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Facebook’s content oversight board said that in the “coming weeks,” it’ll deliver a decision on former President Donald Trump’s indefinite suspension from the social network. In a tweet Friday, the group said it’s “extended the case timeline” in order to carefully review the more than 9,000 public comments it received on the case. Facebook banned […]
NASA picked Elon Musk’s SpaceX to receive $2.9 billion to build a lunar lander as part of the Artemis mission to send humans to the Moon by 2024, NASA announced today. It’s a major vote of confidence in SpaceX from NASA as no other company received money. There were three major contenders for the project. […]
The Wall Street Journal obtained an advanced look at a letter Apple Music sent to artists. The disclosure was delivered today via the artists’ dashboard in Apple Music and was sent to labels and publishers. It’s a more transparent look at music streaming royalties between the two behemoths in the space. Just last month, an […]
A new leak today reveals another dedicated fitness track from the company that’s in the works, the premium-focused Fitbit Luxe. WinFuture today published images of a product they say is called the Fitbit Luxe. This would mark the high end of Fitbit’s fitness tracker lineup, apparently, with a focus on providing a more premium wearable. […]
Tesla settled a lawsuit against an ex-engineer who copied the source code of its Autopilot driver-assistance tech before taking a job with a Chinese competitor, according to documents filed Thursday with a US district court Reuters has reported. Former Tesla employee Guangzhi Cao will pay the electric vehicle maker an undisclosed sum as part of […]
Apple has announce a new carbon removal initiative in association with Conservation International and Goldman Sachs. The s $200 million fund called Restore Fund aims to remove at least 1 million metric tons of carbon dioxide annually from the atmosphere, equivalent to the amount of fuel used by over 200,000 passenger vehicles, while demonstrating a […]
Apple is adding a variety of new workouts to its $9.99-per-month Fitness Plus service, including programs designed specifically for beginners and workouts tailored for both pregnant and elderly users. Apple is introducing workouts specifically designed for pregnant women and older adults. There are 18 sessions to find across the two categories, with each individual workout […]
Google Earth is debuting a new time-lapse tool that offers up 3D satellite images of the world spanning the past four decades. People can use the feature to see the ravaging effects of climate change. In one instance, users can watch 12 miles of the Columbia Glacier in Alaska melt away from 1984 to 2020. […]
EA has announced the first game from Codemasters since it bought the racing specialist earlier this year. F1 2021 is coming to PlayStation 4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and Steam on July 16th. A new story mode makes its debut, too, called Braking Point. Players will start off as a Formula 2 driver […]
Nvidia graphics cards including the popular RTX 3080 will likely remain in short supply throughout the year. Nvidia CFO Colette Kress warned as much at a recent investors meeting, as our friends at Techradar reported. “We expect demand to continue to exceed supply for much of this year,” Kress said. Offering a glimmer of hope […]
Over a year after F9 was originally set to arrive in theaters, the ninth installment in the Fast & Furious saga has announced its new release date June 25th and with it a new trailer for the blockbuster. The first trailer for F9 was unveiled way back in January 2020, prior to the pandemic. Nearly […]
Microsoft Flight Simulator’s latest update, Xbox France is giving away a PC shaped like a jet engine that has been cut in half. The contest asks entrants to follow @XboxFR on Twitter, retweet its post, as well as comment with the hashtag #MicrosoftFlightSimulator in order to be entered to win. Microsoft Flight Simulator has existed […]
Parallels is releasing an update to its Desktop virtual machine software that allows M1 Mac owners to install Windows 10 on Arm. Parallels Desktop 16.5 now includes the necessary native support to run the Arm version of Windows on M1 chips, following Apple’s decision not to support Boot Camp on M1 Macs. Parellels brought over […]
Google is continuing to roll out new features for Assistant whenever a set of them becomes ready and today it’s announcing a bunch of updates for Spring 2021. Given how much more we’re ordering takeout and staying home, these revolve around simplifying the restaurant checkout process and making it easier to automate your smart home. […]
udiAudi is taking wider aim at the growing market for electric vehicles with two new compact EVs: the Q4 E-Tron and the Q4 Sportback E-Tron. Revealed on Wednesday and due out later this year, the two electric SUVs are far more affordable than the flagship E-Tron. First teased back in 2019, the Q4 e-tron and […]