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Lip-syncing app Wombo shows the messy, meme-laden potential of deepfakes

You’ve probably already seen a Wombo video floating around your social media. Maybe it was Ryu from Street Fighter singing the “Witch Doctor” or the last three heads of the US Federal Reserve miming in unison to Rick Astley’s “Never Going to Give You Up.” Each clip features exaggerated facial expressions and uncanny, sometimes nightmarish… Read more

Beeple sold an NFT for $69 million

Until October, the most Mike Winkelmann — the digital artist known as Beeple — had ever sold a print for was $100. Today, an NFT of his work sold for $69 million at Christie’s. The sale positions him “among the top three most valuable living artists,” according to the auction house. The record-smashing NFT sale… Read more

Facebook is testing a way for creators to make money through Stories: sticker ads

Facebook introduced Stories to its platform four years ago, mostly as a way to encourage people to post content that wasn’t highly produced or necessarily photogenic. Now, it’s giving some users a chance to make money through that content. The company announced a test today that’ll allow some creators to place ads that look like… Read more

Asus ROG Strix Scope RX Optical Gaming Keyboard Review: Defying Expectations

Our Verdict The Asus ROG Strix Scope RX is a compelling keyboard with optical switches, per-key RGB lighting and many gaming-focused features. It’s only limited by its size and keycaps. For + Switches deliver pleasant typing, gaming + Sturdy construction bolstered by dust, water resistance + On-keyboard controls for lighting, profile switching and more Against… Read more

Canoo reveals a bubbly electric pickup truck

No, that’s not a Duplo toy — what you see above (and in the renders below) is the design for a pickup truck from California electric vehicle startup Canoo. Revealed in a leak on Reddit on Wednesday, and then subsequently confirmed to Reuters, the head-turning EV truck is not due out until 2023. By that… Read more

AMC revenue drops nearly 90 percent in fourth quarter, but CEO remains optimistic

AMC Theaters reported another jarring but predictable loss in its fourth quarter earnings, but the company’s CEO is optimistic that the theater chain will make it out of the pandemic alright. Revenue was down 88 percent year over year, to $162.5 million. While beating expectations, that still led to a quarterly loss of $946 million… Read more

A former pro is helping figure skating look more authentic than ever

On TV, ice skating often looks like a sport stuck in time. Cameras aren’t hanging from wires above the action or placed close to the ice for a dynamic look at skaters zipping by. Instead, a few stationary cameras planted around a rink flip from one view to the next when a better angle is… Read more

The plus-size knitters who are solving an inclusivity problem

Fifteen years since first learning to knit, Petrina Hicks has only ever made sweaters for other people. There was one cardigan attempt back in 2015, but they had to make so many modifications that the end product was frumpy and ill-fitting. Hicks didn’t have the luxury to be picky: the cardigan was the only sweater… Read more

Apple reportedly overestimated iPhone 12 mini demand, by a lot

Apple is cutting production of the iPhone 12 mini in the first half of this year, Nikkei Asia reports. Planned production of the smallest iPhone 12 model has reportedly been reduced by 70 percent or more in the first half of this year, making up the majority of a 20 percent cut in total iPhone… Read more

Disney Plus smashes targets by surpassing 100m subscribers

Home News (Image credit: Disney) Disney Plus has revealed it now has over 100 million global paid subscribers, surpassing its own ambitious targets. The announcement was made by Bob Chapek, Disney CEO, at a shareholder meeting on Tuesday. Chapek said: “The enormous success of Disney+ –which has now surpassed 100 million subscribers – has inspired… Read more

Of course John Legere bought an $888,888.88 NFT from Steve Aoki

Of course John Legere, the former CEO of T-Mobile, has jumped into NFTs by spending $888,888.88 on one made by Steve Aoki, according to Rolling Stone. It’s nice to know he’s keeping busy after stepping down from T-Mobile’s CEO gig on April 1, 2020. The NFT in question is called “hairy.” It’s a 36 second-long… Read more

2020 GPU Sales Failed to Impress, Despite Record Demand

Home News (Image credit: ASUS) Sales of PCs increased sharply in 2020 as people needed new desktops and notebooks to work and learn from home. As a result, shipments of GPUs (graphics processing units) also increased compared to 2019, mostly because the majority of today’s CPUs (central processing units) come with integrated GPUs. But while… Read more

Asus ROG Zephyrus G15 review: AMD and Nvidia at their best

The Asus ROG Zephyrus G15 is the gaming laptop to beat. When I tested Asus ROG’s Zephyrus G14 a year ago, I was blown away. Not only was it just over 3.5 pounds — a weight unheard of for a system with both a powerful processor and a discrete GPU — but it ran even… Read more

Jeff Bezos’ Earth Fund has a new leader

Jeff Bezos’ Earth Fund has a new leader and a newly announced deadline. Andrew Steer will take the helm as president and CEO of the Earth Fund in mid-April after stepping down from his role leading one of the environmental organizations Bezos currently funds. According to Steer, Bezos intends to spend the entire $10 billion… Read more

Raspberry Pi Zaps Mosquitoes with Laser Beam

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) Don’t be fooled by their tiny size or the fact that you can crush one with your hand. Mosquitos are murderers, killing, by some estimates, more than a million people each year by spreading terrible diseases. Maker Ildar Rakhmatulin is all too familiar with these killer bugs and decided to… Read more