The Motorola Edge S could arrive globally as the Moto G100 (image via Motorola)The Motorola Edge S has shown up on Geekbench as the Moto G100, indicating that it could be launched globally soon. It managed to net a single-core score of 957 and a multi-core score of 2,815. This particular variant has 8GB of…
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Leading up to Superbowl Sunday, Amazon flooded social media with coquettish ads teasing “Alexa’s new body.” Its gameday commercial depicts one woman’s fantasy of the AI voice assistant embodied by actor Michael B. Jordan, who seductively caters to her every whim — to the consternation of her increasingly irate husband. No doubt most viewers walked…
Gaming has been—and will continue to be—more pervasive across all kinds of areas: B2B content (for businesses), new consumer content (like concerts), and even the film industry (blockbuster movies). In 2021, we’ll see even more new use cases permeating all aspects of our personal and professional lives. Whether it’s connecting game developers across the globe,…
Apple's rumored redesign of the standard AirPods may have surfaced in the wild. MacRumors reports that 52Audio has shared a photo of what appears to be the third-generation basic AirPods. The buds themselves match rumors with an AirPods Pro-style in-ear design, complete with removable ear tip options, stem controls and pressure equalizers to improve comfort…
Candor said it is crowdsourcing a database of salaries for jobs in the technology industry to give employees good intelligence for job negotiations. The company has started taking additional submissions for salaries, and it has gotten more than 1,000 submissions since Wednesday. Candor is reviewing those submissions but is still receiving hundreds of submissions per…
Apple's rumored AR and VR wearables might have some fresh competition. 9to5Google has discovered that well-known leaker WalkingCat shared a pair of videos that apparently represent Samsung's conceptual vision for augmented reality glasses. The Glasses Lite eyewear would aim at everyday users and let them watch movies, video chat or (gasp) get work done without…
The regulatory drama around SpaceX's recent Starship launches has simmered down. CNN's Jackie Wattles and The Verge have learned that the FAA ended its investigations into the SN8 and SN9 launches. SpaceX and the FAA "settled" concerns over the license for SN8, Wattles said. Officials ended the SN9 investigation after determining that the rocket's fiery…
We could unknowingly contaminate Mars and any other world we're exploring in the future with microorganisms from our planet. Scientists from NASA and the German Aerospace Center launched several fungal and bacterial organisms to the stratosphere back in 2019 as part of the MARSBOx experiment. The stratosphere, the second major layer of the Earth's atmosphere…