Month: September 2024
The real cost of the PS5 Pro
Sony’s new PlayStation 5 Pro appears to be very powerful. But at $700 — plus another $80 if you want to buy the disc drive accessory, since the console itself doesn’t have one — a lot of gamers have been left wondering exactly how powerful it needs to be in order…
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Fortinet confirms data breach after allegedly refusing to pay ransom
Hackers recently broke into a cloud storage account belonging to cybsersecurity giant Fortinet, and stole sensitive information found there. The news was confirmed by the cybersecurity business itself, which played down the importance of the incident – however the hackers behind the attack beg to differ. In an announcement posted…
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Waymo and Uber expand their robotaxi partnership to Austin and Atlanta
Waymo and Uber — bitter enemies turned awkwardly polite work friends — announced they were expanding their two-year robotaxi partnership to two new cities: Austin, Texas, and Atlanta, Georgia, starting in early 2025. The companies have been working together in Phoenix, Arizona, since last year — but not in California…
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How to Turn Your Smartphone Into a Dumb Phone
There’s such a thing as too much phone. Use these methods to silence notifications, eliminate distractions, and collar time-wasting apps. Source
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United Airlines is adding free Starlink Wi-Fi to all of its planes
United Airlines’ in-flight Wi-Fi is getting a big upgrade on of its jets, thanks to SpaceX’s Starlink satellites. After teasing “something big” for the skies, United says that it will start testing Starlink’s fast Wi-Fi service in early 2025, with the first passenger flights expected later next year. United is…
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Tesla Semi fire required 50,000 gallons of water to extinguish
California firefighters needed to spray 50,000 gallons of water to extinguish a roadside Tesla Semi fire, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced in a preliminary report. Crews also used an aircraft to drop fire retardent in the "immediate area as a precautionary measure," according to the agency. The…
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