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2021: The Year of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence 2021-01-04 07:00:00While the pandemic has been painful, it has caused things to accelerate in several areas impressively rapidly. Two of those areas are robotics and art

New FAA Rules Clear Delivery Drones for Takeoff 2020-12-30 08:00:00Final rules governing unmanned aircraft, commonly known as drones, have been released by the Federal Aviation Administration. The move is expected to

Study Finds Best US Mobile Internet Connectivity in 2020-12-29 07:00:00Eight of the top 10 states for mobile Internet coverage are in the Northeast, according to an analysis released by consumer product and services compa

The Essential Need for 5G 2020-12-28 07:00:00Our infrastructure wasn't set up to suddenly shift massive amounts of traffic from companies to homes. Exacerbating this are cable networks with shar

Report of 2024 Apple Car Sparks Mixed Reactions 2020-12-23 07:00:00Since 2014, when Apple first set out to design its own vehicle, the company has engaged in automotive research and development collectively under the

Standout Tech Products of 2020 2020-12-21 07:00:00TechNewsWorld columnist Rob Enderle looks back at all of the Products of the Week he selected during the year and picks the one that made the most sig

Robot Lawyer Faces Legal Troubles of Its Own 2020-12-18 08:00:00An Illinois consumer says that on Sept. 26 he received a number of text messages on his cellphone from a company named DoNotPay, Inc., attempting to s

FTC Demands Social Media Firms' User Data, Harvesting 2020-12-16 11:52:01The Federal Trade Commission seeks to obtain information on how many users certain social media companies have, how active the users are, what the com

Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony Issue Safe Gaming Manifesto 2020-12-15 07:00:00The Big Three makers of video gaming hardware have announced a united front to make online gaming safe for all their players. "We can accomplish more

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AMD CEO Lisa Su talks: Chip shortages, GPU 2021-01-14 06:30:00If you’re still smarting from the inability to buy AMD’s fantastic Ryzen 5000 CPUs and Radeon RX 6000 GPUs many months after their release

Best of CES 2021: The most intriguing and 2021-01-14 06:00:00CES 2021 was virtual, but the parade of PC hardware went on regardless. Big names AMD, Intel, and Nvidia all made splashy announcements, and PC manufa

PCWorld's January Digital Magazine: How much scalpers make 2021-01-13 19:26:00Stay on top of the latest tech with PCWorld’s Digital Magazine. Available as single copies or as a monthly subscription, it highlights the best

Here's how much more gaming you did due 2021-01-13 17:52:00It’s no surprise that the global pandemic has spurred a huge uptick in gaming, but we now have an idea of just how much more that might be.Accor

MSI will support Resizable BAR across Intel and 2021-01-13 16:19:00MSI said it will support Nvidia’s unsexy-sounding, yet performance-boosting PCIe Resizable BAR feature across many of its AMD and Intel-based mo

Qualcomm buys CPU startup Nuvia to beef up 2021-01-13 14:34:00Qualcomm said Wednesday that it plans to buy startup Nuvia for $1.4 billion, potentially as a way to beef up its own CPU efforts and challenge Apple m

Intel unexpectedly names former CTO Pat Gelsinger as 2021-01-13 12:02:00Intel unexpectedly brought back one of its own to lead the company on Wednesday, naming Pat Gelsinger, its former chief technology officer and current

More graphics card makers roll out significant price 2021-01-13 11:47:00A week ago, Asus warned that its graphics cards and motherboards were about to receive significant price hikes due to “increases in cost for com

Ring rolls out end-to-end encryption for select doorbells 2021-01-13 11:00:00Available starting today, end-to-end encryption adds another layer of protection for your Ring video recordings, although implementing it also means g

MSI's powerful, portable gaming laptops go all-in on 2021-01-13 11:00:00MSI will go all-in on Nvidia’s new GeForce RTX 30-series mobile GPUs with its upgraded gaming notebook lineup, as well as Intel’s 10th- an

Three AMD Ryzen 5000 Mobile chips you should 2021-01-13 06:30:00Amid the fanfare over AMD’s new Ryzen 5000 Mobile chips, you might have missed one important detail: Some of the new CPUs use older technol

Hex Home Security monitors Wi-Fi radio waves to 2021-01-13 06:00:00The system analyzes how Wi-Fi radio waves are disrupted as people move around your home and is supposed to be smart enough to ignore pets.

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Capsule raises $2 million for its video Q&A 2021-01-14 17:42:29Capsule, a video Q&A platform aimed at brands, emerged last year in direct response to the challenges companies were facing in terms of reaching c

12 ‘flexible VCs’ who operate where equity meets 2021-01-14 16:47:04A dozen active investors who offer funding via revenue-based, compensation-based and blended-return streams.

