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iPhone security flaw let spies hack dozens of Al Jazeera journalists

December 21, 2020
Journalists appear to have fallen prone to a particularly sophisticated digital espionage campaign. According to the Guardian, Citizen Lab has discovered that operators using NSO Group software, nicknamed Kismet, hacked the iPhones of 37 journalists (most from Al Jazeera) using an iMessage vulnerability that had been present for roughly a year. The zero-click attacks left no trace and would have…
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Tesla is going to release Full Self-Driving monthly subscription in early 2021

December 21, 2020
Elon Musk has confirmed that Tesla plans to release its Full Self-Driving software package as a monthly subscription service as soon as “early 2021”. Be ready for a surprisingly high price. Earlier this year, we reported on indications that Tesla is working on a pay-as-you-go subscription for its Full Self-Driving (FSD) package. Later, CEO Elon Musk confirmed that Tesla planned to release…
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Razer's BlackWidow Elite keyboard returns to record low of $85

December 20, 2020
You can drop a ton of money on mechanical keyboards but now you can grab a great one from Razer at its lowest price ever. The Razer BlackWidow Elite mechanical gaming keyboard is on sale for $85 at Amazon, and that sale price is good for the models with green and orange…
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New electric bike drive unit combines mid-motor with automatic transmission

December 20, 2020
If you thought you knew all of the mid-drive motors in the e-bike world, think again. The French company Valeo has just unveiled a radical new type of mid-drive electric motor that adds a built-in automatic transmission. Automatic transmissions alone aren’t unique in the e-bike space. We’ve tested several models that feature mid-drive motors paired with automatic transmissions. They’re…
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Apple iPhone 13 to come with WiFi 6E

December 20, 2020
The iPhone 12 lineup introduced this year comes with Wi-Fi 6, but Barclays analysts predict the iPhone 13 series coming next September will support the Wi-Fi 6E standard. Wi-Fi 6E comes with the features of Wi-Fi 6 but extends into the 6 GHz frequency band, offering…
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Quick Charge Podcast: December 19, 2020

December 20, 2020
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
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