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07.03.2020
iPadOS 14 Could Solve A Bunch of Little Problems We Have with iPad
It seemed like Apple completely reinvented the way we used iPads with the recent iPadOS 13 update that added support for trackpads and mice. But now iPadOS 14 is here. It’s not quite the overhaul that iPadOS 13 was,...
07.03.2020
Goodbye Useless Amazon Dash Wand, May You Rest Peacefully in Eternal Obscurity
In an email, Amazon notified Dash Wand owners that it’s ending support for the device as of July 21. What’s that you say? You’ve never heard of the Dash Wand? Well, that’s hardly surprising. The first iteration of the gadget...
07.02.2020
Japan's New Fugaku Supercomputer Is Number One, Ranking in at 415 Petaflops
Japan’s Riken institute has ripped through prior records on computing speed, with its brand-new Fugaku supercomputer performing 2.8 times more calculations per second in a biannual speed ranking than the previous record holder, the IBM system at Oak Ridge National...
07.01.2020
Once Again, Mr. President, You Have Broken the Rules of the General Discussions Board
Our big boy president has once again angered the mods, with Twitter flagging another one of his tweets for violating its rules. Last week, Donald Trump tweeted, “There will never be an ‘Autonomous Zone’ in Washington, D.C., as long as I’m...
07.01.2020
Apple Now Supports In-Store Mac Trade-Ins
Apple users will now be able to trade-in their old Macs in physical Apple Stores rather than having to use the company’s online system for these devices. An Apple representative confirmed the change to Gizmodo, and an updated FAQ on...
06.30.2020
Was That So Hard, Zoom?
Video chat service Zoom will finally add end-to-end encryption to calls placed by users on the free version of its service, weeks after announcing it would only be available to premium users who shelled out for the privilege. In April,...
06.30.2020
Olympus Is Getting Out of the Camera Game
It’s been a rough few years for Olympus, and with smartphones cannibalizing the sales of pocket cams and Sony dominating the sales of high-end mirrorless cams, Olympus has decided to sell off its camera division and exit the camera game...
06.29.2020
All the Stuff Coming to Apple Home in the Fall
Apple’s super-stuffed developer’s presentation last week brought new announcements for wearables, an overhauled iOS interface, and a new macOS with the debut of Big Sur. But Apple dropped a bunch of updates coming to the Apple tech we use in...
06.29.2020
China Finally Completes Its Rival GPS Network
On Tuesday, China launched the final satellite in its BeiDou Navigation Satellite (BDS) System, marking the completion of its homegrown GPS-esque navigation system. The project has been decades in the making. It began in the 1990s, and the first satellite...
06.26.2020
Philips Hue Goes Extra Bright with its New 1600 Lumen Smart Light
After releasing a line of new outdoor lights earlier this year, Philips Hue has returned with some new lights better suited for indoor use including an updated Lightstrip Plus and Hue Bloom lamp, along with a new 1600 lumen...
06.26.2020
This MacBook Charger Hub Fixes One of Apple's Biggest Laptop Sins: Removing the Memory Card Slot
Apple’s butterfly keyboard will go down as one of the biggest tech blunders of recent years, but there’s another egregious sin the company has committed against its MacBooks that hasn’t been properly addressed yet: the elimination of the built-in SD...
06.25.2020
Microsoft Broke One of Its Most Useful Windows 10 Features With Its Latest Update
Microsoft has had one heck of a time fixing bugs in its last couple of Windows 10 versions. Many users, myself included, stuck with version 1809 longer than we anticipated because of all the bugs in version 1903 when...
06.25.2020
Build This Mini Star Trek TNG Computer To Make Yourself Feel Like You're Far Away From Earth
Exploring the stars, thousands of light years away from Earth, sounds pretty great right about now. While Darian Johnson hasn’t invented intergalactic travel, he has created a tiny desktop computer that looks straight out of Jean-Luc Picard’s ready room, letting...
06.24.2020
Adobe Flash Is Actually Going to Die This Time, For Real
Three years ago, long after the rise (and fall) of Flash, Adobe announced that its once-ubiquitous multimedia platform was finally going away. But Adobe never provided a specific date for when Flash would reach its end-of-life. Now we know:...
06.24.2020
NASA’s New Horizons Probe Is So Far Away, It Now Sees Stars in Different Positions Than We Do
A NASA parallax experiment involving New Horizons shows the probe now sees some stars in slightly different positions than we do on Earth, revealing just how far the spacecraft is from home. You can actually replicate this effect at...
06.23.2020
It's Hard to Imagine Ever Finding a Smaller Travel Mouse Than This
As handy as a built-in trackpad is, there are many laptop users who absolutely despise the option. To them, a mouse is still the only way to push a cursor around, and for those times when they have to travel,...
06.23.2020
Amazon Introduces Social Distance Software at Warehouses, but That Won't Fix Its Coronavirus Problem
Amazon is debuting a new software that will send its warehouse employees real-time visual cues about their physical proximity to other workers, one of the company’s latest initiatives in response to covid-19—a problem the company has been struggling to address...
