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Google Pixel 6 or Google Pixel 6 XL: 5 key differences you should expect source:   Tech Radar The   Google Pixel 6   is expected to land later this year - likely in October - but it probably won’t be alone, with the Google Pixel 6 XL also rumored. This would be a return to Google’s old smartphone approach seen with the   Pixel 4   and   Pixel 4 XL   – an approach it dropped in 2020 by only launching a standard   Google Pixel 5 . But what will this choice of phones mean for buyers? While nothing has been confirmed just yet, we have a good idea of what the key differences between the Google Pixel 6 and the Pixel 6 XL are likely to be, and you can read them all below. 1. The camera configuration Leaks suggest this is what the Pixel 6 XL's camera looks like   (Image credit: Jon Prosser / @RendersbyIan) The Pixel 6 range looks set to include big camera upgrades, with both models probably having a 50MP main snapper (up from just 12.2MP on the Pixel 5). But while the standard Pixel 6 will

Today we’re excited to introduce Passthrough API Experimental—a way to build and test apps that seamlessly blend the real and virtual worlds and open up new possibilities for mixed reality experiences. Available in our upcoming v31 SDK release, Passthrough API Experimental will allow you to create new experiences for: Productivity:   Enable users to collaborate with a remote team of co-workers or friends through virtual monitors, while accessing their physical keyboard and desk. Gaming:   Create games that blend the excitement of a virtual world into the comfort and familiarity of the real world, like zombies hiding in your living room. Co-located Social Presence:   Allow users to be both engaged in your virtual content and able to interact with people and pets in the same room, at the same time. Passthrough API Capabilities With this experimental release, you’ll be able to customize the look and feel of Passthrough within your app, including: Composition:   You can composite Passthrou

PS5 India restock to take place on July 26 according to a new report source:   Digit.in For gamers who have still not gotten their hands on the PS5 (review), there’s some good news on the horizon. The last time the PS5 went up for pre-order in India was on July 12 while the next PS5 restock will take place on 26 July. In a report on IGN India, multiple retailers have spoken to the publication and confirmed that the PS5 will indeed be restocked on July 26. It’s been a harrowing time for gamers in India as a lot of gamers have still not been able to purchase a PS5.  PS5 Restock India Up For Pre-Order On July 26 Yet again, we will see a restock of the Disc Edition of the PS5 but there are reports that the Digital Edition will not be available this time. The report also states that Amazon India, Flipkart, Vijay Sales, Games the Shop and ShopAtSC will have the console up for pre-order on July 26. The PS5 has a handful of exclusives such as Returnal (review), Demon Souls, Astro's Playroo

Uber Freight acquires Transplace for $2.25B Kirsten Korosec @kirstenkorosec   /   1:55 PM GMT • July 22, 2021 Image Credits:   Uber Freight Uber Freight, the logistics business spun out of Uber in 2018, has acquired Transplace for about $2.25 billion from private equity group TPG Capital, according to regulatory filings. The deal announced Thursday will involve $750 million in Uber stock with the remainder in cash. The acquisition of Transplace marks a ramping up of Uber Freight’s business as it aims to carve out market share in its existing markets and an expansion in Mexico. Uber Freight   also sees the acquisition as a means to accelerate the company’s path to profitability and help the segment to break even on an Adjusted EBITDA basis by the end of 2022, according to the company. The union will fold one of the largest managed transportation and logistics networks into Uber Freight’s platform, which connects truck drivers with shippers that need cargo delivered. Uber Freight’s broke

OnePlus Buds Pro Can Adapt ANC to Your Surroundings source: How-To Geek OnePlus has officially announced its upcoming Buds Pro, a $150 competitor to the similarly-named AirPods Pro and Galaxy Buds Pro. With their unique design, Dolby Atmos support, wireless charging, a big battery, and an ANC mode that adapts to your surroundings, the Buds Pro looks like OnePlus’ first attempt to really stand out in the audio market

Malaysian authorities have taken to an extreme measure to prove the point that it is illegal to steal electricity in order to run cryptomining rigs: crush them with a steamroller. The video making the rounds shows what looks like Antminers laid out and filling a parking lot at a police headquarters before the ruthless hands of justice drove an actual, honest-to-God steam roller over the entire lot of them.  The 47-second video doesn't show each and every device getting crushed, but according to   PC Gamer , none of the 1,069 illicit mining rig was spared, which is definitely not nice. The offending computers were seized in six raids conducted jointly by Malaysian police and Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB) around an airport in the Sarawak region, where miners had allegedly tapped into SEB power lines to divert as much as $2 million in electricity to power the rigs.

Analysis: the staggering cost of cryptomining isn't just an expensive graphics card In addition to the   outrageous prices   being charged online for graphics cards like the   RTX 3080   and   RTX 3090   – even among legitimate retailers – there is a much greater cost to the cryptomining craze of the past few years.  Despite what cryptocurrency advocates claim, actual scientists who study the effects of cryptomining on the environment are pretty much in agreement that it's an ecological disaster.  Cryptomining, globally, requires 110,000,000,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity each year, while all of the solar panels in the United States   produced only 90,000,000,000 kilowatt-hours   in 2020. You can say that this energy diversion is well spent if you believe cryptocurrencies have utility beyond holding critical national infrastructure hostage for ransom, buying drugs online, or money laundering, but it   is   energy diversion.  It might not be as explicit as in this case in Mal