July, 2020

• 17 July

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• 17 July

  First boat to make its own hydrogen fuel from seawater

  

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• 16 July

  Microsoft Office 365 Home deal: $53 for a 12

  

  Cheapskates don’t use Microsoft Office. Or, at least, they don’t pay for it: Microsoft offers pretty decent freebie versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint that live in your browser. And let’s not forget the various free alternatives, such as Google Docs, LibreOffice and WPS Office. All that being said, I like a good deal, and this is a good deal. For …

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• 16 July

  Peacock isn’t on Roku and Amazon Fire TV, entrenching a battle line

  

  Peacock, the streaming service from Comcast’s NBCUniversal, launched Wednesday across a range of the biggest devices, but the two most popular ones to stream to televisions are missing: Roku and Amazon’s Fire TV. It’s a replay of the same standoff in May that pit Roku and Amazon against AT&T’s HBO Max, marking a new stage in the evolution of streaming video, one …

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• 16 July

  5G couldn’t have come to health care at a better time

  

  Something’s wrong. Shanice’s young son Terrance has lost consciousness. His limbs start jerking and his eyes roll back. Terrance has some special needs — he’s diabetic and allergic to penicillin. And he needs help. Right now.  As soon as Shanice calls 911, the operator moves into action, dispatching an ambulance that’s personalized for Terrance. Once inside, an EMT sends his …

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• 16 July

  Leica ups M10 resolution with new color 40MP sensor

  

  Leica’s a slow-moving giant for a camera company, though fans don’t seem to mind. Its latest expansion to its M10 interchangeable rangefinder line finally breaks the 24-megapixel barrier for color with a new home-grown 40-megapixel sensor in the new M10-R. (The Monochrom turned 40-megapixel earlier this year). The company claims the new sensor has a better dynamic range than the …

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• 16 July

  If you lose your iPhone, you can still use your Apple Card. Here’s how

  

  Have you ever lost your iPhone? It’s a horrible experience. And when Apple first launched the Apple Card, the company’s own credit card that’s stored on and tied to your iPhone, losing your phone became even more stressful. Or it was until early July, when Apple launched an Apple Card website for managing your credit card. Previously you could only manage …

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• 16 July

  Facebook to label posts about voting from political candidates

  

  This story is part of Elections 2020, CNET’s coverage of the voting in November and its aftermath. Facebook on Thursday began adding labels to posts about voting from federal officials and candidates, including presidential candidates, in the US. The label is meant to direct people to credible information about elections, and will appear on posts regardless of whether they contain …

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• 16 July

  Twitter’s upcoming tools aim to fuel research, fight hate speech

  

  Twitter said Thursday that it plans to release new tools for developers that could make it easier to create a variety of features and apps to combat hate speech, help businesses better understand customers, and help users find information more quickly. The company expects to launch a new version of its application programming interface next week. The new API was originally …

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• 16 July

  Get these surprisingly good noise

  

  Good headphones have a reputation for being expensive. Good wireless headphones? Doubly so. Noise-canceling headphones? Triply so (that’s an actual word, I checked). But before you plunk down $200 or more on a back-to-school or back-to-quarantine set of wireless ANC headphones, consider this: Amazon seller SoundElec has the Mpow H19 IPO Active Noise Cancelling Headphones for $25 when you apply …

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