The Bitcoin bulls are racing again. A year ago the cryptocurrency was valued at less than US$12,000. Now it has passed the symbolic milestone of US$60,000, nudging the US$63,255 record it reached in mid-April, before its price fell to as low as US$30,000 in July. Bitcoinâs rally over the past month is largely attributed to speculation the US Securities and Exchange Commission is poised to approve an exchange-traded fund, or... Read more âș
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Last Thursday, 200 Volkswagen executives gathered for a conference in Alpbach, Austria, to discuss the electric transform the Group, with special reference to the conversion of the Wolfsburg plant, the companyâs headquarters. Well that sounds pretty boring, but trust me, it gets better. There was one special and utterly unexpected guest who joined the meeting from far-off Texas⊠Elon Musk. Yep, you read that right. In fact it was Volkswagenâs... Read more âș
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Asteroids are remnants of the early Solar System, with the potential to reveal secrets of our planetâs origins. But they could also bring an end to life on Earth. Now two missions, Lucy and DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) will provide further insights into both of these features â with DART even attempting to redirect the orbit of a moon around an asteroid. Space rocks are generally considered to be... Read more âș
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Appleâs Siri recently completed 10 years. Days later, the company has unveiled a $5 Apple Music Voice plan that works only through the digital assistant â seemingly targeting HomePod owners. At its MacBook Pro event, the company announced this new Apple Music plan âdesigned around the power of Siri.â At the outset, it looks like a weird move. Why would I need Siri to play music when I can control... Read more âș
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Yesterday, I said that if the MacBook Pro notch turned out to be real, Iâd raze Cupertino to the ground. And â would you believe it? â the MacBook Pro notch turned out to be real. If anyone needs me, youâll know where Iâll be. Hit me up if anyone has any discounts on (de)construction equipment in California. Did you know we have a newsletter all about consumer tech? Itâs... Read more âș
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With Silicon Valley in the West and Shenzhen in the East having long dominated the tech scene, Europeâs leaders have been calling on the need for the EU to achieve technological sovereignty. This means having homegrown technology companies that are strong enough to compete with big tech players from abroad, making EU based businesses less dependent and giving the bloc a stronger position in shaping the future of tech.  With... Read more âș
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WhatsAppâs group calls have been a blessing in the pandemic to connect with friends and family. The company has rolled out many features related to it, including increasing the limit to eight people. Now the firm has rolled out a new button directly into the group chat that lets you join ongoing calls. The app said the feature is âa new spontaneous way to connect with their family and friends... Read more âș
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Though Iâve dabbled with macOS and iOS here and there, Iâm partial to Windows and Android. I like choices, and I like flexibility. But if thereâs one thing Iâve learned reporting on Apple and observing it from the other side of the fence, itâs that Apple likes to stand out â occasionally at the expense of its users. Hence, the notch on the new 14 and 16-inch MacBook Pros. When... Read more âș
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The moment many a Mac power user has been waiting for has finally arrived: Apple today announced its new ARM-powered 14 and 16-inch MacBook Pros, including an all-new design and superpowered versions of Appleâs M1 chip, dubbed M1 Pro and M1 Max. There were a few other announcements too; hereâs what you need to know. Apple Music Voice Plan Apple today announced the Apple Music Voice plan, which is basically... Read more âș
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Physicists from the University of Colorado have created an atomic clock so precise it can measure gravitational time dilation over distances as small as one millimeter. This record-breaking measurement could have implications reaching as far as redefining exactly how long a second is or discovering where all the dark matter in our universe is hiding. Up front: Einstein figured out that time functions differently depending on how close to a... Read more âș
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Weâre a couple weeks away from All Hallows Eve and there are plenty of things that go bump in the night for us to fear this year. Things such as dumb cars that canât figure out how cul-de-sacs work without a human operator. And Tesla FSDâs proclivity towards driving the wrong way down clearly-marked one-way streets, for example. Up front: Rumors of the advent of truly driverless cars have been,... Read more âș
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Are you still driving a gas-powered car? As you no doubt know by now, itâs YOUR fault that the planet is getting hotter and the world is ending. But donât worry, thereâs a way you can assuage some of that guilt without even leaving your car. In fact, please stay right there, in your car. Amsterdam and Helsinki are two of my favorite smart cities. Researchers are looking for local... Read more âș
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Ok, thereâs a lot of bullshit hackathons that mine people for their IP. Thereâs also situations where people swap a weekend of sleep deprivation and unpaid labor for little more than swag and some pizza. Then, thereâs the issue of hackathons being prohibitive to folks with kids or carer responsibilities⊠So when I find one I can get behind, I make an effort to find out more. Give me a... Read more âș
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Facial recognition has arrived in school canteens. Nine schools in Scotland have started taking lunch payments from schoolchildren by scanning their faces, the Financial Times reports. The system reportedly speeds up the lengthy payment process and is more Covid-secure than using cards and fingerprint scanners. Of course, these issues could have been resolved by making school lunches free. But why invest in healthy meals for children when you can splurge... Read more âș
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TLDR: This Handheld 3âł LCD Video Game Console comes with 400 built-in games to relive the glory days of 8-bit gaming today. In this age of nostalgia and retro gaming, few consoles still hold the magic and allure of the granddaddy of modern handheld gaming, the Nintendo Gameboy. During the 90s, it was the undisputed king, selling over 118 million units and still holding the distinction as the third best-selling... Read more âș
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TLDR: With this limited time deal, you can become a Samâs Club member for 12 months and enjoy some popular Samâs Club items for free, all for less than $20. The holiday season wasnât quite the same in 2020. With some travel restrictions still in place and general unease over safety a major concern, many celebrated a little more quietly last year, with fewer family and friends than a more... Read more âș
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Thereâs no denying it: the trusty embargo remains a positive and productive tool for professionals on both sides of the press-PR divide. If anything, embargoes have only become more important in recent years, and theyâre certainly not going anywhere. Why? Itâs simple. Virtually every industry that depends on new releases and new information to push its news cycle forward makes use of the embargo. This includes arts and entertainment, publishing,... Read more âș
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Remember Foxconn, Appleâs iPhone assembler? The Taiwanese company is now officially expanding its business areas and joining the EV game. At the Hon Hai Tech Day (HHTD21) on Monday, Foxconn unveiled three electric vehicle prototypes, hoping to grow its emergent auto segment into a $35.88 billion (NT$1 trillion) enterprise within the next five years. The three EVs â an SUV, a sedan, and a bus â were made by Foxtron,... Read more âș
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There are two simple words that sum up how Iâm feeling about the new MacBook Pro: oh no. In case you havenât heard, Apple is holding an event today. Supposedly, this will be the announcement of the M1X MacBook Pro. Thereâs a lot to be excited about. The rumors are that Apple will ditch the traitorous Touch Bar, MagSafe is making a return, and the displays will be sharper and... Read more âș
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As space travel for recreational purposes is becoming a very real possibility, there could come a time when we are traveling to other planets for holidays, or perhaps even to live. Commercial space company Blue Origin has already started sending paying customers on suborbital flights. And Elon Musk hopes to start a base on Mars with his firm SpaceX. This means we need to start thinking about what it will... Read more âș
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