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General Motors will reveal an SUV version of its all-electric Hummer EV on April 3rd, the company announced. The automaker unveiled the pickup truck version, with 350 miles of range and a host of high-tech features, last October. GMC showed off its pre-production Hummer EV handling some snowy conditions in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The company […]
AMD is investigating user complaints of USB devices briefly disconnecting on 500-Series motherboards when using a Ryzen 3000 or 5000 series CPU. It seems that the issue is exacerbated when using a PCI-E 4.0 GPU, so some users have rolled back to PCI-E 3.0 via a BIOS setting which has helped, but not eliminated, this […]
Microsoft has started publicly testing its new Edge Chromium-powered browser on Xbox consoles. Xbox testers in the Alpha Skip-Ahead group can now access the new Microsoft Edge on Xbox One or Xbox Series S / X consoles. While full mouse and keyboard support is still missing, the browser works as you’d expect with an Xbox […]
Four exploits found in Microsoft’s Exchange Server software have reportedly led to over 30,000 US governmental and commercial organizations having their emails hacked, according to a report by KrebsOnSecurity. Wired is also reporting “tens of thousands of email servers” hacked. The exploits have been patched by Microsoft, but security experts talking to Krebs say that […]
The drive to sustainability among parcel carriers continues, as a way to cut costs and satisfy shipper demands for green operations. And the goal line is inching closer. FedEx will replace its current delivery trucks with electric models until its entire fleet is made up of zero—emission vehicles by 2040. The company is making the […]
Back in February, Google announced that Fit for Android can measure heart and respiratory rate using just your phone. These new Google Fit camera tracking capabilities will start rolling out to Pixel phones on Monday. While these measurements are “not intended for medical purposes,” Google says Fit’s camera-based approach provides a convenient way to “track […]
9to5Mac reports that Apple is winding down sales of its all-in-one workstation. You can still buy one, but it’s limited to the base 10-core Xeon configuration and only available “while supplies last.” You’ll have to be patient, too, as orders are taking three to four weeks as we write this. Apple has said that most […]
Social DJ site Turntable.fm launched ten years ago, letting people take turns to add songs to a shared playlist in a room with their friends. Sadly, it shut down in 2013 over high operating costs and a shrinking audience. Now, though, not only is the website itself back up and running, there’s also another effort […]
Samsung Electronics and Mastercard have partnered to pilot a biometric card that uses a built-in fingerprint sensor to authorise in-store transactions. The partnership, confirmed through a memorandum of understanding, will see the companies develop a card using Samsung’s System LSI Business’ new security chipset, which Samsung claimed has integrated “key discrete chips” to improve efficiency. […]
Last month beta testers found that Apple had added a feature to iOS 14.5 allowing users to change the default music app, Apple Music, to any other third-party app they had installed. However, this does not appear to be the case. Apple has cleared up some confusion regarding reports that iPhone users would be able […]
Microsoft is rolling out some new improvements to its Edge browser this month. While the software maker announced vertical tabs nearly a year ago, the feature is finally making its way to all Edge users this month. You’ll be able to stack tabs at the side of the browser instead of the traditional long list […]
Chipmaker Qualcomm is launching a new end-to-end audio solution called Snapdragon Sound to bring high-quality wireless audio on phones. Smartphone audio is not always at its best when you’re listening to music or playing games through wireless earbuds. You might experience quality drops, glitches, or latency issues. Snapdragon Sound aims to solve all these problems […]
The Nintendo Switch has sold over 80 million units worldwide, passing the 3DS family on the best-selling consoles of all-time list. It may have already beaten the Game Boy Advance family (81.5 million) and is closing in on the Xbox 360’s ~84 million sales. Despite the Switch’s continuing success, talk of a Pro model has […]
Microsoft’s newest Garage app, the company’s brand for more experimental apps, is Group Transcribe, which lets groups of people capture real-time collective meeting transcriptions using their phones. It’s available for free right now on iOS. “This app uses a multi-device approach to provide real-time, high quality transcription and translation, so users can be more present […]
Sony has unveiled six new games for PSVR, with I Expect You To Die 2, survival game Song In The Smoke, and VR MMO Zenith. Sony’s announcement that they will create a new, next gen successor to PlayStation VR was quite a surprise last month, but a very welcome one especially since they themselves had […]