Here’s something to look forward to in the new year: 2023 could give us a once-in-a-generation chance to see a new comet grace our skies. via Technology and News Today https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/30/23532397/new-comet-visible-naked-eye-january-february-2023
The time has come: Dark Sky, the (mostly) beloved weather app for iOS is going to stop working on January 1st, according to in-app warnings. via Technology and News Today https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/30/23532275/dark-sky-app-stop-working-january-1st-alternatives
When I started working from home five years ago, my chair was the floor and my desk was a stool. I was allowed to type with two hands when the baby on the floor next to me was napping or otherwise occupied. via Technology and News Today https://www.engadget.com/uplift-standing-desk-irl-163028001.html
TikTok profits from livestreams of Syrian families begging for digital donations from refugee camps, according to an investigation published on Wednesday. For the last five months the BBC analyzed 30 TikTok accounts going live daily from Syrian refugee camps. via Technology and News Today https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/middle-east/economy/1665571191-tiktok-recruits-syrians-to-beg-online-takes-up-to-70-of-donations-report
Video-sharing app TikTok is taking up to 70 per cent of the donations given for displaced Syrian families in refugee camps begging for money on the social media platform, a BBC investigation has found. via Technology and News Today https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20221013-tiktok-takes-70-of-donations-sent-to-syrian-refugees-via-app/
Apple will finally be adding end-to-end encryption to iCloud backups, the company said as part of a major set of security announcements on Wednesday. via Technology and News Today https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/7/23498580/apple-end-to-end-encryption-icloud-backups-advanced-data-protection
Apple plans to start using processors made in America following the opening of an advanced new chip factory in Phoenix, Arizona. For the plant’s customers, which also includes AMD and NVIDIA, the new facility means a more secure supply of chips and quicker production timelines. via Technology and News Today https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/6/23497417/apple-tsmc-phoenix-fab-plans-biden-amd-nvidia
Google’s search results on desktop will load in a continuous scroll instead of dividing into pages, the company has announced. The move follows a similar change made on mobile in October last year, but isn’t quite an “infinite” scroll. via Technology and News Today https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/6/23495973/google-search-desktop-continuous-scrolling
When HBO Max and Discovery Plus merge into a single app next spring, the new platform will simply be called “Max.” That’s according to a report from CNBC, which notes that while a final decision hasn’t been made, Max “is the likely choice” and is being vetted by Warner Bros. via Technology and News Today… Read More The combined HBO and Discovery app will reportedly just be called ‘Max’
The first trailer for The Boys spinoff show Gen V shows us that superpowered college students are just as flippantly violent as the grown-up supes from the original series. via Technology and News Today https://www.theverge.com/23494022/gen-v-the-boys-amazon-prime-trailer
After being hacked for the second time in as many years this August, password manager app Lastpass announced on Thursday the most recent intrusion was much more damaging than initially reported with the attackers having made off with users’ password vaults in some cases. via Technology and News Today https://www.engadget.com/the-lastpass-hack-was-worse-than-the-company-first-reported-000501559.html
The “pick me! pick me!” bidding war for NFL Sunday Ticket has finally come to an end, and YouTube won big. The company announced a “multi-year” deal that will see it carry Sunday Ticket both standalone (as a YouTube Primetime Channel) and through YouTube TV. via Technology and News Today https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/22/23522535/youtube-nfl-sunday-ticket-bundle-subscriptions
Google has announced that two of its latest privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs), including one that blurs objects in a video, will be provided to anyone for free via open source. via Technology and News Today https://www.engadget.com/google-is-making-its-internal-video-blurring-privacy-tool-open-source-150052840.html
Elon Musk claimed last week that “hate speech impressions” on Twitter were down by one-third since he took over the company. But the total amount of hate speech on the platform has risen during that same time period, according to research by the Center for Countering Digital Hate. via Technology and News Today https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/2/23489808/elon-musk-twitter-hate-speech-increase-content-moderation
Major tax filing services such as H&R Block, TaxAct, and TaxSlayer have been quietly transmitting sensitive financial information to Facebook when Americans file their taxes online, The Markup has learned. via Technology and News Today https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/22/23471842/facebook-hr-block-taxact-taxslayer-info-sharing
Apple Books has been my main reading app for years for one very specific reason: its page-turning animation is far and away the best in the business. via Technology and News Today https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/21/23471306/apple-books-ios-16-page-flip-animation-sucks
A global panel of scientists and government representatives have voted to scrap leap seconds by 2035. The ad-hoc time adjustment is occasionally inserted to account for the gradual slowdown of the Earth’s rotation, and has caused headaches for numerous tech companies over the years. via Technology and News Today https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/21/23470759/leap-second-scrapped-2035-time-computer-chaos
Microsoft’s SwiftKey keyboard has unexpectedly returned to the App Store. The company officially discontinued support for the keyboard and removed it from the App Store in October, but now it’s available for iOS users once again. via Technology and News Today https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/18/23467204/swiftkey-ios-iphone-app-store-return-back-microsoft
Elon Musk has begun reinstating Twitter accounts that were previously subject to lifetime bans, taking the first steps toward his promise of lighter moderation on the platform. via Technology and News Today https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/18/23466625/elon-musk-twitter-reinstatement-jordan-peterson-kathy-griffin-babylon-bee
Even before the COVID pandemic, antimicrobial resistance, in which microbes no longer respond to common medications like antibiotics, was a big concern for public health organizations and health care specialists. via Technology and News Today https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/antimicrobial-resistance-is-growing-because-of-covid/
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