[ad_1] The bill was created by a “pan-partisan group of legislators,” according to Meduza. The aim is ostensibly to give consumers more choice, according to co-author Oleg Nikolayev. “When we buy complex electronic devices, they already have individual applications, mostly Western ones, pre-installed on them,” he said. “Naturally… they might think that there are no […]
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The Morning After: Tesla’s angular Cybertruck is electric, fast and $40k
[ad_1] It’s built for power, and it shows.MacBook Pro 16-inch review: The ultimate Apple laptop The last great MacBook Pro was the mid-2015 15-inch model, packing plenty of ports, a great keyboard and an SD card slot. No TouchBar and, importantly, no butterfly keyboard. Apple’s newest MacBook Pro gets us at least part of the […]
I rode inside Tesla’s polarizing Cybertruck
[ad_1] A few hours (yes, hours) after Musk left the stage, I was able to sit, very briefly, in the giant metal series of trapezoids cobbled together, known as the Cybertruck. It’s a very early pre-production vehicle, but my first reaction was, “this is a very comfortable back seat.” It was more comfortable than the […]
The creators of ‘Wallace and Gromit’ are making a Netflix musical
[ad_1] Robin Robin is an animated musical short that will be arriving on Netflix in time for Christmas 2020, focusing on a lost bird who ends up being raised by a family of mice. The creators and directors are Dan Ojari (Slow Derek) and Mikey Please (The Eagleman Stag), with Helen Argo (Wallace & Gromit’s […]
Alphabet’s rebooted robotics program starts with trash-sorting machines
[ad_1] Alphabet’s previous robotics venture was Boston Dynamics, famous for its humanoid bipeds and scary metal dogs. However, the company sold the division to Softbank in 2017. Earlier this year, Alphabet lifted the lid on its rebooted robotics program, which as described in a recent blog post and profiled by Wired, is now focusing on […]
Spotify is hosting its own awards show
[ad_1] Spotify said the awards would be determined strictly by user-generated data, regardless of genre. “Your plays, patterns, and habits will help determine the award categories, finalists, and winners,” it said. “You can get excited for an awards ceremony that actually speaks to what the people are streaming.” Spotify released a promotion video in Spanish […]
Watch Al Pacino hunt Nazis in Jordan Peele’s upcoming Amazon series
[ad_1] “There comes a time where we all must choose between the light and the darkness. But when there’s great darkness in this world, perhaps a choice is made for us,” Pacino tells his fellow hunters in the trailer. “The time to act is now before everything we hold dear to us is destroyed. This […]
AT&T will bring real 5G to millions of customers this year
[ad_1] AT&T says it will roll out 5G service — not LTE-based 5G Evolution, just 5G — nationwide in 2020, but in the “coming weeks,” tens of millions of customers will get access as it reaches markets like Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, Providence RI, Rochester NY and San Diego. Pre-orders for its first ‘low-band’ 5G smartphone, the […]
Tesla’s electric ATV matches well with the Cybertruck
[ad_1] Besides the electric Cybertruck, Elon Musk also showed off an apparently Tesla-designed electric ATV. It’s not available as part of the pre-orders currently live on Tesla’s store, but in the presentation it was used to show off how the Cybertruck’s adaptive suspension tilts for easy loading. It can apparently charge directly from Tesla’s truck […]
Tesla unveils its Cybertruck, with a price starting at $39,900
[ad_1] CEO Elon Musk took the stage to remind everyone of the company’s plan to make the world a greener place, proclaiming we need sustainable energy now. To show off the angular truck’s toughness, Musk showed off how tough it is taking a shot from a sledgehammer, ball bearings and a gun (the gunshot was […]