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Paradigm launches Founder Series speakers with hybrid passive/active flagship

Home News (Image credit: Paradigm) As it approaches its 40th birthday, Paradigm has launched the first completely new speaker line its co-founder Scott Bagby reacquired the company two years ago. And it’s called the Founder Series. Designed and manufactured at Paradigm’s factory in Toronto, Canada, the Founder line-up is six-strong, comprising three floorstanders (80F, 100F… Read more

Volkswagen ID 4 review: electric chill

Sometimes you just want an electric car with decent range, low-key technology, and not much else Once upon a time, affordable electric compact SUVs were very hard to come by. There were plenty of cheap electric hatchbacks and a whole mess of luxury sedans and SUVs, but you’d have to cough up $50,000 or more… Read more

The Verge’s favorite audio gear

Ever since Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville recorded an almost undecipherable version of the French song “Au Clair de la Lune” in the mid-19th century, it’s been clear that the technology that you use to produce and listen to sounds can affect your experience. Even now, about 150 years later, the quality of your gear can… Read more

Go read this New York Times report on SlateStarCodex and Silicon Valley tech leaders

Last year, the pseudonymous writer behind the SlateStarCodex blog abruptly shut it down, claiming a forthcoming story from The New York Times was going to reveal his real name and potentially put him in danger. Reporter Cade Metz says he was able to easily find the blogger’s real name —Scott Siskind— online. After a farewell… Read more

Post Malone will hold a virtual concert to celebrate Pokémon’s 25th anniversary

Post Malone is joining Pokémon’s 25th anniversary celebration with a virtual concert. The rapper will perform on February 27th in a digital event kicking off at 7PM ET. On YouTube, the company released a teaser video alongside the news, which includes a look at a very Pixar-ish, animated version of the artist ahead of the… Read more

Go read this timeline of how MacKenzie Scott is donating her Amazon wealth

It’s no secret MacKenzie Scott has committed some stunning acts of philanthropy of late. She gave surprise gifts totaling $410 million to historically Black colleges and universities in December 2020 alone, adding to the nearly $6 billion she gave away last year. But a new Bloomberg report makes excellent use of a visual timeline to… Read more

Baltimore’s spy planes will fly no more

Baltimore, Maryland city officials have unanimously voted to end the city police department’s spy plane surveillance program, according to The Baltimore Sun (via Vice). Sorry, wait, the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) had a spy plane program? Yes, and it was called AIR, which stands for Aerial Investigation Research. The program was run by a company… Read more

Micron: 1α Process Technology to Reduce Costs By Up to 40%

Home News (Image credit: Micron) Micron on Tuesday announced its new 1α fabrication process for DRAM. Initially, the company will use it to make DDR4 as well as LPDDR4 memory, but over time it will be used to produce all types of the company’s DRAM. The manufacturing technology promises tangible decreases in DRAM costs, but… Read more

No brand is safe from Fortnite

Starting this week in Fortnite, you can have the Predator doing a Pelé victory dance while wielding TheGrefg’s gamepad pickaxe. On Thursday, a Faze Clan streamer played Fortnite with a Manchester City star while wearing Manchester City skins. The battle royale hit has long been known as a cross-promotional juggernaut, but developer Epic Games has… Read more

Telephone spam Nazi fined millions

The US neo-Nazi Scott Rhodes is said to be fined almost ten million US dollars for forging his caller ID in racist spam calls. That was decided by the US regulator FCC. The man called thousands of US citizens automatically and harassed them with recorded messages. These included xenophobic lies, racist attacks on politicians, attempts… Read more

Volkswagen ID Buzz, the electric minivan will not arrive before 2023

?? I would like the ID BUZZ arrives next year. But it won’t come that soon; it will be a little later, “said CEO Scott Keogh of Volkswagen America division, indicating 2023 as the launch year of this electric vehicle by Carlo Pisani published 18 January 2021 , at 09: 21 in the Technology channel… Read more

10 of the best albums coming in 2021

Home Features (Image credit: Rock Action) Though it hasn’t been the most auspicious start, there are reasons to believe 2021 will be a more positive year than the one it has come to replace. It certainly has its work cut out delivering a better crop of albums – as this list of the best albums… Read more