Month: February 2020
Spotify tries making its app easier to use in latest update
After recently tweaking its design to better showcast podcasts, Spotify today announced it’s giving its entire mobile experience a refreshed look-and-feel. Starting initially with the iOS app, both Spotify Free and Premium users will notice the app has a more consistent, streamlined look, new in-app icons, changes to how cover…
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The Raspberry Pi 4 gets more RAM for $35
The Raspberry Pi Foundation has updated its flagship model, the Raspberry Pi 4. It’s still the same awesome tiny single-board computer with a lot of connectors. But the entry level now comes with 2GB of RAM instead of 1GB of RAM for the same price of $35. The foundation says…
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Clearview AI biometric firm suffers massive data breach
Facial recognition startup, Clearview AI has suffered a data breach which has exposed its entire client list. The company has a database of over three billion photographs from popular social media networks like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Venmo and LinkedIn. The leaked data not only has the client list but also…
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Pokémon of the year contest proves no one actually knows what the best pokémon is
Earlier this month, The Pokémon Company International announced that it would hold a vote to determine the pokémon of the year. The polls, held via Google, allowed fans to tally in their favorite once a day, from one region at a time, until February 14th. With all of the series’s…
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What virtual worlds in the coming multiverse era will look like
In Part 3 of our virtual worlds series, we imagine what the experience of these new social environments will feel like Eric Peckham @epeckham / 8 hours Gaming and social media are on a collision course, the result of which will be mainstream popularity of virtual worlds primarily driven by…
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Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra review: shutter bug
Samsung has something to prove. That’s the most obvious feeling you get when using the Galaxy S20 Ultra, which will be available in March starting at $1,399.99. If there ever was an embodiment of the chip on a tech company’s shoulder, this behemoth of a phone is it. After a…
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