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Engadget

The Morning After: The Switch can now run cloud-streamed games

So now Nintendo does cloud-streamed gaming too. Putting aside the revelation that the Switch has offered cloud gaming in Japan since 2018, it's interesting to see the option pop up on the convertible console. For gamers who don't live in Japan, our f...

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Engadget

The Morning After: The Switch can now run cloud-streamed games

The Verge

Spotify surges past 300M users after successful Russia launch

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Spotify now has 320 million monthly active users and 144 million paid subscribers, an increase of 29 and 27 percent respectively year-over-year, the company announced in its latest earnings release. User growth was driven by marketing campaigns in India, ...

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The Verge

Spotify surges past 300M users after successful Russia launch

WIRED

A New Way to Plug a Human Brain into a Computer: via Veins

Electrodes threaded through the blood vessels that feed the brain let people control gadgets with their minds.

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WIRED

A New Way to Plug a Human Brain into a Computer: via Veins

WIRED

Gamers Forge Their Own Paths When It Comes to Accessibility

Players with disabilities and chronic illnesses haven't waited around for console manufacturers to look their way. Here's how far we've come?and how far we have to go.

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WIRED

Gamers Forge Their Own Paths When It Comes to Accessibility

WIRED

The Tech Antitrust Problem No One Is Talking About

Americans pay more for broadband internet service and have fewer choices than consumers in other countries.

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WIRED

The Tech Antitrust Problem No One Is Talking About

Engadget

Chaos Audio's multieffects guitar pedal links to your smartphone

Chaos Audio has unveiled a digital multi-effects guitar pedal on Kickstarter that could be ideal for budget-minded users or beginners. The Chaos Stratus marries a customizable digital pedal board, guitar tuner, looper and metronome, all controlled by...

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Chaos Audio's multieffects guitar pedal links to your smartphone

TechCrunch

Trump hints at stopping "powerful" big tech in latest "get out the vote" tweet

If there was any doubt that yesterday's flogging of big tech CEOs by Senate republicans was anything other than an electioneering stunt, president Trump has thumped the point home by tweeting a video message to voters in which he bashes "big tech" as (maybe) too powerful but certainly in need of being ...

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TechCrunch

Trump hints at stopping "powerful" big tech in latest "get out the vote" tweet

Engadget

Tesla's $500 'Radio Upgrade' restores FM and Sirius XM access

Earlier this year, Tesla started offering owners of older Model S and Model X vehicles the option to upgrade their infotainment systems for $2,500. Purchasing it gives them access to features found in the newer version of the system, including YouTub...

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Tesla's $500 'Radio Upgrade' restores FM and Sirius XM access

TechCrunch

Upgrade adds rewards program to its credit card

Fintech startup Upgrade has been quite successful with its two flagship products " a low-cost credit card and personal loans. The company is making its credit card more attractive by adding rewards. Upgrade Card consumers will earn 1.5% cash back on all purchases made with the card " there's no specific ...

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TechCrunch

Upgrade adds rewards program to its credit card

The Verge

Eve's light strip is first to support HomeKit's color-changing adaptive lighting

The light can now adjust its colors automatically. | Image; Eve Eve's smart light strip can now adjust its colors automatically throughout the course of the day thanks to iOS 14's new Adaptive Lighting feature, the company announced. The light strip is the first product to support the new Apple ...

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The Verge

Eve's light strip is first to support HomeKit's color-changing adaptive lighting

Engadget

Cakewalk3D lets your regular 3D printer decorate food

You"d have to be a real foodie to drop a few thousand dollars on a dedicated food printer, but what if you could transform a regular 3D printer into one for a fraction of that" That's the premise behind Cakewalk3D, a new Kickstarter project that prom...

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Engadget

Cakewalk3D lets your regular 3D printer decorate food

The Verge

Bang & Olufsen's latest lunchbox-shaped speaker has a built-in Qi wireless charger

The Beolit 20 features a Qi wireless charging pad for keeping other devices topped up with power. | Image: Bang & Olufsen Bang & Olufsen's latest portable Bluetooth speaker is the Beolit 20, a lunchbox-sized successor to 2017's Beolit 17. The big upgrade this time around is a new Qi wireless ...

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The Verge

Bang & Olufsen's latest lunchbox-shaped speaker has a built-in Qi wireless charger

Fast Company

From self-propelled mailboxes to mail-via-missile: A century of attempts at inventing drone delivery

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Google's Wing delivery drones have supplied Virginia residents with toilet paper and medicine, while some grocers have turned to drones to fulfill unprecedented demand for grocery deliveries. Late this summer, Amazon moved a crucial step closer to offering consumers drone ...

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Fast Company

From self-propelled mailboxes to mail-via-missile: A century of attempts at inventing drone delivery

Fast Company

The best sites to follow on election night, according to experts

I'm still scarred from 2016. With an abiding faith in polls and data visualization, I trusted, like so many other people, that Hillary Clinton was a shoo-in for the presidency.&xA0; But even the best minds got it wrong. The polling was off by greater margins than ever before. And for all the maps, ...

