Month: August 2023
YouTube is adding a slew of new TikTok-like features to Shorts
YouTube is rolling out more features to its TikTok competitor, Shorts — including several that TikTok users will recognize. Most notably, YouTube is experimenting with adding previews of live videos to a user’s feed of Shorts (this is how TikTok live videos also appear). Viewers can click in to watch…
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Intel Lunar Lake CPU rumors are causing disappointment – but let’s not get carried away
The rumor mill is spinning up with info about Intel’s Lunar Lake processors – chips that may not debut until 2025 (or maybe very late in 2024) – and those revelations have been met with some disappointment. There are reasons we shouldn’t get carried away here, though, and the first…
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Fake Android chat app lets hackers steal Signal, WhatsApp user data
Experts have raised the alarm about yet another case of Android malware under the cover of a dodgy app, this time spreading across South Asian countries. According to cybersecurity company Cyfirma, the “dummy chatting app” which goes by the name Safe Chat on victims’ devices is said to have higher…
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Elon Musk wants a second chance to fail at X
I understand the driving need to prove to people that you are right, which is why I am to some degree sympathetic to Elon Musk’s ill-advised plan to rename Twitter and turn it into his long-dreamed-of financial heavyweight. He wasn’t right when he tried to rename PayPal in 2000 and…
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The Best Period Underwear, Cups, Pads, and Products (2023)
Aunt Flo doesn’t have to suck (that much). These menstrual cups, absorbent underwear, and reusable pads are ecofriendly and comfortable. Source
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Apple and its Vision Pro platform join Pixar’s push to standardize 3D content
Pixar describes USD as the “first open-source software that can robustly and scalably interchange 3D scenes” while incorporating various assets, sources, and animations. The animation company notes that it has applications in the metaverse as well, calling it a “fundamental requirement” for people creating content in the metaverse. The timing…
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