We recently wrote about the dangers of recycling certain products that may not be recyclable, but a new (and mostly bleak) report by Quartz this week takes it further, indicating that the entire system of recycling itself is deeply flawed—particularly when it comes to plastics. Read more… Should You Even Bother Recycling Your Plastics? Source:
Read MoreInsiders will no longer have the option of jumping into the Skip Ahead ring to see very early Windows 10 builds. Windows 10 updates: Microsoft kills off Skip Ahead ring for Insiders Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreMicrosoft is continuing to forge ahead with its mission of making meetings better with a new white-glove meeting-room management service, as well as more new features in its Teams collaboration platform. Microsoft wants to manage your meeting rooms Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read More“The company compromised by the Chinese Communist Party knows where your children are,” Josh Hawley warned. The Technology 202: TikTok is a security threat, a Republican senator warns parents Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MorePhoto by Robert Paul / Blizzard Entertainment Jay “Sinatraa” Won is going to have to buy a bigger trophy case. The 19-year-old professional Overwatch player spent this year winning just about everything he possibly could. It started when he was named MVP for the 2019 Overwatch League season, which he followed by winning the league
Read MoreLeica SL2 with 50mm f/1.4 Summilux lens Leica has announced the new SL2, the latest version of its full-frame mirrorless camera system. The new SL2 succeeds the SL from 2015 and introduces a higher-resolution sensor, upgraded construction, a new touchscreen, and an upgraded electronic viewfinder. It will be available starting on November 21st for $5,995.
Read MoreThe Studio is a great-sounding smart speaker that has some silly gimmicks you can thankfully ignore Continue reading… Amazon Echo Studio review: finally, an Echo that sounds great Source: New feed
Read MoreYou wouldn’t think a guy who named his whole company after himself would be this nice. But when Brian Kelly started his travel and deals site The Points Guy, he didn’t know he’d be leading a large team writing a multi-section site for over 10 million readers a month. We talked to him about running
Read MoreARRIS SURFboard (32×8) Docsis 3.0 Cable Modem | $68 | Amazon Read more… Stop Giving Your ISP Extra Equipment Rental Fees – Buy This Modem Instead Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreNavigate PII data protection and GDPR to meet privacy mandates Source: Search Compliance
Read MoreScammers find a way to bypass Mozilla’s fix for login prompt spam to launch lock screen attacks. Windows tech support scam: Attackers use this Firefox bug to lock up your screen Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read More{$inline_image}Tesla’s CEO has shown a penchant for aiding in disasters. It’s sometimes gotten him into trouble. Elon Musk says he has the solution for California’s fire-related blackouts. It starts at ,000. Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreTesla’s CEO has shown a penchant for aiding in disasters. It’s sometimes gotten him into trouble. Elon Musk says he has the solution for California’s fire-related blackouts. It starts at ,000. Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreYesterday Xiaomi unveiled the CC9 Pro, the first phone to use the 108-megapixel image sensor the company co-developed with Samsung. The CC9 Pro won’t be sold outside of China, but today Xiaomi is announcing that a near-identical phone called the Mi Note 10 will. The Mi Note 10 is being revealed in Spain today and
Read MoreImage: UPS UPS subsidiary UPS Flight Forward has just completed what it claims is a first for the US drone delivery market — delivering prescription medication directly to a customer’s home by drone. On November 1st, the company flew the medication from a pharmacy in North Carolina to a home, before making a second delivery
Read MoreThe Pixel and Pixel XL will be left behind in 2020. Original Google Pixel's final update coming in December – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAs fires tear across California, a Silicon Valley technology company believes artificial intelligence could be the key to preventing them in the future. California has 33 million acres of forest. This company is training artificial intelligence to scour it all for wildfire. Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreAn always-on display lives under actual watch hands and lasts for weeks on a charge, thanks to e-ink. Fossil Hybrid HR: E-ink makes this hybrid smartwatch look analogue – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge On Monday we talked about some of the pressures stacking up on TikTok: increasing skepticism from Congress about its Chinese parent company ByteDance; a raft of new competitors slurping up venture capital and building their own short-form video apps powered by machine learning; and the public-perception risk that
Read MoreImage: Fossil Fossil’s new hybrid smartwatches combine physical watch hands with a circular low-power, always-on display. The $195 (£189) Fossil HR has a monochromatic display, which is capable of showing the kind of information you’d typically expect to see on a smartwatch — including activity tracking, weather information, and app notifications — all while being
Read MoreGoogle activists reiterate their concern that the tech giant is failing to face up to its climate responsibilities. Once again, employees urge Google not to harm the environment Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreImage: Wyze Wyze has announced a new subscription service for its home security cameras — although it’s delayed the launch due to unspecified “critical issues.” Soon, instead of limiting users to 12 seconds of recording every five minutes, subscribers to Wyze’s $1.49 a month Complete Motion Capture service will be able to record for as
Read MoreEfforts by Apple, Facebook and Google to address the California housing crunch must contend with the forces that created it. Tech Giants Pledge Billions for Housing, but Will It Matter? Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreMitchel Broussard / MacRumors: CIRP: over the last 12 months, 35% of iPhone buyers in the US owned a smartwatch, compared to just 16% of Android buyers — New data from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners indicates that 35 percent of iPhone buyers in the United States have a smartwatch, compared to just 16 percent of
Read MoreJoshua Brustein / Bloomberg: Walmart and other companies are testing a monitoring device for workplace safety made by StrongArm in warehouses, raising concerns about workplace surveillance — Every morning when he goes to work in the freezer room of a warehouse in eastern Pennsylvania, Jack Westley throws on a hooded sweatshirt … Walmart and other
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