TikTok Is Shaping Politics. But How?
Two researchers have studied political expression on the app since the Musical.ly era. Here’s what they found. TikTok Is Shaping Politics. But How? Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreTwo researchers have studied political expression on the app since the Musical.ly era. Here’s what they found. TikTok Is Shaping Politics. But How? Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreAstronomers once believed that most solar systems would be much like our own, with small rocky planets near their sun, accompanied by gas giants orbiting the star at greater distances. Beginning in 1992, researchers began to find worlds orbiting alien stars, and soon found solar systems came in a wide variety of formations. Today, astronomers
Read MoreUSB-C has brought the world much more powerful charging options in a slimline connector. With laptop chargers and portable battery packs using the standard, many with older hardware are converting their devices over to work with USB-C. [victorc] was trying to do just that, purchasing an adapter cable to charge a ThinkPad. Things didn’t quite
Read MoreLauren Goode / Wired: Virtual labs at WWDC and Microsoft Build lowered barriers to entry and for some felt more personal than live labs, but the conferences lacked communal elements — The end of WWDC marks the end of Big Tech’s conference season. What did this virtual experiment reveal about the meaning of community? Virtual
Read MoreAlong with the substantial rise in bread baking over the last few months, many people have been whipped into a frenzy over this tasty-looking frothy coffee beverage called Dalgona. It’s like a caffeinated meringue made from instant coffee, sugar, boiling water, and a whole lot of air that is then spooned onto milk or milk
Read MorePhoto by Bobby Quillard What you’ve probably heard: three months after he signed an exclusive two-year contract with Twitch for a “life-changing” amount of money, Twitch has nonetheless “permanently banned” Guy Beahm, aka Dr Disrespect, for something he did in violation of the company’s rules. What you might be thinking: it’s too much of a
Read MoreRussell Flannery / Forbes: Agora, which helps app developers embed real-time voice and video communication, closed up 153% in its Nasdaq debut, after raising $350M in its IPO at $20/share — Grocery chain Albertsons might have been the best-known IPO in the U.S. this week among American investors … Agora, which helps app developers embed
Read MoreRobin Wauters / Tech.eu: France-based startup ubble, which prompts users to capture a live video of their face and an official ID to verify identity, raises €10M seed round — A fledgling French identity verification tech startup that goes by the name of ubble has raised seed funding from Partech and Breega … France-based startup
Read MoreCheap 433 MHz wireless switches are a tempting way to enter the world of home automation, but without dedicated hardware, they can be less easy to control from a PC. That’s the position [TheStaticTurtle] was in, so the solution was obvious. Build a USB 433 MHz transceiver. At the computer end is a CH340 USB-to-serial
Read MoreTheodore Schleifer / Vox: Current and former employees at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative say Facebook’s crises affect not only how the organization’s employees feel, but what they do — Inside the unrest at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. — At an emotional company town hall last week that blew past its hour-long time limit … Current
Read MoreApple announced iOS 14 at the WWDC keynote. I tried out the developer beta version to get an early look at what’s coming to our iPhones in the fall. iOS 14 preview: Hands-on with widgets, App Clips, Back Tap and picture-in-picture – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWhoa! See Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter be excellent to each other, and their future selves, in the new movie. Bill and Ted Face the Music hits theaters Aug. 28. Bill and Ted go on another adventure in Face the Music trailer – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWe always look forward to a new blog post by [Ken Shirriff] and this latest one didn’t cure us of that. His topic this time? Comparing two Game Boy audio chips. People have noticed before that the Game Boy Color sounds very different than a classic Game Boy, and he wanted to find out why.
Read MoreAn inside joke about a TikTok meme among a group of friends on Twitter grew into a minor social media mystery before morphing into a fundraiser for anti-racism causes. Yes, that might be the most 2020 sentence I’ve written to date. On Thursday, the eye-mouth-eye emoji meme started appearing in people’s Twitter handles and almost
Read MoreBrian Fung / CNN: With top 100 brands contributing only an estimated 6% of Facebook’s revenue and Zuckerberg’s voting control over the company, ad boycott’s impact may be limited — (CNN)For years, Facebook (FB) has been viewed as one of the only truly indispensable digital advertising platforms for big … With top 100 brands contributing
Read More{$inline_image} Brian Fung / CNN: With top 100 brands contributing only an estimated 6% of Facebook’s revenue and Zuckerberg’s voting control over the company, ad boycott’s impact may be limited — (CNN)For years, Facebook (FB) has been viewed as one of the only truly indispensable digital advertising platforms for big … With top 100 brands
Read MoreGet a sensational view of the International Space Station. ISS looks like a Star Wars TIE fighter as it crosses the sun in NASA image – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMeet the new female superhero Stormfront, plus get the latest on Amazon Prime’s dysfunctional superhero series The Boys, starring Karl Urban and airing Sept. 4. Amazon's The Boys season 2: New trailers, cast and release date – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter says it’s working on improving how it labels tweets with problematic 5G or coronavirus content, after users reported their tweets were being mislabeled with a COVID-19 fact-check. “In the last few weeks, you may have seen Tweets with labels linking to additional info about COVID-19,” Twitter Support
Read MoreEd Dwight may not be remembered by many space aficionados, but he very nearly became a household name, spoken in the same breath with John Glenn and Yuri Gagarin. In the early 1960’s, Dwight nearly became the first African-American to reach space. Born in Kansas City, Kansas in 1933, Dwight’s father, Ed Dwight, Sr, played
Read MorePart of NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy’s spacesuit breaks off and floats away into space. Space Station astronaut loses mirror during maintenance spacewalk – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAmazon is offering this kid-friendly smart bundle for just $60, close to its lowest price ever. Get an Echo Dot Kids Edition and Echo Glow for off – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWe’ve rounded up the best ways to save money on housewares, bedding, electronics and more. The best July 4th deals happening now – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThis article was originally published by Sarah Wray on Cities Today, the leading news platform on urban mobility and innovation, reaching an international audience of city leaders. For the latest updates follow Cities Today on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube, or sign up for Cities Today News. Uber’s software will power on-demand public transport
Read MoreWhile shopping may just seem like something you have to do to get the stuff you need, the way we spend our money has a bigger impact than we may think. Big-box retailers won’t miss the sale if you opt to purchase something from a small business. Plus, when you shop at independent stores, you’ll
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