It’s not easy being a student nowadays. Sure, your parents could cover tuition with a summer job, but things are different now. Modern-day university students contend with high fees, overpriced rents, and yes, sky-high textbook charges. You can’t pirate a degree or a dormroom, but you can naughtily download that textbook your lecturer recommended. (You know,
Read MorePenn State University is rolling out interactive maps and virtual tours across 22 campuses. The institution is using the Concept3D platform to provide 3D renderings of campus locations, along with 360-degree panoramic images, point-to-point wayfinding, real-time data feeds and more. Penn State Launches Interactive Campus Maps Systemwide Source: Campus Technology
Read MoreWe recently polled readers with suggestions for the best note-taking apps. Most of you said you still do things the old-fashioned way with pen and paper—a technique I heartily endorse. Read more… The Best Note-taking Apps Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreAndroid 10 is here for some people, but possibly not you. If you’re the owner of a Google Pixel (ranging from the OG Pixel to the latest Pixel 3a or Pixel 3a XL variants), you can download and install the new version of the Android OS right now. For everyone else, you’re in for a
Read MoreKaspersky warns that it found more than 100,000 textbook files with malware lurking inside. Back-to-school malware is hiding in those digital textbooks – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe island is in a state of flux. Fortnite season 10: Floating Island returns and Zapper Trap disabled – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSyd Weiler In February 2017, a GIF of a flailing purple dove from a Facebook sticker set called “Trash Doves” was seemingly everywhere, popping up in never-ending chains of comment threads. But after achieving viral fame, the sticker set led to a litany of issues as it journeyed across the web: its creator, Syd Weiler,
Read MoreIt’s all part of Intel’s Gamer Days week of sales, running now through Sept. 8. Acer, Asus ROG and HP gaming laptops on sale – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIllinois is joining 16 other attorneys general in their lawsuit to block the carriers from combining forces. Another state joins the fight to block T-Mobile's Sprint merger – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreVW came and conquered the course with 99 hairpin turns. Volkswagen ID R electric race car snags Tianmen Mountain record in China – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreApple users with out-of-warranty iPhones or iPads in need of repairs now have a lot more options available to them via the company’s recently expanded independent repairs program. Read more… Where to Get Your Out-of-Warranty iOS Device Fixed Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreIf you want to add a keypad to your Arduino project, the options are pretty limited. There’s that red and blue 4×4 membrane we’ve all seen in password-protected door lock projects, and the phone layout version that does pretty much all the same tricks. Isn’t it time for a full Arduino-compatible keyboard? [ELECTRONOOBS] thinks so.
Read MoreTech moguls Elon Musk and Jack Ma took the stage last week at the 2019 World Artificial Intelligence Conference in China to talk about AI. What ensued was exactly what you’d expect from two of the most celebrated figures in tech: a strange, awkward, passive-aggressive bicker. The 45-minute conversation was billed as a debate, but in
Read MorePhoto by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Google says it’s hard at work resolving an issue that allows malicious third parties to hijack your Google Calendar with unremovable spam invites. As noted by Engadget this morning, Google posted to its Calendar Help forums yesterday to say that it’s aware of the issue and “working diligently”
Read MoreMost sous-vide meat recipes follow a pretty standard format: Put your meat in a plastic bag, place the bag in a water bath set to your desired temperature, cook the meat for about an hour, then finish the meat on the grill or super hot pan. This is a fine, seemingly unflawed sequence of events,
Read MorePhoto: Amazon Prime Video When Alma, the sharp-witted, deeply troubled protagonist of Amazon Prime’s new animated series Undone, dresses as Dorothy for Halloween at age eight, her physicist father Jacob admits he doesn’t understand The Wizard of Oz. “You’ve got this girl Dorothy, right?” he asks. “She’s living a normal boring life, and she gets
Read MoreWe know that food goes bad, but what about stuff like lotion, conditioner and mascara? Even though they may seem to last a long time—and often end up sitting on shelves for years — toiletries do actually come with expiration dates. Here’s what you need to know. Read more… Do Skin Care Products and Toiletries
Read MorePhoto by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge The Essential Phone is getting an update to Android 10 on the very first day of the operating system’s release. This is remarkable for two reasons: for one, Android phone manufacturers are notoriously slow at releasing updates. So any time a phone gets a release day update, it’s
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge One of the ways that connected fitness apps keep you exercising is by using accountability — the ability to share your workouts with friends so you can urge each other onward — but wanting to share with your pals is different than wanting to share with an app
Read MoreSix people broke into two Australian Apple Stores early this morning, making off with nearly $300,000 worth of products. The group, according to a Facebook post by the Western Australia Police Force, used a sledgehammer to gain entry to both stores. The first attempt was an unsuccessful one. After smashing the front window to gain
Read More{$inline_image} A wall-mounted, electric car charging station doesn’t sound like it’d require the most exciting or complicated enclosure. This was pretty much the assumption [Mastro Gippo] and his team started out with when they decided to turn what came back from a product designer into a real enclosure for the ‘Prism’ charging hardware they had
Read MoreA wall-mounted, electric car charging station doesn’t sound like it’d require the most exciting or complicated enclosure. This was pretty much the assumption [Mastro Gippo] and his team started out with when they decided to turn what came back from a product designer into a real enclosure for the ‘Prism’ charging hardware they had developed.
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Facebook is making facial recognition in photos opt in by default. Starting today, it’s rolling out its Face Recognition privacy setting, which it first introduced in December 2017, to all users. If you have Face Recognition turned on, Facebook will notify you if someone uploads a photo of
Read MoreIf you watched Coco Gauff’s third round loss in the US Open on Saturday, chances are you won’t remember the score or many details about the match itself; you’ll mostly remember how Naomi Osaka consoled the 15-year-old after her defeat. Read more… Teach Your Kids to Value Empathy Over Tenacity Source: Life Hacker
Read MorePhoto by Michael Kovac/Getty Images A Stanford University artificial intelligence conference invited former Google CEO and Alphabet chairman Eric Schmidt to give a keynote speech next month. But a group of academics, activists, and current Google employees are urging organizers to reconsider the decision — citing Schmidt’s acceptance of censorship in China and his handling
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