06.22.2020
Super-Sized Lego Go-Kart Is Big Enough for Even Grown-up Kids to Drive
Matt Denton was one of the clever engineers responsible for designing and building the functional BB-8 robots and puppets used to film the most recent Star Wars trilogy. But online Denton is probably better known for his clever use of...
06.22.2020
Amazon's Reportedly Fielding Probes From California, Washington State Over Trade Practices
Officials in California and Washington State are investigating Amazon’s business practices with a focus on whether the tech giant abuses its power over third-party sellers on its online marketplace, according to reports from the New York Times and the Wall...
06.19.2020
Brave Blows Up Its Whole Reason for Existing
As a software company in the browser space, Brave’s made a name for itself by putting user privacy first and monetization second. But now, some of its users are pointing out that the pledge might be a bit duplicitous. As...
06.19.2020
The U.S. Space Force Is Losing a Trademark Battle With Netflix's Space Force
The real Space Force may be going down in flames against the fictional Space Force: According to the Hollywood Reporter, the newly founded military branch appears to be losing a trademark battle with the Netflix comedy show of the same...
06.18.2020
Researchers Have Created Transparent, Breathable Face Masks
As mask-wearing becomes the new norm around the world, researchers from the EPFL and Empa in Switzerland have come up with a way to improve at least one of the many challenges of wearing face protection with a new transparent...
06.18.2020
U.S. Falls Out of Top 10 Average Internet Speeds Globally in 2020, but That’s Just Because Other Countries Are Faster
The covid-19 pandemic has many of us working and learning from home, which means access to fast internet is more important than ever. Unfortunately, despite being the richest country in the world, the U.S. has fallen out of the top...
06.17.2020
Lutron's Smart Blinds Automatically Open and Close All Day Long To Stop Direct Sunlight From Baking Your Home
The sun is a great source of free lighting if you’re in a home with lots of windows. But in the summer months, natural lighting can also quickly turn your home into an oven. Instead of spending all your waking...
06.17.2020
Apple Wins Patent for Socially Distant Group Selfies
It can be difficult to return to business as usual during America’s first phase of reopening with federal social distancing recommendations still in effect. But a new patent from Apple gives us a glimpse into how one bit of normalcy—group...
06.16.2020
Apple Doesn’t Want the Economic Crisis to Keep You From Buying Its Products: Report
The economic crisis stemming from the coronavirus pandemic has hit countries all over the world, costing millions of jobs and putting a freeze on a lot of non-essential spending, like upgrading your old phone or computer. Apple knows this, and...
06.16.2020
God Help Us, the Winklevoss Twins Are Co-Producing a Movie About Their Bitcoin Journey
The Winklevoss twins—the brothers Mark Zuckerberg allegedly stole the idea for Facebook from—are making a movie about themselves, Deadline reported this week. If that doesn’t seem masturbatory enough, rejoice: said film is about how they amassed a net wealth of...
06.15.2020
This Nintendo Switch Painting App Includes a Pressure-Sensing Stylus Powered by Sound Waves
A popular painting app for the Nintendo DS and 3DS that relied on each handheld’s stylus is finally coming to the Switch. But instead of forcing users to paint with their fingers, Colors Live will include a stylus that cleverly...
06.15.2020
iPhone 12 Release Could Be Delayed, A Surprising Source Says
Every September, almost like clockwork, Apple releases a new iPhone. Based on recent comments from an unlikely source, the CEO of wireless component supplier Broadcom, the iPhone 12's release might get delayed until much later in the year. According to...
06.12.2020
Check This Out: Mornings
You step outside, finding the usually bustling streets peaceful and empty. Despite a weather forecast pushing 80 degrees, the air is refreshingly cool. And while your schedule is filled with work, errands, and work that’s basically just one big errand,...
06.12.2020
Pop-up Teeth Could Improve the Grip of Any Shoe
Boots with a thick tread are a must-have accessory for safely traversing ice and snow in the winter, but slipping hazards can exist anywhere, especially for people with mobility challenges. Researchers at MIT and Harvard University have developed a new...
06.11.2020
Google Made a Super Simple AR Tool to Help You Better Visualize Proper Social Distancing
Parts of the U.S. are starting to open up again, but with covid-19 continuing to plague communities throughout the country, it’s still important to maintain proper social distancing where needed when out in public.
06.11.2020
New Leak Reveals How Google's Next Android TV Dongle Will Work
Earlier this year, clues indicated that Google was working on a new streaming video dongle that would both replace the Chromecast Ultra and run Android TV. But now, thanks a new round of leaks, we suddenly have a much better...
06.10.2020
Even Sega Thinks the New Game Gear Micro's Screen Is Too Small