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Fast Company

The best sites to follow on election night, according to experts

Fast Company

What GM's Mary Barra asks in job interviews

If you ever found yourself in a job interview with Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors, you'd be asked a zinger of a question. It's actually three questions in one. She'd say: "What three adjectives would your peers use to describe you" What three adjectives would your boss use to describe you" And ...

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Fast Company

What GM's Mary Barra asks in job interviews

Fast Company

California's Proposition 24 is an ambitious"but controversial"privacy overhaul

In the United States, California is leading the way toward creating personal privacy rights. Now, a new proposition that will be on the ballot November 3 hopes to both close certain loopholes in the state's original legislation and make some concessions to businesses. If it passes, it could serve as ...

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Fast Company

California's Proposition 24 is an ambitious"but controversial"privacy overhaul

Engadget

FBI warns hospitals of 'increased and imminent' ransomware threat

US federal authorities have issued a joint cybersecurity advisory warning hospitals and healthcare providers that they're in danger of being targeted by a ransomware attack. A number of providers in the US had fallen victim to cybercriminals taking t...

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Engadget

FBI warns hospitals of 'increased and imminent' ransomware threat

Fast Company

Tech's age of excess is done. Welcome to the new pragmatism

For weeks now I've been trying to articulate to friends why I love the Pixel 5–a phone that costs hundreds of dollars less than an iPhone 12 Pro–when I loathed the Pixel 4. There's almost nothing to this new phone. It's a screen, an unlock button, and a hole-punched camera on the front. But it's quick, ...

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Fast Company

Tech's age of excess is done. Welcome to the new pragmatism

Fast Company

Pepsi, Nestlé, and Bacardi are all using this new plastic-like packaging that's compostable anywhere

A new bottle in development for Bacardi looks like ordinary plastic. But if it ends up in a landfill or the ocean–or a backyard compost bin–the material will completely biodegrade. Called PHA, or polyhydroxyalkanoate, the plant-based material will soon start showing up in all kinds of packaging on store ...

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Fast Company

Pepsi, Nestlé, and Bacardi are all using this new plastic-like packaging that's compostable anywhere

Ars Technica

Advisories: "Brazen" Russian ransomware hackers target hundreds of US hospitals

The threat comes as virus cases spike and the election nears the final stretch.

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Ars Technica

Advisories: "Brazen" Russian ransomware hackers target hundreds of US hospitals

Engadget

Vizio's latest TVs add FreeSync, 120Hz 4K gaming support

With new game consoles just around the corner and PC GPUs delivering high-res graphics at 120fps, Vizio is rolling out an update for 2021 SmartCast-enabled TVs with its ProGaming Engine tech built-in. While Vizio mentioned HDMI 2.1 support in V-Serie...

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Vizio's latest TVs add FreeSync, 120Hz 4K gaming support

TechCrunch

Marriott International announces partnership with Grab in six Southeast Asian countries

The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the hospitality industry especially hard, and hotels around the world are looking for ways to regain revenue. Today, Marriott International and Grab announced a partnership that will cover the hospitality giant's dining businesses in six Southeast Asian countries: Singapore, ...

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TechCrunch

Marriott International announces partnership with Grab in six Southeast Asian countries

The Verge

The latest Section 230 hearing showed that Republicans want to make the internet smaller

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Well, we had another hearing with the platform CEOs. The dream with this sort of thing is that Congress shows up with a full command of the issues, and asks the CEOs good-faith questions about matters of policy and law. And then I"d come along at the end ...

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The Verge

The latest Section 230 hearing showed that Republicans want to make the internet smaller

TechCrunch

Ford will reveal its all-electric Transit van in November

Ford plans to reveal in November an all-electric version of its Ford Transit cargo van, the company said Wednesday as part of its broader third-quarter earnings report. The unveiling will showcase an electric van for all of the company's global addressable markets. The company has been talking about ...

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TechCrunch

Ford will reveal its all-electric Transit van in November

Recode

5 fact-checks from the Senate's hearing on social media

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testifying remotely before the Senate on October 28. | Michael Reynolds/Getty Images We took a closer look at the unproven claims lawmakers made about Facebook, Google, and Twitter. Six days ahead of a historic presidential election whose outcome is expected to shape ...

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5 fact-checks from the Senate's hearing on social media

TechCrunch

Section 230 barely rates a mention in Senate's hasty pre-election flogging of tech CEOs

Today's Senate hearing on immensely important legal protections for online platforms quickly proved to be little more than an excuse for Senators to accuse the CEOs of Twitter, Facebook and Google of partisan interference with next week's election. The actual law being considered for revision was mentioned ...

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TechCrunch

Section 230 barely rates a mention in Senate's hasty pre-election flogging of tech CEOs

TechCrunch

Rocket Lab successfully launches 10 Earth observation satellites in 15th commercial mission

New Zealand launch provider Rocket Lab has put its 15th commercial payload into space, delivering 10 Earth observation satellites each to their own orbit. The company is getting back into its stride after an upset in July dampened plans to set a record for launch turnaround time. Aboard the latest Electron ...

