Samsung's 2022 TVs and monitors will support its new HDR10+ Gaming standard
Samsung's 2022 televisions and monitors will support its recently unveiled HDR10+ Gaming standard, the company announced. That means they'll deliver a variety of features for gamers like variable...
View ArticleApple Watch Series 7 falls to a new low of $339 at Amazon
With features like a bigger screen and faster charging, Apple's Watch Series 7 is a great gift idea — but the $399 price tag could be hard to swallow. However, you can now pick up the 41mm model (in...
View ArticleGoogle disables 'Hold for Me' feature on the Pixel 6 following buggy update
Last year, Google introduced an exclusive feature for Pixel devices called "Hold for Me" that can alert you when a business finally picks up your call. However, that function has been temporarily...
View ArticleThe Morning After: A smartphone that feels like paper?
Realme, the sister brand of Oppo and OnePlus, has revealed its new flagship GT 2 Pro, and the most notable feature may not be a tech spec, but literally how it feels. The body of the phone uses an...
View ArticleAmazon workers in New York make another attempt at forming a union
Former and current warehouse workers at JFK8, Amazon's fulfillment center in Staten Island, New York, have refiled an application to hold a vote on unionization. The workers originally filed a petition...
View ArticleAmazon iPad sales drop the prices of Apple's latest WiFi and cellular models
Amazon is giving you the chance to grab some of Apple's latest iPad models at a discount before the year ends. Both the WiFi version and the cellular version of the basic iPad released just this...
View Article'Star Trek: Discovery' finally embraces standalone storytelling in its fourth...
The following contains minor spoilers for season four, episode six of 'Star Trek: Discovery' (and vague discussion of episode seven).There’s a bit of a trend or tradition among Star Trek shows,...
View ArticleWhat we learned this year about how to avoid a climate catastrophe
COP26 was not a fist-in-the-air moment, and not the victory against climate change that humanity had been banking on. Sadly, politics and commerce put a hard thumb on proceedings, limiting the action...
View ArticleJabra's Elite 85t earbuds drop to an all-time low of $140 for today only
Don't worry if you're scrambling for a last-minute audio gift or IOU — you have good timing. Best Buy is selling the Jabra Elite 85t true wireless earbuds for an all-time low price of $140, a sizeable...
View ArticleHow the pandemic supercharged the creator economy in 2021
The multibillion dollar industry of game streamers, beauty vloggers, podcast producers, fitness influencers, newsletter writers and other social media stars who make up the “creator economy,” began...
View ArticleMerck's COVID-19 antiviral pill is the second authorized by the FDA
Pfizer's COVID-19 antiviral pill will already have some competition in the US. As the Associated Pressreports, the Food and Drug Administration has given emergency use authorization for Merck's...
View ArticleAmazon warned workers that its busy season could make them feel suicidal
In the US, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 1-800-273-8255. Crisis Text Line can be reached by texting HOME to 741741 (US), 686868 (Canada), or 85258 (UK). Wikipedia maintains a list of...
View ArticleThe first text message is now a $150,000 NFT
Vodafone has turned the first text message into a non-fungible token (NFT). It sold at a Paris auction house this week for €132,680 ($150,000) worth of Ether. The company will donate the proceeds to...
View ArticleLenovo, Intel among growing list of companies that won't attend CES 2022
Lenovo has become the latest company to announce it won't have a physical presence at CES 2022. On Wednesday evening, the consumer and enterprise electronics manufacturer said it wouldn't have on-site...
View ArticleNo one asked for lickable TV, and yet...
Never mind smelling what's on screen — would you like to taste what you see? Probably not, but one scientist is pressing forward anyway. ASCII and Reuters report Meiji University professor Homei...
View ArticleAmazon will remind workers about their rights following an NLRB deal
The tussle between Amazon and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has taken another turn after the company reached a nationwide settlement with the agency. Amazon has agreed to remind current and...
View ArticleIntel apologizes for letter on forced labor in Xinjiang
Intel is learning first-hand about the challenges of pleasing both its home country and China. The New York Timesreports Intel has apologized on Chinese social networks after it sent local suppliers a...
View ArticleJapan's latest life-sized Gundam statue is almost complete
No matter how many times a new Gundam statue goes up in Japan, it’s always a sight to behold. This week was no different when workers attached the head of the RX-93FF V to its body as a crowd of...
View ArticleTesla will disable in-dash video games while its cars are in motion
Tesla is quickly responding to the NHTSA's investigation of in-dash gaming while cars are moving. The Guardian has learned Tesla will deliver an update disabling on-the-move Passenger Play. A...
View ArticleGoogle is the latest to cancel its in-person CES 2022 plans
Following Lenovo and Intel, Google has become the latest company to announce it won't have an on-site presence at CES 2022. "After careful consideration we have decided to withhold from having a...
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