Oct 21, 2020
News
Google absolutely fucked it
when it changed its files
sharing menu. But it appears
the company’s making
amends: by letting you change
Google Drive
files directly from
Gmail. Are you sitting
comfortably? Your body
relaxed? Mind untethered?
Terrific. Then let’s
remember what that used to be
like. You’d share a
Google Sheets link —
maybe it […]
Oct 21, 2020
News
Apep is a rare stellar system
containing a pair of doomed
Wolf-Rayet stars, orbiting
each other 8,000 light years
from Earth. A new study
reveals this system could
erupt as the ...
Oct 21, 2020
News
PayPal is ready to let users
to buy, sell, and hold Bitcoin
and other cryptocurrencies,
according to Reuters. PayPal
chief exec Dan Schulman told
Reuters the company hopes this
will “encourage global
use of virtual coins,”
and ready its network in
anticipation of digital
currencies issued by central
banks. The US payments giant
said it […]
Oct 21, 2020
News
There are too many phones.
There, I said it. I spend much
of my professional life
writing about the damn things,
yet every time I think I have
a handle on the industry,
something new appears.
It’s exhausting. But the
alternative is worse: a dull
industry that stays the same.
New companies and phones and
[…]
Oct 21, 2020
News
The US Department of Justice
has filed a lawsuit against
Google today for an illegal
monopoly of search traffic.
It's a major challenge to
the dominance of the Big Tech
companies -- ...
Oct 21, 2020
News
Manifestation is the latest
viral trend on social media,
presented as a way to create
– or physically manifest
– your own reality
through carefully monitoring
thoughts, beliefs and
feelings. The hashtag
#manifest has over a billion
views on TikTok alone. In
these posts, advice is offered
on manifestation as the
mechanism to achieve the
[…]
Oct 21, 2020
News
Earlier this month, Netflix
said that it’s ending
the 30-day long free trial
that it used to entice people
into getting a subscription.
Today, during its earnings
call, the company stated
that it’s exploring new
ways for people to experience
its library before they get a
subscription. The first test
the streaming giant is
performing is …
Oct 21, 2020
News
DJI today announced the Pocket
2, an update to the Osmo
Pocket. For those not
familiar, it’s an
adorable little handheld
vlogging camera that features
an impressive stabilization
gimbal. This time around, DJI
is increasing the sensor size
and adding a wide range of
functionality through a
removable base plate. The most
notable spec upgrade
[…]
Oct 21, 2020
News
It’s been nearly a year
since I reviewed the JBL L100
Classic, a reimagining of one
of the most famous speakers of
