Month: May 2020

Ryzen 4000 is now at the heart of mainstream Chinese laptops In brief: AMD’s new Ryzen Mobile 4000 mobile CPUs have gained a reputation for offering impressive performance and great efficiency when compared to Intel equivalents. They’re also slowly finding their way into more laptops models by a number of manufacturers, now including Xiaomi. Xiaomi has launched three new RedmiBook laptops … Continue reading Xiaomi RedmiBook is Ryzen 4000 powered starting at $559 Continue Reading →

Bang & Olufsen has an excellent reputation in home audio, and its original Beoplay E8 fully wireless headphones were a category leader when there was barely a category to lead. The company recently launched the third version of the E8, a new generation of hardware that comes with a number of improvements for better audio … Continue reading Bang & Olufsen’s latest Beoplay E8 fully wireless earbuds offer top sound and comfort Continue Reading →

Tesla  slashed prices across its electric vehicle portfolio overnight as the automaker aims to boost sales in an economy beaten down by the COVID-19 pandemic. Reuters and Electrek were the first to report the changes. The base price of Model 3 standard range plus is now $37,990, a $2,000 reduction. But the biggest cuts were made to Tesla’s more … Continue reading Tesla cuts prices across EV lineup, ends free supercharging for Model S, Model X Continue Reading →

Gotta catch ’em all indoors. Each summer since 2017, app developer Niantic has hosted the Pokémon GO Fest in select cities across the globe. The event incorporates Pokémon-themed installations and activities in large parks, and helps thousands of players connect in real life. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, this year’s Fest obviously can’t be held outdoors. Instead, … Continue reading Pokémon Go Fest 2020 is a stay-at-home event starting July 25th Continue Reading →

HideAway VPN managed to reach a top speed of 3.7Gbps. Firetrust has announced the launch of its new VPN service which the company claims is two to seven times faster than the competition based on its extensive VPN speed tests. HideAway improves upon standard VPN technology by adding flexible rules, faster speeds and an “Always-On” capability. Firetrust has … Continue reading Could this be the world’s fastest VPN for Windows PCs? Continue Reading →

Can a pair of socks help those with diabetes avoid foot amputations? That’s one of the ideas behind Siren, a company that’s building smart, washable fabric wearables — the first of which is a pair of socks meant to help those with diabetes monitor their foot health and detect dangerous injuries early. They’ve just raised an … Continue reading Siren raises $11.8M for its limb-saving smart socks Continue Reading →

70 percent of applications contain open source security flaws. Application security testing provider Veracode has discovered that after an initial scan, seven in ten applications contain a security flaw in an open source library. The company’s new research highlights how using open source can introduce flaws, increase risk and add to security debt. To compile its new State of Software … Continue reading Flaws lurking in open source code may lead to a new Heartbleed Continue Reading →

The plaintiffs say that tech companies conspired to suppress conservative views. In 2018, the nonprofit organization Freedom Watch and a conservative YouTuber named Laura Loomer tried to sue social media companies. They alleged that Twitter, Facebook and Google — which owns YouTube — broke antitrust laws and violated their First Amendment rights by conspiring to suppress … Continue reading Judges toss lawsuit alleging anti-conservative bias on social media Continue Reading →

SpaceX  is in the process of preparing for its historic first astronaut launch, with a mission to demonstrate its human spaceflight capabilities by flying NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken to the International Space Station. That flight is set to happen at 4:33 PM EDT (1:33 PM PDT), weather permitting, but meanwhile SpaceX has provided … Continue reading Take a look inside Crew Dragon, SpaceX’s first human spacecraft, ahead of its historic launch Continue Reading →

The Samsung Health app is rolling out today to select QLED TVs. Samsung announced that it will be flipping the switch on its health tracking app on select 2020 QLED TVs starting today.  The new Samsung Health app on Tizen will be able to sync all your data from your phone, wearable and now your Samsung Smart … Continue reading Samsung 2020 QLED TVs now have a health tracking app that can help get you in shape Continue Reading →