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Autonomous vehicle startup Aurora is close to finalizing a deal to merge with Reinvent Technology Partners Y, the newest special purpose acquisition company launched by LinkedIn co-founder and investor Reid Hoffman, Zynga founder Mark Pincus and managing partner Michael Thompson, according to several sources familiar with the talks. One of the sticking points is the…

A good touchscreen laptop used to be a luxury, but now there are plenty of options out there. You don’t have to stick to one laptop brand or model, and you can find a touchscreen laptop at almost any price, though it can sometimes require paying a premium over non-touch-sensitive displays. The HP Spectre X360 13…

Jas Brooks, a long-haired engineer who looks as if they might moonlight as the roadie for a hair metal band, sat blindfolded in a room with electrodes up their nose and let people over the internet crank up the smells. “It definitely looks … horrifying,” they told Digital Trends, likening the experimental setup to the…

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Artist’s impression of a relativistic jet of a gamma-ray burst (GRB), breaking out of a collapsing star, and emitting very-high-energy photons. DESY, Science Communication Lab When you think of the most dramatic events in the universe, you might think about stars going supernova or about black holes colliding and sending ripples through spacetime. But the…

“Powered by sunlight, the Ring Wall Light Solar conveniently adds light anywhere around the home.” Effortless installation Bright light output Extended battery life with solar charging More functionality with linking Solar charging is a bit slow Ring’s lineup has been largely dominated by its various video doorbells and security cameras, but the home security company…

Dan Schoenbaum Contributor Dan Schoenbaum is a two-time CEO and a two-time COO in cybersecurity. Today, he is a managing partner at High Tide Advisors, a boutique consulting firm helping companies achieve greater success through go-to-market strategies and execution. The average corporate security organization spends $18 million annually but is largely ineffective at preventing breaches,…

The M1 MacBook Air and MacBook Pro were met with universal praise when they launched at the tail end of 2020. However, the M1 products have one major drawback, at least for right now. They only support one external monitor. That may throw off productivity pros or video professionals, but it shouldn’t be a big…

Left to right: The mosaic and geologic maps of Jupiter’s moon Ganymede were assembled incorporating the best available imagery from NASA’s Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft and NASA’s Galileo spacecraft. USGS Astrogeology Science Center/Wheaton/NASA/JPL-Caltech Jupiter’s satellite Ganymede is an intriguing place: It is the largest moon in the solar system, being bigger than Mercury, and…