NASA awards moon lander contracts to Blue Origin and SpaceX TechSpot

As part of the program, one of these human landing systems (HLS) will be used to deliver the "first woman and next man" to the Moon's surface within the next four years: an ambitious time frame, but one NASA's funding should make possible. Blue Origin received a $579 million contract,...





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Microsoft Surface Earbuds may be releasing soon TechSpot

We haven't heard much about Microsoft's Surface Earbuds since their announcement last October. The only meaningful news was that the release date was pushed to spring 2020. Now it looks like the company may be sticking with that release date.





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Researchers create a wrist-worn game controller from breathable electro-fabric TechSpot

North Carolina State University researchers have developed a thin stretchable material that can be embedded with electronics. The scientists believe that the fabric has practical applications in the biomedical field, but tested it by playing a game of Tetris using a sleeve of the material as a controller, showing that...





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ARM is giving startups free access to widely used chip designs TechSpot

ARM-based hardware is eating the world and is slowly permeating the PC desktop and server markets in the process. Hardware startups, however, are stuck between a rock and a hard place, and are forced to adapt by optimizing their operational and R&D costs to keep the lights on.





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Motorola Edge+ reviews hit the web: A worthy contender? TechSpot

The Edge+ marks Motorola's return to the flagship market, offering features found on other top-of-the-line Android phones. But unremarkable software and being tied to Verizon make it a tough sell.





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Microsoft set to reveal Xbox Series X gameplay next week TechSpot

We already know that the Xbox Series X will look a bit like a refrigerator, only smaller. We also know most of the specs — 3.8GHz 8-core AMD Zen 2 capable of 12 TFLOPS, 16GB RAM, 2.5GB/s 1TB NVMe SSD. That gives us an idea of what the system is...





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Raspberry Pi's new camera module boasts 12-megapixel resolution and supports interchangeable lenses TechSpot

Dubbed the Raspberry Pi High Quality Camera, the module features a 12.3-megapixel Sony IMX477 sensor with adjustable back focus and support for C- and CS-mount lenses. It is compatible with nearly every Raspberry Pi model available, from the Pi 1 Model B onward. Full specifications are as follows:





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Reddit rolls out community chat rooms to bond over shared interests TechSpot

Reddit has introduced a new feature designed to help connect people with like-minded individuals who share a similar interest and want to talk about it.





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Smartphone production predicted to hit record low this quarter due to Covid-19 impact TechSpot

The figures come from TrendForce, which places the blame for the decline on disruption caused by Covid-19. Delayed work resumption combined with labor and material shortages meant just 280 million smartphones were produced in Q1, the lowest in five years.





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Zoom stock slips as company comes clean about misleading user count TechSpot

Video conferencing app maker Zoom said in a blog post earlier this month that it now has more than 300 million daily users, an admission that helped push its stock value further north.





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Xbox Game Pass reaches 10 million subscribers TechSpot

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella revealed Xbox Game Pass had hit the milestone in the previous quarter. The Covid-19 lockdown, which has seen record levels of people buying and playing games, doubtlessly helped the service reach that 10 million figure, but it’s the excellent library of games that has attracted so...





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Intel Core i9-10900K is official, boosting up to 5.3 GHz; Core i7 and Core i5 gets competitive against Ryzen TechSpot

This has been a long time coming and today we can finally share with you the official information on Intel’s 10th gen desktop processors in their Comet Lake lineup. No more leaks, this is the official info, and we’ll be sharing a few of our thoughts on what Intel is...





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Report: Nvidia AIB partners clearing stock to prepare for RTX 3000 launch in Q3 TechSpot

The claim comes from a now deleted China Times post, which stated that three new generations of Ampere cards would arrive in the second half of the third quarter, so we might see them launch sometime around September.





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Elon Musk says lockdown is "fascist" and "forcibly imprisoning people in their homes"" TechSpot

Tesla recorded 88,400 sales between January and March, along with a profit of $16 million. Despite the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, this marks the third quarter in a row that the company has recorded a profit.





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iOS 13.5 beta comes with coronavirus-related features TechSpot

Earlier this month, Apple and Google announced their Covid-19 contact tracing plan. The platform, built directly into their respective mobile operating systems, works like this: Bluetooth detects when two people are in proximity, at which point their phones swap anonymous identifiers (randomly generated keys). If someone gets diagnosed with Covid-19,...





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New Canon software lets you use your digital camera as a high-resolution webcam solution TechSpot

With millions of people now working from home and conducting video calls from their computer or mobile devices, the quality of these calls is suddenly more important than it once was. A quick check of Logitech’s website reveals that all of their business-minded webcams are out of stock due to...





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Lyft lays off 17 percent of its workforce, institutes pay cuts for remaining employees TechSpot

According to a new CNBC report, Lyft is laying off 17 percent of its workforce due to the Covid-19-pandemic, which amounts to 982 employees. An additional 288 employees will be furloughed, and those that will remain at work will see sizable salary cuts for 12 weeks.





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