The Ring Floodlight Cam is an outdoor security slam dunk

 A good home security camera is easy to install while offering surprising peace of mind. The Ring Floodlight Cam, $249 and available now, offers both. The camera mounts where your old floodlight would have been – if you have a standard outdoor electrical box it will connect right into your current setup and it even worked with my older “pancake” style electric box – and… Read More

Volvo’s hybrid Polestar 1 available for pre-order next week

 Volvo turned its race-tuning sub brand Polestar into its own company with a focus on electric performance last year, and at the Geneva Motor Show this week it revealed the Polestar 1 GT, a hybrid electric car that’s designed to go toe-to-toe with Tesla for performance-loving customers eager for alternative powertrain options. In person, the Polestar 1 is quite fetching, especially in… Read More

Mercedes' futuristic headlights are no longer just a concept

Mercedes has been testing smarter headlights, and now it appears they're no longer just a concept. Daimler announced today that these futuristic headlamps will be available in top of the line Mercedes-Maybach S-Class vehicles.

Cryptocurrency News March 6 – hash point

My name is Ed Zitron and I’m the most insufferable cryptocurrency columnist alive. To the outside world, I’m a bizarre shut-in that doesn’t stop talking about miserable coins that are mined from the internet. But secretly with the help of my friends at The Next Web I report in a narrow and sporadic manner about cryptocurrency news. One day I’ll find out what currency will make me rich so that I can finally build a big enough anvil to drop on me and leave this terrible world. I am…the Hash. Coinbutt So your friend and mine Coinbase has been slapped…

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Google reclaims quantum computer crown with 72 qubit processor

Google yesterday unveiled the world’s largest quantum computer processor to date. Dubbed Bristlecone, it’s a 72-qubit gate-based superconducting system that blows the previous best, IBM’s 50-qubit processor, out of the water. The race to build the world’s first useful quantum computer is nearing its end. The Mountain View company’s Research at Google team created the 72-qubit processor by scaling its previous 9-qubit system. Its obvious goal is to provide the power and stability necessary for quantum computers to become functionally useful. Check out this story for a quick primer on what quantum computing is and this one if you want…

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Activist group wants Code Conference to show solidarity with ‘silence breaker’

 Tech Workers Coalition, an organization that consists of labor organizers and tech employees, is asking Recode to change the location of its annual Code Conference this May. The coalition wants the conference to show its solidarity with Sandra Pezqueda, a low-wage worker who said she was sexually harassed while working at the Terranea Resort, which is where Recode has hosted its annual… Read More

Amazon Prime boss leaves company

 Greg Greeley, Amazon VP of Amazon Prime and delivery experience, is leaving the company after 18 years of work at Amazon, he posted on LinkedIn last night. During his time at Amazon, he held a number of senior leadership positions. Greeley is credited for helping create Amazon Prime and previously built Amazon’s European business. In a LinkedIn post last night, Greeley announced his… Read More