Roku remotes, phishing emails, RCS texting, Super Resolution, Nuance sale, lightsabers, Mars selfie, Eleanor Rigby and dogs licking glass. There are many more subjects covered in the headlines below. Click one one to get the full story.
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Electronics
- THX’s Onyx is a tiny USB-C headphone DAC that supports master-quality audio
- Apple is reportedly working on a speaker with Apple TV built in
- Roku rechargeable remote listens for ‘Hey Roku’ voice commands, costs $30
- New Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 goes big on battery life, adds free earbuds for preorders
- Roku unveils an Express 4K+ set-top box and its first rechargeable remote
Privacy and Security
- North Texas Photographers Victimized by Classic Fake Check Scam
- Is it Real or not? How to Spot phishing Emails
- Encryption Lava Lamps
- FBI operation removes backdoors from hacked Exchange servers in the US
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Software
- MLB TV review: Stellar baseball streaming hampered by blackout restrictions
- Google’s awesome new Floom tool is the distraction you need right now
- The six-month-old iOS 14 bug that Apple still hasn’t fixed
- Apple confirms iMessage locks users into iOS, and putting it on Android would hurt Apple
- Heads Up! Google’s new Android feature aims to save you future embarrassment
- AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon end their joint effort for RCS texting
- iOS 14.5: Face ID works with a mask now. But there’s a catch
- Microsoft security update fixes zero-day vulnerabilities in Windows and other software
- Hey Google, find my iPhone! Google Assistant’s new trick breaks down wall with Apple
- How to use Photoshop’s Super Resolution feature to blow up your photos
- Google rolls out Chrome 90, which defaults to HTTPS instead of HTTP
- Microsoft: Timeline is staying in Windows 10, but without free syncing
Technology
- We’re entombing the Earth in an impenetrable shell of dead satellites
- Microsoft will acquire speech-tech giant Nuance for $19.7 billion
- Nvidia’s Grace AI chip leaves Intel processors behind
- This Creepy Human Eye Webcam Reminds You That You’re Being Watched
- Disney has made a real Star Wars lightsaber (and the internet can’t cope)
Phones
- Samsung Galaxy S21 phones have lost half their value since January, study says
- A Long-Term Review of the iPhone 12 Camera
- Samsung Rumored to Add IBIS to Phones Through Olympus Partnership
Fun Stories
- NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover Takes Selfie with the Ingenuity Drone
- 11 Facts About To Kill a Mockingbird
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- 5 Fascinating Facts About Billie Holiday
- Meet the Man Recreating Ancient Musical Instruments Lost to Time
- New Zealanders Are Rallying to Save Local Fossils From Destruction
- Eleanor Rigby’s Grave: What do we know about the real woman behind one of the Beatles’ most famous songs?
- Why Lining Your Flower Pots With Coffee Filters Makes Houseplants Harder to Kill
- This Map Shows the Meanings of Place Names in the U.S. and Canada
- What Are Those Domes on the Side of the Highway Used For?
- The Reason Why Dogs Like to Lick Glass
- 11 Strange Stories From the National UFO Reporting Center
- The 25 Most Oscar-Nominated Actors of All Time
- The Simple Way to Clean Your Mattress (Which You’re Probably Not Doing Enough)
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