Feb 09

LG Reportedly Preparing Production Of OLED Displays For iPads

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To date, only two Apple devices use OLED displays and that is the iPhone and the Apple Watch. Apple did make some display changes to some of its other products, like the 2021 iPad Pro which got a mini LED display upgrade, and also its 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros.

However, if a report from The Elec is to be believed, it seems that Apple could be getting ready to bring OLED displays to its iPad lineup. The report claims that LG Display is apparently preparing production lines in which it would produce OLED panels designed specifically for future iPads.

It is unclear at this point which future iPads will get OLED or why Apple is choosing to use OLED instead of mini LED like they have done with some of their other products. However, regardless of Apple’s choice, it will be a nice step up from the LCDs that Apple has equipped its iPads with so far.

For the most part, mini LEDs share some of the main characteristics of OLED, such as deeper blacks and better color saturation compared to LCD. It will be nice to see Apple give an upgrade to some of its iPads, but like we said, it is unclear which models these OLEDs will be used in. Apple is rumored to host an event in the spring where they could announce new iPad models, so maybe we’ll learn more then.

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Feb 09

Coco's restaurant delivery bots are headed to more warm-weather cities

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Coco, a company that offers food deliveries by remote-controlled robot, has expanded beyond its home base of Los Angeles for the first time. The service is now available in Austin as it commences a nationwide rollout. Coco plans to bring its robots to Dallas, Houston and Miami in the next few months.

The company says its service, which debuted in 2020, now has hundreds of delivery robots on the streets of LA, covering all of the city’s major neighborhoods. Coco claims to reduce costs and deliver food to customers 30 percent faster than traditional methods with an on-time delivery rate of 97 percent. It partnered with 10 Austin restaurants and chains at the outset, and will offer deliveries in the South Lamar, South Congress, South Austin, Downtown, Northside, North Loop and Domain neighborhoods from the jump.

Other robot delivery services — such as Yandex, Serve Robotics (a former division of Postmates) and Nuro — have adopted the self-driving approach. Coco’s robots, on the other hand, are controlled by employees who work from home.

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Feb 09

‘Let’s Go!’: Man Who Allegedly Directed Rioters Through Capitol Doors Arrested

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He said in an interview that he entered because “the commies are trying to steal the country,” court documents showed.

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Feb 09

MediaTek’s Pentonic 2000 chip paves the way for ultra-powerful 8K TVs

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Feb 09

Google Says Account Hacks Have Dropped By 50% After 2FA Implementation

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Google has long offered users the ability to enable 2FA on their accounts, but in 2021, the company announced that they would be enabling the feature by default. It turned out to be a great decision for Google and their users because according to the company, they have seen account hacks drop by as much as 50%.

According to Google, “We provide easy, simple-to-use tools like Security Checkup to give you actionable recommendations on how to strengthen the security of your Google Account. In 2021, we auto-enrolled over 150 million people in two-step verification (2SV). As a result of this effort, we have seen a 50% decrease in accounts being compromised.”

For those unfamiliar, what 2FA does is that in addition to your password, another one-time generated code will be sent to your phone either via SMS or through an authenticator app. This means that even in the event a hacker figured out your password or if you accidentally gave it away in a phishing attack, they would not be able to login unless they also had the 2FA code.

While it might mean that it’s an extra step in the login process, it does keep your accounts safer. There is still a chance you could get hacked anyway, but the extra step does make it more difficult for hackers so if your online accounts do support 2FA, then you might want to enable it.

Google Says Account Hacks Have Dropped By 50% After 2FA Implementation

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Feb 09

Latest macOS Beta Fixes MacBook Battery Drain Bug

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Recently, it was discovered that the latest macOS 12.2 update was causing battery drain for Apple’s MacBook laptops. Basically what happened is that when users put their laptops to sleep, they would wake up the next day and discover that either the battery has completely run out or it would be drained significantly.

This was due to a Bluetooth-related bug where if users had Bluetooth devices paired to their laptops, it would cause it to constantly wake up during sleep which in turn causes the battery to drain unexpectedly. However, it looks like this issue has since been fixed in the latest macOS 12.3 beta 2.

We’re not sure when Apple is expected to push out the update for macOS 12.3, but at the very least we now know that the issue has been resolved, so it might be an update that users will want to keep an eye out for.

