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Adobe has been largely unopposed in the realm of professional photo editing for as long as computers have had color displays. Until recently, Adobe was resistant to making a cloud version of its most popular application, but this is slowly changing. Adobe now says its new web-based version of Photoshop …

(Photo: Northwestern University)Engineers at Northwestern University have created micro-robots that mimic the peekytoe crab—but on an almost unbelievably smaller scale.  The half-millimeter “crabs” constitute the world’s smallest remote-control robots. Smaller than a flea, they’re able to walk along the edge of a penny or thread a sewing needle. Despite (or …

PRESS PLAY TO HEAR THIS ARTICLE  New SL-based speedster will be first from collector-focused Mythos brand Stuttgart to cull entry-level models and introduce more high-end specials in push for higher margins Mercedes-Benz has launched a dedicated brand for “highly exclusive collectible cars”, Mythos, as part of its push to boost top-end vehicle …

While LG stopped making smartphones over a year ago, there are still a lot of these devices floating around. Anyone unlucky enough to be using one of those phones on T-Mobile is in a pickle today. A carrier network feature has started crashing with such frequency that you can’t use …

PRESS PLAY TO HEAR THIS ARTICLE  Italian luxury automaker Maserati announced an all-electric range of vehicles called Folgore, including a next-generation GranTurismo sports coupe, an electric version of the best-selling Levante, the all-new Grecale SUV, and several other luxury sports cars and convertibles. The company said it would offer electric …

Following on from last year’s Sustainable Alternative and Bio-Based Materials summit, which showcased an extensive range of material innovations, this year’s event caught up with some of the start-ups to focus on the challenging journey from concept to commercialisation. Alternative and bio-based material innovation Bio-based materials are often categorised by …

Ineffective meetings cost businesses $541 billion a year globally in lost productivity and employee time, according to Doodle’s 2019 State of the Meeting report. And according to Gallup’s State of the Global Workplace report, as much as 85% of employee time may be wasted on inefficient collaboration. But the real …

Graid Technology has released the latest version of its NVMe RAID solution, and it’s a scorcher. Instead of using a typical hardware RAID controller it uses a GPU to do the heavy lifting. The goal is to squeeze the absolute maximum level of performance from NVMe drives. Apparently, that’s exactly …

(Photo: Taobao)Over the past month or so there have been reports of Alder Lake customers with bent or warped CPU sockets. Although it’s still not clear if this is happening only on certain boards, it’s legit enough that Intel has confirmed it is happening. No need to worry though, says …

Smartphones have long been treated as disposable objects — use them for two years, and then it’s time to upgrade to a new model. As phones have gotten more capable, users have started to expect longer support and better repair options. But repairing a phone by yourself? That can be …