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Daily News Roundup: Know When to Fold ‘Em

The first reviews of the Samsung Galaxy Fold—the company’s $2000 folding phone—landed a few days ago. Yesterday, some of those same review units were already broken. Four journalists all experienced display ...

Cameron Summerson Apr 18th

What’s New in Ubuntu 19.04 “Disco Dingo,” Available Now

Ubuntu 19.04 is available for download today. With Linux 5.0 and GNOME 3.32, Disco Dingo boasts performance improvements and visual tweaks. Whether or not you upgrade, Disco Dingo lays the groundwork for future long term supp...

Daily News Roundup: What the Apple-Qualcomm Settlement Means

Apple and Qualcomm met each other in court this week in what was supposed to be a brutal trial. Turns out that wasn’t the case, as the two companies surprisingly agreed to a settlement yesterday. This means three things...

Cameron Summerson Apr 17th

The All-Digital Xbox Fulfills Microsoft’s Original Xbox One Vision

Microsoft just announced a new Xbox One without a disc drive. This brings Microsoft closer than ever to the original vision of the Xbox One and shows how far digital downloads have come. Unfortunately, it’s too expensiv...

Daily News Roundup: MS Office Exploits Now Make Up 70 Percent of Attacks

According to new research from Kaspersky Labs, finding and exploiting vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office is the new hotness. According to a presentation on its findings, around 70 percent of all attacks detected in Q4 2018 t...

Cameron Summerson Apr 16th

How to Stop Google’s Sensorvault From Sharing Your Location With Law Enforcement

Google’s Sensorvault is a location history database that police can query to see phones near the location of a crime. Google is the only company with such a database—and innocent people have been arrested because ...

Daily News Roundup, 4/14/19: Big Brother is Watching

Plus Apple goes all in on Arcade, I/O sessions show what Google has cooking this year, Outlook.com was hacked, and a whole lot more. Here’s your Monday roundup of the biggest stories from the weekend....

Cameron Summerson Apr 15th

Alexa, Why Are Employees Looking at My Data?

Everyone’s been talking about Bloomberg’s report that Amazon workers are listening to the voice recordings created when you speak to Alexa. But Amazon is far from alone. Here’s how tech companies can—a...

Here’s How to Watch the NBA Playoffs Without Cable

The NBA Playoffs start on Saturday, April 13th. This is the time of year when the game shifts from good to great. Here’s how to catch all the action without a cable subscription, so you never miss a game....

Cameron Summerson Apr 12th

Daily News Roundup, 4/12/19: Disney+ Will Land on November 12th for $6.99 a Month

Plus Facebook might roll Messenger back into the main mobile apps, Acer announced a slew of new stuff, future Android updates might come from Google Play, Falcon Heavy’s successful landing, and a lot more....

Cameron Summerson Apr 12th

Here’s How to Watch Game of Thrones’ Final Season Online

HBO’s Game of Thrones returns for season eight on Sunday, April 14. The series broke piracy records because HBO once made it so difficult to watch online, requiring a cable TV subscription. Thankfully, that’s no ...

Daily News Roundup, 4/11/19: The Black Hole

Amazon employees may be listening to things you say to (and around!) Alexa, YouTube TV got a price hike, Instagram cleans up “inappropriate” recommendations, and a lot more. Here are the biggest stories for the mo...

Cameron Summerson Apr 11th

Scam Alert: Fake Job Recruiters Tried to Catfish Us, Here’s What Happened

Fake recruiters are catfishing desperate job-seekers, seducing them with the promise of a high-paying job before stealing their money and identity. We recently posed as a gullible recruit and let a scammer sucker us so we cou...

Daily News Roundup, 4/10/19: Spyware Isn’t Just for Android as Exodus Hits iOS Devices

Facebook fixes its most prominent issue with memorialized profiles, Verizon fixes issues with millions of routers, Google’s laptop and tablet team isn’t dead yet, Roku finally bets on itself, and a whole lot more....

Cameron Summerson Apr 10th

Microsoft’s Chromium-Powered Edge Has a Dark Mode, Here’s How to Enable It

Microsoft released testing builds of Edge Chromium yesterday, and it includes a surprising number of features for such an early build. Microsoft says some features, like dark mode, are coming later—but you can try them now....

Josh Hendrickson Apr 9th

Daily News Roundup, 4/9/19: Google’s Violent Video Game Problem

Twitter drops the number of accounts users can follow in a day, more details about Microsoft’s Chromium-Edge, Wing launches a drone delivery service in Australia, and a lot more. Let’s talk about the biggest stori...

Cameron Summerson Apr 9th

End of an Era: Adobe Shockwave Dies Today

Adobe pulls the plug on Shockwave—no, not Shockwave Flash, which is different—today. Dating back to 1995 when it was named Macromedia Shockwave, this plugin was used for games, presentations, and other multimedia ...

Download: Try Microsoft’s New Chromium-Based Edge Browser Today

Microsoft announced last December it would move the Edge over to the Chromium rendering engine. Leaked builds hit the web a few weeks ago, but now you can try an official build from Microsoft. Here’s how to set it up....

Josh Hendrickson Apr 8th

Stringify is Shutting Down After Five Years

Stringify, the IFTTT-like service that helped users build in-depth automated tasks, announced today that it’s shutting down. Stringify’s apps will be removed from stores today, with the service being fully deactiv...

Cameron Summerson Apr 8th

Daily News Roundup, 4/8/19: Netflix Kills AirPlay Support

Apple passes Spotify subscribers in the US, Google’s Pixel 3a and 3a XL leak (again), Microsoft makes it easier to remove USB drives, and a whole lot more. Here are the biggest stories from the weekend to start your Mon...

Cameron Summerson Apr 8th

Why We Can’t Recommend Wink Hubs Anymore

We love Wink’s smarthome hub and have recommended it highly in the past. But the Wink Hub has been “temporarily unavailable” in stores for over five months now, and Wink won’t say why. What’s goi...

Daily News Roundup: Amazon’s Big Plan to Bring Internet Access to the Globe

Plus Snap’s big push to stay relevant, Amazon’s Alexa-powered AirPods alternatives, more Android Q news, and a lot more. It’s time to talk about the biggest, coolest, or generally most interesting stories fr...

Cameron Summerson Apr 5th

Microsoft Abandons Windows 10’s Constant Forced Updates

Microsoft has a major announcement today: Windows 10 will no longer automatically install those big feature updates every six months. Home users can pause smaller updates, too. In fact, Windows will even let you pause updates...

Daily News Roundup: 540 Million Facebook User Records Leaked

Plus Android Q Beta 2 hits Pixel devices, Verizon flips the switch on its 5G Network in a couple of new cities, and Apple announces the Beats Powerbeats Pro to compete with its own AirPods. Wait, what?...

Cameron Summerson Apr 4th

Why Does Chrome Say It’s “Managed By Your Organization?”

Google Chrome says it’s “managed by your organization” if system policies are controlling some Chrome browser settings. This can occur if you’re using a Chromebook, PC, or Mac that your organization co...

Chris Hoffman Apr 4th