A lot more free trials of Google One could soon be made available if hints left in updated Google Photos code are anything to go by. An analysis of the code included in version 5.24 of Google Photos by 9to5Google...
As Sandstorm turned the first corner and started to disappear into the open desert, its laser scanner detected a clear path ahead, and its detailed map data said it was time to hit the throttle. Sandstorm’s wheels spun, kicked up...
During President Obama’s two terms in the White House, Jason Furman was a top economic policy adviser and a key voice on the growing importance of artificial intelligence. Furman served as deputy director of the National Economic Council before becoming...
Release date: TBD, Amazon Loki [embedded content] One need that’s never been fully satiated by the MCU: Loki. Sure, Tom Hiddleston’s God of Mischief has been in quite a few Marvel movies now, but never for long enough. Now, the...
The reason you’re not listening to what you want to when the mood strikes is because you can’t get to it fast enough. Whether you know it or not, you’re drowning in listening choices. Audio options abound. Often the time...
Whichever side of the subjective city-versus-rural debate you’re on, the objective laws of thermodynamics dictate that cities lose on at least one front: They tend to get insufferably hotter, more so than surrounding rural areas. That’s thanks to the urban...
Teachers who have found themselves holding class over Zoom have probably already figured out clever hacks to show their students documents, but there’s now an app designed specifically for that purpose (via 9to5Mac). Overviewer was made by developer Charlie Chapman,...
“Samsung Galaxy Chromebook 2” is a somewhat misleading title. Yes, this $549.99 laptop is technically the second device to bear the name “Samsung Galaxy Chromebook.” But it’s not a sequel in the sense that it’s an upgrade: Samsung didn’t add...
Vodafone is offering 12 months of free broadband to small businesses increasingly reliant on connectivity during the current pandemic. Lockdown restrictions and social distancing measures mean offices, shops and hospitality venues have been forced to close, while economic challenges have...
Three cellphone towers in KwaZulu-Natal have been destroyed because of an unfounded conspiracy theory that 5G is linked to the emergence of COVID-19. Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams condemned the burning in a statement. She urged the...
It looks as though updates will just keep on coming for Microsoft Teams users in 2021, after Microsoft announced the rollout of further upgrades. Earlier this week, the Redmond-based firm confirmed that its December 2020 feature update was now available...
Could the direction of filmmaking be about to change? According to a report from The Hollywood Reporter, Sony has announced a pair of new Crystal LED modular direct view displays that could make virtual movie production – of the kind...
Apple launched more phones simultaneously than it ever has before with the four-strong iPhone 12 family, so it’s perhaps unsurprising that there’s a fair amount of overlap between them. What did come as something of a surprise was the degree...
Cindy Peltier, an associate professor and chair of indigenous education at Nipissing University, refers to this as “helicopter research.” “Folks would come in and take information and then publish whatever they wanted without ever consulting the community,” she says. “People...
If you've been beating yourself up about doing nothing productive during quarantine, don't. Sometimes nothing is exactly what you need. Other times, it’s nice to make something with your own hands. That’s what this guide is about: how to build...
For years, radical transparency-focused activists like WikiLeaks have blurred the line between whistle-blowing and hacking. Often, they've published any data they consider to be of public interest, no matter how questionable the source. But now one leak-focused group is mining...
Nevertheless, I used it to get to the post office, get around Brooklyn for several photo outings when I needed to test phone cameras, and … well, that's about it. That takes me to my biggest problem with it. Annoying...
Ticketmaster has agreed to pay a $10 million criminal fine after admitting its employees repeatedly used stolen passwords and other means to hack a rival ticket sales company. The fine, which is part of a deferred prosecution agreement Ticketmaster entered...
Apple has been granted two patents that describe adding two-way wireless charging to its devices (via 9to5Mac). The patents, first spotted by Patently Apple, include drawings that show a MacBook charging various devices, including an iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch,...
Verizon is indefinitely delaying the shutdown of its 3G network, pushing back the original plan for the network to shutter at the end of 2020 to an as-yet-undetermined point in the future. The news comes from Verizon spokesperson Kevin King,...
Just over a year ago, I spent some time in Austin meeting with Google contractors. They had been hired through Accenture to moderate some of the most disturbing content on YouTube: videos that contain violent extremism, including murders and acts...