Month: August 2020
The Nubia Watch is a decadent OLED smart bracelet
Some of the first credible reporting about the “Apple iWatch” I remember reading described it as being “made of curved glass.” The eventual Apple Watch did use curved glass to an extent, of course, but it wasn’t really a defining feature of the product. After all, in 2013 The New…
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Google Meet is coming to your TV Google Meet
Remote workers will soon have even less excuses to miss company catch-up calls due to hardware failure as Google Meet is coming to smart TVs. Google has launched a new update for its video conferencing service that allows Meet calls to be carried out on TV screens and monitors by…
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Parenting in the Age of the Pandemic Pod
We talked to parents about how they’re juggling caring for their kids, schools “reopening,” and trying desperately to do their jobs. Source
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Amazon Fire Tablet Deals: Kids Edition $50 Off, and More
If you’re looking to intro your children to tablets, Amazon’s Fire tablets are a great deal right now. Source
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Netflix’s The Irishman will get a Criterion Blu-ray release in November
Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman is still very much available for streaming on Netflix, but you’ll soon be able to get a physical copy if you want one for your library. The Criterion Collection has started accepting pre-orders for its Blu-ray and DVD c… Source
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Tim Wu makes the case that it’s only fair to ban TikTok in the US
In a new opinion piece for the New York Times, Tim Wu, Columbia University law professor and outspoken promoter of the free and open internet, writes an interesting defense of President Trump’s ban on the Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat in the US. Despite calling Trump “the wrong figure to…
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