Memojis have been added to the iPad and iPhone keyboard in iPad and iOS 13, which is great news if you’re a fan of oddly creepy, personalized lookalikes. If you’re not one of those people, then you may find this inclusion a bit annoying—they take up a surprising amount of real estate in the emoji
Read MoreThe studio calibration experts at Sonarworks recently launched an ebook series aimed at helping musicians and engineers get the most of out their home studio. If you dabble in music production and/or recording, these free PDFs should be considered must-read material. There are currently two titles available in the series, “Successful Studio Set Up” and
Read MoreEvery week, we share the shortcuts, workspaces, and productivity tips of our favorite experts. This week, we’re going behind the scenes at Lifehacker. I’m Nick Douglas, and this is how I work. Read more… I'm Nick Douglas, Lifehacker Staff Writer, and This Is How I Work Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreEver wanted to make some seriously trippy retro graphics to go along with your lo-fi hip hop beats? Now you can, with [teafella]’s aptly named Hypno Video Synthesizer, a Raspberry Pi-based video synthesizer that digitally emulates and extends analog video workflows through colorization, shape generation, and feedback, patching the modifications into a compact interface. The
Read MoreThe live-streaming platform, owned by Amazon, has more viewers than many cable channels. But some of its content is slipping past the moderators. Twitch Wants You to Know It’s Not Just for Gamers Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreJeff Bezos tells reporters Amazon is working on its own facial recognition regulation. Not everyone is buying it. Amazon's plan for facial recognition laws faces skeptics – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWe know that kids are over-scheduled and over-worked. We know they have less down time, less time to be bored and less time to play than we did as kids. But what we may not have realized is that all the pressure on students—particularly those in “high-achieving” schools—is causing higher rates of anxiety, depression,… Read
Read MoreMegan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: Uber announces Uber Incubator, to let its employees and others develop products and services on top of the Uber platform — Uber today announced Uber Incubator, an initiative open to both Uber employees and those outside the Uber organization to develop products and services on top of Uber’s platform. Uber
Read MoreDr. Bronner’s 5-Piece Sampler Gift Set | $22 | Amazon Read more… Amazon's Diluting the Price Of This Dr. Bronner's Soap Sampler Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreColleen Hayes/NBC Warning: This review reveals significant plot points from the previous three seasons of The Good Place. NBC’s cosmic comedy The Good Place started in 2016 as a quirky fantasy sitcom starring Kristen Bell as Eleanor Shellstrop, a self-proclaimed “Arizona dirtbag” who winds up in the titular heavenly realm due to a clerical error.
Read More1,050 pound-feet of torque, 37,000-pound tow rating and 7,850-pound payload max. Holy moly. 2020 Ford F-Series Super Duty claims best-in-class power, payload and towing ratings – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreThe best soundtrack of the year accompanies this beautifully-designed game about traveling fast along nighttime roads. ‘Sayonara Wild Hearts’: A bite-sized, pulsating blast Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Gatsby, a California-based company developing an open source website and Progressive Web App generator, raises $15M Series A led by CRV — Gatsby, a Berkeley, California-based company developing an open source website and Progressive Web App (PWA) generator, today revealed that it’s secured $15 million in series A funding led by
Read MoreWe compare premium smart speakers from Google, Apple and Amazon. Amazon Echo Studio vs. Apple HomePod vs. Google Home Max – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreRyan Whitwam / Android Police: Google to shut down Bulletin, an app it launched in 2018 as a limited pilot to let users report and publish local news stories about their communities, in Nov. — Google launched a new hyperlocal news service in early 2018 called Bulletin. It’s understandable if you don’t remember … Google
Read MoreBluetooth technology is a ubiquitous part of our lives, and a crucial tool in the fight against cord clutter. It’s also notoriously finicky. And when your laptop, phone, or other device is hooked up via Bluetooth to a wireless speaker or pair of headphones and the audio playback starts to stutter, it can be nothing…
Read MoreAll hail the return of the king. 2020 Ford Expedition King Ranch is a leather-lined SUV fit for royalty – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreThere are now even more ways for you to navigate your Xbox One without using a controller. Microsoft announced that it’s launched a skill on Google Assistant that allows you to control basic navigation and system-level commands on the console using the Google Assistant apps on iOS and Android. It sounds like something… Read more…
Read MoreGet up to date on the acute issues tied to vaping. Vaping: The deaths, illnesses and controversies over the past year – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge At Wednesday’s hardware event, Amazon wanted to make sure you knew it valued your privacy. “We’re investing in privacy across the board,” hardware and services chief Dave Limp told the crowd. “Privacy cannot be an afterthought when it comes to the devices and services we offer our customers.
Read MoreAs the name implies, the OSEP STEM board is an embedded project board primarily aimed at education. You use jumper wires to connect components and a visual block coding language to make it go. I have fond memories of kits from companies like Radio Shack that had dozens of parts on a board, with spring
Read MoreI’ve always wanted to learn how to code. I’d like to at least learn enough of a programming language to create some basic automations—or figure out some neat ways to control the various LED lighting kits I own. Read more… Learn How to Code in Python With Microsoft's Free Classes Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreMario Kart Tour could not have come out at a worse time. A week ago, the surprisingly excellent launch of Apple Arcade reminded people just how good mobile gaming could be when developers no longer had to worry about squeezing in ads or in-app purchases. In a mobile market almost completely dominated by free-to-play games
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Uber is merging its ride-hailing and food delivery apps, adding a raft of new safety features, boosting alternate modes of travel like bikes, scooters, and public transportation, and getting involved in “virtual restaurants,” in addition to dozens of other product announcements that amount to a major bid
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge ‘I am very confident that we’re going to stick around in the future’ Continue reading… Exclusive: Uber’s CEO on its new app Source: New feed
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