Enlarge / Let’s see, you landed on my “Google Ads” space, and with three houses, that will be $1,400. Ron Amadeo / Hasbro South Korea will soon pass a law banning Apple’s and Google’s app store payment requirements. An amendment
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Electrification isn’t just for big school buses
Enlarge / Lightning eMotors will supply EV powertrains to Collins Bus to electrify these Type A school buses. Collins Bus These days, I’m just as excited about the electrification of vehicles like school buses and garbage trucks as I am
65 mpg without hypermiling in the Lincoln Aviator hybrid
That subdued Aviator nameplate is much better than spelling out the model name across the front of the hood. I’m looking at you, F-L-E-X. Eric Bangean It’s an SUV, so it needs a massive grille. Eric Bangeman 21-inch wheels are
New PS5 model’s weight-loss mystery solved: A smaller, likely better heatsink
Over the weekend, Sony’s curious new PlayStation 5 hardware revision—same price, same performance, slightly changed internals—began finding its way into fans’ hands, and at least one rushed to figure out exactly why it weighs 0.6 lb less than the launch
The 2021 Jeep Wrangler 4xe marries WWII handling with 50 mpg efficiency
Its looks might still call back to the battlefields of World War II, but there’s nothing old-fashioned about the Jeep Wrangler 4xe’s powertrain. Jeep The lithium-ion traction battery gives the Wrangler 4xe an electric range of up to 22 miles.
Teacher with COVID symptoms went maskless, making her class an experiment
Enlarge / Two classrooms had to be shut down due to a series of problems with maintaining policies meant to limit the spread of the pandemic. Covid-19 Coverage View more stories On Friday, the CDC released a report that traced
Not enough backup power: AT&T and T-Mobile suffer big outages in Louisiana
Enlarge / LaPlace, Louisiana: Jacqueline Smith waits with her mother Lucille Matthew for transportation after they were rescued from their flooded neighborhood in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida on August 30, 2021. Getty Images | Scott Olson AT&T today said
Judge’s order requiring hospital to give COVID patient ivermectin called “unethical”
Aurich Lawson | Getty Images A county judge in Ohio has ordered a hospital in Cincinnati to administer ivermectin to an intensive care patient, a move raises questions about the role of the courts in the medical system. “It is
How to watch blocked YouTube videos from other countries
Every now and then you’ll try to watch a music video, trailer, or gameplay clip on YouTube only to see a very annoying message: ‘The uploader has not made this video available in your country’. It’s a common mistake to
Coinbase erroneously reported 2FA changes to 125,000 customers
Enlarge / On Friday afternoon, Coinbase sent email and SMS text messages to 125,000 customers, erroneously telling them that their 2FA settings had been changed. Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase sent an automated message to a large number of its customers on
Fitbit Charge 5, iPhone 13 round-up & Galaxy Watch 4 review | Fast Charge 80
After last week’s deluge of phones, this week was a little quieter – but still had one major launch in the Fitbit Charge 5. The latest in what’s probably Fitbit’s most popular tracker line, the Charge 5 is the first to feature
Scientists built a tiny robot to mimic the mantis shrimp’s knock-out punch
Enlarge / An interdisciplinary team of roboticists, engineers and biologists modeled the mechanics of the mantis shrimp’s punch and built a robot that mimics the movement. Second Bay Studios and Roy Caldwell/Harvard SEAS The mantis shrimp boasts one of the
Pompeii tomb reveals formerly enslaved man’s rise to wealth and power
Pompeii Archaeological Park Archaeologists working in Pompeii recently unearthed the tomb and partially mummified remains of a man who died a few decades before the eruption. The man, Marcus Venerius Secundio, according to his epitaph, had once been enslaved, but
Fossil’s Gen 6 smartwatches launch into an unforgiving Samsung Wear OS world
The new gen 6 Fossil watches. Fossil Fossil is a fashion company, so there are a lot of design options. Fossil Shoutout to this bedazzled version. Fossil Explode shot! We love explode shots. Fossil The side. Fossil The back has
Illinois judge bars mother from seeing son until she’s vaccinated against COVID
Getty Images | naruecha jenthaisong A judge in Illinois has stripped visitation rights from an 11-year-old boy’s mother because she has not been vaccinated against COVID-19. Earlier this month, at a child support hearing held over Zoom, Cook County Circuit