July 7, 2020 Poco M2 Pro announced with big fast-charging battery for under $200 Newly independent Xiaomi spin-off Poco has announced its latest smartphone, further broadening the brand beyond the Poco F1’s initial pitch of high specs for…
July 7, 2020 Google Fiber’s first expansion in four years is in West Des Moines About ten years after starting its high speed internet quest, Google Fiber is expanding again. Availability in the city of West Des Moines, IA…
July 7, 2020 TikTok pulls out of Hong Kong due to new security law Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge TikTok says it will stop offering its social video app in Hong Kong after the region adopted…
July 6, 2020 Curiosity rover starts its ‘summer trip’ to next Martian destination In just a few weeks’ time, the Perseverance rover and its helicopter companion might blast off to space and make their way to Mars….
July 6, 2020 Why Boba Fett’s Sound Was a Mystery for Almost 20 Years If I say “Bad Guy in Helmet from Star Wars” first you think of Darth Vader and then you think of Boba Fett. However,…
July 6, 2020 Robots Everywhere This is Robots Everywhere — a show where we chronicle the slow but steady takeover of our future robot overlords, and show you how…
July 6, 2020 Shady Face Recognition Firm Clearview AI Says It’s Left Canada Amid Two Federal Investigations Dystopian, U.S.-based face recognition firm Clearview AI has suspended its contract with the Royal Mounted Canadian Police (RMCP), effectively locking its business out of…
July 6, 2020 Tax Amazon’s Successor Passed Seattle’s City Council, and You Can Already Guess What It Does Unemployment in the US is still over 11%, and yet during this economic crisis, Jeff Bezos has added an astonishing $56.7 billion to his…
July 6, 2020 What’s on TV this week: ‘The Old Guard’ and ‘Trolls World Tour’ This week Trolls World Tour comes home for the second time. It was one of the first major movies to make a video on-demand…
July 6, 2020 In Netflix’s New Transformers Trailer, Even Optimus Prime Is So Very Tired Another day, another war for the fate of Cybertron, and things are looking dire in Netflix and Rooster Teeth’s take on the latest version…