The Roomba i7+ robot vacuum returns to its all-time low price

The holiday shopping season has already begun, but Wellbots is kicking off November with a couple of deals on iRobot Roombas. Of note is the Roomba i7+ for $699, which is $100 off its normal price. The standard Roomba i7, which does not come with a C...

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AI can detect COVID-19 by listening to your coughs

It’s easy to be worried when you cough these days — is it COVID-19, or are you just clearing your throat? You might get a clearer answer soon. MIT researchers have developed AI that can recognize forced coughing from people who have COVID-19, even if...

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Tesla's updated Full Self-Driving beta needs fewer human interventions

Tesla’s Full Self-Driving beta is already making some significant (and arguably needed) strides forward. Electrek says the automaker has rolled out an update that, according to Elon Musk, should reduce the need for human intervention by about a third...

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Joe Biden's campaign has a 'Fortnite' island

If you’re running Joe Biden’s presidential campaign and want to make a last-minute push for the youth vote, what do you do? Set up a Fortnite island, apparently. Mashable reports (via Kotaku) that the Biden-Harris campaign has introduced a “Build Bac...

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Intel's Iris Xe Max dedicated graphics are now available in laptops

Intel teased its dedicated laptop GPU earlier in October, and it’s now rolling out the technology in earnest. The chip designer has announced that the first laptops using its Iris Xe Max graphics chip are available in some form, including the previou...

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Should Psychologists Talk About Their Own Mental Health?

From research to "me-search"

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Nest thermostats in the US and Canada can now monitor your HVAC system

The latest Nest thermostat isn’t the only model that can tell you if something’s wrong with your HVAC system. Even older models will get the capability, now that the Google-owned brand has rolled out HVAC monitoring to all Nest thermostats across the...

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Disney robot with human-like gaze is equal parts uncanny and horrifying

Robots with human-like expressions are becoming ever more impressive, but Disney Research might just induce some nightmares with its latest project. Gizmodo reports that Disney has developed a system that gives humanoid robots more realistic gazes an...

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Stay safe and comfortable with this LED fan mask that's $50

Specific preventative measures are essential for staying healthy while slowing the spread of COVID-19. These include everything from washing one's hands and maintaining social distance to wearing a face mask. Even though we're well into this global p...

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Waymo shares in-depth details of self-driving car activity in Phoenix

Waymo’s vehicles have driven a total of 6.1 million miles in Phoenix, Arizona, where it first started testing its self-driving technology. That’s merely one of the many, many things the Alphabet-owned autonomous vehicle company has revealed in an in-...

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FBI, Homeland Security detail how Iranian hackers stole US voter data

US officials are shedding more light on how Iran-linked hackers stole voter info to send intimidating emails to Democrat voters. The FBI and Homeland Security’s CISA have issued an advisory (via Bleeping Computer) explaining the campaign, which ran f...

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Hitting the Books: How one of our first 'smart' weapons helped stop the Nazis

At the outset of World War II, you’d have a better chance of finding a needle in a haystack with a camel stuck in its eye than you did shooting down an enemy aircraft in your first dozen or so shots. This is because anti-aircraft shells at the time u...

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The Morning After: Apple starts a repair program for AirPods Pro ANC problems

You saw the video. The SSC Tuatara hit 331 MPH and set a new speed record for a production car… or did it? Car fans have been dissecting the company’s claim ever since the video was posted, and on further analysis that figure doesn’t seem to hold up....

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'League of Legends' RPG 'Ruined King' will launch in early 2021

Almost a year ago, developer Riot Games unveiled Ruined King, a story-driven title set in the League of Legends universe. We haven't heard much about the game since then, which isn't surprising -- the company has been busy with Valorant, Legends of R...

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SSC NA promises a re-run of the Tuatara's top speed record attempt

Less than two weeks ago, SSC NorthgAmerica announced that its Tuatara has taken over the claim of “fastest production car in the world,” after going over 330 MPH down a seven-mile stretch of Highway 160 in Nevada. It provided video evidence of the ef...

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YouTube TV drops Boston regional sports network NESN

At the end of September, a dispute with Sinclair cut off YouTube TV’s deal for Fox regional sports networks across the country, and as October comes to an end it’s also dropping Boston network NESN. NESN broadcasts games for the Red Sox and Bruins, a...

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Apple ordered to pay VirnetX $503 million for VPN patent lawsuit

The seemingly endless legal battle between Apple and VirnetX still rages on, and the latest development may cost the tech giant half a billion dollars. A jury in Tyler, Texas has ruled that Apple has to pay VirnetX $502.8 million in royalties for VPN...

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Apple program will replace AirPods Pro buds with crackling, ANC issues

Occasionally Apple identifies a problem significant enough to launch a program to repair or replace an issue with one of its products, and today it revealed a service program for the AirPods Pro. According to the notice, in devices manufactured befor...

