Month: March 2021
Brave is making a big leap into the search market Brave Browser
Brave Software, the company behind the privacy-focused browser Brave, has announced that it has acquired the open search engine Tailcat which it will soon use to enter the search market. Tailcat was developed by the team formerly responsible for privacy search and browser products at Cliqz and the search engine…
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New COVID-19 reporting tool is another patch for the US’s rickety health data system
It was taking staff all day to wrangle rapid test results at assisted living facilities like Via Elegante in Tucson, Arizona. The facility doesn’t normally run medical tests, but this year, it turned into a makeshift lab. Starting in August, staffers were doing hundreds of COVID-19 tests a week in…
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Sony announces six PlayStation VR games, including Doom 3 for VR
Sony has announced a new slate of PlayStation VR games for later this year. It includes a virtual reality adaptation of Doom 3, as well as titles from a few successful VR studios and a couple of relative newcomers to VR. Sony announced a new generation of PSVR for its…
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RTX 3060, RTX 3070, RX 6800, and more in stock on Newegg Shuffle Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
The latest Newegg Shuffle for March 3 is here, running from 1pm to 4pm EST, and is absolutely loaded up on graphics cards, with the RTX 3060, RTX 3060 Ti, RTX 3070, Radeon RX 6800, and RX 6800 XT all making an appearance. Today’s shuffle is an absolute smorgasbord of…
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Cables could help soft robots transform into harder structures
The sub-category of soft robotics has transformed the way many think about the field. Oft-influenced by natural phenomenon, the technology offers a dramatically different approach than the sort of rigid structures we traditionally think of when we discuss robots. Soft designs offer a number of benefits, including compliance, which has…
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Netflix has created a TikTok clone that lets people scroll through funny clips
Netflix is launching a new mobile feature that gives subscribers the opportunity to get their fill of laughs in for the night without having to watch a whole TV show or movie. Fast Laughs, currently only available for iOS device owners in select countries, looks and feels like TikTok or…
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