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Source: FTC is launching a new inquiry into the privacy and data collection practices of Amazon, TikTok, Facebook and WhatsApp, Twitter, YouTube, and others (Ashley Gold/Axios)

Ashley Gold / Axios: Source: FTC is launching a new inquiry into the privacy and data collection practices of Amazon, TikTok, Facebook and WhatsApp, Twitter, YouTube, and others — The Federal Trade Commission will announce Monday that it’s launching a new inquiry into the privacy and data collection practices … Source: FTC is launching a

A TikTok Doctor Talks Coronavirus Vaccines

He brings the energy of popular short videos to cancer screenings and infection rates. A TikTok Doctor Talks Coronavirus Vaccines Source: NY Times Tech

Sources: state-sponsored hackers accessed US DHS internal communications as part of the campaign that penetrated US Treasury and Commerce departments (Reuters)

Reuters: Sources: state-sponsored hackers accessed US DHS internal communications as part of the campaign that penetrated US Treasury and Commerce departments — A team of sophisticated hackers believed to be working for the Russian government won access to internal communications at the U.S. Department … Sources: state-sponsored hackers accessed US DHS internal communications as part

Apple releases iOS 14.3 with ProRAW for iPhone 12 Pro, Fitness+, support for AirPods Max and launching App Clips by scanning Apple's App Clip Codes, and more (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: Apple releases iOS 14.3 with ProRAW for iPhone 12 Pro, Fitness+, support for AirPods Max and launching App Clips by scanning Apple’s App Clip Codes, and more — Apple will release iOS 14.3 and iPadOS 14.3 to all users today. The update includes new features such as Apple ProRAW for iPhone

How to Get Your Toddler Dressed in the Morning Without a Fight

It should be pretty straight forward: One wakes up in the morning, and one swaps out their pajamas in lieu of some daytime clothes. It’s a thing we humans do nearly every day, and yet, your toddler is not interested in performing this ritual. In fact, the mere idea of getting dressed is full-on pissing

iOS 14.3 has arrived with ProRAW for iPhone 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max

With iOS 14.3, the iPhone 12 Pro camera app will support a new kind of RAW image capture | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple’s iOS 14.3 has arrived, giving iPhone 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max owners the ProRAW feature that was promised when the devices were announced. Other features in

Amazon launches Live Translation for Alexa, which can interpret between several dialects in real time, between English and French, Spanish, Hindi, German, more (Kyle Wiggers/VentureBeat)

Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Amazon launches Live Translation for Alexa, which can interpret between several dialects in real time, between English and French, Spanish, Hindi, German, more — Amazon today rolled out Live Translation, a new Alexa feature that assists with conversations between people who speak two different languages. Amazon launches Live Translation for Alexa,

China’s Moon Mission Was About More than Rocks

If everything goes according to plan, China will soon become the third country behind the United States and the Soviet Union to successfully return a sample of lunar material. Their Chang’e 5 mission, which was designed to collect 2 kilograms (4.4 pounds) of soil and rock from the Moon’s surface, has so far gone off

Apple launches new App Store privacy labels so you can see how iOS apps use your data

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple is making good on its promise to provide more transparency around iOS app data collection with the launch of new privacy labels on the App Store. The company first announced its intention to provide these so-called “nutrition label” privacy disclosures back in June during WWDC, and last

How to Start 2021 Off Right, With Charles Duhigg

This week we’re getting advice on how to make our New Year’s resolutions stick with help from Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charles Duhigg. Listen to hear Charles share multiple science-backed strategies we can use to enhance habit formation, transform bad habits into good ones, and how mental models can help us… Read more… How to Start

Apple is offering two-hour delivery for just $5 for a limited time

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple is offering two-hour delivery for just $5 on “eligible in-stock items” from its retail stores. If you need to get a gift for an Apple-loving person in your life this holiday season, that $5 shipping could be a handy way to get that gift in a pinch.

