Actualité technologique et high-tech en anglais

With Waves Nx head-tracking tech, the sound genuinely seems to surround you.

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From branch access to ATMs to "monthly maintenance" fees, we break down everything you need to know to pick the best checking account.

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Keep an eye on things with one of these do-it-yourself systems.

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The small SUV will go on sale in Europe this spring.

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These specially designed headphones block out ambient noise and play your favorite sounds, so you can sleep more soundly

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An Australian photographer won the prize, but the octopus deserves a share of the winnings.

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Previously, America's HR-V was nearly identical to the global Vezel crossover, but that won't be the case moving forward.

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My two weeks living with a neural interface has been a trip.

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After months of covid-19 related delays, a new season of the CW’s Batwoman is here with a brand new vigilante at the helm. I’m happy to confirm that Javicia Leslie is absolutely fantastic as Ryan Wilder, the new Batwoman. If you skipped this show because of Ruby Rose, or just because you have too much TV on your…

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24 Months of PSPlus | $56 | Eneba | Promo code 56ISLESSTHAN120

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After axions were first theorized by physicists in the suburbs of Chicago 45 years ago, they quickly became a robust candidate for explaining dark matter. All this time, though, the ultra-small particles have remained hypothetical. Now, a team of astrophysicists have proposed that axions may be responsible for an…

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A gaming rig is only as powerful as its weakest component. Think about it: Does it really make sense to spend thousands on a cutting-edge graphics card, a CPU powerful enough to not bottleneck it, and some wild amount of storage, like 2TB of SSDs and 128GB of RAM, only to turn around and plug into a 21.5-inch monitor…

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If you want to get fit at home, there are multiple fitness streaming services to choose from, and you don’t even have to splurge on pricey connected gym equipment. Apple, Fitbit, Peloton and others offer on-demand exercises you can stream to your TV or phone, and while there are similarities between these platforms,…

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TCL 55" LED 4K Smart Android TV | $320 | Best Buy

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Among the recreational drugs currently entering the psychiatric mainstream (MDMA, LSD, etc.), ketamine is something of an outlier. Most people have a rough idea of what “acid” or “molly” are supposed to do, even if they’ve never tried them. Ketamine, meanwhile, remains—outside of a committed sect—an enigma. It’s not a…

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Some of you all may be familiar with the crime ring of long-tailed macaque monkeys that reside around the Uluwatu Temple in Bali, Indonesia, who were thrust into infamy a few years ago for stealing from tourists and holding the ransom until they were paid in food. As if that visual weren’t mind-blowing enough, a new…

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Powered by Phison’s S12 SATA controller and Kioxia’s BiCS4 TLC flash, the Seagate FireCuda 120 delivers responsive performance and reliability in high capacities.

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The Aya Neo Ryzen-based gaming tablet will launch worldwide in Febuary on an Indigogo campaign.

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Nvidia quietly releases a new Pascal part, the GT 1010 to replace the Kepler based GT 710

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Intel's Rocket Lake is arriving soon. Here's all we know about the upcoming chips.

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Whether you're looking for PC components, peripherals or prebuilt systems, these are the best deals on tech.

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We're rounding up the best deals on CPUs this year.

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These are the best SSD deals we could find this 2021 —guaranteed to expand the storage on your PC without emptying your wallet. This list is updated every day.

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Find a quality monitor at a price that's more than fair. Here's everything you need to know to find a good deal.

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Last year Korg announced a limited edition remake of the ARP 2600. It’s about as iconic as synths get. But, the 2600 is a beast of an instrument. The whole package, including the keyboard, weighs about 68 pounds and would basically demand it’s own ta...

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Smartwatches and fitness wearables may be able to play a valuable role in the early detection of COVID-19, according to recent studies. Researchers from Mount Sinai have found that the Apple Watch can detect small changes to a user’s heartbeat that m...

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I’m not sure how to describe how much my son spits up, but no one else in this household is getting five outfit changes in a day, so let’s just say it’s a lot. While he still seems to be gaining weight, I’d like a more accurate picture of how much he...

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Exercise makes you happier, huh? Prove it.Asics tried to, using a portable EEG to measure the effects of running on the brains of both pro athletes and mere (but fit) humans. The sample size is small, but the numbers show an 18 percent increase in pa...

