YouTube is aiming to bring its set of social features, including the in-app messaging system and “Community” tab for creators, to its wider suite of apps. Specifically, the company is interested in porting those features to its YouTube TV app aimed at cord cutters, as well as its Music app. The company won’t confirm a timeline in terms of when these features would launch,… Read More
Messenger Kids is now available on the Amazon Appstore, meaning children can now use the latest Facebook app on their Amazon Fire Tablet. The Fire Tablet is seen as a child-friendly tablet thanks to its durability and affordability. So this is a sensible decision by Facebook. Facebook launched Messenger Kids in December as an app aimed at children aged between six and 12. This is because Kids under 13 aren’t legally allowed to sign up for a Facebook account. Messenger Kids was initially only available on iOS, but it’s now available on Amazon too. A Child-Friendly Version of Facebook For...
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When PicoBrew announced its PicoStill, a $249 distilling add-on to its Pico C brewing system, I was nonplussed. How could you produce good whiskey or gin in a compact system? Well you can. Since then I’ve tried PicoBrew’s beer system and was very impressed and now, after a solid taste of the PicoStill’s gin, I’m a convert. The $549 PicoBrew is a Keurig for beer. You… Read More
Everyone needs a robotic friend and the Loomo might be the best yet. Part pack mule, part Segway, part voice assistant, the Loomo packs a lot of goods into its self-balancing frame. The device is from Segway Robotics, which is backed by Intel and Xiaomi. Intel’s RealSense provides sensors to make it safe to use indoors and out and the Segway platform lets it self-balance and travel at up… Read More
For the first time ever, Google has a big presence at CES. You can’t look out of a window and not see a Google logo somewhere. But the one thing that didn’t work out so well for the company was its massive booth in the parking lot in front of the Las Vegas Convention Center. Yesterday, it rained a bit more than usual in Las Vegas and the booth leaked, so Google had to shut it down… Read More
Voice control is everywhere these days, but to hear people effectively from every direction, devices like the Echo need to have a whole collection of microphones in them — but they take up space, require extra processing power, and restrict industrial design. Soundskrit aims to replace those many mics with a single one that can clearly hear and separate sound from multiple sources and… Read More
Nvidia issued a security bulletin on Tuesday detailing updates it made to its driver software to address the so-called Meltdown CPU vulnerability revealed by Google’s Project Zero. The bulletin was misinterpreted by some outlets as an admission that Nvidia’s GPUs were also affected “Our GPUs are immune, they’re not affected by these security issues,” Nvidia CEO… Read More
We assume you’re fully aware of Meltdown and Spectre, the two new, and rather scary, CPU exploits, by now. If not, then read our overview of Meltdown and Spectre before continuing. Done? Good. Now it’s time to find out exactly how the Windows updates Microsoft has released will affect your PC. We have written a whole article answering the question, “Is your Windows PC affected by Meltdown and Spectre?” And now, thanks to Microsoft, we know how the firmware updates designed to fix these CPU exploits will affect your computer. And it’s fair to say there’s some good news and...
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The next version of the Samsung Galaxy S9 is to be announced next month at Mobile World Congress. The word comes from DJ Koh, president of Samsung’s mobile business, speaking at a CES 2018 event. Samsung has used MWC to launch several Galaxy phones including the Samsung S7 Edge in 2016. The massive annual show in Barcelona is traditionally a stage for Motorola, LG, Xiaomi and Huawei… Read More
Headphones are essential for a variety of uses. Whether for gaming, making calls, or listening to music, headphones remain crucial for audio consumption. However, a quality set of headphones may fetch a hefty price. But superb sound does not demand breaking the bank. Looking for a pair of cheap headphones? These are the best cheap headphones you can get. Can Cheap Headphones Not Suck? Cheap often carries a negative connotation. Because it’s usually associated with quality, this makes sense. In this instance, we’re defining cheap as inexpensive. Therefore, we’ll explore inexpensive headphones with a low price tag that don’t sacrifice...
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Add this the ever growing list of stuff getting Google Assistant functionality at this year’s CES. After bringing Alexa voice control to its services back in May, Dish announced today that it will be doing the same with Google’s AI offering. The feature is arriving on the company’s Hopper, Joey and Wally devices at some unspecified time in the first half of this year.… Read More
My aren’t you a bunch of sly dogs. PornHub, a website dedicated to the distribution of pornographic videos, is onto all you porn lovers and your sexy, sneaky ways. In a nearly catastrophically complete year-in-review post, the company has laid bare all of our deepest desires. Many of the takeaways are mundane. Women enjoy celebrity sex tapes and lesbians. Men enjoy MILFs and and… Read More
In an effort to up its signal to noise ratio, Facebook may go local. The company is testing a new area of its app called “Today In,” a mix of city-specific events, announcements and local news. For its new local hub, Facebook is starting with a small batch of test markets. Those initial cities are New Orleans, Louisiana; Olympia, Washington; Billings, Montana; Binghamton, New… Read More
Messenger Kids, Facebook’s new app designed to allow those under the age of 13 to more safely communicate thanks to parental controls, is today launching on Fire tablets. The service had originally debuted on iPad, iPhone and iPod touch in early December, but today’s launch will also see it arrive on the Amazon Appstore in the U.S., as well. The app’s debut has not been… Read More
Messaging app Confide, which was last year touted as a popular choice in Trump’s White House for staff wanting to leak intel to the press, has added protection against screenshotting to its iOS app. Read More
If you’re paying full price for a movie, song, or app on the App Store, you’re a sucker. You can easily buy an iTunes gift card for less than its full price, and redeem it to get an instant discount. The trick is to know where to buy them so you aren’t scammed on eBay or other sites. Several people online sell these discounted cards, but they won’t work when you try them. And the seller has probably disappeared. Fortunately, there are some places with a good reputation about such discounted cards, so that’s where you need to go. It’s...
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Consumer Electronics Show 2018 brings us a bit closer to the future. Part of that future includes giving humans superpowers. For example, with FLIR, you can glimpse into the infrared spectrum using special heat-sensitive camera technology. FLIR (which stands for Forward Looking InfraRed) Systems uses a sensor and display package that translates heat imaging into spectral imaging – like the alien from the movie Predator. Imagine it like this: you can see heat rather than feeling it. Heat Vision Like the Predator Here’s a video of FLIR in action: While FLIR has been out for a while, in 2018, they finally got...
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Security researchers have revealed details of a vulnerability in WhatsApp’s security that could be used to compromise the secrecy of encrypted group chats on the messaging platform. Read More
This might come as a surprise, but you know that Amazon Echo device across the room? It’s a networked microphone feeding data back to a massive central location, which might come with some privacy risks. Crazy, right? Whether you weren’t aware or buried your head in the sand when presented with the privacy risks of using Alexa, it’s something important every Echo owner should consider. Here are seven privacy invasions possible when you own an Amazon Echo device. 1. It’s Always Listening One of the most common knocks against the Echo is that it’s “always listening.” While this is true,...
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