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October 7, 2019

The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance creates a system of trusted reward tokens backed by Microsoft and Intel, to incentivize teamwork in consortiums of companies (Ian Allison/CoinDesk)

Ian Allison / CoinDesk: The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance creates a system of trusted reward tokens backed by Microsoft and Intel, to incentivize teamwork in consortiums of companies — The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA), the consortium charged with creating standards for businesses to build applications using … The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance creates a system of trusted

October 7, 2019

In-depth Catalina review: iTunes breakup is a success and Catalyst disappoints but it is the first step to integrate macOS into an unbroken computing continuum (John Voorhees/MacStories)

John Voorhees / MacStories: In-depth Catalina review: iTunes breakup is a success and Catalyst disappoints but it is the first step to integrate macOS into an unbroken computing continuum — Ironically, Apple chose to name this year’s update to macOS after an island. Since the iPhone and iOS took off … In-depth Catalina review: iTunes

WoW Classic: Dire Maul dungeon goes live next week – CNET

Time to look for a group once again. WoW Classic: Dire Maul dungeon goes live next week – CNET Source: CNet

Nets Owner Joe Tsai Didn’t Seem Political. Until Now.

In response to an N.B.A. executive’s Twitter post, Tsai called pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong a “separatist movement,” further inflaming a geopolitical controversy. Nets Owner Joe Tsai Didn’t Seem Political. Until Now. Source: NY Times Tech

October 7, 2019

Instagram gets the iOS 13 dark mode treatment and it’s wonderful

Screenshots by Nick Statt / The Verge Instagram has updated its iPhone app to take advantage of native dark mode support in iOS 13, and it makes scrolling through your feed and tapping through Stories much easier on the eyes if you’re not a fan of Instagram’s popping color palette and bright white borders. Unfortunately,

October 7, 2019

Wendy’s (yes, Wendy’s) released a tabletop RPG

Here I thought dating Colonel Sanders was the strangest gaming-related thing I’d do this year. But now another fast food company has jumped on this curiously specific bandwagon: Wendy’s is making its own tabletop RPG called Feast of Legends. You play a hero of Freshtovia, a nation of peaceful beef-eaters, ruled by the red-headed Queen Wendy,

OnePlus CEO teases 7T Pro McLaren Edition on the way

{$inline_image}OnePlus may have announced the 7T just a couple of weeks ago, but that isn’t stopping the company from teasing further products. Today OnePlus CEO Pete Lau tweeted an image of a box with a carbon fiber pattern and orange stripe. That pretty much says it all: the company has another McLaren Edition device on

October 7, 2019

You need a MacBook with a butterfly keyboard to use macOS Catalina’s Sidecar

Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Apple released macOS Catalina today, and one of the update’s marquee features is Sidecar, which lets you use your iPad as a second display for your Mac. The feature is designed to be a handy way to give yourself some extra screen real estate, especially if you regularly

Pixel 4 launch in 8 days: Here's everything we know – CNET

Google’s next flagship is definitely on its way. Keep tabs on the other rumors about the Pixel 4 and 4 XL. Pixel 4 launch in 8 days: Here's everything we know – CNET Source: CNet

Roughly 40 state attorneys general plan to take part in Facebook antitrust probe

Participation in the New York-led antitrust investigation of Facebook reflects a broadening belief among the country’s top Democrats and Republicans that the tech giant may be undermining its social-networking rivals. Roughly 40 state attorneys general plan to take part in Facebook antitrust probe Source: Washington Post Tech

October 7, 2019

Google now requires Digital Wellbeing and USB-C PD charging standard for new Android phones

Google introduced new guidelines that Android device makers must follow in order to use its services, according to a technical document obtained by XDA Developers. Of what we’ve seen so far, one of the more notable changes is that Google will require new Android devices to be compatible with USB-C PD chargers. USB-C PD is

October 7, 2019

The PS4’s Facebook integration comes to an abrupt end, but it should only be temporary

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Sony today disabled the ability for PlayStation 4 owners to link the game console to their Facebook account. That in turn disabled the ability to use your Facebook profile photo as your official PlayStation Network avatar, the ability to find friends using your Facebook friends list, and

October 7, 2019

Hulu launches support for offline viewing, letting users download up to 25 titles across 5 devices, initially available only to iOS users on its "No Ads" plan (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Hulu launches support for offline viewing, letting users download up to 25 titles across 5 devices, initially available only to iOS users on its “No Ads” plan — Hulu is finally adding downloads to its streaming service, years after Netflix and Amazon Prime Video did the same. Hulu launches support for