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Samsung heir Jay Y. Lee has been sentenced to two and a half years of prison over bribery charges, wrapping up a court battle that started four years ago, Bloomberg has reported. Lee was originally jailed for five years back in 2017, but walked free...

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Do you feel like your body is going to waste when you play Mario Kart on your Switch? Mike Choi might have a way to keep you in shape. The self-professed “hardware hacker” has built a concept Labo Fit Adventure Kart Kit that gives you a full workout...

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IO Interactive’s plans to let Hitman 3 players use earlier games’ locations might not have panned out as planned, but that doesn’t mean you’ll have to re-buy those first two titles. The developer has promised that PC gamers who own Hitman or Hitman 2...

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Virgin Orbit’s second launch demonstration flight has been smoother than its first. The company has carried customer satellites into space for the first time after the Cosmic Girl host aircraft successfully deployed the LauncherOne rocket over the Pa...

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Technology helps us stay fit and healthy. We found less expensive options for the popular but pricey Pelotons.

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It's pretty easy to find deals on Dyson's class-leading hardware to keep your home clean and healthy.

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Buy a three-month PS Plus membership right now for just $15 or a full year's worth of PS Plus fun for just $30.

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Nissan's awesome "caravan office pod" is aimed at folks who'd like to work anywhere they darn well like and features a workspace that slides out of the vehicle.

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Relationship in need of some TLC? Up your couple game and stoke the romantic fires of love with these 10 apps designed to help you get closer as a couple.

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Virgin Orbit has released a dramatic video showing the start of Sunday's successful space mission that involved firing a rocket from a modified Boeing 747 jet.

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The battle royale genre has exploded in popularity recently. From Fortnite to Call of Duty: Warzone, these are the best battle royale games available now.

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Here's our roundup of the best Samsung Galaxy S21 Plus screen protectors available right now, so that you can protect your new phone from scratches and cracks.

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As part of its CES 2021 announcements, Intel officially unveiled a number of NUCs based on their Tiger Lake SoCs. Intel's initial NUCs were all based on 100mm x 100mm (4in x 4in) boards, kickstarting the UCFF craze that contributed to revitalizing the PC market. Over the last few years, we have seen Intel expand the NUC to encompass multiple other form-factors, while keeping compactness in mind:

• Performance: The original 4x4 UCFF units
• Pro: 4x4 UCFF units with expansion support and vPro capabilities
• Compute Elements: Add-in Card form factor with carrier boards for system design
• Extreme: Compute Elements using a 45W TDP processor with a base board hosting up to three PCIe expansion slots (inclusive of a M.2 22110 NVMe slot) an...

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HP has updated its ProBook series with new models based on AMD's latest mobile processors, with a sleek and professional design. The HP ProBook 635 Aero G8 now features AMD Ryzen 5000 processors, with a slimline design and weight of just under 1 kg.

Based on the previous ProBook 635 Aero G7 (2020) model, the new ProBook 635 G8 follows a similar design, with a 13.3-inch 1080p display, with support for up to 32 GB of RAM and 256 GB of SSD storage. It also weighs just shy of 1 kg, making it a lightweight and portable option for professionals.

The HP ProBook 635 Aero G7 (2020) for reference

The feature set includes a dual-array microphone built into the chassis, with a top-mounted 720p webcam with an additional IR camera. The HP P...

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Today we are taking a look at a couple of Arctic Cooling’s Liquid Freezer II all-in-one CPU coolers: the Liquid Freezer II 240, and the Liquid Freezer II 420. Based on the same core design, the coolers are two of several models that Arctic Cooling offers across the spectrum, from a single 120mm fan up to the massive, triple 140mm fan 420 model. Of course, we're going to be diving into the behemoth 420 AIO cooler, but we're also taking a look at the much more sensible 240mm version of the cooler. How well does such a large cooler perform with regards to thermals and noise? And just how much better does that make the super-sized cooler over the more normal, widely compatible version of the same cooler? Let's find out.

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Among several of their laptop lines receiving updates at this year's CES are ASUS's TUF Gaming A15 and A17 family of laptops. Intended as a midrange portable gaming option – a step below ASUS's ROG parts, but still plenty capable – the 2021 edition of the laptop is getting upgraded to the latest and greatest processors from AMD and NVIDIA.

