How to Stream Steam Games to Your Android Device with Steam Link

I’ve always been a fan of Valve’s Steam streaming, because it means you don’t have to lug your desktop PC around your house or apartment whenever you feel like gaming somewhere else. Though your laptop might not be able to run The Witcher 3 natively—or at least, not very well—it’s a lot easier to let your gaming…

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Source: LifeHacker – How to Stream Steam Games to Your Android Device with Steam Link

White House moves forward with China tariffs, but offers few details

Trump had been threatening to get tough on trade since the campaign trail, and back in March, he introduced tariffs on up to $60 billion Chinese imports. The fees were intended to primarily punish the country for not cracking down on intellectual pro…

Source: Engadget – White House moves forward with China tariffs, but offers few details

The Star Wars Canon Behind Solo's Biggest Surprise

Solo: A Star Wars Story offers a shadier look into the period between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope, removed from stories of the Rebellion vs. the Empire, and Jedi vs. Sith… mostly. But if you’ve only kept up with the Star Wars movies, and not the entirety of the multimedia behemoth that the franchise has…

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Source: Gizmodo – The Star Wars Canon Behind Solo’s Biggest Surprise

Nutritional Supplements Don't Improve Heart Health, Study Finds

People who use vitamin and mineral supplements to keep their heart in tiptop shape probably aren’t getting much out of it, suggests a new review published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. The study found that most popular supplements, such as vitamin C and calcium, seemed to provide no benefits in…

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Source: Gizmodo – Nutritional Supplements Don’t Improve Heart Health, Study Finds

AirPlay 2 Brings HomePod Stereo Pairs and Multi-Room Audio To iOS 11.4

Today sees the release of iOS 11.4 and with it Apple is adding AirPlay 2. From a report: This brings some important changes to HomePod, including the stereo pairing option that was missing at launch. AirPlay 2 also adds multi-room audio to HomePod, bringing Apple’s smartspeaker in line with Amazon Echo and Google Home. Other new features of iOS 11.4 include the ability to access iMessages via iCloud on any Apple device. The lack of stereo pairing and multi-room audio was seen by many as a failing of HomePod, but Apple has now addressed this. The company says that when two speakers are paired, they are capable of “delivering room-filling sound that is more spacious than a traditional stereo pair.”

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Source: Slashdot – AirPlay 2 Brings HomePod Stereo Pairs and Multi-Room Audio To iOS 11.4

How to Use Uber's New 'Call 911' Feature

We hope your Uber rides are boring and pleasant, but if you ever run into trouble or experience an unsafe situation during your trip, the ride-sharing service rolled out a new feature today that makes it easy to call 911 from the app itself. With just the tap of a button—and a quick confirmation—you can contact the…

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Source: LifeHacker – How to Use Uber’s New ‘Call 911’ Feature

A Man Is Auctioning His Facebook Data on eBay, and It's Going Great

It’s no secret that the products and services you know and love (or loathe) are all hawking your data to advertisers, making a few billion bucks off all those “free” services provided to you. But when it comes time to pad your pockets, you’re not exactly getting a cut of the profits. So why not turn your data into…

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Source: Gizmodo – A Man Is Auctioning His Facebook Data on eBay, and It’s Going Great

Agony Forced to Bend to Censors a Little

The horror game Agony (released finally for $27 on Steam) has been met with all kinds of obstacles over the last year due to its over-the-top sex and violence content. I think more the sex than the violence… Agony has given a statement as to what it has left in, and what it has cut in terms of content so that it could get distribution.

The censorship now affects only several seconds from two endings (out of seven) and some scenes that may be unlocked only after the end of the game. We will be able to show them to you in a video that we are planning to release soon.

None of the scenes you have seen in the trailers and other promotional materials have been censored at all, and the game will feature those on all platforms: Gore – Brutal Sex Scenes – Lesbian and Gay Sex Scenes – Genital Physics – Eye Gouging – Heart Plucking – Children Heads Exploding – Setting Fire to Martyrs and Demons – Intense Violence – Strong Language – Drugs

I think I was at that UFC after-party in Vegas, but I do not recall children’s heads exploding. Below is five minutes of gameplay, and I would certainly consider this content NSFW. So be careful with your clicking, unless of course you want that person’s head to explode that works in HR.



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FCC Republican asks Amazon and eBay to boost crackdown on pirate TV boxes

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Pirate TV boxes that falsely display the Federal Communications Commission logo should be removed from Amazon and eBay, an FCC commissioner told the companies last week.

Commissioner Michael O’Rielly, part of the FCC’s Republican majority, wrote a letter to the Amazon and eBay CEOs asking them to crack down on set-top boxes that violate FCC rules.

Amazon quickly responded, saying that it already takes steps to prevent sale of these products but that it is willing to step up enforcement if any such devices are still for sale on Amazon.

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Source: Ars Technica – FCC Republican asks Amazon and eBay to boost crackdown on pirate TV boxes

The Best Pour Over Kettle Gets Smart

Gooseneck kettles, digital and stovetop, are nothing new, but for years they were almost certainly the ugliest thing in your kitchen. Fellow changed that with their original Stagg, and then removed its stovetop limitation with the Stagg EKG. The EKG+ makes the best a little better, with app integration and…

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Source: Gizmodo – The Best Pour Over Kettle Gets Smart

The Most Customizable Weather App Is Now Available for Android

Carrot Weather, the famously mouthy weather app for iOS and Mac, is now in beta on Android. The app reports the weather with sarcastic patter, doing a mediocre impression of the abusive AI from Portal. Thankfully, you can switch to “professional” mode and enjoy a sophisticated, customizable weather app without…

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Source: LifeHacker – The Most Customizable Weather App Is Now Available for Android