The Obamas are leaving Spotify for Audible
Barack and Michelle Obama are heading to Audible. On Tuesday, the Amazon-owned company announced an exclusive multiyear first-look production deal with the former first couple’s Higher Ground media...
View ArticleRobots learn to shape letters using Play-Doh
Humans aren't the only ones working with Play-Doh. MIT CSAIL researchers have created a system, RoboCraft, that teaches robots how to work with the kid-friendly goo. The platform first takes the image...
View ArticleWatch scientists discuss the latest research on killer asteroids
Astronomers, astronauts and other near-Earth object experts from around the world are gathering next week in Luxembourg to talk about asteroids. If you tune in to the Asteroid Foundation’s live event...
View ArticleArizona wildfire may spare Kitt Peak National Observatory's telescopes
Located in the mountains outside Tucson, Arizona, the Kitt Peak National Observatory was threatened last week by the ongoing Contreras Fire. While the blaze has affected more than 20,000 acres and...
View ArticleTwitter revives its developer conference after a seven-year hiatus
After a seven-year hiatus, Twitter is once again hosting an in-person developer conference. The company is bringing back Chirp, which will take place in San Francisco on November 16th. Chirp was the...
View ArticleFormer Tesla contractor rejects $15 million payout in racial abuse lawsuit
Last year Owen Diaz, a former contracted elevator operator at Tesla’s Fremont assembly plant, successfully sued the automaker for creating a hostile, racially abusive work environment, and was awarded...
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Google News redesign puts a greater emphasis on local stories
Google News turned 20 this year, and it's getting a major redesign that reflects changing priorities in journalism. The newly launched News desktop revamp now prioritizes catching up on important...
View ArticleProteus is Amazon's first fully autonomous warehouse robot
In a post looking back over the past 10 years since it purchased robotics company Kiva, Amazon has revealed its new machines, including its first fully autonomous warehouse robot. It's called Proteus,...
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PCI Express 7 will be eight times faster than PCI Express 5
The PCI-SIG committee has unveiled the latest PCI Express 7.0 standard with blazing speeds, even as we still wait for two-generation-older PCIe 5 devices to arrive in quantity. Set to launch in 2025...
View ArticleMeta, Microsoft, Epic Games and others join forces to develop metaverse...
A group of companies, including some of the biggest names in tech and the internet, have banded together to develop interoperability standards needed to achieve an open metaverse. The organization is...
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The Morning After: Cryptocurrency may be more centralized than you thought
One of the boons of cryptocurrency is meant to be that no particular company, central bank or government has control. Er, right?That might not be true. Researchers for a report commissioned by the...
View ArticleNothing's transparent Phone 1 won't be coming to North America
Nothing's debut Phone 1 smartphone won't be coming to the US, the company confirmed to PCMag. "While we’d love to bring Phone 1 to the entire community around the world, we're focusing on home markets,...
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IKEA's latest AR app can erase your furniture to showcase its own
IKEA already lets you preview furniture in your home via AR, but its latest AI-powered iOS app offers a big leap in capability. Called IKEA Kreativ, it can scan your rooms using LiDAR and build a...
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MacBook Pro 13-inch review (M2, 2022): Pro in name only
Say hello to Apple's most baffling laptop, the 13-inch MacBook Pro with an M2 chip. It was already a confusing computer when we reviewed the M1 model in 2020 and it was out-shined by the fan-less...
View ArticleTwitter makes it easy for Shopify merchants to highlight their products
Twitter has teamed up with Shopify to give merchants in the US an easy way to use the social network to grow their business. Merchants can now add a Twitter sales channel app to their Shopify admin...
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Fitbit's Sleep Profile feature offers upgraded tracking for Premium subscribers
Fitbit is delving further into sleep tracking with a new feature for Premium subscribers. Sleep Profile will examine 10 metrics, including new ones like time before sound sleep, disrupted sleep and...
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Slack adds video and multi-person screen sharing to huddles
Slack is bringing more features to huddles, which debuted as an ad hoc voice call option last June. While huddles will start as audio-only chats by default, you'll be able to switch on video as well....
View ArticleAmazon employees in Maryland say they were fired for organizing workers
Amazon is once again facing allegations of firing union organizers. The Washington Postreports employee group Amazonians United has filed National Labor Relations Board charges accusing Amazon of...
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Google makes it easier to find and support LGBTQ+ owned businesses
Google has introduced a label that will allow a business to make it clear that it's LGBTQ+ owned. That should help users to find and support queer businesses in their community via Search and Maps....
View ArticleYou can pay for your Lyft ride with cash now
Ridesharing isn't typically viable in the US if you want to pay with cash, but that won't be a problem now that Lyft has introduced an option to pay for rides using cash. Visit 35,000-plus stores like...
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