My new toy is a USB-C cable with a built-in power meter
[ad_1] While I’m waiting for the adapter that’ll turn my DeWalt power tool batteries into a powerful laptop charger, I thought I might introduce you to another intriguing USB-C trend. You can now buy $20 USB-C cables that come complete with their own wattage meter, letting you see just how fast they’re charging your devices. I bought mine More...
Hackers have stolen $80 million in cryptocurrency from the Qubit DeFi platform
[ad_1] Qubit Finance, a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform, has become the latest victim of a high-value theft, with hackers stealing around $80 million in cryptocurrency on Thursday. The value of cryptocurrency More...
Power tool companies have discovered USB-C — and DeWalt’s two-way charger sounds awesome
[ad_1] Power tool batteries are some of the densest lithium-ion packs lying around your house (or construction site), but they rarely play nice with the kind of chargers and batteries that top up your laptop, More...
Polar Grit X Pro review: a fitness watch that matches your fit
[ad_1] While modern smartwatches have made health tracking a priority, there’s still a subsection of watches that are all about fitness. You’ve seen them. They’re the hulking monstrosities worn by your More...
iPhones will soon accept contactless payments directly, says report
[ad_1] Small businesses will soon be able to use iPhones to accept payments without the need for Square-style extra hardware, according to a Bloomberg report. The feature has been anticipated since Apple bought More...
Orphan’s Isabelle Fuhrman to star as Esther again in upcoming sequel
[ad_1] Isabelle Fuhrman’s performance as Esther in Paramount Pictures’ first Orphan film stunned audiences in no small part because of what the movie’s disturbing twist revealed about its titular child More...
Microsoft got a whole lot of people to play Halo and Forza
[ad_1] Microsoft seems to have had a lot of success getting people to try out its games. During the company’s earnings call on Tuesday, CEO Satya Nadella said that 20 million people had played Halo Infinite More...
Google abandons FLoC, introduces Topics API to replace tracking cookies
[ad_1] Google is walking back plans to replace third-party cookies with FLoC by instead proposing the Topics API, a new system for interest-based advertising. Topics works by pinpointing five of your interests, More...
Mission: Impossible release dates have been pushed back again
[ad_1] The release dates of the seventh and eighth installments of the Mission: Impossible series have been pushed back again due to pandemic-related delays, Deadline reported. The two flicks are the latest in More...
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio is a finally a real boy in first teaser
[ad_1] After years of being trapped in different circles of development hell, co-director Guillermo del Toro’s long-awaited take on Pinocchio is finally happening, and the stop-motion feature’s first teaser More...
