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Parent Alert: Apple’s new Parental Controls on iOS 13.3 can be Bypassed

On Tuesday, Apple released iOS 13.3, and one of its key new features was Communication Limits, which lets parents set limits on who their kids talk to or message with... in theory. Well, CNBC did some digging and discovered that due to some bugs related to iCloud’s contact sync feature, it turns out the new privacy controls can be bypassed without much effort, which could let kids call and text […]

todayDecember 19, 2019

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Yap is becoming the New “It” Room for Chatting

Are you a fervent chatter?  You might want to check out Yap, the new chat application built by Postlight, a digital product studio, that seems to be the new "it" room for chatting it up.  Yap is pretty simple. It’s a six-person chat room (“Because seven is annoying,” says the official blog), where every message you post erases the one you posted before it; you can only say one thing […]

todayDecember 18, 2019

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Just in time for Christmas: Amazon has Gaming Laptops with Nvidia RTX Graphics on Sale

Whether you’re hoping to gift a capable gaming laptop to a loved one for the holidays or you just want to get one for yourself, Amazon has some great deals right now.   Of this batch of sales, the one that sticks out the most is the model equipped with the Nvidia RTX 2060 graphics chip that dips just below the $1,000 mark.  If you want to check that one […]

todayDecember 16, 2019

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TED Collaborates with YouTube to Launch Global Climate Initiative

TED announced a new climate change initiative called Countdown with the help of YouTube and a coalition of global leaders and nonprofit environmental organizations at an event in New York City. The effort plans to gather new ideas to combat the climate crisis, and is focused on five broad topics: renewable energy, infrastructure, transportation, food, and restoring ecosystems. Anyone, anywhere can propose an idea. YouTube creators will help spread the […]

todayDecember 12, 2019

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FTC Finally makes it Official: Cambridge Analytica Deceived Facebook Users

The Federal Trade Commission has officially ruled that Cambridge Analytica deceived consumers through its data-gathering practices. In July, the FTC accused the consulting company, as well as CEO Alexander Nix and app developer Aleksandr Kogan, of collecting data on tens of millions of Facebook users through a personality-testing app. The news, first revealed in 2018, upended Facebook and led to a congressional appearance by Mark Zuckerberg. The FTC previously settled […]

todayDecember 11, 2019

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Google Photos Finally lets you Manually Tag Faces

Google is finally adding the ability to manually tag someone in Google Photos, as reported by Android Police.   Google Photos has always been able to automatically recognize faces and sort them for you, which makes managing your library far easier than having to tag people manually. But the system misses faces sometimes, and there’s never been a way to correct it. Once this feature rolls out — and Google says […]

todayDecember 10, 2019

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Baby Yoda is the Key to the DIsney+ Takeover

Disney+ has quickly become the only streaming service people want to talk about in the weeks since it launched, and a big part of that is because of The Mandalorian; specifically, the existence of one Baby Yoda. The Mandalorian is an incredibly fun, well-crafted show on its own, and Baby Yoda is undeniably wholesome and adorable. Baby Yoda also happens to represent countless dollars in merchandise sales down the road, […]

todayDecember 9, 2019

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Orba is an All-In-One Instrument and MIDI Controller that Fits in the Palm of Your Hand

Tech Gadget Alert!  Nashville-based tech company Artiphon has a new music-making gadget up for backing on Kickstarter called Orba. The Orba is a small, handheld device that’s a synth, looper, and controller all in one. It’s shaped like a halved grapefruit, and mimics the gestures used on smartphones and trackpads to let you make beats and play around with sounds with a variety of motions. The flat top of the […]

todayDecember 5, 2019

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Samsung’s PlayGalaxy Link lets you beam PC games to your Galaxy Phone

If you’re not quite ready to sign up for a full-fledged cloud gaming service like Google Stadia — and who could blame you? — there are plenty of ways to dip your toe in the streaming game waters for free or cheap. The latest is exclusive to Samsung Galaxy phones, and it’s called PlayGalaxy Link. Like the Steam Link app or Parsec — on which PlayGalaxy is based — you’ll […]

todayDecember 4, 2019

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