Spotify outlined its vision for "a new golden age of audio," presenting a new subscription tier called HiFi for high-quality audio, which will be available later this year, and a massive 80-countries expansion in the coming days. Podcast exclusives and a suite of new tools for artists and podcasters were also announced. 

Samsung has leaked its first concept video for its Augmented Reality (AR) glasses that would soon debut, probably this year. The concept video leak goes ahead of Apple's debut for this year, despite the company being the first to be rumored and speculated for AR glasses for 2021.

Microsoft admitted that the SolarWinds hackers spent years in training prior to the worst security breach in the security of US government agencies, Reuters reported. The hackers were aiming at the secret source code for authenticating customers, potentially aiding one of their main attack methods.

Perseverance made it! After a nearly 7-month journey, NASA's mission to Mars finally landed in the Jezero Crater on the planet and took its first two pictures. It survived with flying colours the so-called Seven Minutes of Terror - the distance it takes the rover to get from the top of Mars's atmosphere to its surface, which is particularly difficult because the rover will slow from speeds of almost 12,500 miles per hour to zero.

XDA Developers just brought some exciting tidbits regarding Google’s upcoming OS. And according to reports so far, Android 12 may bring a gaming mode, smart autorotate feature and more.

Apple has partnered with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co to develop micro OLED displays, which it plans to use in its upcoming augmented reality (AR) devices, Reuters reported, quoting Nikkei Asia.

It's official! Just moments ago the United Arab Emirates made history by becoming the very first Arab country to reach Mars! After traveling for 493 million km, the mission named the Hope probe, successfully entered orbit on its first attempt and sent its signal back to Earth.

The disposable masks you see every day have to go somewhere, right? Now many, if not most, end up in a landfill, but researchers have now developed a new material that turns all those masks into... roads. The new road-making material is a mix of shredded used face masks and processed building rubble and was developed at RMIT University, formerly the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and Melbourne Technical College.

Ford will use Android, Google Maps and Google's voice-activated assistant as its standard digital equipment in cars from 2023 onwards, dpa reports. As part of new partnership announced on Monday, Google is also to become the central provider of cloud services for the US car giant, while infotainment features in Ford cars will be tied together by Android Auto as an operating system.

SpaceX announced Monday that it will fly a space tourism flight slated for late-2021, billing it as the first "all-civilian" mission to space. A tech entrepreneur named Jared Isaacman has financed the mission, named "Inspiration4," and will serve as commander aboard the autonomous Crew Dragon spacecraft while the spacecraft makes a "multi-day" trip into Earth's orbit.