Amazon Sidewalk, COVID vaccines, Zoom Santa, LastPass, Libra cryptocurrency, orbits, sunken iPhone, glowing marsupials and Masonic makeover. Those are just a few of the biggest headlines this week. But I’d like to also share a recent interview I did with the folks at GoDaddy. Give it a read and learn a bit more about me and our business.
There is a lot more in the news so check out all the headlines below. Click on a headline to get the full story.
Electronics
- Belkin’s new wireless charger tries to do what AirPower promised
- Lenovo X1 Fold hands-on: A first step toward the next big thing in PCs
- Fitbit Versa 3 review: The basics done well
***** Get Fitbit Versa 3 at Amazon ***** - GeForce RTX 3060 Ti wins at $399 for 1440p gaming
- Wyze Video Doorbell review: Spotty performance holds it back
- Amazon’s Fire TV Cube can now handle two-way video calls
***** Get Fire TV Cube at Amazon *****
Privacy and Security
- Microsoft to make changes to Productivity Score after privacy complaints
- Microsoft removes 18 malicious Edge extensions for injecting ads into web pages
- Amazon Sidewalk is switching on in your Alexa app, whether you want it or not
- Google researcher demonstrates iPhone exploit with Wi-Fi takeover
Coronavirus / COVID-19
- Moderna seeks FDA emergency approval for coronavirus vaccine
- Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine will go into use next week in the UK
- AstraZeneca’s best COVID vaccine result was a fluke. Experts have questions
- A mildly insane idea for disabling the coronavirus
- MIT machine learning models find gaps in coverage by Moderna, Pfizer, other Warp Speed COVID-19 vaccines
Follow Unleashed on Pinterest
Software
- Zoom’s Q3 revenue up 367% as demand shows no signs of slowing
- Working from home: Making those Zoom calls and Microsoft Teams meetings a bit more comfortable
- How Zoom Santas Are Connecting With Kids Virtually in 2020
- Evernote’s major redesign is rolling out on Android
- The best apps and games that helped us get through 2020, according to Apple
- LastPass review: Still the leading password manager, despite security history
- Salesforce to acquire Slack for nearly $28 billion
- Microsoft buys eSports platform vendor Smash.gg
Technology
- 5 surprising music hacks to try with your Amazon Echo tonight
- Quibi, Twitter hack and misinformation: The biggest tech fails of 2020
- Apple will reportedly move iPad and MacBook production out of China
- How underwater mapping could preserve the future of our oceans
- Facebook’s controversial Libra cryptocurrency could launch in January
- Earth now 2,000 light-years closer to Milky Way’s supermassive black hole
- Microsoft envisions ‘scoring’ meetings based on body language
- Scientists might know why astronauts develop health problems in space
- Modified ‘stealth’ virus could fight advanced cancers
- Orbits explained: It’s hard to get into space — but great once you’re there
- In 2020, Apple redesigned the parts of iPhones and Macs you can’t see
- Facial recognition is getting better at making matches around face masks
- Famed Arecibo Observatory suffers more damage as 900-ton platform falls
- Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 888 chip pushes video and photo smarts
- DeepMind AI breakthrough in protein folding will accelerate medical discoveries
- AWS launches Amazon Connect real-time analytics, customer profiles, machine learning tools
Phones
- Controversial Apple iPhone 13 design leaked
- Android vs. iPhone: 6 stellar features Apple fans wish their phones had
- Here are 7 of Android 11’s best new features you have to try right now
- iPhone 12 water test: We tested it way beyond the claim
- Your next Android smartphone will have even faster 5G, better battery life, thanks to Qualcomm
Fun Stories
- How German Librarians Finally Caught an Elusive Book Thief
- There Are Way More Copies of Newton’s Masterwork Than Anyone Thought
- Scientists accidentally discover Australian marsupials glow in the dark
- Mysterious monolith puzzle has been solved by internet sleuths
- The Monumental Undertaking of Moving Into an Old Masonic Temple
- The Curious Case of the Deep-Sea Bone Worms and the Vanishing Underwater Gator
- The Small Goat Breed That’s a Star of Urban Farms
- A Massive Collection of Dead Insects Lives Inside Filing Cabinets in a Canadian Office
- In Rwanda, Learning Whether a ‘Smart Park’ Can Help Both Wildlife and Tourism
- Zooming in on the Microbiome of Some da Vinci Masterpieces
- Reintroducing the Big-Game Huntresses of the Ancient World
- The Ghost Airline That Has Linked Cairo and Tel Aviv for Decades
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.
Photo by Uriel Soberanes
0 Comments