Month: August 2021
JLab debuts $20 true wireless earbuds with 8-hour battery life and touch controls
In 2020, I found out just how solid a pair of $29 true wireless earbuds could be. JLab's Go Air covers all the basics even though they lack the polish of more expensive sets. For its latest buds, the Go Air Pop, the company is taking things a step further…
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Watch Boeing launch its astronaut capsule to space
Boeing is set to launch its Starliner astronaut capsule to the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday, more than a year and a half after its first orbital Starliner test failed to reach the station and returned home earlier than planned. The mission is a test, and there won’t be…
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Realme’s ‘MagDart’ is an Android take on MagSafe, but faster
Ever since Apple's MagSafe made its grand return by way of the iPhone 12 series, it was only a matter of time before other phone makers came up with similar — and maybe better — solutions. Realme, the sister brand of Oppo and OnePlus, has announced its very own "MagDart"…
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Kenya’s Wapi Pay raises $2.2M pre-seed for cross-border payments between Africa and Asia
According to the World Bank, it is more expensive to send money to sub-Saharan African than to any region in the world. It is also the most expensive region to send money from. In Q1 2020, people spent an average of 8.9% to send money to the region, much higher…
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Twitter has written off Fleets as a failed experiment – here’s why it didn’t work Twitter's Fleet feature showing on an iPhone
Twitter’s take on Instagram Stories has ended, with Fleets disappearing after only eight months of enabling users to post content that would only last for 24 hours. Fleets is one of many features the company has been testing in the last year, from Twitter Blue to super followers, but Fleets…
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Twitter to work with AP and Reuters to provide more context around disputed topics
Twitter is working with news agencies the Associated Press and Reuters to more proactively combat misinformation on its platform, the company has announced. The platform’s internal teams already work to explain and add context to Twitter content, but it says the two news agencies will help provide more authoritative information,…
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