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NASA’s Perseverance rover landing: Why going to Mars should matter to you
NASA successfully landed its most advanced rover ever on the surface of another planet this week. The Mars 2020 Perseverance rover is the fifth such rolling robot the space agency has sent to the red planet, and when the mission is over, it will have cost nearly $3...
Hyundai is getting serious about building a ‘walking car’ with four legs
Who needs an Apple car when you’ve got one with four legs? Hyundai, which recently acquired a controlling stake in robot maker Boston Dynamics, rolled out a new version of its four-legged “walking car” concept that it first unveiled in 2019.Hyundai is calling it...
Spotify will let employees work from almost anywhere
The shift to working from home amid the COVID-19 pandemic will be a temporary one for many companies, but like Twitter, Facebook and Microsoft, it seems Spotify is embracing remote work for the long haul. It announced a Work From Anywhere program, through which it...
Qualcomm’s new X65 5G modem downloads data at lightning-fast 10Gbps speeds
Qualcomm's new modem is here, it's blazing fast and it's not just for phones. The Snapdragon X65 5G Modem-RF System can download data at up to 10Gbps, and it will power high-end devices starting later this year. Those include premium smartphones, PCs, mobile...
Facebook vs. Apple: Here’s what you need to know about their privacy feud
A privacy change coming to the software that powers Apple's popular iPhone has prompted a war of words in Silicon Valley.The iPhone maker will in the coming months roll out an update to its iOS 14 operating system that prompts you to give apps permission to track...
Google’s fight in one country could threaten its global media empire
Google is threatening to leave Australia over a proposed media law. It's a battle the search giant is sure to face in other countries.Last month, Google said it may stop providing search results in Australia if the government passes a new bill forcing it to pay the...
Samsung Galaxy S21 review
Two-minute reviewThe Samsung Galaxy S21 is an odd handset on paper, but having spent a week using it we’ve found it to be a highly capable handset that's a pleasure to use, despite a couple of specs being dropped from previous handsets, notably the Galaxy S20 from...
Tesla Roadster production delayed to 2022
Tesla CEO Elon Musk says production for the company’s upcoming Roadster isn’t due to begin until “next year,” roughly two years after the car was initially set to enter production. Tesla announced its $200,000 Roadster back in 2017, when Musk said the car would start...
Ford says ‘millions’ of its vehicles will run on Google’s Android starting in 2023
Ford is the latest automaker to turn its vehicle operating systems over to Google. The Dearborn, Michigan-based company said it will use Google’s Android to power the infotainment systems in “millions” of its cars starting in 2023. That means Google’s voice-activated...