| Apple reduces capacity at store events to deal with coronavirus outbreak |
[08 Mar 2020|06:03pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/ndMacCvReN4/  Apple is grappling with more than just iPhone shortages as it takes precautions against spreading the novel coronavirus. Company chief Tim Cook has sent a memo outlining a series of new steps to reduce the chances of people spreading the virus, incl...
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| Google location data led police to investigate an innocent cyclist |
[08 Mar 2020|04:47pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/A2kKt3DtnPQ/  Those concerns about police indiscriminately collecting Google location data have some grounding in the real world. NBC News has revealed that police inadvertently made a suspect of an innocent cyclist, Gainesville, Florida resident Zachary McCoy, a...
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| Pixel 4a photo leaks hint at a no-frills budget phone |
[08 Mar 2020|03:33pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/3g_0VFUdN_4/  Those early Pixel 4a rumors might just carry some weight. Photo leaks appearing on Twitter and Reddit appear to show Google's upcoming low-cost phone in the wild, and they seem to validate earlier claims. The well-worn prototype 4a in the pictures...
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| Uber, Lyft will compensate drivers affected by coronavirus outbreak |
[08 Mar 2020|02:16pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/B4Rv6jhWE8Q/  The coronavirus outbreak is affecting many workers, but it could hit those in the gig economy particularly hard when many of them don't get sick leave or other benefits. Those companies may help soften the blow for some of their workers, though. To...
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| Coronavirus home testing kits are coming to Seattle |
[08 Mar 2020|08:35pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/G3DsTWy48Co/  It might soon be much easier and safer to determine if someone has been infected by the novel coronavirus. The team behind a Gates Foundation-backed project told the Seattle Times that it's preparing to deliver home testing kits for the virus to Seat...
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| Twitter labels video retweeted by Trump as 'manipulated media' |
[09 Mar 2020|04:10am] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/YmUGWBC4SVY/  A video created by the White House social media director and retweeted by Donald Trump is the first to be tagged by Twitter as "manipulated media." The video shows Democratic candidate Joe Biden appearing to endorse Trump after the end of his sentenc...
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| Apple Watch might detect your blood oxygen levels |
[08 Mar 2020|11:40pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/xWXGiiYgvJ0/  In the future, your Apple Watch might detect more health trouble than an irregular heartbeat. Tipsters talking to 9to5Mac claim that Apple is working on the ability to detect blood oxygen levels through its wristwear. If your blood's oxygen saturat...
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| Samsung's Galaxy S20 Ultra is surprisingly sturdy |
[08 Mar 2020|07:18pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/HcGnYBYnkCI/  If you're going to drop $1,400 on a top-of-the-line smartphone like the Galaxy S20 Ultra, you'd expect it to be tough enough to survive the abuses of daily life, wouldn't you? Thankfully, that appears to be the case. Both JerryRigEverything (aka Za...
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| New York power plant mines Bitcoin using excess energy |
[08 Mar 2020|09:53pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/AZf5GT4BhY0/  A natural gas power plant can't always send excess energy into the grid, frequently leading to waste as the gas is flared or vented away. However, a plant in Dresden, New York thinks it has a solution: use that surplus to generate some digital cash....
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| After Math: Anything worth doing is worth overdoing |
[08 Mar 2020|11:30am] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/4mSMv8diZK0/  2020 is shaping up to be the year without conventions. Google I/O, Facebook F8, GDC, OMG, and MWC have already been called off, with exhibitors jumping ship from SXSW by the handful and Computex and E3 likely next on the chopping block. But these are...
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| Ring's next Video Doorbell will show what happened before an alert |
[08 Mar 2020|09:02am] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/1sRGihLnVCc/  You don't have to wonder how Ring will build on the Video Doorbell 2 -- the company has already spoiled its plans in advance. Zatz Not Funny spotted a briefly available product page (you're looking at the cached version) for a Video Doorbell 3 serie...
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| Philips Hue is ending support for the first-gen Bridge on April 30th |
[07 Mar 2020|05:50pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/dq8J1slBbPY/  The first-gen Philips Hue Bridge, which was released back in 2012, will lose access to the system's online services on April 30th. Signify, the company that used to be known as Philips Lighting, has also mentioned in a tweet that Bridge version 1 won...
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| Hitting the Books: How an attempt at digital allyship fell flat |
[07 Mar 2020|11:30am] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/xGYfnGkCADo/  Welcome to Hitting the Books. With less than one in five Americans reading just for fun these days, we've done the hard work for you by scouring the internet for the most interesting, thought provoking books on science and technology we can find and...
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| Huawei reportedly expects steep drop in 2020 phone sales due to US ban |
[07 Mar 2020|09:39pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/TjGs69WVXfw/  The US government's decision to blacklist Huawei didn't immediately spell calamity for the Chinese tech giant, but it might not be so confident in 2020. The Information sources claim that Huawei is predicting its smartphone sales will drop 20 percen...
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| Google can add account security keys through Safari and mobile Chrome |
[07 Mar 2020|08:20pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/3q0MTKvr3zI/  If you're determined to keep your Google account airtight with a security key, you might have an easier time getting started. Google has made it possible for G Suite and Cloud Identity users to register security keys using both Chrome on Android dev...
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| Motorola's first high-end phone in years may have a 'bezel-free' display |
[07 Mar 2020|07:03pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/NDObOHEerGk/  Motorola hasn't really produced a flagship-quality phone since the Moto Z3, but it might make up for lost time with a device that ticks the latest checkboxes. Onleaks and Pricebaba have shared renders of what they say is the Motorola Edge+, a 6.7-in...
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| AMD CPUs for the past 9 years are vulnerable to data leak attacks |
[08 Mar 2020|04:39am] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/OcZet8bq6UA/  It's not just Intel chips that are vulnerable to hard-to-fix security flaws. Researchers at the Graz University of Technology have detailed a pair of side channel attacks under the "Take A Way" name that can leak data from AMD processors dating back...
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| Philips Hue is ending support for the first-gen Bridge on April 30th |
[07 Mar 2020|05:50pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/dq8J1slBbPY/  The first-gen Philips Hue Bridge, which was released back in 2012, will lose access to the system's online services on April 30th. Signify, the company that used to be known as Philips Lighting, has also mentioned in a tweet that Bridge version 1 won...
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| Stanford moves classes online to deal with coronavirus outbreak |
[07 Mar 2020|04:32pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/1ooe1vS8Ark/  Online education is about to get a major (if short) field test. Stanford University is moving the last two weeks of winter quarter classes online "to the extent feasible" to reduce the chances of COVID-19 spreading on campus. There will be no class...
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| Apple will fix iPad Air tablets with blank screen issues |
[07 Mar 2020|03:15pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/roxFRcj4n00/  Apple has launched a new repair program for iPad Air, and you may want to take note if you have a third-gen device with a screen that suddenly went dead. According to the tech giant, screens on a "limited number" of third-gen iPad Air tablets may per...
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