Juggling otters, penguin poop and giant lizards. Yup, we’ve got critter stories. What the best networking for your home or office? Yup, got that too. What’s new in Windows? Check. Great tips for Windows 10, iPhone and iPad? Yes, you’ll find that. These are just a few of the many headlines this week. Click on the headlines below to get the full stories.
Electronics
- Logitech’s Circle View Camera only works with HomeKit Secure Video
- Wi-Fi range extender vs. mesh router: Which one is best for your home network?
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- Apple Glass: Major leak may spill details on long-rumored AR glasses
Privacy and Security
- Amazon says a group of scammers set its sights on Alexa device customers
- Russian hacker group using HTTP status codes to control malware implants
- Microsoft: Here’s how we’re killing a class of memory security bugs in Windows 10
- This powerful Android malware stayed hidden for years, infecting tens of thousands of smartphones
- Mercedes-Benz onboard logic unit (OLU) source code leaks online
- Scam Alert: Don’t Fall for the Text Message Scam Offering Free Groceries From Target
Coronavirus / COVID-19
- How the 1896 Bombay Plague Changed Mumbai Forever
- COVID-19 lockdowns caused an ‘extreme’ reduction in carbon emissions
- FCC, FTC tell service providers to cut off COVID-19 scam robocalls
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Software
- Google Chrome now groups browser tabs. Here’s how to do it
- Alt Tabs: How Google and Microsoft are cleaning up crowded browsers
- These 8 photos apps make pictures from your old iPhone or Android infinitely better
- Windows 10 installer files too big for USB flash drive? Here’s the fix
- Google’s 3D animals turn you into a Tiger King at home. Here’s how
- Minecraft play spikes, tops 126M builders a month amid COVID-19
- Master Windows 10 in 2020 with these 11 hidden tricks
- Microsoft continues to try to unify Win32, UWP Windows apps with ‘Project Reunion’
- Microsoft, no longer fearing the web, gives it a new boost on Windows
- Windows 10 May 2020 update: Everything you need to know
- Chrome now can stop an important type of network snooping
- Zoom etiquette: 6 ways you’ve been annoying your coworkers on video calls
Technology
- Nvidia’s new data center GPU packs 20 times the performance of its predecessor
- Astronomers get first look at a baby planet being born
- Google’s smart headphone wire has touch sensing for controls
Phones
- 14 hidden iPhone and iPad tricks: Screenshots, trackpad, better battery charging
- Folding iPhone concept is jaw-droppingly good
- Galaxy Z Flip, 3 months later: 2020’s biggest surprise is how much I like this phone
- iOS 14 leak reveals fascinating new features coming to the iPhone
- AT&T’s ‘5G E’ icon might continue to show up after ad watchdog’s order
Fun Stories
- Funky, new parasitic species named after Twitter, where it was discovered
- Common Misconceptions About Famous Books and Authors
- 5 Places to Find Free E-Books
- Werewolves of London: How The Everly Brothers and a B-Movie from 1935 Inspired Warren Zevon’s Monster Hit
- See what Earth looks like from 5 million miles away in space
- When Magic Eye Pictures Ruled the World—and Frustrated Millions of People
- The Surprising—and Sneaky—Reason Why Airports Are Carpeted
- Parking a $375 million airplane takes more than just locking the door
- Every US streaming service, ranked
- Prince Released an Interactive Video Game in 1994
- Fun Fact: Otters Love to Juggle, But Scientists Aren’t Sure Why
- The Livestock Living at the End of the World
- To Work Out Like a Samurai, Swing a Stick, Take a Hike—or Push Some Pencils
- Get your Disney theme park fix at home
- IKEA Has Released Instructions on How to Build a Range of Cool Forts at Home
- Penguin Poop Makes So Much Laughing Gas That Scientists Studying It Go ‘Completely Cuckoo’
- Have You Seen This Tegu? These 4-Foot-Long Lizards Are Invading Georgia and Eating Everything in Their Path
- Scientist calculates odds alien life is common in the universe
- The Cicadas Are Coming! 1.5 Million Cicadas Are Ready to Emerge After Nearly 20 Years Underground
- How to Find the Best Stuff in the Night Sky From Absolutely Anywhere
- HBO Max vs. Netflix: Which streaming service is best for you?
- Amazon’s Prime Day may be coming in September
- Coronavirus shut down Hollywood, but there may be a silver lining
- How Spotify helped me resurrect a beloved radio station from my childhood
If you see some important tech news that you feel we should share with our readers, please let us know and we’ll consider including it in our next post.
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