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LG’s 2021 OLED lineup. [credit: LG ] Today is the first day of the annual Consumer Electronics Show, and while 2021 is obviously an irregular year, that hasn’t stopped the routine unveiling of new product refreshes from Big Tech companies. That includes LG, which is at this point may be best known for the OLED […]
Enlarge / A very exaggerated image of Qualcomm’s sensor. It is not this big. (credit: Qualcomm) Qualcomm is launching a new in-screen fingerprint sensor for smartphones, the “Qualcomm 3D Sonic Sensor Gen 2.” Qualcomm says its ultrasonic fingerprint sensor “will be available in new sizes that are 50% faster and 77% larger compared to Gen […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) The malware used to hack Microsoft, security company FireEye, and at least a half-dozen federal agencies has “interesting similarities” to malicious software that has been circulating since at least 2015, researchers said on Monday. Sunburst is the name security researchers have given to malware that infected about 18,000 organizations when they […]
Enlarge / Derrick Evans in the West Virginia House of Delegates. (credit: Derrick Evans) The Republican lawmaker who was arrested for storming the US Capitol has resigned from the West Virginia State Legislature. “I hereby resign as a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, effective immediately,” Derrick Evans wrote in a one-sentence letter to […]
Enlarge / Very very recently, in a game industry not very far away… Star Wars games will now be gathered together under the revitalized Lucasfilm Games banner. An announcement today on StarWars.com highlights the new Lucasfilm Games logo, which will appear in all future titles surrounding the Star Wars franchise. A new sizzle reel highlights […]
Enlarge (credit: Ars Technica) Today’s Dealmaster roundup includes a rare $10 discount on the gray version of Logitech’s MX Master 3, which we consider the best wireless mouse for most people for offering a comfortable design and genuinely useful productivity features. Also available for $10 off is Ring Fit Adventure, the popular Nintendo Switch fitness game that doubles […]
Enlarge / A screengrab from TI’s video demoing the IP HOE display. (credit: Texas Instruments) The topic of driver distraction is one we’ve covered a lot here at Ars. Whether due to the proliferation of smartphones, touchscreen infotainment systems that are now fitted to most new cars, or people simply not paying attention, the National […]
Enlarge / Workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) clean an entry to the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. (credit: Getty | Bloomberg) The attending physician to Congress on Sunday sent an alert to lawmakers warning them that they may have been exposed to the pandemic coronavirus while huddled in a […]
Last month, archaeologists in Mexico City unearthed the eastern façade of a tower of skulls near the 700-year-old site of the Templo Mayor, the main temple in the former Aztec capital city of Tenochtitlan. It’s a morbidly sensational find, but it’s also a potential treasure trove of information about the people who died at Tenochtitlan […]
Enlarge / NASA’s Juno spacecraft soared directly over Jupiter’s south pole when JunoCam acquired this image on February 2, 2017. (credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/John Landino) NASA has announced that it will extend the missions for two of its interplanetary explorers launching during the last decade—the Juno spacecraft orbiting Jupiter and the InSight lander on the surface of […]