Top Product: Microsoft Surface Ergonomic Keyboard | $130 | Best Buy Read more… Treat Your Wrists to the Best Ergonomic Keyboards, According to Enthusiasts Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreOne of the biggest reasons I tend to gravitate towards my ebikes rather than electric scooters is safety: I feel much more comfortable with big ol’ wheels than with the tiny wheels on most electric scooters on pothole-strewn city streets. Now a scooter startup called Taur, which launched its first product on Kickstarter this week,
Read MoreMicrosoft Edge is now available on all major platforms following the release of the new preview build for Linux. Microsoft Edge finally lands on Linux Source: Tech Radar Software
Read MoreWho needs the newest Pixel, anyway? Google is now rolling out its “Portrait Lighting” feature—previously announced during the Pixel 4a 5G and Pixel 5 launches—to older devices. I just fired it up on my Google Pixel 3 XL, and found it a great tool for artificially tweaking the light source of your portrait images. Read
Read MoreTwo Connecticut universities are working together to run a saliva-based COVID-19 testing program. Sacred Heart University has adopted SalivaDirect, a testing method developed by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health that produces quicker results with a less invasive procedure and no need for specialized equipment. Sacred Heart University Adopts Yale COVID-19 Saliva Testing
Read MoreIllustration by Grayson Blackmon / The Verge Struggling streaming service Quibi’s days appear to be numbered. The mobile-centric platform, which burned through a mind-boggling amount of investor cash trying to strong-arm its way into the streaming wars, may be imminently shut down, according to numerous reports about co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg’s failed attempts to salvage the
Read MoreCiti is now offering True Name credit and debit cards which are created for transgender and nonbinary people, allowing them to use their chosen name instead of their legal names. With a second major bank now backing the True Name program, more customers can now use this feature. Read more… How Transgender Customers Can Use
Read MoreBitcoin‘s price (BTC) jumped 8% on Thursday to almost break $13,000, its highest point since July last year. The rally comes hours after PayPal revealed it would soon support buying, selling, and holding BTC, Ethereum, Litecoin, and Bitcoin Cash. Today’s Bitcoin’s price peak means the world’s most popular cryptocurrency has now eclipsed gold and silver to become the
Read MoreThe kids, they’re gonna wrestle. If you’ve got a child—and especially if you have more than one child—you’ve probably noticed their propensity for extremely physical play. Maybe you’ve even roughhoused with them yourself—it can be fun! But now that we’re 72 years into this pandemic and staring down a long, dark, cold… Read more… Teach Your
Read MoreJared Newman / Fast Company: Descript, which offers a simple podcast editing tool, expands into video editing, letting users edit videos by rearranging a transcript — For the past few years, Descript has offered an intuitive way to edit podcasts, letting you cut, paste, and delete from a written transcript to modify the corresponding audio.
Read MoreWe have no idea whether [Nick Goodey] is a trained engineer or not. But given the detailed design of this DIY energy recovery ventilator for his home HVAC system, we’re going to go out on a limb and say he probably knows what he’s doing. For those not in the know, an energy recovery ventilator
Read MoreAs the Proposition 22 battle heats up in California, opponents of the initiative say the campaign saved $1.5 million in postage using nonprofit status. Uber, Lyft's ballot measure campaign gets nonprofit status for mailers, opponents cry foul – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreYakko, Wakko and Dot are back. And Pinky and the Brain are showing up too. Narf! Hulu's The Animaniacs debuts zany new trailer and November release date – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreTesla is forging ahead with “Full Self-Driving” despite skepticism among some safety advocates about whether Tesla’s technology is ready — and whether the rest of the world is ready for cars that drive themselves. Tesla is putting ‘self-driving’ in the hands of drivers amid criticism the tech is not ready Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreThe diabolical ironclad beetle can withstand being being run over by a car. How does it do it? This beetle is practically indestructible. Now scientists know why – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCapiche is a secret society for SaaS power users, building a new community of people who care about software to make the SaaS industry more transparent, together. “You should…commence the conversation by saying ‘Hulloa!’” suggested the first phone book, New Haven, Connecticut’s The Telephone Directory. “When you are done talking, say ‘That is all!’, and the
Read MoreSarah Perez / TechCrunch: App Annie survey of Gen Z smartphone users in Q3 finds they spend an average of over 4.1 hours/month in non-gaming apps, 10% longer than older demographics — A new report released today by App Annie digs into how Gen Z consumers engage with their smartphones and mobile apps. App Annie
Read MoreCruise, the self-driving car company owned by General Motors, is doubling down on the Origin, its steering wheel-and-pedal-less autonomous people mover introduced late last year. With the COVID-19 pandemic discouraging many people from using shared ride services, the company unveiled new safety protocols intended to keep people socially distant during trips and the vehicle sanitized
Read MoreThis evening, three astronauts who have been living on board the International Space Station for the last six months will return back to Earth in a Russian Soyuz capsule, landing in the middle of the Kazakhstan desert. The trio have lived in space for nearly the entirety of the COVID-19 pandemic and are now returning
Read MoreYour device’s IP address is a critical piece of information that you probably don’t think about very much. You’ll occasionally need it for a network-related setup (if you’re trying to punch a hole in your network to access the contents of your NAS box, run a web server, or connect to your home-grown VPN, to
Read MoreA look inside the big U.S. government antitrust lawsuit against Google for its search practices. Five takeaways from antitrust lawsuit against Google Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreProject management tools come in all shapes and sizes. Project management software: free vs. paid tools Source: Tech Radar Software
Read MoreMisinformation has exploded during the coronavirus pandemic, spreading faster and further than ever before. How do we slow the deception down? How COVID-19 infected the world with lies – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreChristine Hall / Crunchbase News: Pulley, which offers a cap table management service to help startup founders and employees work out equity, raises $10M Series A led by Stripe — Pulley, which provides a platform to help startup founders and employees figure out their equity, raised $10 million in Series A funding led by Stripe.
Read MoreFourteen years in the making, and nine years late due to a litany of legal issues and construction problems, Berlin Brandenburg Airport is set to open Oct. 31. Berlin (hopefully) to finally open its new airport – CNET Source: CNet
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