Month: September 2022
WiZ’s smart lights can now be motion sensors
LG may be figuring out 6G. LG successfully sent a Terahertz signal, which could be the basis for 6G communications, over a 1,000-foot distance outdoors. Last year, it was only able to get the signal to go around 330 feet. Obviously, this tech is a long way off — it’ll…
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Walmart’s virtual fitting room lets you use your own photos, but we have questions
Audio player loading… Walmart is upgrading its virtual fitting room service by now allowing people to upload pictures of themselves and see how clothes fit on their bodies. The new tool is called Be Your Own Model (opens in new tab), a follow-up to Choose My Model. The old version…
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Tech Companies Working On Contraception Face A New Landscape After Roe
The Lowdown, founded in 2019, is a platform for reviews and advice where users discuss side effects and benefits of different types of contraception, and it connects users with medical consultations and prescriptions for birth control. Users can participate in surveys and leave reviews, which the Lowdown uses along with…
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Gavin Newsom signs California social media overhaul for minors
Can surgery turn short kings into… regular kings? For $75,000—and one agonizing operation and recovery later—you can add about three inches to your height via leg lengthening. Among the many details in this remarkably written GQ story, one surgeon notes that this procedure is getting more popular among men who…
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The FTC promises to investigate gig companies over wage-fixing
Can surgery turn short kings into… regular kings? For $75,000—and one agonizing operation and recovery later—you can add about three inches to your height via leg lengthening. Among the many details in this remarkably written GQ story, one surgeon notes that this procedure is getting more popular among men who…
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Nearly all firms have suffered a cloud security issue this year
Audio player loading… Four in five companies have had at least one serious cloud security incident in the past 12 months, a new report from Snyk has found, with data breaches, data leaks, and perimeter breaches all sadly increasingly common. The attacks occur for a number of reasons: either because…
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