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Counterpoint: While it’s great to see innovation and the advancement of technology, this Xiaomi announcement is purely marketing hype and it will almost certainly never hit the market. From an engineering perspective, the efficiencies of these transmitters are so low that this device would likely require 1000W+ of input power... https://www.techspot.com/news/88455-xiaomi-mi-air-charge-claims.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Dogecoin, the cryptocurrency featuring the famed “doge” shiba-inu meme, famously started as a bit of a meme itself. Never terribly successful, but consistently in the crypto zeitgeist, the coin has made headlines this week as the ever-growing community of day-traders on Reddit and Twitter decided to focus their efforts on... https://www.techspot.com/news/88470-redditors-rally-dogecoin-halves-value-following-sevenfold-surge.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Nvidia's inclusion of Apple M1 support is practical, and the snubbing of Apple, who continues to disallow game streaming services on the App Store, is merely a bonus. But the addition of Chrome support is (or at least appears to be) almost entirely an act of spite against Google, who... https://www.techspot.com/news/88469-nvidia-brings-geforce-now-chrome-apple-m1-devices.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Earlier this month, Hyundai confirmed that it was in talks with Apple concerning the future production of an autonomous electric car. The news—which claimed that a deal could be inked as early as March—sent Hyundai stock skyward. https://www.techspot.com/news/88468-hyundai-executives-divided-over-apple-car-partnership.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Left 4 Dead 2 is the 2009 sequel to Valve’s original Left 4 Dead, which arrived one year earlier. Both feature a variety of campaigns that afford a movie-like experience with a heavy emphasis on multiplayer / cooperative gameplay. https://www.techspot.com/news/88462-german-authorities-give-uncensored-version-left-4-dead.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Alleged details of the RTX 3080 Ti (or it could be called the RTX 3080 20GB or RTX 3080 Super) appeared on Chinese video-sharing service Bilibili and were spotted by Twitter user HXL. It include CPU-Z stills that confirm the 20GB of GDDR6X memory. https://www.techspot.com/news/88459-alleged-rtx-3080-ti-benchmarks-puts-performance-almost.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Data from market research firm IDC released earlier this week showed the smartphone market rebounded in the fourth quarter of 2020, helped by Apple shipping more handsets than any other vendor has ever managed in a single quarter—90.1 million. https://www.techspot.com/news/88458-apple-led-way-tablet-shipments-reached-new-heights.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Tesla unveiled its futuristic Cybertruck at a flashy event in late 2019. The company said the boxy EV would have a range of up to 500 miles on a single charge and be capable of reaching 60 mph from a stop in less than three seconds. https://www.techspot.com/news/88448-tesla-cybertruck-expected-enter-volume-production-2022.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

As reported by The Verge, Pac-Man: Birth of an Icon is described as “the first-ever official history book” examining the series, “from creator Toru Iwatani’s “pizza slice” inspiration to the game’s incredible success in arcades and beyond.” https://www.techspot.com/news/88445-classic-video-game-fans-love-pac-man-birth.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

IDC's latest worldwide smartphone shipments report reveals that 385.9 million handsets shipped between October 1 – December 31 last year, marking a 4.3 percent increase compared to the same quarter in 2019. https://www.techspot.com/news/88444-smartphone-market-rebounded-q4-mostly-thanks-apple.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Amazon’s Ring on Wednesday announced its smallest and most affordable video doorbell to date. https://www.techspot.com/news/88437-ring-latest-video-doorbell-smallest-most-affordable.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

NASA launched the craft in 2016, sending it in the direction of Bennu, an asteroid that is located more than 200 million miles from our home planet. The planned rendezvous went off without a hitch last October as the instrument was able to successfully collect a sample of regolith particles... https://www.techspot.com/news/88435-nasa-spacecraft-carrying-sample-asteroid-material-preps-earthbound.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The revelation comes from Michael Driscoll, whose data-scraping scripts previously showed how scalpers generated nearly $40 million in profit from the newest tech products during the last holiday season. He’s now providing an update on how these goods’ eBay prices have changed over the last month, starting with the Zen... https://www.techspot.com/news/88432-zen-3-scalpers-made-almost-1-million-profit.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The goal of FLoC, in Google's eyes, is to deliver advertising results "nearly as effective" as cookie-based approaches by grouping large groups of users into clusters called "cohorts." These cohorts will organize people into ad groups based on interests they share. https://www.techspot.com/news/88407-google-floc-api-could-privacy-preserving-alternative-cookies.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

