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Thursday, 31 October 2019
When should you expect to receive Android 10? (Updated November 1)
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Apple TV+ streams premiere Friday afternoon
Now that it's November, we've reached the release date of Apple's streaming video service, Apple TV+. MacRumors points out an Instagram story post for one of its shows, The Morning Show, with an embedded countdown set for 1PM ET/10 AM PT. That's Appl...from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2N3e3Vm https://ift.tt/33bPH1q
Facebook sues domain name registrar over cybersquatting addresses
Facebook wants to brings down cybersquatting domains that may be used to scam and phish people. The social network has filed a lawsuit against domain name registrar OnlineNIC and its privacy/proxy service ID Shield for registering addresses that were...from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2JFgg7a https://ift.tt/2N5XpV2
You can now cover your tracks in Google Maps thanks to incognito mode
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Users complain iOS 13.2 is too aggressive in killing background apps
iOS 13.2 can be pretty aggravating to use when you have to multitask across several apps, according to various user anecdotes. Even worse, that seems to be the case even if you have an iPhone 11 Pro or an iPad Pro. MacRumors has collected a bunch of...from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2N36RZe https://ift.tt/327wc8C
Now Hulu subscribers can download and watch offline on Android
Apple TV+ is just hours from debuting and Disney+ will be here in a couple of weeks, giving Hulu less time to catch up with the pack in terms of streaming features. The video service finally added the ability to download shows for offline viewing ear...from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2N5IwCf https://ift.tt/2C36xDD
Lost your important files? Get Disk Drill Pro 4 while it’s 78% off
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Incognito Mode for Google Maps has arrived on Android
Earlier this month Google announced that its new Incognito feature for Maps had started to roll out, and now it should be here on your Android devices. Android Police points out a post on the support page from yesterday indicating that the rollout ha...from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2JCmlBe https://ift.tt/2Nv6xSc
Netflix plans to release its first scripted podcast
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Netflix is branching out beyond scripted video and nonfiction podcasts to create fictional podcasts. The company said today it’s planning to release a show called The Only Podcast Left as a fictional companion to its new apocalyptic zombie show Daybreak. The podcast takes place in Daybreak’s universe and tells the story of a group of teens who make a podcast during the apocalypse. It’ll exclusively be available through Spotify until December 12th, which is when it’ll be released on other platforms.
Netflix already produces companion podcasts for some of its content, including a behind-the-scenes show about Stranger Things, and another called You Can’t Make This Up about how Netflix filmmakers create their true crime dramas. Other video...
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Fresh frights: 13 essential modern scary movies to stream this Halloween night
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If 2020 will be the year of the tall phone, I want no part of it
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The death of PlayStation Vue is a damned shame
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The Verge Guide to the Apple Watch
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The Apple Watch has become the standard by which all other smartwatches are measured. It provides you with information about your fitness, heart rate, and general health; lets you listen to your favorite music and other audio streams; notifies your friends or family in case of emergency; lets you access texts and email; and even (if you have an LTE-equipped version) allows you to make and take phone calls.
It’s got style, as well. You can take your pick of a wide variety of watch cases, bands, and faces. Some of those faces give you immediate feedback on your steps, the weather, or the position of the Moon. Others simply tell you what time it is — but with flair and imaginative designs. You can even have your watch show off your...
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It’s harder to ban political ads on Twitter than it sounds
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If you’ve ever wondered about the value of having multiple social networks competing to develop the best products and policies, Wednesday offered us a clear example.
Facebook is now three weeks into a controversy over whether (and how) it ought to regulate political ads, and the lies those ads will inevitably sometimes contain. Lots of folks (including some Facebook employees) have proposed ideas, including banning political ads from the platform altogether.
Today, Jack Dorsey took their suggestion — for Twitter. In a thoughtful thread, Dorsey laid out his case for banning both issue ads and campaign ads. Notably, he honed in on two things that make social ads unique: their speed, and the way they can target small niche communities at...
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AirPods Pro teardown confirms that they’re just as disposable as ever
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iFixit has completed its traditional teardown of Apple’s latest AirPods and, just as Apple promised, it’s bad news for repairs. The organization awarded the noise-canceling buds a big fat zero repairability score, noting that their “non-modular, glued-together design and lack of replacement parts makes repair both impractical and uneconomical.” That’s the same score as both versions of the original AirPods.
This means that once the battery in your $249 AirPods Pro degrades and eventually dies, you’ve got no other option but to dispose of them. When you do, the best thing to do is to send them back to Apple for recycling knowing that you’re doing the environment a little favor.
