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Microsoft’s next major Windows 10 update focuses on improving remote work

The next major update to Windows 10, version 21H1, will be delivered in the first half of 2021 and focuses on improving remote work scenarios. Microsoft traditionally delivers two major Windows updates per year, with most of the bigger features dropping in the spring and a smaller update in the fall. While IT admins are… Read more

Splatoon 3 is coming to the Nintendo Switch in 2022

Nintendo ended its Direct live stream on Wednesday with a surprise announcement of Splatoon 3. Very little about the game was shown in the introduction trailer beyond customization options for a player’s inkling and what at first glance appears to be a more narrative-focused approach, showing the inkling traveling by train from a desert location… Read more

Steam’s biggest new hit is a Viking survival game that struck like a bolt from the blue

The other day, I saw a game named Valheim atop the Steam Early Access sales charts, with overwhelmingly positive reviews. Polygon seemed to like the $20 Viking-themed survival game, and I thought friends might like it, too. I wasn’t ready to commit quite yet — I waffled a while before giving it a go. Know… Read more

China becomes latest country to reach Mars with Tianwen-1 probe

China’s Tianwen-1 spacecraft successfully rolled into Mars orbit Wednesday morning, the China National Space Administration confirmed. The probe’s arrival makes China the sixth space-faring power to reach the planet. It’s also the second country this month to celebrate its first Mars mission, arriving a day after the UAE’s Hope orbiter entered Martian orbit Tuesday morning…. Read more

How to watch the UAE’s first deep space probe reach Mars

A robotic probe owned by the United Arab Emirates is preparing to jump into Mars orbit on Tuesday after launching from Earth last year. For mission managers in Dubai, it’s a nerve-racking climax in the UAE’s first mission to deep space. If successful, the Hope probe will survey the Martian atmosphere. The Emirati cabinet hopes… 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

Deliveroo vs Just Eat vs Uber Eats: UK delivery apps compared

(Pocket-lint) – Getting meals delivered to your home, whether it’s a pizza, takeaway, sandwich or anything else under sun, has become an absolutely normal thing in the UK after just a few years. It’s actually quite difficult to imagine a time before the widespread availability of delivery apps, but they’re here now and we’re thankful… Read more

Ruark R3

Our Verdict While we thought its radio sources need a little tonal attention, the highlights here are playback from CD, from streaming music services and Bluetooth. For Compact music system Endless paths to music CD and streaming Against Edgy sound on radio sources Variable results for ‘3D audio’ Sound+Image mag review (Image credit: Future) This… Read more

A year into coronavirus, we’re still counting the dead

A year ago this week, The Verge published our first story about the virus. It was January 21. The first case had arrived in the US. We’d only heard of about 300 cases reported in China and six deaths. We still knew there was a chance it could get bad. “It’s bringing back SARS flashbacks… Read more

Samsung plans to mass-produce 90 Hz OLED displays for laptops

Samsung announced in a press release that the first OLED panel for notebooks with a refresh rate of up to 90 Hz will offer. Joo Sun Choi, Display Chief Executive Officer at Samsung, announced that already in March very large numbers of items 14 – inch panels with 90 Hz should be available. This speaks… Read more

Samsung Display ready with a 14-inch 90Hz OLED for notebooks

Samsung has developed a panel OLED from 14 inches and refresh rate at 90 Hz intended for notebooks. Volume production will start in March. by Manolo De Agostini published 21 January 2021 , at 10: 21 in the Portable channel Samsung Samsung Display announced the start in March of the volume production of an OLED… Read more

Samsung to launch its first 90Hz OLED laptop displays in Q1 2021

by Jordi Bercial Ago 10 minutes ago … We recently watched a Samsung video in which we could see the company’s new OLED screen technology for laptops, showing some extremely thin and light panels that will allow laptops with Samsung OLED screens to be even thinner. However, at that time We did not really have… Read more

Samsung Display is mass-producing 90Hz OLED screens for laptops

Samsung Display has announced plans to mass-produce the world’s first 90Hz OLED screens designed for laptops and says that “several global IT companies” are expected to release models with the new panels this year. Manufacturing will begin in March in “very large quantities,” the company says in a statement attributed to CEO Choi Joo-sun. The… Read more

Brief information: home office, IBM, online lessons, solar activity

Home office wherever possible The people in Germany need further patience in the corona pandemic: The federal and state governments have extended the lockdown to mid-February out of concern about the virus mutation and partially tightened it. Schools and daycare centers should also remain closed until then. But the countries want to implement this controversial… Read more

heise + | Promotion of renewable energy: the crash with announcement

Solar modules and wind parks can now be found on roofs and meadows across the country. The alarm calls sound correspondingly loud every time the federal government changes the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG). One of the biggest points of contention this time around is the future of solar and wind power pioneers. The wind… Read more