Do you want a folding phone? Seriously. Not in a “I agree with the concept of one,” more: “I am willing to buy one in 2019.” Samsung’s Galaxy Fold and Huawei’s Mate X have both officially broke cover, but there are so many questions left unanswer…
Source: Engadget – I have an opinion on folding phones
We’ve all had those rushed moments when we’re late for dinner (or the airport) and there are still a half-dozen things to accomplish on our way out the door—including booking an Uber or Lyft.
Source: LifeHacker – Book Your Uber or Lyft With Google Assistant
No wonder the United States has such a problem with obesity and chronic disease.
Source: TreeHugger – 4 troubling ways fast food has changed in 30 years
From sky-high fees for merchants selling big brands to a product registry, Amazon has used all the tools at its disposal in its ongoing war on counterfeits. But the fakes keep coming. Now Amazon is putting more power in the hands of brands as part of…
Source: Engadget – Amazon will let brands issue takedown strikes on fake listings
Fortnite is going in search of some secret that lurks on Monkey Island, led by a pirate named Guybrush Threepwood! Wait, that’s not right. Okay, so LeChuck and his gang probably aren’t making an appearance in the popular battle royale shooter, but the new Season 8 update does bring with it pirates and treasure and…ninjas? Yes, ninjas!
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Source: Hot Hardware – Arr, Matey! Fortnite Season 8 Arrives With Swashbuckling Pirates And Cannons
At Gizmodo Media, Lifehacker’s parent company, we love a portmanteau. A lot of our sister sites, as well as their subdomains, are combinations of existing words: Deadspin evokes backspin but also ESPN; Gizmodo contains gizmo and mod. Lifehacker’s subsites find a second meaning within a word or phrase: Skillet contains …
Source: LifeHacker – Name Your Next Project With This Pun Generator
If you’ve filed your tax return and are waiting for that sweet, sweet refund, you likely know how easy it is to check on your federal status. You simply go to the IRS’s website or use its app (you can track yours here).
Source: LifeHacker – How to Find Out the Status of Your State Tax Refund
The Genode operating system framework continues marching along with SculptOS that they are sculpting into a general purpose operating system. The project’s first release of 2019 is now available…
Source: Phoronix – Genode OS 19.02 Released With Sculpt OS Improvements, Java Availability
Disney is reportedly looking to take WarnerMedia’s 10 percent stake in Hulu off AT&T’s hands. According to Variety, the media giant is in active discussions with AT&T in an effort to get even more control of the streaming platform. Disney cur…
Source: Engadget – Disney reportedly wants to buy AT&T’s stake in Hulu
A new report detailing the number of pedestrian traffic deaths in the United States has just been released, and the news is not good. In 2018, an estimated 6,227 Americans died from being struck by a vehicle. That’s the highest number since 1990.
Source: Gizmodo – What State Has the Most Pedestrian Traffic Deaths?
An office that’s responsible for enforcing European data privacy laws against many of the biggest U.S. tech firms is spending much of its time on one company: Facebook. From a report: The Ireland Data Protection Commission said in a report that as of Dec. 31 it had 15 ongoing investigations of multinational tech companies. Ten of the investigations were about Facebook or its subsidiaries, Instagram and WhatsApp. One of the investigations into Facebook is especially wide-ranging, examining whether the social network has met its obligations “to secure and safeguard the personal data of its users.” Twitter faces a similar probe, the report says. The report, released early on Thursday on Dublin time, underscores how much Facebook’s handling of sensitive personal data is dominating legal and policy debates about privacy — and how much potential regulatory danger the social network faces in Europe, where privacy laws are more strict than in the U.S.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Source: Slashdot – A European Data Privacy Office Has 15 Open Investigations. Ten Are About Facebook.
The Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 TI is out, and one of out favorite Scottish YouTubers has already posted an analysis of the new GPU, along with some notes about the rest of the Turing lineup. Among other things, he points out that the GTX 1660’s 284mm^2 die is relatively small compared to the massive RTX 2070, 2080, and 2080 TI dies. But the 1660 TI GPU is also significantly larger and faster than the GTX 1060, yet consumes almost the same amount of power under load, indicating that Nvidia have significantly improved Turing’s power efficiency compared to Pascal in spite of the seemingly meager process advantage. Check out the full analysis below:
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Source: [H]ardOCP – GeForce GTX 1660 TI Analyzed
Today, various media outlets reported that Overkill’s The Walking Dead has been pulled from Steam. In a press release, Starbreeze says The Walking Dead’s IP owner filed a “license related complaint,” and claim that they’re “in discussions about the agreement and Starbreeze is trying to resolve the issue to find an amicable solution with the ambition to finish and deliver season 2 of the game.” However, Forbes claims that the Walking Dead creators pulled the game because it didn’t meet their quality standards. Starbreeze filed for “reconstruction” (which appears to be a euphemism for bankruptcy) in December last year, and pulling one of their big releases from Steam certainly won’t help their financial situation.
“Our creators and their stories are the core of Skybound, and since 2014 we have worked hard to expand the world of ‘The Walking Dead’ into an exceptional co-op action FPS,” Skybound said in a statement. “We did our best to work with Starbreeze and resolve many issues that we saw with the game, but ultimately ‘Overkill’s The Walking Dead’ did not meet our standards nor is it the quality that we were promised.”
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Source: [H]ardOCP – Overkill’s The Walking Dead Pulled From Steam
Today we’re looking at Silicon Power’s P34A80 high-end NVMe SSD, another drive based on the Phison E12 controller and Toshiba 64L 3D TLC NAND, but with newer firmware than we last tested.
Source: AnandTech – The Silicon Power P34A80 SSD Review: Phison E12 With Newer Firmware
The Are You Afraid of the Dark movie faces a major delay. Another Disney+ series could be happening, revolving around classic animated villains. A surprise new Alien animated series is coming very soon. Plus, Captain Marvel and the new Kim Possible team up, and what’s to come on Project Blue Book. Spoilers, away!
Source: Gizmodo – Is the Next Bond Movie Close to Finding Its Villain?
The GoPro Hero 7 Black lived up to part of its namesake by actually being, well, black instead of silver or gray like previous models. If that new lick of paint wasn’t enough, you’ll soon be able to get it in a limited edition white (or “dusk white”…
Source: Engadget – GoPro turns the Hero 7 Black white
Removed from the stomachs of tiny creatures, these plastic particles are a dismal indicator of just how widespread plastic pollution is.
Source: TreeHugger – Synthetic fibers found at bottom of Mariana Trench
If Netflix’s new Dating Around reality series is a touch too maudlin for your taste, then you’ll probably dig its upcoming French original Osmosis. The first trailer for the technophobic show, which premieres March 29th, just landed and it’s a litera…
Source: Engadget – Netflix original ‘Osmosis’ is a dark take on AI date matching
How to do more with less.
Source: TreeHugger – What you see is what you get in the Dodged House
ABP Food group makes most of its money from beef. Now it’s launching a plant-based protein brand.
Source: TreeHugger – Another massive meat company goes big on plant-based eating