Ford announced today that it is reopening the order banks for the F-150 Lightning electric pickup this Thursday for new reservations. The new 2023 model, beginning production this fall, will boast more standard range and new towing assist technology, but
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Microsoft claims Sony pays for ‘blocking rights’ to keep games off Xbox Game Pass
Microsoft has claimed Sony pays for “blocking rights” to stop developers from adding their content to Xbox Game Pass. The explosive claims are part of documents (Word doc) filed with Brazil’s national competition regulator and part of a review of
How the FBI’s Mar-a-Lago Raid Could Expose Trump’s Secrets
The exclamation point is perhaps the most tantalizing part of Donald Trump’s post-raid-on-Mar-a-Lago statement: “They even broke into my safe!” It’s been a bad week for a man who believes that a safe—an obvious investigative target—is beyond the pale. Not
Google Fiber Is Growing Again – CNET
Google Fiber is expanding again. The internet service provider, which the search giant started 12 years ago, will start delivering high-speed internet to Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nebraska and Nevada over the next several years, Google Fiber CEO Dinni Jain said in
A Long-Awaited IoT Reverse Engineering Tool Is Finally Here
At the 2012 DefCon security conference in Las Vegas, Ang Cui, an embedded device security researcher, previewed a tool for analyzing firmware, the foundational software that underpins any computer and coordinates between hardware and software. The tool was specifically designed
Porsche Taycan Turbo S Beats Tesla Model S Plaid’s Nürburgring Record – CNET
Back in 2019, a week before the Porsche Taycan was officially unveiled, a camouflaged preproduction prototype of a Taycan Turbo set a lap time at the Nürburgring of 7:42.34, setting the record for a series-production electric car at the famed
Google changed Gmail’s design and some people are furious. Here’s how to change it back.
Google recently did the unthinkable: It changed the way Gmail looks…again. It’s one of the great cardinal sins of the tech world — to make unexpected, unsolicited, and potentially unwanted changes to something so familiar, and indeed so essential to
Microsoft’s campaign against malicious macros has given rise to new, dangerous attacks
Audio player loading… With Office macros no longer being the best way to deliver malicious payloads to endpoints (opens in new tab) around the world, cybercriminals are turning toward novel strategies, including using shortcut (.lnk) files. Findings from HP Wolf
Spotify tests selling concert tickets straight to fans
Spotify’s testing a new website to sell concert tickets directly to fans, as first reported by Music Ally. The site, dubbed Spotify Tickets, currently has a limited selection of upcoming US-based concerts for participating artists like Limbeck, Tokimonsta, and Annie
Duet Display’s second screen app is now available for Meta Portal devices
Meta is making its Portal smart displays more useful to remote workers. Starting today, you can use the Portal Go and second-generation Portal Plus as a second screen for your Mac or Windows PC. The new functionality comes courtesy of