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Read MoreMishaal Rahman / XDA Developers: Google to require new devices launching with Android 9 or later to come with a wellness app and parental controls, either Google’s own apps or third-party ones — One of the biggest themes of Google I/O 2018 was improving digital wellness. As consumers realized they’re spending way too much time
Read MoreThey’ll cost just $129 each. Roku launches budget Walmart-branded soundbar and subwoofer – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFlying on the power of the sun is definitely not a new idea, but it usually involves a battery between the solar panels and the propulsion system. [ukanduit] decided to lose the battery completely and control the speed of the motor with the output of the solar panels. This leads to some interesting flying characteristics,
Read MoreBoth the 2019 Draconids and Southern Taurids are set to blaze a trail across night skies this week. How to see two meteor showers peak and light it up this week – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAs a fan of miniatures and free things, I have always appreciated—and hoarded—hotel toiletries. When traveling, I’ll often hide the bottles after showering, just to make sure they get replenished each day. This means I go home with many tiny bottles of shampoo, conditioner, and body wash, where they sit in a basket,… Read more…
Read MoreA Christensen Institute analysis has examined the value of “micro-internships” and suggested that pairing them with various student support approaches in higher education could make them even more valuable. Analysis: Student Supports Enhance Impact of Micro-Internships Source: Campus Technology
Read MoreImage: Hulu Offline downloads are now available from Hulu, letting subscribers save content for later viewing when they’re away from a Wi-Fi connection. The new feature means that Hulu is finally adding a convenience that both Netflix and Amazon Prime Video have offered for quite some time now. Downloads are launching on iOS and iPadOS
Read MoreIt’s coming. Fortnite season 11: The End start time, new map and everything else we know – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAmazon’s been offering Kids Edition versions of its Fire tablets for years, and now it’s bringing a bundle to its Kindle e-readers with a new Kindle Kids Edition. The move makes a lot of sense, given that Amazon already pushes reading and education pretty heavily with its FreeTime service on the Fire tablets. It’s only
Read MoreBen Schoon / 9to5Google: The latest Google Mobile Services agreement states that OEMs’ custom gesture navigation controls for Android must be enabled only via settings moving forward — Android 10’s new gesture navigation system is a bit of a mixed bag, but it’s what Google wants to be a standard across every Android device. The
Read MoreThe tool can tell you whether that email claiming to be from Instagram is fake. A new Instagram feature helps you identify phishing emails – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge It’s been a good day if you have an Apple TV — Spotify has released an Apple TV app, and now, Twitch has an Apple TV app as well (via Engadget). Before today, you had to rely on third-party apps like Twitchy if you wanted to watch
Read MoreVICE: Twitter employees explain the platform’s more relaxed approach to policing content, while keeping a 1,500-strong enforcement team vs. Facebook’s 15,000 — Multiple current and former Twitter employees, including executives, explain how Twitter really positions itself and its responsibilities around moderating speech. Twitter employees explain the platform's more relaxed approach to policing content, while keeping
Read MoreWe’ve done the usual triangle-eyes-and-toothy-grin jack-o’-lanterns in my home plenty of times. We’ve carved pumpkins, we’ve painted pumpkins, we even did this one year for whatever reason: Read more… How to Carve Video Game Characters Into Your Jack-o'-Lanterns Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreLisa Bonos / Washington Post: Tinder debuts Swipe Night, a choose-your-own adventure game inside its app with weekly episodes, and hopes to match users based on their in-game choices — Dating apps are often compared to bars where everyone is single. Now one of the biggest, Tinder, is literally casting itself as a party where
Read MoreThe Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) has grown to 57 esports member institutions, double the number the sports association had last year. The latest universities to join were Syracuse and Seton Hall. ECAC is an inter-collegiate organization that sponsors championships, leagues, bowl games, tournaments and other competitions throughout the country. Eastern Conference Esports Grows to
Read MoreScott Galloway, a professor of marketing at NYU’s Stern school of business, just announced a list of companies he’s convinced are about to experience a severe downturn. Among them: We Work, Lyft, Robinhood, OYO, and Tesla. Overvalued unicorns:— Pinterest— Snap— Twitter— Peloton— Slack— DoorDash— Lime— Palantir— Uber— Compass Will lose 80% or disappear:— Tesla— WeWork— Robinhood—
Read MoreWith $1 billion to work with, the veteran Hollywood executive finds more material for his short-form video platform. Jeffrey Katzenberg’s Mobile Start-Up, Quibi, Makes a Deal With ESPN Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreIf you’re like most people, then washing clothes is probably a huge pain for you. Figuring out the odd number of minutes necessary to run a wash and dry cycle, trying desperately not to end up with clothes that are still wet, and worst of all having to wait so long for your clothes to
Read More$250. $450. $550. The annual fees for top travel rewards cards keep creeping up. But active duty military service members don’t have to pay those fees at all. That hefty discount is thanks to the Military Lending Act (MLA) and the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA), the laws designed to protect military service… Read more…
Read MorePhoto by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Los Angeles is about to get its first self-driving cars. Waymo, the self-driving division of Google parent Alphabet, announced Monday that it would begin testing its autonomous vehicles in the second most populous city in the US. But whether the company will share real-time location data with the
Read MoreThe discovery could mean new treatments for diseases. Nobel Prize in medicine goes to scientists who uncover how our cells use oxygen – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIn Search of Darkness: The Definitive 80s Horror Documentary is being billed as a film, but it feels more like a miniseries. Over a run time of nearly four and a half hours, it crams in discussions of dozens of films and a jaw-dropping range of interviews with top flight-directors (John Carpenter, Joe Dante), iconic
Read MoreGoogle’s monthly Android security fixes are normally just for Google devices, but Samsung, Motorola, LG, Oppo, Huawei, and Xiaomi are all rolling out their own versions of the October 2019 security update to patch a major zero-day security vulnerability present on several Android smartphones. Those with vulnerable… Read more… Install the October 2019 Android Security
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