Your Spinach and Artichoke Dip Needs Some Pepper Jack

Hot spinach and artichoke dip—or, in my case, Brussels sprout and artichoke dip—requires a large amount of cheese. But what kind(s) should you use? Cream cheese is a given, and parmesan, mozzarella, pecorino, and gruyere are common, but pepper jack is usually what’s missing. Read more… Your Spinach and Artichoke Dip Needs Some Pepper Jack

German Bionic raises $20M Series A co-led by Samsung Catalyst Fund and MIG AG for its exoskeleton tech targeted at industrial applications (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: German Bionic raises $20M Series A co-led by Samsung Catalyst Fund and MIG AG for its exoskeleton tech targeted at industrial applications — Exoskeleton technology has been one of the more interesting developments in the world of robotics: Instead of building machines that replace humans altogether … German Bionic raises M

Japan confirms its asteroid mission returned samples of space rocks

An artistic rendering of the Hayabusa2 spacecraft. | Image: DLR This morning, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, confirmed that its mission to return samples of an asteroid to Earth did indeed bring home some space rocks. Engineers at the agency found black sand they believe to be from an asteroid inside the mission’s

Ubisoft’s game subscription service now supports Google Stadia for free

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Ubisoft announced on Monday that its game subscription service, Ubisoft Plus, is adding support for Google Stadia, meaning any subscriber can sign up for a free Stadia account and stream Ubisoft games from the cloud on supported devices. Ubisoft first announced Stadia support in October when it rebranded

Join Us for the “Holiday with Hackaday and Tindie” Meet-Up

It’s a ritual in workplaces around the world this time of any other year but 2020: the office holiday party. Too much food, perhaps too much alcohol, and garish sweaters that you wouldn’t be caught dead in on any other occasion. Things are, of course, a tad different this year, which is why we’re putting

The Challenges Transgender Athletes Face Off the Field

For the most part, there are no overarching rules or national legal precedents governing whether transgender athletes can compete across various sports in their true gender, as opposed to the one they were assigned at birth. (An exception is the National College Athletic Association, which does have a complete policy… Read more… The Challenges Transgender

CD Projekt Rekt: Cyberpunk 2077 tanks studio’s share price nearly 50%

Polish game studio CD Projekt‘s (CDR) stock continued to plummet on Monday following the bumpy release of its long-awaited video game Cyberpunk 2077. At its worst, CDR stock hit a low of $65.19 on Monday, down more than 46% since the day before the first Cyberpunk 2077 reviews hit the internet. The company’s share price

Cyberpunk 2077 Developer Apologizes and Offers Refund for Game Glitches

The company behind the long-awaited video game pledged to fix the bugs and crashes after complaints from players poured in over the weekend. Cyberpunk 2077 Developer Apologizes and Offers Refund for Game Glitches Source: NY Times Tech

The risks of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for patients with a history of severe allergies

Two people in the United Kingdom have experienced an allergic reaction to the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. This led the UK medicines regulator to issue precautionary advice earlier this week that “people with a significant history of allergic reactions” should not be given this vaccine for now. This is an appropriate cautious move. The advice may

Save Your Original Xbox From A Corrosive Death

Fans of retro computers from the 8-bit and 16-bit eras will be well aware of the green death that eats these machines from the inside out. A common cause is leaking electrolytic capacitors, with RTC batteries being an even more vicious scourge when it comes to corrosion that destroys motherboards. Of course, time rolls on,

Track Your Games' FPS With These Apps

Cyberpunk 2077 is a beast of a game, and it’s going to crush your frame rates (FPS) if you want to experience it in all its ray tracing, high-resolution, gorgeous glory. My heart goes out to you, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 gamers; you must be having a rough time. Cyberpunk 2077 punishes PC users,

COVID-19 health pass apps could help reopen businesses by showing if users are vaccinated but could also unfairly exclude people from travel and offices (Natasha Singer/New York Times)

Natasha Singer / New York Times: COVID-19 health pass apps could help reopen businesses by showing if users are vaccinated but could also unfairly exclude people from travel and offices — Covid-19 health pass apps could help reopen businesses and restore the economy. They could also unfairly exclude people from travel and workplaces. COVID-19 health

Monday's Best Deals: Baby Yoda and Gaming Holiday Sweaters, Oculus Rift S, UGG Sherpa Throw Blankets, Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Bomaker Projector, and More

Baby Yoda and gaming holiday sweaters and the Oculus Rift S lead Monday’s best deals. Read more… Monday's Best Deals: Baby Yoda and Gaming Holiday Sweaters, Oculus Rift S, UGG Sherpa Throw Blankets, Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Bomaker Projector, and More Source: Life Hacker

Facebook launches Collab, a TikTok-inspired music making app, on iOS in the US, after announcing a beta version in May (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Facebook launches Collab, a TikTok-inspired music making app, on iOS in the US, after announcing a beta version in May — Collab, Facebook’s experimental app for making collaborative music videos, is today launching out of private beta testing with a public release on the App Store. Facebook launches Collab, a TikTok-inspired

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