Looking for a wireless headphone that’s great for voice calling? Here are our current top picks. Best wireless earbuds and bluetooth headphones for phone calls – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBloomberg: Sources: the Trump campaign has bought exclusive nationwide masthead ads on YouTube for days leading up to and on election day; ads may cost up to $1M+ a day — In the immediate run up to the U.S. presidential election and on Election Day, the homepage of YouTube is set to advertise just one
Read MoreJon Marcus / New York Times: A look at current innovations in higher ed, including ongoing subscriptions instead of tuition, AI tutors, and transcripts that can help students find work — Labs test artificial intelligence, virtual reality and other innovations that could improve learning and lower costs for Generation Z and beyond. A look at
Read MoreWelcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Twitter is kind of the wild west of social media. Everything’s thrown together in one big news feed, and even if you’re scrupulous with the use of lists, some things
Read MorePhoto by MAKSYM MYKHAILYK/AFP via Getty Images An email that appeared to come from Ukraine’s ministry of health containing false information about coronavirus cases in the country led to a number of violent protests and standoffs with police, reports BuzzFeed News. The email originated from outside Ukraine, according to a government statement, and it falsely
Read MoreThe retailer said it was listening, but defended its right to sell books “that some may find objectionable.” Holocaust Educators Urge Amazon to Stop Selling Nazi Propaganda Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe voice actor reveals his “magic trick” for playing countless identical-but-different troops in the CGI animated series, which has returned on Disney Plus. Star Wars: The Clone Wars season 7 brings Dee Bradley Baker back to the battlefield – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePuddles everywhere. NASA satellite captures Antarctica melting during heat wave – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThis could help scientists understand how plant communities, as well as possibly animals, will react to climate change, a new study says. Ancient pack rat nests could offer snapshots of Earth's past – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreLuke Cage writer Matt Owens will pen the new Star Wars project. New Star Wars movie could be coming from Sleight director J.D. Dillard – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA clock can be a simple device that keeps you aware of the current time, but it can also be so much more. It can express an aesthetic ideal from yesteryear, or be a throwback to a popular cultural touchstone. It can even be both, in the case of the brilliant Arkaclock from [Victor Serrano].
Read MoreTom Warren / The Verge: With iOS 14, Apple may start opening its walled garden, beginning with third-party apps as defaults, which improves user experience and eases antitrust pressure — Default app changes are small but significant — I have a love-hate relationship with my iPhone. With iOS 14, Apple may start opening its walled
Read MoreFormer New York City mayor and presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg is spending an unprecedented amount of money on his campaign. A big chunk of that is going into his social media efforts, where members of his campaign have been posting Pro-Bloomberg messages. The problem is there’s no obvious way to tell these messages come from
Read MoreThe Democratic Party of Nevada is asking volunteers to sign non-disparagement agreements. Nevada Democratic Party moves to muzzle election workers Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreIt joins AT&T Cybersecurity, IBM and a small number of exhibitors in declining to attend the event. Coronavirus prompts Verizon to pull out of RSA sponsorship – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto by Vlad Savov / The Verge Google on Friday evening published a support article meant to clarify the ongoing situation with Huawei. Last year, the United States government barred companies in the US from working with the Chinese hardware maker. “Google is prohibited from working with Huawei on new device models or providing Google’s
Read MoreThe remains of an ancient horned lark were discovered frozen in the Siberian permafrost. A 46,000-year-old bird carcass provides clues to evolution and climate change – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge On Friday morning, Jeff Sites, a challenger to Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, didn’t have a blue verification badge on his official Twitter page. Sites had announced his campaign months earlier, so he should have been verified months ago. It caught the eye of one volunteer named Nancy Levine,
Read MoreNBCUniversal is in advanced talks to acquire Vudu, the Walmart-owned video service, according to The Wall Street Journal. Though the talks “may not result in a deal,” it sounds like NBCUniversal — part of Comcast, an investor in The Verge’s parent company Vox Media — has a number of ideas for what it would do
Read MoreDon’t count on your private WhatsApp group being as private as you think. An important PSA has been making the rounds today after DW journalist Jordan Wildon noted that using Whatsapp’s “Invite to Group via Link” feature lets groups be indexed by search engines. Your WhatsApp groups may not be as secure as you think
Read MoreIt’s the one where the gang gets back together — and all it reportedly cost was $3 million for each main cast member. Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, Courteney Cox, David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc, and Matthew Perry will all return for a one-off special that’s set to debut along with HBO Max in May. The cast
Read MoreCNBC: Sources: Google has reached a settlement with state AGs over outside consultants hired to work on the states’ antitrust investigation — Google has reached a settlement with state attorneys general over outside consultants hired to work on the states’ antitrust investigation, CNBC has learned. Sources: Google has reached a settlement with state AGs over
Read More{$inline_image} CNBC: Sources: Google has reached a settlement with state AGs over outside consultants hired to work on the states’ antitrust investigation — Google has reached a settlement with state attorneys general over outside consultants hired to work on the states’ antitrust investigation, CNBC has learned. Sources: Google has reached a settlement with state AGs
Read MoreAudiolab’s Nano Wireless DAC and Headphone Amplifier enhances your music and restores the headphone jack your phone manufacturer stole from you. Upgrade your phone or laptop with audiophile-quality sound for 9 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWhen I moved from a Pixel 3 to 4, I found myself missing the fingerprint sensor much more than expected. Not because of the fingerprint reader itself – Google’s Face ID works surprisingly well – but because I used the fingerprint reader to pull down the notification shade all the time. It turns out Google
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