Android
Twitter: Everything you need to know
All the way back in 2006, a little website by the name of Twitter was created. This July marks the 12-year anniversary of the social network, and since then, Twitter’s become one of the most […]
Year: 2018
Sci-Fi
Professor hired mercenaries to rescue student from ISIS
Charlotta Turner, a chemistry professor at Sweden’s Lund University, hired a team of mercenaries to extricate a student from ISIS-occupied territory when she found out they were going to be late on an assignment. Now […]
Mobile
The 5G wars have entered the petty stage – TechCrunch
If you’re reading this the year it was written, you’re almost certainly not getting it over 5G. If you’re reading this in the future, congrats, you made it. And hey, remember polar bears? 5G is […]
Internet
Twitter updates its iOS app to bring back the reverse-chronological feed
Two months after testing began on Twitter to once again let users view newest tweets first, the feature is finally being rolled out more widely, beginning with the iOS version of the microblogging app. Twitter’s […]
Gaming
Backpack Kid Sues Epic Games Over Using the Fortnite Floss Dance
From GameWatcher: “Russel Horning, known online as Backpack Kid, is yet another person that’s suing Epic Games over using one of their dance moves as Fortnite in-game emotes without compensation or asking permission. The emote […]
Gadgets
Here’s Google’s new Street View Trekker backpack – TechCrunch
Years ago, Google’s Street View program expanded from streets to virtually everywhere, thanks to Google’s Trekker program that put 360-degree Street View cameras into a single backpack. Today, Google announced its upgraded Trekker backpack, which […]
Cars
Chinese EV-maker BYD chooses Xilinx for driver-assist tech
Xilinx has been selling chips to automakers and major suppliers for more than 12 years, according to the company. It has supplied roughly 55 million devices for use specifically in advanced driver-assist systems. The deal […]
Android
The best Wear OS has to offer
I have been a user of Android Wear/Wear OS practically since it was released. I bought a Samsung Gear Live a few months after it became available, followed by a Moto 360 and an original […]
Sci-Fi
U.S. surrenders leadership at world’s climate change negotiation
When the dust cleared and the gavel dropped, the United States’ place at the 2018 global climate negotiations — a two-week long affair in Poland attended by nearly 200 nations — had been sealed. The […]
Mobile
Bumble now lets you filter potential matches on Bumble Date, Bizz and BFF – TechCrunch
Bumble has come up with a new way for its dating app and related businesses to generate revenue. The company this week launched filters — a way to sift through potential matches by a set […]