Month: February 2020
Google’s Pixel Repair Tool might be a faster way to get your Android updates
If the over-the-air updates aren’t arriving to your Pixel phone fast enough and you can’t stop checking the system update menu, there’s a new way to install updates manually: Google’s repair tool. All you need is a web browser, a USB cable and a computer, as 9to5Google reports, instead of…
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Generate Capital raises $1 billion for renewable energy infrastructure development
The floodgates are open once again for capital investing in renewable energy projects and technology. Generate Capital, the renewable energy infrastructure investor, has raised more than $1 billion for new projects from a group of investors focused on infrastructure — including AustralianSuper, QIC, Railways Pension, among others. The new financing…
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New Oculus Quest update makes controller-free hand tracking much easier
Oculus’s newest update for its wireless Oculus Quest VR headset should make tracking your hands in virtual reality without a controller much easier (via UploadVR). Controller-free hand tracking was first rolled out for Quest headsets in December, but it users had to manually toggle it on and off from the…
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Netflix’s first Altered Carbon 2 trailer teases new Anthony Mackie-shaped sleeve
Arguably Netflix’s biggest play in the sci-fi arena (sorry Lost In Space), Altered Carbon is almost ready to return following an agonizing two-year wait since the show’s deeply nerdy first season landed on the service. Just weeks away from its arrival at the end of the month, Altered Carbon 2…
Read MoreNetflix’s first Altered Carbon 2 trailer teases new Anthony Mackie-shaped sleeve
Arguably Netflix’s biggest play in the sci-fi arena (sorry Lost In Space), Altered Carbon is almost ready to return following an agonizing two-year wait since the show’s deeply nerdy first season landed on the service. Just weeks away from its arrival at the end of the month, Altered Carbon 2…
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Ricoh’s rugged WG-70 is all about the underwater macros
Ricoh has just announced the launch of its newest underwater digital compact camera in the WG-70. Like its predecessor, the WG-60, the latest rugged shooter has dedicated shooting modes for underwater photography. The WG-70 is almost identical in design to the older cameras in this line, and even shares the…
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