How many Instagram followers do you need to become a full-time influencer? You can make money off a few thousand followers, but it will depend on a few other things as well—including what your account is about, and your ability to not annoy people by trying to sell products all the time. Read more… How
Read MoreEvery four to eight years (usually eight, but not everyone’s a winner), our nation celebrates one of its most exciting traditions: the inauguration of a new president. It’s never less than a heady, intoxicating time—the ceremony! The pomp and circumstance! The playful posturing over crowd sizes! The mere idea sets me… Read more… Count Down
Read MoreHappily the right to repair movement is slowly gaining ground, and recently they’ve scored a major success in the European Parliament that includes a requirement that products be labelled with expected lifetime and repairability information, long-term availability of parts, and numerous measures aimed at preventing waste. … including by requiring improved product information through mandatory
Read MoreAbner Li / 9to5Google: Google Authenticator for iOS gets dark theme redesign and the ability to transfer 2FA accounts in bulk, useful when migrating to a new phone — Earlier this year, Google’s 2FA authentication app received a big Android update that modernized its design. That dark theme, along … Google Authenticator for iOS gets
Read MoreWednesday’s Best Deals | Kinja Deals Read more… The 10 Best Deals of December 2, 2020 Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreThe move follows years of labor tumult at the search giant. Google broke US labor law by spying on and firing workers, complaint alleges – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe big day is done, but many great discounts remain. Score a Nest Mini and Smart Plug bundle for $20, a Tile Mate tracker for $18 and an Echo Show 5 two-pack for $90. Best Cyber Monday deals still available: AirPods, Amazon Echo, laptops and more – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreKarissa Bell / Engadget: Twitter expands its hate speech policies to “prohibit language that dehumanizes people on the basis of race, ethnicity, or national origin” — Twitter is once again expanding its hate speech policies. The company updated its rules to “prohibit language that dehumanizes people … Twitter expands its hate speech policies to "prohibit
Read More“Leave no trace,” the men were overheard saying. Photographer shares shots of men taking down the mysterious Utah monolith – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreChris Welch / The Verge: Hulu’s Watch Party feature is now expanding to all subscribers, allows up to seven other subscribers to join, and will have a “click to catch up button” — Hulu was first among the big streamers to embrace the co-watch trend during quarantine — Hulu was first among … Hulu's Watch
Read MoreOvens tend to get a lot of use during the holidays, and between drips, drops, and turkey basting spills, they can get fairly dirty. And they may not get cleaned very often—in a survey by the American Cleaning Institute, 69% of participants agreed there are areas of the home they do not clean, but should,
Read MoreWe’re back with round two of super-affordable, super-awesome gift ideas. The Cheapskate Show podcast: More great cheap gifts for the holidays – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreImage: Vodafone European mobile carrier Vodafone has partnered with Disney to launch a new wearable for kids called the Neo. Vodafone says the Neo combines its technological capabilities with Disney’s entertainment chops to offer a wearable that gives kids a sense of independence while letting parents stay in contact. The Neo’s most notable feature is
Read MoreRita El Khoury / Android Police: Google Assistant can now read and reply to messages from WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Google Voice, and others, not just the native Messages app or Hangouts — – APPLICATIONS- GOOGLE- GOOGLE ASSISTANT- NEWS- WHATSAPP — Google Assistant has always been able to read SMS texts sent to you over the
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / Th Massachusetts lawmakers this week voted to ban the use of facial recognition by law enforcement and public agencies in a sweeping police reform bill that received significant bipartisan support. If signed into law, Massachusetts would become the first state to fully ban the technology, following bans barring the use
Read MoreFortnite is no stranger to tie-ins — the battle royale’s season 5 battle pass has already kicked off with a picture-perfect Mandalorian and Baby Yoda skin, for example — but its next character appears to be coming not from a popular film or movie franchise, but from a different video game universe: God of War’s
Read MoreChris Velazco / Engadget: TikTok appears to be experimenting with allowing three-minute videos, up from its current 60-second limit — The beauty of TikToks is that they’re (usually) never long enough to overstay their welcome, but a new report suggests the company behind the app is mulling a big change. TikTok appears to be experimenting
Read More“LIDAR is a fool’s errand. Anyone relying on LIDAR is doomed. Doomed! Expensive sensors that are unnecessary. It’s like having a whole bunch of expensive appendices. Like, one appendix is bad, well now you have a whole bunch of them, it’s ridiculous, you’ll see.” Elon Musk, April 2019. Tesla’s approach to driverless vehicle technology has
Read MoreDavid Bloom / Forbes: GreenPark Sports, a mobile game and sports fan “world” from Chad Hurley and Zappos founder Nick Swinmurn, raises $14M Series A and announces NBA partnership — GreenPark Sports, a novel combination of sports fan experience and mobile game whose founders include former YouTube and Zappos CEOs … GreenPark Sports, a mobile
Read MoreThe popularity of Zoom—the world’s number one most-downloaded app in 2020—has made it a target for phishing attacks, and the Better Business Bureau is now warning users to avoid sketchy meeting invites that could actually infect your system with malware. Here’s what you need to know. Read more… Avoid This Fake Zoom Meeting Invite Phishing
Read MoreTo date, e-paper technology has been great for two things, displaying static black and white text and luring hackers with the promise of a display that is easy on the eyes and runs forever. But poor availability of bare panels has made the second (we would say more important) goal slow to materialize. One of
Read MoreMicrosoft has purchased eSports platform vendor Smash.gg and is planning on integrating it with its MSN eSports franchise. Microsoft buys eSports platform vendor Smash.gg Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreGIF: Hulu Hulu was first among the major streaming services to roll out a way for multiple people to watch its shows and movies together at the same time during the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, that Watch Party feature is expanding to all subscribers — not just those people paying for the ad-free plan. Watch Party
Read MoreIt’s amazing the picture quality you can get with a cheap TV these days—but as TVs have gotten thinner and better, their speakers have gotten tiny and terrible. If you want explosions to rock the room, your TV isn’t going to cut it—hell, it can barely even make dialogue intelligible. So a soundbar is all
Read MoreIntroduced in 2007 amid the heady, early days of the internet’s fixation with salty, cured meats (and with a name that presages the “hello, fellow kids!” tone that would come to define its Twitter feed), Wendy’s Baconator has somehow managed to endure for more than a decade despite the push for healthier fast food… Read
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