The ASUS TUF Gaming A15 and A17 have been updated for 2021 with AMD's latest Ryzen 7 5800H mobile processor and include options for either NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 3070 or RTX 3060 mobile graphics. Both models also allow for up to 32 GB of DDR4-3200 and up to 1 TB of NVMe M.2 storage.

Being that these are gaming laptops, a big focus is on the displays, and fittingly ASUS is only using fast panels...

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Kingston introduced a variety of new storage products at CES 2021, announcing new NVMe SSDs ranging from entry-level to high-end consumer and enterprise drives, plus new portable storage products.

NV1 SSD: Entry-Level Consumer NVMe

Kingston's new entry-level consumer NVMe drive will be the NV1, possibly ushering in a new naming scheme for their consumer NVMe lineup. The product strategy for the NV1 was likened to their A400 SATA SSD: the NV1 will probably be competing to be one of the cheapest NVMe drives from a recognizable brand. The hardware used in the NV1 will fluctuate based on market conditions. Initially, we should see a mix of DRAMless controllers (Phison E13T, SM2263XT) paired with TLC NAND for lower capacities and QLC NA...

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Dynabook has announced a new laptop based on the fabled Satellite series, a mainstay for Toshiba for many years, at CES 2021. The Satellite Pro L50 includes Intel's 10th generation mobile processor, with NVIDIA's GeForce MX250 discrete graphics, and is designed for productivity on the go. 

The Dynabook Satellite Pro L50 is based on Intel's 10th generation mobile processor and includes NVIDIA's GeForce MX250 graphics for handling more demanding tasks. It features a 15.6-inch 1080p screen with anti-glare technology and includes an integrated HD webcam at the top. The webcam itself has a privacy shutter for added security in today's online world, where privacy is a key factor for many users, including SMEs. There's a dual array microphon...

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OWC is introducing the U2 Shuttle, a novel carrier module that packs four M.2 NVMe SSDs into a 3.5" U.2 form factor. The U2 Shuttle includes a PCIe switch to allow the four M.2 drives to share the bandwidth of the U2 Shuttle's PCIe 3.0 x4 interface. OWC will be selling the U2 Shuttle as either an empty carrier to be populated by the user, or with their own Aura Pro NVMe SSDs pre-installed for up to 32TB of storage.

There's hardly any ecosystem around 3.5" U.2 drives as opposed to the vastly more common 2.5" U.2 size, but OWC provides support with several of their Thunderbolt-attached storage products. Their new Mercury Pro U.2 Dual enclosure can accommodate two U.2 drives (2.5" or 3.5") and consequently with a pair of U2 Shuttles inst...

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Zotac's mini-PC lineup received a new flagship as part of its CES 2021 announcements - the MAGNUS ONE. It features a Comet Lake CPU (Core i7-10700) along with NVIDIA's RTX 3070 GPU. The new model is a natural evolution of features from the previous MAGNUS PCs like the EK71080 and the EN1080K before it, with a heavy dose of inspiration from Intel's Ghost Canyon NUC. The EK71080 moved to a discrete GPU from a MXM-type one in the EN1080K. The new MAGNUS ONE continues that trend with the inclusion of a user-replaceable Zotac RTX 3070 Twin Edge in the system. Gone, however, is the humongous external power brick - Instead, we have a 500W 80+ Platinum internal PSU. The new 8.3L model is also meant to be oriented vertically. The last two aspects...

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No more Touch Bar, the return of MagSafe, and the end of dongle life? New iMacs with an all-new, bezel thin and no chin design, and new Mac Pros with both M1… and M1 inside? That's right, according to supply chain extractor extraordinaire, Kuo Ming-Chi and Bloomberg's own Mark Gurman, Apple might just be getting ready to fix everything about the current era of MacBooks Pro that made so many pros just so beyond salty for just so long, and then take their desktop Macs to the next level... and beyond. Two new MacBook Pro models equipped with 14-inch and 16-inch displays This just makes the kind of sense that does to me, given the 15-inch already went 16-inch at the end of 2019, and the 13-inch is just crying out, screaming in its hear...

