Month: May 2024
The printer company, that makes a camera, prints one more edition
When Ricoh launched its very first office copier, the Ricopy 101, in 1955, the product’s popularity sparked a term — supposedly folks would say “make a Ricopy” instead of “make a copy.” And with the company’s current camera lineup, the GR III, they have made a lot of Ricopies, making…
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AT&T could soon offer you bulletproof cell coverage thanks to a fleet of space satellites
Sometimes, whether you’re in the rugged wilderness or just a place with spotty reception, you’re going to struggle with cell coverage. That might soon be less of a problem if you’re an AT&T customer though, as the company has just announced a plan to provide its “first space-based broadband network…
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Netflix movie of the day: Shrek is so good we’ll almost forgive Mike Myers’ truly terrible Scots accent
Movie of the Day Every day, we cut through the bottomless list of streaming options and recommend something to watch. See all our Netflix movie of the day picks. After what feels like about thirty sequels it’s sometimes easy to forget that the original Shrek movie was a breath of…
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Threads starts testing a TweetDeck-like feed of real-time posts
Meta is starting to test a TweetDeck-like experience for Threads today. It will allow Threads users to create customizable feeds that are stacked in a column interface on the web — just like TweetDeck did before it became a paid service and was rebranded to X Pro last year. “If…
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Google’s accessibility app Lookout can use your phone’s camera to find and recognize objects
Google has updated some of its accessibility apps to add capabilities that will make them easier to use for people who need them. It has rolled out a new version of the Lookout app, which can read text and even lengthy documents out loud for people with low vision or…
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French Tiktok ban makes VPN usage soar in New Caledonia
People in New Caledonia have reportedly been turning to the best VPN services to keep accessing the TikTok app. The French government announced the ban on the popular video-sharing app yesterday (May 15, 2024) to quell violent clashes spreading across the South Pacific oversee territory among other measures, after declaring…
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