Technology and News Today
The Disney+ launch is less than a month away, and the streaming service is busy drumming up nostalgia in an attempt to hook users. Today, it started a massive tweet thread sharing “basically everything” coming to Disney+ on November 12th. It. Is. Time.
Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/2019/10/14/disney-plus-twitter-promotion/
BEIRUT — Swift Turkish advances deep into Syrian territory on Sunday triggered a panicked exodus from a strategic Syrian town — and the unraveling of the U.S. mission in northeastern Syria.
Continue Reading . . . https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/us-troops-withdraw-from-another-syrian-town-as-turkish-forces-block-supply-lines/2019/10/13/aab5fab8-ec5a-11e9-a329-7378fbfa1b63_story.html
Less than a week after a Sony PlayStation 5 (PS5) insider confirmed that the crazy design we first caught wind of back in August is real, a short video has surfaced highlighting the device from all angles – and it looks nothing short of fantastic.
Continue Reading . . . https://www.t3.com/news/sony-ps5-playstation-5-design-video
Dear Windows 10 users, please brace yourselves yet again. Microsoft’s shoddy upgrade practices may have been exposed by a whistleblower, but the tide of frustrating, limiting, chaotic and quite bizarre updates continue. And now there are new warnings every Windows 10 user needs to know about.
Continue Reading . . . https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2019/10/12/microsoft-windows-10-warning-search-start-menu-edge-browser-problem-upgrade-windows-10/
Speaking to Ars Technica, the ‘GAY BOYS’ guild reported that it had its name forcibly changed to a random string of letters.
Continue Reading . . . https://www.videogamer.com/news/gay-world-of-warcraft-guild-forced-to-change-name-creators-account-suspended
With the release of MacOS Catalina, Apple made some key changes to how you’ll use your Mac going forward. For starters, iTunes is nowhere to be found, developers can tweak iPad apps to run on the Mac and you can use your iPad as a second monitor with Sidecar.
Continue Reading . . . https://www.cnet.com/how-to/itunes-is-dead-heres-how-to-back-up-and-sync-your-iphone-in-macos-catalina/
The sheer number of new science-fiction and fantasy books published in any given year can be overwhelming, and it doesn’t help matters that both genres are so series-heavy.
Continue Reading . . . https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/best-fantasy-book-series-sci-fi-science-fiction
A stroke occurs when blood flow to an area of the brain is suddenly cut off. The brain cells get deprived of oxygen and begin to die quickly. Having a stroke is a scary thought, but you can be mindful of your health to reduce the chances of having one.
Continue Reading . . . https://starplasticsurgerypics.com/stroke-signals/
Samsung released its most recent flagship, the Galaxy S10+, after a decade of refining and perfecting the Galaxy lineup. With improvements to the screen, battery life and software, the $1,000 S10+ once again showed the company knows how to build a hit Android smartphone.
Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/2019/10/12/readers-have-spoken-and-apparently-people-really-like-the-galax/
Set to launch towards the end of 2020, 76 Game Mania is now taking reservations for the forthcoming PlayStation 5 for the small fee of €50 (£45). This will be deducted from the price of the console when it’s launched.
Continue Reading . . . https://www.t3.com/news/sony-ps5-playstation-5-pre-order
A leading analyst has claimed that Apple is set for strong sales and growth in the first quarter of 2020, thanks largely to its newest iPhones. Apple analyst, Ming-Chi Kuo, of TFI Securities, claims that Apple will sell around 10% more iPhones in the first three months of 2020.
Continue Reading . . . https://www.trustedreviews.com/news/the-iphone-11-series-already-looks-like-a-massive-hit-3944275
The video games of the Nintendo Switch are some of the most varied, versatile, and strange on the market. You want a Mario game? It’s got a dozen.
Continue Reading . . . https://news.yahoo.com/10-best-nintendo-switch-games-155750233.html
The clinical psychologist Jon Freeman was feeling burnt out. He spent his days at a corporate office in Manhattan, managing dozens of research assistants as they tested pharmaceuticals on people with anxiety, depression, and insomnia.
Continue Reading . . . https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-uncanny-resurrection-of-dungeons-and-dragons
All three models gained an extra camera sensor on the back, bringing the iPhone 11’s total camera count to two, and the iPhone 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max’s collection to three. But the improvements don’t stop at hardware alone.
Continue Reading . . . https://www.cnet.com/how-to/use-these-iphone-11-camera-features-to-take-better-photos/
A US court ruled that some of the FBI’s electronic surveillance activities violated the constitutional privacy rights of Americans.
Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/2019/10/08/fbi-surveillance-violated-constitutional-rights/
The cocaine trade, and efforts to stop it, are causing $214.6 million in damage every year, new research released today shows. Drug-related deforestation is also driving people out of the region, and making climate change worse.
Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/8/20905186/cocaine-drug-trafficking-deforestation-climate-change-migration-central-america
Adobe is recommending that Photoshop and Lightroom Classic users hold off on updating their computers to macOS Catalina, Apple’s latest desktop operating system software, until all the “known compatibility issues” have been resolved.
Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/8/20905391/apple-macos-catalina-adobe-photoshop-lightroom
Windows 10’s Your Phone calling support is finally here, provided you’re willing to live life on the edge. Microsoft has released a Windows 10 Insider Preview for Fast ring testers that adds the ability to take and start calls from your PC. You’ll need a handset running at least Android 7.
Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/2019/10/08/windows-10-preview-your-phone-calls/
Duolingo will release a new app in the coming months with a new audience in mind: children as young as four. It will be called Duolingo ABC, and the company told Wired UK that it will initially focus on teaching kids to read and write in their native tongue.
Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/2019/10/08/duolingo-abc-kids-read-and-write/
Despite the online excitement about Katmai National Park’s fat bears this year, the critters struggled harder than usual to plump up. The heat hit an important bear food source — salmon — hard, and that makes the bears’ future uncertain.
Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/8/20903654/fat-bear-week-alaska-heat-salmon
