[responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Electric Vehicle Makers Find a Back Door to Wall Street Steve Burns pulled together several pieces of a business venture over the last year: His company, Lordstown Motors, designed an electric pickup truck, acquired a plant and machinery from General Motors, and racked up … Read more
[responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] SpaceX’s Starlink likely to lose in FCC’s $16 billion subsidy auction SpaceX has launched hundreds of internet-beaming Starlink satellites and recently started a private beta for the network. But the aerospace company, founded by Elon Musk, might try to defray some of its cost … Read more
[responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] The best security cameras that run on batteries to buy this year Not only do battery-powered security cameras give you more installation flexibility than their wired counterparts, they’re also typically weatherproof for outside use. That means you can install a wireless security camera on … Read more
[responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] ET Weekend Deals: $900 Off Dell 2020 Vostro 15 7500 Core i7 & Nvidia GTX Laptop, Amazon New Fire HD 8 Tablet for $59 This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Today you can get a … Read more
Premom’s Data Selling Controversy: A Closer Look at Privacy Concerns Premom, a widely used fertility app available on Android and Google Play, has recently faced scrutiny for its involvement in selling customer data to Chinese companies. The app claims to assist individuals in achieving pregnancy through natural methods by providing fertility and ovulation tracking features. … Read more
[responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Monzo: Leaked messages show non-executive staff off Covid pay freeze Internal slack messages from challenger bank Monzo, seen by Business Insider, show that the startup is ending a pay freeze instigated during the coronavirus pandemic. The pay freeze will end on 1 September for … Read more
[responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] ET Deals: Dell XPS 13 7390 13.3-Inch Intel Core i5 Laptop for $809, iRobot Roomba i7+ 7550 Robot Vacuum for $699 This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Today you can get a compact 13.3-inch Dell … Read more
[responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] What Is QAnon, the Viral Pro-Trump Conspiracy Theory? Making things more complicated is that Q’s online home base has changed several times. Q’s posts originally appeared on 4chan. Then they moved to 8chan, where they stayed until that site was taken offline last year … Read more
[responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Facebook cracks down on QAnon, after it reached millions of people Facebook announced Wednesday it was taking down pages and accounts that promote QAnon, a conspiracy theory with a growing number of followers. An estimate published by the Guardian said QAnon pages on the … Read more
[responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] A New BlackBerry Keyboard Phone Is On the Way This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. BlackBerry used to dominate the “smartphone” market back when those devices were not really very smart. The Canadian company never … Read more
[responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] BlackBerry phones to return in 2021, with 5G and physical keyboard TCL’s BlackBerry Key2 was released in 2018, but despite a rumored update, the Key3 never materialized. Josh Miller/CNET BlackBerry is back, again. Sort of. The smartphone brand once synonymous with corporate success and … Read more
[responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Cerebras Wafer Packs 2.6 Trillion-Transistor CPU With 850,000 Cores This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. A few years ago, we started to see researchers discussing an old manufacturing idea first explored in the 1980s: Wafer-scale … Read more
[responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] What’s the Deal With That Strawberry Dress on TikTok? Last summer, a sacklike white dress mottled with black polka dots selling at Zara for $50 was all the rage on Instagram. But while the discomfiting qualities of 2019 may have called for something shapeless … Read more
[responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] AI-powered photo editing app added Ryan Gosling’s face to image Gigapixel AI, an artificial intelligence-powered photo editing application, interpreted a blurry spot in an image as Ryan Gosling and added the actor’s face. A photographer was using the software to enlarge an image when … Read more
[responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Microsoft 365 apps to end Internet Explorer support next year Microsoft 365 apps to end support for Internet Explorer in 2021. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Image Internet Explorer’s days have been numbered since Microsoft launched its Edge browser five years ago. Microsoft appears to … Read more
[responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] ‘Fortnite’ maker Epic asks for restraining order in Apple case Last week, the wildly popular game “Fortnite” got an update on Apple and Android smartphones that allowed players to bypass Apple and Google’s digital payment systems. Instead of Apple and Google, the payment went … Read more
[responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] ET Deals: Dell UltraSharp 25-Inch 2K Monitor for $319, Intel NUC Intel Core i3 Barebone Mini-PC $277 This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. If you’re looking for a feature-rich display for your office, Dell’s UltraSharp … Read more
[responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Online School Is Harder Thanks to Unequal Internet Access In Cooper’s school district, for instance, there are some areas that internet providers haven’t hooked up, and others where getting internet would be too expensive for students’ families. “You pay $200, $300, and your internet’s … Read more
[responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Netflix Is Now Terrible at Email Marketing This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Ask people where they get their entertainment from in 2020, and I’m willing to bet Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney Plus, and Hulu … Read more
[responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Best keyboard for 2020 – CNET Whether your current keyboard has seen better days, you need additional keyboards for remote working or school, or you simply want a better typing experience, this list will have something to meet your needs. Logitech, Microsoft and Apple … Read more
[responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] 10 things in tech you need to know today, August 17 Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Monday. Sign up here to get this email in your inbox every morning. President Trump issued a new executive order Friday … Read more
[responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] A playbook for combating QAnon This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays. Just describing QAnon — a sprawling, false theory that there is a “deep state” of child-molesting Satanists in charge of powerful … Read more