Finally acknowledging that the original Game Gear was a hefty beast as far as handhelds go, Sega has just released details on its latest throwback console: a miniature version of the Game Gear that’s reminiscent of Nintendo’s Game Boy Micro....
06.10.2020
Trump Regime Plans to Ban Passenger Flights From China on June 16: Report
The Trump regime plans to ban all passenger flights from China as early as June 16, according to a new report from Reuters that cites airline officials. The plan is reportedly retaliation for the Chinese government’s refusal to allow most...
06.09.2020
RIP Echo Look, Another Amazon Device I Never Even Knew Existed Until Today
Less than three years after its debut, Amazon has banished its style-centric Echo Look device to the Goodwill pile. The company stopped selling actual units back in December 2019, but the company said this week it would be officially dropping...
06.09.2020
Nestlé Needs a Better Thesaurus for Renaming Its Plant Burger
For Nestlé, its meatless beef with Impossible Foods Inc has ended less than incredibly. Last week, a European court ruled that the multi-national food and drink giant must change the name of its “Incredible” plant-based burger for violation of trademarks....
06.08.2020
Google Facing $5 Billion Lawsuit for Tracking People Using Chrome's Incognito Mode
While most people know that using “private” or “incognito” mode stops your browser from saving things like your history or cookies, those modes don’t fully prevent you from being tracked online. And in a new proposed class-action lawsuit filed...
06.08.2020
Things Are Looking Grim for AMC Theatres
As the future of theaters remains uncertain post-pandemic, cinema chain AMC said in a regulatory filing this week that “substantial doubt exists” about its “ability to continue as a going concern” and its chances of springing back even after its...
06.05.2020
Futurama's Bender Turned Into a Belligerent Smart Speaker That's Still More Useful Than Siri
If you’re going to put a smart speaker in your home that disregards your privacy and functions only to rake in profits from you in any way possible, it might as well be a disembodied interactive version of Futurama’s Bender...
06.05.2020
Netflix Tells Subscribers to Use It or Lose It
Netflix is planning to purge its service of subscribers whose accounts are no longer actively being used—but you may have a chance to save your precious streaming data if you resubscribe before it’s wiped. In a very uncommon move by a...
06.04.2020
Hacker Permanently Solves Nintendo Switch Joy-Con Drift With a Touchpad Upgrade
After shutting down its US-based repair centers over two months ago as a result of the pandemic, Nintendo is starting to reopen them again, which is good news for Switch owners still dealing with Joy-Con drift. Hacker Matteo Pisani came...
06.04.2020
Looks Like Google Messages Might Finally Be Getting End-to-End Encryption
End-to-end encryption for RCS appears to finally be in the pipeline for Google’s messaging app. That’s according to code spotted in an upcoming version update by the folks at APKMirror, as first reported by 9to5 Google this weekend. Rich communication services,...
06.03.2020
Universal Orlando Parks Will Reopen June 5 Despite Risk of Coronavirus Case Spikes
After shutting down indefinitely in response to the coronavirus pandemic, Universal announced last week that its Orlando parks will reopen their gates beginning on June 5. Universal Studios Florida, Islands of Adventure, and Volcano Bay have been empty for months...
06.03.2020
Google's New Assistant Voice Match Feature Seems Kind of Sketchy
There are plenty of ways to use your phone to pay with stuff: You can use your face, your fingerprint, a passcode, and, now, simply your voice. Google just rolled out a limited pilot program that will let a few lucky...
06.02.2020
Facebook Rebrands Its Controversial Cryptocurrency Wallet
Facebook announced last week that it would be completely rebranding the wallet for its long-anticipated cryptocurrency—perhaps in an attempt to shake off its troubled reputation.
06.02.2020
Welp, There's Already a Jailbreak Tool for Apple's Latest Version of iOS
That sure was quick. Last weekend, the hacking group unc0ver released a new tool that can jailbreak Apple’s newest version of its mobile operating system, iOS 13.5, just days after its initial debut. Per multiple reports, the tool works on...
06.01.2020
Spotify Finally Allows You to Add as Many Songs to Your Library as You Want
Long before Spotify was a thing, I collected music on my computer during my college days. That collection, which had everything from Cradle of Filth to Dashboard Confessional, to Reverend Horton Heat, easily surpassed 10,000 songs by the end of...
06.01.2020
House Leaders Strike Deal to Protect U.S. Web Browsing Data From Warrantless Surveillance
After three days of negotiations, House lawmakers have struck a deal on an amendment to protect innocent Americans from being spied on by their own government online.
05.29.2020
Designer Turns Into Bane With a Robotic Face Mask That Auto-Closes When It Senses People
Unless you’re completely irresponsible and utterly lacking in empathy, wearing a face mask is going to be a routine part of life well into 2021. In a questionable attempt to make masks more comfortable, a YouTuber has shared his custom...

