Day: December 30, 2020

Wonder Woman 1984: Ending explained, postcredits scene and unanswered questions – CNET

Let’s look at how Diana Prince’s latest DC adventure went down, some of the dangling plot threads and the big cameo. …read more Source:: CNet


Google Doodle celebrates civil rights activist Elizabeth Peratrovich – CNET

Native Alaskan campaigned for nation’s first antidiscrimination legislation after encountering “No Natives Allowed” signs. …read more Source:: CNet


Hyundai Kona N officially teased on Instagram – Roadshow

This hot little crossover should pack around 275 horsepower. …read more Source:: CNet


A Year After Microsoft Ended All Support for Windows 7, Millions of Users Are Still Not Upgrading

Ed Bott, writing at ZDNet: With a heartfelt nod to Monty Python, Windows 7 would like you all to know that it’s not dead yet. A year after Microsoft officially ended support for its long-running OS, a small but determined population of PC users would rather fight than switch. How many? No one knows for…


Boston Dynamics’ Dancing Bots Beg For Your Love a la Napoleon Dynamite

How do you get people to love you and sidestep existential fear of robots eclipsing humans as the solar system’s most advanced thinking machines? You put on a dance routine to the music of Berry Gordy. The video published by Boston Dynamics shows off a range of their advanced robots moving as if they were…


Five Microsoft technologies to watch in 2021

Though making predictions is more precarious in this environment than ever, here’s my list of five Microsoft technologies which I think could impact Microsoft’s business customer base in 2021. …read more Source:: ZDNet


What’s Section 230? The social media law that’s clogging up the stimulus talks – CNET

The rule, part of the Communications Decency Act, has served as a legal shield for social media companies. Now it’s a pawn in the negotiations over coronavirus-related aid. …read more Source:: CNet


Nintendo Switch Online members can play Crash Team Racing for free – CNET

The free trial lets you play the whole game, including online multiplayer, until Jan. 6. …read more Source:: CNet


Watt’s next for batteries? It’ll be more of the same, not longer life, because physics and chemistry are hard

Lithium-ion had a lucky break early on. Successors will need billions of dollars to catch up – if they don’t flame out first Feature “There are liars, damned liars, and battery guys” – or some variation thereof – is an aphorism commonly attributed to US electro-whizz Thomas Edison.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Study Finds More Than $100 Billion Spent on App Stores in 2020

A new report by Sensor Tower reveals that 2020 has been a record-setting year for worldwide spending on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, which collectively passed $100 billion in a single year for the first time ever in November. From a report: The trend of increased spending continued over Christmas, when consumers…