Smart glasses, bad passwords, Cytokine Storms, 400MP camera, dismantling Arecibo, Starlink, My Cousin Vinny and Mr. Snuffleupagus. Yes, that’s quite the diverse list of topics and they are only a few of the many highlights this week. Read through all of the headlines below and click on a headline to get the fully story!
Electronics
- Roku Ultra vs. Apple TV 4K: Battle of the high-end streaming boxes
***** Get Roku Ultra 2020 at Amazon ***** - Amazon Echo Show 8 review: The best Alexa smart display, period
***** Get Echo Show 8 at Amazon ***** - Amazon’s Alexa-powered smart glasses are now more widely available
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Privacy and Security
- The worst passwords of 2020 show we are just as lazy about security as ever
- Spot fake news and scams with a simple Google trick
- Three members of TMT cybercrime group arrested in Nigeria
- A ransomware attack has shut down Baltimore County public schools
Coronavirus / COVID-19
- Scientists Come Closer to Understanding COVID-19 ‘Cytokine Storms’
- The FDA Has Approved the First At-Home COVID-19 Test Kit—Here’s What You Need to Know About It
- Coronavirus mRNA vaccines won’t just end the pandemic. They could change vaccines forever
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Software
- Abusive add-ons aren’t just a Chrome and Firefox problem. Now it’s Edge’s turn
- Photoshop arrives for Apple’s M1 Macs – and it’s unbelievable
- Google gets web allies by letting outsiders help build Chrome’s foundation
- Microsoft’s Windows turns 35 today
- Zoom review: The video meeting service became a verb in 2020
- Software update for Fujifilm’s GFX100 turns it into a 400MP camera
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Technology
- Iconic Puerto Rico telescope to be dismantled amid collapse fears
- Arecibo Observatory will be torn down because repairs are too dangerous
- Make your home more energy-efficient for $5 a month
- Apple’s secret weapon in AR is right in front of us
- GPS rules everything. And it’s getting a big upgrade
- Tesla Model X hacked and stolen in minutes using new key fob hack
- The ins and outs of Starlink: Internet from the sky
- Microsoft halts chip patches after some PCs can’t reboot
- 4ocean takes a multipronged approach to cleaning up ocean plastic
- Black Friday: Never break these 6 rules when buying tech gifts
- France to start collecting digital tax from US tech giants in December
- AWS outage impacts thousands of online services
Phones
- T-Mobile activates 988 for emergency mental health services
- This mind-blowing expanding smartphone looks like magic
- Apple’s iPhone beats Android phones these 8 important ways. Every. Single. Time.
- New Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max display just killed the competition
- Don’t be jealous of iMessage. Here’s how to use Google’s fancy Chat feature on Android phones
Fun Stories
- Ray Bradbury Wrote the First Draft of Fahrenheit 451 on Coin-Operated Typewriters, for a Total of $9.80
- 29 Fun Facts About My Cousin Vinny
- When Ships Are Abandoned, Stuck Sailors Struggle to Get By—and Get Paid
- Leather Balls and 3,000-Year-Old Pants Hint at an Ancient Asian Sport
- Norwich Keyboard: This imprint of an old computer keyboard has a very unique backstory
- New Online Art Exhibition Needs the Public’s Help to Track Down Lost Masterpieces by Van Gogh, Monet, and More
- 15 Extremely Valuable Funko Pop! Figures That Might Be Hiding In Your Collection
- Mysterious metal monolith discovered in remote Utah desert
- Oral History: In 1985, Mr. Snuffleupagus Shocked Sesame Street
- 15 Moving Facts About Planes, Trains and Automobiles
- See America’s National Parks—Before They Were National Parks
- How Berlin Is Reckoning With Germany’s Colonial Past
- 10 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets of Professional Songwriters
- 9 Things Invented By Accident
- For Years, Republican and Democratic States Held Separate Thanksgivings
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