Month: August 2022
Bad news for scalpers – AMD promises plentiful Ryzen 7000 CPU stock at launch
Audio player loading… AMD is expecting to have plenty of Ryzen 7000 CPUs on hand to ensure healthy stock levels when the next-gen chips launch in a month, which is obviously great news for anyone hoping to hop on board with Zen 4. This revelation came during the Ryzen 7000…
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Uber overhauls app safety features, including a new way to text 911
Uber is overhauling its four-year-old app safety toolkit, adding a new feature for riders to contact security company ADT during rides. The company is also expanding the availability of a feature enabling customers to text 911. The safety toolkit is a section of Uber’s app through which customers can contact…
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This modded Nintendo Switch controller is a big win for accessibility
Audio player loading… A modder has created a one-handed Nintendo Switch controller that should make its games accessible to a broader range of players. Hardware modder Akaki Kuumeri’s bespoke Nintendo Switch controller looks unorthodox at first glance. But in practice, it’ll allow gamers with physical disabilities the chance to play…
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Rivian’s R1T and R1S Are Our New Favorite Off-Road EVs
We put Rivian’s all-electric siblings through a 1,300-mile stress test. From comfort to range and versatility, they passed with flying colors. Source
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Starlink suffered a global outage overnight
Starlink users around the world complained on Tuesday that Elon Musk’s internet from space service was down. My own Starlink RV service in the Netherlands went down for about 30 minutes. It’s now reporting “Degraded Service” which the SpaceX company is investigating, according to the Starlink app. My outage began…
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The Morning After: France’s plans for an EV lease program
France’s Budget Minister Gabriel Attal announced plans for a lease program to open up EV use. “We know that for many French, [EVs] remain very expensive,” he said, adding the government was working to figure out how quickly it could implement the measure. Reuters At the moment, under a subsidy…
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