Oct 07
The Sega Dreamcast was the game maker’s last console. It had some advantages going for it, but we break down the reasons why it fell short in its time.
Oct 07
NASA’s next mission to the Moon may involve mining it, which can prove helpful for further space exploration. Here’s what has to go right for that to happen.
Oct 07
Google may be the originator of the Android operating system, but it’s competing with other companies staking a claim on the platform. Samsung and OnePlus bundle in software features to help differentiate from the crowd, so Google leverages its search engine and Assistant smarts to entice you away from Android…
Oct 07
After 2019’s incredible first season on Prime Video, Good Omens fans—demons and angels alike—have been longing for any season two news. After months of “wait and see” from both the streaming service and creator Neil Gaiman, we finally have a clip with a bit more information, coming at you straight from the New York …
Oct 07
Recent excavations of submerged Maya salt kitchens off the coast of Belize indicate that their ancient workers lived on the sites and possibly worked in kin-based teams.
Oct 07
Toyota Warns Thousands of Customers That They May Get Scam Emails After Data Leak
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People who have been using Toyota’s smartphone app may have had their personal information leaked, the company reported on Friday.
Oct 07
Tesla Will Deliver Its First Semi Trucks to Pepsi in December, 3 Years Past Deadline
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Amid revived drama with Twitter that’s causing whiplash across the internet, Tesla CEO Elon Musk is doing one of the things he’s best at: distracting the public with a shiny new statement.
Oct 07
Biden Executive Order Says We'll Be More Careful When We Use European Data for Spy Stuff
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President Biden signed an executive order placing new restrictions on how U.S. intelligence agencies harness data as it flows between the U.S. and the E.U., the White House announced Friday. The order creates a new framework to comply with European privacy rules.
Oct 07
Like Instagram, Facebook and so many others, Signal is hopping aboard the Stories bandwagon. The privacy-focused messaging app started beta testing an ephemeral Stories feature this week. Users can share videos, images and text-based messages with their friends. Stories will vanish after 24 hours.
As with the rest of the platform, Signal’s Stories have end-to-end encryption. Users can choose who to share them with. Along with groups and custom friends lists, you may opt to share a story with all of your connections (your contacts and anyone else you’ve spoken with one-on-one). If you opt to post a story to a group, others can react, reply to and share it.
For now, the only people who will see Stories are other beta testers. If you don’t want to see Stories in Signal, you can switch them off in the settings. This will prevent you from posting Stories of your own, though.
It remains to be seen whether Stories can help Signal to get people spending more time in the app or even to bring in new users. Instagram famously aped one of Snapchat’s most-used features with its take on Stories. They’re now a core part of the Instagram experience. Not every platform that has tried Stories has stuck with it, though. In 2021, Twitter and LinkedIn both ditched their Stories features after less than a year.
Oct 07
It wasn’t clear how the Russian leader responded to the gift
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