Month: April 2019

Facebook’s Secret Crush feature wants to help you find friends who are, like, totally obsessed with you

Facebook announced at its F8 conference today a new feature to its Dating repertoire, this one apparently designed to help single minglers poach potential paramours from their Friends by adding them to an ostensibly private list of people you’re crushing on. Here’s how this is supposed to go down: You add up to nine people

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Vava’s 4K Ultra Short Throw Laser Projector is stunning and versatile, with a few caveats

As big as modern TVs are, there’s nothing quite like watching a movie on a giant projected image. Unfortunately getting a decent home theater experience at home usually requires a great deal of work and commitment, forcing you to carefully position an overhead projection and run wires over long stretches. It’s a pain, especially if

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Police are using Amazon’s facial recognition technology. Privacy experts are worried.

The Washington County Sheriff’s Office in Oregon is using Amazon Rekognition to help track down criminal suspects. Is it a breakthrough in policing or a dangerous precedent against privacy? Police are using Amazon’s facial recognition technology. Privacy experts are worried. Source: Washington Post Tech

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Why Switzerland is a perfect launchpad for Europe’s first large-scale 5G mobile network

Switzerland is a country best known for having a high standard of living, stunning alpine vistas, and a banking industry that defies scrutiny. But from tomorrow, it’ll also be known as the first European country to have a commercially-available 5G smartphone service. On May 1, OPPO will launch the 5G version of its Reno handset

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