Keller, a star chip designer at Apple, AMD, Tesla, Broadcom, and Intel, has joined Toronto-based Tenstorrent, a startup building AI chips — It is high praise when someone like Jim Keller says that your company ‘has made impressive progress, and has the most promising architecture out there’. Jim Keller,
Read MoreMost people never cooked at home more than they did in 2020. If you started last year with no plans to cook more, you might still be stuck with an inefficient kitchen setup that’s miserable to use. No matter your current feelings on cooking, now is the perfect time to overhaul your kitchen organization—and there’s
Read MoreLess than a month after the first vaccine against COVID-19 was authorized for use in the US, the CDC reports that we have distributed 17 million doses and vaccinated 4.8 million people. (Full protection requires two doses, so most people have only gotten their first.) If you’d like to track the rollout of the vaccine,…
Read MoreAndrew Brust / ZDNet: Starburst, a startup based around an open-source data analytics project from Facebook called Presto, raises $100M Series C led by a16z, valuing it at $1.2B — The second data lake funding announcement of the day brings Starburst’s valuation to $1.2B — Data virtualization … Starburst, a startup based around an open-source
Read MoreMicrosoft is testing a news feed app that will be available directly from the Taskbar in the latest Windows 10 Insider Dev Channel test build. Microsoft adds 'news and interests' feature to Windows 10 taskbar in latest Insider test release Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreAlthough the ability to expand a home computer with more RAM, storage and other features has been around for as long as home computers exist, it wasn’t until the IBM PC that the concept of a fully open and modular computer system became mainstream. Instead of being limited to a system configuration provided by the
Read MoreThe new Windows 10 taskbar feature. | Microsoft Microsoft is making a big change to its Windows 10 taskbar soon, with the addition of a news and weather widget. The new feature is available to testers today, and it will allow Windows 10 users to access a feed of news, stocks, and weather information straight
Read MoreDina Bass / Bloomberg: An oral history from 24 people describing how Microsoft developed the original Xbox, initially an over-budget ungainly product, and reshaped the gaming industry — The original product was ungainly, over-budget and nearly canceled. Here’s how it became a hit and reshaped an industry. An oral history from 24 people describing how
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