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Galaxy Z Flip 3 teardown shows plenty of graphite pads
Slash Gear - 20 Aug 2021 03:06
While the Galaxy Z Fold 3 probably gets the lion’s share of the attention, the Galaxy Z Flip 3 is by no means an underdog. In fact, some early feedback would award the smaller foldable clamshell the “Buy” award for...
New and extremely detailed images of distant galaxies are beautiful
Slash Gear - 20 Aug 2021 15:08
Astronomers issued some extremely detailed and beautiful images of distant galaxies. The images offer detail not seen in images of these galaxies in the past. While the images are certainly beautiful to look at, their in...
Astonishingly Large Coral Spotted in the Great Barrier Reef
Gizmodo - 20 Aug 2021 22:20
Snorkelers swimming in Australia's Great Barrier Reef have stumbled upon a coral of epic proportions. Composed of living organisms, the gigantic mass is the widest coral ever found in the region and one of the oldest.
Twitter confirms improvements to Direct Messaging system are coming
Slash Gear - 20 Aug 2021 13:57
Twitter has confirmed via the official Twitter Support account that improvements to Direct Messaging (DM) are coming in the next few weeks. The changes are meant to prevent users from accidentally creating group chats wh...
'Neon Genesis Evangelion' is coming to Blu-ray in the US for the first time
Engadget - 20 Aug 2021 13:45Microsoft announces Office 365 price increases
Slash Gear - 20 Aug 2021 13:06
Microsoft has confirmed that it will increase the pricing across the board for Office 365 subscriptions. The price increases will go into effect in six months, and Microsoft says the updated pricing reflects the “incre...
Elon Musk Unveils His Funniest Vaporware Yet
Gizmodo - 20 Aug 2021 12:45
Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and second richest person in the world, unveiled his idea for a robot on Thursday that he says might become a prototype by 2022. And while Musk has delivered plenty of hilarious vaporware pres...
Comet Atlas may have passed through our solar system before
Slash Gear - 20 Aug 2021 12:41
Astronomers first noticed a comet called Atlas (C/2019 Y4) at the beginning of 2020. It was first detected by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) operated by the University of Hawaii. The asteroid w...
Intel provides more details on its Arc GPUs, which will be made by TSMC
Ars Technica - 20 Aug 2021 12:30
Still light on details, but the Arc GPUs will be a big step up from integrated.
Pixel 5a (5G) reportedly overheats when recording at 4K 60fps
Slash Gear - 20 Aug 2021 04:02Galaxy S22 Ultra telephoto camera might not get upgraded
Slash Gear - 20 Aug 2021 03:36
The Galaxy S22 is so far shaping up to be a mixed bag. It is expected to be the first smartphone to use the upcoming AMD-augmented Exynos 2200, but most of the models sold worldwide might not use that processor. There is...
Facebook targets vaccine misinformation superspreaders in ban spree
Slash Gear - 20 Aug 2021 02:18
Facebook has announced a recent crackdown against a dozen accounts that were responsible for ‘superspreading’ misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines. The removal also included bans on Pages and groups related to ...
The First Nightbooks Trailer Looks Like Goosebumps... From Hell
Gizmodo - 20 Aug 2021 02:00
Let me tell you a story... a scary story. There's this young boy who happens upon a spooky apartment in New York City. Steeling his courage, he decides to peek inside, only to discover the apartment is magical, its doors...
Facebook launches tool to help people in Afghanistan lock down their accounts
Engadget - 20 Aug 2021 01:01
Facebook's introducing new tools to help people in Afghanistan lock down their accounts' privacy settings. The "one-click" tool will activate privacy settings for timeline posts, and prevent profile photos from being dow...
Pokemon GO rings in the sky: Sword and Shield event begins today
Slash Gear - 20 Aug 2021 23:53
Today we’re taking a peek at the Pokemon GO event unlocked during Pokemon GO Fest 2021: Sword and Shield! The “Ultra Unlock Part 3: Sword and Shield” event will last all the way to August 31, 2021 at 8PM local time...
There's a Coffee-Drinking Figure in the Nebula of This Week's Toys
Gizmodo - 20 Aug 2021 23:30
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular roundup of the latest and greatest toy news happening on the internet this week. Today's news gives us Super7 and Simpsons teaching us that money can be exchanged for goods and se...
Star Wars just brought back human Jabba, again, sort of!
Slash Gear - 20 Aug 2021 23:16
The latest canonical story action in the Star Wars universe comes courtesy of the Star Wars comic book series from Marvel Comics. In the latest issue (Star Wars #16, 2021, Marvel), we see the very familiar face of a char...
Samsung Is Turning Its Smart Home Platform Into a Tinkerer's Tool
Gizmodo - 20 Aug 2021 23:00
Samsung isn't making any more SmartThings devices, but it's still plenty invested in its smart home platform. The company is rolling out a new architecture called SmartThings Edge, which promises to be "more reliable, fa...
Halo Infinite will be missing two big features at launch
Slash Gear - 20 Aug 2021 22:47
Halo Infinite is undoubtedly one of the biggest – if not the biggest – Xbox games of the year, but thus far, it’s had a fairly troubled development. Originally slated to be a launch title for the Xbox Series X last...
Evolution Deniers Are Finally a Minority in the U.S.
Gizmodo - 20 Aug 2021 22:45
Americans continue to have a challenging relationship with science, modern medicine, and at times reality, but a review of annual surveys from 1985 to 2019 does yield some good news: Over half of surveyed participants be...
China Just Passed a Major Data Privacy Law--With a Big, Government-Sized Loophole
Gizmodo - 20 Aug 2021 22:30
When covid-19 cases started surging through China last year, we saw the country's already authoritarian surveillance systems get kicked into overdrive. Officials rolled out everything from face-detecting drones and manda...