Home services platform Porch acquires four companies 2021-01-14 16:05:32Only a few weeks after its SPAC IPO, Porch today announced that it has made four acquisitions, worth a total of $122 million. The most important here

Tiger Global is raising a new $3.75 billion 2021-01-14 15:19:37According to a recent letter sent to its investors, Tiger Global Management, the New York-based investing powerhouse, is raising a new $3.75 billion v

2020 was one of the warmest years in 2021-01-14 15:04:56It’s official. 2020 was one of the warmest years on record either edging out or coming in just behind 2016 for the warmest year in recorded hist

5 consumer hardware VCs share their 2021 investment 2021-01-14 14:54:58"Tesla is arguably the most interesting connected consumer hardware company since Apple exploded in scale with the success of the iPhone."

iSpot expands its ad measurement platform by acquiring 2021-01-14 14:54:14iSpot.tv announced today that it has acquired Ace Metrix, a deal that brings two TV and video ad measurement companies together. iSpot founder an

This new module keeps Philips Hue bulbs connected 2021-01-14 14:14:09Philips Hue bulbs are pretty great, but they have a mortal enemy: the humble light switch. If you’ve got a Hue bulb tied to a standard light swi

Medium acquires social book reading app Glose 2021-01-14 13:31:00Medium is acquiring Paris-based startup Glose for an undisclosed amount. Glose has been building iOS, Android and web apps that let you buy, download

Confusion over WhatsApp’s new T&Cs triggers privacy warning 2021-01-14 13:29:37Confusion over an update to Facebook-owned chat platform WhatsApp’s terms and conditions has triggered an intervention by Italy’s data pro

Beyond Meat shares soar after inking deal with 2021-01-14 13:23:39Shares of Beyond Meat are soaring on news that the company will be working with Taco Bell on new menu items. The company’s stock was up $17.13,

Swimm raises $5.7M to help teams document their 2021-01-14 13:20:18Most developers don’t enjoy writing documentation for their code and that makes life quite a bit harder when a new team member tries to get star

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Army says 'sky's the limit' with new armored 2021-01-14 18:01:10The sky may be the limit, regarding U.S. Army thinking about what its new armored infantry carrier might be in terms of shape, size, weapons, armor co

Big Tech giants need to ‘work together’ to 2021-01-14 17:00:02The former Google consultant made the comments after social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook banned President Trump’s account after the

Alaskan F-35s prepare for major sub-zero Arctic warfare 2021-01-14 14:36:16Just in case Santa Claus and his elves wound up needing military protection from an attempted hostile intrusion in the North Pole, the U.S. Air Force

Best of CES: Smart masks, LG rollable phone, 2021-01-14 12:01:56CES 2021 had the usual high-tech parade of TVs, laptops, phones and robots, but masks made this year’s show different.

Programmer who could lose hundreds of millions in 2021-01-14 11:23:45Stefan Thomas, the programmer who lost $260 million worth of bitcoin when he couldn't remember his password, said there's "no chance" he'll ever

Want to get away from Big Tech? Here’s 2021-01-14 10:11:26The recent ban of Parler from Apple and Google’s app stores and the Amazon shutdown of the social media app might have you thinking about Big Te

Live Updates: Snapchat to permanently terminate Trump's account 2021-01-14 02:23:01The social media platform said it had assessed "what long term action is in the best interest of our Snapchat community" following the riot at

New Pentagon report seeks to counter drone swarm 2021-01-13 13:14:22Swarms of attack drones, groups of weaponized mini-explosive drones and low-altitude, inexpensive, commercially built and readily available air-ground

Steube: Big Tech companies don't deserve liability protection 2021-01-13 10:21:46Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., discussed his effort to curb the liability protections for Big Tech giants like Facebook and Twitter Wednesday on "Fox &

YouTube suspends Trump's ability to upload content indefinitely 2021-01-13 00:42:07YouTube said Tuesday it removed new content from President Trump’s official channel and will prevent videos from being uploaded for a minimum of

Telegram's popularity soaring after Capitol riots: What to 2021-01-12 11:25:20The secure California-based messaging app Signal may be surging in popularity in the wake of the U.S. Capitol riots, but another messaging app, T

Hacker goes after Parler users, archives terabytes of 2021-01-12 09:09:17A hacker has archived Parler user posts, photos and videos in the wake of the platform being accused of fueling the recent Capitol riots.

