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Tech NewsGoogle
Wildly Popular Kid YouTube Channel Accused of Deceptively Promoting Products to Millions of Children
Over the last three years, a consumer watchdog group has increasingly focused on the deceptive ad campaigns of social media influencers’ who maneuver within emerging platforms that are loosely regulated—but now the organization has turned its attention to how children are being exploited in this field. In late August the non-profit group Truth in Advertising … Continued
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Tech NewsDesign
Repair Nerds Suitably Impressed With the Very Repairable Fairphone 3
In terms of building a more ethical smartphone that meets even the high bar set by repair nerds, Fairphone fits the bill. And with the third generation of its modular device, the Dutch company is living up to its promise of a truly and easily repairable device. On Thursday, repair outfit iFixit published its teardown … Continued
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Tech NewsApple
The Most Important iPhone 11 Upgrades Are the Ones We Didn’t Get
Another year, another new iPhone. I know someone says this every year, but I can’t shake the feeling that the iPhone 11 doesn’t seem quite as exciting as previous models. Now some of that could simply be due to update fatigue, as the iPhone’s legacy extends back more than ten years to 2007. But I’d … Continued
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Tech NewsNews
Bill Gates Explains He Met With Jeffrey Epstein Because Epstein Knew ‘a Lot of Rich People’
On Monday, CNBC reported that Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates met with late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in 2013 after Epstein “unleashed an aggressive lobbying campaign” to secure that meeting. In an interview published on Tuesday, Gates offered his explanation of why to the Wall Street Journal: Epstein knew a lot of … Continued
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Tech News
Gig Workers Win in California
After the better part of year, California’s Senate today passed AB5, legislation that is expected to unravel the contractor business model of companies like Uber, Lyft, and Doordash. In a historic victory, workers for those companies and others like them are now likely to be considered employees, entitled to the benefits and protections that status … Continued
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Tech NewsApple
Someone Is Working on an iOS Powered Stereo AR Headset
Apple’s iPhone event on Tuesday came and went without any mention of the tech giant’s plans for augmented reality, but iOS 13 code dug up by developer Steve Troughton-Smith appears to reference a “Starboard” framework for stereo AR, per 9to5Mac, and stereo AR means AR glasses. It’s not clear what kind of device Apple might … Continued
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Tech News
Poll: Slightly Over Half of People in the UK Want to Get Us All Killed by Aliens, Probably
Slightly over half of people in the UK believe that if the Earth received communications from an extraterrestrial, then the human species should collectively act like huge dumbasses and respond, according to a University of Oxford poll cited by Sky News on Tuesday. Perhaps it was not emphasized enough that if the UK received an … Continued
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Tech NewsApple
The iPhone Lenses Are Giving Me Trypophobia
I’ve been nauseous all afternoon. It started when I was scrolling through Twitter and saw the first glimpses of the iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max and their triple-camera horror show. [Editors Note: Trypophobia is a phobia for a reason, it freaks people out. If you’re afraid of clusters of small holes, read our blog … Continued
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Tech NewsApple
Everything Apple Announced Today
Every year it feels like Apple’s big iPhone event offers fewer and fewer surprises. This year was no different. Once again, we got three new phones and a new Apple Watch. But we also got some new and interesting details about the company’s future. The new iPhones, as we expected, are the iPhone 11 as … Continued
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Tech NewsNews
Storm Area 51 Event in Shambles Over Fears of ‘Humanitarian Disaster’
The asinine and poorly planned so-called Alienstock that was slated to take place next week appears close to disaster after the person behind the viral “Storm Area 51, They Can’t Stop All of Us” Facebook joke post that inspired it said he was pulling out of the event. A notice on the Alienstock website said … Continued
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Tech NewsFacebook
Maybe Don’t Let Facebook Track Your Location in iOS 13 and Android 10
With the arrival of iOS 13 and Android 10, Facebook is preemptively warning users that location settings are about to change and it’s surely just trying to help you out. Android 10 gives users more insight into what apps can access their smartphone’s exact location. Before Android 10, users only had an on/off toggle for … Continued
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Tech NewsNews
Fukushima’s Radioactive Water Will Have to Be Dumped in the Ocean, Japan’s Environment Minister Predicts
A remark by Japanese environment minister Yoshiaki Harada about dumping wastewater from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant directly into the Pacific Ocean has sparked outrage among Japanese fishermen and environmental groups. Harada made the comments earlier today during a press briefing in Tokyo, reports the Japan Times. Responding to a question, Harada said Tokyo … Continued
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Tech NewsPrivacy and Security
Apple Avoids Saying ‘Privacy’ During iPhone 11 Event
Despite celebrating its privacy initiatives non-stop in recent years, Apple was surprisingly mum on the topic during its annual iPhone announcement event. With millions of eyes focused on a single stage Tuesday, Apple CEO Tim Cook had every opportunity to address the series of embarrassing security foul-ups that have plagued the company over the past … Continued
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Tech NewsNews
Uber Ruthlessly Prioritizes 435 People Out of a Job
Uber has laid off 265 engineers and 170 members of its product team because it is a successful company based on sound financials that is not badly in need of a drastic overhaul. It’s so far from needing a corporate mulligan that the layoffs, representing about 8 percent of each team, came after CEO Dara … Continued
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Tech NewsApple
iPhone 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 NewsApple
The 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
Apple 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
Apple 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
Apple’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 NewsApple
All 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
By Catie Keck