BMW is pushing in-car 5G connectivity at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2020 in Las Vegas. The German car marque reckons its forthcoming iNEXT electric crossover, scheduled for launch in 2021, equipped with a built-in SIM, will be the first high-end consumer vehicle to come with 5G connectivity. Subsequent models will also feature 5G, it…
I’m pretty trusting when it comes to technology. I’ve shrugged at putting Google Assistant in my house. I’ve walked around wearing an array of smartwatches without a single care in the world. Hell, I’m laissez-faire enough that I’ve done one of those genetic tests that (probably) shares DNA with every law enforcement agency in the…
Ring said that four employees were fired because they for inappropriate access to customers’ connected video feeds.
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In recent years, new gene editing tools have been used for everything from genetic modification of plants to increase crop yields to, far more controversially, genetic tampering with human embryos. Could a form of gene therapy also be useful in helping treat cocaine addiction, a form of addiction that proves highly resistant to alternative approaches,…
According to a new report from Bloomberg, Apple saw an 18.7% year-on-year increase for its iPhone shipment in China. The reports data was gathered from the China Academy of Information and Communication Technology (CAICT) and reveals that the iPhone maker managed to sell an estimated 3.18 million units of its smartphones. Previously, Apple saw a…
Walmart has put automated pick-and-pack robots to work at a so-called ‘supercenter’ in Salem, New Hampshire. The new system, called Alphabot, is live in a 20,000-square-foot warehouse-style extension at its Salem superstore, which has been opened as a grocery pickup point with drive-thru lanes for customers. It sees autonomous carts retrieve ambient, refrigerated and frozen…
Social platforms like Instagram and Twitter discreetly change their terms and conditions on the regular. For example, last year we saw Facebook quietly introduce the ban on ‘sexual emoji’ that proved discriminatory towards sex workers and NSFW artists making a living on the platform. Now, as Australian academic pointed out, Twitter seemingly changed its guidelines…
Attention! Are you using Firefox as your web browsing software on your Windows, Linux, or Mac systems? If yes, you should immediately update your free and open-source Firefox web browser to the latest version available on Mozilla’s website. Why the urgency? Mozilla earlier today released Firefox 72.0.1 and Firefox ESR 68.4.1 versions to patch a…
This story is part of our continuing coverage of CES 2020, including tech and gadgets from the showroom floor. This year’s CES has been a fantastic show for laptops. Our favorite conventional laptops got more refined, while others experimented with exciting new designs. With dozens and dozens announced this year, we’ve gotten our hands on as…
Last updated on January 9, 2020 at 05:21 pm It’s been a longstanding debate in the community whether HTML header tags or h1, h2, h3, etc, still retain their importance as ranking factors up to this day and age. Some SEOs say that HTML header tags are not important – it’s fine if they do…
