Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Today, Twitch is announcing changes to its policies around harassment and hateful conduct. The reason, the company says, is because marginalized people — “women, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, Black, Indigenous, and people of color,” the company wrote in a blog post — are disproportionately harassed on the
Read MoreCast iron radiators have been around since the 1860s, using steam to heat the accordion-shaped coils and keep rooms warm during the winter. A central boiler heats water, creating steam that rises through the pipes and into the radiators, and the tightly folded coils retain heat for longer, staying hot even once the… Read more…
Read MoreGoogle announced Wednesday that it is launching a new research app for Android phones, which would allow anyone with a device to participate in medical studies. The first study run through the app, called Google Health Studies, will look at respiratory illnesses like the flu and COVID-19. Participants in the study will use the app
Read MoreWhen I left Houston and moved to Los Angeles, the newness was awesome. There was the dry, cool breeze, fun comedy shows, and the food was stellar. After a while though, the novelty wore off. I started to feel resentful, cynical, and mostly, homesick. Read more… How to Handle Being Homesick as an Adult Source:
Read MoreSome of us keep absolutely nothing in our cars’ trunks, while others have enough packed in there that they could live in their car for weeks. Somewhere in between is this list of 30 things we think every car owner should always have on hand. Read more… Essential Things You Should Keep in Your Car
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Read MoreWe all struggle to communicate on the internet. Now, young people are leading a sincere effort to clear things up. Tone Indicators and How to Use Them Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreTLDR: The Premium Privacy Bundle Ft. ZenMate VPN and StartMail helps you protect your online activity and your emails with iron-clad security measures for one year. The numbers surrounding the true cost of identity theft are staggering. It costs the U.S. mortgage industry $1 billion every year, according to the Federal Trade Commission. The health
Read MoreThirteen companies join Amazon’s Climate Pledge commitment to meeting the emission goals of the Paris Agreement 10 years early, though some environmental groups say the initiative’s limited disclosure requirements undermine its effectiveness. Amazon adds Microsoft, Unilever to its climate group that critics say lacks transparency Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MorePixelJunk Eden was ahead of its time. The idea of a download-only indie game with arty, abstract 2D graphics and a pulsing techno soundtrack doesn’t sound remotely unusual in 2020, but there really wasn’t much like Eden when it dropped on the PS3 in 2008. Developed by Kyoto’s Q-Games, with music and visuals from local-artist-turned-creative-director
Read MoreI’m bad about bookmarking stuff to read later, which means my poor web browser always fills up with open tabs. To me, a bookmark folder is a black hole: I can put links there to look at later, sure, but the odds they’ll actually escape and make it back into a browser tab are slim.
Read MoreChristopher Nolan may be seething, but CEOs for AT&T, NBCUniversal, and ViacomCBS each reiterated their commitment to streaming at a UBS conference on Monday amid chaos in Hollywood. Following WarnerMedia’s announcement that it would shift the Warner Bros. 2021 movie slate into a hybrid release, debuting movies on HBO Max at the same time they
Read MoreChance Miller / 9to5Mac: Microsoft says its cloud gaming service, as part of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, will come to iOS via web browser in spring of 2021 — Microsoft has confirmed that Xbox cloud gaming is coming to iOS in 2021. In a new blog post today, the company says that cloud gaming as
Read MoreMicrosoft forges ahead with support for Arm-based platforms, including its Surface Pro X and the Raspberry Pi. VS Code: New C++ language extension brings Microsoft's code-completion to Raspberry Pi 4 Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreThe company said the covid-19 pandemic has “accelerated” the trend toward food delivery, the market it wants to dominate. DoorDash takes its stock public, aiming to dominate food delivery after a pandemic-induced boom in business Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreYouTube Official Blog: YouTube says it will remove any content published from today that alleges widespread fraud or errors changed the 2020 US Presidential election outcome — Over the past weeks and months, we’ve seen people coming to YouTube to learn more about where and how to vote or learning more about a candidate or
Read MoreThe most successful stocking stuffers are a perfect mix of mundane and special, and bonus points if it’s something the owner of the stocking would never buy for themselves. This is what makes spices—really good spices—the perfect stocking stuffer for anyone who cooks (or wants to learn to cook). Read more… Stuff Those Stockings With
Read MoreThe holiday season holds a special gift, as skygazers on Earth will be treated to a great conjunction of the planets Jupiter and Saturn. On December 21, the two largest planets in our solar system will appear just one-tenth of a degree apart, or one-fifth of the diameter of a full Moon. This is the
Read MoreImpossible Foods’ new head scientist finds the answer between the lab and Julia Child. Is plant-based meat science or food? – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreTLDR: With a lifetime subscription to a Kroma Pro Plan, you get templates and assets to create visually gorgeous digital presentations in a fraction of the time it usually takes. So…exactly how long should it take to put together a digital slide presentation, anyway? That’s obviously a wide-ranging answer that depends on a creator’s command
Read MoreThe newcomer VPN takes a bite out of an industry giant. Norton Secure VPN vs. Surfshark: Speed, security and price compared – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThis groundbreaking driver aid will be available late in the 2022 model year. Super Cruise is coming to the GMC Sierra 1500 Denali – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreIt’s been a year of experimentation for PUBG. Over the course of 2020, the genre-defining battle royale game received new, smaller maps and tightly focused gameplay modes. December 16th will see the debut of PUBG’s 10th season, which introduces new AI enemies in a dense, 32-player map called “Haven.” Looking ahead, though, PUBG’s new creative
Read MoreWe covered nearly a hundred products on our YouTube channel in 2020 and countless more here on the site. But while we return all our review units, there are some products we get sad about having to send back — so sad, in fact, that we end up buying them for ourselves (or at least
Read MoreWhy read on your phone or tablet when there are great E Ink e-readers out there? Here are our current top picks. The best e-reader for 2020 – CNET Source: CNet
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