ET Deals: Corsair PCI-E 4.0 NVMe 500GB SSD $114, Alienware Aurora AMD Ryzen 7 Gaming Desktop for $1,206, Roborock S4 Robot Vacuum $299

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   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] ET Deals: Corsair PCI-E 4.0 NVMe 500GB SSD $114, Alienware Aurora AMD Ryzen 7 Gaming Desktop for $1,206, Roborock S4 Robot Vacuum $299 This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. By taking advantage of PCI-E 4.0, … Read more

Microsoft Is Closing Its Retail Stores Permanently Due to COVID-19

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   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Microsoft Is Closing Its Retail Stores Permanently Due to COVID-19 This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Microsoft has announced it will close all of its physical store locations. Officially, this is due to COVID-19. The … Read more

MaxiVPN Is Offering Full Online Security Protection For Less Than $25 A Year

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   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] MaxiVPN Is Offering Full Online Security Protection For Less Than $25 A Year This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. You may not have heard, but Australia is under attack. While bombs aren’t raining over Brisbane … Read more

Astronomers Find Two Super-Earths Orbiting Nearby Red Dwarf

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   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Astronomers Find Two Super-Earths Orbiting Nearby Red Dwarf This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. The hard work of astronomers around the world using instruments like the Kepler Space Telescope has shown there’s no shortage of … Read more

Microsoft permanently closes all of its retail stores

Microsoft permanently closes all of its retail stores

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Microsoft permanently closes all of its retail stores Microsoft’s retail stores mimick the look and feel of Apple’s iconic sales fronts, from the glass walls to the wood tables to the very design of the Surface hardware on display. But as anyone who ever … Read more

Twitter Should Not Stay in Its Lane

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Twitter Should Not Stay in Its Lane Twitter has, in the case of Trump’s false tweets about voting by mail, appended a link for people to “get the facts about mail-in ballots,” which leads to a point-by-point refutation, authored by Twitter, of the president’s … Read more

Data caps on AT&T, Comcast, T-Mobile will return June 30

Data caps on AT&T, Comcast, T-Mobile will return June 30

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Data caps on AT&T, Comcast, T-Mobile will return June 30 Major Internet service providers are scheduled to end their quarantine benefits soon, once again subjecting Americans to data caps and removing protections if they are unable to pay their bills.  The FCC’s Keep Americans … Read more

Apple announces macOS Big Sur, new silicon chips, and iOS 14

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Apple announces macOS Big Sur, new silicon chips, and iOS 14 Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn welcome back Verge alum and Wall Street Journal columnist Joanna Stern to discuss the big announcements from Apple’s developer conference this week. Verge news editor Chaim Gartenberg joins … Read more

‘Mysterious new creature’ unearthed in Australia is bear-sized wombat cousin

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] ‘Mysterious new creature’ unearthed in Australia is bear-sized wombat cousin The animal would’ve been roughly the size of a bear, with teeth that suggest a plant-based diet and powerful limbs for digging. Peter Schouten There’s a lot to love about wombats. They’re sturdy creatures, … Read more

Google Meet for G Suite adds custom backgrounds, larger gallery view

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   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Google Meet for G Suite adds custom backgrounds, larger gallery view After watching Zoom take hold with educators during the ongoing pandemic, Google said Thursday that its G Suite for Education is gearing up for the fall with features for Google Meet that include … Read more

Disgraced Lobbyist Jack Abramoff Headed Back to Jail

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Disgraced Lobbyist Jack Abramoff Headed Back to Jail Jack Abramoff, the disgraced lobbyist whose corruption became a symbol of the excesses of Washington influence peddling, is set to return to jail for violating the law that was amended in response to his earlier crimes, … Read more

