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Toro Smartstow Recycler 22-inch 60V MAX* electric lawn mower Review
Slash Gear - 4 Aug 2020 17:48
In the summer of 2020 I reviewed the Toro 22″ (56cm) 60V MAX* Electric Battery Smartstow Personal Pace High Wheel Mower (20363) over the course of a couple of months. That’s an extremely long name for such a simple p...
Soon, your brain will be connected to a computer. Can we stop hackers breaking in?
ZDNet - 4 Aug 2020 12:41
As the development of brain-computer interface technology speeds up, are security and privacy getting left behind?
Future MacBook Pro trackpads may be larger, adjustable, and backlit
AppleInsider - 4 Aug 2020 15:31
Apple is investigating replacing the regular MacBook Pro trackpad with a virtual one that can dynamically shrink, grow, or change position as needed. Mockup of an extra-wide trackpad. The current MacBook Pro trackpad is ...
The best place to see stars from Earth also happens to be the coldest place on the planet
SPACE.com - 4 Aug 2020 17:38
If you want the clearest view of the night sky, you'll have to pack a warm jacket.
Duckweed is an incredible, radiation-fighting astronaut food -- and by changing how it is grown, we made it better
SPACE.com - 4 Aug 2020 21:30
When room and supplies are limited -- like during space travel -- you need to optimize for a different set of goals to meet the needs of the people you are trying to feed.
Olympus' $699 E-M10 IV has a higher-res sensor and flip-down selfie screen
Engadget - 4 Aug 2020 09:22
It might be exiting the camera business, but Olympus is still releasing new models. The company has unveiled the $700 O-MD E-M10 Mark IV, the latest in its line of entry level Micro Four Thirds mirrorless cameras. While ...
Presenting The Endless Doomscroller
Gizmodo - 4 Aug 2020 20:50
This morning, way too early if you ask me, the Gizmodo Slack channel was dosed with acid reality, momentarily shattering a cozy illusion of purpose and the structure of days spent on the internet. I stared down my life, ...
Google Assistant's new Family Bell feature adds structure to endless summer days
PC World - 4 Aug 2020 17:00
Now you can ask Google to set daily reminder bells for the whole family, as well as set the mood for school and broadcast messages to a specific room.
Kyvol Cybovac E31 robot vacuum mop/hybrid review: This automoated cleaner delivers advanced features at a budget price
TechHive - 4 Aug 2020 12:00
The Cybovac E31 is at the top of a new line of robot vacuums from Kyvol, a brand from VanTop Technology & Innovation, a company known more for action and dashboard cameras than cleaning products. Nonetheless, this hybrid...
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Mashable - 4 Aug 2020 23:10NASA's Nancy Grace Roman space telescope will send the hunt for exoplanets into warp speed
SPACE.com - 4 Aug 2020 13:43
A new NASA space observatory could push planet-hunting forward at warp speed by gathering data up to 500 times faster than the venerable Hubble Space Telescope does.
Take Two pulls back from more expensive Xbox Series X and PS5 games
Slash Gear - 4 Aug 2020 22:48
Heading into the next-generation of game consoles, one of the big question marks is price – not just the prices of the consoles themselves, which Sony and Microsoft have both conveniently avoided talking about thus far...
With Capacitive Controls and Wireless Charging, the EarFun Air Bring True Wireless Value in Spades
Gizmodo - 4 Aug 2020 22:30
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Securing IoT as a Remote Workforce Strategy
Dark Reading - 4 Aug 2020 16:00
Digital transformation with Internet of Things devices offers organizations a way forward in the era of COVID-19. Optimizing this approach for the future will need to start with security.
Xiaomi rebrands Redmi 9 to Redmi 9 Prime for India launch
Android Authority - 4 Aug 2020 10:00
Quad cameras and a 5,020mAh battery starting at Rs 9,999.
Headless CMS might be key to liberating your front-end development
TechRepublic - 4 Aug 2020 23:57
A cofounder of the Strapi open source project--which has 450 external contributors and users that include IBM, NASA, Walmart--reveals how the headless CMS is impacting front-end software development.
New Spin on a Longtime DNS Intel Tool
Dark Reading - 4 Aug 2020 21:20
Domain Name Service database service Farsight Security, the brainchild of DNS expert Paul Vixie, celebrates 10 years with new modern features.
Apple, UCLA Launch 3 Year Depression Study
The Mac Observer - 4 Aug 2020 21:03
Apple is partnering with the University of California, Los Angeles on a three-year depression study (via CNBC). UCLA Depression Study The study will examine how factors like sleep, physical activity, heart rate, and dail...
Extreme Heat Could Cause as Many Deaths as All Infectious Diseases Combined
Gizmodo - 4 Aug 2020 20:56
If the world does not curb the rate at which it spews out climate-warming greenhouse gases, the death toll from extreme heat could nearly meet the current death rate of all infectious diseases combined, according to a ne...
AirPods with wireless charging case drop to $140 at Amazon
Engadget - 4 Aug 2020 19:15
If you missed the last time Apple's AirPods with wireless charging case were on sale (early last month), you have another chance to grab them. Amazon has these AirPods for $140 right now, which is roughly $30 lower than ...
'CoD: Warzone' season five brings big map changes and a mini royale mode
Engadget - 4 Aug 2020 19:00
Some details about season five of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone emerged yesterday when Activision Blizzard and Infinity Ward released an all-action trailer, but there's so much more in store once you've instal...
Microsoft, Amazon back a SoCal company making microchips specifically for voice-based apps
TechCrunch - 4 Aug 2020 18:49
Microsoft’s venture capital fund, M12 Ventures, has led a slew of strategic corporate investors backing a new chip developer out of Southern California called Syntiant, which makes semiconductors for voice recognition ...