Jan 26
Gerard Piqué’s first photograph on the platform in months is an uncaptioned selfie with Clara Chía, whom Shakira slammed in her viral track.
Jan 26
The Best and Weirdest Gadgets For Minimizing Sofa Interruptions During the Super Bowl
Posted in: Today's ChiliSuper Bowl Sunday poses a big challenge for binge-watchers. Streaming services let you pause a show for the occasional snack run, and while broadcast TV still serves up convenient commercial breaks, the ads are often the best part of the big game. If you don’t want to miss a moment, you’ll need to plan ahead to…
Jan 26
Twitter CEO Elon Musk is reportedly looking into raising $3 billion to offset the recent debt the company has accrued since he took over in October. The company is currently $13 billion in debt, according to people familiar with the matter, and Musk said in December that he planned to sell $3 billion of his Twitter…
Jan 26
Notebooks capable of transforming into tablets have been a staple of the business world for years, but HP’s Dragonfly Folio G3 brings a unique twist to the classic 2-in-1 productivity PC. Designed with business professionals in mind, it offers a stylish leather-trimmed look, security-enhanced (and IT-compliant)…
Jan 26
Fart Seems To Erupt On ‘The View’ And The Question Is, Who Or What Dealt It?
Posted in: Today's ChiliThe flatulent sound punctuated a chat about the classified documents found at Mike Pence’s home.
Jan 26
The Morning After: Donald Trump is getting his Facebook and Instagram accounts back
Posted in: Today's ChiliIt’s already been over two years since Meta extended former President Donald Trump’s “indefinite” suspension from Facebook. Now, the company has reinstated his account. In a statement, Meta said Trump would be able to access his Facebook and Instagram accounts in the “coming weeks,” but there would be “new guardrails in place to deter repeat offenses.”
Trump’s campaign had reportedly pushed for the former president to be allowed back on Facebook ahead of the upcoming presidential primaries. This decision from Meta comes just months after Elon Musk restored the former president’s Twitter account. Trump has so far declined to restart his Twitter habit – he’s been a Truth Social user since last year.
Another reason he’s back could be Meta’s handling of Trump’s initial suspension, which it quickly extended from a 24-hour ban to an “indefinite” suspension. It was heavily criticized, even by its own Oversight Board, which chastised Meta for not following its own rules and trying to “avoid its responsibilities.” Trump was initially booted from Facebook for publicly praising the rioters in the aftermath of the attack on the US Capitol on January 6th, 2021.
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One of the best-loved Nintendo 64 games is coming to Switch Online’s Expansion Pack this week. You’ll be able to play the game on your Nintendo Switch on January 27th. The game will be available on Xbox on the same date. It’s unusual to see a licensed game arrive on Nintendo’s subscription service, but GoldenEye 007 is one that many fans have been looking forward to replaying (or even playing for the first time). It remains to be seen how well Rare’s classic first-person shooter will hold up almost 26 years after its debut. Xbox owners will get some updates: dual analogue stick support, 4K resolution and “a consistent refresh rate.” Oddly, there’s no online multiplayer on the Xbox version.
Senator Manchin tries to close battery loophole around $7,500 EV tax credit
He’s trying to halt credits from being offered to foreign-sourced batteries before March.
Senator Joe Manchin, chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, has introduced a new bill that squashes a small loophole around the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) $7,500 EV tax credit. The new credits are restricted to cars with final assembly in the US, as well as those with a certain amount of North American battery content.
“It is unacceptable that the US Treasury has failed to issue updated guidance for the 30D electric vehicle tax credits and continues to make the full $7,500 credits available without meeting all of the clear requirements included in the Inflation Reduction Act,” Manchin wrote in a statement. He added: “EV tax credits were designed to grow domestic manufacturing and reduce our reliance on foreign supply chains for the critical minerals needed to produce EV batteries.”
‘NBA All-World’ hands-on: Taking basketball video games back to the streets
Niantic’s latest AR app might be the best use of its location-based tech yet.
Engadget
Niantic, creators of Pokémon Go, is launching a new title called NBA All-World, which might be the best application of its location-based tech to date. That said, the formula appears pretty similar: You get a starter player and use the in-game map to collect items, earn cash or battle other players. The big twist for NBA All-World is you’ll need to visit real-world basketball courts to earn your spot on local leaderboards.
Multiple Microsoft services, including Teams, Outlook and Xbox Live, go down across the world
It was apparently a network issue.
Multiple Microsoft 365 services went down for thousands of users worldwide, prompting the tech giant to investigate the incident affecting several of its products. In an update, Microsoft said it “isolated the problem to a networking configuration issue.” By 4:26 AM ET, Microsoft “rolled back a network change” it believed was causing the outage, and it was monitoring its services as they started coming back online.
Jan 26
Mehdi Hasan Twists Ted Cruz With An ‘Extra Greasy’ Burn Over Docs Controversies
Posted in: Today's ChiliCruz declared it’s “still early” to drop a take on the discovery of documents at Pence’s home.
Jan 26
On Tuesday, the US Department of Justice filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google. Joined by eight state attorneys general, the federal government said the tech giant is running an illegal monopoly in the digital ad market, and it wants the courts to compel Google to sell its subsidiary ad businesses, breaking the…
Jan 26
IK's iRig Stream Mic Pro is a do-it-all microphone for musicians and content creators
Posted in: Today's ChiliIK Multimedia has launched the iRig Stream Mic Pro designed to be more versatile than typical multimedia mics from Blue and others. It combines a multi-pattern condenser microphone with a 24-bit, 96 kHz audio interface for iOS, Android, Mac and PC. That lets creators do things like marry their voice with music from a phone or tablet or connect easily to a media player, keyboard or other device.
The company promises “crisp, clear and detailed” sound thanks to dual mic capsules that let you select from cardioid, figure 8, omnidirectional or stereo pickup patterns. The 24-bit, 96kHz converters allow for high quality output, which you can check through a headphone output with direct monitoring.
As for the audio interface, you can connect devices like a turntable, soundboard or keyboard directly using the stereo 3.5mm audio input. With the monitoring mix control, you can blend the director or recorded audio via the headphone output.
IK Multimedia
It also features the company’s Loopback+ that lets you not only add music from a smartphone or other device, but route the mic signal to a separate app to add reverb, EQ or noise-reduction. From there, you can send the signal to an app like TikTok, allowing for easier output “on apps that don’t normally allow audio processing or adding background music,” IK Multimedia said in a press release.
Settings can be selected and operated with a single control knob, and levels monitored via LED level indicators. It can run in stereo or multichannel modes , and includes cables for iPhones, iPads, Android devices and Macs/PCs. It’s powered by its host and is MiFi certified.
All of the features are reflected in the price. Where Blue’s Yeti is $100 and there are a bunch of good streaming mics under $100, the iRig Stream Mic Pro costs $170. That could actually be cheaper than the cost of a mic and interface together, however. It ships with some free apps including iRig Recorder 3 LE for mobile devices as well as MixBox CS (iPad) and MixBox SE (Mac/PC). It’s now available for $170 at IK Multimedia’s online store and select retailers.
Jan 26
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