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Joe Biden opens up California coast to offshore wind

Offshore wind is headed west. The Biden administration announced today that it will open up parts of the Pacific coast to commercial-scale offshore renewable energy development for the first time. The geography of the West Coast poses huge technical challenges for wind energy. But rising to meet those challenges is a big opportunity for both… Read more

Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine is effective in teens

Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine is effective in 12- to 17-year-olds, the company announced today in a press release. It plans to ask the Food and Drug Administration to authorize the shot for this age group in early June. None of the teens who received two shots of the Moderna vaccine in a clinical trial developed COVID-19,… Read more

Rotel RC-1590MKII and RC-1572MKII preamps benefit from raft of upgrades

Home News (Image credit: Rotel) Following the recent announcement of its second-generation 14 and 15 Series amplifiers, Rotel has now taken two of its preamplifiers into their next generation. The new RC-1590MKII (pictured top) and RC-1572MKII (below) replace the original, 2015- and 2017-released models, elevating the designs with performance upgrades that include “over 75 critical”… Read more

McIntosh MB20 transceiver brings two-way Bluetooth to any hi-fi system

Home News (Image credit: McIntosh) Recognising the convenience of Bluetooth and the fact that not every hi-fi system – especially those of the vintage variety – has it integrated, McIntosh has launched a device that brings it onboard any home audio set-up. The MB20 Bluetooth transceiver is a two-way device that can both receive and… Read more

How Ford’s F-150 Lightning stacks up against the Tesla Cybertruck and Hummer EV

Ford has revealed its first all-electric F-150, the Lightning, and on paper it looks like a really compelling truck. It’s priced aggressively for an electric vehicle, has plenty of power, and looks to be more capable at towing and hauling than the cheapest gas-powered F-150s. But Ford’s not alone in developing an electric pickup truck… Read more

AMD’s Latest Patent Could be FidelityFX Super Resolution Blueprint

Home News (Image credit: YouTube) We might finally have an idea as to how AMD’s FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) tech will work compared to Nvidia’s competing DLSS solution. eternity@Beyond3D (via VideoCardz) has uncovered the patent filing for AMD’s Gaming Super Resolution technology which shows details of how this specific tech is supposed to operate, and… Read more

Here’s Anker’s apology after 712 Eufy customers had camera feeds exposed to strangers

Eufy has put out a statement apologizing for a glitch that occurred two days ago, allowing some Eufy home security camera users to see video from other users’ homes. The statement explains that it happened during a software update, but the company claims it only affected a small number of users: just 712 people across… Read more

Crypto Prices Plummet After Chinese Ban

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) Bitcoin is currently down 17% while Ethereum is down 25% after news that China will be banning financial institutions like banks and payment services such as Paypal from offering or processing any crypto services. This also follows news that the United States OCC will be reviewing the crypto currency guidance… Read more

People are uncomfortable with digital health tools used to control COVID-19

Most people in the United States don’t want their digital data used to control the spread of COVID-19, a new study found. More than half of the people in the study remained wary of sharing their data in different scenarios, including a smart thermometer company sharing information with public health officials, or using the Google… Read more

InWin Releases New AIOs That Help Cool Additional System Components

Home News (Image credit: InWin) InWin has developed two new AIO liquid coolers, the BR24 and BR36, with more functionality than your typical AIO. Both coolers not only cool your CPU, but an additional fan mounted directly on the pump gives your motherboard components (like power delivery, GPU backplates, and RAM) more airflow to keep… Read more

Days Gone Benchmark Test & Performance Review

Introduction Days Gone is an open-world action adventure zombie shooter set in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. You’re Deacon, a military veteran who’s been caught in the middle of a global zombie apocalypse. The game takes place two years after the first outbreak, and the world as we know has ended. Hordes of… Read more

There are over 3 billion active Android devices

There are over 3 billion active Android devices in the wild now. Sameer Samat, VP of product management at Google, announced the news at Google I/O 2021, which is live, but totally online, this year. Google added over 500 million active Android devices since its last developer’s conference in 2019 and 1 billion devices since… Read more

Focusing on personal responsibility still isn’t a good way to manage public health

Public health experts and communities around the country are still struggling to make sense of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s new mask guidelines. Last week, the CDC said it no longer thinks people who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 need to wear masks in most situations. But cases of COVID-19 are still high… Read more

Colonial Pipeline says operations back to normal following ransomware attack

Colonial Pipeline said Saturday that all of its systems are back to operating normally, including the pipeline it shut down a week ago amid a ransomware attack. The pipeline is now servicing all its markets including Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Washington, DC, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey,… Read more

Vaccine drives in the US are getting younger

This week, the FDA authorized the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for people 12-15, a moment that many families have been eagerly waiting for since the vaccine rollout began in the US. As shots became available, parents rushed to get their kids the vaccine. But the decision has also contributed to ongoing discussions about how to best distribute… Read more