Apple and Samsung tablets, Playstation and Xbox, foggy glasses, Microsoft Office, Amazon Prime Day, iOS 14 and Utah ghost town. Those are only a few of the stories in this extra full week of news. Read through the headlines below and click to get the full story.
Electronics
- Eighth-generation iPad hands-on: Apple’s new ‘good enough’ tablet has one key improvement
***** Get iPad at Amazon ***** - Apple Watch Series 6 ongoing review: SpO2 tracking and brighter screen
***** Get Apple Watch Series 6 at Amazon ***** - Apple Watch SE’s lack of always-on display actually isn’t a deal breaker: Our first impressions
***** Get Apple Watch SE at Amazon ***** - PlayStation 5 launch confirmed: Sony’s new consoles go on sale Nov. 12 starting at $400
***** Get PlayStation 5 at Amazon ***** - Confused about which console to buy? Just wait.
- Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S7 wants to be your premium work and play tablet
***** Get Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 at Amazon ***** - JBL Bar 2.1 Deep Bass review: Brawny soundbar brings theater thump home
***** Buy JBL Bar 2.1 at Amazon ***** - Samsung debuts super-fast 980 PRO PCIe 4.0 SSD
- Sony WH-1000XM4 review: A nearly flawless noise-canceling headphone
***** Buy Sony WH-1000XM4 Wireless Headphones at Amazon ***** - HP Envy x360 13 (2020) review: This small 2-in-1 is more premium than its price
- Samsung’s newest watches can now take ECG readings in the US
Privacy and Security
- This ransomware has borrowed a sneaky trick for delivering malware to its victims
- Ransomware is evolving, but the key to preventing attacks remains the same
- CISA warns of notable increase in LokiBot malware
Coronavirus / COVID-19
- COVID-19 is messing up career plans and companies are not meeting our needs
- How to stop your glasses fogging up when wearing a face mask
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Software
- Microsoft releases a final preview for Windows 10’s October update
- Firefox 81 released with new browser theme
- How to use Zoom like a pro: 13 video chat tips and tricks to try at your next meeting
- New Windows 10 test build adds a Skype ‘Meet Now’ taskbar feature
- Now Windows 10 gets Apple’s Swift programming language and Google’s Flutter
- Adobe peps up PDF on smartphones with AI-powered Liquid reformatting
- New Microsoft Office won’t require you to pay for a subscription
Technology
- NASA sees heartbreaking scope of US wildfires and storms in a single image
- The ultimate guide to boosting Wi-Fi: 24 ways to improve your internet speed
- Nvidia arms itself to terminate Intel’s processor dominance
- Amazon Sidewalk adds Echo and Tile support as it gears up for launch
- Amazon’s Prime Day 2020 will start on Oct. 13
- Volkswagen’s ID.4 is its first electric SUV for North America
Phones
- 6 new iOS 14 features we love: iPhone owners, you are in for a treat
- Watch out for glitchy apps if you update to iOS 14
- iOS 14 and Android 11 privacy settings: What you need to know and change
- iOS 14 resets iPhone’s default apps to Apple’s Safari and Mail after reboot
- Amazing iOS 14 trick could be the best new iPhone feature
- Now iOS users can set Gmail as their default email app
- iPhone users are creating super-cool homescreens (and you can too)
Fun Stories
- Surprise: Cows Poop Corn Kernels, Too
- Ivo Zdarsky Is Waiting Out the End Times in His Own Utah Ghost Town
- The Reason Dogs Scratch Their Beds Before Lying Down
- Amazing Interactive Map Shows You Which Dinosaurs Roamed Your Neighborhood Millions of Years Ago
- The Queen’s Guard May Have to Give Up Their Iconic Bearskin Hats
- A Rare Day-by-Day Document of Life Aboard a Slave Ship
- Large bat colony drives National Weather Service’s radar batty
- More Than 650 New Words Have Been Added to Dictionary.com—Here Are 50 of Them
- Capturing Ellis Island’s Lost Period
- Thailand National Park Officials Mailed Trash Back to Litterbugs
- Botswana Says It’s Solved the Mystery of a Mass Elephant Die-Off
- 200 Rare Books Were Stolen in a Thrilling Heist—Three Years Later, They’ve Been Found Buried in Romania
- 10 of the Best Halloween Costumes for Your Dog
- Exploring Chernobyl’s Imprint on Neighboring Belarus
- Cincinnati Built a Subway System 100 Years Ago–But Never Used It
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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