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Gadgets & Tech – Spoken Edition episodes:

iPadOS 14 Could Solve A Bunch of Little Problems We Have with iPad

Goodbye Useless Amazon Dash Wand, May You Rest Peacefully in Eternal Obscurity

Japan's New Fugaku Supercomputer Is Number One, Ranking in at 415 Petaflops

Once Again, Mr. President, You Have Broken the Rules of the General Discussions Board

Apple Now Supports In-Store Mac Trade-Ins

Was That So Hard, Zoom?

Olympus Is Getting Out of the Camera Game

All the Stuff Coming to Apple Home in the Fall

China Finally Completes Its Rival GPS Network

Philips Hue Goes Extra Bright with its New 1600 Lumen Smart Light

This MacBook Charger Hub Fixes One of Apple's Biggest Laptop Sins: Removing the Memory Card Slot

Microsoft Broke One of Its Most Useful Windows 10 Features With Its Latest Update

Build This Mini Star Trek TNG Computer To Make Yourself Feel Like You're Far Away From Earth

Adobe Flash Is Actually Going to Die This Time, For Real

NASA’s New Horizons Probe Is So Far Away, It Now Sees Stars in Different Positions Than We Do

It's Hard to Imagine Ever Finding a Smaller Travel Mouse Than This

Amazon Introduces Social Distance Software at Warehouses, but That Won't Fix Its Coronavirus Problem

Super-Sized Lego Go-Kart Is Big Enough for Even Grown-up Kids to Drive

Amazon's Reportedly Fielding Probes From California, Washington State Over Trade Practices

Brave Blows Up Its Whole Reason for Existing

The U.S. Space Force Is Losing a Trademark Battle With Netflix's Space Force

Researchers Have Created Transparent, Breathable Face Masks

U.S. Falls Out of Top 10 Average Internet Speeds Globally in 2020, but That’s Just Because Other Countries Are Faster

Lutron's Smart Blinds Automatically Open and Close All Day Long To Stop Direct Sunlight From Baking Your Home

Apple Wins Patent for Socially Distant Group Selfies

Apple Doesn’t Want the Economic Crisis to Keep You From Buying Its Products: Report

God Help Us, the Winklevoss Twins Are Co-Producing a Movie About Their Bitcoin Journey

This Nintendo Switch Painting App Includes a Pressure-Sensing Stylus Powered by Sound Waves

iPhone 12 Release Could Be Delayed, A Surprising Source Says

Check This Out: Mornings

Pop-up Teeth Could Improve the Grip of Any Shoe

Google Made a Super Simple AR Tool to Help You Better Visualize Proper Social Distancing

New Leak Reveals How Google's Next Android TV Dongle Will Work

Even Sega Thinks the New Game Gear Micro's Screen Is Too Small

Trump Regime Plans to Ban Passenger Flights From China on June 16: Report

RIP Echo Look, Another Amazon Device I Never Even Knew Existed Until Today

Nestlé Needs a Better Thesaurus for Renaming Its Plant Burger

Google Facing $5 Billion Lawsuit for Tracking People Using Chrome's Incognito Mode

Things Are Looking Grim for AMC Theatres

Futurama's Bender Turned Into a Belligerent Smart Speaker That's Still More Useful Than Siri

Netflix Tells Subscribers to Use It or Lose It

Hacker Permanently Solves Nintendo Switch Joy-Con Drift With a Touchpad Upgrade

Looks Like Google Messages Might Finally Be Getting End-to-End Encryption

Universal Orlando Parks Will Reopen June 5 Despite Risk of Coronavirus Case Spikes

Google's New Assistant Voice Match Feature Seems Kind of Sketchy

Facebook Rebrands Its Controversial Cryptocurrency Wallet

Welp, There's Already a Jailbreak Tool for Apple's Latest Version of iOS

Spotify Finally Allows You to Add as Many Songs to Your Library as You Want

House Leaders Strike Deal to Protect U.S. Web Browsing Data From Warrantless Surveillance

Designer Turns Into Bane With a Robotic Face Mask That Auto-Closes When It Senses People