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The Verge - All Posts |
Apple added a secret button to your iPhone, and you may not have even noticed
Your iPhone got a new button last month, and you may not have even noticed.
No, Apple didn’t sneak into your house and secretly superglue a button onto your smartphone. But it did release iOS 14, the latest version of its iPhone software, which includes a feature called Back Tap. Back Tap adds a fascinating new “button” to your phone that blurs the line between hardware and software.
Back Tap turns the entire back of your iPhone into a giant touch-sensitive button that you can double or tr...
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Boing Boing |
Eau de Bookstore: biblichor perfume for sexy readers
Biblichor (cf. petrichor) is a term referring to the scent of old books. Powell's by Powell's ($25) is a unisex personal fragrance from the eponymous Oregon bookstore, promising to give you its unique odor.
"Like the crimson rhododendrons in 'Rebecca,' the heady fragrance of old paper creates an atmosphere ripe with mood and possibility," offers the cheeky product description. — Read the rest
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MacRumors |
Apple Slips to Fourth Place for Smartphone Market Share, Overtaken by Xiaomi
Apple has shipped 10.6 percent fewer iPhones year-on-year in the third quarter of 2020, meaning that it has been overtaken by Xiaomi for the first time, according to new data shared by IDC.The report details how Apple is now ranked as the fourth-largest smartphone manufacturer by market share. This is the first time that Apple has ranked fourth, with Xiaomi, Huawei, and Samsung exceeding Apple's 11.8 percent share.In total, Apple is believed to have shipped 41.2 million devices in th...
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Business Insider |
If Democrats win, they need to enact a transformative agenda, fully prosecute Trump — and ignore any hand wringing from pundits
Pundits are calling for Democrats to not hold Trump accountable should they win the election. They should ignore those calls.
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WSJ.com: WSJD |
Tencent Investor Prosus Launches $5 Billion Buyback in Bid to Close Value Gap
Internet conglomerate Prosus said it plans to buy back up to $5 billion of its own shares and those of its parent Naspers, after losing out on two high-profile acquisitions.
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9to5Mac |
Zuckerberg claims Apple’s ad-tracking policy will hurt small businesses
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has claimed that a pending version of Apple’s ad-tracking policy will hurt small businesses when it is introduced next year. Further, he says Apple could damage the economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis.
Zuckerberg’s attack relates to a privacy change Apple originally made in iOS 14 and subsequently agreed to delay to give the ad industry time to react …
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Engadget |
The best deals we found this week: $50 off AirPods Pro and more
The beginning of this week brought a number of solid deals on headphones, tablets and other gadgets. And then Best Buy began its first early Black Friday sale and we saw a bunch of our favorite devices receive steep discounts. Best Buy’s sale lasts t...
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Reddit |
Mall real estate company collected 5 million images of shoppers, say privacy watchdogs - 'Shoppers had no reason to expect their image was being collected,' says federal privacy commissioner
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BetaNews |
Why cloud security is more important than ever
In today’s modern, digitized world, persuading organizations to move to the cloud is like pushing against an open door. The business case for cloud is clear -- flexibility, agility, and cost savings. Likewise, cloud technology makes scaling faster, smarter, and more affordable than on-premise servers. No wonder 90 percent of companies are in the cloud. This confirms that cloud usage was already mainstream in 2019; this has increased exponentially in 2020. Operating in the cloud undoubtedly del...
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Computing |
Cloud native explained. An interview with Cheryl Hung, VP Ecosystem at CNCF
The containers, Kubernetes and microservices revolution has been bubbling away for some time now, but IT leaders could be excused for having a limited understanding of the whys and wherefores of a topic that can sometimes seem like a bewildering mix of technical minutiae and marketing babble.
Indeed, a recent survey by Computing Delta found that only a third of the IT leaders polled had a firm grasp of what ‘cloud native', the umbrella term for the trend, was all about, many confusing it w...
