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Image: Reddit Reddit has acquired "short-form video social platform" Dubsmash, the company announced today. Under the terms of the deal, the TikTok rival will continue to exist as a separate platform and brand, but its "...

Google has published an overview on its AI Blog that details how it developed the technology that powers the Portrait Light feature found on its newer Pixel smartphones. While the entire process is performed on the devic...

The Geminids meteor shower peaks on Sunday, and should provide good views of shooting stars anywhere the sky is clear.

Amazon today announced a new Alexa feature, Live Translation, that will translate conversations between people who speak two different languages. The feature uses Amazon’s speech recognition technology and neural machi...

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Linux 5.10 is significant because it's the latest version of the kernel with long-term support.

(North Carolina State University) Many people think of composting organic matter as a way of keeping solid waste out of landfills, but a new study finds there can be significant environmental benefits associated with usi...

With a majority of marketers still facing a 'strategic gap' within the practice of Influence Marketing (IM), 2021 is predicted to bring 'Influence' to the center of marketing transformation and redefine its role within b...

With Apple Fitness+ set to launch Monday, a handful of early reviews say the subscription service is a winner that makes fitness fun. If you’ve got an Apple Watch and access to gym equipment in your home, it’s practi...

At a time when pretty much every app on desktop and mobile has a dark mode, it's a bit sad that us darkness lovers still have to endure unbearable whiteness on one of the most commonly opened pages on the internet: Googl...

State-sponsored hackers have reportedly tapped into internal email systems at several U.S. federal agencies, including the Treasury Department and the Commerce Department's internet and telecom branch, the National Telec...

There has been a lot of coverage lately about the Chinese government’s ability to use the likes of Huawei and ZTE to spy on the US but it seems that a different country may have successfully pulled that off instead. Ac...

iOS 14’s most popular feature has quickly become the all-new widgets that can give your iPhone a personalized touch. However, going further than that, custom iOS 14 aesthetics have become a huge trend. We’ve already ...

Apple has released macOS Big Sur version 11.1 with support for AirPods Max and the new privacy "nutrition" labels for the Mac App Store. macOS 11.1 releases Users who can update to the latest version can wait for the aut...

macOS 11 Big Sur is now available to the public and it comes with a slew of exciting new features and changes. But you may be wondering, should I upgrade to macOS Big Sur on my Mac?

The newly discovered Python-based malware family targets the Outlook processes, and browser credentials, of Microsoft Windows victims.

Usually after big events like Black Friday we see some of the deals come back for at least a little bit of time, but it's more rare to see the deals get even better. Right now the Crucial MX500 1TB solid state drive is d...

A new artificial intelligence-based algorithm that can accurately predict which Twitter users will spread disinformation before they actually do it has been developed by researchers from the University of Sheffield.

Eskom, South Africa's state-owned power utility, has a litany of financial and operational problems. In 2017 the Goldman Sachs Group declared it the biggest risk to the South African economy. Several cabinet members have...

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So young and already so evolved: Thanks to observations obtained at the Large Binocular Telescope, an international team of researchers coordinated by Paolo Saracco of the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF, Italy) ...

It looks fascinating, right? You're looking at Peugeot Sport and Total's newest Le Mans hypercar. This monster of a race car is heading to the 88th edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. It's the newest Le Mans Hypercar (LM...