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TechCrunch

Rocket Lab successfully launches 10 Earth observation satellites in 15th commercial mission

The Verge

SpaceX is replacing two engines on its Falcon 9 rocket ahead of next crewed mission

Image: SpaceX SpaceX is replacing two engines on its Falcon 9 rocket that will soon carry four astronauts to the International Space Station. The change is being made after SpaceX found a substance in the engines that could have caused them to start earlier than planned. SpaceX found the substance ...

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The Verge

SpaceX is replacing two engines on its Falcon 9 rocket ahead of next crewed mission

The Verge

Verizon's Yahoo zombie appears again as a purple phone

The Blade A3Y for Yahoo Mobile." | Image: ZTE While the ascendant Yahoo of the 1990s now only lives in our memories, its name and branding continue to shamble on zombie-like to its owner Verizon's other products " this time, the ZTE Blade A3Y, an exclusive phone for Yahoo Mobile bearing its namesake ...

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The Verge

Verizon's Yahoo zombie appears again as a purple phone

Ars Technica

How a tiny bit of lacquer grounded new Falcon 9 rockets for a month

"Rocketry is tough and requires a lot of attention to detail."

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Ars Technica

How a tiny bit of lacquer grounded new Falcon 9 rockets for a month

Recode

Republicans accuse Twitter's Jack Dorsey and other Big Tech CEOs of violating their free speech rights

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testifies before the Senate Commerce Committee on October 28, 2020. | Greg Nash/Getty Images In the end, the Section 230 hearing didn't have much to do with Section 230. CEOs from two of the biggest companies in the world (and Twitter) testified in front ...

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Republicans accuse Twitter's Jack Dorsey and other Big Tech CEOs of violating their free speech rights

WIRED

'Watch Dogs: Legion' Tackles Surveillance Without Humanity

The game envisions a near future full of techno-dystopian surveillance, but it doesn't have much to say about the people it affects.

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WIRED

'Watch Dogs: Legion' Tackles Surveillance Without Humanity

Ars Technica

In a first, researchers extract secret key used to encrypt Intel CPU code

Hackers can now reverse engineer updates or write their own custom firmware.

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Ars Technica

In a first, researchers extract secret key used to encrypt Intel CPU code

Ars Technica

RIP Google Play Music, 2011 – 2020

We celebrate the life of Google's music service. It shall live forever in our hearts.

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Ars Technica

RIP Google Play Music, 2011 – 2020

WIRED

Surprise! The Section 230 Hearing Wasn't About Section 230

Republican senators unloaded on Twitter's Jack Dorsey, but had little to say about reforming the foundational internet law.

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WIRED

Surprise! The Section 230 Hearing Wasn't About Section 230

Ars Technica

New African genomes: Complicated migrations and strong selection

We finally have more African genomes, revealing over 3 million new variations.

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Ars Technica

New African genomes: Complicated migrations and strong selection

Ars Technica

AMD's newest graphics cards: RDNA2 power from $579 to $999

Pricing is a mixed bag?we expect to see price cuts on the low-end RX 6800 soon.

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Ars Technica

AMD's newest graphics cards: RDNA2 power from $579 to $999

WIRED

What to Wear When Battling the Venomous Asian Giant Hornet

The suits worn by Washington state entomologists aren't "official" hornet-fighting armor. But they were affordable?and came up in an Amazon search.

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WIRED

What to Wear When Battling the Venomous Asian Giant Hornet

Recode

During the worst summer of our lives, I didn't have internet. It was the best.

Log off however you want. You won't regret it. | Malte Mueller/Getty Images Ahead of the presidential election, it's okay to log off. I write about the internet for a living, so it may seem strange to report that I"m no longer very fond of it. This summer, I found myself without regular internet ...

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During the worst summer of our lives, I didn't have internet. It was the best.

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Trump's misleading tweet about changing your vote, briefly explained

President Donald Trump addresses supporters during a campaign rally at Capital Region International Airport on October 27, 2020, in Lansing, Michigan. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images On Tuesday, the president yet again spread misleading information about voting on Twitter and Facebook. ...

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Trump's misleading tweet about changing your vote, briefly explained

Recode

Here are the 15 Silicon Valley millionaires spending the most to beat Donald Trump

Prior to the 2016 race, these 15 people together had donated about $7 million in total federal contributions. Over the last two years alone" That figure is over $120 million. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images These tech titans have spent $120 million over the last two years, leading Silicon Valley's ...

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Here are the 15 Silicon Valley millionaires spending the most to beat Donald Trump

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How our Google searches have changed in this presidential election

Getty Images From Medicare to misinformation, a new data visualization tracks Americans" interests in election years. The 2020 election is different from those that have come before in many ways, including the ways in which we're Googling. Waves of Interest, a new collaboration between Google ...

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How our Google searches have changed in this presidential election