Now that the Moto Z3 — with its ridiculously fast snap-on Verizon 5G modem — has been revealed as Motorola’s new flagship phone, you might be wondering: What about the shatterproof Moto Z3 Force? Sadly, there is no Moto Z3 Force, the company just confirmed on Twitter, as spotted by The Verge. Hi. We will …
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‘We’re still standing’: Read MoviePass’s extremely defensive statement
The MoviePass you know and love has basically burned to the ground, but the company wants you to know it’s not dead yet! In a remarkably defensive press release issued Thursday, MoviePass says it’s “still standing.” “To paraphrase Mark Twain: Talk of our demise is greatly exaggerated,” the statement continues, which you can read in full at the bottom of …
Read More »No more emailing yourself photos: Windows 10 beta update mirrors your Android gallery
For years now, Microsoft has been experimenting with ways to let you seamlessly pick up on your Windows PC from where you left off on a phone. Recently, that’s generally just meant sending links to your PC’s web browser. But as announced at Microsoft’s Build developer conference, the company’s planning to let you share much much more between a phone …
Read More »Magic Leap leak: Our first look at Magic Leap’s user interface?
After $2.3 billion in funding and nearly four years of secrets, Magic Leap is on the verge of shipping its first headset — this summer, in fact — but we still have very little idea what you’ll see inside. Until today, perhaps — because it sure looks like images of Magic Leap’s proposed user interface have just leaked onto the …
Read More »Try Google’s latest autocomplete fail: ‘Sit on my face’
When Cory Doctorow needed a babysitter, he decided to send a text — “Hey! Are you free to sit.” Google’s autocomplete thought it might be fun to add three rather specific words: “on my face.” “Sit on my face,” in other words. Which is probably not what you want to text your babysitter. Yeah. Also maybe don’t Google that? I was …
Read More »Windows 10 didn’t quite fix forced updates, but Microsoft’s trying again
I called them “the most frustrating thing about Windows” — the forced automatic updates that lock you out of your computer until they’re done. In March 2017, Microsoft made some pretty big strides toward solving the issue by letting you snooze an update indefinitely, but it still wasn’t quite enough. In the 16 months since, I’ve still had a couple …
Read More »Did Apple’s internal iPhone X repair videos just leak?
When you take your Apple iPhones, iMacs and MacBooks to an Apple Store for repair… are you curious how they get fixed? We may have just gotten a glimpse into that world, proprietary Apple tools and all. We can’t be sure that they’re legit — Apple didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment — but Motherboard’s sources report that …
Read More »Google owns Duck.com, but it’ll give rival DuckDuckGo a shoutout anyhow
Google owns Duck.com, which has been driving rival search engine DuckDuckGo up the wall for over six years. Because when you type “duck.com” into a web browser, you get Google.com. Doesn’t make a lot of sense, yes? But after a new round of complaints this Friday, Google has relented. Google comms VP Rob Shilkin just quacked tweeted that a new …
Read More »Today I learned: Duck.com redirects to Google, much to DuckDuckGo’s annoyance (update)
If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it must be Google, right? Until today, if you typed duck.com into your browser right now and smacked the enter key, you’d see google.com appear. Weird, huh? Particularly considering that there is a search engine known for ducks, and it’s not Google at all — but rather, its privacy-first rival DuckDuckGo, …
Read More »Facebook is officially building an internet satellite: Athena
This May, sleuths at IEEE Spectrum revealed something exciting — Facebook appeared to be secretly working on an experimental satellite that could beam internet down to Earth using millimeter wave radio signals. Now, Facebook has confirmed to Wired and CNET that the satellite, dubbed Athena, is indeed a Facebook project — and that Facebook is a believer in satellite internet technology. …
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