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Google and Apple should give consumers more control over which apps they have on their phones right out of the box, according to a new interim report from Australia’s top consumer watchdog. The report is Australia’s latest attempt to pick a fight with Big Tech, and if the past is any guide, Google and Apple…
A man in the Australian state of South Australia was arrested Wednesday after allegedly placing his own QR codes on two official covid-19 check-in signs, according to police in South Australia. The man was granted bail with one very specific condition: He can’t carry “loose QR codes” anywhere. The government of South Australia operates an…
Esta semana hemos tenido la oportunidad de ver los últimos dispositivos de gama alta de Samsung para el mundo audiovisual. Entre las novedades de los coreanos pudimos ver los nuevos y flamantes televisores Neo QLED, pantallas especiales pensadas para exteriores y hasta curiosos paneles QLED que se camuflan entre los cuadros de tu pared. Pero…
A deposition related to Epic Games’ ongoing case against Apple reveals that Eddy Cue in 2013 championed iMessage for Android but was ultimately overruled. The deposition transcript reported by The Verge indicates that in April of 2013, Cue was engaged in a documented conversation on the topic with Apple’s Craig Federighi. During that conversation, Cue…
A Maryland defense attorney has decided to challenge the conviction of one of his clients after it was recently discovered that the phone cracking product used in the case, produced by digital forensics firm Cellebrite, has severe cybersecurity flaws that could make it vulnerable to hacking. Ramon Rozas, who has practiced law for 25 years,…
Mark Zuckerberg was merely wearing a clever, creamy disguise when he was photographed last year slathered in ungodly amounts of sunscreen while surfing in Hawaii, at least according to Mark Zuckerberg. The now-infamous photo, published by a paparazzo with the agency Mega, captured the Facebook CEO staring at the camera with the soulless gaze and…
MSCHF, the Brooklyn-based art collective you might remember from the recent Satanic Shoes debacle featuring Lil Nas X, has a new pitch for you: trade in your digital cookies for real ones. The conceit of this project is pretty simple: you download the Cooooookies browser extension, which then hangs out in the corner of your…
Spotify has officially announced its rumored paid subscription platform for podcast creators, and the company appears to be asking for a much smaller cut of profits than Apple from creators who use its service. Spotify on Tuesday announced the launch of Paid Subscriptions, its creators subscriber platform that will allow them to monetize their podcasts.…
At the start of the pandemic, Apple and Google scrambled to enable covid-19 contact tracing on their respective smartphone operating systems. The feature, which works across iOS and Android, was designed to help folks quickly determine if they’d been exposed to the virus by simply enabling a contact-tracing setting. Both companies had promised that pertinent…
Apple’s second generation of custom ARM processors have reportedly entered mass production, reports Nikkei Asia. Sources familiar with the matter told the publication we could see MacBooks with the new chip start shipping as early as July this year. Rumors that next-gen MacBooks will go on sale later this year have been swirling for months,…
In a coming-of-age tale for the 21st century, Disaster Girl—the cherubic 4-year-old whose criminal grin in front of a burning building captured the internet-poisoned soul of her forebearers—has become an NFT. Now-Disaster Woman Zoe Roth, age 21, has sold her image for 180 Ethereum (currently, $473,000 USD). Out of all of the crap to drop…
Despite containing no actual magic, the Magic 8-Ball has been providing random answers to life’s important questions since 1950. But the iconic toy is over 70 years old now, and it’s about time for an upgrade for the 21st century. DJ Harrigan modernized the device so that it now responds with animated GIFs. Instead of…
So far this year Samsung hasn’t said much about its next batch of foldable phones, though thanks to a recent spate of leaks and rumors, we may now have a better idea of what to expect as early as this summer. While Samsung typically saves its Z Fold devices for the fall, according to a…
In a first for virtual reality headsets, HTC announced it’s partnering with iFixit to offer official HTC Vive parts, accessories, and repair guides so customers can fix their own headsets. North American HTC Vive owners can now order parts for the Vive Cosmos Elite, Vive Pro, Vive Pro Eye, and other accessories like power adaptors…
Every culture has a different benchmark for when a boy becomes a man. But for handheld consoles, it apparently happens somewhere around the time that they’re upgraded with a color screen and the ability to play NES games. But despite the status update, the Grumpy Modeler’s Nintendo Game Man still isn’t allowed to vote. By…
It was supposed to be an easy gig. Jason Glick had been acting for more than 30 years, mostly in stage productions, but the occasional on-screen commercial work helped cover the bills, and the shoot for the Quantum Code paid too well to pass up. In a half-hour pitch video with more than 4 million…
Hackers with the Babuk Locker ransomware gang claim to have stolen 250GB of sensitive internal documents belonging to the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, DC, and are now extorting the public agency for an unknown sum of money. The stolen documents that the cybercriminals are now threatening to publish include intelligence on urban gang activity,…
Our minds were blown back in 2012 when researchers at MIT demonstrated a new coating that let ketchup slide right out of a bottle with ease. Nine years later, the technology, known as LiquiGlide, is about to make it incredibly easy to get every last drop of toothpaste out of a tube without having to…
You may have missed it in between the colorful new iMacs and AirTag announcements, but the iPad Pro models that Apple introduced last week come with an interesting video-calling feature called Center Stage, which is designed to keep you in the center of the frame at all times. Here’s how it’s supposed to work, and…