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These great apps will help you build good habits, while breaking out of the bad ones. It's a brand new year, so for many, that means a new start. It's the perfect time to build up some healthy new habits, like exercising everyday, washing your hands multiple times a day, drinking enough water, and anything else you can think of. And if you had some bad habits before, it is also a good time to break out of those if you can. Or maybe you want to start saving up for that dream vacation or retirement plan. No matter what your goals are, having the best habit tracking app on the best iPhone or best iPad can definitely help you out. These are our favorite habit tracking apps to help you stay the course. And if you want to go the extra mile, ...

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Have multiple people in the house who want to use one Apple TV? Here's how to share! Since the Apple TV is meant for rooms—family rooms, classrooms, meeting rooms—it needs to support more than one person. That means it needs to support more than one Apple ID (iTunes/App Store account) at a time. And it does! It may not be as smooth or as powerful as multiuser on the Mac, but it's more than we've had on any iPhone or iPad to date. Here's how it works! Set up multiple accounts on Apple TV: How to add multiple accounts How to switch between multiple accounts How to use Control Center to switch between users Apple TV Control Center: other uses How to add multiple accounts to Apple TV Before you can use multiple accounts, you need ...

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The iMore show brings you everything you need to know about the week in iPhone, iPad, Watch, TV, Mac, and Apple! Joe and Karen are joined by iMore's own Luke Filipowicz for a chat about some of the more interesting CES announcements for Apple users. They also discuss Apple's amazing $100 million Racial Equality and Justice Initiative. And as ever, rumors abound — new MacBook Pros might bring back some familiar features, and Apple is reported to have some interesting folding phone prototypes in their labs. Listen now Subscribe in iTunes: Audio Subscribe in RSS: Audio Download directly: Audio Watch now Links CES 2021 | iMore Apple announces major new Racial Equity and Justice Initiative | iMore Huge MacBook Pro leaks...

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CES 2021 has come and gone. Let's talk about some of the highlights from the show. Another week is behind us, as well as the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2021. It was an interesting one too, since it was the first time that CES was entirely digital. Regardless, there were some cool stuff that we saw from the show, and I want to highlight a few standouts that I'm particularly interested in. First off, one of my favorite announcements was from OtterBox with its new Mobile Gaming Collection of accessories. OtterBox is a brand that is known for making highly durable cases for the best iPhone and other devices, and I have several OtterBox cases consistently in my iPhone 12 Pro case rotation. The new Mobile Gaming Collection includes the ...

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Configuring a VPN on your iPhone or iPad is easier than you think. Here's everything you need to know. Apple makes it easy to set up and use one of the best VPN services on your iPhone or iPad. If your company has a private intranet that you need access to while on the road, if you regularly use public Wi-Fi networks, or if you travel the globe and want your iPhone to think it's still in your home country (or a different country), a VPN will help you out. Here's how to configure a VPN on iPhone. What is a VPN? A virtual private network, or VPN, is a service that creates a direct connection from your computer to another network. Some businesses have an internal intranet that can only be accessed while you are on-location. A VPN can cre...

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Getting set up with the best VPN service for iPhone and iPad doesn't necessarily mean just hunting down the best-rated VPN app in the App Store. There's a lot more to take into account than app reviews. From security to geo-restriction unblocking, of the many iOS VPN options out there you'll want to make sure your choice has the right features. Best iPhone and iPad VPN 2021 1. ExpressVPN (From $6.67/mo) 2. NordVPN (From $3.71/mo) 3. Surfshark (From $2.49/mo) 4. IPVanish (From $3.33/mo) 5. PIA (From $2.69/mo) For those who are unsure of what a VPN is, here's a quick explainer. A VPN, or virtual private network, works by bouncing your signal through another server, using an assigned IP address. All that means you appear to be some...

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The hit series is coming back for season two soon. What you need to know Season two of Ted Lasso has officially started production. Ted Lasso quickly became one of the breakout series on Apple TV+ last year, and everyone has been anticipating for them to get to work on the second season. Today, the Apple TV account on Twitter announced that production on the second season of the show has officially begun. Time to start warming those biscuits. Production for @TedLasso Season 2 has officially begun! Time to start warming those biscuits. Production for @TedLasso Season 2 has officially begun! pic.twitter.com/EHZWbwiY58— Apple TV (@AppleTV) January 15, 2021 The first season of the show quickly grew a cult following with its cha...

