Month: May 2019

What to expect from WWDC 2019: new Mac Pro, iOS 13 with Dark Mode and updates to core apps, macOS 10.15 with Marzipan apps, and 31.6-inch 6K pro display (Dieter Bohn/The Verge)

Dieter Bohn / The Verge: What to expect from WWDC 2019: new Mac Pro, iOS 13 with Dark Mode and updates to core apps, macOS 10.15 with Marzipan apps, and 31.6-inch 6K pro display  —  Apple’s big Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) keynote is happening on Monday, June 3rd, and this year looks to be more

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Sources: DOJ began work on a possible Google antitrust investigation after brokering a deal with FTC, which considered and opted not to pursue the case in 2013 (Tony Romm/Washington Post)

Tony Romm / Washington Post: Sources: DOJ began work on a possible Google antitrust investigation after brokering a deal with FTC, which considered and opted not to pursue the case in 2013  —  A possible probe could open a new chapter in the tech giant’s troubles with regulators around the world who contend that the

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The Automated Solution To Your Unpopularity

You feel that you’re unpopular and no one likes you. The bad news is that if that’s the case in the real world there’s no easy way to fix it. The good news is there’s a great substitute — your popularity on Instagram. With this vending machine you can replace your personality with followers on

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Camera app VSCO, which has an ad-free social feed and makes its money on subscriptions, says 2M+ people paid $20 in 2018 for its premium service (Alex Kantrowitz/Tech Giant Update)

Alex Kantrowitz / Tech Giant Update: Camera app VSCO, which has an ad-free social feed and makes its money on subscriptions, says 2M+ people paid $20 in 2018 for its premium service  —  The camera app VSCO is unlike its social counterparts.  Though it has a feed similar to Facebook’s News Feed and Twitter’s Timeline

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Panasonic’s Lumix S1H can shoot 6K video with a full-frame sensor

Panasonic’s Lumix mirrorless cameras are widely regarded as the best choice for anyone looking to create beautiful video within a mortal’s budget. The company is today pushing that reputation up into a higher price, quality, and resolution bracket with the announcement of $4,000 the Lumix S1H, a full-frame shooter capable of recording 6K video at

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Justice Dept. is preparing an antitrust investigation of Google, people familiar with the matter say

The probe is likely to examine Google’s search and advertising businesses, according to people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity because such inquiries are confidential. The U.S. government previously investigated Google on antitrust grounds, but it opted against requiring major changes to its business practices when it closed the matter

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US Justice Department is imminently preparing a Google antitrust investigation

Google may soon face an antitrust investigation from the US Department of Justice pertaining to its search business and potentially other aspects of the company’s sprawling software and services empire, according to a late Friday evening report from The Wall Street Journal. The DOJ is said to have spent the past few weeks preparing for

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Sources: DOJ is preparing an antitrust investigation into Google's practices related to search and other businesses (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: Sources: DOJ is preparing an antitrust investigation into Google’s practices related to search and other businesses  —  The Justice Department is preparing an antitrust investigation into Google’s practices related to search and other business, sources say. Sources: DOJ is preparing an antitrust investigation into Google’s practices related to search and other businesses

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A look at the terms "creators" vs. "influencers" on YouTube, Instagram, and other platforms, and how recent digital history has shaped the terms (Taylor Lorenz/The Atlantic)

Taylor Lorenz / The Atlantic: A look at the terms “creators” vs. “influencers” on YouTube, Instagram, and other platforms, and how recent digital history has shaped the terms  —  It’s not a gender thing.  —  It was 2011, and YouTube had a problem.  The company, which was then a hub … A look at the

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Why scientists believe Godzilla’s fictional growth is cause for real concern

A pair of scientists from prestigious Dartmouth University recently published research postulating why Godzilla has more than doubled in size since 1954. If you guessed a gym membership and a high-protein diet: you’re wrong. The King of the Monsters’ incredible evolution in fiction is, arguably, due to real-world global anxiety over increasing nationalism and the US

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Freeform ESP8266 Network Attached Data Display

Like many of us, [Josef Adamčík] finds himself fascinated with so-called “freeform” electronic designs, where the three dimensional circuit makes up sections of the device’s structure. When well executed, such designs really blur the line between being a practical device and an artistic piece. In fact his latest design, an ESP8266 MQTT client, would seem

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Apple plans to kill iTunes after WWDC next week

Apple is ready to pull the plug on iTunes, nearly two decades after launching the game-changing application. According to Bloomberg, the company plans to retire the product at next week’s WWDC event. Killing iTunes is long overdue. It’s been rumored for years now that Apple would shelve the product, as it does little to benefit

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MediaTek claims its 7nm chipset is the world's first SoC with an integrated 5G modem, will ship in devices in 2020 using Arm's Cortex-A77 CPU and Mali-G77 GPU (Andrei Frumusanu/AnandTech)

Andrei Frumusanu / AnandTech: MediaTek claims its 7nm chipset is the world’s first SoC with an integrated 5G modem, will ship in devices in 2020 using Arm’s Cortex-A77 CPU and Mali-G77 GPU  —  Today MedaTek is making quite an unusual announcement: The company is the first to announce a SoC with an integrated 5G modem.

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