The Cruz BlenderCap lets you make smoothies and shakes on the go
Founded and funded by ex-Apple designers: a portable USB-C blender. Continue reading…
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Read MoreDana Mattioli / Wall Street Journal: The FTC’s lawsuit against Amazon details a company algorithm that raised product prices and held them there if rivals followed, allegedly showing consumer harm — The strategy, as described in redacted parts of FTC lawsuit, is part of agency’s case that Amazon has outsize influence on consumer prices
Read MoreBrody Ford / Bloomberg: Zoom unveils collaborative document editing, featuring the ability to include information and AI-generated summaries from Zoom meetings, set to arrive in 2024 — – AI tools will be bundled for free, product chief says — Company files patents on ‘nonverbal cues,’ product placement
Read MoreNearly three years ago at the start of 2020 and before the pandemic hit, we took a look at an up-and-coming player in the world of PCB design. LibrePCB is by no means as old as the more established players, but at the time it was joining the ranks of open-source EDA packages with its
Read MoreA satellite in space. Dish Network will pay the price for failing to move its EchoStar-7 satellite out of harm’s way. | Shutterstock The FCC has issued its first fine for space junk to Dish Network for not properly deorbiting its satellite. The company admitted it was liable for not shifting its EchoStar-7 to a
Read MorePhoto by Jeff Kravitz / FilmMagic Grimes is suing Elon Musk to establish a “parental relationship” with one of their three children, according to the New York Post. Details of the lawsuit remain under seal, but TMZ speculates that it revolves around their youngest child, Tau, after Grimes said that Musk will not allow her
Read MoreKif Leswing / CNBC: Google sets new requirements for emailers sending 5,000+ emails per day to Gmail users, effective February 2024, including adding a one-click unsubscribe button — – Google will make it harder for spammers to land in your email inbox, the company said Tuesday.
Read MoreThere’s more good stuff to watch than ever — if you can afford it. | Image: Amazon Whether you subscribe to Netflix, Disney Plus, Peacock, Hulu, or just about anything else, the cost seems to always be going up. And it may not come down anytime soon. Continue reading…
Read MoreAmazon’s huge sale next week is named Prime Big Deals Days, but for all intents and purposes, it’s Prime Day 2. We’re anticipating some fantastic offers across the October 10 and 11 promotional period, but we didn’t expect lead-in deals as good as this Amazon Fire 32-inch 2-Series HD smart TV offer. The well-reviewed display
Read MoreImage: Film at Lincoln Center Gary Johnson has a particular set of skills. He talks to strangers about offing loved ones: family members, business partners, or anybody close to them that they want dead. In imaginative detail, he tells them how he’ll murder them. There’s a contract, money is exchanged, an agreement is made. But
Read MoreCredit: Joe Hindy / Android Authority Paramount Pictures has released Mean Girls on TikTok to celebrate Mean Girls day. The movie is free to watch. The movie has been broken up into 23 separate parts. If you’re a fan of Lindsay Lohan’s 2004 movie Mean Girls, then you’re probably a millennial. You may also know
Read MoreKate Knibbs / Wired: Researchers demo “washing out” watermarks on AI images and adding watermarks to human-generated images, meaning online services can’t reliably flag AI content — In a new paper out this week, a group from the University of Maryland found it’s too easy to evade current methods of watermarking …
Read MoreIllustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge As Meta continues to take steps back from news promotion on its platforms, its head of news partnerships, Campbell Brown, is leaving the company, reports Axios. She was hired in 2017 to help news organizations get their content in front of users as the company pushed to make
Read MoreCriminal defendants often decline to testify at trial for fear of incriminating themselves. For FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, that could be the best option.
Read MoreHMD’s limited-edition Nokia XR21 in “frosted platinum” to celebrate the European-made model. | Image: HMD Finnish firm HMD Global, which makes Nokia-branded smartphones, will start building 5G models in Europe. To start, the company is announcing production of the rugged dust and water-resistant Nokia XR21 within the continent, which Enterprise customers can now order. Reuters
Read MoreIf you’re in the market for a sub-$100 computer to tinker with, chances are that you’ve considered the Raspberry Pi family. With its tiny form factor and ability to run 24×7 without registering on your power bill, there’s almost no downside to it. But even though we now have the Raspberry Pi 5, it won’t
Read MoreYou can now talk to ChatGPT from the Arc Command Bar. But that’s nowhere near the most interesting new AI feature. | Image: The Browser Company At some point, if you’re a company doing pretty much anything in the year 2023, you have to have an AI strategy. It’s just business. You can make a
Read MoreJack Reacher was first adapted into two hit movies, with Tom Cruise playing the protagonist. Last year, it hit the silver screen — becoming one of the top-performing series on Amazon Prime. Naturally, due to its immediate success, it was renewed for a second season — which is going to air in December 2023. Find
Read MoreStop trying to make segmented consumption of media happen (please). | Image: Paramount Pictures Today is Mean Girls Day, a date that fans of the 2004 teen comedy may recognize as the same day that heartthrob Aaron Samuels (Jonathan Bennett) asked Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan) what day it is (“It’s October 3rd.”), and Paramount Pictures
Read MoreImage: Peter Wynn Thompson The monthly price of ad-free Discovery Plus is jumping up in cost from $6.99 per month to $8.99 per month (plus taxes), Warner Bros. Discovery announced on Tuesday. The new price is effective Tuesday, meaning that if you’re already a subscriber, you’ll see the higher price on your “next billing cycle
Read MoreThe BlenderCap (right) attaches to a bottle (middle) to produce smoothies and other blended drinks (left). | Image: Cruz Jony Ive is leading an interesting life post-Apple. The latest news from the famed designer is that he’s invested an undisclosed amount in Cruz, the company behind a USB-C-powered bottle cap with built-in blades that’s designed
Read MorePhoto: Blizzard The Florida Mayhem won what is likely the last Overwatch League Grand Finals in a 4–0 blowout over the Houston Outlaws. Continue reading…
Read MoreIt’s been just over a month since the launch of the Jabra Elite 10, but you can already make a tidy savings on premium wireless earbuds. Jabra refers to them as the company’s most advanced earbuds ever. If so, the deal price of $224.99 certainly makes them worth a glance or two. Jabra Elite 10
Read MoreReturning favorite NBA 2K24 will be joined by a new Cut the Rope game, too.
Read MoreWall Street Journal: Sources: Netflix plans to raise the price of its ad-free service a few months after the Hollywood actors strike ends, likely starting with the US and Canada — Company to become latest streamer to lift fees; Disney weighs launching new live-sports tier abroad
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