Month: January 2025

Lenovo is launching two new Android tablets this year with 12.7 inch, 2944 x 1840 pixel displays featuring 144 Hz screen refresh rates. But one is very much a premium tablet, while the other is more of a mid-range device. The Lenovo Yoga Tab Plus features a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor, 16GB of RAM, and […]

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For nearly four years, NASA's Perseverance rover has journeyed across an unexplored patch of land on Mars—once home to an ancient river delta—and collected a slew of rock samples sealed inside cigar-sized titanium tubes.

These tubes might contain tantalizing clues about past life on Mars, but NASA's ever-changing plans to bring them back to Earth are still unclear.

On Tuesday, NASA officials presented two options for retrieving and returning the samples gathered by the Perseverance rover. One alternative involves a conventional architecture reminiscent of past NASA Mars missions, relying on the "sky crane" landing system demonstrated on the agency's two most recent Mars rovers. The other option would be to outsource the lander to the space industry.

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The Gigabyte BRIX Extreme mini PC is getting a modest spec bump this year. The new BRIX GB-BER7-8840 is a 139.1 x 134.2 x 43.8mm (5.5″ x 5.3″ x 1.7″) computer with an AMD Ryzen 7 8840U “Hawk Point” processor, 2.5 Gb Ethernet, and support for up to four displays. It’s very similar to the BRIX GB-BER7-7840 from […]

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Nintendo still isn't ready to officially reveal any details about the Switch 2 (beyond a brief mention of backward compatibility in November). But that hasn't stopped gaming accessory maker Genki from giving us one of the best looks yet at the size and shape of Nintendo's upcoming hardware, as well as a video glimpse of how the console's new Joy-Cons will attach to the base tablet.

Genki is reportedly using a scale 3D model of the Switch 2 to show off its console cases behind closed doors at the Consumer Electronics Show. A video from French tech site Numerama shows that 3D model dwarfing an original Switch model in both length and width.

VIDEO — La Nintendo Switch 2 en avant-première au #CES2025.

L'accessoiriste Genki indique posséder la vraie console et expose une maquette 3D + des accessoires.

Les détails ici : https://t.co/5LDlnR2zC1 pic.twitter.com/IJ6taQggIQ

— Numerama (@Numerama) January 8, 2025

In a longer write-up of Genki's Switch 2 mock-up, Numerama reports that Genki says its 3D model was derived from an actual Switch 2 console, not merely "3D blueprints." Genki's model also includes a second USB-C port atop the system, Numerama reports, as well as a mysterious C button underneath the home button on the right Joy-Con.

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In just 20 minutes this morning, an automated license-plate-recognition (ALPR) system in Nashville, Tennessee, captured photographs and detailed information from nearly 1,000 vehicles as they passed by. Among them: eight black Jeep Wranglers, six Honda Accords, an ambulance, and a yellow Ford Fiesta with a vanity plate.

This trove of real-time vehicle data, collected by one of Motorola’s ALPR systems, is meant to be accessible by law enforcement. However, a flaw discovered by a security researcher has exposed live video feeds and detailed records of passing vehicles, revealing the staggering scale of surveillance enabled by this widespread technology.

More than 150 Motorola ALPR cameras have exposed their video feeds and leaking data in recent months, according to security researcher Matt Brown, who first publicized the issues in a series of YouTube videos after buying an ALPR camera on eBay and reverse engineering it.

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As expected, Lenovo has unveiled the first laptop with an under-display camera that’s invisible to the eye when not in use. The new Lenovo Yoga Slim 9i is a laptop with a 14 inch, 3840 x 2400 pixel OLED display with a 120 Hz refresh rate and a 98% screen-to-body ratio since the top bezel doesn’t […]

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The European Commission (EC) is planning to "energetically" advance its probe into content moderation on X (formerly Twitter), potentially ordering changes at Elon Musk's social network in the coming months, Bloomberg reported.

Since 2023, the EC has been investigating X for possible violations of the Digital Services Act (DSA). Notably, it's the group's first formal probe under the DSA, which requires very large online platforms to meet strict content moderation and transparency standards to ensure user safety, reduce misinformation, prevent illegal/harmful activity, and facilitate "a fair and open online platform environment."

In a letter to European lawmakers viewed by Bloomberg, EC tech commissioner Henna Virkkunen and justice chief Michael McGrath apparently confirmed that the investigation into X will end “as early as legally possible."

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Für kurze Zeit bietet Amazon eine externe SSD von SSK mit 2 TByte Speicher zum Tiefpreis an. Die Festplatte kostet rund 30 Euro weniger. (Solid State Drive, Speichermedien)

Bei Amazon gibt es den aktuellen Bestseller unter den Soundbars mit einem besonderen Rabatt. Jedoch gilt das Angebot nur für kurze Zeit. (Soundbar, Amazon)

The Chuwi MiniBook X is a mini-laptop with a 10.51 inch, 1920 x 1200 pixel touchscreen display, a 360-degree hinge that lets you use the notebook in laptop or tablet modes, and a relatively affordable price tag thanks to Chuwi’s use of entry-level Intel processors. Chuwi launched the first MiniBook X in 2022 and an updated […]

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