In his suit, Marc Ginsberg, who was once Bill Clinton's ambassador to Morocco, requests that Telegram be removed from the Google Play Store and App Store because it encourages and co-ordinates violence, extremism, racism, and anti-Semitism, reports Bloomberg. https://www.techspot.com/news/88414-apple-google-sued-ex-ambassador-over-failure-remove.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

With Ryzen 5000, and by extension the Ryzen 9 5980HS, AMD is delivering much better single-thread performance. The 5980HS provides a ~20% gain versus the 4900HS, which is significant for an architectural improvement on the same process node. https://www.techspot.com/review/2188-amd-ryzen-5980hs/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

In a recent interview with New Zealand’s 1 News, Newell delves deep into the topic of brain-computer interfaces (BCIs). Bypassing physical body parts like eyes that limit our ability to experience things and interfacing directly with the brain could open up a whole world of possibilities and make the real... https://www.techspot.com/news/88401-gabe-newell-believes-brain-computer-interfaces-us-edit.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

In the lawsuit, Khatilov is accused of downloading 26,000 files relating to Tesla’s Warp Drive backend software, used to automate many of the company’s essential business processes, “with the deliberate intent to injure Tesla’s business.” https://www.techspot.com/news/88397-tesla-launches-lawsuit-against-ex-employee-allegedly-stealing.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

CEO Sundar Pichai writes that Google has partnered with health care provider One Medical and public health authorities to make everything from its buildings to parking lots to open spaces available for the vaccine efforts. https://www.techspot.com/news/88396-google-converting-locations-vaccination-clinics.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

MacRumors reports that while Apple has long acknowledged its new handsets and accessories may cause electromagnetic interference with medical devices, it is now offering more information on the potential dangers. https://www.techspot.com/news/88394-apple-keep-iphone-12-away-pacemakers.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The problem is that news sites—which have been struggling to adapt their business model in an increasingly digital, online age—haven’t fared well in recent years, and blame the likes of Google and Facebook for lost advertising revenue. https://www.techspot.com/news/88389-google-threatens-shut-australian-search-instead-paying-news.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Video game retailer GameStop's stock rose by nearly 70 percent on Friday causing a halt in trading. The price spike in the company’s market value was attributed in part to a group of day traders on the subreddit r/wallstreetbets, which led to a scramble by investment firms to capitalize on... https://www.techspot.com/news/88390-gamestop-stock-hits-record-high-reddit-group-causes.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

If you don't know it, it's about time you learn it... plus a few more https://www.techspot.com/trivia/64-what-keyboard-shortcut-directly-open-windows-task-manager/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The size of the price hikes varies depending on the plan you use. For month-to-month subscribers, the increase will only be $1, raising fees from $9.99 to $10.99 a month. 3-month plans are going up by $5 to $29.99. Both modest adjustments, all things considered. https://www.techspot.com/news/88382-xbox-live-gold-subscriptions-receive-price-hikes-across.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

It’s been nearly five years since I wrote about the DeLorean Motor Company’s (DMC) plan to start building replicas of its namesake DeLorean using modern amenities. https://www.techspot.com/news/88381-delorean-could-make-comeback-electric-car.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Project Loon, as it was originally called, started as a research and development project under Google X back in 2011. With it, Google and parent company Alphabet used high-altitude balloons to create makeshift wireless networks to blanket remote regions with Internet access. https://www.techspot.com/news/88378-alphabet-shutting-down-loon-internet-balloon-project.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

These features were revealed in a blog post published by Windows executive Liat Ben-Zur today. A significant portion of the text focuses on changes Microsoft is making to its Bing search browser, but we won't go into those here. https://www.techspot.com/news/88366-microsoft-edge-gets-password-generator-pre-made-themes.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