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Reddit |
RIAA Obtains Subpoenas Targeting 40 YouTube-Ripping Platforms & Pirate Sites
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Reddit |
Superwhite Paint Will Reduce Need for Air Conditioning and Actually Cool the Earth
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HuffPost - Breaking Ne... |
Hilariously Grim New Halloween Traditions Emerge In ‘The Tonight Show’ Hashtags
Jimmy Fallon read responses that were so 2020: "New Peanuts Special: It’s a Rapid Test, Charlie Brown."
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Motherboard RSS Feed |
Talking ‘Culture Warlords’ and the Second Civil War
The Nazism you see in the streets, begins online.
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The Next Web |
With 1M global charge points, what’s next for EV charging?
This article was originally published by Michael Coates on Clean Fleet Report, a publication that gives its readers the information they need to move to cars and trucks with best fuel economy, including electric cars, fuel cells, plug-in hybrids, hybrids and advanced diesel and gasoline engines. Last month the world hit a new milestone as the number of public electric vehicle charging stations reached the one million mark. While that number has grown exponentially recently and promises to conti...
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SlashGear |
This 1977 Chevy K5 Blazer-E is an all-electric homage to the past
Chevrolet has something in store for the SEMA360 virtual show happening on November 2-6, 2020. The American carmaker has retrofitted its Performance eCrate Package to a vintage 1977 K5 Blazer SUV. The result is the all-electric K5 Blazer-E, a proof of concept that illustrates the possibilities of Chevy’s Electric Connect and Cruise Package. “As GM introduces a new fleet of … Continue reading
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Business Insider |
Feed the Polls is trying to make waiting in line to vote on November 3rd more bearable for Americans — and much tastier
Lady Gaga has backed the initiative, $300,000 has been raised, and a fleet of food trucks is mobilizing from coast to coast.
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Tom's Hardware |
CPU Benchmark Hierarchy 2020: Intel and AMD Processors Ranked
All of today's consumer desktop CPUs compared, including Intel's 9th Gen Core series and AMD's Ryzen and Threadripper 3000.
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BetaNews |
Could your business benefit from a cloud backup solution?
The average cost of downtime has been estimated at £193K per hour, so every minute counts if your systems are down or your data has been compromised. Data loss and security breaches are becoming increasingly common events in today’s world. It is not a matter of when, but if a disaster of any kind will happen. All of an organization's information must be protected and readily available at all times in order for a business to survive. Considering this fact, the importance of backups cannot...
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Business Insider |
Donald Trump Jr said that COVID-19 deaths are down to 'almost nothing' as 1,000 new deaths recorded
Trump Jr dismissed US COVID-19 death rates in an interview with Fox News on Thursday, which are expected to continue increasing as the disease spikes.
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Gizmodo |
Save $20 on the Apple Watch SE Today on Amazon
40mm Apple Watch SE | $260 | Amazon44mm Apple Watch SE | $290 | AmazonRead more...
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Ars Technica |
Solve coding challenges at Runcode.ninja online competition, Nov. 6-9
Write code, solve problems, win gift cards—what’s not to like?
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Business Insider |
Kanye West bought Kim Kardashian a talking hologram of her late father Robert Kardashian. The hologram called West the 'most genius man in the whole world.'
The hologram was made using a silver gauze, "deepfake" tech and motion tracking. It called Kanye West a "genius."
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Hacker News |
Welcome (YC W20) is hiring engineers to create jaw-dropping experiences
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ExtremeTechExtremeTech |
Astronomers Spot Earth-Sized Rogue Planet Wandering the Galaxy
Astronomers have identified more than 4,000 exoplanets orbiting other stars but just a few "rogue planets" wandering the galaxy without a star to call home. A new study claims to have spotted one of these worlds, and it may be a small, rocky world like Earth.
The post Astronomers Spot Earth-Sized Rogue Planet Wandering the Galaxy appeared first on ExtremeTech.
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Tom's Hardware |
Crucial Ballistix DDR4-3200 C16 2x32GB Review: The Low-Profile Sleeper
Crucial whips up a new Ballistix DDR4-3200 C16 memory kit to take on the flashy competition.