A Bootable Greeting For The Xenomorph In Your Life

When he needed a gift for his Alien superfan friend, [Stephen Brennan] decided the best way to put his unique set of skills to use would be to create a bootable Linux operating system that captures the sights and sounds of the Nostromo’s retro-futuristic computer systems. We could all use a friend like that. Even

US blacklists 8 Chinese tech companies over human rights issues – CNET

Companies are accused of human rights violations against Uighur Muslims and other predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities. US blacklists 8 Chinese tech companies over human rights issues – CNET Source: CNet

October 7, 2019

Instagram cuts the Following tab so we can like and comment in peace

Instagram’s killing the “Following” tab in its app, meaning you’ll no longer be able to track the every online move of the people you follow. It’s almost as though Instagram recognized the feature was only used by people to creep on each other. Buzzfeed today reported the company was killing off the feature, trimming the

October 7, 2019

Apple recommends that users such as DJs avoid Catalina until developers update their apps, as the option to export music libraries as XML files has been removed (Dani Deahl/The Verge)

Dani Deahl / The Verge: Apple recommends that users such as DJs avoid Catalina until developers update their apps, as the option to export music libraries as XML files has been removed — Apple recommends users avoid Catalina until developers update their apps — Apple’s latest desktop operating system update … Apple recommends that users

NASA Mars Curiosity rover finds an 'ancient oasis' – CNET

Mars transitioned from a wet environment to a desert, NASA says. NASA Mars Curiosity rover finds an 'ancient oasis' – CNET Source: CNet

October 7, 2019

Researchers discover quantum vibrations at room temperature

A team of researchers from MIT and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology have successfully coaxed a single quantum vibration from a diamond at room temperature. This breakthrough represents yet another giant chip in the veneer separating the classical universe we see from the quantum one beneath. Another way of putting it: The hippies were

October 7, 2019

Apple is hiding Taiwan’s flag emoji if you’re in Hong Kong or Macau

When Apple released iOS 13.1.1 in late September, it appears to have dropped the Taiwan flag from the emoji keyboard for users that have their iOS region set to Hong Kong or Macau, as noticed by the blog Hiraku and later corroborated by Hong Kong Free Press. The Taiwan flag emoji isn’t completely gone —

October 7, 2019

Genndy Tartakovsky’s dinosaur epic Primal turns compassion into a survival tool

In “Spear and Fang,” the first episode of the new animated Adult Swim show Primal, the caveman Spear (Aaron LaPlante) sees his mate and young children devoured by a pack of horned dinosaurs. Later in the episode, he winds up fighting that same pack alongside a Tyrannosaurus dubbed Fang, and he befriends her two young

October 7, 2019

SCOTUS rejects Amazon's appeal to avoid a lawsuit from Nevada warehouse workers seeking compensation for time spent in required post-shift security searches (Andrew Chung/Reuters)

Andrew Chung / Reuters: SCOTUS rejects Amazon’s appeal to avoid a lawsuit from Nevada warehouse workers seeking compensation for time spent in required post-shift security searches — WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Amazon.com’s bid to avoid a lawsuit seeking to ensure … SCOTUS rejects Amazon's appeal to avoid

October 7, 2019

Hulu finally lets you download shows to watch offline (iOS first)

Well, better late than never. Today Hulu announced it was finally adding the ability to download shows to view offline, following the feature’s addition to Amazon Prime Video and Netflix years ago. The feature is coming to iOS first, and Android users ‘soon.’ While in an ideal world we’d all be able to watch streaming

October 7, 2019

Catalina review: Sidecar is great, Arcade is solid but has fewer games than on iOS, iPad apps via Catalyst are lacking, and security prompts are overbearing (Dieter Bohn/The Verge)

Dieter Bohn / The Verge: Catalina review: Sidecar is great, Arcade is solid but has fewer games than on iOS, iPad apps via Catalyst are lacking, and security prompts are overbearing — iTunes is gone, but what comes next? — It’s been a messy fall for Apple software releases. iOS and iPadOS have already …

October 7, 2019

Trump admin blacklists eight Chinese tech companies, including video surveillance camera giants, implicated in human rights violations against Muslim minorities (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Trump admin blacklists eight Chinese tech companies, including video surveillance camera giants, implicated in human rights violations against Muslim minorities — – Move comes as U.S.-China high-level trade talks set to resume — Action targets Chinese surveillance companies, public entities Trump admin blacklists eight Chinese tech companies, including video surveillance camera giants, implicated in

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