Technology News
Some COVID-19 patients are experiencing long-term skin problems
Slash Gear - 31 Oct 2020 22:21
Though its respiratory symptoms are best known, experts have reported over the last several months that COVID-19 can cause other health issues in those afflicted with the virus. A new study reveals that one of those prob...
Apple to replace crackling AirPods Pro earbuds
ZDNet - 31 Oct 2020 12:01
Do your AirPod Pro earbuds crackle or have a static sound during use? Good news. Apple will replace them.
Joe Biden's campaign has a 'Fortnite' island
Engadget - 31 Oct 2020 22:06
If you're running Joe Biden's presidential campaign and want to make a last-minute push for the youth vote, what do you do? Set up a Fortnite island, apparently. Mashable reports (via Kotaku) that the Biden-Harris campai...
LG phones would be so great, if LG finally made software that doesn't suck
Android Central - 31 Oct 2020 14:00
LG makes some of the best phones money can buy -- as long as you leave the screen off. LG makes a lot of different products and almost all of them are best-in-class. Whether it's a washing machine or a television, you ow...
Rising Ransomware Breaches Underscore Cybersecurity Failures
Dark Reading - 31 Oct 2020 15:15
Ransomware's continued success speaks volumes about what's at stake for businesses and people, and, perhaps, the cybersecurity industry's inability to adapt quickly enough to protect everyone.
High School Journalists Learn Kentucky Police Quoted Hitler in Training Slides
Motherboard - 31 Oct 2020 19:54
Two brothers obtained and published the horrifying slides, which suggests a 'warrior' must be a 'ruthless killer' and have a 'mindset devoid of emotion.'
Earth from Space: Republic of Maldives
SpaceRef - 31 Oct 2020 14:00
All 1200 islands that make up the Republic of Maldives are featured in this spectacular image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission....
Vitamin B3 protects skin cells from the effects of UV exposure, new research finds
EurekAlert! - 31 Oct 2020 06:00
(Say Communications) Research presented today at EADV's 29th Congress, EADV Virtual, shows hope that a form of vitamin B3 could protect skin cells from the effects of ultraviolet (UV) exposure: the main risk factor for n...
Attention Overload: What Makes Some Software Tools So Sticky [+Some Examples]
ReadWrite - 31 Oct 2020 23:25
There are a glut of software tools, mobile applications, websites and learning portals. The quality spectrum of these tools is as broad as the tools themselves and the industries they serve. It could be safe to say that ...
Grab these spooky (and free) NASA space posters to haunt your Halloween
SPACE.com - 31 Oct 2020 14:55
NASA has three new Halloween posters depicting strange space phenomena in classic horror movie styles and they're available for free.
Google Play Music we'll miss you, moving on is just an option
Slash Gear - 31 Oct 2020 12:03
Google Play Music came into existence in May 2011, and now after nine years of audio goodness, the service is finally laid to rest. Every online presence of the music service has been phased out by Google in the last few...
Apple ordered to pay VirnetX $503 million for VPN patent lawsuit
Engadget - 31 Oct 2020 06:11
The seemingly endless legal battle between Apple and VirnetX still rages on, and the latest development may cost the tech giant half a billion dollars. A jury in Tyler, Texas has ruled that Apple has to pay VirnetX $502....
TikTok Lives to See Another Day as Yet Another Federal Judge Strikes Down Trump's Ban
Gizmodo - 31 Oct 2020 05:29
There's a new development in the seemingly neverending game of chicken between TikTok and President Donald Trump over a nationwide ban. On Friday, a federal judge in Pennsylvania blocked the Trump administration from out...
Russian doctor intentionally reinfected himself to test coronavirus immunity
BGR - 31 Oct 2020 03:14
A doctor from Siberia conducted a controversial coronavirus immunity test after surviving COVID-19 in March. The 68-year-old Russian doctor spent time with coronavirus-positive patients without wearing a mask to see if h...
Tesla Hikes Up the Price of 'Full Self-Driving' Option to $10,000
Gizmodo - 31 Oct 2020 01:50
Tesla bumped up the price of its "full self-driving" software option to $10,000 on Friday, making good on CEO Elon Musk's promise last week to implement a roughly $2,000 price hike in the U.S. It follows the launch of a ...
Facebook temporarily pauses awful feature it will reinstate post election
Mashable - 31 Oct 2020 01:41Here's why Google probably won't release a 'true flagship Pixel' next March
Android Central - 31 Oct 2020 00:53Be sure to check out Halloween's rare Blue Moon tonight
Slash Gear - 31 Oct 2020 16:05
Halloween is here, and while the pandemic has messed up trick-or-treating for most people around the country, there is one treat that you can enjoy tonight. We mentioned a while back that tonight is a rare Blue Moon. A B...
How to Spot Tonight's Halloween Blue Moon & A Few Planets, Too
Life Hacker - 31 Oct 2020 16:00
This year, trick-or-treating probably doesn't look like you thought it would, and Halloween parties are (hopefully, in the name of public health) cancelled, but there's still something pretty spectacular going on tonight...
A Broken 3D Printer Inspired This Futuristic Fabric
Gizmodo - 31 Oct 2020 16:00
3D printers usually work by extruding long strings of molten plastic onto a surface. When MIT Media Lab researchers spotted a broken printer squirting out plastic erratically, they had an idea: By programming a normal ho...
Google Meet will now let you use custom backgrounds on video calls
The Verge - 31 Oct 2020 15:47
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google is introducing custom backgrounds for its Meet videoconferencing platform, the company announced in a blog post. If you use Meet in Google's Chrome browser you should be abl...
Google's 2020 Halloween treats: AR ghosts, spooky ringtones, magic cats
Slash Gear - 31 Oct 2020 15:00
Google is one of the companies offering some fun digital treats for Halloween this year, ones that you can enjoy using your phone and, for Nest owners, your smart doorbell. The content includes new AR experiences involvi...