CBS Sports Digital, the division of CBS Interactive that handles coverage on “digital screens,” confirmed the news to The Verge this week. NBC was originally supposed to air the big game this year but elected to let CBS handle it in exchange for the right to cover Super Bowl LVI... https://www.techspot.com/news/88365-year-super-bowl-wont-stream-4k-or-hdr.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Thanks to games such as Half-Life: Alyx and high-end headsets, including the excellent Valve Index, we’re now seeing VR live up to its potential. There’s still a way to go, but its popularity could increase once Apple releases a VR-focused device next year, followed by an AR device in 2023.... https://www.techspot.com/news/88359-apple-headset-reportedly-features-integrated-fan-fabric-design.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

French site Overclocking.com (via Videocardz) writes that new stock of the RTX 2060 and RTX 2060 Super, released in January 2019 and July 2019, respectively, have already been sent out to board partners and system builders. https://www.techspot.com/news/88354-nvidia-rumored-re-launching-rtx-2060-rtx-2060.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

This news was announced on Opera's official blog today, so it seems the acquisition went through fairly recently. https://www.techspot.com/news/88352-opera-buys-yoyo-games-team-behind-gamemaker-studio.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

A listing for Arctic MX-5 recently appeared over on Amazon’s UK portal. Details are few and far between at this point but according to the listing, MX-5 is metal-free and not electrically conductive, making it safe for use even if you accidentally over-apply it. https://www.techspot.com/news/88349-arctic-launching-successor-renowned-mx-4-thermal-paste.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

First, a bit of background. If you haven't heard of Enderal before, it is a total conversion mod for TES V: Skyrim. If the mod didn't require Skyrim to run, it could easily be billed as its own separate game. https://www.techspot.com/news/88340-one-skyrim-best-modding-teams-working-standalone-game.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

In 1989, Nintendo launched an 8-bit handheld console known as the Game Boy. It was designed by Gunpei Yokoi, the long-time Nintendo employee also responsible for creating the Game & Watch and the D-pad. Despite it being technically inferior to rival systems of the time, it ended up being a... https://www.techspot.com/news/88342-original-nintendo-game-boy-unboxing-doesnt-go-planned.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The chipmaker on Tuesday formally introduced the Snapdragon 870 5G mobile platform as a successor to the Snapdragon 865 Plus. The new platform is built on a 7nm manufacturing process and utilizes an "upgraded" Kryo 585 CPU clocked at up to 3.2GHz alongside Adreno 650 graphics. https://www.techspot.com/news/88333-qualcomm-announces-snapdragon-870-speedier-version-last-year.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

If you're a performance and data fanatic, you'll also want to consider using Nvidia's Latency Analyzer tool, which can accurately measure the time it takes for your monitor's pixels to respond to your inputs. https://www.techspot.com/news/88326-nvidia-reveals-which-mice-support-reflex-latency-analyzer.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The complaint filed by Texas AG Ken Paxton is connected to the multi-state antitrust lawsuit filed last December that alleges Facebook and Google agreed to assist each other against antitrust actions. The redacted filing hid much of the specific details. However, The New York Times obtained an unredacted draft that... https://www.techspot.com/news/88324-texas-ag-outs-google-tilting-advertising-scales-facebook.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Electrek recently received several messages from Ford customers who were notified that their pending delivery had been delayed. The publication reached out to the American automaker, who confirmed that several hundred Mustang Mach-E models were indeed delayed in order to perform additional quality checks. https://www.techspot.com/news/88322-ford-delays-mustang-mach-e-deliveries-perform-additional.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Called the Moodbeam, the device features just two buttons—one for recording whenever you feel happy (yellow) and the other for sad moments (blue). It's the work of a UK based firm, also called Moodbeam. https://www.techspot.com/news/88321-wristband-friends-family-even-bosses-monitor-mood.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The increasing power and portability of modern laptops allow us to work pretty much anywhere: coffee shops, park benches, planes. Nissan’s Caravan NV350 Office Pod Concept expands on that idea by letting people take the the office with them, kind of. https://www.techspot.com/news/88320-nissan-concept-vehicle-takes-remote-working-extreme.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Virgin Orbit, Sir Richard Branson’s satellite launch service that targets small satellite clients, is planning its second launch attempt today after a failed test in May 2020. https://www.techspot.com/news/88316-virgin-orbit-sees-first-commercial-launch-carrying-satellites.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Rocket Lake does have one thing going for it, though -- some nice symmetry. It's comprised of 6 hexa-core models and 8 octa-core models. Good job, Intel. https://www.techspot.com/news/88314-intel-next-gen-processors-have-fewer-cores-but.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Just days after CD Projekt Red issued a public apology and development roadmap for Cyberpunk 2077, a report from Bloomberg sheds more light on the years leading up to the game’s troubled launch. The story claims that while the game was first announced in 2012, development didn’t properly begin until... https://www.techspot.com/news/88315-cd-projekt-denies-cyberpunk-2077-e3-demo-almost.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Apple's services business has gone from strength to strength in recent years, with Cupertino adding Apple Arcade, TV+, and most recently Fitness+ to its roster of paid-for services. Many of us felt it was only a matter of time before the company offered a subscription-based "Podcasts+" option featuring original content.... https://www.techspot.com/news/88313-apple-could-launch-podcast-subscription-service-2021.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

