We’re live with all The Game Awards winners (and losers (and trailers (and surprises!))) The Game Awards 2019: Live results, world premieres, reveals and surprises – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThere’s a lot of junk in the Pacific Ocean, and one organization dedicated to cleaning it up tells us what it plans to do with all that garbage. Nonprofit The Ocean Cleanup shows off its horrifying plastic trash haul – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIf ever there was a quintessential weapon of science fiction, it would have to be the ray gun. [lonesoulsurfer] built this one-of-a-kind stunner from his impressive collection of junk. It’s centered around a vintage Bakelite soldering gun, a vacuum tube, and a portable stove burner, all of which contribute to the fantastic mid-century look. Inside
Read MoreRisk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan. Ransom.Chy Source: Symantec lastest threats
Read MoreThe cyclone joins six others at the planet’s south pole. Jupiter has a new cyclone, NASA says – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge President Donald Trump’s tentative trade deal with China, announced earlier today, has saved Apple from raising the prices, or eating those price hikes itself, of some of its most popular products, including the iPhone. According to Bloomberg, which cites Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives, Apple’s top iPhone
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple has acquired Spectral Edge, a UK-based startup whose technology could be used to improve photos taken on iPhones, according to filings made public on Thursday and reported by Bloomberg. Spectral Edge was spun out from research done the University of East Anglia, and it has developed computational
Read MoreSuch an action would seek to block a technical integration of WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and Instagram, people familiar with the matter said. F.T.C. Is Said to Consider an Injunction Against Facebook Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreA new report suggests the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) might file an injunction against Facebook, to keep it from integrating its messaging apps together. Doing so might make it harder to break up the company — which the FTC is reportedly considering. The report comes from the Wall Street Journal, whose sources say that the
Read MoreToys Star Wars fans can hug join an ever-improving line of merchandise reveals featuring The Child from The Mandalorian. Baby Yoda toys, shirts and more let you bring the Disney Plus star home – CNET Source: CNet
Read More{$inline_image}If you so much as own a cellphone, you’ve probably come across some kind of spam asking for personal details or linking you to some shady website. Google is now ramping up its efforts to curb such texts by introducing a Verified SMS feature in Android Messages. Now when you receive a text from a
Read MoreIf you so much as own a cellphone, you’ve probably come across some kind of spam asking for personal details or linking you to some shady website. Google is now ramping up its efforts to curb such texts by introducing a Verified SMS feature in Android Messages. Now when you receive a text from a
Read MoreFederal regulators probing Facebook for alleged violations of antitrust law have considered seeking a preliminary injunction in federal court against the company, aiming to halt the tech giant’s plans to integrate its social-networking app with the other services it owns. Federal antitrust investigators could seek injunction targeting Facebook’s plans to integrate apps Source: Washington Post
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge On Tuesday, Apple released iOS 13.3, and one of its key new features was Communication Limits, which lets parents set limits on who their kids talk to or message with… in theory. Due to some bugs related to iCloud’s contact sync feature, it turns out the new privacy
Read MoreIt’s been another year of big 5G promises, and while we’ve seen the first 5G devices hit the market and an ever-increasing number of ads touting the glory of 5G speeds over the past 12 months, the tech still isn’t worth the money for the average smartphone user. That’s especially true for most of T-Mobile’s
Read MoreThe new Escalade will come with Cadillac’s Super Cruise semi-autonomous tech. The 2021 Cadillac Escalade debuts Feb. 4, will appear at the Oscars – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreOur quest to explain every weird thing at the gym has now landed on Fat Gripz, the heavy rubber handles, often blue, that you can wrap around barbells and dumbbells. Their main job is to make the bar harder to hold onto, which can be a good thing. Read more… What Are Fat Gripz Good
Read MoreNext time you want to have a conversation with someone who speaks a different language, you might be able to do it using just your phone. Read more… Use Google Assistant's Interpreter Mode to Talk to Someone in Their Language Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreSamsung’s first folding phone may have been fraught with a stumbled launch, reliability woes, and a nearly $2,000 price tag, but that hasn’t stopped the company from finding a million people to buy the Galaxy Fold, according to Samsung Electronic’s president Young Sohn. Sohn revealed the stat onstage at TechCrunch’s Disrupt event in Berlin, stating
Read MorePeople search websites are convenient for finding nearly anyone’s personal information—but not so much if you don’t want your own information, including addresses, family members, and known associates, available for all to see. Many of these services are free or cost very little, and they provide a really detailed… Read more… How to Opt Out
Read MoreThe Canadarm2 robotic arm with the Dextre robotic hand attached seemingly protrudes from the side of the International Space Station. The Canadarm2 robotic arm with the Dextre robotic hand Source: NASA
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Yesterday, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey made a theoretically huge announcement: he wanted Twitter to stop being a self-contained platform and start delivering content from a decentralized system, changing social media as we know it. He kicked off the plan by announcing a project called Bluesky, which will fund
Read MoreWall Street Journal: Sources describe how ISPs like AT&T and Cox push the FCC to omit unflattering data, among other tactics, to improve scores on FCC’s internet speeds report — AT&T, Cox, Comcast and other broadband companies successfully push the FCC to omit unflattering data on speed tests, among other tactics, to improve their scores
Read MoreNext year, NASA plans to scoop up a small batch of dirt from an asteroid named Bennu, located millions of miles from Earth — and now the agency knows which part of the space rock it’s going to steal from. Today, the space agency announced that one of its spacecraft will attempt to grab some
Read MoreSoftware Defined Radio (SDR) is a great technology, but there’s something so satisfying about spinning a physical knob to cruise the airwaves. Wanting to restore that tactile experience, [Tysonpower] purchased a cheap USB volume knob and set out to get it working with his software. Unfortunately, getting it up and running took a lot more
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