The Star of This $70 Million Sci-Fi Film Is a Robot

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] The Star of This $70 Million Sci-Fi Film Is a Robot “She’d ask questions like, ‘Why am I saying this line more loudly or more softly?’” Helderman said. “Or, ‘Why am I doing this thing when the camera is there, but not when it … Read more

Inside TikTok star Dixie D’Amelio’s music business, making ‘Be Happy’

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Inside TikTok star Dixie D’Amelio’s music business, making ‘Be Happy’ TikTok star Dixie D’Amelio recently released her first single, “Be Happy.”  The song was released under a new family-owned label, DAM FAM Recordings, and reached over 1 million Spotify streams within its first weekend. … Read more

Intel’s 12th Gen ‘Alder Lake’ Will Be its First 10nm Desktop CPU Lineup in 2021, Big.Little Core Setup Rumoured

Intel Rumoured to be Developing Future 16-Core

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Intel’s 12th Gen ‘Alder Lake’ Will Be its First 10nm Desktop CPU Lineup in 2021, Big.Little Core Setup Rumoured Along with the news that its future 7nm CPUs will be delayed till at least late 2022, and that it might pivot to contracting external … Read more

Scientists Unveil First Ever Pictures of Multiple Planets around a Sunlike Star

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Scientists Unveil First Ever Pictures of Multiple Planets around a Sunlike Star For the first time ever, scientists have managed to capture images of multiple planets twirling about another sunlike star. Yet despite its stellar host’s resemblance to our own, the snapshots of this … Read more

Raspberry Pi 4 project: Build a $100 PC

Raspberry Pi 4 project: Build a $100 PC

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Raspberry Pi 4 project: Build a $100 PC For a short while, PC building was gloriously affordable. The cost of graphics cards and RAM finally dropped after 2018’s dark times, AMD kept cramming more cores into its CPU lineup without increasing prices, and SSDs … Read more

Ecobee SmartCamera review: If you can tolerate a subscription, this security cam has more features than most

Ecobee SmartCamera review: If you can tolerate a subscription, this security cam has more features than most

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Ecobee SmartCamera review: If you can tolerate a subscription, this security cam has more features than most Ecobee builds our absolute favorite smart thermostat, and its new SmartCamera with voice-control security camera is just as innovative. But this is a super-competitive space, and Ecobee … Read more

Intel 7nm Chip Delay Forces Shift to Using More Outside Factories

Intel Buys Moovit Transit App for $900 Million to Help Develop Robotaxis

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Intel 7nm Chip Delay Forces Shift to Using More Outside Factories Intel said on Thursday its new 7nm chip technology was six months behind schedule and it would consider farming out more work to outside semiconductor foundries, eroding a founding principle that manufacturing is key … Read more

How to watch: Apple, Amazon, Google, Facebook CEOs to testify to Congress

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] How to watch: Apple, Amazon, Google, Facebook CEOs to testify to Congress The heads of several of America’s largest technology corporations are heading to Congress to testify before the House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee. Among those expected to appear are Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Apple … Read more

ET Deals: $1,000 Off Dell 2020 Vostro 15 7500 Core i7 & Nvidia GTX Laptop, Asrock Radeon RX 5700 XT w/ Godfall & X10 Router $409

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   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] ET Deals: $1,000 Off Dell 2020 Vostro 15 7500 Core i7 & Nvidia GTX Laptop, Asrock Radeon RX 5700 XT w/ Godfall & X10 Router $409 This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Today you can … Read more

Black Instagram users faced disproportionate bans: Report

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Black Instagram users faced disproportionate bans: Report Internal researchers at Facebook reportedly discovered in 2019 that an automatic moderation algorithm at Facebook-owned Instagram was 50% more likely to auto-ban Black users than white users. But when the researchers reported their findings to higher-ups, they … Read more

Intel says its 7nm transition is running 12 months behind expectations

Intel says its 7nm transition is running 12 months behind expectations

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Intel says its 7nm transition is running 12 months behind expectations Though Intel reported solid second-quarter revenue while weathering the pandemic, the company’s outlook appears to be much more grim. Intel said it was delaying its next-generation 7nm transition, pushing it out a full … Read more

