YouTubers have raised more than $10 million as part of a fundraiser to plant trees across the globe, meeting more than half of the goal organizers laid out last week. The initiative, called Team Trees, had YouTubers flooding the platform with videos asking their viewers to donate money, with the goal of raising $20 million
Read MoreNo surprise, but Apple’s new wireless earbuds are not the easiest to replace. iFixit teardown reveals a look inside what makes the AirPods Pro – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreTechno-occultism, surveillance, and vacuum cleaners Continue reading… The Moon Channel: a short horror game about smart home gadgets Source: New feed
Read MoreApple TV Plus wants potential subscribers to be excited about streaming. It’s launching with four big-budget shows featuring household names. But early reviews tell a different story, one where Apple’s presence in an oversaturated streaming space doesn’t seem necessary. Negative reviews right out of the gate aren’t improving Apple’s chances, but that doesn’t mean the
Read MoreEvan Blass (Twitter) Motorola is planning to unveil its foldable RAZR phone next month, but two new leaks have given us an early look at the handset. Evan Blass (evleaks) shared an image of the foldable RAZR on his Twitter account today, and it looks a lot like the classic RAZR V3 from 2004. Motorola
Read MoreIntroducing the “Hack-O’-Lantern,” the easiest gourd-based decoration you can create this Halloween. Read more… Hack-O'-Lantern: Our Best Pumpkin Carving Tips Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreGet the 3.7-quart model for $69 or the 5.8-quart for $84. Both have presets, touch controls and a digital display. Cosori's super-fancy air fryers are on sale at all-time low prices – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDisney’s $7 rival to Netflix will stream its big-budget movies and exclusive original shows from Marvel, Star Wars, Pixar and its own studios, plus a huge library of classics. Disney Plus: Launch dates, prices, preorders, shows and movies to expect – CNET Source: CNet
Read More{$inline_image} Chalk helps your grip so much. Powerlifters know this, gymnasts know this, Olympic lifters know this. But if you lift at a commercial gym, you may have never gotten to know this wonderful substance; it’s pretty much never available, and often banned. Well, here’s how to bend the rules. Read more… How to Use
Read MoreWhat’s cancel culture really like? Ask a teenager. They know. Tales From the Teenage Cancel Culture Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreMark Zuckerberg doubled down on free speech. The Technology 202: Twitter placed the political ad ball in Facebook’s court Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreGuilty pleas to charges of hacking and an extortion conspiracy cap a legal saga that ensnared the tech companies in data breach scandals. 2 Plead Guilty in 2016 Uber and Lynda.com Hacks Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreMicrosoft has partnered with a Regional Transport Office in the northern city of Dehradun India to roll out a smartphone-based system for driving license tests. The company’s Harnessing AutoMobiles for Safety (HAMS) uses AI to monitor drivers and their driving. To use the AI, the driver has to place a phone on a holder on the dashboard of
Read MoreBehind Hot Ones’ ambitions to be the future of late-night TV Continue reading… In the hot seat Source: New feed
Read MoreBusinesses are turning to multi-cloud solutions – and the most successful providers will be those that can use channel partners to help customers manage their platforms. Can AWS be caught? Here's how its cloud computing rivals can improve their chances Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreHere’s a breakdown of how the saga of the controversial Chinese telecom giant and phone maker has unfolded. Huawei ban: Full timeline as FCC says it'll cut off carriers using Chinese company's gear – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreScreenshot by Jon Porter / The Verge One of Medium’s biggest strengths is its sleek design, which can give anything published on the platform an air of legitimacy, regardless of whether it deserves it or not. Now, one Twitter user has released a script that breaks this illusion, which gives every Medium post a gaudy
Read MoreThe general election has caused the government to hold off again, according to Bloomberg. Decision on giving Huawei access to UK's 5G network apparently delayed again – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePavel Alpeyev / Bloomberg: Nintendo beats estimates in Q2 with sales of 4.8M Switch consoles, up 50% YoY, and operating income of ~$615M on revenue of ~$2.5B — – Switch sales climb 50% from a year ago to 4.8 million units — Nintendo sticks with conservative full-year earnings outlook Nintendo beats estimates in Q2 with
Read MoreSarah Emerson / OneZero: An investigation into the supply chain of AmazonBasics batteries shows how Amazon masks its private label operations through a discreet network of outsourcing — One of Amazon’s smallest and most popular products has a surprisingly large footprint — heard the “pop!” from my living room … An investigation into the supply
Read MoreWelcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! Gaming will always be there for you. No matter how bad the weather is, how you’re feeling, or whatever else is going on in your life, you can always find some respite in video games. They let you explore
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge If you’ve ever wondered about the value of having multiple social networks competing to develop the best products and policies, Wednesday offered us a clear example. Facebook is now three weeks into a controversy over whether (and how) it ought to regulate political ads, and the lies
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Apple Watch has become the standard by which all other smartwatches are measured. It provides you with information about your fitness, heart rate, and general health; lets you listen to your favorite music and other audio streams; notifies your friends or family in case of emergency; lets
Read MoreButterflies are rather like Goldilocks, preferring conditions to be neither too hot nor too cold, but “just right.” Under climate change, the temperature at any given time of summer is, on average, getting warmer, leaving butterflies (and their nocturnal cousins, the moths) with the challenge of how to remain in their optimal temperature window. One
Read MoreFacebook, once an innocent tool to share ‘what’s on your mind’ has increasingly been weaponized by governments to spread disinformation and manipulate elections — something hundreds of the tech giants’ employees outlined in an open letter this week that urged the company to rethink its stance on political ads. As reported by The New York
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