Google recently removed several apps from the Google Play Store after discovering they violated the Play Store terms of service—and, more importantly, could be used as stalkerware. That doesn’t mean they’re deleted from your Android device, though, so now’s a great time to remove them. Read more… Delete These Banned Apps From Your Android Source:
Read MorePhoto: New Line Cinema A new trailer for Andy Muschietti’s upcoming horror film It: Chapter Two has arrived, and unlike the first trailer, which focused mostly on a slow, increasingly uncomfortable confrontation, the new one ramps up the pace, intensity, and reveals. It: Chapter Two continues with the second half of Stephen King’s 1986 novel
Read More{$inline_image} How would you survive in a war-torn country, where bombs could potentially fall from the sky with only very short notice? And what if the bomb in question were The Bomb — a nuclear weapon? This concern is thankfully distant for most of us, but it wasn’t always so. Only 75 years ago, bombs
Read MoreIt’s rare in this world to have several hours to yourself, with nobody expecting you to be connected to the internet and an almost-comfortable chair to lounge in. So take advantage of your next flight to kick back and binge a really good podcast. Here are our recommendations for the best podcasts to download en
Read MoreGartner’s ranking of IaaS providers didn’t change much from 2018, but there are some nuances worth noting as Google Cloud closes some gaps on Microsoft Azure and AWS. Google Cloud gains in Gartner's 2019 cloud infrastructure Magic Quadrant Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Browsing the web on a desktop computer can sometimes feel like a carefully crafted test of your sanity. You’ve got ads and auto-playing videos popping up left and right, and you’ve even got pop-ups from sites asking you for permission to send more pop-ups in the form of
Read MoreFortnite and YouTube exist hand-in-hand, and now Epic Games is rolling out a new feature that gives players free cosmetics for watching matches on YouTube. The new initiative is called “Drops,” and allows players to receive special Fortnite cosmetics when they link their YouTube and Epic Games account to watch certain Fortnite events. Epic has
Read MoreThis fall, McGraw-Hill is launching a pilot incorporating on-demand tutoring into its digital courseware. McGraw-Hill Pilot to Study On-Demand Tutoring Source: Campus Technology
Read MoreEverybody procrastinates, whether or not we’re willing to admit it. The trick is to procrastinate by getting something else done. Read more… Turn Your Procrastination Time Into Productive Time Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreProminent cryptocurrency exchange Binance has apparently stumbled upon almost 10 million Stellar (XLM) tokens, worth $775,000 — you know, just laying around. According to a Binance blog post, the firm had been unknowingly receiving dividends for validating transactions on the Stellar network since August 31 2018. “Fast forward to this week, when we looked into the staking
Read MoreThe next time you attend a wedding, I want you to do something. I want you to get all dressed up, fix that hair just right, locate the seat with the best view and then watch the ceremony with love in your heart and your phone in your damn pocket. Read more… Put Down Your
Read MoreApollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins narrates an animated video Doodle highlighting key moments and details of the mission on its 50th anniversary. Google Doodle takes you on Apollo 11's mission to the moon – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFederal regulators this week commenced a new effort to update and potentially expand the children’s-privacy laws, questioning whether swift advancements in technology have outpaced rules meant to protect youths under age 13. Federal regulators eye update to rules governing children’s privacy and the Internet Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MorePhoto by James Bareham / The Verge Inkopolis Square, the social hub for Nintendo’s paint shooter Splatoon 2, is a space filled with memes. Players are able to post art and messages, and there’s nearly always some kind of in-joke happening. Yesterday I saw a drawing of a clown along with the line “Who wants
Read MoreThe sale is officially over. But the discounts are still here. Walmart's Summer Sale continues: Last chance for savings on Nintendo Switch, TVs and laptops – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe beloved retail brand is back. Kinda. Toys R Us is coming back to the US for the holiday season – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDon’t be surprised if your Neopets.com friends invite you to their wedding. Neopets friendships still thrive 20 years later – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreReset your password, then get back to work. Slack is resetting passwords due to 2015 hack – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCatalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: Slack says it is resetting passwords for 1% of its users after receiving new info about the company’s 2015 security breach; in April, Slack said it has 10M DAUs — Company said it received a batch of compromised credentials related to the 2015 hack via its bug bounty program. Slack says
Read MorePhoto by James Bareham / The Verge Today only, Google Fi is taking $300 off of any Pixel 3 or Pixel 3 XL phone with 64GB of storage, bringing them down to $499 and $599, respectively. Both prices beat the recent Amazon Prime Day deal, when the Pixel 3 sold for $539 and the Pixel
Read MoreKerry Brown/Paramount Pictures The film hits theaters on November 1st, 2019 Continue reading… I’ll be back: all the updates for Terminator: Dark Fate Source: New feed
Read MorePaying for wifi on an airplane? You must be made of gold, because there’s no way I’m ever going to plunk down $10—or more—for a mere 30 minutes of internet time. At least, that’s what Gogo was charging on my recent Alaska Airlines trip. But thanks to a few clever workarounds (if I do say
Read MoreIt’s 5:37 a.m., do you know where your cat is? Of course you do. He’s sitting at the foot of your bed, screeching at the top of his tiny lungs to be fed. Being rousted from your slumber so insistently is bound to drive even the most devoted of cat lovers to the brink of
Read MoreThe agency needs a finished rocket, a tiny space station, and a brand new lander Continue reading… NASA’s daunting to-do list for sending people back to the Moon Source: New feed
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Slack says it is resetting the passwords of some of its users after new information has come to light about a security breach from March 2015. Any users who created their account before this date, who have not changed their passwords since, and who do not use single-sign-on
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