Amazon just signaled just how serious it is about building its own transportation and delivery network. The tech giant announced the purchase of eleven Boeing 767-300 jets, from Delta and WestJet, marking the first time Amazon has bought, rather than leased, planes for its cargo fleet. Purchasing aircraft is the “next natural step” in the […]
ose has officially unveiled its wireless Sport Open Earbuds. As the name suggests, these are an open rather than an in-ear design, held in place by a hook that goes around your ear. At the same time, they’re designed for sports with an IPX4 water resistant rating, relatively lightweight 14 gram per bud weight and […]
Dell has launched the first 40-inch ultrawide curved monitor aimed at productivity and content creations. WUHD resolution means it clocks in at a healthy 5,120 x 2,160. Less, certainly, than Apple’s Pro Display XDR with its whopping 6016 x 3384 panel, but a fair degree cheaper, since Dell expects it to be priced at $2,099.99 […]
Dell is launching a trio of screens certified for Microsoft Teams, each one packing a dedicated Teams button. And the emphasis here is on a high-quality webcam and sound, with a 5-megapixel IR camera, dual 5W speakers and a built-in noise-cancelling microphone. It’s good enough, in fact, that you’ll be able to use Windows Hello […]
Discovery Plus, the new streaming channel from Discovery, launches today and does so on both Roku and Amazon’s Fire TV. That means it’s avoiding the confusion that ensued when HBO Max and Peacock streaming channels launched in 2020 without initial Roku and Fire TV options. “As we go live with Discovery+ today in the US, […]
Slack experienced serious issues on Monday morning. At first, the incident was somewhat limited as messages were not loading for many users. Others were having connection problems. By around 11:20am ET, Slack was experiencing a full-blown outage, according to its status page. Slack said “all hands are on deck on our end” as it tries […]
Samsung confirmed today that its latest Galaxy Unpacked event and its first major smartphone launch of the year will take place virtually at 10AM Eastern/7AM Pacific on Thursday, January 14th. Samsung is widely expected to announce three new smartphones at the event, successors to last year’s Galaxy S20 lineup: a pair of matching S21 and […]
Tesla fell just shy of hitting CEO Elon Musk’s goal of delivering 500,000 vehicles in 2020, the company announced Saturday, having shipped a record 499,550 throughout the year or 99.91 percent. Tesla said the final tally could vary by as much as 0.5 percent, though, so it’s possible that it will eclipse the 500,000 mark […]
The developer of Amphetamine, an app that prevents Macs from going into sleep mode, says Apple told him it violated App Store guidelines, even though it’s been in the App Store since 2014, and has nothing to do with drug use. Developer William Gustafson was so surprised when Apple got in touch in late December […]
Alphabet’s Wing is less than thrilled with the FAA’s new rules for drone ‘license plates,’ and it’s pushing for significant changes. Reuters report that the drone delivery company has attacked the rules for remote IDs, warning that they might have “unintended consequences” for privacy. The company’s drone delivery subsidiary Wing wrote a somewhat fearmongering post […]
Microsoft now says suspected Russian hackers behind a massive campaign that impacted government agencies, local municipalities and companies were also able to view some of the company’s source code. In a blog post Microsoft says the unauthorized access “has not put at risk the security of our services or any customer data.” While Microsoft points […]
According to reports from BleepingComputer and AndroidPolice, T-Mobile has within the past few days begun to notify affected subscribers of “malicious, unauthorized access” to some of their account information. “We immediately started an investigation, with assistance from leading cybersecurity forensics experts, to determine what happened and what information was involved,” the carrier said in a […]
Sony has announced its January lineup of games that are free for PS Plus subscribers to download. Starting January 5th, you’ll be able to get the PS5-only version of Maneater, the eat-em-up game that Polygon’s Chris Plante described in his entertaining review as “the best shark game… ever?”, as well as two other PS4 games, […]
Amazon has agreed to buy one of the few remaining large and independent podcast networks in the US. On Wednesday, the retailer announced that it’s acquiring Wondery, best known for producing shows like Blood Ties and Dying for Sex. Amazon didn’t disclose the terms of the deal. A recent report from The Wall Street Journal […]
A federal judge squashed Apple’s complaint against security startup Corellium. Apple sued Corellium in 2019, accusing it of violating its copyright for offering researchers ’virtual’ iPhones that can help them find bugs in iOS products. Apple also accused Corellium of violating Digital Millennium Copyright Act by bypassing its security to create its iPhone emulator. The […]