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Read MoreAnd it’s turning to a rival to get back in the phone game. Microsoft thinks a dual-screen Android phone can take on Apple and Samsung – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreI’m one of those people who must always run the most up-to-date version of anything I’m using. Apps? Games? Hardware? If a device or piece of software doesn’t have an auto-updater (and even if it does), I’m constantly checking to make sure it has the latest fixes, features, and security patches. It’s an obsession. Read
Read MoreIt looks like Microsoft may have just stalled some Galaxy Fold sales with the Duo announcement. The Duo brings two larger displays, pen support, and a more robust design, but it’s not as functional as a phone. Fold fight! Can Surface Duo deliver more productivity than Galaxy Fold? Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Online privacy — or the lack thereof — has become a prominent issue. As a result, more and more services are adding features that speak to their users’ privacy concerns. If you’re a YouTube viewer (and who isn’t these days?), one of these concerns is probably your viewing
Read MoreAfter a year of working with the Federal Aviation Administration, United Parcel Service was awarded a certification that allows it to use drones on medical campuses. F.A.A. Allows U.P.S. to Deliver Medical Packages Using Drones Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreBorderlands 3 is like one of the vehicles from the Mad Max universe. It’s held together by duct-tape and twine, but it spits fire, looks cool, and goes really, really fast. And I almost refused to review it once I started playing it, but we’ll get into that later. Borderlands 3 feels like a tight,
Read More[Starhawk] is a man with a problem. More accurately, he’s a man whose mother has a problem, but ultimately that ends up being the same thing. Her wide-format Canon printer recently stopped working after better than a decade of reliable service, and he wants to know why. Rather than spend the money on buying a
Read MoreRemember that day in fifth grade when they split up the boys and girls into separate classrooms? The way kids learn about how their bodies change in puberty has, itself, changed over the years. In my own experience, the school outsourced much of that job to a little booklet issued by a maxipad company. Read
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: there’s a new tablet powered by a souped-up mobile processor, with a detachable keyboard and a magnetic stylus. It promises way better battery life than a laptop and runs most of the same apps, with LTE support to always
Read MoreWhether you care about meal timing or not, there’s something satisfying about coming home from a hard day in the gym and digging into something substantial. Read more… What Is Your Favorite Post-Lifting Meal? Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreNoted philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs, who — through her foundation, Emerson Collective — owns The Atlantic and California Sunday, appears to have engaged in a new act of charity: taking Ben Affleck to dinner. The Daily Mail reports that Affleck and Powell Jobs arrived and departed separately to a three-hour dinner at Giorgio Baldi in
Read MorePhoto: Kimberley French / The CW Batwoman, the latest entry in The CW’s Arrowverse slate of TV shows based on DC Comics, is set in a version of Gotham City where Batman has been missing for three years. To combat the crime and despair that’s spread through her town, Bruce Wayne’s cousin Kate Kane (Ruby
Read MoreHarris’s campaign accused Trump of issuing “blatant threats” on Twitter. Even if Twitter agrees, his account probably won’t get suspended. Kamala Harris wants Trump suspended from Twitter for ‘harassment.' These 3 loopholes protect him. Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreMicrosoft held an event on Oct. 2 to announce the Surface Duo, Surface Neo tablet, Surface Laptop 3, Surface Pro X, Surface Pro 7, and Earbuds. Here’s how much everything costs, plus when and where to buy. New Microsoft Surface devices: Prices, release dates, and where to buy Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read More3D printers are great for rapid prototyping, but they’re not usually what you’d call… portable. For [Malte Schrader], that simply wouldn’t do – thus, the X-printer was born! The X-printer is a fused-deposition printer built around a CoreXY design. Its party piece is its folding concertina-style Z-axis, which allows the printer to have a build volume of
Read MoreIf you’re a big Android fan, odds are good you’ve probably opted into several app beta tests, pre-registered for a few upcoming games or apps, and built up a hefty wishlist of apps you’d like to download or purchase at some point. If you’re ready to tame your obsession a bit, Google is making it
Read MoreIn an effort to build clearer credential pathways for adult learners — particularly people of color and Native learners — Lumina Foundation has awarded $3.5 million in grants to nine organizations that are “working to ensure that knowledge, skills, and abilities gained outside formal higher education — through work, military, and other experiences — can
Read More{$inline_image} Pew Research Center: Poll of US adults: 62% say social media has “too much control” over the mix of news we see on their platforms, and 55% say this results in a worse mix of news — Getting news from social media is an increasingly common experience; nearly three-in-ten U.S. adults do so often
Read MoreIf you’ve been waiting for the right price drop to pick up an unlocked Pixel 3 XL, it’s probably time to act. Best Buy is offering the Pixel 3 XL with 64GB of internal storage for just $550—a full $350 off its regular price of $900. The only requirement is that you activate the phone
Read MoreMicrosoft’s long-rumored, dual-screen Surface device will run an operating system variant called Windows 10X. So, what is this thing? What is Windows 10X? Everything you need to know about Microsoft's dual-screen OS Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MorePeople hit an average of 38 words per minute when typing on a smartphone with both thumbs, a study found. People can type on their phones nearly as fast as a computer keyboard – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto by Ingo Wagner / Getty Images In the summer of 2016, a flood of abuse allegations came out against celebrity Tor developer Jacob Appelbaum, a shocking blow to one of the cryptography world’s most outspoken figures. In a string of testimonials, accusers shared allegations ranging from professional aggression to outright sexual assault. Within days,
Read MoreSave up to 64% on these blazing-fast drives, which range from 500 gigabytes to 2 terabytes. SanDisk's Extreme Portable external SSDs are all on sale – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAs many times as I have watched deft prep cooks slice tomatoes and chop onions with nary a nick, I remain stalwartly accident-prone in the kitchen. I can’t seem to master that “bear claw” grip whereby you tuck your fingertips on the stabilizing hand to prevent accidentally knifing yourself. After an unfortunate… Read more… How
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