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Tom's Hardware |
AMD Zen 3 Ryzen 5000 Price, Specs, Release Date, Performance, All We Know
Here's the release date, preliminary specs, pricing, and all we know about AMD's Zen 3 architecture that will power Ryzen 5000 series desktop PC CPUs.
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The Guardian |
‘Machines set loose to slaughter’: the dangerous rise of military AI – podcast
Autonomous machines capable of deadly force are increasingly prevalent in modern warfare, despite numerous ethical concerns. Is there anything we can do to halt the advance of the killer robots? By Frank Pasquale Continue reading...
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Wired Top Stories |
The Right to Repair Is Back on the Ballot
This week, we discuss the proposed law in Massachusetts that would open up access to the data stored on a car’s internal computer.
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Wired Top Stories |
WFH or Work at the Office—More Tech Employees Can Now Choose
The “hybrid workplace” is Silicon Valley’s latest buzzword, as tech companies start giving people more options for how and when and where they get stuff done.
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Wired Top Stories |
The 15 Best Horror Movies to Stream This Halloween
You may not be able to hit up a costume party this year, but these flicks will help you enjoy the holiday just the same.
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Macworld |
How to consolidate mail from multiple Macs using Apple Mail
The passage of time can mean the accumulation of Macs and email accounts. Many of us have been online now for long enough that we have stacked up digital detritus around us that’s sometimes split across old and new computers and offline drives. It may be frustrating when you want to—for example—search across email messages from several years ago, or even decades ago, and they aren’t readily available on your newest machine.You can consolidate messages from multiple computers or backups o...
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Mashable! |
What the Mashable staff bought in October 2020
If you follow Mashable Shopping's coverage, you know that we live to bring you the best product recommendations we can find based on countless hours of online research. But, what about the stuff that we buy for ourselves? The stuff that made it into our shopping carts? Well, we're here to tell you about those things, and we'll be back every month to do so again.
Here's what the staff bought in October 2020.
A loud Bluetooth speaker
"I've been using a shitty little off-brand Bluetooth spea...
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Engadget |
RISC-V is trying to launch an open-hardware revolution
There are processors in everything. I’m not even talking about the SoC in your phone or smart TV; but modern devices from cars to consoles are filled with tiny chips. These microcontrollers manage power supplies, interpret sensor readings, move data,...
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Boy Genius Report |
$2 masks as good as 3M N95s and discounted Purell are back in stock at Amazon
With COVID-19 cases skyrocketing, you'll be happy to know that Amazon's best-selling coronavirus face masks all back in stock right now — and they're all somehow discounted!
FDA-authorized Powecom KN95 face masks and Nan Qi Xing KN95 masks are discounted to around $2 each, and NIOSH's testing found that they both provide protection that's just as good as 3M N95 masks.
Best-selling hand sanitizers from top brands like Purell and MedEx are also in stock at the lowest prices of 2020.
If you ...
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Ars Technica |
Monster Mash: These are the best new horror movies to binge this Halloween
Vampires and werewolves and mutant monsters, oh my! Also some really bad hair.
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Business Insider |
Twitter plunges 18% after posting a major slump in daily active users in the third-quarter
While the company delivered better-than-expected revenue for the quarter, it fell fall short on user growth.
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Business Insider |
Boris Johnson's unpopularity in Scotland is driving voters to back independence from the UK
A large majority of swing voters said Boris Johnson being the leader of their country was a persuasive argument for independence.
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HuffPost - Breaking Ne... |
Savvy K-Pop Superfans Take On QAnon With Vast Cyberarmy
Zoomers who sabotaged Donald Trump's Tulsa,Oklahoma, rally keep rolling.
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Business Insider |
Trump officials tried to recruit 274 celebrities — including many like George Clooney and Chrissy Teigen who openly despise him — to star in TV ads about COVID-19
Politico, which first reported about the PSA campaign last month, published a list of the celebrities approached for the ads on Thursday.
