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Nest Cam Outdoor vs Nest Cam IQ Outdoor: What’s the difference?

(Pocket-lint) – When Google-owned Nest announced a redesigned smart home security camera in the form of the Nest Cam IQ Outdoor, it saw the power and intelligence of its Nest Cam IQ Indoor moving outside. The newer model improves upon its predecessor, the Nest Cam Outdoor, with a number of design and feature changes that offer a better,… Read more

Lenovo’s new travel mouse does wireless charging

Lenovo is starting a new line of accessories, called Lenovo Go: a lineup of chargers, mice and keyboards, and audio products designed for the new world of hybrid workers who’ll be both commuting to the office and working from home. The company is starting small with two products so far. There’s Lenovo Go Wireless Multi-Device… Read more

Here’s how E3’s all-virtual event will work this year

The world’s biggest gaming showcase, E3, is going all-virtual for the first time in its history, with organizers revealing today how they plan to keep enthusiasts interested without the sights and sounds of the show floor. The virtual E3 will run from June 12th to June 15th. The showcase will include an online portal with… Read more

Amazon Echo Buds review: very hard to beat for the price

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Amazon’s new second-generation Echo Buds are the company’s second crack at true wireless earbuds. They’re smaller, lighter, and more comfortable than before, and now have more effective noise cancellation. The first time around, Amazon borrowed some of… Read more

ZTE’s S21 competitor arrives in June for $749

ZTE announced the Axon 30 Ultra alongside two other devices last month, and today reveals that the Ultra will go on sale June 4th starting at $749 / €749. Preorders begin directly through ZTE’s website on May 27th and include a free pair of ZTE’s Livebuds TWS earbuds. While ZTE has tried some more adventurous… Read more

Instagram blames ‘enforcement error’ for removal of posts about Al-Aqsa Mosque

Instagram removed and restricted posts related to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem after its moderators confused its name with a group designated as a terrorist organization. In an internal company message first obtained by BuzzFeed News, a lead on the company’s Dangerous Organizations and Individuals policy team called the removals “enforcement errors.” Facebook, which owns… Read more

A security researcher found Wi-Fi vulnerabilities that have existed since the beginning

The security researcher who discovered the Krack Wi-Fi vulnerability has discovered a slew of other flaws with the wireless protocol most of us use to power our online lives (via Gizmodo). The vulnerabilities relate to how Wi-Fi handles large chunks of data, with some being related to the Wi-Fi standard itself, and some being related… Read more

Tesla stops taking Bitcoin for vehicle purchases, citing environmental harm

Tesla has stopped accepting bitcoin as payment for its cars out of concern that it will contribute to greater consumption of fossil fuels, according to a statement CEO Elon Musk tweeted Wednesday. Tesla had only just started accepting bitcoin in late March. Musk also said that Tesla will no longer sell any more of the… Read more

Zuma Lumisonic: an ultra-compact speaker light from the engineer of B&W’s Nautilus

Home News (Image credit: Zuma) New British tech company Zuma has launched what it is calling a “world first high-performance product that combines audio and light to give users an incredible immersive experience”. The Zuma Lumisonic is an ultra-compact two-way loudspeaker with a low-energy LED light, all housed within an easily installable ceiling light fixture…. Read more

Proposed bill aims to toss a new wrench in NASA’s Moon lander plan

A senior lawmaker proposed a controversial piece of legislation on Wednesday that directs NASA to pick a second company to build the agency’s next Moon landers — in addition to Elon Musk’s SpaceX, which was awarded a $2.9 billion NASA contract to build a lander earlier this year. The bill hasn’t passed the full Senate… Read more

Sony has 25 PS5 games in the works, including characters you’ve never seen

Sony is apparently looking to release more than 25 PlayStation 5 games under its PlayStation Studios brand. And “nearly half” of them will not be sequels or spinoffs, according to Wired’s interview with PlayStation Studio lead (and former Guerrilla Games managing director) Hermen Hulst. That could theoretically be a lot more games than the four… Read more

Valve Head Gabe Newell Hints at Upcoming Console News

Home News (Image credit: Valve) Gabe Newell, the head of Valve Software, hinted to students in New Zealand that the company might expand its Steam platform, or at least some games, to the console space later this year. The comment is vague at best, but at least it shows that the owner of one of… Read more

AMD’s 4700S Kit Shows in Photographs and Retail Listings

Home News AMD 4700S Desktop Kit (Image credit: Disclosuzen/Twitter) A Twitter user has shared the first photographs of the AMD 4700S Desktop Kit. The 4700S processors are widely thought to be defective chips that didn’t make their way into the Xbox Series X, but AMD has declined to comment on that aspect. AMD doesn’t officially… Read more

B&W and Abbey Road Studios extend partnership to focus on in-car audio

Home News (Image credit: Abbey Road) Abbey Road Studios and Bowers & Wilkins have announced an extension of their existing partnership into automotive entertainment. Building upon B&Ws experience with in-car speaker technology, the two companies are hoping to recreate the historic studio’s unique acoustics within the car environment. While we’ve seen brands like Sonos, Naim… Read more

SteelSeries Arctis 9 Wireless Review

Introduction The SteelSeries Arctis 9 Wireless is what I’d call a logical addition to the famous and mostly fantastic Arctis gaming headset lineup. Looking at their nomenclature, the Arctis 9 Wireless is a natural upgrade of the also wireless Arctis 7, whose first edition I reviewed back in 2017 and still happily use to this… Read more