Cyberpunk 2077 goes all-in on ray tracing and Nvidia’s DLSS 2.0

Cyberpunk 2077 goes all-in on ray tracing and Nvidia's DLSS 2.0

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Cyberpunk 2077 goes all-in on ray tracing and Nvidia’s DLSS 2.0 The first time we saw Cyberpunk 2077, we were convinced there was no way it would be a current-gen game, despite CD Projekt’s claims. Apparently we were wrong, but there’s no question the … Read more

YouTube Music Charges You to Play Your Own Music on Your Own Speakers

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] YouTube Music Charges You to Play Your Own Music on Your Own Speakers This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. As streaming services have become more ubiquitous, they’ve begun treating people who actually own content in … Read more

The Oculus Go is dead, and virtual reality is better for it

The Oculus Go is dead, and virtual reality is better for it

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] The Oculus Go is dead, and virtual reality is better for it Oculus stopped selling its entry-level virtual reality headset on Tuesday, the Oculus Go. Usually this kind of announcement would be met with nostalgic retrospectives and beers poured on the floor. Much lamenting, … Read more

Ningmei CR100 Mini PC With Intel J4105 Processor, 8GB RAM Launched

Ningmei CR100 Mini PC With Intel J4105 Processor, 8GB RAM Launched

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Ningmei CR100 Mini PC With Intel J4105 Processor, 8GB RAM Launched Xiaomi ecosystem company Ningmei has launched its Ningmei CR100 Mini PC in China. The small form factor PC is idea for workspaces where a full size PC cabinet will not work. It can … Read more

Lenovo Yoga C640 review: The battery life blows us away

Lenovo Yoga C640 review: The battery life blows us away

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Lenovo Yoga C640 review: The battery life blows us away At first glance, it’s easy to dismiss this particular model of Lenovo’s Yoga C640, a Best Buy exclusive with a relatively anemic dual-core i3 Comet Lake CPU, a puny 128GB SSD, and a $600 … Read more

House of Marley Redemption ANC true wireless earbuds review

House of Marley Redemption ANC true wireless earbuds review

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] House of Marley Redemption ANC true wireless earbuds review Will you be redeemed by wearing the Redemption ANC buds from the House of Marley? Likely not, but if you’re concerned about the usual Earth-unfriendly methods of making devices like this, you’ll probably at least … Read more

How iOS 14 stole features from Android—and made them so much better

How iOS 14 stole features from Android—and made them so much better

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] How iOS 14 stole features from Android—and made them so much better On Monday Apple unveiled iOS 14—and if you’re an Android user, the “new” OS might have looked a little familiar. The latest upgrade to the iPhone operating system, due to release this fall, … Read more

The ad hater’s guide to cord-cutting

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   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] The ad hater’s guide to cord-cutting For some cord-cutters, extricating themselves from cable isn’t just about a lower TV bill. It’s also about escaping from advertising. When you ditch cable or satellite TV, it’s possible to set up a plan in which you’ll never … Read more

GlobalFoundries Eyes New Chip Plant as Washington Mulls Semiconductor Stimulus: CEO

GlobalFoundries Eyes New Chip Plant as Washington Mulls Semiconductor Stimulus: CEO

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] GlobalFoundries Eyes New Chip Plant as Washington Mulls Semiconductor Stimulus: CEO GlobalFoundries could expand output at its flagship US plant or break ground on a new one next to it, the chief executive of the semiconductor contract manufacturer told Reuters on Wednesday. US-based GlobalFoundries, … Read more

Why Are There Fireworks Every Night? Twitter Has a Theory.

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Why Are There Fireworks Every Night? Twitter Has a Theory. Randall Horvath, the owner of the wholesale retailer OCFireworks, told me that his company has seen about 60 percent more orders than usual. “Of those, buyers are spending on average 30 to 40 percent … Read more

Amazon creates team to go after counterfeiters

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Amazon creates team to go after counterfeiters Amazon sets up a Counterfeit Crimes Unit. Angela Lang/CNET After coming under pressure from lawmakers to go after knockoffs being sold on its sites, Amazon on Wednesday said it set up a Counterfeit Crimes Unit to address … Read more