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Fujifilm GFX 100S Review
Photography Blog - 12 Mar 2021 18:30
The new 100-megapixel medium-format Fuji GFX 100S is smaller, lighter and more versatile than the flagship GFX 100, and crucially, significantly cheaper too. So much so that it steps on the toes of high-end 35mm full-fra...
Google Play Store Suspends Polyamory Dating App
Motherboard - 12 Mar 2021 16:00
#open, an app for ethical non-monogamy, was suspended for violating the "Sexual Content and Profanity policy."
Your Facebook Stories will soon be invaded by ads
Android Central - 12 Mar 2021 02:49
Facebook is sticking ads in more and more places. What you need to know Facebook announced new ways for creators to make money. The company will now let them use stickers to place small ads in story content. It plans to ...
US wants all adults to be eligible for COVID-19 vaccines by May
Slash Gear - 12 Mar 2021 04:02
It isn’t always the case that the US tops charts in ways it probably would have wished it didn’t. Just by raw numbers alone, it ranks highest not only in the number of COVID-19 cases but also in the number of deaths ...
16 states have decided you don't need to wear a face mask anymore
BGR - 12 Mar 2021 03:48
According to the latest coronavirus update from Johns Hopkins University, more than 29.1 million coronavirus cases have been reported in the US through Thursday afternoon, in addition to more than 530,000 coronavirus dea...
Hackers Are Swarming Microsoft Exchange
Gizmodo - 12 Mar 2021 03:45
Those Microsoft Exchange security flaws you may have heard about are really getting pummeled. If ever there was a time for cybersecurity reporters to trot out metaphors involving phrases like "blood in the water" and "de...
You might get your $1,400 stimulus check as early as this weekend
BGR - 12 Mar 2021 02:49
President Joe Biden initially intended to sign the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 on Friday afternoon, but whatever was holding the process up was apparently resolved more quickly than expected, because B...
Official Fortnite Season 6 image accidentally leaked on Xbox
Slash Gear - 12 Mar 2021 02:42
Unofficial leaks are fun, but nothing is quite as exciting as an accidental early post of official content. We’ve seen that happen multiple times in Fortnite‘s history, and the latest leak is no exception. It seems t...
The Netflix Password-Sharing Crackdown Has Begun
Gizmodo - 12 Mar 2021 02:24
Bad news for streamers mooching their Netflix access.
Terry Crews Has His Own Cryptocurrency Because Why Not?
Gizmodo - 12 Mar 2021 01:30
Soon you could be spending money minted by Terry Crews--certainly an exciting piece of news if that's been an ambition of yours.
Former Employees Explain What Facebook Has to Lose When Apple Implements App Tracking Transparency
Mac Rumors - 12 Mar 2021 01:28
As Apple prepares to implement App Tracking Transparency changes in iOS 14.5, CNBC spoke with several former Facebook employees to get details on why Facebook has been so heavily against the planned privacy updates. Star...
T-Mobile will cover 97% of Americans with 5G by the end of 2022
Android Central - 12 Mar 2021 00:47
What you need to know T-Mobile claims a major victory in C-Band auctions with 40MHz gained in top markets. T-Mobile expects to cover 300 million with Extended Range 5G and 200 million with Ultra Capacity 5G by the end of...
New Leak Shows the Camera on the Huawei P50 Looks... Weird
PetaPixel - 12 Mar 2021 20:17Aging Hubble returns to operations after software glitch
Space News - 12 Mar 2021 14:08
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope resumed observations March 11 after a software error placed it in a protective safe mode several days earlier, but the incident is a reminder of the telescope's mortality. SpaceNews
Gamer builds the world's smallest Nintendo 64 console
Slash Gear - 12 Mar 2021 13:51
People have been playing video games at home going on way back to the 70s. Some consider the heyday of gaming to be the 80s, but one of the most popular Nintendo game consoles launched in the mid-1990s and was the Ninten...
Brand new Android flagship has a camera gimmick you won't see anywhere else
BGR - 12 Mar 2021 13:50
The camera is one of the most used features on smartphones, that's why smartphone vendors make such a big deal about their camera upgrades year after year. It used to be the iPhone the best camera in town until a few yea...
China regulator fines 12 firms over anti-monopoly law
Phys.org - 12 Mar 2021 13:48
China's market regulator said Friday that it fined a dozen companies, including games company Tencent Holdings and Chinese search engine firm Baidu Inc., for not disclosing past deals as authorities step up anti-monopoly...
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 review: It's fine
PC World - 12 Mar 2021 13:32
The $329 GeForce RTX 3060 finally brings Nvidia's next-gen Ampere GPU architecture to the mainstream masses--at least in theory. Normally, the release of Nvidia's 60-class graphics cards sparks a lot of excitement. They ...
Asteroid 2001 FO32 will silently zip past the Earth this month
Slash Gear - 12 Mar 2021 13:26
NASA is currently tracking an asteroid known as 2001 FO32 that will be the largest asteroid predicted to fly past the Earth during 2021. 2001 FO32 will make its closest approach to the planet on March 21 and will allow a...
Tape that: Dutch inventor of audio cassette dies at age 94
Phys.org - 12 Mar 2021 12:41
Lou Ottens, the Dutch inventor of the cassette tape, the medium of choice for millions of bedroom mix tapes, has died, said Philips, the company where he also helped develop the compact disc.
Former Facebook employees detail how iOS 14 privacy features are affecting the company
9 to 5 Mac - 12 Mar 2021 05:12
Apple has become even more aggressive with its privacy policy since the introduction of iOS 14, which added multiple new features to let users control how third-party apps use their data. Facebook has been criticizing th...
NASA reveals what exploded over Vermont this week
BGR - 12 Mar 2021 04:47
As humans living on Earth, most days we're able to go about our lives without worrying about what might be lurking elsewhere in our solars system. Earth is incredibly fortunate to have a thick atmosphere that destroys mo...