Month: November 2021
Toshiba considering split to focus on key tech areas
Toshiba is considering a move that would see the company split up into three separate publicly traded units focusing on infrastructure, devices and memory chips. Splitting up the almost 150 year old company would allow the Japanese conglomerate to streamline its businesses and deliver more value to shareholders. According to…
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Niantic launches platform to build ‘real-world metaverse’ apps
Niantic is releasing a platform for building what it calls “real-world metaverse” apps. Called Lightship, the platform is “built around the parts necessary to stitch together the digital and the real world,” CEO John Hanke tells me. According to Hanke, Lightship will let mobile apps identify whether a user’s camera…
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Razer gaming accessories hit lowest prices in these early Amazon Black Friday deals
Black Friday lands on November 26 this year, but that hasn’t stopped mega-retailer Amazon launching some excellent deals ahead of time. One of the biggest names to crop up amongst these early Amazon Black Friday deals is Razer, the brand behind some of the best gaming accessories money can buy. …
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Introducing Engadget’s 2021 holiday gift guide!
If you’re anything like us, the holiday shopping season never really gets easier. It always seems to sneak up when you’re unprepared and making your gift list is often an arduous process. Despite the warm feelings this time of year brings, it can be awash with stress as you try…
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The Israeli army is using facial recognition to track Palestinians, former soldiers reveal
The Israeli military has deployed an extensive facial recognition program to track Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, according to a new report by The Washington Post. Former Israeli soldiers told the Post about a smartphone technology called “Blue Wolf,” which takes photos of Palestinians and stores them in a…
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Black Friday monitor deals 2021: early sales are underway now
With Black Friday 2021 now only a few weeks away, it’s almost time to make some pretty big savings on a new monitor. Regardless of what kind of display you use, from 4K monitors for photo and video editing, to crisp high-refresh gaming monitors, this year’s sales should bring some…
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