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Tech NewsGadgetsParrot’s New Foldable Drone Can Nail Some Crazy Shooting Angles
Today, drone manufacturer Parrot announced the newest addition to its quadcopter family. The new model, the $700 Anafi, is seemingly Parrot’s answer to the folding DJI Mavic Air. It’s small, shoots 4K HDR video, and and can do a few cool tricks with its gimbal-mounted camera. But when it comes to additional features, it doesn’t … Continued
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5 Things Apple Tried to Kill at WWDC Today
Apple usually announces more than a few welcome and forward-thinking improvements to its software and hardware at WWDC, and this year’s developers conference is no different. Still, that can sometimes spell trouble for other companies when Apple decides to try its hand—a mostly metaphorical fistful of dollars—at solving a problem already solved by another app … Continued
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Apple’s Dusty Mac App Store Finally Gets Some Love
Apple, at its Worldwide Developer Conference, announced that the Mac App Store is getting a much-needed redesign in the macOS Mojave update that’s scheduled to arrive in the fall. From a visual perspective, the update puts the App Store more in line with its iOS equivalent, presenting a more curated list of apps, along with … Continued
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Tech NewsHere Are the Coolest Features in iOS 12
At WWDC Apple debuted the next version of its iOS operating system, iOS 12. After dealing with issue after issue in iOS 11 for the past year, the company’s shied away from a visual overhaul, opting to fix what ails the OS and add some features that, while not revolutionary, are welcome additions to iOS … Continued
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Tech NewsYour Xbox One May Soon Double as an Amazon Echo or Google Home
Microsoft is opening the door to more digital assistants you can chat with on your Xbox One, according to a report from Windows Central. That means the day may come when you can swap Cortana for Alexa, or tell Google to get your pad ready for game night through your console. The apparent evidence for … Continued
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How to Watch Apple’s WWDC 2018 Event Live
Apple’s opening the doors to its Worldwide Developers Conference today, and while you might not be there to experience it, you can still see what’s happening live wherever you are. In the office, at your local pub, even right before your root canal. Hell, you can probably watch it during the procedure, as long as … Continued
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Microsoft Buys GitHub, and Some People Are Pissed
Microsoft is officially buying Github, the internet’s largest source code repository, for a cool $7.5 billion in stock, with Microsoft VP Nat Friedman assuming the role of GitHub’s CEO. The acquisition isn’t without its detractors, who say they are already ditching GitHub and looking elsewhere. Concern over GitHub’s management in the future, along with Microsoft’s … Continued
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Self-Driving Cars Can Now Pick Up Passengers in California—But Only for Free Rides
California has announced a new pilot program that will allow self-driving cars to start moving normal customers around, a first for the state. Among the California Public Utilities Commission’s many stipulations, transportation companies providing autonomous rides must offer the service at no charge to passengers. A free ride in a metal cage operated by nascent … Continued
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Tech NewsWhat to Expect When You’re Expecting WWDC 2018
You know what’s about to go down, don’t you? No? Well get ready to charge your iPhone, empty your wallet, and renew your developer account, because Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference is right around the corner. This year, WWDC 2018 runs Monday, June 4 to Friday, June 8, at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, … Continued
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Telegram CEO Says Apple Is Blocking Updates as Russia Tries to Ban the Messaging App
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov took to the encrypted messaging app today to explain why certain Telegram features aren’t working as expected on iOS 11.4, Apple’s most recent mobile OS update. In short, Durov says it’s Apple’s fault. According to Durov, the issues with Telegram are already resolved within the app, but Apple itself has been … Continued
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Why Twitter Started Banning Some of Its Youngest Users
Twitter, in an effort to comply with the European Union’s privacy-centric General Data Protection Regulation, has begun to suspend accounts belonging users who were under the age of 13 when they first signed up. While the cynic in me is all for Twitter cleansing its service of youths, it isn’t exactly implementing age restriction as … Continued
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Tech NewsArtificial Intelligence
Researchers Are Training a Robot Butler to Do the Chores You Hate in a Sims-Inspired Virtual House
Researchers are teaching machines to get stuff done using video simulations, a database of chores, and a virtual home reminiscent of your favorite time-wasting video game. The end goal? Teaching robots the same way you teach yourself how to install a toilet: instructional videos. Researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), the … Continued
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A Man Is Auctioning His Facebook Data on eBay, and It’s Going Great [Update: Not Anymore]
It’s no secret that the products and services you know and love (or loathe) are all hawking your data to advertisers, making a few billion bucks off all those “free” services provided to you. But when it comes time to pad your pockets, you’re not exactly getting a cut of the profits. So why not … Continued
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Apple Just Killed the Ability to Stream Games From Steam to Your iPhone
Valve’s anticipated app designed to let you stream games and movies from the Steam platform to your iPhone or iPad has been rejected by Apple, despite the company approving it earlier in the month. As with Valve’s Steam Link box, the app would have allowed you to stream games from your PC directly to your … Continued
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Tech NewsPrivacy & Security
Report: T-Mobile Website Let Anyone Look Up Sensitive Customer Data With Just a Phone Number
A bug on a T-Mobile website meant for employees let anyone with a T-Mobile customer’s phone number access sensitive information, according to a ZDNet report. While T-Mobile has since fixed the issue, the bug sounds similar to one found by researchers in October 2017, bringing into question the security practices of T-Mobile, a company in … Continued
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YouTube Is Messing With the Order of Videos in Some User Feeds
YouTube is making even more changes to the way you watch videos, just in case you thought the video platform was done complicating its service after introducing YouTube Music. As noticed by MacRumors, YouTube is now testing non-chronological subscription feeds, a feature pretty much no one asked for, and one that is incredibly redundant. Why … Continued
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Tech NewsPrivacy & Security
Instapaper Is Blocking Users in Europe Until It Figures Out New Privacy Rules [Update: It’s Back]
Instapaper has informed its European users that it will temporarily cut off their access to the platform starting today. The reason? This Pinterest-owned service needs more than the two years it had to comply with the European Union’s new batch of privacy rules that go into effect on May 25. Sorry, Europe! Here’s the message … Continued
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Apple’s Got a Rebate With Your Name on It If You Paid Full Price for an iPhone Battery Replacement
Controversy over Apple’s battery management choices on older, out-of-warranty iPhones drove the company to offer discounted battery replacement services for affected customers toward the end of 2017. Now Apple is issuing a $50 credit to customers who paid $79 to replace their batteries last year, instead of the current $29 fee. Trust in Apple and … Continued
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ReviewsOther Gadgets
This Gadget Told Me How Wimpy My Punches Are, Please Don’t Fight Me
You ever get in a fight? No, not on Twitter. I mean a real fight, you know, with your fists? If not, then Hykso’s $150 FightCamp punch trackers probably aren’t your bag. The wearable is designed to provide the hard-hitting boxer within you valuable insight about your performance, and show you how you stack up … Continued
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Comcast Pulls Xfinity Site After Researchers Discover Bug Leaking Customer Data
As if you needed yet another reason to loathe your ISP, Comcast has dropped the ball when it comes to properly securing its own wireless products. A pair of security researchers have uncovered a bug on Comcast’s website that allowed unauthorized disclosure of Xfinity customers’ personal data, according to a report from ZDNet. All you … Continued
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