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How to make the most of TikTok Marketing 2021-01-06 21:51:24TikTok had enjoyed meteoric success in the short time since its creation in 2016. Over the past four years, it has become one of the world’s mos

How To Fix Google Chrome Not Showing Most 2021-01-06 12:15:20Latest advanced browsers show most visited sites as thumbnails when you open the browser. Google Chrome is one such browser which has many advanced fe

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​How to Transfer Everything Including WhatsApp Messages and 2021-01-05 03:10:58Are you planning to change devices? Want to transfer everything from the old device to the new phone? What about your WhatsApp messages and contacts t

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Penji Review: Amazing Designs at Affordable Rates 2021-01-04 02:59:04There are a lot of places on the internet where you can get a graphic design done. But there aren’t many that combine quality with speed and che

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How to Choose the Perfect Television? 2021-01-02 10:56:19Choosing the right TV for your home or office can be difficult. With hundreds of models reaching the market every year with new technologies and mindb

Important Factors to Consider Before Buying New Tech 2021-01-02 00:27:13In society today, almost everything people use in their everyday lives comes from technology or uses it somehow. Buying new tech has become increasing

How To Fix Google Meet ‘Camera is Off’ 2021-01-02 00:20:24Google Meet is a great video conferencing app and a strong contender to the Zoom. Technical errors are most common in apps and Google Meet also has so

How to Mute and Unmute On Zoom 2021-01-01 12:46:49We all know Zoom is a very popular conferencing app in the year 2020. Many businesses, educational institutions have adopted the online conferencing w

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Microsoft to fix Windows 10 bug that can 2021-01-15 08:40:49

Zocdoc offers COVID-19 vaccine scheduler to health care 2021-01-15 08:20:09

Amazon opens Alexa AI tech for the first 2021-01-15 08:00:00

How to cancel your account at Netflix, Amazon 2021-01-15 08:00:00

Intel has to be better than ‘lifestyle company’ 2021-01-15 07:59:42

Bumble disables politics filter after Capitol rioters spotted 2021-01-15 05:32:17

2021 MacBook Pro will ditch the Touch Bar 2021-01-15 01:43:07

A Parler archive is being converted into an 2021-01-14 20:44:11

Samsung will gradually remove chargers and earbuds from 2021-01-14 20:41:45

Spotify’s Car Thing shows up in FCC filings 2021-01-14 19:13:40

How to preorder the Samsung Galaxy S21, S21 2021-01-14 17:16:17

The Galaxy A32 5G debuts in Europe as 2021-01-14 17:00:51

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This 1962 Jaguar E-Type is a collector’s dream 2021-01-15 09:06:57No doubt, the original Series I Jaguar E-Type produced from 1961 to 1968 is one of those rare unicorn barn finds. Not only is it the most beautiful ca

NASA gives up on the “mole” portion of 2021-01-15 08:38:43One of the mission experiments aboard the InSight Lander that scientists worked to deploy on Mars was the heat probe known as the “mole” d

Renault 5 is ushering Nouvelle Vague era and 2021-01-15 08:11:03In the same way the French Renaissance ignited the artistic and cultural movement between the 15th and 17th century, Renault’s 5 prototype is us

2021 Honda Ridgeline begins shipping on February 2 2021-01-15 07:47:26Honda has announced that the redesigned Ridgeline pickup will land at Honda dealerships starting on February 2. For 2021, the Ridgeline has an all-new

Belkin Soundform earbuds and Boostcharge mobile power accessories 2021-01-15 07:23:46Belkin has unveiled new accessories in the audio and charging segments, including its Soundform Audio and Boostcharge mobile power accessories. The ea

2020 tied with 2016 as the warmest year 2021-01-15 06:57:24NASA has analyzed the Earth’s global average surface temperature during 2020 and found that the year tied with 2016 as the warmest year on recor

Movement that Inspires: Kia’s new logo and brand 2021-01-15 06:29:01Kia is reinventing its brand strategy and corporate mission with a literal bang. Most recently, Kia presented its new logo to the world by commissioni

Artemis I Orion spacecraft is ready to be 2021-01-15 06:02:13NASA has announced that the Orion spacecraft used for the Artemis I mission has completed its time in the Neil Armstrong Operations & Checkout Bui

Apple Music, Podcast apps might be coming to 2021-01-15 00:54:22It has been less than two years since Apple retired the venerable iTunes, both the brand and the app. But while Apple itself has already moved on with

Galaxy Book Flex2 5G is the Galaxy Book 2021-01-14 22:59:28Samsung doesn’t always have the best naming conventions, especially when it suddenly skips a number for no apparent reason. At the virtual IFA 2

Blizzard Battle.net gets a much-needed redesign 2021-01-14 22:08:18Although Steam has become the de facto game store and community platform on PCs, almost every major publisher has its own little island to speak of. A

Spotify Car Thing at the FCC looks very 2021-01-14 21:43:19Every music and audio provider naturally wants to be anywhere it would be safe to listen. Cars are definitely one of those places, especially compared

