Kidnapped Woman Rescued After Slipping S.O.S. Note To Domino’s Pizza Employee

The 32-year-old woman was found “bound, gagged and beaten inside a room,” Texas police said.

A$AP Rocky Charged With Assault In Sweden

The U.S. rapper, whose detention has prompted a major international response, will remain in custody until his trial.

ABC is making a 'Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' series for Hulu

Hulu might not have the answer to The Great Question, but it’s cooking up something tHGttG fans may appreciate… if it does things right. The streaming platform is developing an adaptation of Douglas Adams’ beloved classic The Hitchhiker’s Guide to…

Late-Night TV Hosts Savage Trump Over Mueller Hearing

Samantha Bee, Trevor Noah, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon all found the funny in the event.

Two dead, dancing stars challenge astronomers' expectations

Stars still have plenty of surprises despite (or perhaps, because of) advances in astronomy. Researchers using Caltech’s Zwicky Transient Facility have discovered a binary white dwarf system 8,000 light-years away, ZTF J1539+5027, where the two dead…

Xbox One changes to Home Screen and Voice Commands promise quicker access

The best computer interfaces, some experts say, are those that you may not even see or at least get out of your way when you don’t need them. And yet at times those interfaces, be they graphical or even vocal, tend to themselves be the cause of confusion and distraction. In an effort to move the attention away from interfaces … Continue reading

Joe Biden, Cory Booker Increase The Tension Ahead Of Second 2020 Debate

This time, they’re making jabs at each other’s criminal justice record.

LightSail 2 is now surfing on sunlight

LightSail 2, the crowdfunded spacecraft designed to be powered by the sun’s photons, has officially set sail. The Planetary Society announced today that LightSail 2 deployed its solar sail on Tuesday as it was flying south of the continental United S…

2019 iPhones Could Come With Revamped Taptic Engine

If the rumors are true, Apple is said to be ditching 3D Touch in its 2019 iPhones. Instead, Apple will be replacing it with Haptic Touch, a feature that debuted in 2018’s iPhone XR. As such, it’s not surprising to learn that in a new report from 9to5Mac, the publication is claiming that Apple’s 2019 iPhones are all expected to come with a revamped taptic engine.

The taptic engine that Apple will be using has been given the codename “leap haptics”. Not much is known about this new component at the moment, but there is a chance that it could be used towards improving on the Haptic Touch feature. Given that the 2019 iPhones are no longer expected to have 3D Touch, it would make sense that the company would be trying to improve on the Haptic Touch feature.

While 3D Touch and the concept of pressure-sensitive displays make a lot of sense, the downside to 3D Touch was that it wasn’t always intuitive. This is because how a developer chooses to implement the feature is inconsistent across the board, where some developers choose to use it, while others don’t.

This means that if you’re used to certain 3D Touch features for one app, it might not be present in a different app. In any case, we’ll just have to wait and see what this new engine will be bringing to the table, so check back with us in the coming months for the details.

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House passes bipartisan bill to stop illegal robocalls

The House has just passed a bipartisan bill created to put a stop to all the annoying and disruptive robocalls you get. Introduced by Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone and Ranking Member Greg Walden, the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act…