After completing the first of 10 spacewalks to upgrade the station, astronaut Christina Koch, wrote: The great @Space_Station battery swap series of spacewalks is underway! Replacing the Space Station’s Solar Array Batteries Source: NASA
Read MoreManish Singh / TechCrunch: Next Insurance, which offers digital insurance products for small businesses, raises $250M Series C at a valuation of $1B+, bringing its total raised to $381M — Next Insurance, a three-year-old U.S.-based firm that sells insurance products to small businesses, has become the latest unicorn … Next Insurance, which offers digital insurance
Read MoreThe laws go after malicious video forgeries. California laws seek to crack down on deepfakes in politics and porn – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWhen you consider which credit card to apply for, you might first notice if a card has a signup bonus or offers a high rate of rewards. But if you plan to travel internationally, should look past the rewards and make sure you’re getting an increasingly common card benefit: zero foreign transaction fees. Read more…
Read MoreBy making more power for various electronics, the vehicle can use a battery’s range more efficiently. Latest Bosch semiconductor boosts electric-car range – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreAndrew Chung / Reuters: SCOTUS refuses to review a 2018 decision by appeals court that found Apple didn’t infringe on a Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison patent and threw out $506M in damages — WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a bid by the University of Wisconsin’s patent licensing arm …
Read MoreI have a real soft spot for the Apple TV. I’ve used the range for years, and it’s still got pride of place in my home — but I also think it’s one of Apple’s disappointing products. And that makes me sad. The recent tvOS 13 update has been a long-awaited push in the right
Read More{$inline_image}Welcome 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. If you, like me, have a questionable taste in music and die inside a little every time you’re asked about your favorite music, you probably don’t want anyone seeing what
Read MoreiFixit has posted a detailed teardown of Samsung’s revised Galaxy Fold almost six months after it was pressured into taking down its analysis of the original folding device. We already had a good idea of many of the things Samsung has done to reinforce the Fold, but iFixit’s analysis gives us a much better look
Read MoreWhen Apple Arcade launched in September, there was one aspect, in particular, that was unique about the subscription service. We knew more than 100 games were coming to Arcade and that some of the biggest names in mobile gaming were developing titles, but many of those games were secret up until Apple Arcade actually debuted.
Read MoreFinancial Times: Sources: Apple has recently approached big music labels about bundling together Apple Music and Apple TV+ for one flat monthly fee — Apple’s hopes of creating a super-bundle of media content for one flat monthly fee have run into early opposition, with some record labels nervous … Sources: Apple has recently approached big
Read MoreThe UAW released an update on Sunday saying negotiations have “taken a turn for the worse.” Three weeks into strike, UAW says GM talks took a wrong turn – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreRocking out to your favorite playlists just got a bit easier. Spotify update for iOS 13 adds Siri support – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto by James Bareham / The Verge Keyboard shortcuts have always been a favorite of writers, coders, and other fast-track computer users who want to get as much text on the screen as they can without having to lift their hands from their keyboards. But in the case of Chromebooks, shortcuts can also help new
Read MoreEriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter: Facebook agrees to pay $40M in proposed settlement with several advertising agencies that claimed the company misstated video metrics by 150-900% — Advertisers would collect the bulk of the money after alleging Facebook inflated the average time users viewed video on the platform. Facebook agrees to pay M in proposed
Read MoreThere’s a common expression among fitness subreddits and lifting forums: The day you start lifting is the day you become forever small. In other words, you might not ever feel satisfied after years of hard work or when you reach your goals. Read more… How Do You Stay Motivated to Work Out When You Aren't
Read MoreMicrosoft’s first two dual-screen devices will be running two different operating systems, Windows 10X and Android. But above the OS level, there will likely be more commonalities than differences. What's Microsoft's developer story for its new dual-screen Surface devices? Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreWhether fair or not, teenagers have somewhat of a bad rap. They’re stereotypically sullen, they talk back and they’re embarrassed by our very existence. Not always, of course, but parents can find their relationship with their child strained during the teenage years. And it’s not necessarily the kid’s fault. Read more… How to Have a
Read MoreIt’s complicated, finally Continue reading… iPadOS review: 50 percent more computer Source: New feed
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Spotify has launched the ability to play music with Apple’s Siri voice assistant on the iPhone and iPad. The new feature, only recently made possible in iOS 13, puts Spotify on more equal footing with Apple Music. It showed up in the company’s beta app in late September,
Read MoreAnd you shouldn’t be either. Every company wants to rule Linux — none of them can or ever will. Linus Torvalds isn't worried about Microsoft taking over Linux Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreDavid Carnoy / CNET: Amazon launches $110 Kindle Kids Edition, with a choice of four cases, one year free FreeTime Unlimited subscription, and features like achievement badges — Amazon’s been selling kid-friendly editions of Fire tablets for a while, but now it’s bringing the Kids Edition concept to its Kindle e-reader. Amazon launches 0 Kindle
Read MoreA new season of Schitt’s Creek arrives on Thursday, which is really the best news you’ve had in ages, n’est-ce pas? I couldn’t wait for the Netflix drop and so already watched the season on Pop TV (Pop TV’s other hit is a reality show about Alan Thicke called Unusually Thicke, which seems like a
Read MoreIn the UK, a new chocolate bar contains a blockchain-based token, either to be directly gifted to the cocoa farmer or redeemed for a discount on the next purchase, Fast Company reports. Sure, it’s chocolate, but The Other Bar pitches itself as a social experiment, too. In partnership with the United Nations Development Programme, Amsterdam’s FairChain Foundation
Read MorePhoto by Sean O’Kane/The Verge Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that he wants his company’s cars to offer custom horn and movement sounds in the future, and suggested that these could include the sound of goats, farts, and even coconuts. Teslerati notes that this latter suggestion seems to be a reference to King Arthur in
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