Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon 870 with a similar design to the 865 and 865 Plus, clocked at 3.2GHz, making it about 10% faster than the 865 Techmeme · 3 hours ago
Telegram says it ‘shut down hundreds of public calls for violence’ in US last week Reddit · 18 hours ago
GitHub apologizes to the employee it has fired for using the term "Nazis" on Jan. 6 and offers him his job back, says the company's head of HR has resigned Techmeme · 2 days ago
Galaxy Buds Pro review: good sound quality, voice detect feature is nice, but the touch controls are finicky and some features only work with Samsung devices Techmeme · 3 days ago
Microsoft is planning to fix a Windows 10 vulnerability that could corrupt a NTFS-formatted hard drive simply by viewing a folder with a malicious shortcut Techmeme · 4 days ago
Leaked screenshots show GitHub employees using the term "Nazi" in its internal Slack to protest the unexplained firing of an employee that used the same word Techmeme · 4 days ago
WhatsApp to delay new privacy policy by three months following widespread confusion over whether the policy would mandate data sharing with Facebook Techmeme · 4 days ago
Amazon launches Amazon Custom Assistant, which will let car makers build their own custom AI assistants with their own wake words, custom voices, and more Techmeme · 4 days ago
Intel has to be better than ‘lifestyle company’ Apple at making CPUs, says new CEO Reddit · 4 days ago
A Parler archive is being converted into an interactive map of the Capitol building attack: Views from inside the violent protest, created using posts from an app used to plan it Reddit · 4 days ago
Intel updates its NUC desktop line with 11th-gen processors, adds a gaming-focused model called NUC 11 Enthusiast, and a NUC Pro line that can drive 8K displays Techmeme · 5 days ago
BMW announces Digital Key Plus, a keyless access system that uses the UWB chip in iPhones to let users unlock select BMW cars without taking out their phones Techmeme · 5 days ago
A leak of a near-final version of Windows 10X shows a strong similarity to Chrome OS, with the Start button centered on the taskbar, lack of Live Tiles, more Techmeme · 5 days ago
What to expect from Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked event: Galaxy S21, S21 Plus, and S21 Ultra, with S Pen support, Galaxy Buds Pro, SmartTag, and more Techmeme · 6 days ago
Some moderators say Nextdoor's policies don't adequately address QAnon and aren't well communicated to users; Nextdoor says it classifies QAnon as a hate group Techmeme · 6 days ago
Ring says it is adding opt-in end-to-end encryption for eight cameras in technical preview for US users Techmeme · 6 days ago
Asus unveils 14- and 15-inch ZenBook Duo dual-screen laptops with a second display built into the keyboard; the 14-inch version ships this month from $1K Techmeme · 6 days ago
Sources: Apple held talks with EV startup Canoo in 2020; Apple was largely interested in Canoo's unique scalable electric vehicle platform Techmeme · 7 days ago
Report: GitHub fired an employee who used the term "Nazis" in an internal Slack during the US Capitol riot; ~200 staff signed a letter questioning the firing Techmeme · 7 days ago
GitHub reportedly fired a Jewish employee who warned co-workers to stay safe from Nazis Reddit · 7 days ago
WhatsApp clarifies its new data sharing policy, which relates mostly to businesses, following a backlash and recent surge of Telegram and Signal Techmeme · 1 week ago
Spanish gamer David "TheGrefg" Martínez had 2M+ concurrent viewers on Twitch watching him reveal Icon series Fortnite skin, breaking the previous record of 635K Techmeme · 1 week ago
Lenovo announces ThinkPad X1 Titanium Yoga: less than half an inch thick, 2K touch display with 450 nits of brightness, 11th-gen Intel i7 vPro, starts at $1,899 Techmeme · 1 week ago
Qualcomm announces the next generation of its ultrasonic in-display fingerprint sensor, saying it's 77% larger and 50% faster than the previous gen Techmeme · 1 week ago
IDC: PC shipments for 2020 were up 13.1% YoY, the most annual growth in the market since 2010's 13.7% increase Techmeme · 1 week ago
LG says Google Stadia and Nvidia's GeForce Now are coming to its latest TVs in the second half of 2021 Techmeme · 1 week ago
Use of Clearview AI facial recognition tech spiked as law enforcement seeks to identify the mob Reddit · 1 week ago
With the removal of Trump's Twitter account, many of his tweets embedded on thousands of web pages were wiped out, creating an ultimate case of "link rot" Techmeme · 1 week ago
Twitter has taken down tweets from @POTUS in which Trump criticized his ban and suggested looking "at the possibilities of building out our own platform" Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
Twitter says it has permanently suspended Trump's @realDonaldTrump account "due to the risk of further incitement of violence" Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
Discord bans pro-Trump server "The Donald" because of "its overt connection to an online forum used to incite violence and plan an armed insurrection" Techmeme · 2 weeks ago