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NASA’s Perseverance rover released the Ingenuity helicopter onto the surface of Mars Saturday, leaving behind the experimental flying drone to survive on its own power until attempting a historic hop in the Red Planet’s thin carbon dioxide atmosphere. The milestone kicks off a week of checkouts and testing before NASA commits to the $80 million […]
Microsoft is delaying the full reopening of its offices the company’s “Stage 6” phase of its hybrid workplace plan until September 7th at the earliest. This marks a delay from its originally planned July window. In an email to staff, executive VP Kurt DelBene said the delay gave “additional flexibility” for staff making plans for […]
Intel’s graphics drivers are usually available on their downloads website, but if you search for the 11900K or its siblings, then all you get is the Performance Maximizer utility. If you download the Intel Graphics driver installer, it says it can’t find a match for your hardware. That’s a bit annoying when you’re paying over […]
Spotify’s much-anticipated in-car gadget, a voice-controlled music player known colloquially as the Car Thing, has just shown up in a handful of in-app renders unearthed by MacRumors contributor Steve Moser, who found the images in Spotify’s app code. These renders match up quite closely with photographs of the real deal submitted as part of filings […]
Amazon has issued a rare public apology but not to its workers, and with no real admission of guilt. Mark Pocan for Twitter posts blasting the Wisconsin politician when he criticized working conditions that included drivers peeing in bottles as they faced pressure to meet quotas. The tweets were “incorrect” by focusing on warehouse workers […]
Possible dates for Microsoft Build have leaked a couple of times over the past few weeks. Now, it looks like it’s official. Build, Microsoft’s annual developer conference a virtual event again this year will be from May 25 to 27. A spokesperson confirmed to me these are the correct dates and said Microsoft had nothing […]
Tesla has just released its Q1 2021 production and delivery report, so the numbers are now in. See how Tesla fared this quarter right here. At 184,800 global deliveries of the Model Y, Model 3, Model S and Model X combined, Tesla beat expectations. The target numbers ranged from about 160,000 to 188,000, so Tesla […]
Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg promised official Xbox Series X mini fridges if the company won a Twitter brand competition, and he’s being true to his word. Xbox has won Twitter’s first-ever #BestOfTweet Brand Bracket Championship and, will be making Xbox Series X Mini Fridges for the public. Xbox was in a tough fight with Skittles in […]
After rumors surfaced last month that Apple was again considering announcing a rugged version of its smartwatch, Casio has done just that with the introduction of the first G-Shock smartwatch featuring Google’s Wear OS. As you’d expect in a G-Shock watch, the GSW-H1000 has a brawny look with a titanium back for extra durability. That’s […]
Google announced the return of the compass in a support post discovered by Android Police. Apparently, Google was driven to reinstate the compass after receiving “overwhelming” feedback in support of the tool following its removal in 2019. “You wanted it and we heard you! We’re excited to announce the return of the compass on Maps […]
Apple will try to fix battery drain and reduced performance issues that have affected some iPhone 11 devices by recalibrating their batteries in an upcoming update (via MacRumors). According to an Apple support document, the process will happen when you update an iPhone 11, 11 Pro, or 11 Pro Max to the upcoming iOS 14.5. […]
Porsche’s smartphone integration has long been Apple-centric unless you were upgrading a classic car, but that’s finally going to change. The automaker is making Android Auto available for the first time in new cars, starting with the 2022 model year 911. You can grab Google Maps directions from your Android phone when you’re headed to […]
Many in the industry pulled the plug on April Fools’ Day pranks in 2020 as tension from the emerging COVID-19 pandemic was high, Google included. Now, for the second year in a row, Google is skipping April Fools’ Day 2021. Business Insider has obtained an internal email stating that Google will not create a series […]
Microsoft is bringing 16 original Xbox and Xbox 360 games to the company’s Xbox Cloud Gaming (xCloud) service today. Titles like Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, the original Banjo-Kazooie, and Fallout: New Vegas are all now available to stream to Android devices. Microsoft is also enabling touch controls for Jetpac Refuelled, Viva Pinata, and Viva Pinata […]
YouTube has announced it’s experimenting with hiding dislikes to discourage “dislike mobs” from deliberately downvoting videos from creators and channels. The experiment is a different implementation than the solutions the company had previously discussed, but it is similar to other attempts platforms like Instagram have taken to nip targeted attacks in the bud. In the […]