Windows has a propensity to accrue digital dust and grime that can bog down the system, and reinstalling the operating system is a nice catch-all cure for anything that ails it. Read more… How to 'Refresh' Your PC When Windows Says There's a Problem Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreAn Apple Card support page warns if the titanium credit card comes into contact with leather or denim, the interaction could cause “permanent discoloration that might not wash off.” The Apple Card is a beautiful baby bird and should be handled as such Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreOn Wednesday, Washington Governor Jay Inslee officially dropped out of the presidential race, just days after John Hickenlooper also called it quits (and announced his Senate bid). As of June, both former candidates raised nearly $8.5 million in campaign contributions from individual donors and PACs. Read more… What Happens to Your Campaign Contributions When a
Read MoreThe AR mobile game has extended its beta from iOS to Android. Minecraft Earth beta opens to Android – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFacebook’s Joel Hesch talks about how Oculus Insight tracking is the present and future for VR/AR. How Facebook AR glasses could become real thanks to Oculus VR tech – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHurricanes are making at least one spider species more hostile. Spiders become more aggressive after extreme weather, study says – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCheck out the new crater to find these consumables. Fortnite season 10 challenges and where to find glitched foraged items – CNET Source: CNet
Read More[Steffen Pfiffner’s] tent during the Chaos Communication Camp is full of happiness delivered by something greater than alcohol alone. He’s brought a robot bartender that serves up a show while mixing up one of about 50 cocktail recipes. The project is the work of five friends from Lake Constance (Bodensee) in southern Germany, near the
Read MoreOn paper, this little trick should be possible. The Apple Watch uses a Qi-based charger, and your AirPod wireless charging case also supports Qi charging. Instead of plugging in your wireless charging case, you should be able to set it right on top of your Apple Watch charger to give it some juice. Right? Read
Read MorePhoto by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images News Corp is developing a news distribution service designed to offer an alternative to Google and Facebook, according to The Wall Street Journal. It’s currently being called Knewz, and it’s meant to give the Rupert Murdoch-owned publishing empire leverage over the two tech giants, both of which have become integral
Read MoreBungie has activated the long-awaited cross-save feature for Destiny 2, meaning you can finally move your Guardians, with all of their loot, to a different platform and freely jump between console and PC at your leisure. Here’s how to do it, whether you want to transfer your account data between a PC and PS4, an
Read MoreThe imminent launch of Android 10 (née “Android Q”) will bring a host of new things to do, and several built-in Android apps are also prepping a few fun features that you can try out right now—no Android Q needed. These include Google’s own Digital Wellbeing app, which lets users monitor their device and app
Read MoreImage: Google One of the disappointments my colleague Dan Seifert had with Lenovo’s Smart Clock was that the device’s tiny screen didn’t do as much as it could (or should) compared to similar products. At launch, it didn’t even offer the basic function of acting as a digital picture frame for your photo library. That’s
Read MoreA few weeks ago I attended a music festival with some friends. At some point, I was scrolling through Instagram Stories and then put my phone in my pocket. When I took it out a little while later I realized that I had apparently sent DMs to a number of my friends with an image
Read MoreFunctional circuit sculptures have been gaining popularity with adventuring electronic artists who dare attempt the finicky art form of balancing structure and wire routing. [Kelly Heaton’s] sculptures however are on a whole other creative level. Not only does she use the circuits powering her works as part of their physical component, there are no controllers
Read More{$inline_image}YouTube’s made the decision to squash a feature I honestly forgot existed — its private messages. It’s stated reason is to focus on public conversations — and for once I believe the party line here. According to Google’s announcement, “Two years ago, we launched a feature to enable you to share videos via direct messages
Read MoreThink about the credit cards in your wallet right now. Can you rattle off the rewards you earn for each of them? What about the interest rates: Can you list those? Turns out, 38% of us don’t know the interest rates for our credit cards, according to Nerdwallet’s 2019 Consumer Credit Card Report. Read more…
Read MoreThomas Brewster / Forbes: Despite a legally mandated ban enacted last year, ~2,000 Chinese surveillance cameras from Hikvision and Dahua remain active in US government networks — You’d have thought the U.S. government would be moving fast to kick Chinese surveillance tech out of the country. Despite a legally mandated ban enacted last year, ~2,000
Read MoreWith Sonos rumored to have a new portable speaker arriving soon, Bose unveiled its Portable Home Speaker. Bose unveils portable WiFi/Bluetooth smart speaker ahead of Sonos launch – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreUpset with your cable provider? 5G could mean that help is on the way. Stop screaming at your cable box: 5G is on the way – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe iPhone-inspired design comes into view as iFixit dismantles the phone. Galaxy Note 10 Plus 5G teardown shows Samsung taking a page from Apple – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWashington Post: Palantir’s revenue from US government contracts under Trump surpassed its total under Obama’s second term, as sources describe staff debates about work with ICE — After Google dropped a defense contract over employee pressure, Palantir’s leaders doubled down on controversial work with the U.S. government Palantir's revenue from US government contracts under Trump
Read MoreWhen hanging out, especially over drinks, it’s become a normal habit to simply pull your phone out and check it while someone is talking to you. We do it even though it’s rude, and even though we hate it when a friend does it to us. We can’t help ourselves, and it’s not our fault;
Read MoreJennifer Elias / CNBC: Krishna Bharat, who led the team that built Google News, returns to the company as a distinguished research scientist after a four-year hiatus — KEY POINTS — Pedestrians walk past Google headquarters in New York. — Krishna Bharat, the inventor of Google News, has returned to the company … Krishna Bharat,
Read MoreAs the 2019 mushroom foraging season approaches it’s timely to combine my thirst for knowledge about low level machine learning (ML) with a popular pastime that we enjoy here where I live. Just for the record, I’m not an expert on ML, and I’m simply inviting readers to follow me back down some rabbit holes
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