November 1, 2021 Facebook is enabling a new generation of touchy-feely robots Without a sense of touch, Frankenstein’s monster would never have realized that “fire bad” and we would have had an unstoppable reanimated killing machine…
November 1, 2021 The Morning After: So what is the metaverse? So what is the metaverse? The big tech news last week was that Facebook — the company — is renaming itself Meta, which will…
November 1, 2021 ‘5D’ storage could fit 500TB on a CD-sized glass disc Using high-speed lasers, researchers have created "5D" data storage technology that could allow 500 TB of data to be written to a CD-sized glass…
November 1, 2021 Google’s Nest devices are on sale on Best Buy ahead of Black Friday If you want to score Google's Nest devices at a discount before Black Friday arrives, check out Best Buy's sale — some of them…
October 31, 2021 Roblox comes back online after three-day outage Roblox is finally returning to normal after a nearly three-day outage. The gaming platform's developer said it was "incrementally" bringing regions back to service…
October 31, 2021 Astronomers may have spotted a planet in another galaxy for the first time The hunt for exoplanets is venturing beyond the Milky Way. Astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have detected what might be the first signs…
October 31, 2021 Lenovo’s rumored 17-inch ThinkBook Plus has a second screen for drawing Lenovo's next ThinkBook Plus might be more practical, at least if you'e a budding artist. Well-known leak purveyor Evan Blass has shared what he…
October 31, 2021 G20 deal raises the minimum tax rate for big tech companies Large tech companies may soon have to pay significant taxes no matter what tax loopholes they had before. BBC Newsreports G20 leaders have reached…
October 31, 2021 Apple’s mixed reality headset might play ‘high-quality’ VR games Apple's rumored mixed reality headset may be a boon for VR gaming. In his most recent newsletter, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman claimed Apple is aiming…
October 31, 2021 Amazon offers steep discounts on recent Echo devices This may be one of your best chances of scoring a smart speaker or e-reader before the holiday rush. Amazon is selling multiple recent…