Commentary: Apple’s little AirPods could see another update next year. There’s still room for improvement. AirPods 3: Everything I hope Apple changes in the next-gen earbuds – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFrom controllers to headsets to storage, this list will help you build a better gaming experience. Accessorize your Xbox Series X or Series S with these gaming add-ons – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWill Page / Billboard: Music streaming may have plateaued with an average of 17.5B streams a week for the past four months, while consumption of games, TikTok, and podcasts increase — Has streaming volume really peaked in the U.S., or is the current stalled growth a blip? — Music streaming services have continued … Music
Read MoreThousands of internal directives and reports reveal how Chinese officials stage-managed what appeared online in the early days of the outbreak. How China Censored Covid-19 Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe platform that put the “network” in “social network” has proved unexpectedly popular with jocks seeking second careers. Athletes Leaving the Field Are Joining LinkedIn Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreA free phone app encourages people to explore their surroundings, engage with art and connect across oceans. Flash Invaders: Another Game for a World on Pause Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreGrowing fresh vegetables at home is a popular pastime, even moreso in a year when we’ve all been locked inside. However pests can easily spoil a harvest, potentially putting a lot of hard work down the drain. [Matt] of [DIY Perks] isn’t one to give up his tomatoes without a fight, however, and came up
Read MoreA new strain of the coronavirus may be responsible for the faster spread of the virus in London and south-east England, it has been announced. Unconfirmed reports suggest that the coronavirus variant is called N501Y. This particular strain has been increasing in frequency since August. The idea of a mutating virus, breaking out into new
Read MoreThis feature has a lot of potential. MagSafe accessories for iPhone 12 that you can buy now: Chargers, cases, wallets – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreKurt Wagner / Bloomberg: Facebook reports its 2020 election response to US lawmakers, says it took action on 265K posts and 3.3M ad submissions for violating voter interference policies — – Company again urges Congress to better regulate the internet — Report outlines actions taken against voter misinformation Facebook reports its 2020 election response to
Read MoreAbner Li / 9to5Google: Google says its multi-service outage on Monday was caused by updates to its account authentication system which resulted in a system usage reporting error — Google started the week with a big outage that took down Gmail, Drive, and all other Workspace apps. Google says its multi-service outage on Monday was
Read More“Scope creep” is often derided as an obstacle between your idea and the delivery of a finished project. That may be, but sometimes the creep is the whole point. It’s how we end up with wonderful builds like this multi-axis differential camera slider. We mention scope creep because that’s what [Jan Derogee] blames for this
Read MoreBloomberg: Sources: the AGs of Utah, North Carolina, and NY among others are preparing a lawsuit against Google over the cut it takes from app developers in its Play Store — – States probing Google Play’s 30% in-app-purchase fees — Case would mark new front in antitrust assault against Google Sources: the AGs of Utah,
Read MorePhoto by Sean O’Kane / The Verge DJI says people in the US will still be able to buy and use its drones and other products despite being named to the Commerce Department’s Entity List. The Chinese drone giant was named to the blacklist on Friday for “enabl[ing] wide-scale human rights abuses within China through
Read MoreBloomberg: Cisco says some internal machines used by its researchers were targeted by SolarWinds hackers and that there’s no known impact to Cisco’s products at this time — – Corrupted software found in a few labs, worker devices — No known impact to Cisco offers or products, company says Cisco says some internal machines used
Read MoreHarkening back to a not-so-distant past where duels settled arguments, [Joris Wegner] put a twist on the idea of quarrels with a gun that damages your online persona rather than your physical one. The controversy of social media is nothing new, but most people today have a large percentage of their lives online. A gun
Read MoreKim Zetter / Yahoo News: Sources: hackers conducted a test run of the SolarWinds breach in October 2019, with a version of the malware that didn’t have a backdoor embedded in it — Hackers who breached federal agency networks through software made by a company called SolarWinds appear to have conducted a test run …
Read MoreWomen Who Tech: Survey: 44% of women founders and 65% of LGBTQ founders say they’ve been harassed, ~50% of women founders were told they would raise more money if they were men — Women Who Tech retained polling firm Lincoln Park Strategies to anonymously survey 1,003 tech employees, founders … Survey: 44% of women founders
Read MoreThe search giant is making the at-home tests available to 90,000 full-time staff. Google offers free weekly COVID-19 tests to US employees – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCyberpunk 2077’s listing on Microsoft’s digital games store now includes a label warning of potential performance issues on Xbox One. “Users may experience performance issues when playing this game on Xbox One consoles until this game is updated,” the warning reads. Players have observed numerous bugs and performance issues with Cyberpunk 2077 since its launch
Read MoreImage: CD Projekt Red Cyberpunk 2077’s second promised hotfix is out for Xbox and PlayStation platforms. The PC version will follow “soon,” according to developer CD Projekt Red. You can read the extensive list of fixes here. While there doesn’t seem to be anything quite as significant as the changes to reduce epilepsy risk made
Read MoreReady to ditch your keys? These smart locks make it easy to bring your door online and manage it from anywhere. The best smart locks of 2020: August, Yale, Schlage and more – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThis follows the authorization of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine last week. Moderna COVID-19 vaccine authorized for emergency use in US – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreImage: United States Space Force Members of the United States Space Force will officially be called “Guardians”, according to an announcement Vice President Mike Pence made at an event celebrating the military branch’s one year anniversary. The organization traces the name “Guardians” back to an old Air Force Space Command motto from 1983, “Guardians of
Read MoreDean Takahashi / VentureBeat: Israel-based social casino game developer Playtika files for an IPO, reporting $1.8B in revenue for first 9 months of 2020 vs. $1.4B for all of 2019, 35M MAUs — Israel-based mobile gaming giant Playtika has filed for its long-awaited initial public offering (IPO). Israel-based social casino game developer Playtika files for
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