Photo by James Bareham / The Verge Apple just released iOS 13 beta 7 to developers today, and people are already digging through the software to find hints about the rumored iPhone 11. iHelp BR has discovered that the latest iOS 13 beta includes an asset that hints at an iPhone 11 event date of
Read MoreOn Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission reached a handful of settlements with media outlets following investigations into whether they misused the emergency alert system tone. The agency found that ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!, AMC’s The Walking Dead, Animal Planet’s Lone Star Law, and Meruelo Radio Holdings all misused the emergency alert system (EAS) tone, a
Read MoreThe 50th anniversary Woodstock concert may not have panned out as originally planned, but if you can’t make it to the Maryland event, here’s something you can still do to celebrate: listen to the original 1969 festival in its entirety. Read more… How to Listen to Every Minute of the Original Woodstock Festival Source: Life
Read MoreI will never forget the time I asked for ice at a Patisserie Valerie. It was a particularly hot day in Oxford, and I had grabbed a Coke from something that looked like a fridge, only to discover it was quite tepid. The woman working at the cafe went to the little freezer, took out
Read MorePhoto: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Twitter) Amazon’s latest marketing campaign for the Prime Video series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel has not gone as planned, with the Santa Monica Police briefly shutting down a 30-cents-per-gallon promotion for gas due to traffic delays caused by eager customers, according to ABC 7 reporter John Gregory. The promotion has
Read MorePhones are interesting again. Manufacturers, predominantly Chinese in origin, are designing quirky devices that target select, often narrow, demographics. A great example of this is the Unihertz Titan, which is currently in the process of being crowdfunded on Kickstarter. This handset caters to the (presumably small) niche of people who desire a rugged phone with
Read More[Fossa Systems], a non-profit youth association based out of Madrid, is developing an open-source satellite set to launch in October 2019. The FossaSat-1 is sized at 5x5x5 cm, weighs 250g, and will provide free IoT connectivity by communicating LoRa RTTY signals through low-power RF-based LoRa modules. The satellite is powered by 28% efficient gallium arsenide TrisolX
Read MoreInternet services company Cloudflare is going public, and it describes the controversy over banning hateful websites — like 8chan and the Daily Stormer — as a potential risk factor. The company’s S-1 filing reports that objectionable sites could cause “significant adverse political, business, and reputational consequences.” The filing describes this risk as a double bind
Read MoreYogita Khatri / The Block: Ripple’s investment subsidiary Xpring grants 1B XRP, around $262M, to Coil, a micropayments platform for content creators, to drive adoption of the token — Ripple’s investment subsidiary Xpring has granted 1 billion XRP to Coil, a micropayments platform for content creators … Ripple's investment subsidiary Xpring grants 1B XRP, around
Read MoreThe photo that got the internet buzzing was taken with a Pixel 3A, but there is still reason to be hyped for the Pixel 4. That Pixel 4 20x zoom photo isn't from the Pixel 4, but is still impressive – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube is changing how it handles copyright claims around brief or unintentional clips of music in an attempt to make the system fairer to video creators. In the short term, however, YouTube warns that the changes could lead to more videos being blocked entirely. Creators on YouTube have
Read MoreEvery retail and fast-food chain under the sun seems to have a loyalty program these days, and one of the perks the good ones offer is a freebie or discount for your birthday. These programs rarely verify your birth date. Read more… How to Treat Yourself With Birthday Freebies All Year Long Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreJeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: Canalys: North American wearables market hit $2B in Q2, 2019, as market leader Apple grew 32% YoY with 2.9M shipments, Fitbit grew 18%, and Samsung grew 121% — In North America, the market for wearables — particularly wearable bands — is still continuing to grow, and Apple’s popular Apple … Canalys:
Read MoreBarry the virtual man looks so realistic you’ll really feel for him as you lower the ax. And that’s the point. VR lets you fire a virtual employee to practice doing it for real – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreGoogle’s next flagship is definitely on its way. Keep tabs on the other rumors about the Pixel 4 and 4 XL. Google Pixel 4 rumors: 'Face ID' and gesture controls: Leaks, design, specs, price and more – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSony today revealed it was adding new Dualshock 4 colors to an already-long list, including a color I’m pretty sure they’re trying to pass off as Rose Gold. Sony revealed the new batch of colors in the PlayStation blog today. For the most part, the colors are what they say they are: Titanium Blue, Red
Read MoreImage: Tovala Two smart oven companies — Tovala and Brava — want you to know their ovens aren’t capable of accidentally turning on in the middle of the night, like a few June Ovens recently did. I wrote yesterday about how three June Ovens turned on overnight, preheated to 400 degrees Fahrenheit, and remained on
Read MoreEveryone seems to be using the dreaded R word—recession—this week as the stock market looks topsy turvy, bond yields go bonkers, and the trade war drags on. But those events don’t mean that a recession will take place tomorrow. It may not even take place next month, in the next six months, or even next
Read MoreShirin Ghaffary / Vox: Study: leading AI models to detect hate speech are 1.5x more likely to flag tweets by African Americans as offensive or hateful, partly due to social context — A new study shows that leading AI models are 1.5 times more likely to flag tweets written by African Americans as “offensive” compared
Read MoreWhat happens when you dial 911 abroad? Depending on where you are, it’ll either put you in touch with a local emergency response team or remain unanswered, which is the last thing you need in a crisis. Read more… Learn Your Destination's Emergency Number Before You Travel Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreThis week, Google introduced Assignments, a revamp of its Course Kit toolkit (in beta last year), designed to streamline the process of collecting and grading student work. Google Adds Tools for Grading, Plagiarism Detection Source: Campus Technology
Read MorePhoto by Drew Angerer/Getty Images One of the co-founders of Chinese EV startup NIO is leaving the company, a spokesperson has confirmed to The Verge. Jack Cheng, who spent nearly three decades running Ford’s Chinese operation, is retiring “due to his age,” according to an internal memo first by the Financial Times. Cheng’s departure is
Read MoreWe’ll still have PCs on our desks, but with the rise of desktop-as-a-service and software-as-a-service, we’re returning to smart-terminals and time-sharing services. Goodbye PCs, it's been nice knowing you Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreChris Knight and Celso Dulay wanted to run an ad on YouTube marketing a special Christmas episode of their LGBTQ-focused YouTube show in December 2017. But after more than six days and several phone calls to YouTube’s advertising team, Knight and Dulay’s ad was denied for “shocking content.” It wasn’t until January 2018, long after
Read MoreThe stock market has been exceptionally volatile this week—down, then up, then down again. Read more… What's Going On With the Stock Market? Source: Life Hacker
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