Monthly Archives: June 2020

House Democrats’ climate plan calls for 100 percent EV sales by 2035

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House Democrats want to eliminate the US economy’s greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Two ways they hope to achieve this are: reaching 100 percent electric vehicle sales by 2035 and 100 percent clean electricity by 2040. Today, House Speaker Nancy Pel...

The best weather apps for Android

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When Dark Sky announced it had been sold to Apple earlier this year, a million Android users cried out in... dismay, because their beloved weather app would soon become iOS-only. The Dark Sky app was pulled from Google Play immediately and the websit...

Life found a way with Google’s ‘Jurassic World’ AR models

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Who wouldn’t want a dinosaur in their living room? If you search for one of ten species on Google, you can tap “View in 3D” on your mobile device to open up an augmented reality version of the beasts and have them superimposed -- at scale -- in your...

ASUS ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 review: The first good dual-screen laptop

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Second-screen laptops are the cool tech gadgets du jour, but so far, we haven’t seen a good reason to pay extra for one, given all the compromises. However, ASUS made a good case when it unveiled the futuristic ROG Zephyrus Duo 15. As well as a sleek...

Facebook will prioritize original reporting in its News Feed

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In an effort to prioritize original reporting, Facebook is updating the way it ranks news stories in its News Feed. Beginning today, Facebook will use AI to analyze groups of articles on a given topic and prioritize the ones cited most often as the o...

The first commercial video call took place 50 years ago today

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It’s hard to imagine living through the last few months without getting to hang out with our loved ones over video calls. We're into the fourth month of pandemic-driven social distancing and shelter-in-place measures (though some of those are easing)...