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MediaTek has been on a roll these past weeks, trying to make up for lost time in the mobile market. Of course, it has been aggressively pushing its 5G-enabled Dimensity brand but it has also launched a new mid-range Heli...

American biotech company Moderna has announced positive interim clinical data related to its mRNA-1273 vaccine candidate targeting the novel coronavirus. The positive results come from the NIH’s National Institute of A...

To prove just how useful Spot, Boston Dynamics' four-legged robot dog, can be, the New Zealand-based robotics company Rocos shared a video of Spot herding sheep across grassy pastures. This is the kind of work Rocos hope...

Amazon does seemingly everything. The e-commerce giant has a foothold in audiobooks, fresh groceries, Netflix-style video streaming and oh-so-much-more. It's no surprise, therefore, that the company wants to widen its in...

Tesla's "Full Self-Driving" package will get a price hike and cost $1,000 more worldwide come July 1st, Elon Musk has revealed on Twitter. The company chief didn't mention an exact adjusted price for it, but the option c...

The US government’s trade ban on Huawei was meant to bring the company to its knees both as punishment for its alleged cybersecurity crimes as well as a bargaining chip in trade talks with China. For the past 12 months...

Walmart has been selling no-frills Android tablets under its Onn brand for a while, but the $65-plus slates have been basic, to put it mildly. There's now a better option if you're willing to spend a little more, however...

Another sign of how fundamentally screwed the economics underlying the app economy are: It is possible to take advantage of exploitative food delivery platform DoorDash's efforts to sign up restaurants without their cons...

With most of the U.S. quarantined and many people working at home, Verizon has officially finalized its acquisition of video conferencing platform BlueJeans.

The covid-19 pandemic has forced a delay to an effort to protect vulnerable seabirds from large, invasive mice on an island in the South Atlantic Ocean. The suspension left a team of conservationists stranded in one of t...

If the original SD Express gave niche and proprietary memory card formats a run for their money, its follow-up might just blow past them. The SD Association has unveiled (via Gizmodo) an 8.0 specification for SD Express ...

The ongoing pandemic has taught us a lot about how selfish and greedy humans can really be. One might even start to wonder...maybe it's time to give another species their shot? With a new Planet of the Apes movie in the ...

There’s no shortage of variants when it comes to the new Porsche 911, but that hasn’t stopped some would-be owners hoping to see a return to naturally-aspirated engines in the back of their Carrera. Unfortunately for...

New research out this week suggests that feces can spread covid-19. The study found that infectious viral particles can survive in fecal matter taken from patients, but it's still unknown how common a transmission path t...

When lockdowns in the U.S. were just starting and it was clear everyone would be stuck at home for the long haul, the Federal Communications Commission pushed carriers to sign its Keep Americans Connected Pledge--a promi...

Spotify has added another major podcast to its audio war chest: The Joe Rogan Experience. On September 1st, the show will arrive on Spotify for the first time, with all users (including those on the free tier) having acc...

Only a few years after acquiring the company, Walmart has quietly announced plans to shut down the online retailer Jet.com. The revelation was nestled within Walmart’s newly published quarterly financial results, with ...

They're more refinements than reinventions, but most of the changes are welcome.

Tom Hanks is joining the ranks of stars premiering movies on streaming services during the pandemic, but he's not going to one of the usual outlets. Deadline reports that Hanks is premiering his WWII naval drama Greyhoun...

Official pricing for the 2021 Genesis G80 is out, and just as expected there’s aggressive pricing as the automaker hunts sales from traditional luxury brands. The 2021 G80 sedan will start from $47,700, Genesis has con...

It looks like SD Express is in for a fairly big improvement to transfer speeds, as today the SD Association announced what the SD 8.0 specification will do for the format. According to the SDA, the next generation of SD ...

If you're still searching for something productive to do with your free time, why not give streaming a shot? Whether you're sharing gameplay for the world to see, performing a virtual concert (all the rage these days!), ...