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CES 2022 Set to Be In-Person Event

Home News (Image credit: CTA) The Consumer Technology Association has announced plans to return CES 2022 to Las Vegas early next year. The trade show will be both digital and in-person (as opposed to digital only for 2021), which will make it more exciting, yet will give access to it to a broader audience. CES 2022 will… Read more

Oppo Reno5 5G in for review

Say hello to the Oppo Reno5 5G, a phone that Europeans can find at their local Amazon as the Find X3 Lite, and which aims to be provide the best value in the lineup. It comes in a well-stocked box with a case, 65W charger, a sturdy USB cable and regular old 3.5mm earbuds. Up… Read more

Samsung admits that TV production could be affected by the ongoing chip shortage

João Silva 2 hours ago Featured Tech News, General Tech The chip shortage is really causing quite the stir in the electronics industry. Besides GPUs and cars, display panels are also severely affected by the ongoing chip shortage and could end up halting their production. According to Samsung, while this year’s supply is under control,… Read more

Super Mario Party gets surprise multiplayer update

Mustafa Mahmoud 3 hours ago Console, Featured Tech News, Online, Software & Gaming, Tech News Super Mario Party is one of the best selling games on the Nintendo Switch. Despite this the game saw very little in the way of post-launch support, with many fans left disappointed by Nintendo’s treatment of the game. In a… Read more

ID-Cooling SE-207-XT Review: Big Air on a Budget

Our Verdict The ID-Cooling SE-207-XT is a great option for builders looking for the performance of larger-air cooling on a budget. It isn’t going to perform like a $100 premium air cooler, particularly in the highest-end CPUs, but it does provide enticing performance for a lot less. For + Budget pricing + Easy to install… Read more

Tesla claims someone was in the driver’s seat in deadly Texas crash

A Tesla Model S that crashed and caught fire recently in Texas, killing two men, may have had someone in the driver’s seat, according to Tesla’s top executives. Their comments in an earnings call Monday contradict statements made by local law enforcement in the immediate aftermath of the crash, and could complicate the efforts by… Read more

PSA: You can apparently still lose jobs and get arrested for an overdue VHS rental

Ever mysteriously lost a job opportunity? Did they treat you like a criminal? Better check to see if your family forgot to return a VHS tape 22 years ago! As utterly ridiculous as that sounds, it’s apparently the true story of Texas woman Caron McBride, who had a warrant out for her arrest in Oklahoma… Read more

YouTube launches PSAs encouraging Americans to get vaccinated

YouTube is launching a series of COVID-19 vaccine public service announcements, calling it the “first chapter” of a partnership with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine’s Vaccine Confidence Project. The ads will start running in the US today and roll out internationally in coming weeks, coinciding with local vaccine availability. YouTube posted a… Read more

Spotify is raising prices for lots of its plans

Spotify is increasing the price of many of its subscriptions this week across the UK and parts of Europe, with the US seeing a hike to Family plans. Subscribers have started to receive emails informing them of the changes, and they will affect Student, Duo, and Family plans across parts of Europe and the UK,… Read more

Twitter censored tweets critical of India’s handling of the pandemic at its government’s request

Twitter has removed more than 50 tweets critical of the Indian government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, and did so at the request of the Indian government. First reported by Indian news site MediaNama, the Indian government sent Twitter an emergency order on Friday to censor 52 tweets, according to a disclosure notice on the… Read more

Crypto Exchange Founder Disappears with $2 Billion

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) The founder of a popular crypto exchange in Turkey has disappeared, with media reports indicating that he has fled the country with $2 billion as roughly 300,000 frustrated users have suddenly lost access to their accounts. In Turkey, the national currency lira has been in a secular decline for nine… Read more

Flip it Off: How to Build a Website Blocker Switch with Raspberry Pi

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) If you’re like me, you spend a little too much time on a few websites, particularly social media sites. Try as you might to avoid them, you find yourself unconsciously typing in Facebook, Reddit, or something else into your search bar. There are a ton of browser extensions, desktop… Read more

Citroën ë-C4 review: Crossover coupe that’s comfortable to the core

(Pocket-lint) – There’s a little thing in the car world called CMP – Common Modular Platform. While you won’t see it, it’s underpinning a number of cars coming from the PSA group – Citroën, Peugeot, Vauxhall, DS Automobiles, and for those in Europe, Opel. That’s why you’ll find a number of cars with what look… Read more

Congress resurrects push to allow thousands more autonomous vehicles on the road

Robot cars are back in the spotlight on Capitol Hill after previous efforts failed to pass comprehensive legislation allowing more autonomous vehicles on the road. US Sens. Gary Peters (D-MI) and John Thune (R-SD) plan to introduce an amendment to a funding bill that would grant federal regulators the power to exempt tens of thousands… Read more

Tesla is being scrutinized by Senate Democrats for Autopilot misuse

Two Senate Democrats are urging federal regulators to take “corrective actions” against Tesla to prevent further misuse of the company’s advanced driver assist feature. The request comes in the aftermath of a fatal crash in which two men from Texas were killed after their Tesla Model S crashed with no one in the driver’s seat…. Read more