Fluance is best known as a speaker company, so when they dropped their first turntable in 2016 I wasn’t expecting much. I figured it was just another half-assed attempt to cash in on the vinyl boom, but Fluance’s RT81 was very decent. It was and remains the best $249 turntable out there, and now Fluance …
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Google’s AI defeats humans at StarCraft, Amazon readies fleet of delivery robots
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Read More »New Apple iPads surface in EEC certification database
It looks like we’ll be able to take a longtime resident, Apple’s iPad Mini 4, off our endangered tech list for 2019; after three years and many rumors, new iPad model numbers have popped up in the EEC (Eurasian Economic Commission) database, including one that may be for an iPad Mini 5. The report lends credence to the growing rumors of inexpensive …
Read More »YouTube to cut down on conspiracy theories in recommendations
YouTube is changing its recommendation system in an attempt to reduce the spread of misinformation and conspiracy theories. On Friday, YouTube said it’ll start reducing recommendations of borderline content, or videos that come close to but don’t “quite cross the line” of violating its Community Standards. For example, the company said this’ll include “videos promoting phony miracle cure for a serious …
Read More »This magnetic phone mount solves a major problem for $15
You know me: I’m all about the phone mounts. Phones in cars are dangerous enough without you fumbling with one that’s in your lap or cupholder; get that screen up near eye level, at least. There are countless ways to do this, countless phone-mount styles and configurations. I’ve always liked magnetic ones, though positioning can be a challenge — especially …
Read More »Huawei will reveal foldable phone with 5G in February
Huawei’s CEO has confirmed that we’ll see a foldable 5G phone from the company at Mobile World Congress in February. Richard Yu, the Chinese company’s boss, announced the launch in the closing moments of a pre-MWC 2019 briefing in Beijing. “We look forward to seeing you in Barcelona in February, where we will launch the world’s first 5G smartphone with …
Read More »Facebook tricked kids to rake in money from online games, says report
Facebook reportedly duped kids into spending their parents’ money in online games. The social media giant targeted kids in an aggressive effort to pump up revenue from games like Angry Birds, PetVille and Ninja Saga, Reveal reported Thursday, citing court documents from a 2012 class action lawsuit. Reveal is the website run by the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR), a …
Read More »Apple, facing protests, says it’ll pay #ShotOniPhone photo contest winners
Facing complaints from photographers, Apple has changed its #ShotOniPhone photo contest to pay the 10 winners. Apple announced the iPhone photo contest this week, offering winners a chance to see their photos on billboards, in Apple stores and in other marketing efforts as Apple publicized the phones and the photos. Plenty of people have submitted entries on Twitter and Instagram, …
Read More »Brave’s privacy
Startup Brave has begun showing ads in its web browser with privacy-focused new technology. Later this year, other software makers could start doing the same. The company plans to release a software developer kit as soon as the second half of 2019 that will let other programmers tap into its privacy-protecting ads, Chief Executive Brendan Eich told CNET in an …
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Get ready for a wave of new Nokia-branded budget phones. Finnish startup HMD Global has rebooted the Nokia brand over the last few years, releasing a number of Android Nokia smartphones available unlocked. HMD is now trying to push into North America even more with its first carrier-exclusive US and Canadian phones, arriving over the next week. Now playing: Watch …
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