Technology News
Apple and Barclays Stop Issuing 'Apple Rewards Visa' as Product Financing Shifts to Apple Card
Mac Rumors - 15 Sep 2020 17:20
Apple has ended its credit card partnership with British bank Barclays, according to Bloomberg, on the same day as the company's virtual "Time Flies" event. For many years, Barclays issued an "Apple Rewards Visa" with sp...
The New 8th-Gen iPad and Fully Redesigned iPad Air Are Here
Gizmodo - 15 Sep 2020 20:09
While we continue to wait for info about the iPhone 12, which was nowhere to be seen at today's Time Flies event, Apple is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the iPad with the new 8th-gen iPad and iPad Air.
CBP Seized OnePlus Buds as 'Counterfeit' AirPods. Now It's Doubling Down
Wired - 15 Sep 2020 03:39
The US government has detained thousands of wireless earbuds on suspicion of being fake Apple goods--despite crystal clear branding from an established company.
The neutrino painter
Symmetry Magazine - 15 Sep 2020 16:57
In this stop-motion video, Symmetry writer Zack Savitsky imagines an artist whose supplies have taken on some of the properties of neutrinos. Particle physics is driven by surprise. Researchers in the 1960s studying tiny...
Can You Believe This?
Gizmodo - 15 Sep 2020 22:08
I was covering your event.
Hypothyroidism study finds controversial desiccated thyroid as effective as synthetic drugs
Slash Gear - 15 Sep 2020 23:06
When it comes to hypothyroidism, a condition in which the thyroid produces too little thyroid hormones, the standard treatment is to take a synthetic form of the T4 thyroid hormone. Called levothyroxine and sold under br...
The SpaceX Starship Could be Making its Biggest Hop Yet (and a Belly-Flop) Next Month!
Universe Today - 15 Sep 2020 01:19
Elon Musk and SpaceX appear to be gearing up for a high-altitude hop test with the SN8 before the end of October! The post The SpaceX Starship Could be Making its Biggest Hop Yet (and a Belly-Flop) Next Month! appeared f...
Apple Watch Series 6 and SE - Differences, missing features and the fine print
Slash Gear - 15 Sep 2020 21:51
Even without iPhone 12, Apple squeezed a lot into its hour-long Apple Watch and iPad event today. Enough, indeed, that some of the details about the Apple Watch Series 6 and Apple Watch SE either got nudged into the fine...
Motorola's 5G-capable Edge is $200 off right now
Engadget - 15 Sep 2020 15:49
When Motorola introduced the Edge, it was attempting to make an affordable 5G smartphone. The problem was that at $700 the Edge wasn't all that affordable, and several other mid-range phones -- LG's Velvet, OnePlus Nord,...
EA's Origin is on the way out, but its replacement sounds a whole lot better
Slash Gear - 15 Sep 2020 22:01
Last month, EA announced a fairly major change to its subscription services, revealing that it would unify them under the name of EA Play. The company’s subscription service was previously known as EA Access on console...
Apple Releases iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 Golden Masters to Developers
Mac Rumors - 15 Sep 2020 20:31
Apple today seeded the GM versions of upcoming iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 updates to developers for testing purposes, one week after seeding the eighth betas and over two months after unveiling the new software at the WWDC key...
Apple Watch SE packs essential features, larger screen for just $279
Cult of Mac - 15 Sep 2020 19:41
Take advantage of some of the best, most essential Apple Watch features at a brilliantly low price with the new Apple Watch SE. Unveiled alongside Apple Watch Series 6 on Tuesday, the more affordable model packs an egde-...
Arlo's wireless doorbell can do direct-to-mobile video calls
Engadget - 15 Sep 2020 14:01
To better compete with rivals like Ring, Arlo has launched the Essential Video Doorbell, a wireless version of last year's Video Doorbell. As before, the most notable feature is square aspect ratio video capture, giving ...
A beautiful picture of Saturn's heavily-cratered moon Mimas, processed by @kevinmgill
Universe Today - 15 Sep 2020 03:09
The Cassini mission to Saturn took many images of Mimas, one of the smallest moons in the solar system. And now you can view it in all its icy, cratered glory, thanks to the work of Kevin Gill. Mimas is perhaps best know...
Canon is crowdfunding an unusual pocket-sized 'telescope' camera in Japan
Slash Gear - 15 Sep 2020 22:11
We’ve known for a while now that Canon plans to launch a variety of unusual cameras that will target markets underserved by smartphones, which have largely decimated the point-and-shoot digital camera market. The lates...
Apple's 'Environmental Obligations Are Not Taken Seriously Enough,' Say British Lawmakers
Mac Rumors - 15 Sep 2020 16:07
After failing to appear before British lawmakers, Apple has been accused of not taking its environmental obligations seriously enough, particularly on e-waste, reports Bloomberg. Apple CEO Tim Cook was asked to appear be...
Verizon buying Tracfone FAQ: How will it affect customers?
Android Central - 15 Sep 2020 05:45
Verizon is buying 21 million prepaid customers. On September 14, 2020, Verizon announced that it will acquire the prepaid mobile carrier Tracfone and its 21 million customers from America Movil. Verizon is paying $3.125 ...
PS5 production cut by 4 million due to chip production issues
Slash Gear - 15 Sep 2020 05:03
The PlayStation 5’s story has never been a smooth one, at least not compared to its rival, the Xbox Series X. Now finally nearing the end of the road before it officially launches, it seems that it still has a few kink...
Facebook Routinely 'Ignored' Efforts to Manipulate Elections Across the Globe: Whistleblower
Gizmodo - 15 Sep 2020 02:55
Facebook has royally screwed up its response to political misinformation, conspiracy theories, and organized manipulation campaigns in the U.S.--where it's based. Outside the West, the company has long been a sort of abs...
Solar cycle 25 is here. NASA, NOAA scientists explain what that means
Phys.org - 15 Sep 2020 19:25
Solar Cycle 25 has begun. During a media event on Tuesday, experts from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) discussed their analysis and predictions about the new solar cycle--and how the ...
Social Media Injustice?
PetaPixel - 15 Sep 2020 19:07Satellites track Hurricane Sally ahead of US landfall (and 5 other big storms on Earth)
SPACE.com - 15 Sep 2020 17:25
Hurricane Sally is barreling towards land as five other storms swirl on Earth's surface, satellites have spotted from space.