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Tesla claims you are ‘7x less likely to 2021-01-14 17:46:51 Tesla claims that a driver is “7x less likely to be involved in an accident” with Autopilot enabled. The data is not that clear, but it s

Quick Charge Podcast: January 14, 2021 2021-01-14 16:49:59 Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn a

SONDORS unveils game-changing 80 mph electric motorcycle, and 2021-01-14 16:00:00 SONDORS has just pulled up the curtain on its first-ever electric motorcycle, the SONDORS Metacycle. The new commuter electric motorcycle may just be

The NTSB warns that emergency responders require better 2021-01-14 15:51:47 A report released on Wednesday by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) states that emergency responders have access to inadequate tools an

Lucid (CCIV) and Proterra (ACTC) become latest EV 2021-01-14 14:34:42 Lucid Motors (CCIV) and Proterra (ACTC) are the latest electric vehicle companies looking to go public as there’s currently a gold rush in the

Green Deals: Portable 100W 12V Solar Panel $70 2021-01-14 13:17:33 HQSTSolar via Amazon offers its 100W 12V Solar Panel for $69.99 shipped. That’s a $20 savings from the regular going rate and the bes

Joe Biden expands his climate team with six 2021-01-14 12:44:46 In December, Electrek reported that President-elect Joe Biden named the NRDC’s Gina McCarthy domestic climate czar. McCarthy and her deputy, Al

BMW announces Digital Key Plus for use with 2021-01-14 11:41:51 BMW was the first car manufacturer to adopt Apple’s Car Key feature – enabling an iPhone or Apple Watch to unlock your car – and ha

GM teases Cadillac Celestiq electric car with interesting 2021-01-14 11:34:01 GM is teasing the Cadillac Celestiq, a new electric car presented as a flagship model, with a few images and the announcement of an interesting &ldqu

EGEB: Spicy chili pepper chemical boosts solar panel 2021-01-14 10:47:16 In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Capsaicin, which makes chilli peppers hot, has an energy-boosting effect on solar panels. Coal-d

Renault announces 7 new electric cars, unveils Renault 2021-01-14 09:26:42 French automaker Renault announced its plan for the next 5 years and it includes 7 new electric cars to hit the market. One of them should be based o

Wallke X2 Pro review: A full-size, full-suspension electric 2021-01-14 08:32:43 The Wallke X2 Pro is in many ways a typical electric fat tire e-bike. It offers giant tires, a powerful motor, and a big ol’ storage rack on th

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Borrowing from birds, experts reduce search times for 2021-01-14 13:40:26Computational materials science experts have enhanced an algorithm that borrows its approach from the nesting habits of cuckoo birds, reducing the sea

Posidonia marine seagrass can catch and remove plastics 2021-01-14 13:01:51Posidonia oceanica seagrass can take and remove plastic materials that have been left at the sea, according to a new study.

Galaxies hit single, doubles, and triple (growing black 2021-01-14 13:01:42When three galaxies collide, what happens to the huge black holes at the centers of each? A new study using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and seve

Mapping our sun's backyard 2021-01-14 13:01:35Astronomers have curated the most complete list of nearby brown dwarfs to date thanks to discoveries made by thousands of volunteers participating in

Deep learning outperforms standard machine learning in biomedical 2021-01-14 13:01:25Compared to standard machine learning models, deep learning models are largely superior at discerning patterns and discriminative features in brain im

New way to control electrical charge in 2D 2021-01-14 13:01:21Gaining control of the flow of electrical current through atomically thin materials is important to potential future applications in photovoltaics or

New method makes better predictions of material properties 2021-01-14 11:19:26By combining large amounts of low-fidelity data with smaller quantities of high-fidelity data, nanoengineers have developed a new machine learning met

How aerosols are formed 2021-01-14 11:19:10Researchers conducted an experiment to investigate the initial steps in the formation of aerosols. Their findings are now aiding efforts to better und

Giant map of the sky sets stage for 2021-01-14 09:58:05Astronomers using images from Kitt Peak National Observatory and Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory have created the largest ever map of the sky,

Doubling the number of known gravitational lenses 2021-01-14 08:54:39Data from the DESI (Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument) Legacy Imaging Surveys have revealed over 1200 new gravitational lenses, approximately doubl

A climate in crisis calls for investment in 2021-01-14 08:54:23There is a growing consensus among scientists as well as national and local governments representing hundreds of millions of people, that humanity fac

Pulsed ultraviolet light technology to improve egg safety, 2021-01-13 18:06:05Pulsed ultraviolet light can be an effective alternative to some of the antimicrobial technologies now used by the poultry industry to kill pathogens