Month: February 2022
SpaceX’s new Starlink Premium tier promises up to 500Mbps for $500 a month
SpaceX’s satellite internet service Starlink is getting a pricey new high-performance tier called Starlink Premium. Announced by SpaceX founder Elon Musk, the new service includes a larger high performance antenna and advertises speeds of between 150 and 500Mbps (20 to 40ms latency), up from the 50 to 250Mbps (20 to…
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Surfshark and Nord Security merge to create VPN and security powerhouse
Audio player loading… Nord Security and Surfshark have announced plans to join forces, in what is arguably the biggest merger or acquisition the VPN industry has ever seen. This comes just 72 hours after we wrote about the close ties between the two brands. Although figures have not been disclosed,…
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Polestar’s ‘Arctic Circle’ performance EV can shred a snowy track
Polestar, the electric automaker jointly owned by Volvo and Geely, likes one-offs. There was the more powerful version of its electric fastback Polestar 2 sedan made for the Goodwood Festival of Speed. And now there’s the Arctic Circle, a high-riding, studded winter-tire-sporting, icy blast of winter racing prowess from the…
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Sony is still struggling with PS5 supply
Sony shipped just 3.9 million PlayStation 5 consoles in its all-important holiday quarter, a slight bump over the previous quarter’s figure of 3.3 million, demonstrating how the electronics giant is still struggling to meet demand during the ongoing global supply chain crunch. 17.3 million units in total have been shipped…
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First teaser for The Offer series takes us behind the scenes of The Godfather
Audio player loading… Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most important films of all time, but its road to the silver screen was not an easy one for the now-celebrated filmmaker. In fact, turmoil behind the scenes almost prevented it from ever…
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League of Legends spin-off Hextech Mayhem hits mobile, but only via Netflix
Audio player loading… Following an initial release on PC and Nintendo Switch late last year, the League of Legends spin-off game Hextech Mayhem is now available to download on Android and iOS devices. There is, however, a catch – as we detailed last November, the mobile version of Hextech Mayhem:…
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