Shelter Cat Still Seeking Home After No One Came To Her Birthday Party

But staff at Battersea Dogs & Cats Home are optimistic about Monique’s situation after her sad party for one went viral.

Google mobile-first indexing: The old web is out, by default

Today Google announced that they’ve got a timeline for when they’ll move to mobile-first indexing for all websites starting in September of 2020. For most websites, this won’t be a big deal. Most modern websites – news sites and social networks especially – have been ready to roll with “mobile friendly” design for several years at least. It’s the old … Continue reading

Sonos Trade Up program ends controversial Recycle Mode requirement

In December, audio company Sonos faced criticism over the ‘Recycle Mode’ mode it introduced to brick perfectly good, but obsolete, speakers. The mode was a requirement for customers who wanted to use the company’s Trade Up program, which offers a discount on new products that are still supported. Going forward, Sonos no longer requires users to brick their devices, but … Continue reading

DuckDuckGo shares a list of thousands of web trackers that gather your data

Over the past couple of years, the privacy-focused browser DuckDuckGo has been compiling a data set of web trackers. The company calls it Tracker Radar. Today, DuckDuckGo is sharing that data publicly and open sourcing the code that generates it.

DuckDuckGo Made a Giant List of Jerks Tracking You Online

DuckDuckGo, a privacy-focused tech company, today launched something called Tracker Radar—an open-source, automatically generated and continually updated list that currently contains more than 5,000 domains that more than 1,700 companies use to track people online.

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Self-Driving Car Guru Ordered to Pay Google $179 Million Over Messy Contract Dispute

A former employee of Google and Uber credited as being one of the top engineers in the self-driving vehicle space, Anthony Levandowski, has reportedly filed for bankruptcy after he was ordered to cough up $179 million to settle with Google over an apparent contract breach.

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Elizabeth Warren Has Changed The Democratic Party

Her presidential campaign is over, but she is winning the war for ideas.

Federal Judge Blasts William Barr For Distorting Mueller Report

The judge questioned whether the attorney general tried to “create a one-sided narrative” that benefited Trump.

TCL’s big plan pairs foldable phones with a familiar playbook

Rollable, foldable, flexible phones and tablets aren’t going to catapult TCL into the number one smartphone spot any time soon, but that doesn’t mean the company’s ambitions aren’t that way inclined. As it pulls back the curtain on just three of a whole portfolio of next-generation concepts, TCL is throwing down the gauntlet to jaded mobile mainstays… and it’s borrowing … Continue reading

The EPA says these cleaning products kill coronavirus

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released an official list of cleaning products that can be used to kill off the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The information is particularly useful for healthcare facilities and businesses, but it also informs the average person of what they need to use in order to disinfect their home or vehicle if either has … Continue reading