Month: January 2021
Polk Audio claims React is the ‘most advanced Alexa-enabled soundbar’
Polk Audio has revealed its latest smart soundbar, which includes several Alexa-powered features. Polk React has four far-field microphones to help it pick up your voice commands even when it’s blasting audio from an action movie.The $249 soundbar ha… Source
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WhatsApp Web joins the video calling game WhatsApp Logo
Video calls received a huge boost in 2020 as the pandemic made it impossible to see each other in person. While WhatsApp did get on board, expanding its mobile apps video call abilities, its web application has taken a bit longer. WhatsApp Web is a great addition for those who…
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The original Celeste now has a sequel you can play in your browser
Celeste was one of the most acclaimed games of 2018, but what you may not have known is that the tightly designed platformer was an expanded version of a smaller project developed in four days at a game jam. Maddy Thorson and Noel Berry created the original Celeste for the…
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The Road To The Capitol Insurrection Was Paved With MAGA Disinformation
Maria Alejandra Cardona / Reuters The March for Trump bus tour kicks off at Doral Central Park for a two-week multistate rally in support of then-president Donald Trump, in Doral, Florida, on Nov. 29, 2020. Behind the violent insurrection at the United States Capitol on Jan. 6 lies a group…
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Google reveals North Korean-backed campaign targeting security researchers
Google’s Threat Analysis Group has identified an ongoing campaign that’s been targeting security researchers working on vulnerabilities over the past few months. The team says “a government-backed entity based in North Korea” is behind the attacks, w… Source
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A look at the soaring valuations of Rivian and Cruise with transportation VC Reilly Brennan
Reilly Brennan loves cars. The native Michigander happily did grunt work for an automotive magazine as an undergrad at the University of Michigan before landing a gig as a trackside communications manager at General Motors, spending a few years as an editor and a general manager with an automotive publisher…
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