VESA publishes DisplayPort 2 standard as 8K future nears

As companies continue to announce higher, richer and sharper displays the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) has decided to update its DisplayPort spec. The first major update in over three years, the group on Wednesday introduced DisplayPort 2, a new spec designed to take on the new displays of the future.  New features of the updated spec include support for …

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EA Origin had a vulnerability that left 300 million players potentially exposed

EA had to step up its game after researchers found an EA Origin vulnerability that could have exposed millions of people to account takeovers. The flaw exposed more than 300 million players on popular online games such as Battlefield, Madden NFL, NBA Live and FIFA, according to security researchers from Check Point and CyberInt. “EA’s Origin platform is hugely popular, …

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Get these great Kindle ebooks for $4 or less

No need to wait for Prime Day for great deals on ebooks: Amazon makes sure that there are always a bevy of Kindle titles available at $3 or $4, either with its Kindle Daily Deals or its monthly sales. And every once in awhile, we like to highlight when some of our favorite authors hit the discount shelf.  I’ve read …

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Fortnite season 9, week 7 challenges and where to find the giant beach ball

Fortnite season 9 is past the halfway point and will end soon. This means players have a short amount of time to complete all the challenges to get the final Battle Pass reward.  Challenges for Fortnite season 9 week 7.  Epic Games Free challenges Search chests at Junk Junction or Neo Tilted (0/7) Search ammo boxes in different locations (0/7) …

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iOS 13: You can soon install, manage and download custom fonts for your iPhone

Apple’s final version of iOS 13 won’t arrive until the fall, but the company’s public beta rolled out Monday. In addition to dark mode and a swiping keyboard, iOS 13 introduces a handful of updates related to fonts. This includes the option to install custom fonts and apply them to various apps, download apps from the App Store and manage these fonts …

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Samsung rumored to launch vertically foldable phone with 6.7

Despite the currently indefinite delay of the Samsung Galaxy Fold‘s release, the Korean tech giant is reportedly working on another foldable phone, this time with a clamshell-like, vertically folding design, where the top would fold down over the bottom, and a 6.7 inch display. SamMobile reported the news Tuesday, citing a story from Korea’s ET News. Samsung was forced to delay the April launch …

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Target takes aim at Amazon Prime Day with Deal Days summer sale

Target isn’t letting eBay have all the fun in trying to take a bite out of Amazon’s summer sale dominance — the retailer announced its own Target Deal Days sales for July 15 and 16. It didn’t offer too many specifics, but said the deals would include home, apparel and toy brands. “Last year’s Target.com One-Day Sale was one of …

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Walmart joins the Amazon Prime Day sale fray

The third week of July is shaping up to be an online retailer battle royale, with challengers looking to upset Amazon’s Prime Day sale. After eBay and Target announced sales to coincide with Amazon’s, Walmart.com is throwing its hat in the ring with a sale of its own. Like eBay and Target, Walmart is hoping to steal some of Amazon’s …

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Enter to win* a streaming music speaker with fantastic sound quality

CNET and Last.fm are turning up the volume with our lastest sweepstakes. Two lucky winners will each win a Sonos speaker so they can stream from their favorite music service. The grand prize winner will take home the Sonos Play:5, noted as a fantastic-sounding speaker by our editors. Meanwhile the runner-up will receive the newest Sonos One speaker, which has been …

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Ahead of Democratic debate, Apple News offers up a guide to the candidates

In case this somehow got by you, there are a lot of people running for president in the 2020 election. In fact, there are more than 20 Democratic candidates. That’s a lot of politicians to weed through, but there’s help: Apple News on Wednesday released a guide to the candidates.  The guide, which coincides with two Democratic debates this week, focuses on …

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Verizon’s Visible removes data speed caps, keeps $40 price

Visible, Verizon’s $40 prepaid network, is removing its data speed caps.  After previously offering unlimited data on Verizon’s 4G LTE network, the company announced Wednesday that it will be removing the speed limit that capped data to 5 Mbps. The restriction has been removed for both current and new users, with pricing remaining at the same $40 per month with …

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Loupedeck+ Lightroom console now works with Photoshop raw photo editor, too

Loupedeck+, a hardware console for editing photos in Lightroom, now works with Photoshop’s Adobe Camera Raw tool, too. The new Photoshop integration, which Loupedeck announced Wednesday, could help photo editors get more use out of the $249 USB accessory. The Loupedeck+ console comes with dedicated knobs for controlling things like exposure, vignetting, contrast and noise reduction. For example, there are …

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Reddit quarantines pro

Reddit has many subreddits dedicated to different interests. Fans of President Donald Trump, for example, have their own space called The_Donald. That subreddit is now at risk of going away due to violations of the site’s content policy. Reddit administrators quarantined The_Donald on Wednesday. Redditors visiting the board were met with a warning about the quarantine and a message saying violations …

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