Jacob Roach / Digital Trends I thought I had my audio figured out. Before I started reviewing graphics cards and gaming monitors, I worked at a recording studio, and got my foot into the world of reviewing with pro audio equipment. I’ve touched microphones that you could find in a bargain bin for $ 50, […]
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The C.E.O. of the self-driving car company Waymo will step down after more than 5 years.
Waymo, the autonomous car unit of Google’s parent company, Alphabet, said John Krafcik is stepping down as chief executive after five and a half years at the helm. In a statement, Waymo said the chief executive duties will be divided between two current company executives — Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov. Ms. Mawakana was Waymo’s […]
Android sends 20x more data to Google than iOS sends to Apple, study says
Enlarge / Insomnia people and mobile-addiction concepts. Getty Images Whether you have an iPhone or an Android device, it’s continuously sending data including your location, phone number, and local network details to Apple or Google. Now, a researcher has provided a side-by-side comparison that suggests that, while both iOS and Android collect handset data around […]
Uber and Lyft to share data on driver deactivations, more than a year after pledging to do so
SAN FRANCISCO — Uber and Lyft will begin sharing data on driver deactivations related to assaults with one another, the companies said Thursday, more than a year after first pledging to do so. The new database follows years of pleas from victims’ advocates to better protect passengers from violence and sexual assault by doing so. […]
DJI FPV drone accelerates faster than a Tesla Model S. Yeah, it’s that quick
Talk about leaving the competition behind! DJI’s latest drone is its fastest flying consumer drone to date, easily capable of beating the Tesla Model S on paper when it comes to acceleration. The DJI FPV has a max acceleration of 0 to 62mph in two seconds. Let that sink in for a moment. It’s a […]
Metalenz raises $10 million for 3D sensors that are 1,000 times smaller than a hair
How open banking is driving huge innovation Learn how fintechs and forward-thinking FIs are accelerating personalized financial products through data-rich APIs. Register Now Metalenz said it has raised $ 10 million to create 3D sensors on a chip with structures that are 1,000 times smaller than a human hair. The new investment allows Metalenz to […]
The RetroBeat: Classic Mega Man is better than the X series
Beyond the app store: Why mobile games need a multi-platform strategy Learn how to go beyond the tried-and-true pathways to improve discoverability, create community, and scale your mobile business. View On Demand A week or so ago, I once again got mad because of a tweet. Specifically, it was this one from Nintendo of America, […]
Uber, After Buying Postmates, Lays Off More Than 180 Employees
The layoffs include most of the executive team at Postmates, the food delivery app that Uber bought last year. SAN FRANCISCO — Uber on Thursday laid off roughly 185 people from its Postmates division, or about 15 percent of Postmates’ total work force, said three people with knowledge of the actions, as the ride-hailing giant […]
Quibi’s $1.75B experiment ends with Roku acquisition for “less than $100M”
Quibi, the curious “TV on your phone” service that lasted for roughly six months last year, will soon live on—as a free-with-ads channel on Roku. After rumors began circulating earlier this week, Quibi and Roku confirmed on Friday that the two companies had reached terms for an acquisition, putting most of Quibi’s hours of original […]
Nvidia Ada Lovelace: Next-gen graphics could be 71% more powerful than RTX 3080
Even as gamers are still waiting to get their hands on Nvidia’s latest RTX graphics cards following the recent launch of the RTX 3000 series powered by the Ampere architecture, it appears that the company may already be working on a next-generation GPU that — if leaks are to be believed — may be significantly […]
Dell slashed this mobile workstation price by more than $1,200 this weekend
Dell makes laptops for just about everybody (unless you’re a die-hard MacOS fan, that is), from cheap Chromebooks to gaming machines and, of course, high-end mobile workstations like the Precision 3550. Whether you’re specifically on the hunt for Dell laptop deals or you’re just in the market for a good Windows-powered PC from any top […]
Back 4 Blood is even more like Left 4 Dead than you may think — and that’s good
I was never the biggest Left 4 Dead fan, despite the huge impact both it and its sequel had on the world of gaming. Since then, players have been clamoring for a third game, as Valve retained the IP and developer Turtle Rock moved on to asymmetrical PvE game Evolve, which released in 2015 to […]
The Expanse S5 review: The show is bigger, bolder, and better than ever
Enlarge / Space is mind-bogglingly big… but what happens there may not stay there. The science fiction space opera is by now a well-known genre, and yet somehow The Expanse is hard to describe. Let me try to sum it up at its most basic: The Expanse is a show about space. It is a […]
“DeathStalker” hackers are (likely) older and more prolific than we thought
Enlarge Getty Images In 2018, researchers from security firm Kaspersky Lab began tracking “DeathStalker,” their name for a hacker-for-hire group that was employing simple but effective malware to do espionage on law firms and companies in the financial industry. Now, the researchers have linked the group to two other pieces of malware including one that […]
We need right-to-repair laws now more than ever
This year could have been a huge one for right-to-repair activism — and it still could be, too. Lawmakers in 20 states have introduced bills that would force manufacturers to share their manuals and diagnostic tools with electronics owners. If passed, these laws would mean that do-it-yourself dabblers and independent fix-it shops could get the […]