Month: September 2020
Sonos sues Google for infringing on five more speaker patents
Just one day before Google's Pixel 5 reveal, Sonos has filed a new lawsuit against the search giant, alleging it has infringed five more patents. The patents cover technologies that form the basis of some of Sonos' best-known features, including its… Source
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Utopia might be the most unlucky show of the year
The first thing you see when you begin streaming Utopia on Amazon Prime is a disclaimer. It informs you that the show is a work of fiction not based on “actual, related, or current events.” How strange, you might wonder. What could that mean? In time, you will discover that,…
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Dell XPS 13 for developers comes with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS pre-loaded XPS 13 Developer Edition
Dell has revealed that the latest version of its XPS 13 Developer Edition will come pre-loaded with Ubuntu 20.04 along with several upgrades to the device’s hardware. The new Linux-based XPS 13 Developer Edition will be the first of the Austin-based company’s developer-focused laptops to ship with an 11th Gen…
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How to Win Any Debate
Arguing, especially with strangers on the internet, is generally a bad idea—but if you have to, here’s how to win. Source
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Researchers say they can predict epileptic seizures an hour in advance
Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel have developed a wearable electroencephalogram (EEG) device they claim can predict epileptic seizures up to an hour before the onset. Epiness uses machine learning algorithms to analyze br… Source
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Owlet’s new baby smart sock is finicky yet adorable (like my twins)
My twins spent a little over 100 days in the NICU after they were born. One of the many things I became accustomed to when I visited was flicking my eyes to their monitors whenever the noises changed tone or frequency. “Beep beep booooonk” was someon… Source
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