While repairing his Neato Botvac D85, [elad] noticed the little fellow was packing a real speaker and not just a piezo buzzer. Thinking this was a bit overkill just for the occasional beep and bloop, he decided to round things out with a Bluetooth receiver and a second speaker so the bot can spin some…

Spotify has been granted a patent with technology that aims to use recordings of users’ speech and background noise to determine what kind of music to curate and recommend to them. The company filed for the patent in 2018; it was approved on January 12, 2021. From a report: The patent outlines potential uses of…

President Biden’s team is “monitoring the situation,” and gamers have thoughts on what that means exactly. …read more Source:: CNet

You’ll soon be able to create short, shareable video clips from longer livestream and uploaded video content on YouTube. …read more Source:: CNet

The Samsung Galaxy S21 hits stores Friday. Here’s how it stacks up against the Galaxy S20, including camera features and other specs. …read more Source:: CNet

Tesla has unveiled refreshed versions of its Model X and Model S cars, revealing that both are equipped with gaming hardware supporting “up to 10 teraflops of processing power.” This theoretically puts a car within the ballpark of a new generation console. From a report: The Tesla models, priced in excess of $80,000 and shipping…

Got a few (thousand) dollars to spare? Unless the venerable language has finally breathed its last – which is more than a little unlikely – the Perl.com domain was hijacked yesterday.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Wall Street’s bets against GameStop sparked an epic war between online traders and big-time investors. Billions of dollars are at stake. …read more Source:: CNet

There’s bipartisan support for reviewing the investing app’s recent decision. …read more Source:: CNet

Pretending to be someone else online could become a criminal offense, setting a precedent for other states to follow. …read more Source:: Threatpost