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TikTok avoids another US ban thanks to influencers' lawsuit

TikTok has, once again, been spared from a ban in the United States. A Pennsylvania judge temporarily blocked a ban that was set to take effect November 12, in response to a lawsuit from three TikTok stars.The latest ruling is the second time an inte...

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Sony's WF-1000MX3 earbuds drop to $168, an all-time low on Amazon

It might be a good time to buy if you’re itching for some true wireless earbuds to tune out the rest of the world. Amazon is selling Sony’s well-received WF-1000XM3 buds for $168. That’s an all-time low on Amazon, and one of the best deals yet for th...

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Under Armour is selling MyFitnessPal for $345 million

Under Armour may be rethinking its fitness app strategy. After purchasing MyFitnessPal for $475 million in 2015, the company announced today that it has started a “definitive agreement to sell the MyFitnessPal platform to Francisco Partners.” It’s al...

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How to practice better allyship – Suzanne McGovern

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How to practice better allyship – Suzanne McGovern

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Tesla raises price of Full Self-Driving mode to $10,000 now that it's in beta

Elon Musk warned that Tesla would hike the price of Full Self-Driving now that it’s in beta, and he’s being true to his word. The Verge reports Tesla has raised the cost of the package to $10,000 in the US for both new car buyers and upgrades, up $2,...

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CISOs more confident in identity practice after pandemic shock

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ICO slashes Marriott breach fine to £18.4m

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Apple takes home an engineering Emmy for its ubiquitous ProRes video tech

Apple took home an engineering Emmy award for its ProRes video codec first developed in 2007 that has become widely used in digital television and film production (via 9to5Mac). As Apple’s team accepting the prize noted, it gained popularity because...

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Podcast: PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X early impressions

This week, Devindra and Cherlynn are joined by Jessica Conditt to talk about both new consoles -- well, as much as they can say anyway. Jess chats about her PlayStation 5 preview, and we can finally compare it to the Xbox Series X and S final hardwar...

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Google adds spooky sounds to its Nest doorbells for Halloween

Over the next couple of days, you can help Momo the cat defeat underwater foes when you visit the Google homepage. The tech giant is celebrating Halloween 2020 with what it calls a “subaquatic shriek-quel” of the Magic Cat Academy Doodle it did for H...

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The best deals we found this week: $50 off AirPods Pro and more

The beginning of this week brought a number of solid deals on headphones, tablets and other gadgets. And then Best Buy began its first early Black Friday sale and we saw a bunch of our favorite devices receive steep discounts. Best Buy’s sale lasts t...

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RISC-V is trying to launch an open-hardware revolution

There are processors in everything. I’m not even talking about the SoC in your phone or smart TV; but modern devices from cars to consoles are filled with tiny chips. These microcontrollers manage power supplies, interpret sensor readings, move data,...

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The Morning After: Netflix price hike takes HD streaming to $14 per month

It’s hard to remember now, but when Netflix first offered streaming as a standalone subscription back in 2011, it cost just $8 per month. Now the company’s latest price increase pushes that Standard streaming rate in the US to $14. If you already hav...

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Google third-quarter results highlight public cloud goals

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SmartThings Find app can track down lost Samsung Galaxy devices

Smartphones and other devices are so intertwined with our lives that losing one can be traumatic. To that end, Samsung has unveiled SmartThings Find, an app that uses a variety of technologies to locate your phone, even if there’s no cell or WiFi sig...

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Government invests £200,000 to boost Scottish geospatial sector

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Amazon posts 'better than expected' Q3 results as Covid-19 pandemic continues to drive sales up

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New 'Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy's Edge' trailer reveals its story

Lucasfilm’s immersive entertainment studio ILMxLAB has released a new trailer for Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy's Edge, and it gives us a glimpse of the kind of adventures we can expect from Ady Sun’Zee. It shows the young Padawan exploring a myst...

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Cloud infrastructure services market growth soars in Q3 as Covid-19 fuels online demand

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PlayStation CEO thinks VR's bright future is still years away

Sony offering PSVR owners a free camera adapter to use with the PS5 pretty much tells you that the company has no plans to release a new virtual reality headset anytime soon. Now, Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan has confirmed to The Washi...

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YouTube Music finally lets users filter out liked YouTube videos

The forced transition from Google Play Music to YouTube Music is upon us, and for those making the switch, one annoying aspect of the new service has been how it blends random videos from YouTube in with music. As far as YouTube Music is concerned, l...

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Instagram drops 'recent' posts from hashtag pages ahead of the election

Instagram is taking a new step to prevent the spread of misinformation ahead of the presidential election. The app is temporarily disabling “recent” posts from appearing on hashtag pages in order “to reduce the real-time spread of potentially harmful...

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Apple AirPods with a wireless charging case hit a new low price of $108

Apple may have new versions of its iconic earbuds in the works, but if you’d like to get a pair now complete with their wireless charging case, Walmart’s online offer features the lowest price we’ve seen. They’re on sale for $108, and according to th...