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The first 5nm chipset from MediaTek may be a year away. The company is expected to unveil the Dimensity 1200 and 1100 this Wednesday, but they are fabbed on a 6nm node. According to a roadmap by leakster Digital Chat Station, the 6nm chips will be used by Oppo and vivo first (though Redmi execs have been dropping hints as well). The next major release will be in the first quarter of next year when MediaTek will introduce the MediaTek 2000 chipset (5nm). Oppo and vivo are again lined up to use this chip, but Honor is expected to be a customer as well (the post-Kirin era will start soon...

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The appellate court of South Korea has officially announced that Lee Jae-yong, heir of Samsung and son of deceased company chairman, has been sentenced to 2.5 years in prison. The verdict comes after a three-year-long trial over allegations that the man tried to bribe a person from the President’s office. Lee Jae-yong, heir and CEO of Samsung Electronics Everything began back in 2017, when Lee offered KRW 30 billion (about $27.6 million) to Choi Seo-won, an associate to the former President of South Korea, to help a merger between Samsung C&T and Cheil Industries, allowing Lee to...

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This teardown video of the Samsung Galaxy S21 5G shows that the interior is quite similar to that of the Galaxy S20 before it. To get inside, the plastic back must be removed first. And yes, it’s very much a plastic material - not even a hint of glass here. Inside the Samsung Galaxy S21 5G and S20 5G This S21 unit is equipped with two mmWave 5G (other versions only support sub-6). The antennas are located one each on the left and right sides. They are not huge, but that’s still two more antennas than a 4G phone needs to house. Last year Samsung built a special mmWave-enabled...

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We’ve already seen plenty of leaks for Honor’s upcoming V40 5G and the latest bit of info is about the handset’s pricing. According to the latest information, the starting price of the 8/128GB trim will be CNY 3,999 ($615). This was confirmed through a leaked phone vendor inventory listing as well as the front of a Huawei store in China. Honor V40 pricing leaks In addition, Honor shared that the V40 will come with GPU Turbo X acceleration engine for gaming. The finer details of how this feature works and what it does were left out. We do know the Honor V40 will come with a...

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Xiaomi introduced the MIUI 12.5 back in December, and last week we saw a list of devices eligible for closed beta testing of the interface. While Mi users in China are already testing it, owners of Mi Note 10 Lite have started receiving a notification about an incoming software update. The new package is bringing Android 11 with plenty of improved security features, but as is to be expected with the development of the new skin still ongoing, it is still dressed in MIUI 12. The update is 2.3 GB in size which might be an issue for owners of the Mi Note 10 Lite with 64 gigs of storage...

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The Samsung V200 from the year 2000 was the company’s first phone with a camera – more than that, it was one of the first ever phones with a camera. It has been working on improving mobile photography since then and for the last 11 years it has been the premium Galaxy S series leading charge. Samsung felt nostalgic after the launch of the Galaxy S21, so it posted an abridged history of the Galaxy S cameras from the very first one to today. The original Samsung Galaxy S had a 5MP camera and 720p video recording. And it offered a Panorama mode so you can capture wide-angle shots....

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MediaTek is preparing to launch its second generation of flagship 5G chipsets, among which is the Dimensity 1200 (MT6893) that has leaked so often. There’s also a lower binned version of that on the way, according to leakster Digital Chat Station. The Dimensity 1100 will have the same hardware as the 1200, but will run at lower clock speeds. Both chips will be fabbed using a 6nm process. The 1100 will feature four Cortex-A78 cores, which are listed at “4x 2.6 GHz”. It’s not quite clear if that means all four of them will run at that speed or if that’s the frequency for the top...

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Asus is gearing up to introduce its next ROG Phone and according to speculations the phone will come with a 6,000 mAh battery pack. Today, Chinese leakster WhyLab shared a live image of the phone in question. Upcoming Asus ROG Phone We only get to see its back which shows a slightly altered design compared to the outgoing ROG Phone 3 with a triple camera setup and 64MP primary camera. We can see the new design is an evolution of the ROG Phone 3 instead of a complete redesign. The bottom left corner appears to have a special red button which is speculated to act as a shortcut to...

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"Now, you know, we did six acquisitions in 2019. I don't know if we'll do six acquisitions in 2021. But I want to do a lot more than one acquisition in 2021."

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Virgin Orbit scored a major success on Sunday, with a test flight that not only achieved its goals of reaching space and orbit, but also of delivering payloads on board for NASA, marking its first commercial mission, too. The launch was a success in every possible regard, which puts Virgin Orbit on track to becoming […]

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A long-running investigation in the European Union focused on the transparency of data-sharing between Facebook and WhatsApp has taken the first major step towards a resolution. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) confirmed Saturday it sent a draft decision to fellow EU DPAs towards the back end of last year. This will trigger a review process […]

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India’s answer to WhatsApp has completely moved on from messaging. Hike Messenger, backed by Tencent, Tiger Global and SoftBank and valued at $1.4 billion in 2016, earlier this month announced that it was shutting down StickerChat, its messaging app. (StickerChat users saw notifications about it late last week.) The startup, founded by Kavin Bharti Mittal, […]

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For several years there has been talk about how to leverage ‘experts’ online. How do you ‘suck their brains’ for information in an efficient manner, whether it be for research into companies or sectors, often for investment purposes. Major players in this arena include GLG, Third Bridge, Guidepoint and Alphasights. With the pandemic destroying many […]

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Samsung Electronics vice chairman Jay Y. Lee is back in prison following a retrial of his 2017 conviction in a bribery case that helped lead to the downfall of former South Korean president Park Guen-hye. The Seoul High Court sentenced Lee to 30 months on Monday. Lee was originally convicted of bribery in 2017 and […]

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Goama (also known as Go Games) lets developers quickly integrate social games into their apps. Some of Goama’s clients have used it for promotional campaigns, while others rely on the platform, which introduces new games every week, to add a full-fledged gaming function to their app. The startup, which recently took part in SOSV’s accelerator […]

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Five years after its launch, Twitter Moments is growing beyond the American social networking platform. On Monday, Twitter said it had partnered with Dailyhunt to bring Moments to the Indian social app. Dailyhunt app now has a dedicated tab called ‘Twitter Moments India’ to showcase curated tweets pertaining to news and other events in the […]

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There's a major new player in the space launch services game, resuscitating the almost ancient method of launching rockets from planes. Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit successfully released a payload of 10 cubesats – small research satellites – into orbit, paving the way for future commercial missions. Read more...

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The third Monday in January has returned to remind us of the legacy of one of our nation's greatest civil rights leaders at a time when we need it most. 

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is the only federally recognized day of service, traditionally observed with nationwide service projects and volunteer opportunities. As AmeriCorps, the organization that oversees the national day of service, says, it's "a day on, not a day off."

But this year is different. Not only is the country dealing with an ongoing health crisis keeping the majority of Americans at home, but we also enter the new year on the heels of an intense cry for racial justice and healing seen in last summer's movement for Black lives. You might not be able to get out to attend a ...

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There's plenty of drama on Reddit, but it's not often that drama gets to play out on the screen.

Until now, at least.

On Sunday, 24-year-old software engineer Micah Price from Cape Town, South Africa, unveiled what can only be described as a niche-but-genius creation: a bot that takes everyday arguments on Reddit and has them play out in the style of scenes from Ace Attorney, Capcom's animated courtroom-based video game series.

The end result is a gloriously dramatic affair that shines a whole new spotlight on Reddit's comment section. Price's video was shared on Reddit's r/Videos sub shortly after it went live on YouTube, and at the time of writing it's racked up over 21,000 upvotes. Read more...

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When we spend so much of our time online, we’re bound to learn something while clicking and scrolling. Discover something new with Mashable’s series I Learned It On The Internet.

We’d only be only a ferry ride away — how could we not explore our previously unknown Welsh heritage on my mother’s milestone birthday trip to England? That’s how I sold the idea to my mother, who’d always been interested in genealogy. On a driving tour of Ireland, years earlier, we’d connected with one another and our Irish roots. 

That milestone birthday trip is on indefinite hold in COVID times, but facing a long pandemic winter, I wondered if we could explore those roots virtually, using her Ancestry.com DNA test results and genealogy apps. We could take a ...

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WhatsApp has caused quite a bit of commotion with a planned update to its privacy policy, which spooked users as it added more detail on how Facebook and third party businesses can use and interact with user data on the platform. 

Now, amid user backlash, the company has announced the new policy will go into effect on May 15 instead of Feb. 8, as originally planned. 

"We’ve heard from so many people how much confusion there is around our recent update. There's been a lot of misinformation causing concern and we want to help everyone understand our principles and the facts," the company said in a blog post dated Jan. 15.  Read more...