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Hacker News |
What gravitational-wave events reveal about the Universe
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BetaNews |
Hospitals and healthcare hit by global wave of ransomware
October has seen a 71 percent increase in ransomware attacks against the healthcare sector in the US compared to the previous month. Elsewhere in the world, in EMEA, attacks increased by 36 percent and by 33 percent in the APAC region, according to research from Check Point. The FBI this week has issued a warning which says that the Ryuk ransomware is responsible for most attacks. This is echoed in study we reported on yesterday, and in Check Point's data which shows that Ryuk has been responsib...
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BetaNews |
Zero Trust Network Access: Bringing trust to BYOD and remote work
Productivity and security can pull enterprises in different directions. Especially in the age of remote work when IT decisions are largely being dictated by the needs of a dispersed workforce. Let’s not forget, that remote work isn’t about an employee in a satellite office equipped with on-premise security infrastructure. Remote work is about end users who work whenever, wherever, and from any device they choose. While this model has great productivity benefits, it’s placing IT and securit...
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Ars Technica |
“Oh Jeeeesus”: Drivers react to Tesla’s full self-driving beta release
Videos of Tesla’s full self-driving beta in action show a few close calls.
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SlashGear |
Porsche increases the electric driving range for Cayenne E-Hybrid range
Porsche has announced that it has increased the high-voltage battery’s gross capacity in its plug-in Cayenne hybrid models. The battery pack is now 17.9 kWh rather than 14.1 kWh, representing an increase in range of up to 30 percent. Using the WLTP EAER City cycle, the E-Hybrid can now cover up to 48 kilometers on electricity alone. The Turbo S … Continue reading
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Threatpost |
Microsoft Warns Threat Actors Continue to Exploit Zerologon Bug
Tech giant and feds this week renewed their urge to organizations to update Active Directory domain controllers.
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Hacker News |
MCS-48: The quest for 16-bit division on the 8-bit CPU which can’t divide
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Business Insider |
Mark Zuckerberg says Election Day is a big 'test' for Facebook, and warns of civil unrest in the weeks following the vote
Facebook has been trying to stamp out misinformation, abuse, and foreign interference — Election Day will test how well it has done, Zuckerberg said.
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Boing Boing |
At least 6 sharks have washed up on shores with swordfish swords stabbed through their heads
The New York Times reports:
Since [September 2016] at least six more sharks have washed up on Mediterranean coasts, each impaled with the same murder weapon, and almost always in the head. In the latest example, an adult 15-foot thresher shark — itself equipped with a whiplike tail capable of stunning blows — washed up in Libya. — Read the rest
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Boing Boing |
What will happen to your shows in 2021?
The runaway train that is streaming services, cable TV and the networks offering brand new and diverse content, also known as peak TV, is going to slow down in the coming months. Yes, the industry has found ways to continue production of shows and movies with effective Covid-19 safety precautions, but with these fixes comes a hefty price tag, and the casualties are high. — Read the rest
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9to5Mac |
Comment: Delayed iPhone 12 sales disguised a huge quarter for Apple
Delayed iPhone 12 sales meant that the fiscal Q4 earnings Apple reported yesterday were massively better than the headline number suggested.
Apple reported revenue of $64.7B, making it flat against the $64B the company brought in during the same quarter last year. But the delayed availability of this year’s flagship iPhones mean that the two quarters are not remotely comparable …
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Business Insider |
9 upcoming Supreme Court cases where Amy Coney Barrett could be the deciding vote
Amy Coney Barrett's elevation to the Supreme Court means that the more conservative justices can out-vote its occasional swing justice.
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Boy Genius Report |
The brand new Pixel 5 is about to get a great Black Friday price cut
Best Buy has planned two Pixel 5 deals for Black Friday that cut the phone’s original price tag by up to $200.
The brand new Pixel 5 sells for $699 unlocked, an affordable but still high price tag for a mid-range Android phone.
