Month: February 2022
Google parent company Alphabet broke $200 billion in annual revenue for the first time
Google parent company Alphabet hit a new record for annual revenue in 2021, showing no ill effects from the lingering coronavirus pandemic or ongoing issues with the global supply chain. For full-year 2021, the company saw a 41 percent year-over-year jump in revenue to $257 billion. The company reported revenue…
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Extreme alien world with metal atmosphere shows how weird the universe can be
Audio player loading… When you think of air, you don’t typically think of metal, but that’s probably because you aren’t on WASP-189b. To be clear, you’d also be very dead if you were. WASP-189b is an exoplanet orbiting a star about 322 light-years away from us and it’s what astronomers…
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New M.2 SSD card, the MP600 PRO LPX, launches for PS5
Audio player loading… Corsair launched a new SSD card made specifically for the PS5, the MP600 PRO LPX Gen4 PCIe x4 NVMe M.2 SSD. It meets all the requirements for a PlayStation SSD, which includes a PCI-Express Gen4x4 supported M.2 NVMe SSD, storage space between 250 GB – 4 TB,…
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Netflix finally lets you purge shows from Continue Watching
Audio player loading… There’s so much content on Netflix that starting a series or movie and then dropping it isn’t uncommon. Netflix, though, hasn’t always offered the option to remove the unwanted show from your “Continue Watching” list that appears at the top of the screen. Starting now, however, you…
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Joby’s Spin and Swing gadgets let you add a little motion to smartphone videos
Joby, the company behind the bendy GorillaPod tripods, has come out with two new gadgets aimed at content creators who shoot with their phones but still want to get some professional-looking shots. The $90 Spin and $130 Swing (hardware to mount your phone to them is sold separately, but some…
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FBI warns Beijing Winter Olympics could be a big target for cyberattacks
Audio player loading… The FBI has warned “entities associated” with the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and the 2022 Winter Paralympics to beware of potential cyberattacks against the event organizers and the surrounding supply chain. “The FBI to date is not aware of any specific cyber threat against the Olympics, but…
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