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Try Using Google’s cal.new Calendar Entry Shortcut

Google has added a new way to quickly create calendar entries when using a browser. If you head over to “cal.new” or “meeting.new,” you’ll find it takes you to a blank Google Calendar entry, ready for you to fill out its details. It’s a small feature, but it means you don’t have to open up your entire calendar if you just want to add a single meeting. If you’re a […]

todayNovember 1, 2019

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The FCC is Using Streaming Services as an Excuse to Raise Cable Rates

The rise of streaming services could give cable companies an excuse to raise rates under a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) order handed down on October 25th. The order, which comes in response to a petition by Charter (the parent company of Spectrum), finds that AT&T’s TV Now streaming service qualifies as reasonable competition for conventional cable, opening the door to a massive deregulation in monopoly cable markets. Under the Cable […]

todayOctober 31, 2019

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Facebook Will Stop Calling Users ‘Undesirable’ in Ad Rejections

Facebook will no longer use the harmful language “undesirable” in the rejection messages it sends to potential advertisers.   The change comes after reporting from The Verge in September and continued pressure from Facebook and Instagram’s body and skin positivity communities regarding the issue. Facebook used the word when rejecting ads that featured people who were overweight or had skin conditions, and it kept removing ads placed by body positivity […]

todayOctober 30, 2019

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Google’s Stadia Game Streaming Service – What You Need to Know Now

Google has revealed the key details that were conspicuously missing from its March announcement of the new Stadia game streaming service. Namely, what the heck we’re going to be able to play, how much we’ll pay, and when we can get started with the exciting new service — which beams high-end console and PC games to any Chrome web browser, Chromecast Ultra TV dongle or Pixel 3 smartphone from beefy […]

todayOctober 29, 2019

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Samsung has Patched their Galaxy S10 Fingerprint Recognition Problem

Reuters reports that Samsung has released a patch for the Galaxy S10 and Note 10’s fingerprint reader, fixing a problem discovered by The Sun that could allow anyone’s fingerprints to be used to unlock an S10 with certain types of screen protectors attached. According to Android Central, the update is only available for S10 and Note 10 devices in South Korea for now, although it should be rolling out to […]

todayOctober 25, 2019

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Fortnite Came Back from its Black Hole With a Bang

It’s been just over a week since Fortnite came back online following a two-day, black hole-induced hiatus. But the event, which ushered in the game’s eleventh season and its all-new redesigned map, was one of the biggest singular online gaming events to date — with more than 7 million concurrent viewers across Twitch, Twitter, and YouTube. In an interview with The Verge, Epic Games stated that the black hole event, […]

todayOctober 24, 2019

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Silicon Valley is Losing it’s War on Paying Taxes

Silicon Valley's war against paying tax on revenue as well as profits isn't going well.  The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, which sets international tax standards, has proposed an overhaul of cross-border tax rules that would give governments more power to tax major multinationals doing business in their countries. The OECD published the proposals in a consultation document published early in October. The rise of big internet companies like […]

todayOctober 24, 2019

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Apple’s Set to Release iPhone SE2 in Early 2020

Apple will reportedly launch a brand-new version of the iPhone SE as early as the first quarter of 2020, according to a new report from TF Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo via 9to5Mac. The original iPhone SE was one of Apple's most popular and affordable iPhones after its release in 2016, costing $400. The rumored iPhone SE 2, as it's being called, could provide a cheaper alternative to the $700 iPhone […]

todayOctober 21, 2019

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Google’s Next Chromebook, the Pixelbook Go, is Finally Here!

It's been years since Google released the Chromebook (and in tech years that's like a millennia), but now the wait is over, as Google announced at it's NYC Pixel 4 launch event on October 15th that they are finally releasing the Pixelbook Go, successor to the Pixelbook. The laptop is designed to be presented at a more affordable price, to be more accessible to more customers, and as for performance, […]

todayOctober 17, 2019

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