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I heard a new song last weekend called “Soul Of The Machine.” It’s a simple, old-timey number in E minor with a standard blues chord progression (musicians in the know would call it a 1-4-5 progression). In it, a voice sings about being a trapped soul with a heart that once beat but is now … Read more
In May 2019, Ultrahaptics and Leap Motion became Ultraleap (not to be confused with Magic Leap, which operates in the same space). It’s a name change representing the marriage of two different, yet related, tech startups. Ultrahaptics naturally got top billing, as it was the one doing the acquiring – paying around $30 million for … Read more
Allison Murray/ZDNETWhat is the Presidents’ Day deal? The Nixplay 10-inch smart frame is currently on sale on Amazon for $120, making it $70 off. Why this deal is ZDNET-recommended Remember digital photo frames? They were all the craze in the late 1990s/early 2000s — when parents and grandparents alike had to own one. But, ultimately, … Read more
Get this HP Touch laptop bundle for $400 now. HP/ZDNET If you’re looking to upgrade your computer setup, we’ve found a deal for you. Right now QVC is offering a 15-inch HP touch laptop, a wireless mouse, and a one year subscription to Microsoft 365 bundled together for just $400. Also: The best laptops of … Read more
QUILPUÉ, Chile — Heading up the hill, on the way to the neighborhood, everything looked black. On one side of the road, the charred remains of houses and the skeletons of trees. Beyond, the smoking husk of Chile’s national botanical garden. The air still carried the acrid smell of the historic wildfires that left at … Read more
Few rejoinders sting quite the way “touch grass” does. For those who aren’t chronically online, the phrase essentially means you need to log off and go outside, but the deeper undercurrent is that you’ve lost touch with the real world and desperately need to reconnect to something tangible. It’s “get real,” minus the vintage appeal. … Read more
Two little screws almost ruined the ending of NASA’s seven-year space journey to asteroid Bennu and back. But after more than three months of trying to pry the lid off a can containing the bulk of rocks and dust from the asteroid, engineers have finally done it. To remove the stuck top, they made and … Read more
Bitcoin devotees are declaring a historic victory after US regulators approved a new, more accessible way for people to invest in the crypto asset after a decade of resistance. Yet they won’t go anywhere near it themselves. On January 10, after a farcical false start, the US Securities and Exchange Commission approved the launch of … Read more
If you’ve got solar panels and a battery, you might want to draw some power from the grid at times and be completely self-reliant at other times. What if you could switch easily in an app? That’s the idea behind new features the energy tech company Savant introduced at CES 2024. Savant is one of … Read more
Ryan Reynolds-backed Mint Mobile exited to T-Mobile for $1.35 billion last year, and Sam Altman-backed “Ai Pin” startup Humane launched a pricey little device with a $24 monthly subscription that comes with phone number, unlimited data and as many AI-powered queries as you can muster. What do they have in common? They’re both MVNOs, short … Read more