Android
Let’s talk about Pluribus
The lead-up to Pluribus has been very secretive. The basic premise – miserable woman is stuck in a world where everyone is happy – was known early on, but that was followed by cryptic trailers Read more…
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CNN’s app is adding a ‘Shorts’ feed for bite-size videos
CNN is revamping its app’s homepage with a feed dedicated to short-form videos. The new “Shorts” tab houses a stream of clips with stories from CNN, allowing you to swipe through them like you would Read more…
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America’s cybersecurity defenses are cracking
It was late June, and something strange was happening on Arizona’s online portal for political candidates. Images of the candidates were disappearing. Photos of the Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini were popping up in their place. Read more…
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Tesla is fighting the EV sales slump with short-term rentals
Tesla hopes that people who won’t buy its EVs will at least rent one for a while. | Image: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images Tesla is now in the business of short-term car rentals, Read more…
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Blue Origin scrubs second New Glenn launch
New Glenn will have to sit pretty for a few more days. | Image: Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/Getty Images The second launch of Blue Origin’s partially reusable New Glenn rocket was scrubbed on Sunday due Read more…
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Cleveland Guardians’ pitchers indicted for rigging online bets
Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz were indicted in Brooklyn on charges that they conspired to illegally rig bets on pitches thrown during games. The two were charged with wire fraud conspiracy, conspiracy Read more…
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You need to listen to this compilation of ‘80s Spanish ambient and electronic music
Much of La Ola Interior (Spanish Ambient & Acid Exoticism 1983-1990) sounds shockingly contemporary for a collection of tracks recorded in the mid to late ’80s. Ambient as a genre was already relatively well established Read more…
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YouTube TV, ESPN, and Disney: the latest on the blackout
On October 31st, ESPN, ABC, Nat Geo, and over 20 other Disney-owned channels went dark on YouTube TV. As the two sides disagree about terms for a new content distribution contract, Google has accused Disney Read more…
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Arturia’s KeyStep mk2 MIDI controller is a shortcut to flow state
Don’t mind my desk toys. Arturia’s KeyStep is one of the most popular MIDI controllers ever made, especially with modular synth users and the DAWless crowd. It’s small, cheap, has an easy-to-use sequencer, and offers Read more…
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The tale of the Fire Phone, Amazon’s very strange smartphone
When Jeff Bezos decided Amazon needed to get in the smartphone game, he went all in. And the resulting device, the Fire Phone, wound up more densely packed with big ideas than just about any Read more…