Would you like a side of fries or a game of Doom with that? Is the Surface Duo a phone and why brought Android to Microsoft devices? How do you weigh a whale? MacOS Catalina is here, but it doesn’t play well with Adobe apps. These and many more headlines are below. Click on the headlines to read the entire story.

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Privacy and Security

• Attackers exploit 0-day vulnerability that gives full control of Android phones
• Two steps you should take to protect your network from hackers
• Unfortunately, awareness alone won’t do it: Successful phishing defense requires a layered approach
• Hook, line and sinker: How I fell victim to phishing attacks – again and again

Electronics

• Tile updates line of trackers, adds new Sticker as Apple rumors persist
• Sony confirms the PlayStation 5 is coming in 2020, reveals new hardware details
• Amazon debuts its first ever Kindle Kids Edition
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• Sorry, Alexa and Siri, but only Google Home can do these 3 things

Software

• Guy Gets Doom Running On A McDonald’s Cash Register
• Doom Eternal pushed to March 2020
• Warning: MacOS Catailina has some issues with Photoshop, Lightroom CC & Lightroom Classic
• MacOS Catalina is here: Download and install it now on your Mac
• Samsung announces its Android 10 beta is coming to these Galaxy devices soon

WordPress

• We Analyzed 5.2 Million Desktop and Mobile Pages: Here’s What We Learned About Page Speed
• How to Regenerate Thumbnails and Crop Images in WordPress

Design

• Depth of Field: When Photographs Turn the Real Into the Surreal
• Meet California’s Nerds of Neon
• 6 Ways to Avoid Design by Committee on Your Next Project

Technology

• Cable companies use hidden fees to raise prices 24% a month
• Ring’s police partnerships must end, say more than 30 civil rights groups
• Have the reports of Fry’s death been greatly exaggerated?
• These redesigned airplane amenities could change how we fly
• Countdown: The 10 most important tech trends of the decade
• Robocalls, selfies and privacy gone wrong: The worst of a decade in tech
• These are 30 personalities who defined the 2010s

Phones

• iPhone 11 review: The most attractive choice in Apple’s best lineup in years
• Pixel 4: 6 things Google needs to do to beat the iPhone 11 and Galaxy S10
• Surface Duo: 8 things we don’t know about Microsoft’s foldable phone alternative
• Microsoft says its Surface Duo phone isn’t really a phone — here’s why
• iPhone 11 vs. iPhone XR: Which phone is the better buy for the price?
• Microsoft’s Surface Duo phone is powered by Google’s Android, and that’s a big deal
• Andy Rubin tweets photos of shapely new Essential phone

Fun Stories

• This Drone Follows a Rollercoaster to Take You on the Ride of Your Life
• Glenlivet seaweed capsules look like whisky-filled Tide Pods
• Are Bloody Mary’s a Thing of the Past? Make Way for Barbecue-Flavored Vodka
• Taco Makeup Is Taking Over The Internet
• The 13 wisest things Anthony Bourdain said about travel
• How It’s a Wonderful Life Went From Box Office Dud to Accidental Christmas Tradition
• Scam alert: Don’t fall for the irritating ‘Andrea Wilson is a hacker’ Messenger hoax
• People Who Work from Home Earn $2,000 More a Year
• Pfizer CEO gets 61% pay raise—to $27.9 million—as drug prices continue to climb
• There’s a vending machine that dispenses whole pecan pies in Texas
• NASA Mars Curiosity rover finds an ‘ancient oasis’
• Discover 21 of the world’s most spectacular staircases
• Mold pigs! Trapped in amber! 30 million years ago!
• Drone-Piloting Scientists ‘Weighed’ Whales From 130 Feet in the Air
• A New Cookbook Traces the Surprising Histories of Famous Dishes

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Social Media

• Instagram now lets you shop with augmented reality
• Instagram is killing its creepy stalking feature, the Following tab
• Instagram launches Create mode with On This Day throwbacks
• Workplace by Facebook adds bevy of features, passes 3 million paid users, eyes frontline workers
• Twitter, Facebook and other tech topics Americans are apparently clueless about
• Twitter misused security information for advertising purposes

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