Image credit: Moment Moment has informed users that it will no longer be developing its Moment Pro Camera app for Android (via Android Police). The app isn’t required to use Moment’s lenses, but it provided additional controls for serious photographers. Moment blames the difficulty of making the app compatible across the many different versions of
Read MoreWith his FlexLED project, [Carl Bugeja] is trying to perfect a simple and affordable persistence of vision (POV) display capable of generating “holographic” characters in mid-air. Traditionally POV systems spin LEDs rapidly to create the desired illusion, but that means motors, slip rings, and noise. As the name implies, the goal with this project is
Read MoreThe proposed penalties are among the largest the F.C.C. has sought in years, and come after the data was misused by rogue law enforcement officers and others. Cellphone Carriers Face 0 Million Fine for Not Protecting Location Data Source: NY Times Tech
Read More{$inline_image} Nicole Wetsman / The Verge: Amazon restricts employee travel in US, Google restricts travel to Italy, Iran, Japan, and South Korea as a Google employee in Zurich is diagnosed with COVID-19 — A Google employee in Switzerland has a confirmed case of the virus — Google is preventing employees from traveling to Italy …
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Krales / The Verge Facebook Messenger is getting even simpler with the removal of the Discover tab, which was an attempt from the social network to inject its ill-fated chatbot platform into its private messaging app. The change was first announced in August of last year, and TechCrunch now reports that the
Read MoreThe first time a non-Pixar title was shown before a Pixar feature film in theaters, it was in November 2017 when Olaf’s Frozen Adventure played before Coco. Although the piece was contentious among filmgoers, the pairing made sense: Frozen was Disney’s biggest animated film in years, and the crossover between Frozen and Coco audiences was
Read MoreIt’s your move, Google and Apple. Facebook's F8 cancellation puts spotlight on other big tech events – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreVivo’s new phone has a curved waterfall display, 60-watt super-fast charging and a notch-killing in-screen selfie camera. Vivo Apex 2020 concept phone hides camera behind an immersive screen – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDon’t watch this if you’re squeamish about snakes, stomachs or beach towels. Watch vets pull an entire beach towel out of a python – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto by Olly Curtis/Future via Getty Images Google is preventing employees from traveling to Italy, Iran, Japan, and South Korea because of outbreaks of the novel coronavirus, Business Insider reported. Amazon is asking employees to defer all nonessential travel, a spokesperson confirmed to The Verge, which includes domestic travel within the US. Both companies had
Read MoreA Chromebook for $169, 55-inch Roku TV for $280 and more. It all ends tonight. Best Buy Flash Sale: The top 5 deals – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSometimes I get so focused on gin and amaro that I forget about the perfectly good bottles of whiskey I have just sitting there, waiting to be consumed. It’s kind of odd, actually, because I used to be deeply into Manhattans and Manhattan variants. Read more… Make an Extra Fancy Manhattan With Benedictine Source: Life
Read MoreThe fines proposed against AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile drew criticism from some regulators and watchdogs, who faulted the FCC for taking too long in its probe — and issuing too weak of a punishment. FCC proposes roughly 0 million in fines against wireless carriers for mishandling customers’ location data Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreGoogle released several new GIF search tools that should make it much easier to find the exact animate image you’re looking for. Users can use the tools—which use search data from the Tenor GIF app—to narrow down their search criteria more accurately and get suggestions based on the mood or context they want—no more… Read
Read MoreOne might say that parenting is one big, years-long game of “Pick Your Battles.” Sometimes, you’re really clear about rules and consistent with consequences. And sometimes, you’re like, “Screw it, I’m just trying to survive this day.” Read more… Which Parenting Battles Do You Wish You Had Waged? Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreReddit CEO Steve Huffman took a shot at TikTok during a conference this week, calling it “fundamentally parasitic” and comparing it to spyware. His specific concerns appear to be based on the fact that the platform uses a form of “device fingerprinting” to track user behavior. Huffman was responding to a question about what startups
Read MoreGoing forward, Cortana is all about productivity for Windows 10 users. But some consumer skills, like controlling music, will still be possible via Cortana apps for iOS and Android. Microsoft is discontinuing Cortana consumer skills starting with Windows 10 20H1 Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreTeenagers are campaigning, debating, running fact checks and forming party-based coalitions (hype houses). One of them called it “cable news for young people.” The Political Pundits of TikTok Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreBose Wireless Music System | $150 | Best Buy Read more… Save On A Bose SoundTouch Wireless Music System Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreHonda gives the CR-V a new standard powertrain for 2020, and there’s finally a hybrid model, too. 2020 Honda CR-V: Model overview, pricing, tech and specs – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreOne astronomer suggested the mini-moon might not be natural. Earth's temporary mini-moon shines in new color portrait – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAs part of its move toward ‘role-based training,’ Microsoft will no longer offer MCSA, MCSD or MCSE certifications after June 30. Microsoft is retiring its MCSA, MCSD and MCSE certifications in June 2020 Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreYouTube reinstated only 23,471 videos after creators appealed in the last three months of 2019. It removed 5.9 million. YouTube creators lose about 78% of appeals to get removed videos put back up – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreImage: Netflix I Am Not Okay With This begins with Sydney Novak, covered in blood, running down the middle of the street at night. There are probably other ways she’d rather be spending her time. That would seem to make sense with the series’s narrative: her life is pretty normal — up until the part
Read MoreSaturday is Leap Day, the extra day that gets added to the calendar every four years because of… um… the way the earth moves around the sun? Something like that? Basically time is a construct, and every four years we’ve constructed an extra day to make sure all of the rest of the days line
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