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Oura's third-generation Ring is more powerful, but not for everybody
Engadget - 20 Jan 2022 17:00Developers unearth the bones of an overhauled Task Manager for Windows 11
Ars Technica - 20 Jan 2022 18:38
Early peek at new app shows a new design with similar functionality.
Have You Welcomed Little Archie Into Your Heart?
Gizmodo - 20 Jan 2022 20:00
The Riverdale incarnation of Archie Comics is so popular, it can be tough sometimes to remember that the original Archie rarely if ever dealt with serial killers, ritual sacrifice, and whatever the hell this was. This me...
Crypto.com loses $34 million in hack that affected 483 accounts
Engadget - 20 Jan 2022 13:05
In an interview with Bloomberg TV, Crypto.com's Chief Executive Kris Marszalek has admitted that 400 customer accounts were compromised by hackers. He said his team detected unauthorized transactions made from the accoun...
Pentagon Plans to Spend $52 Million in 2022 on U.S Border Spy Blimps
Gizmodo - 20 Jan 2022 03:45
The Department of Defense will spend tens of millions of dollars this year on a number of "surveillance blimps"--high-tech balloons that will be sent to the U.S. border with Mexico for the purposes of ferreting out drug ...
Why Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition is such a big deal
Slash Gear - 20 Jan 2022 00:59
It’s been a big Tuesday for the game industry. This morning, Microsoft announced that it has entered a deal to purchase Activision Blizzard, the largest third-party games publisher in the world. Microsoft is paying nea...
Oxford warns mild COVID can reduce cognitive performance for months
Slash Gear - 20 Jan 2022 23:10
Mild cases of COVID-19 that don’t result in obvious “long COVID” symptoms may still trigger memory and attention problems, according to a new study from the University of Oxford. Though participants who’d previou...
Announcing Gizmodo's Degrees of the Future
Gizmodo - 20 Jan 2022 15:00
In the 1950s, a visionary college student might have pursued a degree in computer science, and helped create our modern digital world. In the 1990s, that same student might have studied biotechnology, and developed genet...
CIA Says Havana Syndrome Isn't Caused by Russia or Other Foreign Adversary: Report
Gizmodo - 20 Jan 2022 13:00
Havana Syndrome, the name for a variety of illnesses reported by U.S. spies and diplomats working overseas, isn't caused by Russia or any other foreign adversary, according to an interim report by the Central Intelligenc...
Did You Catch The Book of Boba Fett's Musical Teaser?
Gizmodo - 20 Jan 2022 02:30
Star Wars shows are generally very secretive about what's coming in the future. However, the latest episode of The Book of Boba Fett gave its audience as clear a clue as one can hear. It happened at the end of the fourth...
Binge-Watching TV Linked to Greater Risk of Serious Blood Clots
Gizmodo - 20 Jan 2022 02:05
Binge-watching your favorite series isn't so good for your circulation, a new review of the research suggests. The study found that people who regularly watched TV four or more hours a day were more likely to develop a b...
Google Play Games are available on Windows in a three-country beta
Engadget - 20 Jan 2022 02:00
You can now play Google Play Games on Windows -- if you live in the right country. Google has launched a registration-based beta offering access to "popular" Play Games titles on Windows PCs in Hong Kong, South Korea and...
NASA's Swift Observatory may have suffered an attitude control failure
Engadget - 20 Jan 2022 23:50Google just got terrible news in Europe - and it could get much worse
Slash Gear - 20 Jan 2022 23:33
Google was just hit by some very bad news coming from Europe, but the news may be even worse for website owners than for Google itself. In an unprecedented case, the court in Austria has just ruled that Google Analytics ...
Doctor Who Answers a Decades Old Mystery in... a Blu-Ray Trailer?
Gizmodo - 20 Jan 2022 23:32
When Nicola Bryant left Doctor Who in the mid '80s, like a lot of things in Doctor Who circa the mid '80s, it was kind of weird. One minute she's the sixth Doctor's companion, the next her head's shaved and a weird ugly ...
PlayStation 2021 Wrap-Up reveals your stats, but it won't be around for long
Slash Gear - 20 Jan 2022 23:27
PlayStation gamers can now see a complete breakdown of their gaming stats from 2021. Sony launched its PlayStation 2021 Wrap-Up on Thursday, giving players access to a complete showcase of the hours they spent playing Pl...
Texas Hunkers Down for the Cold
Gizmodo - 20 Jan 2022 23:22
Temperatures are dropping in central and south Texas Thursday through Friday morning as the state sees a cold front that may send temperatures plummeting as low as 18 degrees Fahrenheit (minus-8 degrees Celsius) in the P...
Dyson Outsize Absolute+ cordless vacuum features 2 cleaner heads for deep cleans
The Gadget Flow - 20 Jan 2022 23:00
Clean your floors the easy way with the Dyson Outsize Absolute+ cordless vacuum. Equipped with 2 cleaner heads--Laser Slim Fluffy and High Torque XL--this vacuum detects particles on the floor that you can’t usually se...
All-in-one diabetes devices could take the hassle out of insulin injections
Engadget - 20 Jan 2022 22:55
People with diabetes have more than a few hassles, particularly at meals. They not only have to measure their blood glucose levels and inject the right amount of insulin, but carry all the relevant equipment with them. M...
It's Time to Nuke the Doomsday Clock
Gizmodo - 20 Jan 2022 22:55
To be alive in 2022 is to know we could shuffle off this mortal coil at any given moment. To paraphrase the prophet Phoebe Bridgers: All the billboards say the end is near.
A Supernatural Martial Arts Movie With Iko Uwais and Lewis Tan? Yes, Please
Gizmodo - 20 Jan 2022 22:45
Action fans know when you hear the names Iko Uwais and Lewis Tan, it's time to pay attention. Uwais is the jaw-dropping star of The Raid series who has become a Hollywood mainstay with supporting roles in Star Wars: The ...
TikTok joins Instagram in testing creator subscriptions
Engadget - 20 Jan 2022 22:28
Soon after Instagram started rolling out paid subscriptions for creators, TikTok says it may be following suit . The service is exploring a feature that would allow influencers to paywall at least some of the content the...