iCloud backups are not fully encrypted because the FBI complained

For the past years, Apple has painted itself as a champion of user privacy, as long as said user is also a customer. Its privacy advocacy has become so central to its message that it has, after decades of formal absence, attended CES but only as a panelist in a privacy roundtable. There will always be some who will doubt … Continue reading

JDI paper-thin bendable image sensor reads pulse waves and fingerprints

JDI or Japan Display, Inc. is perhaps best known for making, as its name implies, display panels, many of which end up on smartphones. It does, however, also dabble in technologies only related to screens on the periphery, like biometrics and imaging sensors that can be placed under its display. Its latest boast may not yet have any display-oriented application … Continue reading

Dark mode is coming to WhatsApp for Android

For such a simple feature, dark mode really does split the masses. Some love the white on black theme that it offers, whereas others (we see you in the comments) routinely question “why is this news?!” If you fall in the former camp and you’re a regu…

This $10 USB-C Charger Is a No-Brainer Upgrade From Apple's Standard Adapter

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Red Cross Has Dispersed Just 25 Percent of Money Raised For Australian Bushfire Victims

The Red Cross in Australia is coming under fire from at least one local politician for dispersing just a quarter of the money collected for bushfire victims who have lost their homes. About $20.5 million of the $78.7 million ($30 million of $115 million in Australian currency) recently donated by the public to Red…

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Geraldo Rivera Says Trump Is ‘A Civil Rights Leader’ And Tweeters Aren’t Having It

“He put children in literal cages,” one person responded to the Fox News personality’s wild claim.

Collective Cooking Parties: A Whole New Way To Grieve, Heal And Unite

Cooking for loved ones is helpful, but cooking together as a group can be extraordinarily healing.

‘Medicare For All’ Has Real Trade-Offs. So Does The Public Option.

A user’s guide to the debate dividing the Democratic Party’s presidential field.

Biden Keeps Bringing Up Obama In South Carolina — And It’s Working

Other Democratic presidential contenders find Biden’s ties to Obama tough to overcome with Black voters.

There’s A Good Reason Why Brian Cox Wears Sunglasses To Every Awards Show

We found out why the man who plays Logan Roy on “Succession” always wears shades on the red carpet.