We learned this week that Intel CEO Bob Swan would be stepping down and make way for a new executive at the helm of the troubled silicon giant. He will be succeeded by VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger, who has the perfect background as he previously spent 30 years at Intel... https://www.techspot.com/news/88309-intel-new-ceo-have-deliver-better-products-than.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Was it Google's Eric Schmidt, Sun's Scott McNealy or Mark Cuban? https://www.techspot.com/trivia/127-who-tech-ceo-1999-you-have-zero-privacy/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

As noted by Reuters, a 1999 law requires the Defense Department to compile a catalog of companies owned or controlled by the People's Liberation Army. The Pentagon has added 35 companies so far, including chipmaker SMIC. https://www.techspot.com/news/88304-xiaomi-designated-communist-chinese-military-company-us-government.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

After months of discussions between Google, Fitbit, and the EC, a deal has finally been struck, and Google officially owns Fitbit. This news was announced separately today by both Fitbit itself and its new search giant overlord. Fitbit's post largely focuses on the ways in which being acquired by Google... https://www.techspot.com/news/88298-google-now-owns-fitbit-vows-not-use-tracker.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The Galaxy S21 Ultra packs a 6.8-inch Dynamic AMOLED 2X Infinity-O Display (3,200 x 1,440 pixels, 515 PPI) that’s HDR10+ certified. The screen additionally boasts an adaptive refresh rate that adjusts to the content you are viewing, from 10Hz to 120Hz, to better balance image quality and battery life. https://www.techspot.com/news/88293-samsung-galaxy-s21-ultra-features-adaptive-refresh-rate.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Although MSI has been churning out thin and light laptops for quite some time with its gaming-focused Stealth series, it needed a different feature-set and design for competing in the productivity and business market. The company's new Summit E13 Flip 13-inch convertible aims to achieve precisely that, with a sleek,... https://www.techspot.com/news/88287-msi-targets-productivity-crowd-sleek-looking-summit-e13.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

While Samsung is expected to unveil several devices, the highlights will be the Galaxy S21, the Galaxy S21 Plus, and the Galaxy S21 Ultra smartphones. We’ve heard a lot about the handsets over the last few months; the most significant change could be support for the Galaxy S Pen. Although... https://www.techspot.com/news/88286-watch-samsung-unveil-galaxy-s21-here-7am-pt.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Swan assumed the role of interim CEO following the resignation of Brian Krzanich in June 2018 after Intel learned of a consensual relationship Krzanich had with an Intel employee. Following a seven-month search, Intel’s board removed the interim tag and Swan officially became the seventh CEO in the company’s history.... https://www.techspot.com/news/88274-intel-ceo-bob-swan-stepping-down-replaced-vmware.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

This month, we heard that the Trump administration was imposing a 25 percent tax on graphics cards imported from China. The cards and motherboards were granted exemptions from import taxes in September, but that expired without renewal at the end of last year. https://www.techspot.com/news/88271-evga-zotac-join-others-raising-price-their-graphics.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger