Yeah, people are losing their s— again. But for as little as $25, you can install a bidet and cut your TP usage to almost zero. 3 bidet deals to help you combat toilet-paper hoarding – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWant to take full advantage of features like 120fps input and VRR? You’ll probably need to upgrade your TV. Best TVs for PS5 and Xbox Series X, Series S: LG OLED, Samsung QLED, Sony, TCL and Vizio – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBridgette Wilson-Sampras, Christopher Lambert and Linden Ashby return as Sonya Blade, Raiden and Johnny Cage. Mortal Kombat 11 adds cast of 1995 movie, drops nostalgia-inducing trailer – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThanksgiving is a bit of a weird holiday for me. When I was growing up, and all through college, it involved having the same meal every year at my grandparents’ house. But after college, when I moved across the country for a job at a newspaper, things got wonky. That first year, I worked on
Read MoreVideo games are inching away from apps. Maybe every other industry can, too. Imagine a World Without Apps Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreImage: Activision The new Call of Duty is a bloated mess, even when the individual parts succeed Continue reading… Black Ops Cold War is four Call of Duty games all competing to take over your hard drive Source: New feed
Read MoreSarah Perez / TechCrunch: Twitter says it will relaunch account verifications in early 2021 for six categories, including news, companies, and government officials, and asks for feedback — Twitter announced today it’s planning to relaunch its verification system in 2021, and will now begin the process … Twitter says it will relaunch account verifications in
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge On Tuesday, Twitter announced that it would relaunch its verification process early next year along with brand-new guidelines for users seeking out that small, blue badge. Twitter’s announcement confirms earlier reporting in June from app researcher Jane Manchun Wong suggesting that the company was creating a new verification
Read MoreSome people invent with the intent of seeking fame and prestige. Few inventors seem to truly care about other people the way that Garrett Augustus Morgan did. His inventions saved many lives, including those of a few people who were rescued by Garrett himself after an explosion tore through a tunnel beneath Lake Erie. Though
Read MoreEight months into the global pandemic, COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are surging at unprecedented levels. Healthcare workers have shouldered so much of the psychological and emotional burden wrought by this marathon plague, and you may be wondering how you can show a healthcare worker that you appreciate their… Read more… Nominate a Healthcare Worker For
Read MoreImage: 100 Thieves 100 Thieves has made a virtual version of its sprawling LA headquarters, the Cash App Compound, that you can explore inside of Fortnite’s Creative mode. The map isn’t just an empty virtual building; there are also hidden Easter eggs and quests that “correspond with” popular 100 Thieves streamers Matthew “Nadeshot” Haag (who
Read MoreThe Expanse will come to a (second) end after its sixth season, Amazon Studios announced today. The news arrives ahead of the show’s fifth season premiere. Amazon first picked up The Expanse when it was canceled by SyFy in 2018, bringing the show to its Amazon Prime Video streaming service for a fourth season. The
Read MoreThomas Brewster / Forbes: Researchers: Baidu Maps and the Baidu App, with ~1.4B downloads globally, were leaking sensitive user data; Baidu Maps remains removed from Google’s Play Store — Two apps developed by Chinese tech giant Baidu were leaking “sensitive” user data that potentially left as many as 1.4 billion users open … Researchers: Baidu
Read MoreMatt Day / Bloomberg: Amazon says it is partnering with US government’s counterfeit watchdog to conduct “targeted inspections” of suspected fake goods — – Amazon partners with U.S. intellectual property center — Counterfeits a sore spot for shoppers, brands on Amazon Amazon says it is partnering with US government's counterfeit watchdog to conduct "targeted inspections"
Read MoreWe use audio apps for concentration and music for easy listening—it’s time to add TV and movies for ambient viewing. There are a number of television shows that you can play in the background that follow a genre pattern, require minimal attention, and almost always have a voiceover to tell you everything you need to…
Read MoreAdi Robertson / The Verge: Court filings show Amazon defeated a lawsuit where eBay had claimed that Amazon coordinated a campaign to poach sellers from its platform — eBay couldn’t prove it suffered harm — Amazon has prevailed in a lawsuit claiming it secretly poached eBay sellers. Court filings show Amazon defeated a lawsuit where
Read MoreSara Fischer / Axios: Sources: WaPo is nearing 3M digital subscribers, up 50% YoY; NYT has tripled digital-only subscribers since 2016 to 6.1M — The New York Times and The Washington Post have very different strategies for building the subscription news company of the future. — The big picture … Sources: WaPo is nearing 3M
Read MoreIf you like it when a hack has a little backstory, then you’re going to love this cyberdeck build log, the first half of which reads like a [Tom Clancy] novel. And the build itself looks the part, like something that fell off a military helicopter as the Special Forces operators were fast-roping into a
Read MoreGoogle Pixel 5 and Pixel 4A 5G | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Google’s line of products has expanded quite a bit over the years, and a bunch of them are discounted for Black Friday. You can find discounts on Nest smart speakers and smart displays, mesh Wi-Fi routers, Pixel phones, Stadia
Read MoreSahil Patel / Wall Street Journal: AppsFlyer, which helps businesses evaluate ad campaign performance, extends its Series D from $210M to $225M+ from Salesforce and others at a $2B valuation — The company, which says it is now valued at $2 billion, sells mobile analytics software that weighs the effectiveness of ad campaigns AppsFlyer, which
Read MoreMicrosoft is in the early phases of rolling out its xCloud streaming service on mobile devices, but TVs are the next logical step. In an interview with The Verge, Xbox chief Phil Spencer has revealed we’ll likely see an Xbox app appear on smart TVs over the next year. “I think you’re going to see
Read MorePhoto by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Whether you’re shopping for a student, an older relative, or anyone in between, a laptop can make a great gift. And the internet’s largest retailers are offering all kinds of laptops at discounted prices this Black Friday, whether you’re looking for a convertible, a Chromebook, a gaming rig,
Read MoreIf you’re an aspiring poet who doesn’t know your sonnets from your stanzas, a new Google AI app could transform you into a legendary wordsmith. Or at least, a decent impersonation of one. Verse by Verse is described by the Big G as “an experimental AI-powered muse that helps you compose poetry inspired by classic
Read MoreFew telescopes will get an emotional response from the general public when it is ultimately announced that they will be decommissioned. In the case of the Arecibo Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, the past months has seen not only astronomers but also countless people across the world wait with bated breath after initial reports of
Read MoreLet me tell you a little story about two infants, a brand new rug, and some vomit. (If it seems like I’ve written too much about puke this month, that’s a fair critique, but it changes nothing.) When my son was about eight months old, we went to visit a friend who’d just had her
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