Month: May 2021
The new Apple TV 4K remote has a small, unfixable problem Apple TV 4K (2021)
While you’re unlikely to ever come across it yourself, it turns out the Apple TV 4K (2021) remote – the new Siri Remote – has a small problem: its battery pretty much can’t be replaced. The problem, according to teardown specialists iFixIt, is that the battery is locked deep within…
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SanDisk’s new card reader dock is all I could ever want and more
Western Digital, owner of the SanDisk brand, has announced a new product called the Pro-Dock 4, and it’s all I’ve ever wanted in a card reading solution: it lets you mix and match four card reading modules, which can all be read simultaneously, and connect them all to your computer…
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Stadia’s loss is Clubhouse’s gain: the social audio company has poached a longtime Google engineer
Clubhouse has hired Justin Uberti, creator of the WebRTC standard and the Google Duo video chat app. He leaves Google after nearly 15 years at the company, where he was most recently the engineering lead for Google’s Stadia cloud gaming service and led the team that made the Stadia iOS…
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Big Oil and Gas had a no good, very bad day
Fossil fuel companies are having a big reckoning with climate change this week. Shareholders for Exxon and Chevron voted for measures that could force them to take more responsibility for their emissions, while a Dutch court is forcing Shell to slash its pollution. Taken altogether, the actions reflect a growing…
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Here’s How People Tried To Buy Happiness During The Pandemic
Ben Kothe / BuzzFeed News; Getty Images As vaccines get doled out and the risk of COVID-19 — at least in the US — begins to dwindle, many people are feeling something they have not experienced much of in over a year: joy. Between a virus that’s killed over half…
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The Boring Company tests its ‘Teslas in Tunnels’ system in Las Vegas
Elon Musk’s Boring Company started shuttling passengers through the twin tunnels it built underneath the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) this week, as part of a test to get the system ready for its full debut in June. Videos, images, and accounts shared around the internet by the people who…
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