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Pulling Power From the Ocean Is the Final Frontier for Renewable Energy

[ad_1] With 70% of the Earth’s surface covered by oceans, wave power could arguably be one of our largest untapped energy resources. If you’ve ever been knocked off your feet by a big wave, you’ve felt a smidgeon of that power.  For decades, scientists and engineers have looked to our vast oceans and dreamed of …

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UK citizen pleads guilty to 2020 Twitter hack and other cybercrimes | Engadget

[ad_1] Joseph James O’Connor has pleaded guilty to playing a role in various cybercrime activities, including the July 2020 hack that took over hundreds of high-profile Twitter accounts. O’Connor, who’s known by the name PlugwalkJoe online, was originally from Liverpool, but he was extradited from Spain to the US in April. If you’ll recall, the …

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Join CNET’s Google I/O 2023 Watch Party: Reacting Live to the Pixel, Android, AI Reveals

[ad_1] Google I/O is kicking off Wednesday, and CNET will be hosting a live show as new announcements arrive during the developer conference’s keynote. CNET’s Bridget Carey will host the watch party on CNET’s YouTube channel, starting at 9 a.m. PT/12 p.m. ET — one hour before Google’s keynote begins. The watch party will provide …

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Huge Woot MacBook Sale Offers New and Refurbished M1 and M2 Machines From Just $550

[ad_1] If you’re looking for a premium laptop, Apple MacBooks are hard to beat, but finding good MacBook deal isn’t always easy since Apple rarely offers discounts on its products directly. However, if you don’t mind buying an open-box or refurbished model, Woot has several M1 and M2-powered MacBook models available that can save you huge amounts …

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Uber starts offering flight bookings in the UK | Engadget

[ad_1] Uber has started offering domestic and international flight bookings in the UK and will continue rolling it out across the whole region over the coming weeks, according to the Financial Times. The company’s general manager for the UK, Andrew Brem, told the publication that this is “the latest and most ambitious step” it has …

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MediaTek’s newest Dimensity chip is built for gaming phones | Engadget

[ad_1] MediaTek has a simple answer to Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 you see in many gaming phones: deliver an uprated version of last year’s high-end hardware. The brand has unveiled a Dimensity 9200+ system-on-chip with improvements that will be particularly noticeable with games. You’ll find higher clock speeds for the main Cortex-X3 core (up …

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WhatsApp bug is making some Android phones falsely report microphone access | Engadget

[ad_1] Google and WhatsApp have confirmed they are aware of a bug that makes it appear as if WhatsApp is accessing phones’ microphones unnecessarily on some Android devices. The issue first cropped up a month ago, but gained new attention after a Twitter engineer tweeted about it in a post that was boosted by Elon …

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