The Full Nerd ep. 146: AMD Ryzen 4000 G, Nvidia 12-pin power rumors, and Q&A

The Full Nerd ep. 146: AMD Ryzen 4000 G, Nvidia 12-pin power rumors, and Q&A

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] The Full Nerd ep. 146: AMD Ryzen 4000 G, Nvidia 12-pin power rumors, and Q&A In this episode of The Full Nerd, Gordon Ung, Brad Chacos, Alaina Yee, and Adam Patrick Murray dive into AMD’s latest APUs, rumors of a 12-pin power connector on … Read more

PubMed Leaps Into Pseudoscience, Links 5G, Coronavirus

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   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] PubMed Leaps Into Pseudoscience, Links 5G, Coronavirus PubMed is a free life science and biomedical database anyone can search to find papers published on various topics. It’s been free to the public since 1997, and it’s often referenced by people looking for recent medical … Read more

Plex is targeting channel-surfing cord-cutters, adding 80-plus channels to its free streaming TV service

Plex is targeting channel-surfing cord-cutters, adding 80-plus channels to its free streaming TV service

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Plex is targeting channel-surfing cord-cutters, adding 80-plus channels to its free streaming TV service Channel surfing is becoming the new on-demand, with Plex becoming the latest streaming video service to add a swath of live—and free, ad-supported—streaming TV channels to its lineup. Mentioned in … Read more

Twitter’s Dorsey addresses massive hack as revenue slumps, users soar

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Twitter’s Dorsey addresses massive hack as revenue slumps, users soar Twitter reported its second-quarter earnings on Thursday before the market opened. James Martin/CNET Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Thursday tried to quell security concerns about the social network after hackers hijacked the accounts of … Read more

Why AMD says we’ll be buying a lot of PCs this year

Why AMD says we'll be buying a lot of PCs this year

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Why AMD says we’ll be buying a lot of PCs this year AMD has a dream that we’ll all buy more PCs, including AMD-based ones, of course—and that dream just may be coming true. Citing data from the National Retail Federation, Rick Bergman, AMD’s … Read more

Roku’s ‘neutral platform’ days are over

Roku's 'neutral platform' days are over

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Roku’s ‘neutral platform’ days are over Roku got far in the streaming wars by framing itself as a neutral party. With its inexpensive, straightforward streaming devices that practically anyone could publish on, Roku became a hit with cord-cutters and a valuable platform for content … Read more

PUBG 8.1 Update Is Live on PC and Consoles With Major Changes to Sanhok Map, Loot Truck, and More

PUBG 8.1 Update Is Live on PC and Consoles With Major Changes to Sanhok Map, Loot Truck, and More

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] PUBG 8.1 Update Is Live on PC and Consoles With Major Changes to Sanhok Map, Loot Truck, and More PUBG for PC and consoles received its 8.1 update that brings a revamped Sanhok map, a loot truck, an updated Survivor Pass, and several other … Read more

Xbox gaming, Windows drive Microsoft’s sales as the world works from home

Xbox gaming, Windows drive Microsoft's sales as the world works from home

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Xbox gaming, Windows drive Microsoft’s sales as the world works from home As consumers worked on Windows PCs during the pandemic and played games on their Xbox in the evening, Microsoft benefited from both trends. In a shift from prior quarters, Microsoft’s More Personal … Read more

This miniature USB-powered desktop fan is under $10

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] This miniature USB-powered desktop fan is under $10 Gafild There are only two things I keep plugged into the USB hub on my desk: a Cylon from Battlestar Galactica, complete with glowing eye and sound effect, and a small fan to beat the heat … Read more

Microsoft’s latest Windows beta connects with Eye Contact

Microsoft's latest Windows beta connects with Eye Contact

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Microsoft’s latest Windows beta connects with Eye Contact Microsoft’s latest Windows 10 Insider build reanimates the often passed-over Surface app, adding a new capability: a way to use AI so that your eyes appear to meet the gaze of those you’re speaking to on … Read more

AMD’s Ryzen 4000 G-series chips arrive, but the company promises you’ll want the next chip instead

The AMD Ryzen 4000 G chips are for mainstream desktop PCs

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] AMD’s Ryzen 4000 G-series chips arrive, but the company promises you’ll want the next chip instead Describing its newest line of Ryzen 4000 G and Ryzen Pro 4000 G chips with graphics cores as the “ultimate” desktop chips, on Tuesday AMD unleashed no fewer … Read more