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SteelSeries Aerox 3 Review: Reliable, Hole-Filled Performer

Our Verdict If you don’t mind the holes, the SteelSeries Aerox 3 is a well-built and sturdy gaming mouse, but rivals have more advanced sensors. For Ambidextrous shape Lightweight Detachable cable Against Ultralight mice aren’t for everyone Hole-filled chassis is polarizing Rivals have greater sensor specs Honeycomb-style mice are officially a trend. So many gaming… Read more

Flashback: the LG KE850 Prada had the first capacitive touchscreen, not the iPhone

Many think that the iPhone was the first phone with a capacitive touchscreen, but that’s not the case – the LG KE850 Prada was announced a month earlier (December 15, 2006) compared to Apple’s unveiling at the Macworld Expo (January 9, 2007). Sales of the KE850 started in May of 2007 at a price of… Read more

TikTok is hosting an encore performance of the Ratatouille musical

The Ratatouille TikTok musical will return for an encore performance Sunday night on the platform where it all started. TikTok is hosting another showing of the streaming musical that debuted online New Year’s Day, which has already raised more than $1 million for The Actors Fund. The musical came together on TikTok over the past… Read more

Samsung sells fewer smartphones in 2020 but earns 30% more. LG smiles too

The South Korean giant has published the forecast on the profit recorded in the fourth fiscal quarter of 2020. The data speak for themselves, with an increase of 29, 4 % compared to last year. Also for LG good results, the company records the personal best. by Lorenzo Tirotta published 10 January 2021 , at… Read more

It’s 2021, and the pandemic is still here

I regret to inform you that even with all of the other news happening this week, there is still a pandemic going on. It would have been great to sweep it out the door with the old planners and dead Christmas trees. But it’s 2021, and COVID-19 is still here. More than a year after… Read more

1940 Batman comic sets record at US auction

A Batman comic book from the year 1939 set a record at a US auction. Before the auction, $ 1 million dollars (including buyer’s premium) had been offered, the auction house Heritage Auctions announced on Friday Local time) in Dallas, Texas. At the planned live auction on 14. January this price could be exceeded. A… Read more

Damages from US weather and climate disasters reached a new record in 2020

The US experienced a record number of billion-dollar disasters in 2020. Twenty-two disasters cost the US a cumulative $95 billion last year, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). That smashes previous records set in 2011 and 2017, when 16 disasters caused at least a billion dollars of damage. NOAA’s announcement is the… Read more

Among Us was 2020’s most downloaded mobile game

In 2020, more mobile users downloaded Among Us than any other game worldwide. Data released by Apptopia ranks the year’s breakout hit at 41 million downloads in the US and 264 million downloads worldwide — beating out games such as PUBG Mobile and Roblox, which both remain in the top 10 highest-grossing games of the… Read more

Apple’s App Store made an estimated $64 billion in 2020

According to CNBC’s analysis, Apple’s App Store made $64 billion in revenue in 2020, which is a 28 percent increase from the estimated $50 billion it made in 2019. This represents a good amount of growth for the App Store since the estimated increase between 2018 and 2019 was only 3.1 percent. It’s hard to… Read more

There is a new growing market, that of used and refurbished smartphones

It has reached annual volumes of approximately 1/5 of the new smartphone market: we are talking about used and refurbished products, very interesting for consumers given the savings they allow to obtain by Paolo Corsini published on 08 January 2021 , at 18: 21 in the Telephony channel If the 2020, thanks to the difficulties… Read more

LG preliminary earnigs report reveals highest ever holiday quarter profit

LG has posted its preliminary earnings report for Q4 2020, as well as the the full calendar year. The early numbers look promising – the Korean company posted KRW18.8 trillion ($17.21 billion) revenue and KRW 647 billion ($590 million) of operating profit, the highest ever for the October-December period. LG Twin Towers HQ in Seoul,… Read more

Apple App Store reportedly generated $64 billion in 2020

Matthew Wilson 44 mins ago Apple, Featured Tech News A large chunk of Apple’s annual income comes from the App Store, whether it be on iOS, iPadOS or Mac. In 2020, with many people stuck at home due to COVID-19 lockdowns, Apple’s software storefront did better than ever, bringing in $64 billion. According to analysts… Read more

EU citizens' initiative against biometric mass surveillance is coming

The “Reclaim Your Face” alliance, founded in November, which calls for a ban on biometric face recognition and other forms of automated mass surveillance based on body characteristics, can start as an official European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI). The EU Commission gave the green light for this on Thursday and registered the civil society action as… Read more

Car registrations 2020: bright spot at the end

Across all brands and segments, the sales figures fell by an average in the past year 19, 1 percent back. A total of 2.9 million cars 2019 were registered in Germany for the first time. 62 , 8 percent of this was for commercial registrations, the rest went to private new car buyers, such as… Read more

Exhaust gas fraud: is the Winterkorn process shifting?

The fraud trial against Martin Winterkorn, planned from the end of February, could be postponed due to health problems of the former Volkswagen CEO. The Regional Court of Braunschweig declared on Friday (January 8th 2020) on request that the competent chamber was able to negotiate of the now 73 – year old defendant had expert… Read more