Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter has admitted that, in the past, the platform was skewed to show more ads to users with fewer followers, as first reported by CNBC. The policy was intended to give popular users a better experience, incentivizing them to stay on the platform. “Historically, users with high follower
Read MoreGoogle’s Pixel 4 and 4 XL are the latest smartphones to jump on the high-refresh-rate craze, but when your new shiny Pixel is finally in your hand, you may find that its 90Hz screen isn’t always as smooth as you expected. Read more… How to Force Google's Pixel 4 to Always Use a 90Hz Refresh
Read MoreMicrosoft has shared its post-mortem on the October 18 MFA issue which affected a number of North American Azure and Office 365 users. Microsoft: Packet loss involving Apple Push Notification Service was latest MFA outage culprit Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreBang & Olufsen has a new, second-generation version of its Beoplay H4 headphones out today, offering an improved design, USB-C charging, and support for your phone’s voice assistant through a new dedicated hardware button and extra microphone. At $300, the original Beoplay H4 were some of the cheapest headphones Bang & Olufsen offered, and the
Read MoreFacebook is getting its own dedicated news tab later this week, apparently. The platform’s tricky relationship with news is now crystallizing into a partnership, in which Facebook will pay big publishers to post to the news tab. CEO Mark Zuckerberg teased this new announcement during his tete-a-tete with Congress this week: “Later in this week
Read More{$inline_image}IBM Research today revealed a breakthrough nanotechnology technique that allows researchers to position individual atoms and control their quantum properties. This could be a watershed moment on the path to generally useful quantum computers. The research team developed the technique in order to build a quantum computing simulator. Binary computers – like the kind you’re using
Read MoreWhat’s the weirdest computer you can think of? This one’s weirder. [Dr. Cockroach] figured out a way to create an inverting NOT gate from just one LED and two resistors (one being a photo-resistor). The Dr. has since built AND, NAND, OR, NOR, XOR and XNOR gates, as well as a buffer, incorporating light into
Read MoreTen percent of U.S. Twitter users are behind 97 percent of tweets that mention national politics, according to a Pew study. Most of the political tweets you see are from a minority of users, a Pew study says Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreCreative block is over, if you want it. If you’re stuck without ideas in a brainstorm or a project, you just need to use this simple system: consume things, take notes, and bring those notes with you. Here’s how to do that effectively. Read more… Never Start With a Blank Page Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreWhat happens when an algorithm cuts your health care | Artist: William Joel A health care algorithm makes black patients substantially less likely than their white counterparts to receive important medical treatment. The major flaw affects millions of patients, and was just revealed in research published this week in the journal Science. The study does
Read MorePhoto: STXfilms It’s abundantly clear to anyone who’s ever used Twitter that our apps want to kill us. The new horror movie Countdown just wants to ask how and why. Instantly and frequently summarized as “the killer app movie,” Justin Dec’s writing and directing feature debut is that and more. In a premise with the
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Pandora today announced it will display full song credits for millions of songs on its desktop app and on the web. The new feature will be available to all tiers of Pandora users, not just premium ones, and it will include everything from who played the keyboards
Read MorePhoto: Reddit (/u/Bubba_Nosferatu) Nvidia’s new Shield TV Pro and Shield TV streaming boxes have both already throughly been leaked by various online retailers, but things aren’t stopping there: some Best Buy locations are already selling the new Shield TV boxes ahead of the rumored October 28th launch, via 9to5Google. Photos of the new Shield TVs
Read MoreIn your quest to find an especially great deal for a flight, you’ll likely come across airlines that seem made up—take Bearskin Airlines, for example, which operates out of Ontario, Canada and is very real. Or Chair Airlines, a Swiss airline that flies throughout Europe and is not a figment of your imagination.… Read more…
Read MorePhoto by Robert Reiners/Getty Images Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek is the latest Twitch megastar to abandon the Amazon-owned streaming service in favor of Microsoft’s Mixer platform. Grzesiek, a former professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player, made his announcement on Twitter today. His first stream is today at 8pm ET. He jokes in the announcement video that he’s
Read MoreThis gussied-up LS sedan will demonstrate the automaker’s work in developing Level-4 autonomous technology. Toyota will offer rides in self-driving Lexus next summer – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreWith plenty of mics and cameras at disposal, AI has gotten good at ‘seeing’ and ‘listening.’ But one human sense it hasn’t got around much is smell. Now, researchers at Google are trying to develop a neural network that helps an AI identify the smell characteristics of a molecule. The company said identifying smell is
Read MoreYou know what’s scarier than goblins and ghouls? MOLD and MICE living in a gourd on your porch. Read more… How to Preserve a Jack-O'-Lantern Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreVisitors to TodosConBiden.com (Spanish for “All With Biden”) will encounter a very sad message: Joe forgot about Latinos. Oops! Biden forgot to buy TodosConBiden.com and now Trump owns it – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWhile I’m willing to bet that you probably haven’t downloaded any adware from the Google Play Store recently, a new report from ESET indicates that various Android users have downloaded 42 different adware-filled Android apps more than eight million times in total. So, just in case, here’s what’s going on—and a list… Read more… Delete
Read MoreTake a peek inside the Pixel. iFixit teardown shows what's inside the Pixel 4 XL – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWelcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world. The world of cryptocurrency can be confusing at the best of times, but if you throw in the terms “whale,” “bear,” and “bull,” you’re probably left wondering what these animals
Read MoreThe app, which lets you make short videos lip-syncing or dancing to songs, is owned by China-based ByteDance. Senators call for probe into TikTok over possible national security risks – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA British firm claims it has been hired by a mysterious robotics company to find the perfect face for a new fleet of humanoid robots. Wanted: ‘Friendly’ human face for global army of humanoid robots. Apply within. Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreCinnabon technically makes cinnamon rolls, but the product they put out is almost in a category all by itself. The rolls are stickier, gooier, denser, and more intense than their peers. Read more… How to Make Your Cinnamon Rolls Taste Like Cinnabon's Source: Life Hacker
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