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Type 'the1975..com' Into Your Google App to See a Weird Bug in Action
Gizmodo - 2 Jun 2018 03:45
If you're an Android user, grab your phone, pull up Google's Search app or Google Assistant, and type "the1975..com" into the search bar to see a bizarre and recently discovered bug that will show your most recent text m...
EPA scientific advisory board to review agency's recent rollbacks
Engadget - 2 Jun 2018 02:29
This week, the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) met to discuss some of the changes the agency has proposed under Administrator Scott Pruitt. And ultimately, the 44-person board vote...
Nokia 8 Pro Camera mode arrives for advanced photographers
Slash Gear - 2 Jun 2018 01:53
HMD has released an update for the Nokia 8, adding a Pro Camera mode to the handset’s camera software. This mode, as its name suggests, enables users with more advanced photography knowledge to better control the indiv...
This iMac Pro server rack is both beautiful and powerful
Slash Gear - 2 Jun 2018 23:15
With the iMac Pro potent enough to embarrass the Mac Pro – and Apple’s “trash can” computer not likely to see an update until next year – one company has taken the obvious next step and harnessed multiple all-i...
Spotify hip-hop programming head leaves for YouTube
Engadget - 2 Jun 2018 23:01
YouTube's latest streaming music initiative may be off to a rough start, but it's determined to step up its game. The service has confirmed months-long rumors that it hired Spotify's hip-hop programming head Tuma Basa (p...
Matthew Mercer Explains How To Be A Good Dungeon Master
Gizmodo - 2 Jun 2018 23:00
Being a good steward of a tabletop game experience is hard work. Any Dungeon Master can tell you that setting the right tone and crafting the perfect story is difficult, fiddly work. I asked Matthew Mercer, famed Dungeon...
Watch the Cast of Deep Space Nine Tour Star Trek Online's Digital Version
Gizmodo - 2 Jun 2018 22:45
Experiencing a space you know in real life in digital form is a fascinating, mystifying thing. Seeing a space you helped build, one that only existed fully in the imagination of fans... Well, that's even more special.
Alt-Right Platform Gab's Management Is Now Blaming a Leftist Conspiracy for Their Nazi Problem
Gizmodo - 2 Jun 2018 22:45
Twitter knockoff Gab became one of the premiere destinations for members of the extremist "alt-right" banned or just looking to branch out from other social media sites like Twitter. Now, it's devolving into a sludgy mes...
Fox News' Answer to School Shootings Is This Giant Water Cannon
Gizmodo - 2 Jun 2018 21:55
There's been a boom in the bad ideas market, as experts look for idiotic ideas to address school shootings since stricter gun control is apparently off the table. Luckily, the folks at Fox News have a new idea for respon...
The Instagram algorithm just spilled its secrets
Slash Gear - 2 Jun 2018 21:25
Fewer likes on your Instagram selfies are probably just because they’re bad photos, not because the app’s algorithm is trying to neg you. At least, that’s the takeaway from the Facebook-owned photo and video sharin...
Multiplayer iPhone AR with P2P privacy tipped for WWDC
Slash Gear - 2 Jun 2018 20:25
Apple, wary of augmented reality’s potential for privacy headaches, is developing an update to its AR system that would allow multiplayer experiences without requiring the cloud, it’s reported. The company is believe...
Marvel's Editor-In-Chief Really Wishes We Could All Just Forget Him Pretending to Be Japanese
Gizmodo - 2 Jun 2018 20:10
Before he became Marvel's newest Editor-In-Chief, C.B. Cebulski, a white man, spent months writing as "Akira Yoshida" in order to circumvent Marvel's company policy that barred staff employees from working in editorial.
macOS leak hints at dark mode and desktop News app
Engadget - 2 Jun 2018 20:02
Apple has inadvertently spoiled some of WWDC 2018's mysteries in advance. Well-known developer Steve Troughton-Smith has spotted a hidden video on the Mac App Store showing off what looks like a new version of macOS with...
Google midrange Pixel tipped for early 2019
Slash Gear - 2 Jun 2018 19:25One of the 'Net's Longest-Running Webcomics Has Done Something Weird to its Most Memed Strip
Gizmodo - 2 Jun 2018 19:15
"Loss" is one of the modern internet's most pervasive, and most strange, memes. Now, it's, uh, a little different.
Sure Seems Like Trump's DOJ Has No Interest In Blocking the T-Mobile-Sprint Merger
Gizmodo - 2 Jun 2018 19:00
T-Mobile and Sprint agreed to a merger earlier this year that would create a single, massive telecom company and would shrink the already-limited US marketplace for mobile carriers... and it looks like President Trump's ...
Recommended Reading: An NBA exec and some mysterious Twitter accounts
Engadget - 2 Jun 2018 18:30
The curious case of Bryan Colangelo and the secret Twitter account Ben Detrick, The Ringer Even though he won't admit it, one of the NBA's biggest stars, Kevin Durant, almost certainly used a burner Twitter account to cl...
Apple approves first Telegram update since Russia ban
Engadget - 2 Jun 2018 16:58
Apple has finally rolled out the latest version of Telegram on the App Store, a day after company chief Pavel Durov said that the tech giant has been blocking its updates since April. Telegram version 4.8.2 will make the...
This Fan is Pretty Sure He Knows What's Wrong With the Action Scenes in DC Movies
Gizmodo - 2 Jun 2018 16:45
Superhero movies are nothing without their big, wild setpieces. And one critic thinks he knows what's wrong with the DC Extended Universe's big fights.
The Morning After: Weekend Edition
Engadget - 2 Jun 2018 16:15
Hey, good morning! You look fabulous. Welcome to the weekend. Along with our highlights from the past week, it's time to prepare for WWDC and Computex, plus we go for a ride in Chrysler's hybrid-powered Pacifica.
Apple, Please Fix the Worst Thing About the iPhone X
Gizmodo - 2 Jun 2018 16:00
The iPhone X is easily the best phone I've ever owned. And in almost every way, it performs exactly as I would like it to. There is just one problem, a thing that might seem so minor as to not be an issue at all but is t...
PS4's 'Detroit' doesn't take place in the Motor City I know
Engadget - 2 Jun 2018 15:30
When Sony debuted Detroit: Become Human at E3 two years ago, writer-director David Cage said he and his team were taking great care to respect Motown's heritage, its people and what they've been through. "When you set yo...