GeForce RTX cards, ransomware gangs, vaccine lottery, Android 12, AT&T/Discovery combine, folding Samsung and iron-on t-shirt transfers. There are lots of great stories in this week’s news so make sure to check the full list below and click to get the full story.
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Electronics
- 7 tips for a better home theater: Improve performance, mount your TV and more
- Nvidia makes GeForce RTX cards less desirable for crypto miners
- Bang & Olufsen’s latest speaker is waterproof and made of aluminum
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Privacy and Security
- Pipeline hack: Is the gas shortage over now that Colonial is back up?
- Android malware tries to trick you. Here’s how to spot it
- Venmo can reveal too much about you. People like it anyway
- How to protect your privacy on Venmo and Cash App
- After just 9 months, Darkside ransomware gang brings in $90 million in Bitcoin
- More than 290 enterprises hit by 6 ransomware groups in 2021
- This is how long hackers will hide in your network before deploying ransomware or being spotted
- Evolving beyond password complexity as an identity strategy
Coronavirus / COVID-19
- One state is giving 5 people who get COVID-19 vaccine $1 million each
- CDC says vaccinated people don’t need masks in most cases
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Software
- Android 12 might include big changes to notifications and widgets
- Adobe Photoshop Now Runs Natively on Windows 10 on ARM
- Microsoft is Adding Windows 10 HDR Support to Photoshop and Lightroom
- Android 12: Google’s major new revamp tackles your phone from head to toe. Here’s how
- New Windows 10 2021 update is here: How to download May features, everything else to know
- Google Chrome will offer to fix your hacked passwords
- Google tackles fake news in Search update. Here’s how it works
- Record and transcribe your Zoom meetings with this new tool, here’s how
- Zoom’s new event product aims to re-create in-person conferences
- Microsoft is dropping support for IE on many versions of Windows 10 on June 15, 2022
- Group configuration: news and interests on the Windows taskbar
Technology
- Using Just His Thoughts, Paralyzed Man Texts at a Record-Breaking 16 Words a Minute
- As tech offices begin to reopen, the workplace could look very different
- Ford’s adding Amazon’s Alexa to 700,000 vehicles this year
- Amazon makes its lossless music streaming serivce a free upgrade
- AT&T and Discovery may combine content to take on Disney+ and Netflix
- Google and Samsung are teaming up to take on Apple’s watchOS
- Apple Music, Amazon add high fidelity free. Spotify’s is coming (and maybe soon)
- AT&T’s WarnerMedia is merging with Discovery
- Amazon is reportedly negotiating to buy MGM
- Nikola Tesla invention from 100 years ago suddenly makes more sense today
- AT&T to refocus on 5G as it unloads WarnerMedia
- Ford unveils its electric F-150 with 300 miles of range and 563HP
Phones
- Google to Dramatically Change its Camera Design with Pixel 6: Report
- Get an iPhone 12 Mini for free. Just pay for the line
- Sharp’s powerful Aquos R6 features a huge one-inch camera sensor
- Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G review: Samsung’s premier phone is pretty badass
- Samsung teases its next generation of flexible displays
- Could Samsung’s wild new smartphone destroy Apple’s iPhone Fold?
- Google finally turns Android phones into TV remote controls
Fun Stories
- The best teeth whitening kits in 2021
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- 10 Animals with Surprisingly Smart Social Lives
- Does the UV Protection in Sunglasses Really Expire?
- A Wrinkle-Free History of Iron-On Transfers for T-Shirts
- Why Did Antarctic Explorer Ernest Shackleton Keep ‘Conking Out’?
- The Secret Entrance to the Knickerbocker Hotel
- 10 Behind-the-Plate Secrets of MLB Umpires
- The Reason You Rarely See Windows in Grocery Stores
- The 30 Weirdest Items Forgotten in Ubers Over the Past Year
- Why Washing Machine Timers Get It Wrong
- Cracking the Code of Letterlocking
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