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Google is weighing an anti-tracking feature for Android, following Apple’s lead
Google is considering developing an Android alternative to Apple’s upcoming App Tracking Transparency, a new planned opt-in requirement the iPhone maker will impose on developers that demands they ask for permission to track iOS users across apps and websites. The...
Amazon plans to install always-on surveillance cameras in its delivery vehicles
Amazon plans to install high-tech video cameras in its delivery vehicles in order to better monitor the behavior of drivers as they deliver packages, according to a new report from The Information.The hardware and software will be supplied by Netradyne, a California...
Chromebooks just had their best year ever
According to analysts, Chromebooks had an incredible 2020, with the last quarter being the strongest ever for Google’s laptops (via 9to5Google). According to research firms Gartner and Canalys, over 30 million of the devices shipped last year, with somewhere between...
Xiaomi’s remote wireless charging powers up your phone from across the room
Inductive wireless charging that works via pads and coils is still not available everywhere or on every device, but XDA points out that Xiaomi is teasing a leap to the next step: remote wireless charging. Touchless “true” wireless charging could energize devices from...
BMW takes first steps into the quantum computing revolution
BMW is rolling into quantum computing, the German automaker said Wednesday, using a Honeywell quantum computer to find more efficient ways to purchase the myriad components that go into its vehicles.The car giant has begun using Honeywell machines, first the H0 and...
Tesla Model S refresh features radical steering yoke, 520-mile range
During its fourth-quarter earnings announcement on Wednesday, Tesla surprised everyone by unveiling the long-rumored refresh for its Model S sedan. (The Model X SUV received major updates as well.) On the outside, the Model S has features a new front bumper with...
Apple to allow users to stop third party app tracking, a move creating conflict with Facebook
Apple announced a new app tracking transparency feature Thursday that will allow users to stop allowing iPhone apps like Facebook from tracking all their online activity on other apps and websites.At some point "in early spring," hundreds of millions of Apple users...
US Defense Intelligence Agency admits to buying citizens’ location data
An intelligence agency has just confirmed that the US government does indeed buy location data collected by its citizens’ smartphones. In a memo sent to Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and obtained by The New York Times, the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) admitted that it...
Apple’s next MacBook Air could be even thinner and lighter
Last week, Bloomberg reported that Apple was planning a redesigned MacBook Air. It was a footnote, however, in a larger piece that focused on some upcoming MacBook Pro laptops. Today, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman has provided some more detail on the next Air refresh. It...