Best Buy’s deal offers at least $50 in instant savings for an unlocked handset, or $200 off when buying the phone with qualified activation.
Google’s 2020 flagship phone is not really a flagship handset. Google made a huge compromise in the chip department, ...
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Engadget |
The Morning After: Netflix price hike takes HD streaming to $14 per month
It’s hard to remember now, but when Netflix first offered streaming as a standalone subscription back in 2011, it cost just $8 per month. Now the company’s latest price increase pushes that Standard streaming rate in the US to $14. If you already hav...
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Business Insider |
Global shares lurch towards biggest one-month drop since March as COVID cases explode; earnings rattle Apple, Facebook and Amazon
Global equities are under pressure as daily cases of COVID-19 top 500,000 and tech earnings disappoint some investors.
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The Verge - All Posts |
LG offers 5G for less with $359 mid-range K92 5G handset
LG’s K92 5G is one of the cheapest ways to get 5G access in the US. | Image: LG
Smartphones with 5G access are getting cheaper and cheaper, and the latest mid-range handset from LG is one of the most affordable yet: the new K92 5G is priced from just $359, and offers 5G access for three US carriers: AT&T, Cricket Wireless, and UScellular.
Apart from this, it looks like a pretty average device, with a 6.7-inch 1080p display, 4,000 mAh battery, 6GB of RAM, and 128GB of internal storage ...
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Guru3d Latest Headlines |
G.SKILL Announces Extreme Low Latency DDR4-3600 CL14 64GB (16GBx4) Memory Kit
G.Skill are excited to announce extreme low-latency with high-capacity DDR4 memory kits at DDR4-3600 CL14-15-15-35 in 64GB (16GBx4) and 32GB (16GBx2) configurations....
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Stuff.TV RSS feed - Th... |
Clash of the consoles: PlayStation 5 vs. Xbox Series X
With the promise of vast power upgrades, flashy new titles and two versions of each console, next-gen gaming is here at last. But which will it be?
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HuffPost - Breaking Ne... |
Skeleton Strip Club Display Gets Under Neighbors’ Skin
Angela Nava just wanted to provide levity, but the homeowners association found the decorations "inappropriate."
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HuffPost - Breaking Ne... |
Record-Breaking Early Voting In U.S. Election Tops 80 Million
At this pace, the 2020 election could have the highest participation rate in over a century.
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SlashGear |
Samsung takes the lead in the global smartphone market for Q3
Q3 2020 was very good for the smartphone market as more devices than expected shipped during the quarter. According to IDC, 353.6 million devices were shipped during Q3. While shipments are strong, it was a decline of 1.3 percent year-over-year. IDC had predicted a nine percent year-over-year decline. IDC says that growth is largely attributed to the reopening of economies … Continue reading
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ExtremeTechExtremeTech |
New Intel Rocket Lake Details: Backwards Compatible, Xe Graphics, Cypress Cove
Intel has released a bit more information about Rocket Lake and its 10nm CPU that's been back-ported to 14nm.
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Computerworld |
Get Microsoft's October patches installed — and seriously consider Win10 2004
It was yet another patch roller coaster ride this month with the usual crop of one-off bugs, a Malwarebytes-associated assault on networking, a promised Flash killer that doesn’t — and that announced Dynamics 365 Commerce patch, CVE-2020-16943, still isn’t out. To read this article in full, please click here
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Computerworld |
Get the October patches installed — and seriously consider Win10 2004
It was yet another patch roller coaster ride this month with the usual crop of one-off bugs, a Malwarebytes-associated assault on networking, a promised Flash killer that doesn’t — and that announced Dynamics 365 Commerce patch, CVE-2020-16943, still isn’t out. To read this article in full, please click here
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Hacker News |
Fear of white space
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HuffPost - Breaking Ne... |
People Say Melania Trump’s Speech Against ‘Hate’ Should Come With A Laugh Track
"How does she say this with a straight face?" asked "Star Trek" actor George Takei.