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Mixer drops its subscription price to $4.99 -- the same as Twitch
After snagging some top streamers -- starting with Ninja -- the latest change Mixer is making in its battle with Twitch is to subscription pricing. The Microsoft-owned platform announced on Thursday that it's changing subscription pricing -- a featur...from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2Wy3OeH https://ift.tt/34i9En4
What trade ban? Q3 2019 reports make you wonder what could’ve been for Huawei
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Nintendo Switch sales should pass the SNES next quarter
Nintendo sold 4.8 million Switch consoles last quarter, bringing lifetime sales to 41.67 million. That's a 50 percent increase on the 3.19 million Switch consoles that were sold during the same period last year. Nintendo's hybrid console surpassed th...from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/36n5ThY https://ift.tt/2prmLDG
Uber and LinkedIn attackers plead guilty to hacking and extortion
The hackers who infiltrated Uber's and LinkedIn-owned Lynda.com's Amazon web servers have pleaded guilty in California federal court to charges of computer hacking and extortion conspiracy. Canadian national Vasile Mereacre and Florida resident Brand...from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2PyoMIZ https://ift.tt/2C0CBrQ
Nintendo’s Switch Lite helps boost hardware sales by more than 50 percent
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Nintendo’s third-quarter earnings are out, and they reveal that the company sold 4.8 million Switch consoles between July and September, a year-on-year increase of just over 50 percent. 41.67 million units have been shipped in total as of September 30th, meaning the Switch will almost certainly overtake the SNES this holiday season to become Nintendo’s second most popular home console ever.
This quarter saw the release of the Switch Lite, a new handheld-only version of the console that can’t dock to a TV but costs $100 less. The Lite sold 1.85 million units, while the regular Switch — which also got a new version with better battery life — sold 2.85 million.
Nintendo has continued to put out solid content for the Switch, and this...
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Tim Cook: Apple Pay transactions doubled year-over-year
Aside from revealing that its wearables and services businesses keep on growing, Apple has also discussed its mobile payment app's success and its partnership with the US Census Bureau during its earnings call. Tim Cook, the tech giant's chief, said...from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2WteB9V https://ift.tt/2NpPVv3
Wednesday, 30 October 2019
Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10 series is seeing stronger sales than Galaxy Note 9
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Vudu could be up for sale, if Walmart finds an interested buyer
Just shy of a decade after Wal-mart bought Vudu, The Information reports that the retail giant is "considering" selling its digital video on-demand store. There's no word on how far along in the process any potential deal is, or if will actually happ...from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/36m0isz https://ift.tt/322OHet
DeepMind AI now keeps up with 'StarCraft II' Grandmasters
DeepMind's StarCraft II AI can already hang with human players, but now it's ready to handle the best of the best. The team has revealed that its AlphaStar AI can play one-on-one matches in the real-time strategy game at a Grandmaster level for all...from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2BVhE1i https://ift.tt/2NpBTK0
Strong Galaxy Note 10 sales help stem falling Samsung profits
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Samsung Electronics has reported third-quarter earnings that show sharp declines year-on-year due to the ongoing slow performance of the global memory chip market, which had been the company’s biggest profit driver. In other areas, however, Samsung is doing pretty well.
Overall, the company made 62 trillion won (~$53 billion) in revenue and 7.78 trillion won (~$6.71 billion) in operating profit, year-on-year drops of 5 and 56 percent respectively. But the mobile business alone posted revenue of 29.25 trillion won (~$25 billion), up 17 percent, with profit rising 32 percent to 2.92 trillion won (~$2.5 billion). Profit is also slightly up at the display panel business.
Samsung says the improved mobile earnings were due to strong sales of...
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Apple re-releases HomePod update to avoid bricking speakers
Relax, HomePod owners -- it's now safe to update your speaker again. Apple has re-released the HomePod's multi-user update (now 13.2.1) to fix the problem that bricked some users' speakers, particularly after they tried to solve the issue by rebooti...from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2N0pwEW https://ift.tt/36mu1Bk
Lyft's stricter safety policy could make it harder to ban bad drivers
Lyft has implemented a new set of safety guidelines and protocols that current and former employees worry will allow unsafe drivers to return to the platform, according to The Washington Post. In June, Lyft created a new Safety Policy and Community C...from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/34fQOgn https://ift.tt/2Wpt5rA
The best Huawei phones you can buy right now (October 2019)
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US Interior Department is grounding its drone fleet due to risks of Chinese spying
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The US Interior Department, which oversees federal land and resource management, says it’s grounding its entire aerial drone fleet of more than 800 UAVs out of concern for Chinese spying and drone-aided cyberattacks. The news was first reported by The Wall Street Journal today, and the department confirmed the grounding to The Verge.