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Ram is working on an electric version of its popular pickup truck

Ram is working on an electrified version of its pickup. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) CEO Mike Manley confirmed during an earnings call the automaker is moving into that market alongside the likes of Ford, Tesla, GMC and Rivian.Manley didn't offer...

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Honeywell's latest quantum computer claims a new problem solving milestone

Familiar names like IBM and Google were among the first to break ground in the field of commercial quantum computing, but Honeywell is claiming for itself today. After a few months of teasing, the company has finally shed more light on its new System...

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Victims contest technology firms’ attempt to dismiss cobalt mining deaths case

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Intel's 11th-gen Rocket Lake desktop CPUs will max out at 8 cores

Intel has revealed more information about its 11th-generation Rocket Lake S-Series desktop processors, expected to arrive in Q1 next year. Unlike the 10th-generation chips with up to 10 cores, the new model will top out at 8 cores, as expected. Howev...

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San Francisco 49ers unveil the first in-stadium 8K replay system

Even with fan presences limited or eliminated due to COVID, sports stadiums continue to host games. Now Levi’s Stadium — which launched as a “temple of football and high technology” six years ago — where the 49ers play is leaping forward with the fir...

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The Apple Watch SE is already down to $259 at Amazon and Best Buy

The Apple Watch SE is barely a month old, but that isn’t stopping retailers from making the mainstream smartwatch a little more affordable. Amazon is selling the Apple Watch SE for $20 off, starting at $259 for a 40mm GPS version. It’s also available...

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Jabra Elite 85t review: Noise-blocking comfort that rivals the best

Jabra proved its true wireless mettle with the Elite 65t earbuds in 2018. The company, better known for headsets than headphones, had a worthy contender with its debut model. It returned in 2019 with the vastly improved Elite 75t, and once again earn...

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Amazon is matching many of Best Buy's early Black Friday deals

Best Buy kicked off its first early Black Friday sale this morning, and as luck would have it, Amazon’s matching a number of the deals. Yes, we’re aware that we still have a few days left in October, but many retailers are ushering in the holiday sho...

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Amazon's Echo Show and Fire TV devices hit all-time lows in Alexa birthday sale

Now may be a great time to pick up that Amazon device you’ve been eyeing, because the e-commerce giant is selling several Echo Show and Fire TV models at deep discounts to celebrate Alexa’s birthday. Amazon first announced the voice assistant in 2014...

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How Shell is fleshing out a digital-twin strategy

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Spotify is adding users faster than it thought it would

After a short COVID-19 related slump in Q1 2020 and a rebound in Q2, Spotify saw big growth in subscriber numbers for its latest earnings period. The service now counts 320 million active and 144 million paid users, up from 299 million and 138 millio...

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The Morning After: The Switch can now run cloud-streamed games

So now Nintendo does cloud-streamed gaming too. Putting aside the revelation that the Switch has offered cloud gaming in Japan since 2018, it’s interesting to see the option pop up on the convertible console. For gamers who don’t live in Japan, our f...

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Chaos Audio's multieffects guitar pedal links to your smartphone

Chaos Audio has unveiled a digital multi-effects guitar pedal on Kickstarter that could be ideal for budget-minded users or beginners. The Chaos Stratus marries a customizable digital pedal board, guitar tuner, looper and metronome, all controlled by...

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Royal Navy and US Navy evolve joint AI and ML work

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Tesla's $500 'Radio Upgrade' restores FM and Sirius XM access

Earlier this year, Tesla started offering owners of older Model S and Model X vehicles the option to upgrade their infotainment systems for $2,500. Purchasing it gives them access to features found in the newer version of the system, including YouTub...

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Covid-19: Tech investments tipped by business leaders as key to UK post-pandemic recovery

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Zero-trust investment seen accelerating through pandemic

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Cakewalk3D lets your regular 3D printer decorate food

You’d have to be a real foodie to drop a few thousand dollars on a dedicated food printer, but what if you could transform a regular 3D printer into one for a fraction of that? That’s the premise behind Cakewalk3D, a new Kickstarter project that prom...

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FBI warns hospitals of 'increased and imminent' ransomware threat

US federal authorities have issued a joint cybersecurity advisory warning hospitals and healthcare providers that they’re in danger of being targeted by a ransomware attack. A number of providers in the US had fallen victim to cybercriminals taking t...

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The best early Black Friday deals you can get in Best Buy's new sale

November hasn’t even started yet and Best Buy has already kicked off its early Black Friday deals. Sure, the retailer had a number of “Black Friday guaranteed” prices on its website already, but a slew of new deals are available today through Novembe...

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Vizio's latest TVs add FreeSync, 120Hz 4K gaming support

With new game consoles just around the corner and PC GPUs delivering high-res graphics at 120fps, Vizio is rolling out an update for 2021 SmartCast-enabled TVs with its ProGaming Engine tech built-in. While Vizio mentioned HDMI 2.1 support in V-Serie...

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