Month: December 2020
Samsung’s HDR10+ Adaptive takes your room’s lighting into account
Last year one of our Best of CES awards went to Dolby Vision IQ. It expanded on the display spec that already tweaked HDR output to look its best from scene-to-scene by taking into account the lighting conditions. That way content can look the way it… Source
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New York licenses GMO Internet to issue the first JPY-pegged stablecoin
The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has approved Tokyo-based GMO Internet to launch GYEN, the first stablecoin pegged to the Japanese yen. GMO Internet, an internet conglomerate that offers a large array of services, including domain hosting, online advertising and what it claims is the world’s largest foreign…
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A modder has made a Nintendo 64 that’s smaller than the original’s controller
Taking an old console and making it as small as possible is a well-established tradition in the modding community, and there may be a new victor in the race to shrink the Nintendo 64 as far as possible (via Input). GmanModz has cut down an N64 to the point where…
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Tesla uses three free months of ‘Full Self-Driving’ to push year-end sales
The “Full Self-Driving” system that Tesla sells as a $10,000 option isn’t available in subscription form yet, but the car company is already using that idea to boost sales. Reported earlier by Electrek and confirmed in a tweet by Elon Musk, “All Tesl… Source
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Apple pulls iPhone app promoting secret parties during the COVID-19 pandemic
An iOS app called Vybe Together that promoted private parties during the COVID-19 pandemic has been removed from the Apple App Store, had its account on TikTok banned, and scrubbed most of its online presence. The app’s creators told The Verge that Apple was the one to take it off…
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Was 2020 actually the year of Microsoft Teams, not Zoom? Microsoft Teams
Business turned to video conferencing software as a means to stay connected while working from home during the pandemic and as we prepare for the coming year, this trend will likely continue now that Zoom has become a household name. However, while Zoom emerged as the preferred video conferencing platform…
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