Month: March 2021
Hulu reenables picture-in-picture mode for iOS 14
Hulu has fully reenabled picture-in-picture support (PiP) on iOS, MacRumors reports, which means half-watching network TV is once again possible for Hulu subscribers on iPhone and iPad devices. Hulu joins a collection of major streaming services that support the feature on iOS, leaving YouTube as the major exception. PiP for…
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Uber spins out Postmates’ robot delivery division into a separate company
Uber is spinning off Postmates' autonomous delivery division into a separate startup called Serve Robotics. The company inherited the unit when it acquired Postmates last year for $2.65 billion. According to Bloomberg, Uber will invest approximat… Source
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NASA’s latest Mars rover has the same processor as an iMac from 1998
NASA’s brand-new Perseverance rover is the most advanced machine that’s ever landed on Mars. But when it comes to rovers, “state of the art” is a subjective term. Perseverance is running on none other than a PowerPC 750, a single-core, 233MHz processor with just 6 million transistors that’s most famous…
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Twitter users on Android can now join the platform’s Clubhouse-like Spaces
Twitter has opened its audio chat room, Spaces, to Android users, the company tweeted Tuesday. Twitter introduced a limited version of the Clubhouse competitor on iOS in January. While any users of Twitter’s iOS app can join and listen to Spaces, only a few can host them at the moment.…
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Google Play Books update brings audio narration to kids titles
Google has been trying to make ebooks accessible to a wider global audience including those who are learning to read. The web giant is continuing its focus on youngsters by launching a set of audio resource tools for children's titles on Google P… Source
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The best processors could get even better soon – here’s why TSMC
TSMC is reportedly poised to begin production of a 3-nanometer fabrication process for manufacturing new processors in the second half of this year – almost a year ahead of schedule. That’s according to Digitimes, which reports that while Samsung has been forced to delay its 3nm chip production as a…
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