Month: January 2022
Vergecast: CES 2022 favorites, vaporware, and what may actually ship
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Picoo digital gaming wand drags kids away from screens and back oudoors
Audio player loading… Picoo won’t be a brand that rings a bell of familiarity in our brains in the same way that Sony Playstation does, but its ‘console’ announced at CES 2022 is certainly worth keeping an eye on, especially if you have kids. If the recent buzz around VR…
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The 2021 iPad Mini with 5G support is $20 off today
If you’ve been waiting for a deal to drop on Apple’s latest iPad Mini, today is your lucky day. Discounts on the LTE- and 5G-ready version of the iPad Mini are rare, but Amazon has the 64GB model (usually $649.99) for $629.98. That is a small discount, but for context,…
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SpaceX’s Starlink internet service has more than 145,000 users so far
A Starlink user terminal, also known as an antenna or satellite dish, on the roof of a building.(Photo:-SpaceX) Elon Musk’s SpaceX provided an update on its Starlink internet service on Thursday, as the company launched more satellites into orbit. SpaceX engineer Jessie Anderson said during a webcast of the company’s…
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Mozilla retreats on accepting crypto donations
Audio player loading… Mozilla has stepped back from its position on accepting donations via cryptocurrency following a massive backlash. The browser maker, which runs as a nonprofit organization, had recently tweeted a reminder that users could donate spare or unwanted cryptocurrency to help with its running costs. However this started…
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CES had a pretty good year
Another year of the Consumer Electronics Show has wrapped up, and it was a strange one: the weeks leading up to it were filled with cancellations due to Omicron, and as a result the show floor was virtually empty. The keynote presentations lacked the usual spectacle; the pomp was overshadowed…
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