In the meantime, if you do own a MacBook Air or MacBook Pro running macOS 12.2 with Bluetooth devices connected to it, you can opt to shutdown the laptop entirely to prevent this battery drain. Alternatively, you could also disable Bluetooth before you put your laptop to sleep which is also another valid workaround if you don’t like fully shutting down your computer.

Latest macOS Beta Fixes MacBook Battery Drain Bug

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Feb 09

Tinder Says They Will No Longer Charge Their Older Users A Higher Premium

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Tinder, like quite a number of other dating apps, has premium features that users can unlock by paying a monthly subscription. However, for whatever reason, Tinder actually varies the cost of the subscription based on the user’s age, so users who are older are charged more to access the same features as someone who is younger.

If you thought that felt unfair, the good news is that Tinder has decided to reverse course. According to the company, they say that they will no longer charge older users more to use its premium features. “Last year we discontinued offering lower prices for younger members in the US, Australia, and more recently in the UK. We recently announced that we will be eliminating age based pricing for all of our members in all markets by the end of Q2 this year.”

The company defended its initial pricing decision by saying that when they first launched their subscription service, they wanted to make it cheaper and more accessible for its younger users who might still be in school or early in their careers. The company also reiterates that other factors such as sexual orientation, gender, race, or religion were never a factor that influenced pricing.

So far, Tinder has scrapped this pricing plan for the US, Australia, and the UK, and is expected to apply that to the rest of the markets they operate in by the end of Q2 this year.

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Feb 09

Alleged crypto launderer Heather Morgan led a second life as the world's worst rapper

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Earlier today, the Department of Justice announced the arrest of Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan, who allegedly attempted to launder more than 25,000 Bitcoins that were stolen as part of the 2016 hack of Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex. What was unclear to us at the time was that an even greater crime had played out across Morgan’s social media pages: her rap career. 

Spotted by NBC reporter Kevin Collier, Morgan — who performed under the alias Razzlekhan — seemingly spent all of the time she was not allegedly shifting around $3.6 billion in cryptocurrency shooting rap videos, leaving precious little bandwidth to actually learn how to write or perform music in a pleasing way. On her YouTube page, can find Morgan’s rap videos sprinkled in between unboxing clips and a review of 13 different kinds of aluminum-free deodorant. Morgan, the self-proclaimed “Crocodile of Wall Street,” states that she experiences synesthesia, which results in “art” that “often resembles something between an acid trip and a delightful nightmare.” 

We implore you to form your own opinion:

“Cutthroat Country,” embedded above, provides an overview of Morgan’s many talents as a rapper. Her delivery is tuneless, the bars are cringe and the accompanying music video isn’t much better. But the best part is that Morgan seemingly implicates herself in the exact money laundering scheme she stands accused of carrying out. “Spearfish your password / all your funds transferred,” she says in the 2:36 mark of the song.

But her magnum opus is perhaps “Versace Bedouin,” a “rap anthem of misfits and weirdos”:

“Always be a GOAT, not a god damn sheep,” she raps at the start of song. “Spirit of a revolutionary, power of a dictator / love to be contrary, but I’m fly like a gator,” she says later. What’s striking about both videos are the low-budget production values on display. Morgan and her husband allegedly laundered billions of dollars worth of Bitcoin, and yet it looks like they shot the clips on a shoestring budget. 

We could say more about the videos, but we think YouTube user Gudi said it best. “The Man couldn’t allow this much talent to roam the streets. RIP.” Morgan and Lichtenstein face money laundering and conspiracy charges. If convicted, they face up to a maximum of 25 years in prison.

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Feb 09

Journalists Win Settlement After Attacks By Minnesota State Police During Protests

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In addition to $825,000, a federal judge approved a permanent injunction banning state troopers from attacking or arresting journalists covering protests.

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Feb 09

A Ghoulish Passenger Bedevils a Driver in Chilling Short Night Bus

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Stuck working the midnight shift on the eve of her 30th birthday, London bus driver Natasha (the excellent Susan Wokoma of the late, great Truth Seekers) believes her vehicle is empty—until the bell starts dinging… and a cloaked figure seems to materialize in one of the upper-level rows.

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