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Tech NewsStreaming Services
Rumored ‘Apple One’ Services Bundle Could Be Launching Soon
In the weeks leading up to Apple’s September event, rumors swirled that the company could be gearing up to launch long-awaited subscription bundles that would group Apple services for lower prices than users paid for them individually. Now, more evidence points to a new mega-bundle that some reports have said the company is referring to … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgets
Six Tips for Funding Your Hardware Startup
What follows is an excerpt from my new book, Get Funded!: The Startup Entrepreneur’s Guide to Seriously Successful Fundraising, a book I wrote while working with hundreds of startups around the world. In this excerpt, my co-writer and I, Eric Villines, talk about how to build a hardware startup through crowdfunding. When it comes to … Continued
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Tech NewsAmazon
Amazon Brings on Former NSA Overseer to Do, Uh, Something
Amazon has appointed former National Security Agency director Gen. Keith Alexander to its board, the company disclosed in SEC filings released yesterday. There are no reasons anyone could find this alarming. Alexander headed the incarnation of NSA that— as classified documents leaked by Edward Snowden revealed—engaged in rampant surveillance of citizens’ private phone records, email … Continued
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Tech News
Drone Video of Bay Area’s Orange Haze Fits Too Perfectly With Blade Runner 2049 Soundtrack
A YouTuber has combined drone footage of San Francisco’s apocalyptically orange real-life landscape from Wednesday with music created for the 2017 movie Blade Runner 2049. And it all fits together almost too perfectly. The entire west coast of the U.S. is experiencing devastating wildfires this week, with people in California’s Bay Area waking up on … Continued
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Tech NewsGoogle
Android 11 Go Could Make Cheap Phones Up to 20% Faster
Following the official release of Android 11 earlier this week, Google also has some updates in store for the stripped-down version of Android designed for phones with lower specs. For Android 11 (Go Edition), the most important upgrade is just generally speedier performance, with Google claiming that apps will launch 20% faster in Android 11 … Continued
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Tech NewsPrivacy and Security
Portland Just Passed Our Country’s Broadest Ban On Facial Recognition
Portland, Oregon, might be best known as the home of bohemian stereotypes aplenty and some of the wildest donuts you can find in the state. Now it’s also earned the reputation for ambitious privacy legislation after passing the country’s broadest ban on facial recognition technology to date. Yesterday, the Portland City Council unanimously adopted two … Continued
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Tech NewsNews
Crypto Traders Cut Out the Middleman, Simply Rob Victim
Two alleged crypto traders in Singapore apparently came up with a fool-proof plan: rather than convert a customer’s 365,000 Singapore dollars to bitcoin, they would simply rob the victim when he came in to do the trade. The cash, worth about $267,556 U.S., changed hands in 2018 when the alleged 20-year-old Malaysian victim, Pang Joon … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgets
Bose Announces Two New True Wireless Earbuds and More Bose Frames
Just days after a surfaced video appeared to tease a new pair of Bose noise-canceling wireless earbuds, Bose has officially announced two new true wireless options: the QuietComfort Earbuds and the Bose Sport Earbuds. The two wireless earbud models originally slated to launch in 2020 were called the Earbuds 500 and Noise Cancelling Earbuds 700, … Continued
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Tech NewsPrivacy and Security
Whistleblower: DHS Goons Whitewashed Intel to Downplay White Supremacist Threat
It’s not exactly a secret that Donald Trump’s race-baiting, fascistic administration has turned a blind eye to violence committed by extreme far-righters. Trump said there were “very fine people” among the ranks of the neo-Nazis behind a deadly march in Charlottesville in 2017, encourages bigoted conspiracy theories like white genocide and QAnon, and recently came … Continued
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Tech NewsStreaming Services
Apple TV Arrives on Vizio SmartCast TVs
If you own a Vizio SmartCast TV, you’ll now be able to access Apple TV+ and Apple TV channels. You may even be able to snag a couple of months of Apple’s streaming service for free—which is probably about what users are willing to pay for it right now anyway. Vizio announced Tuesday that Apple … Continued
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Tech NewsNews
Fortnite Players Who Sign In Using Apple Need to Change Their Info ASAP
The latest development in a frankly exhausting pissing match between Epic Games and Apple is coming for your Fortnite credentials. Beginning this week, users who previously used the “Sign in with Apple” option to access the game will either have to update their login information or risk getting shut out of the app. Fortnite maker … Continued
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Tech NewsRobots
This Robotic Backpack Takes the Load Off
As we enter the fall hiking season, we may find ourselves carrying the bare necessities in a heavy backpack: a sleeping bag, a can of bug spray, a small stove, or even a case of White Claw. Until now, you and your muscles would have to lug all this junk through the woods. Now a … Continued
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Tech NewsNews
Chinese Ambassador’s Twitter Account Likes Porn Video, China Calls for Investigation
Two days from now, we’ll celebrate the second anniversary of that time Ted Cruz’s Twitter account liked porn and all he could say in his defense is that it was a “staffing issue.” But China’s leaders operate a little differently than our homegrown hucksters. On Tuesday, the Twitter account of China’s UK Ambassador liked a … Continued
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Tech NewsNews
President Death Recorded Saying He Planned to ‘Play Down’ Virus He Confessed Was ‘More Deadly’ Than Flu
At time of writing, the novel coronavirus has killed more than 190,000 Americans. Burdened by ineffectual leaders and a bloated, profit-driven healthcare system, the wealthiest nation in the world also holds the distinction of having objectively one of the most fundamentally flawed responses to the ongoing pandemic. From dismissing the bug’s lethality to staging political … Continued
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Tech NewsMicrosoft
Microsoft Is Taking a Gamble By Releasing Two Xbox Consoles at the Same Time
A $300 Xbox is nothing new; Microsoft has priced consoles that low before (except for the Xbox One and the One X). The difference now is that Microsoft is releasing two consoles at the same time, which it’s never done before. That’s why the $300 Xbox Series S seems so cheap compared to the beefier, … Continued
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Tech NewsComputers
Gateway Is Back and Making Laptops
Gateway, the famous cow-spotted PC brand of the ‘90s and early 2000s, is reentering the modern computer world with a brand-new line of laptops. According to an announcement released this morning, the new laptops will be sold exclusively at Walmart and will feature Intel and AMD processors and Nvidia RTX graphics cards. The idea of … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgets
Here’s Motorola’s Latest Publicity Stunt—I Mean Foldable Phone
Seven months after releasing its classic Razr in the form of a foldable phone to rival Samsung, Motorola is back with a second-gen version. The new model sports better specs and a refined design—plus 5G—for slightly less than the original, which definitely wouldn’t upset me if I had just purchased the first one in February. … Continued
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Tech NewsNews
Bose Earbuds Surfaced by Apparent Leak Point to AirPods Pro Rival
Bose is supposed to be readying a pair of true wireless earbuds for release later this year, the Bose Earbuds 500 and the Bose Noise Cancelling Earbuds 700. But per a seemingly accidentally posted promo video, it may be preparing to launch the higher-end of the two—a likely AirPods Pro competitor—under the name QuietComfort Earbuds. … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgets
Nintendo’s Amping Up Switch Production Yet Again ‘Cause We’re All Quarantine Gaming Fiends
Finding a Nintendo Switch or Switch Lite during the pandemic hasn’t been easy. Which is why, according to Bloomberg, Nintendo is raising its production goal for the Switch yet again to 30 million units for this year. The Switch shortage was widely reported on at the beginning of quarantine, and Nintendo has ramped up its … Continued