Catie Keck, Author at Gizmodo

Hell Yes, Slack Just Dropped a Dark Mode for Desktop

After rolling out dark mode on mobile earlier this year, workplace chat app Slack is finally bringing its dark theme to desktop as well. The company announced in a blog post on Thursday that dark mode on desktop was immediately available across its apps on Mac, Windows, and Linux. To access it, open Slack and…

Tech News Catie Keck Sep 12

YouTuber Arrested for Trespassing Near Area 51 Just a Week Before Now-Canceled Viral Event

Nevada police say they arrested a YouTuber and his friend, both from the Netherlands, this week after the pair allegedly defied notices and trespassed at a secure government site near Area 51. The Nye County Sheriff’s Office said in a public release that two Dutch nationals, YouTuber Ties Granzier, 20, and Govert Charles Wilhelmus Jacob…

Tech News Catie Keck Sep 12

Does Apple TV+ Need to Be Good?

With Apple’s annual September event this year, we finally have answers around what its Netflix streaming contender will look like at launch: sparse in offerings and incredibly cheap—if not altogether free. But before we write it off entirely, Apple’s TV+ foray into streaming may be smarter than it reads at first blush. In fact, this…

Tech News Catie Keck Sep 11

White House Is Considering a Federal Ban on Flavored E-Cigarettes

Amid a spike in the use of electronic cigarettes among teens and children, President Donald Trump has announced the Food and Drug Administration is considering yanking all non-tobacco flavored e-cigs from the market. The announcement was made Wednesday and follows a series of threats from agency officials that such a move was imminent if companies…

Tech News Catie Keck Sep 11

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…

Tech News Catie Keck Sep 11

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…

Tech News Catie Keck Sep 10

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,…

Tech News Catie Keck Sep 10

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…

Tech News Catie Keck Sep 10

Juul Is in Deep Shit With the FDA for Claiming Its Vape Products Were Safer Than Cigarettes

The Food and Drug Administration issued a warning to Juul over its marketing practices and representing its products as less harmful than traditional cigarettes, the agency announced this week. The FDA’s warning came with the threat of pulling Juul products from sale if it fails to comply with the agency’s investigation. The letter addressed to…

Tech News Catie Keck Sep 9

Apple Card Also an Apple Knife

Apple’s newly available physical credit card may boast of low interest and 3 percent cash-back perks from partners like Uber, but one YouTuber has discovered the card has an unexpected utilitarian function as well: titanium pocket knife. A video shared by Mirkojax ASMR and originally posted by the account Ciuski Productions demonstrates how the Apple…

Tech News Catie Keck Sep 9

United and Southwest Will Allow Passengers to Opt-Out of 737 Max Flights

Even after Boeing’s beleaguered Boeing 737 Max jets return to the skies, some Stephen Brashearwary passengers won’t be expected to board them—at least if they’re flying United Airlines. The policy is not new but reiterated this week by a United Airlines executive during an investor conference. CNN on Wednesday cited Boeing’s chief commercial officer Andrew…

Tech News Catie Keck Sep 5

NYC Sues T-Mobile Over Rampant ‘Abusive’ Sales Tactics at Metro Stores

The City of New York is suing T-Mobile over what it described as “pervasive” and predatory sales tactics carried out by dozens of the company’s Metro locations, activity the city alleges was not only “abusive” but also illegal. A complaint filed in the state Supreme Court in Manhattan and first reported by Reuters alleged that…

Tech News Catie Keck Sep 5

Exposed Server Contained Phone Numbers of Hundreds of Millions of Facebook Users

Facebook is staring down yet another security blunder, this time with an incident involving an exposed server containing hundreds of millions of phone numbers that were previously associated with accounts on its platform. The situation appears to be pinned to a feature no longer enabled on the platform but allowed users to search for someone…

Social Media Catie Keck Sep 4

Michigan Becomes the First State to Ban the Sale of Flavored E-Cigs

Michigan on Wednesday became the first state to ban flavored e-cigarettes in a measure that Governor Gretchen Whitmer said is meant to help curb the use of the products by youth—and one that comes as teen vaping continues to skyrocket. The Washington Post reported that the ban will apply to the sale of flavored e-cigs…

Tech News Catie Keck Sep 4

Facebook: Guess We’ll Disclose the Whole Face Recognition Thing (Since We Have To)

Facebook says it’s giving the ax to one face-scanning tool and introducing a wider rollout for another—this time by giving users a heads up about it first. The tag suggestions setting—or the one that allows users to easily tag their friends in photos based on Facebook-generated name recommendations—will no longer be available, according to a…

Tech News Catie Keck Sep 3

E-Scooters Pulled From Miami Streets to Avoid ‘Scooternado’ During Hurricane Dorian