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TL;DR: Get started on your health and fitness resolutions with the Verv Premium Home Workout Planner. As of Jan. 18, you can score a lifetime subscription for 96% off, bringing the price down to just $39.99.

It takes more than just exercise to be healthy. Depending on which experts you ask, there are a number of other pillars that matter when it comes to your overall wellness. And all of them agree that while physical activity is definitely important, nutrition, sleep, and relaxation all come into play as well. That’s why Verv takes a more holistic approach to its personal training app.

Verv is an all-in-one solution that targets all four of the main pillars of health. The extensive app library features not only exercise routines, but a...

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TL;DR: Keep an eye on your home, pets, and loved ones while you're out with the The Motorola FOCUS86 home monitoring camera, on sale for 13% off. As of Jan. 18, get it for just $86.75.

Now that you’re used to being home 24/7, leaving can be a bit unnerving. You’ve become accustomed to knowing exactly what’s happening in or around your home at any given moment. And when the time comes to return to your normal life, it might be hard to adjust. Fortunately, there’s a way you still keep tabs on your personal space — and the ones you love — even when you’re away: a home security camera. 

The Motorola FOCUS86 is a great companion for your home monitoring needs. Connected to WiFi, it can turn a compatible internet-enabled device (iOS 9.0 or la...

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TL;DR: Set yourself or your company apart online with a .tech domain name. Get one for up to 80% off as of Jan. 18, with prices starting at just $4.99 per year.

So you’re finally ready to launch your website. Maybe you’re a developer with a catchy new app that will revolutionize the way we live. Or a brand looking to stand out amongst the major players in the tech scene. Or a tech student looking to showcase your portfolio and land your first gig. You’re ready to introduce yourself to the world, but then you see those dreadful words: "That domain name is not available."

Now what? You can completely rebrand, or you can think outside the box. Read more...

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Does the algorithm know you too well? Here’s how to shake up your recommendations for a more varied listening experience.

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Whether you want to battle Star Wars spaceships or shoot a cinematic masterpiece, one of these picks is going to be perfect for you.

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If you’re thinking, “Oh, I just need to suck it up,” stop. What you’re feeling is real. Here’s how to cope.

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The robo-vessel will map the ocean floor, and its solar-powered sensors will sample fish DNA and collect climate data.

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In Pixar’s new film, Soul, the protagonist wakes up in the body of a cat. It’s a common enough trope—but it gets messier the more you think about it.

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Over the course of his presidency, he managed to be consistently wrong, outrageous, and dangerous in equal measure. We look back at his most notorious remarks.

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Reopening in the fall was a massive gamble. At one high-poverty elementary school, navigating the risks paid off.

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Elemental reactions, like shooting a dynamite-filled barrel or using an ice spell to cross a stream, are an important way for designers to bring worlds to life.

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Covid-19 has shown the internet is not a luxury but a lifeline, and underscored why affordable, meaningful internet access must be a basic human right.

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The US has the opportunity to show positive leadership on technology and human rights, our Director of Policy Emily Sharpe writes as she reflects on key priorities for the incoming Biden-Harris administration. 

When President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala …

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Research Manager for Access and Affordability Teddy Woodhouse shares insights on what governments can do to bring down broadband costs and expand access, including findings from the latest Affordability Report.

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Women and girls are experiencing a surge of violence and abuse online — a shadow pandemic spreading alongside the Covid-19 crisis. As the world marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, tech companies must urgently …

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This post was written by Nnenna Nwakanma, Chief Web Advocate. Follow Nnenna on Twitter @nnenna.

The year 2020 will be remembered as one that brought humanity face to face with the urgency of digital connectivity. The resultant shift in …

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This post was originally published at contractfortheweb.org.

A year ago, Sir Tim Berners-Lee launched the Contract for the Web — the first ever global plan to make our online world safe and empowering for everyone.

Thousands of you answered …

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As he begins chemotherapy treatment, our Communications Director Mark Davies writes about how the web has served as a lifeline during a traumatic month.

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This post was written by Patricia Namakula, Head of Research and Public Relations at the Centre for Multilateral Affairs (CfMA), and Nsekanabo Sheila, Policy and Strategy Manager at CfMA. It was originally published by CfMA.

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