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Pixel 5 to lose Google’s motion sense feature, report says

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Google is not planning to retain Motion Sense, 9to5Google reports. Motion Sense debuted alongside the Pixel 4, but it appears ...

A beer app is the latest privacy thorn in the U.S. military’s side

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Some people really just shouldn’t post. Falling into that category, again, are members of the U.S. military who share photos ...

Watch NASA test the Mars Perseverance rover ahead of launch

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NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover is getting ready for its big launch day, when it will become the envy of ...

Google’s mobile search app just got a snazzy new dark mode

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Starting Tuesday, Google will begin rolling out a dark mode setting for its mobile search app on Android and iOS.  ...

Arm’s financials and the blurring future of the semiconductor sector

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Amidst the blitz of SoftBank earnings news today comes the financials for all of SoftBank’s subsidiaries, which includes Arm Holdings, ...

Disney streaming exec Kevin Mayer becomes TikTok’s new CEO

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Kevin Mayer, head of The Walt Disney Company’s direct-to-consumer and international business, is departing to become CEO of TikTok, as ...

With stadiums closed, TV networks turn to live esports broadcasts

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The COVID-19 pandemic has wiped out the spring seasons for professional sports and associated revenue for TV networks, but esports ...

36M Americans have filed for unemployment, but (some) tech firms are still hiring

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Last week, U.S. unemployment claims hit 36 million over a two-month period. The results of pandemic-led closures have been devastating ...

With 170M users, Bilibili is the nearest thing China has to Youtube

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Bilibili, a Chinese video streaming website that was once regarded as a haven for youth subculture, has been steadily making ...

Patent application hints at Soli powered Google Pixel Watch navigation gestures

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Will this be the year that Google finally releases a Pixel Watch? Last year, , we expected Google to unveil ...

Google Pixel 4a will reportedly ditch Active Edge

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The Google Pixel 4a is reportedly going to be despite having more storage. However, everything comes at a cost, and ...

Tim Sweeney Explains Exactly Why the PS5’s SSD and I/O Architecture Is Way More Efficient Than PC’s

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This past week, Epic managed to catch all the attention as we discussed in our brand new gaming podcast. They ...

Memorial Day 2020: Get the Dell G5 with GTX 1660 Ti Gaming PC for Just $829.99

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Memorial Day 2020 deals are now live, bringing some amazing discounts on the most premium gaming PCs. Dell is slashing ...

The Alleged Prince of Persia 6 Domain Registration by Ubisoft Appears to be Fake; Now on Sale

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Remember the Prince of Persia 6 domain that was reportedly registered by Ubisoft earlier this month? The domain is now ...

iPad 7 with Cellular + Wi-Fi and 32GB Storage Currently Just $379 [$79 Off]

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The seventh-generation iPad is back down to just $379 for the cellular + Wi-Fi model. The model on sale comes ...

How to Check Health and Optimize Hard Drive on Windows 10

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Is the hard drive of your PC giving you a tough time with painfully longer load times? Hard drives also ...

Top 10 trending phones of week 20

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Week 20 brought us a new leader in our trending chart as Samsung’s newly announced Galaxy A Quantum shot straight ...

Hot take: Poco F2 Pro

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When the Pocophone F1 (or simply Poco F1 in India) was launched in mid-2018 it quickly earned a lot of ...

Motorola Edge in for review

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Motorola’s attempt at getting back in in the high-end game gave us the the Edge lineup and like many other ...

Week 20 in review: Poco F2 Pro is here, huge iPhone 12 leak, Pixel 4a tested

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Welcome to your week’s recap. The past seven days brought us the Poco F2 Pro, the triumphant return of no-nonsense ...

Flashback: Samsung Galaxy S4 zoom, the phone that was mostly a camera

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Back in the days before multiple cameras, before periscope lenses and NPUs, the only way smartphones knew how to zoom ...

China looks to retaliate against U.S. over ‘unreasonable suppression’ of Huawei

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Regardless of everything else going on, the U.S. vsHuawei saga doesn’t seem to be slowing down. On Saturday, China’s foreign ...

Dyson’s scrapped electric car: founder reveals what could have been

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We finally know more about the mysterious electric car that Dyson – yes, the company best known for its vacuum ...

Electric bike sales boom during coronavirus pandemic, but it’s too late for GM’s Ariv

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As lockdowns ease up and city dwellers look to avoid public transportation during the coronavirus pandemic, e-bike sales are flourishing. ...

This beginner drone is on sale and can be flown using just your thumb

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TL;DR: As of May 17, you can get a compact drone on sale for $199.95 with the SHIFT RED: HI-LITE ...

Searching for remote-friendly work? Check out FlexJobs.

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TL;DR: Search for remote jobs with a subscription to FlexJobs for half off, dropping the price to just $24.95 as ...

Tech for good during COVID-19: Snorkels, thank you notes, and Headspace

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Everyone is living a different pandemic right now. Your relationship with shelter-in-place mandates and social distancing can look wildly different ...

Why are people who cite videos always wrong?

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Jon Evans Contributor Jon Evans is the CTO of the engineering consultancy HappyFunCorp; the award-winning author of six novels, one ...

Apple begins reopening some stores with temperature checks and other safeguards in place

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In mid-March, Apple closed all of its stores outside of China “until further notice.” It was a sweeping — but ...

Fitbit’s Chinese rival Amazfit mulls a transparent, self-disinfecting mask

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The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in a wave of Chinese companies with manufacturing operations to produce virus-fighting equipment: Shenzhen-based electric ...