As Hurricane Dorian nears Florida ahead of its expected landfall early next week, Miami is taking measures to ensure that the e-scooters on its city streets don’t become an inadvertent safety hazard—namely, that they don’t wind up turning into dangerous flying objects. Miami City Commission Chairman Ken Russell tweeted Thursday that “all” e-scooters would be…

Tech News Catie Keck Aug 30

Juul CEO: ‘Don’t Use Juul’ If You’re Not Already Addicted to Nicotine

Even the guy running Juul admits that you probably shouldn’t use its highly addictive products if you’re not already addicted to nicotine. Amid a growing number of investigations into the potential health risks—and all that stuff about, y’know, targeting kids or whatever—Juul CEO Kevin Burns told CBS This Morning that despite his company getting in…

Tech News Catie Keck Aug 30

Apple Gets Halfway to Allowing You to Repair Your Own Shit

In an apparent flip on its position on independent repair operations, Apple this week announced that it will finally provide the parts and tools needed to perform “the most common out-of-warranty iPhone repairs” to independent businesses. But don’t go patting Apple on the back just yet. As part of a new repair initiative, Apple will…

Tech News Catie Keck Aug 29

Airlines Are Banning MacBooks in Checked Luggage Regardless of Recall Status

Following an Apple notice that a “limited number” of 15-inch MacBook Pros may have faulty batteries that could potentially create a fire safety risk, multiple airlines have barred transporting Apple laptops in their checked luggage—in some cases, regardless of whether they fall under the recall. Bloomberg reported Wednesday that Qantas Airways and Virgin Australia had…

Tech News Catie Keck Aug 29

TSA Is Testing Face Recognition at Airport Security Checkpoints in Las Vegas Now

The Transportation Security Administration will use face recognition technology at security checkpoints at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas. The good news is you can opt-out. The bad news is that the program in Vegas furthers the TSA’s ongoing efforts to expand biometric technology more broadly. According to a document from the Department of Homeland…

Tech News Catie Keck Aug 28

Catie Keck

Hell Yes, Slack Just Dropped a Dark Mode for Desktop

YouTuber Arrested for Trespassing Near Area 51 Just a Week Before Now-Canceled Viral Event

Does Apple TV+ Need to Be Good?

White House Is Considering a Federal Ban on Flavored E-Cigarettes

Repair Nerds Suitably Impressed With the Very Repairable Fairphone 3

Storm Area 51 Event in Shambles Over Fears of ‘Humanitarian Disaster’

Apple Announces the Price and Date for Its Apple TV+ Streaming Service

All the New Details About Apple Arcade

Juul Is in Deep Shit With the FDA for Claiming Its Vape Products Were Safer Than Cigarettes

Apple Card Also an Apple Knife

United and Southwest Will Allow Passengers to Opt-Out of 737 Max Flights

NYC Sues T-Mobile Over Rampant ‘Abusive’ Sales Tactics at Metro Stores

Exposed Server Contained Phone Numbers of Hundreds of Millions of Facebook Users

Michigan Becomes the First State to Ban the Sale of Flavored E-Cigs

Facebook: Guess We’ll Disclose the Whole Face Recognition Thing (Since We Have To)

E-Scooters Pulled From Miami Streets to Avoid ‘Scooternado’ During Hurricane Dorian

Juul CEO: ‘Don’t Use Juul’ If You’re Not Already Addicted to Nicotine

Apple Gets Halfway to Allowing You to Repair Your Own Shit

Airlines Are Banning MacBooks in Checked Luggage Regardless of Recall Status

TSA Is Testing Face Recognition at Airport Security Checkpoints in Las Vegas Now

Seagate NVMe SSD 2TB Hits Record Low, Making It the Cheapest and Smartest Way to Expand Xbox Storage

‘Dune: Part Three’ Begins Like a Sci-Fi ‘Saving Private Ryan’

First Statewide Data Center Ban Passed by Maine Legislature

FCC Exempts Netgear from Foreign-Made Router Ban for Some Reason

Jamie Dornan Is Your New Aragorn in ‘The Hunt for Gollum’

Trump’s Fed Pick Is Knee Deep in Tech and Crypto Investments

The First Trailer for ‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ Takes Terror Stateside

The Trump Phone Still Looks Like Total Trash

‘Masters of the Universe’ Really, Really Wants to Be the Next ‘Barbie’

Samsung’s Micro RGB TVs Provide So Much Color It May Be Too Much

Sony Inzone H6 Air Review: A Perfect Case for Open-Back Gaming Headsets

Anker’s EufyMake E1 Finally Brings Printers Out of the Dark Ages

The Soundboks Mix Is Going to Make You the Most Popular Guy at the Park

Asus Zenbook A16 Review: Start Considering Snapdragon on PC, for Real

Aqara Thermostat Hub W200 Review: Almost Better than My Ecobee

HP Omen Max 45L Review: 4K60 Gaming Has Never Been So Easy

Ecovacs Winbot W3 Omni Review: Window Cleaning Robots Have a Long Way to Go

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