TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE

SAVE $32: As of Oct. 30, you can get an Echo Dot Kids (5th gen, 2022 release) for just $27.99, down from $59.99, at Amazon. That's a 53% discount or a savings of $32.With the holidays quickly approaching, retailers everywhere are knocking down prices to make way for new inventory. Of course, Amazon has joined the sale frenzy by offering hefty discounts on everything from home appliances to smart speakers, including the Echo Dot Kids (5th gen). Read the full article

The new PlayStation 5 hasn’t come out yet — it doesn’t even have a specific release date — but a few YouTubers have gotten their hands on it, including Dave Lee from the Dave2D channel. Lee posted his teardown of the console yesterday, and if you’ve been curious about how that detachable disc drive works, this is the best look you’ll get at it without buying the $499.99 PS5 yourself later this month.After Lee pries off the PS5’s plastic side cover, you can see the drive sitting there with three screws staring back at you. I thought they were  Read the full article

and consoles will soon drop their X (formerly Twitter) integrations. As such, after November 13, you'll no longer be able to post clips or screenshots directly to X from either system.According to a notice Sony shared on its consoles () and , users will lose the ability to "post and view content, trophies and other gameplay-related activities on X directly from PS5/PS4 (or link an X account to do so)." Sony added the notice to its website at some point  Source link Read the full article

Apple's latest quarterly earnings report paints a picture of software wins amid something of a hardware slump. In a statement announcing the financial results for its fiscal fourth quarter, the company called out a new all-time high for revenue from its services division. It also highlighted iPhone revenue as having set a September quarter record. However, this marks the fourth consecutive quarter of overall revenue decline, with its earnings of $89.5 billion representing a 1 percent drop year over year. This also means the record-breaking performances of the iPhone and Services divisions did little to offset weakness elsewhere.The  Read the full article

TL;DR: Through Nov. 9, you can snag the Luminar Neo Lifetime Bundle on sale for $199.99 (reg. $752) or the Luminar Neo Lite Lifetime Bundle on sale for just $49.99 (reg. $273). That's up to 81% in savings on award-winning photo editing software.If you are a photography enthusiast or a professional looking to shake things up, editing tools that utilize AI, like Luminar, are an easy way to boost your creativity and get your photos looking exactly how you want them to. For a limited time, you can get  Read the full article

X has been trying to find buyers for user handles it reclaimed from inactive accounts, even going so far as to send out solicitation emails asking for “a flat fee of $50,000 to initiate a purchase,” according to Forbes. Elon Musk announced back in May that X, formerly Twitter, would start purging accounts that have gone dormant, and has alluded to plans for recycling disused handles.According to emails seen by Forbes, X now has a task force called the “@Handle Team” that’s working on creating a marketplace for buying handles tied to inactive accounts. X changed its policy this year to stipulate that users must log in every 30 days to remain active, and risk having their accounts suspended or permanently  Read the full article

Last week, Nissin announced that it was updating the design of its iconic Cup Noodles in early 2024. Instead of polystyrene, it’ll be made out of paper. Nissin also notes that thanks to the new packaging, its Cup Noodles will now be microwaveable. As in, you were never supposed to be microwaving Cup Noodles. As it turns out, many people have not been reading labels when heating up Cup Noodles — a staple of college dorms, kitchen pantries, and many childhood memories. On social media, several  Read the full article

We've come to rely on our phones for all sorts of daily tasks, including waking us up in the morning. But some iPhone owners say that their devices recently failed to do that, apparently because they mysteriously turned off in the middle of the night. According to reports from 9to5Mac, MacRumors, and Reddit, the issue is affecting new phones, such as the iPhone 15 Pro Max, but also older models, including the iPhone 14 Pro, the iPhone 14 Pro Max, and the iPhone 13 Pro Max, among others. SEE ALSO: Read the full article

Blizzard is planning an MCU-style future for the World of Warcraft. Chris Metzen, who only recently returned to the company as the executive creative director of Warcraft, has announced that the game's next three expansions will make up a three-part interconnected saga. Since Blizzard typically releases expansions within two years of each other, "The Worldsoul Saga's" story will take years to unfold. The first installment called World of Warcraft: The War Within is slated for release sometime in 2024, followed by World of Warcraft: Midnight and World of Warcraft: The Last Titan in the years after that. Read the full article

Revel is leaving behind its roots and ending its (at times controversial) electric moped service New York City and San Francisco. Company CEO and co-founder Frank Reig has sent a company-wide email, viewed by TechCrunch, telling staff that "the service has been strained and ridership isn't what it used to be." Revel has also sent out emails to its passengers, notifying them that the service will shut down on November 18 and encouraging them to use their account credits before then.As  Read the full article

Apple's has kicked in, which means the holiday season is officially upon us. Apple typically offers a standard . But under the newly revised policy, products purchased between November 3, 2023 and December 25, 2023, will be returnable until January 8, 2024. Apple's holiday grace period gives you more than enough time to return those AirPods from your grandmother because she didn't know you were firmly planted in Samsung's ecosystem.You can return most products in Apple's lineup, but there are a few  Read the full article

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Even though its latest microcomputer bears its own chip designs, Raspberry Pi has been using Arm CPUs since its inception in 2008. The two companies have now formed tighter bonds as Arm has picked up a minority stake in Raspberry Pi. The terms of the deal have not been disclosed. However, the companies say it's a "strategic investment" on Arm's part.It  Read the full article

Home improvement retailer Ace Hardware still can't take online orders as of Friday while it recovers from "a malicous cyberattack." News of the outage first started circulating on Sunday, after a Reddit user shared a note from CEO John Venhuizen detailing the incident. Ace Hardware has not responded to a request for comment to verify the email, but the website confirms that it is "currently unable to process orders online" and directs customers to make their purchases in-store.The cyber incident impacted warehouse management, invoice and  Read the full article

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Apple’s M3 chip is here, and the company is wasting no time shoving it into new computers. This week, we dive into the new M3-equipped MacBook Pros and iMac, which offer some notable upgrades over the M2 and M1 models. Also, we find time to celebrate the death of the old 13-inch MacBook Pro, and try to determine if the cheaper 14-inch MacBook Pro is actually meant for pros with 8GB of RAM. We also chat about Apple’s healthcare plans, as well as Lenovo’s ridiculous tablet fashion campaign. Read the full article

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