There’s no shortage of wireless earphones to choose from these days, but if you’re on a tight budget, the pickings are rather slim. Thankfully, Mpow has you covered with a pretty decent pair that costs just $50, with all the usual features and commendable performance. At this price, you’d expect compromises in every department, but
Read MoreCommentary: For the first time since 2001, we have ourselves a wrestling war. But we don’t yet have a Rock, Austin or Goldberg. WWE vs. AEW in 2019: Wrestling wars are nice, but we're still missing a megastar – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThis new Microsoft 365 feature can help you stay in compliance with regulations like GDPR and better protect data. How to make the most of Microsoft’s new Compliance Score Console Source: Security
Read MoreA pair of new Pokémon games have launched exclusively on Facebook Gaming: Pokémon Tower Battle and Pokémon Medallion Battle. Pokémon Tower Battle is available worldwide, and pits two players against one another. You take it in turns to drop pokémon out of the sky like Tetris blocks, trying to build a stable tower. If you
Read MoreAs another year draws to a close in the world of Bitcoin and blockchain, we’ve decided to look back at some of our favorite cryptocurrency tweets of 2019. Some are funny, others are weird, but we’ve loved each and every single one. So, sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride. The Dorsey effect First up,
Read MoreNatalie Wexler / MIT Technology Review: Educators and school administrators love digital devices that studies show mostly have a negative impact on learning, harming lower performing students the most — Educators love digital devices, but there’s little evidence they help children—especially those who most need help. Educators and school administrators love digital devices that studies
Read MoreHard drive failures can be tough to bear, particularly for the average person who doesn’t back up. When it comes to data recovery, there’s always those bleating from the sidelines that it’s a job that must be left to the professionals. However, this is Hackaday, not HireSomeoneADay, so [Matt]’s video on do-it-yourself hard drive repair is
Read MoreThere’s a good chance the 2010s will go down as the most important decade in the history of portable phones. The iPhone kicked off the smartphone revolution in 2007, but it wasn’t until a few years later that all the major players came to fore. In the past 10 years, we’ve seen smartphones evolve from
Read MoreAmidst nationwide protests against new and upcoming citizenship laws in India, Firstpost reports that internet shutdowns — presently being used as a tool by the government to quell unrest in some states — are costing businesses across the country a pretty penny. According to Firstpost’s calculations, mobile carriers lose about $1 million on average every
Read MoreGreece has suspended the extradition of accused Bitcoin laundering mastermind Alexander Vinnik pending an appeal, Reuters reports. The country’s justice minister made the original decision to send Vinnik to France on Friday. This reportedly led Vinnik to a second hunger strike, with his first lasting for 88 days beginning in November 2018. Authorities claim Vinnik,
Read MoreWhile warehouse robots are already adept at most packaging tasks, they haven’t been great at working with soft textiles – until now. Uniqlo‘s parent company, Fast Retailing, teamed up with a Japanese startup called Mujin to develop robots that can identify, pick up, and pack apparel into shipping boxes just like a human worker. In
Read MoreThe team behind [8 Bits and a Byte] have built a talking toaster. More accurately, they retrofitted their existing toaster with some hardware components to make it appear to talk and get angry at its users. While the actual toaster functionality isn’t necessary for the build, it certainly allows the project to have a more
Read MoreCade Metz / New York Times: Randy Suess, co-creator of the first public dial-up bulletin board system, which was a forerunner of today’s social media services, has died at 74 — The messaging system that he and a friend created in 1978 was a forerunner of social media services like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. Randy
Read MoreRussell Brandom / The Verge: T-Mobile’s 2015 internal report made public at its merger trial shows the company positioning itself for two mergers, first with Sprint and then a cable company — ‘The only natural option,’ according to confidential 2015 report — As T-Mobile’s merger trial inches toward a verdict … T-Mobile's 2015 internal report
Read MoreThere is an old saying, that ‘the hand is quicker than the eye;, but somewhat slower than the fly.” However, with a little practice you can swat a fly, although it sometimes doesn’t seem to faze the fly. École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) has announced they have used nanotech to build a 1 gram
Read MoreJust next door, cosmologically speaking, is a planet almost exactly like Earth. It’s about the same size, is made of about the same stuff, and formed around the same star. To an alien astronomer light years away, observing the solar system through a telescope, it would be virtually indistinguishable from our own planet. But to
Read MoreProPublica: Sources show how Amazon repeatedly delayed or scrapped investments in common industry practices like onroad safety training, as it built out its driver network — ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Sources show how Amazon repeatedly delayed or
Read MoreKey events that preceded Muilenberg’s firing. Months of controversy preceded Boeing CEO’s firing Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreSpilling a drink on a laptop is a terrifying experience. If you’re lucky you’ll ruin just a keyboard, and if not, your entire machine could go up in smoke. Assuming you’ve just suffered the latter, you can still be out of luck, as many laptops come with fancy integrated keyboards that are not designed to
Read MoreAlmost half of marketers want total control over sponsored influencer posts, according to a recent study. Old habits die hard. For marketers used to masterminding a brand message and ensuring its implemented consistently, allowing influencers freedom to represent your brand, without strict guidelines, can feel like a new and daunting experience. In the early days
Read MoreIt wasn’t “I love you.” We just learned what Finn wanted to tell Rey in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – CNET Source: CNet
Read More{$inline_image} Chris Welch / The Verge: Dish increases price of both Sling TV packages, Orange and Blue, by $5 to $30/month, gives all users 10 hours of cloud-based DVR storage and additional channels — The cheap days of Sling TV are over — The cheap days of Sling TV are over. Dish’s internet TV service
Read MorePosts from MDL Beast’s high-profile attendees used the hashtag #ad or MDL Beast partners or brand ambassadors. Instagram influencers partied at a Saudi Arabian music festival — but no one mentioned human rights Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreIt’s a Christmas micromobility miracle! Failed scooter business Unicorn is getting bailed out by rival company Unagi, after Unicorn had to shut down recently without any money leftover for refunds. David Hyman, CEO of Unagi, told The Verge that he can offer a $1,000 Unagi electric scooter to any of the 350 people who bought
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The speed and convenience of Amazon’s own delivery network has regularly come at the price of safety, as detailed today in an extensive report by BuzzFeed News and ProPublica — including the death of Joy Covey, Amazon’s first CFO, who died when a van delivering Amazon packages turned
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