Every drone in use by the Interior Department is either manufactured in China or uses some Chinese-made parts, the WSJ reports. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt made the order earlier today, and the drones will remain grounded until the department completes a review of the security risks they may pose.
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Philips Smart Wi-Fi LED review: You don’t need a bridge to operate this line of smart bulbs
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Hate speech is spreading on Facebook in India again
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We’ve spent the past couple weeks looking at the clash of social networks and democracy in the United States. So let’s turn our attention abroad.
Assam is a state in India that is home to a large population of Bengali Muslims. The ruling party of India, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), are Hindu nationalists. In August, after six years of development, the government released a controversial national register of citizens that omitted 1.9 million residents, many of them Muslim. The government has presented the project as part of an effort to expel “infiltrators,” but the overall effect has been to create an environment of fear for minorities in Assam, many of whom are poor.
None of that is Facebook’s doing. But as we have seen before in...
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Juul stands accused of shipping a million contaminated vape pods
A former Juul executive is accusing the controversial company of shipping a million contaminated e-cigarette pods earlier this year and not issuing a recall, according to BuzzFeed News. The executive, Juul's former senior vice president of global fin...from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2q7FRi5 https://ift.tt/2WqIFTD
Snapchat now lets you 3D Paint faces and pretty much anything else
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Today, Snapchat is introducing a new 3D Paint feature that lets you draw in augmented reality. You can use it to draw on your own face using your phone’s front-facing camera, and it’ll also work with your rear-facing camera to let you to draw on objects in the environment. One video produced by Snap shows the feature being used to draw a pair of eyes and a mustache on the front of a van.
The functionality looks similar to Samsung’s “AR Doodle” feature which it introduced with the Galaxy Note 10. However, Samsung’s feature has the added benefit of using the phone’s S Pen stylus, which should be more precise than drawing with your finger on the screen.
If you want to give the feature a go yourself, then Snapchat’s 3D Paint...
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'Apex' crosses 70 million players as EA focuses on 'live services'
Other than the news that NBA Live will take the 19/20 season off, EA's quarterly earnings call reported revenue is up from last year, thanks largely to the games it's published as "live services." Those are the ones where it's continually rolling out...from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2qTYA17 https://ift.tt/2WrXi9y
Sony's PS4 is the second best-selling console of all time
Sony's PlayStation 4 has become the second best-selling console of all time, surpassing the original PlayStation, which sold 102.5 million units. Sony said that it sold 2.8 million PS4s this quarter (including the PS4 Pro), on top of the 100 million...from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2WpOQHC https://ift.tt/34idQmL
The PS4 has outsold the original PlayStation and the Wii
Sony has announced as part of its second-quarter earnings report that it sold 2.8 million PlayStation 4 consoles between July and September. Since the company hit exactly 100 million sales three months ago, the total is now at 102.8 million, meaning the PS4 has outsold the original PlayStation.
The PlayStation, as you may remember, was an enormous success. It sold 102.5 million units, vastly more than competitors like the Sega Saturn and the Nintendo 64, and until now it was the second best-selling home console of all time behind the PS2, which sold a probably unrepeatable 155 million. Also of note: the Nintendo Wii’s total of 101.6 million has been surpassed this quarter as well.
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NordVPN strengthens security measures following server breach
NordVPN is taking steps to ensure customers that it can stay true to its promise of providing "secure and private access to the internet" after admitting that an attacker breached one of its servers. To start with, its in-house team of penetration te...from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/34gtyPg https://ift.tt/36jJPos
Tuesday, 29 October 2019
Google could offer a native wireless ADB option in Android 11
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Here’s a real-world look at the Samsung Galaxy Home Mini
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Facebook sues Israeli firm over WhatsApp call exploit attacks
Facebook has filed a lawsuit against the NSO Group, accusing the Israeli cybersurveillance firm of using WhatsApp to spread spyware to 1,400 mobile devices in 20 countries from April through May. While the tech giant didn't say who it believes NSO's...from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2MZ1U3N https://ift.tt/2o0j2w9
EA's 'NBA Live' franchise is out for the season, again
One again, EA's NBA franchise is skipping a season, as the company announced during today's earnings call that NBA Live 20 has been cancelled. Three months ago the project was simply delayed with plans for a "different approach," but that won't be en...from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2q2TK1j https://ift.tt/2JzTtK1
Best comedies on Amazon Prime Video you can watch right now
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