Happy 50th birthday to the Internet! Do you need ear buds? There are several new options. How were magazines made before computers? Milk in bags? Facebook is in the news business again? These and many more headlines are available is this week’s Tech News. Click on a headline to get the full story!
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Privacy and Security
- Man sues AT&T after fraudulent SIM swap led to $1.8M cryptocurrency theft
- Have Amazon Echo privacy fears? Here’s what you can do
Electronics
- Microsoft finally built a repairable Surface Laptop
- Shower filters: How they work and why you should get one
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Editor’s Note: I bought this one a year ago and love it! - Meet the new best Android TV device: The 2019 Nvidia Shield TV
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- Amazon Echo Buds review
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Software
- Google search engine will better understand natural speech, not just keywords
- In 2019, multiple open source companies changed course—is it the right move?
- Avoiding speed traps: Google Maps on iPhone finally gets Waze’s most controversial feature
- I’m sick of Chrome eating all my RAM – it’s time for me to ditch it for Firefox… or even Edge
- Apple’s iOS 13.2 brings Deep Fusion, AirPods Pro compatibility
- Google workers sidestepping controversial Chrome tool spark security concerns
Design
Technology
- See NASA’s Mars 2020 Rover stands on its own legs for the first time
- Decade in tech: What stood out or fell flat in the 2010s
- Amazon’s next-day shipping ambitions are costing it a fortune
- Tesla’s Solar Roof V3 is here, but will you want one for your house?
- Google has made an offer to buy Fitbit: Report
- The internet was born 50 years ago with a nonsense message
- 50 years ago today, the Internet was born. Sort of
- HBO Max will launch in May in the US with 10,000 hours of shows, movies…and podcasts
Phones
- Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint partner to make text messaging as smart as iMessage
- Verizon brings its 5G service to Dallas and Omaha
- Google Fi will soon connect you to two LTE networks at once
- Samsung shows off foldable clamshell smartphone concept
Fun Stories
- The Not-So-Mysterious Missing Grave of Blues Legend Robert Johnson
- Ollantaytambo Ruins: Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors
- Why Denmark Put a 120-Year-Old Lighthouse on Rollerblades
- Man kept getting drunk without drinking. Docs found brewer’s yeast in his guts
- This Map Lets You Plug in Your Address to See How It’s Changed Over the Past 750 Million Years
- The History of Candy Corn: Halloween’s Most Iconic and Reviled Treat
- The Valley of the Cheese of the Dead
- Milk in Bags, Explained
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Social Media
- Facebook News debuts as social network battles misinformation
- Mark Zuckerberg Predicts 30 Million People Will Want Facebook News
- Why the Facebook News tab shouldn’t be trusted
- Facebook staff demand Zuckerberg limit lies in politcal ads
- Facebook’s new health tool will remind you to get preventive care
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