Neil Cybart / Above Avalon: According to an estimate Apple Watch reached 100M users in December, 30M of which came in 2020; 35% of US iPhone users wear an Apple Watch — More than 100 million people wear an Apple Watch. Based on my estimates, Apple surpassed the important adoption milestone this past December. According
Read MorePoynter: Clubhouse presents a major challenge for fact checkers as the app does not keep old posts or audio files and doesn’t allow users to record conversations — This is the Feb. 11, 2021 edition of Factually. Live audio and no recording might complicate the work of fact-checkers on this new platform. Clubhouse presents a
Read MoreWhat’s just a bit thicker than a human hair and has ten times the capability of a human muscle? Polymer-coated carbon nanotube yarn. Researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas created this yarn using carbon nanotubes coated with a polymer and coiled with a diameter of about 140 microns. Passing a voltage through the
Read MoreZac Hall / 9to5Mac: Apple launches its first standalone Apple TV+ AR app, with a For All Mankind backstory and exclusive content for the latest iPad Pro and iPhone 12 Pro models — Apple’s rumored augmented reality experience for Apple TV+ has arrived in the form of For All Mankind: Time Capsule. Apple launches its
Read MoreHe’s set to be sentenced in April. Florida man who used CARES Act PPP loan money to buy a Lamborghini pleads guilty – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreStardew Valley’s 1.5 update delighted a lot of us when it came out for PC in December, and now it’s finally arriving for consoles. The game’s developer announced on Twitter that the update should be rolling out to Switch, Xbox, and PlayStation “within the next couple of hours.” As of this writing, it is already
Read MoreUsers in Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles report issues with the videoconferencing app. Microsoft Teams experiencing outage, particularly on West Coast – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe knockout stages of the Champions League are about to begin… PSG vs. Barcelona: How to watch the Champions League in the US, UK and Australia – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreTechCrunch: Russian content on TikTok is becoming increasingly political as free speech advocates and government actors have turned to the app to spread their messaging — TikTok has crafted a number of policies over the years to distance itself from the often-messy political fray, but its users continue to have other agendas in mind. Russian
Read MoreWe we we so excited. It's Friday, Friday, and here's the 10th anniversary remix of Rebecca Black's Friday – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreTesla’s CEO talked about the Roadster as well as the infamous Cybertruck window incident on the Joe Rogan Experience. Elon Musk wants to make the Tesla Roadster hover — yes, really – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreGoogle said it’s unsurprised by Microsoft’s support of the News Media Bargaining Code. Google v Australia morphs into Google v Microsoft around media bargaining code Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreOneDrive will show a dialog when users delete a file for the first time to remind them that the service has a recycling bin. Microsoft OneDrive gets small upgrade to prevent you from losing track of your files Source: Tech Radar Software
Read MoreThe Ring Video Doorbell Pro can now talk to your visitors with Alexa. | Image: Amazon Amazon is announcing that it’s adding Alexa to its Ring Video Doorbell Pro, giving it the ability to talk to people when they come to your house. The feature is called Alexa Greetings, and requires that you have a
Read MoreVP Brad Smith said the United States government should copy Australia’s controversial News Media Bargaining Code as his company shoots for the market share currently occupied by Google down under. Microsoft uses Trump, misinformation to justify a US version of Australia's media code Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreToday Epic revealed the latest crossover for its battle royale hit, which brings the retrofuturistic world of Tron into the game. There are ten different Tron-themed skins available in the in-game store right now, and each has a removable helmet. You can also get a Light Cycle glider and an Identity Disc pickaxe. It’s not
Read MoreBrad Chacos / PCWorld: In order to address the global chip shortage, Nvidia is releasing stock of two older GPUs, the RTX 2060 and GTX 1050 Ti, to its board partners — The rumors are true: Nvidia is supplementing the sky-high demand for GeForce RTX 30-series graphics cards by releasing stock of older GPUs to
Read MoreWe never insist that a hack be practical. [Tech Ingredients] is living proof as they modded a computer case to use a window air conditioner for overclocking a computer. They think they haven’t hit the ceiling yet, and got their AMD Ryzen 8-core processor up to 4.58 GHz. An advantage of forcing air from an
Read MoreCatalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: Cybersecurity firm Proofpoint filed a countersuit against Facebook after Facebook forced Namecheap to hand over phishing awareness URLs mimicking Facebook URL — Facebook’s crackdown on lookalike domains last year has touched some of the domains security firm Proofpoint was using for security awareness training exercises. Cybersecurity firm Proofpoint filed a countersuit
Read MoreDave Michaels / Wall Street Journal: Sources: federal prosecutors are talking to social media companies to find out whether market manipulation fueled the rise of stocks like GameStop and AMC — Justice Department has subpoenaed information from Robinhood Markets, others — WASHINGTON—Federal prosecutors … Sources: federal prosecutors are talking to social media companies to find
Read MoreFrom Mario to Splatoon, here are our favourites. 39 of the best Nintendo Switch games – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIt was a harmless joke, but within months it was one of the world’s most highly valued cryptocurrencies. Dogecoin: How a meme became a real cryptocurrency – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBitcoin has reached a dizzying new all-time-high of $47,000. That’s crazy — but the world of cryptocurrencies outside of Bitcoin is even more insane. Beyond Bitcoin: The wild world of altcoin cryptocurrency trading – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreImage: Tesla Elon Musk has said for years that he wants to offer a rocket thruster package to increase the already ludicrous speed of the second-generation Tesla Roadster. But now he says he’s considering using the thrusters to make the Roadster hover, too. “I want it to hover, and I was trying to figure out
Read MoreEverything you need to know about this compelling welterweight title fight… UFC 258 Kamaru Usman vs Gilbert Burns: Start time, How to watch online and full fight card – CNET Source: CNet
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