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Sundar Pichai Does Not Regret Firing That One Idiot
Google CEO Sundar Pichai says he does not regret firing James Damore - The Verge
“I regret that people misunderstand that we may have made this for a political belief one way or another,” Pichai said. “It’s important for the women at Google, and all the people at Google, that we want to make an
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My Goodness, my State is Unhappy!
This Map Shows Which States Are 'The Worst Possible State To Live In' - Digg
According to this map from Gallup, 21-25% of the population living in states like Illinois, Connecticut, and Rhode Island characterize their states as "the worst possible state to live in."
Those numbers are just shocking to
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Why OnePlus’s Credit Card Data Breach is Particularly Bad
The other shoe dropped today forOnePlus, who announced they had determined as many as 40,000 customers’ card information had been compromised.
According to the internal investigation, a malicious script was running on one of the company’s payment processing servers and was able to capture customer’s full credit card numbers, expiration dates, and
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Meet the New Headphone Struggles, (mostly the) Same as the Old Headphone Struggles
You can almost set your watch by The Verge articles about how the 3.5mm headphone jack was glorious and everything is bad now that it’s gone from most of the the more important smartphones today. They had another one today and once again I’m just not sold.
It’s all with the
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Wallpaper Wednesday: Asphalt
I took this photo of the street near my work and thought it would make for a nice wallpaper. I put it on my iPhone and was kinda blown away by the look.
This was shot on the Pixel 2 and the color was adjusted with Pixelmator for iOS. The shot is at full size,
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Voice Assistants' Blind Spot
Smart Audio Report on Smart Speaker Adoption in the U.S. – MacStories:
To me, this suggests that either owners of smart speakers aren't familiar with smartphone assistants (I doubt it) or that there is indeed something useful about stationary speakers that smartphones can't fully replicate.
Federico Viticci nails it here. As
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FIFA 18 Sold Better on Switch than PS4 in Japan
FIFA 18 Switch Has Officially Outsold The PS4 Version In Japan | NintendoSoup:
FIFA 18 sales on Nintendo Switch have officially overtaken FIFA 18 sales on PS4. According to Dengeki Online, as of January 7, 2018, the PS4 version has sold 77,892 copies since launch, while the Switch version sold 89,329 copies.
This oh
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OnePlus Shuts Down Credit Card Payments on its Online Store
An Update on Credit Card Security - OnePlus Forums:
As a precaution, we are temporarily disabling credit card payments at oneplus.net. PayPal is still available, and we are exploring alternative secure payment options with our service providers.
This comes one day after dozens of OnePlus customers reported fraudulent activity on their cards right after buying
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The BirchTree Podcast #48: The Apple Watch Doesn’t Really Have a Peer
I discuss the unique challenge of coming up with new features for a product that doesn’t really have anyone to steal ideas from. iOS can look to Android for things to improve, and macOS can look to Windows, but watchOS really has no peers at this point in time. Android Wear is on life
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watchOS 5: A Relatively Modest Proposal
Every year I like to collect my thoughts on the Apple Watch and what software features are holding the product
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The Apps Keeping me on macOS (2018 update)
Just under a year ago, I wrote this piece about the apps that were keeping me on a Mac over a Windows or Linux PC. Now that’s a year later and I’m more than a little smitten with the iPad Pro, I thought it would be interesting to see how these apps stand
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Holy ****, the iPad Pro
About one month ago I got an iPad Pro. It is my third iPad, after owning the original iPad in 2010 and the iPad Air 2 in 2014. After much deliberation, I decided the 10.5” model was right for me, as the 12.9” was just a bit big for my uses1. After a
Lost in Translation (why smart speakers are often more useful than the assistant built into your phone)
There is a sentiment out there among some that these smart speakers that have become all the rage in recent years are just a fad. The idea is that voice assistants are indeed helpful, but they are always better on a phone or smart watch than they are in a stationary device in your home.
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Blade Runner 2049 Wallpapers for Your iPhone and iPad
If you have not seen Blade Runner 2049, I highly suggest you stop right here and watch it today. But whether you have or have not seen the film, hopefully you’ll enjoy the 6 variants of this 2049-inspired wallpaper.
As always, these are all in 4K resolution to look good on any phone
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Returning to the Pixel 2 for a Day
This last week I have actually used my Pixel 2 instead of my iPhone for most things for a couple days. As I have grown accustomed to iOS again after my stint with Android back in October through December, I wanted to see how Android Oreo felt to me.
The first thing that I noticed
macOS High Sierra Has Yet Another Password Bug
As explained by MacRumors, here is the flow:
* Click on System Preferences.
* Click on App Store.
* Click on the padlock icon to lock it if necessary.
* Click on the padlock icon again.
* Enter your username and any password.
* Click Unlock.
The stakes on this page are low so it's not the end of
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Philips Hue App Getting a Much Needed Update Soon
Philips announced a few new things to do with their Hue line of products at CES this week, and this part stood out to me the most:
In Q2 2018, the company plans to update its iOS and Android apps to version 3.0, bringing about a redesign of the app inspired by comments and
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Titanic
The Insane True Story Of How "Titanic" Got Made - BuzzFeed
Mechanic told him, “this film is wildly out of control. Nothing is going to change that. All we can do now is contain it. So here are some scenes we’d like you to cut from the shooting schedule.” Cameron studied the list
