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Rest In Peace, Facebook Ads Boycott (2020—2020)

This past summer, dozens of major brands pulled their ad dollars from Facebook in a protest of the company’s handling of the hate speech and disinformation. Apparently the company has done enough to win back one of its biggest fish: Unilever, which announced late last week that it would be picking up its ad campaigns…

Social Media Shoshana Wodinsky

Adobe Just Released Its Premiere Pro Beta for Apple’s M1 MacBooks

Anyone curious to see how a native version of Adobe Premiere Pro runs on Apple Silicon now has the chance. Last week, Abode released a beta version of Premiere Pro for M1 systems, reports The Verge, joining the already released beta versions of Photoshop and Lightroom. Early adopters of Apple’s newest Macs who have been…

Tech News Joanna Nelius

New Leaks Just Gave Us a Way Better Look at Samsung’s Next Wireless Earbuds

We’ve heard rumblings about Samsung’s next-gen flagship wireless earbuds before, but now an unreleased APK has just revealed a ton of details about which features Samsung is planning to include in the upcoming Galaxy Buds Pro. The latest comes from an enterprising Reddit user (u/gamer0mega), who discovered info about new features and product renders from…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford

Baby Yoda Robot Uses AI to Follow You Around Like a Creepy Toddler

If there’s one thing stores are now well stocked with, it’s Baby Yoda toys. And while you can shell out hundreds of dollars for a startlingly lifelike replica of Grogu, this DIY does what all the others can’t: automatically follow you everywhere you go like a curious 50-year-old toddler. Creator Manuel Ahumada wanted his Baby…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Dozens of Al Jazeera Journalists Were Hacked Via Zero-Click iPhone Exploit

It appears that 36 Al Jazeera journalists reportedly had their personal iPhones hacked using spyware created by NSO Group, a sketchy Israeli security firm. The terrifying thing is the zero-day, zero-click exploit, which abuses a vulnerability in iMessage, went undetected for about a year—and likely originated from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The…

Privacy & Security Victoria Song

The Best Illusions of the Year 2020

Also known as 2020's final attempt to break your brain.

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

What Apple’s ProRAW Format is, and How to Use It on Your iPhone 12 Pro

With the arrival of iOS 14.3, Apple’s ProRAW format is here, and it could significantly change the way iPhone users take photos—not just for this generation of handsets, but with the iPhone 13 and beyond. If you’re wondering what this new capability is and how you can use it on your iPhone, we’re about to…

Gadgets David Nield

Can You Train Your Ears to Become More Sensitive?

Is your body perfectly toned? Are your workdays marathons of effortless achievement? Do your relationships proceed from a place of maximal openness/empathy? Have you, through therapy or nootropics, trained your brain away from thoughts of sadness/despair? If you’ve answered yes to all of these questions—and frankly I can’t imagine a person who wouldn’t—you might be…

Tech News Daniel Kolitz

CDC Reports 550,000 Americans Have Received First Dose of Covid-19 Vaccine

Over 550,000 Americans have received their first dose of the vaccine against the coronavirus as of Sunday night, according to new figures released online by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The number of vaccinated Americans is encouraging news as covid-19 continues to devastate the U.S., a country that has averaged over new 216,000…

Tech News Matt Novak

Yes, ‘Alexa, Play the Queen’s Christmas Day Message,’ Is Going to Be a Thing

If you, like me, were addicted to Netflix’s The Crown and didn’t leave the comfort of your couch for many hours because you were binging it, you might also gasp in delight at this news. On Christmas day, you’ll be able to have your own The Crown moment with the real Queen Elizabeth II, courtesy…

Commerce Jody Serrano

UK Prime Minister: ‘We Cannot Continue With Christmas as Planned’

With only days left before Christmas, millions of people in the United Kingdom received disheartening, though not unsurprising, news on Saturday. They were under a strict lockdown again, and would in general not be allowed to mix with other households for the next two weeks. The reason was related to a new strain of the…

Tech News Jody Serrano

Congress Finally Reaches Deal on How Many Pennies to Throw to Americans

Congressional leaders have reached a bipartisan deal on an almost $1 trillion covid-19 economic relief package Sunday afternoon that would establish a temporary $300 per week bump in unemployment benefits and send $600 stimulus checks to most Americans, the Associated Press reports. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck…

Tech News Alyse Stanley

You Know the Pandemic’s Getting Worse if Apple’s Closing Its Stores En Masse Again

Besides the official reports from states, the federal government, and entities like Johns Hopkins, there’s always been another, unorthodox way to gauge the severity of the pandemic: Apple Store closures. The company was one of the first major retailers to close its stores during the pandemic and has been opening and closing them ever since…

Tech News Jody Serrano

Huzzah, Now ISPs Can’t Charge Rental Fees for Your Own Dang Modem

If you’ve ever wondered why you still have to pay your internet provider rental fees for a modem even after you bought it, I have some good news: A new U.S. law is shutting that shit down from here on out. As Ars Technica notes, the Television Viewer Protection Act goes into effect starting Dec.…