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Hacker News |
V6: Color (2018)
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Ars Technica |
Rocket Report: SpaceX hits the century mark, vote for Atlas V on Election Day
“Falcon 9 and Delta 4 stopped within seconds of launch? This is good stuff.”
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The Guardian |
Should Pinterest prohibit culturally inappropriate Halloween ideas? | Arwa Mahdawi
The platform has a confusing cultural appropriation policy, but it deserves some credit for attempting to tackle the issue at allDo you suffer from Justin Trudeau-esque levels of judgment when it comes to fancy dress? Are you scrambling to find a last-minute Halloween costume? Pinterest is here to help save you from yourself! The visual social media platform, which many people use to search for Halloween inspiration, has said it is limiting recommendations for “costumes that appropriate cultur...
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Wired Top Stories |
How to Escape a Sinking Ship (Like, Say, the Titanic)
First, put on your fanciest clothes. And at 1:15 am, consider heading down to Deck D.
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Wired Top Stories |
How Humanity Spent Its First 20 Years in Orbit Aboard the ISS
Two decades ago, three explorers arrived at the International Space Station and marked the beginning of a permanent human presence beyond Earth.
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The Verge - All Posts |
Mokumono Delta S electric bike review: totally untubular
A new e-bike company wants to bring bicycle manufacturing back to Europe
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BetaNews |
How to install Linux distros in Windows 10's WSL 2
Microsoft has been showing Linux a lot of love in recent years, and nowhere is this more visible than in Windows Subsystem for Linux in Windows 10. A new update to WSL makes it easier than ever to install Linux distros such as Ubuntu, Debian and Kali Linux. At the moment, automatic distro installation using the wsl --install command is only available to Windows Insiders, but it will make its way to everyone soon. See also: Microsoft releases Windows 10 Build 20246, and removes a number of big f...
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Neowin |
LG posts record profit in Q3, increased revenue in all divisions except mobile
As many other companies have done, LG has released its quarterly earnings for the third quarter of 2020, and the company has posted record-breaking revenue and profit across its divisions.
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Business Insider |
Walmart Plus, Walmart's Amazon Prime competitor, is available now for $98 a year — here's what the subscription delivers
Walmart Plus, the company's shopping subscription service, comes with free delivery of over 160,000 items and discounts on gas.
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SlashGear |
Poor memory linked to attention lapses and device multitasking
Stanford scientists can predict if an individual will remember or forget based on neural activity and pupil size. Researcher Anthony Wagner from Stanford University says that everyone has been frustrated at some point due to not recalling information and expressing it when needed. He says that science has tools to explain why individuals might fail to remember something stored in … Continue reading
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The 21 best horror films on Now TV and Sky
Some streaming to get you screaming. Updated for October 2020
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Boy Genius Report |
Google bundles a free VPN service with its most expensive cloud storage plan
Google has rolled out a VPN service of its own that’s offered for free to cloud customers who purchase the top tier 2TB Google One subscription.
The 2TB storage tier costs $9.99 per month or $99.99 per year and can be shared with up to five family members, including the VPN functionality.
Google says its VPN service will encrypt and anonymize internet traffic, protect all browsing data from prying eyes. Furthermore, VPN internet activity will not be tied to user identity.
VPN, short v...
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The Next Web |
How AI is helping Indian cotton farmers reduce pesticide use
There are more than 5.8 million cotton farmers in India according to the country’s Textile Ministry. Every year, they face heavy losses due to pests attacking their crops. In 2017, farmers in the state of Maharashtra faced a loss of ₹15,000 crores ($2.1 billion) as 50% of the crop was under attack from pests. As a result, more than 55% of pesticide in India goes towards cotton farming. However, the wrong usage of these chemicals can damage the crop or reduce the quality. That’s why Wadhwa...
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Business Insider |
The White House considered tapping Elon Musk for a celebrity COVID-19 PSA, despite the billionaire repeatedly sharing virus misinformation
A White House document shows Elon Musk was one of 274 names considered for the COVID-19 campaign. Beyoncé and George Clooney were also on the list.
