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The Kensington StudioDock turns your iPad into a tiny iMac
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Facebook strikes News Corp deal to license news from Australian media outlets
Illustration by James Bareham / The Verge Facebook last month shut off the ability for Australian users and media organizations to share news links in the country, and now it seems the company’s extraordinary measure Read more…
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Companies can silently reroute your texts to hackers, sometimes for just $16
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge There’s a newly discovered attack on SMS messaging that’s almost invisible to victims, and seemingly sanctioned by the telecom industry, uncovered in a report by Motherboard. The attack Read more…
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Twitter will soon let you use a security key as your only 2FA method
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter is planning a future update that will allow accounts enabled with two-factor authentication to use security keys as the only authentication method, the company said on Monday. Read more…
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Apple discontinues HomePod, but HomePod Mini will live on
Photo by James Bareham / The Verge Apple is discontinuing the original, full-size HomePod and will now focus its speaker efforts on the HomePod mini, the company told TechCrunch on Friday evening. Here is what Read more…
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Pocket’s sort by time to read feature seems designed for the return of commutes
Image: Pocket Pocket, an app for saving articles to read later, is rolling out a sorting option to Android users over the next few weeks that could solve my paralysis when choosing something to read. Read more…
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Disney’s MagicMobile pass is a contactless alternative to the MagicBand
Who needs a plastic wristband when you can use your iPhone to do the same thing? | Image: Disney In 2013, Walt Disney World resort offered the MagicBands — a plastic bracelet that made it Read more…
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Almost all of LG’s Android 11 updates aren’t coming until the end of 2021
Photo by Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge LG’s German website has revealed its Android 11 update roadmap — at least for Europe — and the news isn’t too encouraging. With the exception of the LG Read more…
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T-Mobile’s long-promised 5G home broadband will launch later this month
T-Mobile hopes to expand the service to 7 to 8 million customers in the next five years | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge At an analyst event on Thursday, T-Mobile revealed that its Read more…
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Pakistan is again banning TikTok, this time for ‘peddling vulgarity’
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Pakistan has banned TikTok yet again, citing objectionable content on the shortform video app. This is the second time the ByteDance platform has been banned in Pakistan, following Read more…