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Google Chrome address bar may soon default to HTTPS

January 12, 2021
Google Chrome will soon have an experiment that will automatically try to connect to the HTTPS versions of website URLs that you type into the address bar instead of the insecure HTTP version. For years now, HTTPS has steadily grown from being a way of feeling secure about a particular site into being the expected minimum for a website. It’s gotten to the point that instead of Chrome showing…
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Ambarella unveils 8K AI vision processor for car, drone, and robot cameras

January 11, 2021
Ambarella has unveiled the CV5 AI Vision Processor to handle 8K image processing for car, consumer, crone, and robot cameras. The new 5-nanometer camera system on chip (SoC) is the latest in the company’s CVflow family, and it consumes under 2 watts of power. The chip is about 4 times more powerful than the previous-generation chip. Chris Day, VP of marketing and business development at…
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OWC Unveils Two New Multi-Port Docks for Macs and PCs

January 11, 2021
In addition to a 2800 MB/s SSD, OWC has also announced two new docks for Mac and PC: the USB-C Travel Dock E and the new Thunderbolt Dock. The former is designed to make travel connectivity options more robust, while the latter will add more options to your permanent desktop setup. OWC Travel Dock E The USB-C Travel Dock E claims to both reduce adapter hassle while also compressing the size of…
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Samsung's Galaxy Upcycling turns old phones into IoT devices

January 11, 2021
A few years ago, Samsung announced a sustainability initiative called “Galaxy Upcycling,” an effort to repurpose and reuse older smartphones. We haven’t heard much about it since then, but today at CES 2021 Samsung announced an evolution of that program called Galaxy…
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iPhone 12 mini Diary: Hands-on with the MagSafe compatible ESR HaloLock car mount and charger

January 11, 2021
MagSafe was one of the headline features for the iPhone 12 lineup this year. While there are plenty of first-party and third-party options to charge at home, the only MagSafe compatible car mount doesn’t keep your iPhone charged. For the past month, I’ve been using the ESR HaloLock car vent mount to keep my iPhone 12 mini charged in the car while giving me a clear view of turn-by-turn…
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