Month: June 2022
US senators join call for everyone to have the same phone charger
Audio player loading… Democrat senators have called on the US to follow the European Union’s (EU) lead and require smartphone manufacturers, including Apple, to adopt a common charging cable. (opens in new tab) Starting from 2024, all mobile phones, tablets, e-readers, earbuds, digital cameras, headphones and headsets, handheld videogame consoles…
Read More
Picard showrunner teases even more legacy returns for season 3
In the final season of Star Trek: Picard a lot of long-loved characters are expected to make their big returns (and possibly goodbyes) to the Star Trek universe. Earlier this year it was announced that almost the entire original cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation was going to be…
Read More
Telegram is now basically a file transfer service too
Audio player loading… Anonymous messaging app Telegram is rolling out a new premium service which includes access to file transfer services for the first time. The move to monetize its services come as the Telegram userbase is exploding worldwide, it has 700 million active users according to its own latest…
Read More
Why getting hit by space dust is an unavoidable aspect of space travel
On June 8th, NASA revealed that its new powerful space observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope, is now sporting a small dimple in one of its primary mirrors after getting pelted by a larger-than-expected micrometeoroid out in deep space. The news came as a bit of a shock since the…
Read More
iOS 16 tells you what your cash is worth around the world without a Google search
Audio player loading… Users are still uncovering little tweaks to the latest iPhone update in iOS 16, with easier ways to find out bits of information, such as currency, temperature, being some recent finds. According to Federico Vittici (opens in new tab), you can drop in a temperature or currency…
Read More
Your Google Chrome extensions could be used to secretly track you online
Audio player loading… Web browser extensions could be used as a means of identifying users and tracking them across the web, new research suggests. Online tracking has been the bane of the internet from the earliest days, but over the last few years people have become increasingly unwilling to put…
Read More