Welcome again to The Weekly Authority, the Android Authority newsletter that breaks down the top Android and tech news from the week. The 161st edition is here, withTristan Rayner back on deck covering for Paula Beaton who’s enjoying a break. I’m all about the Formula One this weekend with rain around, and espcially after McLaren and
Read MoreIn our community we’re no strangers to making things, and there are plenty among us who devote their efforts to modelmaking. It’s uncommon, though, for a scale model of something to be made using the exact same techniques as whatever it’s copying. Instead a model might be made from card, foam, glassfibre, or resin. [tiny
Read MoreGilad Edelman / Wired: The social media industry needs its own version of journalism’s firewall to shield safety, moderation, and enforcement decisions from execs focused on growth — Government regulation will never fix everything wrong with online discourse. The industry needs to develop professional norms—just as journalism once did.
Read MoreIt seems like every nation is dealing with the plague a little differently. In June, the EU instated a COVID Green Pass which comes in the form of a paper or digital QR code. It was designed to grease the wheels of travel throughout Europe and allow access to nursing homes. As of early August,
Read MoreRuth Reader / Fast Company: GoodRx debuts GoodRx Health site for providing answers to the most googled health questions, as it looks to become more than a price comparison tool for pills — Cheap prescription-drugs platform GoodRx is getting into the content business. The company is debuting GoodRx Health …
Read MoreMary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: Meru Health, a provider of online mental health services, raises $30M Series B in equity and $8M in debt, and claims it saw about 700% revenue growth in 2020 — The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly been devastating on many levels. But if there’s any silver lining in the global crisis
Read MoreProbably the most interesting facets of amateur radio in 2021 lie in the realm of digital modes. Using the limitless possibilities of software defined radios has freed digital radio communication from the limits of what could be done with analogue electronics alone, and as a result this is a rare field in which radio amateurs
Read MoreAnushree Dave / Bloomberg: Nomad Health, an online health care jobs marketplace, raised $63M in equity and debt led by Adams Street Partners, source says at a $260M valuation — – Digital marketplace aims to help job market disrputed by Covid — Adams Street Partners leads equity and debt financing
Read MoreNon-fungible tokens have been a trending topic for some time in the digital community. Business magnets and crypto audiences are invested in getting to know the beneficial factors of non-fungible tokens. NFTs popularity has skyrocketed in the past few years, likely due to the Covid-19 outbreak — we were invested completely into the world of
Read MoreFor just about any task you care to name, a Linux-based desktop computer can get the job done using applications that rival or exceed those found on other platforms. However, that doesn’t mean it’s always easy to get it working, and speech recognition is just one of those difficult setups. A project called Voice2JSON is
Read MoreDress up your Pokémon crew. Pokémon Unite is yet another Pokémon game on Switch and mobile that proves that nothing is cuter than a dressed-up pocket monster. The game currently has a roster of over 20 Pokémon to choose from. Several of them have alternative skins that let them put on different clothes and accessories.
Read MoreYou have to really like slide rules to build your own, including the necessary artwork. Apparently [Dylan Thinnes] is a big fan, based on this project he began working on a few months back. The result is a set of algorithms that automatically generates most of the scales that were common on slide rules back
Read MoreCredit: Disney The Walt Disney Company is celebrating two years of streaming at its dedicated subscription streaming service Disney Plus with its inaugural Disney Plus Day. The fan-focused celebration features in-person events and brand new programming from an array of Disney-owned brands. These include Disney, Pixar, Star Wars, Marvel, National Geographic, and The Simpsons. If
Read MoreNIKO TAVERNISE/NETFLIX At its big Tudum event, Netflix showed off a nice, two-minute-long look at one of its most exciting upcoming movies: Don’t Look Up. Don’t Look Up is one of the more interesting films in Netflix’s slate, a story about astronomers trying to save the world from an impending asteroid collision. it also happens
Read MoreImage: Netflix There was a lot of Geralt of Rivia at Netflix’s Tudum event. The upcoming second season of The Witcher was a major presence at the streamer’s big showcase; fans were able to check out a pair of very short teasers, that gave a good look at what life is like on the Continent,
Read MoreGeralt in The Witcher. | Image: Netflix At its big Tudum event, Netflix confirmed that it will make a third season of The Witcher. No other details were shared, so we don’t know when we might expect it just yet. Netflix also said that it would continue to expand The Witcher with a second anime
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Read MoreRocketry is tricky stuff, but as long as you’re not trying to get into space, the whole idea can basically be boiled down into a simple concept: if you put enough thrust behind it, anything can fly. At least, for awhile. It’s this basic premise that allows what hobbyists sometimes refer to as “Odd-Rocs” fly;
Read MoreImage: Netflix Netflix debuted a video from its upcoming series based on Neil Gaiman’s DC comic book series The Sandman. The video was brief, but it gave us a good glimpse at actor Tom Sturridge as Dream. The video was shown during Netflix’s Tudum event that took place Saturday. The show also also featured Gaiman,
Read MoreNicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images Delta Airlines said in a pair of internal memos to employees this week that it’s asked competitors to share their no-fly lists, to try to keep passengers who cause disturbances on planes from bringing their mayhem to other airlines. Since January 1st, the Federal Aviation Administration says it has received
Read MoreImage: Netflix Netflix has released a new trailer for Arcane, its upcoming series based on the League of Legends universe, and also revealed when the show will premiere: November 6th. But you won’t be able to watch all of Arcane on that day, as Netflix plans to release the season in three separate “acts,” each
Read MoreIt’s hard to choose the best Chucky movies. Don Mancini’s decades-long franchise is full of gems, no doubt, but it also veers into tons of different directions. The story of a serial killer imprisoned in the body of a “Good Guys” doll — and haunting a boy named Andy — goes from small and intimate
Read MoreImage: Netflix Tiger King, the hugely popular documentary heavily associated with the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, will premiere on November 17th, Netflix revealed at its Tudum event on Saturday. Netflix just announced the second season, which it is calling Tiger King 2, on Thursday as part of a short trailer revealing many other
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Read MorePhoto: Geoffrey Short / Netflix We’ve still only caught glimpses of Netflix’s upcoming live-action take on Cowboy Bebop, and today delivers yet another tease: a kinetic opening title sequence for the show. It’s not quite a proper trailer (which we’re still waiting on), but it does give a good sense of the vibe the series
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