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Lego Vidiyo is a new augmented reality-powered version of TikTok — for your Minifigures

Lego is launching a new, augmented reality social video service called Vidiyo that will let users create their own music videos and dance clips and share them with friends, all while applying their own effects and styles to the videos. It sounds a lot like TikTok but aimed at younger children with strict moderation built… Read more

TSMC to Start Dedicating New Capacity to Auto Chips First

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) In a move that flies in the face of our new telecommuting-heavy culture, TSMC will apparently be prioritizing automobile chip production as we move into 2021. This news comes from the Taiwan Economics Ministry (via Reuters) and was announced a day after a meeting between Minister Wang Mei-hua and the… Read more

XMG and Schenker Get Very Specific on Max-Q for RTX 3000 Series

Home News (Image credit: XMG) The European laptop vendor that sells XMG and Schenker laptops has sent a statement to reporters about recent confusion regarding gaming laptop listings and whether or not Nvidia’s Max-Q technologies were specified. “We always list Max-Q in the spec sheets and product texts and provide detailed information about the TGP… Read more

Apple has a new head of hardware engineering in latest executive shuffle

Apple’s hardware team is getting its biggest shakeup in nearly a decade, as Dan Riccio — who served as the company’s senior vice president of hardware engineering since 2012 — transitions to “a new role” at the company. He’ll be replaced as Apple’s head hardware engineer by John Ternus, who led the hardware team designing… Read more

Best gaming routers 2021: Amazing Wi-Fi performance for your home

(Pocket-lint) – If you’re an avid gamer, whether on console or PC, you’ll know the struggle that bad Wi-Fi can bring. Dodgy connections can often be caused by a router than just can’t hack it when it comes to sending signal through walls or floors. How to build and upgrade your own extreme gaming PC… Read more

To all the streaming services you’ve never heard of before

For every household streamer — Netflix, Hulu, Disney Plus — there are a dozen that few users would likely recognize. How many people can explain what Xumo, Tubi, Vudu, and Pluto TV are? How about Acorn TV, Ovid, and Popcornflix? But all of these obscure services may play a vital role in how the streaming… Read more

Best mouse for PCs and Macs 2021: Perfect pointers for work and play

(Pocket-lint) – There’s nothing wrong with a trackpad, per se, but let’s be honest – even if they’re getting better every year, there’s still nothing quite like using an actual mouse for your computer, in terms of precision and control, especially if you work from home. Best keyboards: Our pick of the top PC and Mac… Read more

Cyberpunk 2077 Update 1.1 Has Bug Fixes, But Not Much Else

Home News (Image credit: CD Projekt Red) CD Projekt Red has released its first Cyberpunk 2077 patch of 2021, bringing a slew of stability improvements and bug fixes for all platforms. This is the first of two updates that CD Projekt Red promised towards the end of 2020. However, it’s definitely not the massive patch that many… Read more

In WandaVision’s third episode, the devil really is in the details

It’s just a jump to the left and a step to the right for Wanda and Vision, who have time warped from the ‘50s and ‘60s to the 1970s. The third episode picks up right where the last ended: Wanda is pregnant, but she and Vision are still trying to figure out how they ended… Read more

Resident Evil Village: release date and multiplayer. PS5 demo now available

Capcom dedicated a substantial presentation to Resident Evil Village, the latest iteration of the survival horror series. We finally have a release date, much closer than expected, as well as two new trailers and a free demo for PlayStation 5 users. by Pasquale Fusco published on 22 January 2021 , at 11: 21 in the… Read more

Asus to launch ROG Ryujin II 240 CPU cooler with a 3.5-inch display

Home / Component / Cooling / Asus to launch ROG Ryujin II 240 CPU cooler with a 3.5-inch display João Silva 39 mins ago Cooling, Featured Tech News Asus is readying up a successor to its ROG Ryujin AIO CPU cooler. The new ROG Ryujin II 240 is fairly similar to its predecessor with one… Read more

Microservices: Kong Gateway 2.3 gives the gorilla a sandpit

The company Kong has released version 2.3 of the microservices gateway of the same name. The current release changes the default settings for running Lua scripts in favor of security. It also brings some additions to the plug-ins for logging and authentication, among other things. With a view to global use, Route and service names… Read more

heise + | IoT hacking: improve firmware and network security

Software in embedded devices offers many points of attack. A systematic approach to securing and automated scanning of security gaps helps. IoT hacking: Improve firmware and network security Secure update mechanisms Do not underestimate web applications Reduce the attack surface Silence services Article in iX 2 / 2021 read How can IoT software be implemented… Read more

2020 was profitable for Intel, but problems are looming ahead

Intel has published the figures for the fourth quarter and the full year 2020. For the fifth year in a row, the chip giant can report a sales record. In the fourth quarter, sales were exactly 20 billion US dollars, which is about 200 Millions below the result a year ago, but is still a… Read more

heise offer: Makerspace competition: Deadline extended to March 14, 2021

The lockdown is being extended and we are extending the submission deadline for our Makerspace Challenge: The new deadline is 14. March 2021. We’re looking for your makerspace hacks Show us your best makerspace hacks and helpers at the makerspace challenge, from the misanthropic vacuum robot to elaborate key systems to practical storage for small… Read more