Tech Policy Alyse Stanley

Shoppers Beware: Scammers Are Sending Fake Shipping Notifications to Steal Your Info

With the pandemic pushing more holiday shoppers online this year, business is booming for major shippers like Amazon, FedEx, and UPS. Malls around this time are already veritable Petri dishes with crowds packing into stores and willing to elbow the ever-loving Christmas cheer out of each other over gifts. And to cash in on the…

Privacy & Security Alyse Stanley

Twitter’s New Labels: Biden Won the Election, No Matter What This Guy Says

Twitter has gone one step further in its efforts to dispel election misinformation, especially the nonsense spouted by one of the most powerful people in the world, President Donald Trump. In fact, its latest initiative may be a particularly painful whack at Trump since it does something that even he hasn’t been able to do:…

Social Media Jody Serrano

Trump Assumes ‘This Is Fine’ Stance as PR Fire Over SolarWinds Hack Rages On

A slew of companies and federal agencies including the Departments of Homeland Security, Energy, State, Commerce, and Treasury as well as the National Institutes of Health are among the many reported victims of the SolarWinds hacking scandal so far, but don’t worry guys, the president says it’s no big deal. “The Cyber Hack is far…

Tech News Alyse Stanley

Here’s How the Mysterious Twitter ‘Carp’ Meme Came to Be

For a brief moment on Friday night, spectacularly bored and homebound Twitter users marveled in delight at a strange phenomenon on the social network: Everyone was tweeting the word “carp.” Questions abounded. What? Why? Huh? I’m missing something, right? Now, hundreds of thousands of tweets and at least one dumb joke blog later, we have…

Tech News Andrew Couts & Shoshana Wodinsky

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Gifts for the Unrepentant Luddite

You know that special person in your life, the one who thinks technology is all around us. Who can taste the stink of it, as it were, and worries they’ll be infected by it? The result? Their anger at modernity creates a sense of absolute horror at what the world has become, and, worse, makes…

Gadgets John Biggs

Zoom Exec Accused of Conspiring with Chinese Government to Surveil, Censor Video Calls

An executive at the videoconferencing company Zoom schemed with Beijing officials to leak user data and squash video meetings discussing the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre earlier this year, according to federal prosecutors. The Justice Department’s case races a fresh wave of concern about Zoom’s security after the company spent the summer months muzzling…

Tech News Alyse Stanley

Rest In Peace, Facebook Ads Boycott (2020—2020)

Adobe Just Released Its Premiere Pro Beta for Apple’s M1 MacBooks

New Leaks Just Gave Us a Way Better Look at Samsung’s Next Wireless Earbuds

Baby Yoda Robot Uses AI to Follow You Around Like a Creepy Toddler

Dozens of Al Jazeera Journalists Were Hacked Via Zero-Click iPhone Exploit

The Best Illusions of the Year 2020

What Apple’s ProRAW Format is, and How to Use It on Your iPhone 12 Pro

Can You Train Your Ears to Become More Sensitive?

CDC Reports 550,000 Americans Have Received First Dose of Covid-19 Vaccine

Yes, ‘Alexa, Play the Queen’s Christmas Day Message,’ Is Going to Be a Thing

UK Prime Minister: ‘We Cannot Continue With Christmas as Planned’

Congress Finally Reaches Deal on How Many Pennies to Throw to Americans

You Know the Pandemic’s Getting Worse if Apple’s Closing Its Stores En Masse Again

Huzzah, Now ISPs Can’t Charge Rental Fees for Your Own Dang Modem

Shoppers Beware: Scammers Are Sending Fake Shipping Notifications to Steal Your Info

Twitter’s New Labels: Biden Won the Election, No Matter What This Guy Says

Trump Assumes ‘This Is Fine’ Stance as PR Fire Over SolarWinds Hack Rages On

Here’s How the Mysterious Twitter ‘Carp’ Meme Came to Be

Gifts for the Unrepentant Luddite

Zoom Exec Accused of Conspiring with Chinese Government to Surveil, Censor Video Calls

This Winter Fly Is Doing Something Scientists Didn’t Think Was Possible

Acer’s Mac Mini M4 Docking Station Drops to an All-Time Low, Supporting Up to 8TB Storage

Sony Is Hiking PS5 Prices for the Second Time in Less Than a Year

This Amazon Smart Plug Deal in the Spring Sale Makes Alexa Smart Home Setup Almost Too Easy and Cheap

Ryan Coogler’s ‘X-Files’ Reboot Has Found Its Other Big Star

Anker’s 100W Power Bank Hits Its Lowest Price of the Year on Amazon, Packing 25,000mAh and 3 Ports

Beats Solo 4 at 40% Off Is Now Apple’s Lowest-Cost Headphone Pick During Amazon’s Spring Sale

Now the Oscars Aren’t Just Moving to YouTube, They’re Moving Out of Hollywood

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

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