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Business Insider |
10 things you need to know before the opening bell
This is what traders are talking about.
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Welcome to Fudzilla |
Russian election hackers back in force
Fancy Bear spotted by Vole as Putin decides against Biden
The "Fancy Bear" group of Russian hackers accused of meddling in the 2016 US presidential election targeted the email accounts of Democratic state parties in California and Indiana, and influential think tanks in Washington and New York.
The attempted intrusions were internally flagged by software King of the World Microsoft over the summer. The hackers' activity provides insight into how Russian intelligence is targeting the Unite...
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Reddit |
Some of Europe's top tech investors are adding a 'sustainability clause' to start-up deal terms
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Amazon and Apple investigated by German watchdogs
Antitrust
Amazon and Apple face German antitrust scrutiny over a policy that excludes independent sellers of brand products on the online market place.
Germany's Federal Cartel Office, the country's antitrust regulator, is probing both companies over a policy at Amazon called "brandgating", the authority said in an emailed statement.
The policy allows makers of branded products such as iPhones to have independent sellers removed from the platform as long as Amazon can sell the items, acco...
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Engadget |
SmartThings Find app can track down lost Samsung Galaxy devices
Smartphones and other devices are so intertwined with our lives that losing one can be traumatic. To that end, Samsung has unveiled SmartThings Find, an app that uses a variety of technologies to locate your phone, even if there’s no cell or WiFi sig...
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UMC pays $60 million to stop US spying case
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Taiwan's second-largest contract chipmaker United Microelectronics has agreed to pay a $60 million fine to make an industrial espionage lawsuit with the US Department of Justice go away.
The case ends a two-year legal dispute that also involved American memory chip giant Micron Technology and a Beijing-backed Chinese chip manufacturer.
The Justice Department said UMC, the world's No. 4 largest contract chipmaker, pleaded guilty to criminal trade secrets theft. In add...
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Reddit |
AI has cracked a key mathematical puzzle for understanding our world
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HuffPost - Breaking Ne... |
Colbert Spots ‘Weird’ Moment That Shows Trump Doesn’t Trust His Inner Circle
"The Late Show" host mocked the president's "unforced error" during a campaign rally.
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Reddit |
A deepfake bot is being used to “undress” underage girls
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PCWorld.com - Latest N... |
Your PC is either DirectX 12 Ultimate-ready, or you're not a real gamer
Add DirectX 12 Ultimate to the list of stickers and logos you’ll want to look for while buying PC hardware.In March, Microsoft announced DirectX 12 Ultimate, which encapsulates many of the next-gen PC hardware and Xbox Series X technologies that Microsoft is now explicitly encouraging consumers to buy: DirectX Raytracing (DXR) tier 1.1, Variable Rate Shading tier 2, mesh shaders, and more. DirectX 12 Ultimate didn’t seem like a brand, just a collection of technologies governing the feature...
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Hacker News |
Mumbai’s Iconic Art Deco Buildings Were Made to Conquer Disease
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SlashGear |
This Mitsuoka Buddy SUV is a retro-flavored Toyota RAV4
Your eyes are not deceiving you. You’re looking at the new Mitsuoka Buddy, a compact crossover based on the current Toyota RAV4. But unlike the RAV4, the Buddy has design features lifted from old Chevy pickups and SUVs from the late 70s to the 1980s, particularly the K5 Chevy Blazer. Japanese automaker and custom coachbuilder Mitsuoka is known for building … Continue reading
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Hacker News |
Rust for Clojurists (2015)
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The Verge - All Posts |
Tesla raises price of ‘Full Self-Driving’ option to $10,000
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” option, which currently enables Autopilot features like changing lanes on highways and automatic car parking, now costs $10,000, or $2,000 more than before. The price rise only covers the US for now, where the company’s Full Self-Driving functionality has just launched in limited beta, allowing Autopilot’s advanced driver-assist features to be used on local roads as well.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced the price incr...
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Apple added a secret button to your iPhone, and you may...
