Month: February 2020
Google’s new T&Cs include a Brexit ‘easter egg’ for UK users
Google has buried a major change in legal jurisdiction for its UK users as part of a wider update to its terms and conditions that’s been announced today and which it says is intended to make its conditions of use clearer for all users. It says the update to its…
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US defense agency says personal data ‘compromised’ in 2019 data breach
A U.S. defense agency charged with providing information technology and communications support to the U.S. government, including the president and other senior officials, says its network may have been “compromised.” The Defense Information Systems Agency sent letters to possible victims earlier this month to warn of a “data breach” involving…
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Microsoft doesn’t think Mixed Reality is dead – instead wants more developers on board
Microsoft has announced that there will be more Mixed Reality Dev Days for 2020, and not just in the US, but in a couple of other countries too. Specifically, these events will take place in Redmond, Washington on May 16 and 17 (just before Microsoft’s Build conference), and there will…
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Twitter now makes it easier to add new tweets to old threads
Twitter has tweaked its UI to make it easier to add new tweets to old threads. (No, it’s not an “edit tweet” feature.) As you’re composing a new tweet, you’ll be able to pull down a view of your past tweets and threads into the composition window. Previously, you’d have…
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As Morgan Stanley buys ETrade, Robinhood preps social trading
Before it was worth $7.6 billion, the original idea for Robinhood was a stock trading social network. At my kitchen table in San Francisco in 2013, the founders envisioned an app for sharing hot tips to a feed complete with a leaderboard of whose predictions were most accurate. Once they…
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Gaming headsets, mice, and more are discounted at Best Buy
This story is part of a group of stories called Only the best deals on Verge-approved gadgets get the Verge Deals stamp of approval, so if you’re looking for a deal on your next gadget or gift from major retailers like Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy, Target, and more, this is…
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