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Life Without Amazon (Well, Almost)
For concerned customers, avoiding one of the world’s largest retailers and web service providers is proving harder than expected. Blaze, a 24-year-old cashier living in Washington, D.C., doesn’t order from Amazon.com or shop at Whole Foods. He doesn’t watch movies or shows on Prime Video. He doesn’t own a Ring or a Kindle. And he […]
Pushed by Pandemic, Amazon Goes on a Hiring Spree Without Equal
SEATTLE — Amazon has embarked on an extraordinary hiring binge this year, vacuuming up an average of 1,400 new workers a day and solidifying its power as online shopping becomes more entrenched in the coronavirus pandemic. The hiring has taken place at Amazon’s headquarters in Seattle, at its hundreds of warehouses in rural communities and […]
A popular fertility app shared data without user consent, researchers say
But Premom’s app for Android was also collecting a broad swath of data about its users and sharing it without their permission with three Chinese companies focused on advertising, according to research the International Digital Accountability Council provided to The Washington Post. IDAC, a nonprofit that monitors and works with apps and developers to protect […]
Hump!, the online porn fest that wouldn’t have happened without quarantine
Enlarge / Columnist and author Dan Savage spoke with Ars Technica about the first year that Hump!, his offline amateur-porn festival, has had an online component. The Stranger / Hump! / Aurich Lawson However cooped up you may feel after months of bingeing films and TV series in quarantine, it’s not entirely likely that you’d […]
The Elite: Dangerous Odyssey expansion will launch without VR
The huge Odyssey expansion for Elite: Dangerous coming in early 2021 won’t be VR-compatible “for launch.” UploadVR confirmed with Frontier Developments that the planet-based addition to its popular cockpit-based space game won’t have VR compatibility, at least at first. “We’re big fans of VR, and we are truly proud of the amazing experience that we […]
This robot grabber is gentle enough to hold a jellyfish without damaging it
Soft robots are triggering a revolution in the way that robots are designed and built by using new softer materials that can more safely interact with the world around them. But how soft is soft? According to a new piece of research carried out by researchers at the American Museum of Natural History, City University […]
Dune Pro Chassis clones Apple’s Mac Pro design without the hefty price tag
Love the look of Apple’s latest Mac Pro but don’t want to spend that much money (or deal with macOS)? Dune Case has the chassis for you. System builders can grab this Mac Pro look-alike, called the Dune Pro, on October 21 through Kickstarter. The Dune Pro is a mid-tower chassis measuring 8.58 x 17.7 […]
AI Weekly: In China, you can no longer buy a smartphone without a face scan
Picture a world in which the baseline requirement for a new smartphone is a facial recognition test. You needn’t imagine it — in China, beginning December 1, that’s the scrutiny to which the country’s over 850 million internet users will be subject, without exception. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology said in a late […]
Youbionic’s new robot appendage lends a hand without costing an arm and a leg
[embedded content] We’ve covered all kinds of amazing robot arm projects at Digital Trends over the years. While they have featured plenty of awesome tech and some pretty impressive use cases, these robot arms have also carried a high price tag stretching into the thousands of dollars. That’s something that Federico Ciccarese, the engineer behind […]
Huawei’s new flagship smartphone ships without Google apps
Here you can see the bottom speaker and USB-C port, and you can also see that the screen wraps really far around the sides. Huawei Huawei even bragged that its display wraps farther around the side than other phones, as if that’s some kind of improvement. Huawei The back of the phone looks great. It’s […]
Travel vloggers detained in Iran for flying a drone without permission
Flying a drone without permission can get you into a lot of trouble these days, though the punishment varies from country to country. You might get away with a stern word and a slapped wrist, but in a worst-case scenario you could end up in the slammer. Case in point — two Aussie vloggers traveling […]
You can now book an Uber ride without a phone for the first time
UberIn Toronto, you can book a ride from kiosk’s inside the airport terminal.Uber Uber rides are now bookable without a smartphone at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport. The company launched the kiosks earlier this month, with inspiration from similar ones at its driver hubs. There’s no word yet on future locations. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for […]
How to sell your iPhone 7, iPhone X, or XS Max (without getting ripped off)
If you’re planning to buy one of Apple’s new iPhones, then you’re probably thinking about selling your old handset to raise some funds. Sales of secondhand iPhones are buoyant, and compared with devices from other manufacturers, iPhones hold their value really well, so you should be able to get a great price. Delay too long, […]
Don’t speak: This wearable lets you give voice commands without saying a word
Arnav Kapur/MIT Imagine if you had a version of Amazon’s Alexa or Google Assistant inside your head, capable of feeding you external information whenever you required it, without you needing to say a single word and without anyone else hearing what it had to say back to you. An advanced version of this idea is the […]