Month: May 2024
The EV industry can’t shake its human rights abuse problem
Mining for minerals used to make EVs and batteries is plagued with allegations of abuse, the latest report from the nonprofit Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC) shows. And automakers continue to source materials from some of the worst offenders, The Verge finds. BHRRC has documented 631 allegations of…
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Apple Makes It Easier to Stare at Your Phone in the Car
Plus: Sony Music tries to keep its catalog out of the clutches of AI, there’s a towering new Lord of the Rings Lego set, and Google’s new AI features march onto the web. Source
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New leak points to the Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 and Galaxy Watch FE launching soon
It’s widely expected that the Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 series is going to make an appearance in the next couple of months, and we just got another indication that these wearables are indeed launching soon. Both the Galaxy Watch 7 and a cheaper Galaxy Watch FE variant have appeared at…
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The MSI Claw is an embarrassment
No one should buy an MSI Claw. It’s not technically broken: the first 7-inch Intel Core Ultra handheld gaming PC doesn’t regularly crash or anything like that. But the Claw falls so far short of the competition that it’s effectively dead on arrival. In almost every way, the $750 MSI…
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Independent auditors confirm top VPN’s privacy claims
Industry-leading auditing firm Deloitte Romania have verified that CyberGhost VPN takes care of your data as it should and states to do so. The audit takes a deep dive into the provider’s system and privacy infrastructure while verifying that it never logs any of your identifiable information as stated in…
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ICYMI: the week’s 7 biggest news stories, from spectacular AI upgrades to new iPads and Fujifilm cameras
We get it: it’s not easy to check TechRadar every hour of every day, what with so much else going on. Well, it was a case of blink and you miss it this week – because these past seven days were packed with big stories. That’s where our weekly ICYMI…
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