TikTok’s US employees are planning to file a lawsuit challenging a Trump administration executive order they say would make it illegal for their employer to pay them. Last week, President Donald Trump issued an executive order barring any US transactions with ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns TikTok, and its subsidiaries. The language of the […]
Fish don’t have the easiest lives. They have to avoid predators, fishing nets, pollution and now vampire crustaceans that want to eat their tongues. The tongue-eating louse will invade a fish’s mouth, then suck the blood from the fish’s tongue until the tongue completely fades away. Then the parasite replaces the tongue itself. CNET SCIENCEFrom […]
Just when you were getting used to the idea of TVs with 4K resolution, here comes 8K. In 2019 the first 8K TVs went on sale, and right now in 2020 you can choose from multiple 8K TVs, with more on the way later this year. Manufacturers like Samsung, Sony, LG and TCL are doing […]
If you haven’t been regularly deleting your voice history with Amazon’s voice assistant, Alexa, you could have a good reason to start: a recently fixed vulnerability that would’ve exposed all your conversations with the smart speaker. On Thursday, researchers from cybersecurity firm Check Point released a report detailing security issues they discovered with Amazon’s Alexa, […]
Disney, Apple, Walmart and nearly a dozen other companies called the White House on Tuesday, according to The Wall Street Journal. Their goals, according to the report, were to get more clarity on President Donald Trump’s executive order banning “any transaction that is related to WeChat” and to encourage the administration to “narrow the order […]
Waze on Thursday rolled out a new feature that allows US drivers to link the navigation platform to fuel partner apps for contactless payments at participating Exxon, Mobil and Shell gas stations. When drivers arrive at those stations, a notification in the Waze app will prompt them to securely pay using the fuel partner’s contactless […]
5G is here, but it won’t really flourish on next-generation phones and 5G connected cars until the network is built out. That physical network will be more vast and dense than that which powers current networks. It’ll also cost as much as $750 billion worldwide over the next five years. Yet it comes at a […]
Vacuum cleaners have come a long way from the massive beasts of yesteryear. Gone are the cumbersome electric cords, unwieldy size and weight. Today’s cordless vacuums are light, easy to use and boast high-performance rechargeable batteries. In fact, many provide the strong suction once limited to upright vacuum cleaners. Some can even tackle multiple types […]
Amazon and Google dominate the smart home market. But beyond Amazon’s growing list of Echo smart speakers, the tech giant also owns home security companies Ring and Blink — and Wi-Fi router brand Eero. Smart thermostat maker Ecobee gets funding from Amazon. Google owns Nest and brought the company further under its control this year, […]
Samsung’s new power phones have arrived. The Galaxy Note 20 and Note 20 Ultra, which start at $1,000 (£849) and $1,300 (£1,179) respectively, were unveiled earlier this month alongside three other devices in a glitzy Unpacked launch that was moved online due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Australian prices aren’t yet available, but $1,000 converts to […]