June, 2020

• 24 June

  Rep. Devin Nunes can’t sue Twitter over satirical cow account, judge rules

  

  Rep. Devin Nunes can’t sue Twitter over tweets made by two parody accounts and a Republican strategist he accuses of defaming him, a Virginia judge has ruled. The satirical accounts he targeted as part of the lawsuit included a fake cow and one that parodies the California Republican’s mother. Judge John Marshall, of Virginia Circuit …

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• 24 June

  How to sell your used iPad

  

  If you own an iPad ($170 at Amazon) that’s more than three or four years old, you might find it getting a little sluggish. Maybe you’ve run out of storage space, or the processor won’t support the latest versions of Apple’s operating system. Whatever the case, you’re thinking it’s time to sell. (Another option: repurpose that old iPad.) Whatever money …

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• 24 June

  Panasonic’s new Lumix G100 vlogging camera adds Nokia Ozo spatial audio to the mix

  

  While Olympus is exiting the camera business, one of its competitors is expanding its lineup. Panasonic’s new Lumix G100 camera is aimed at vloggers with a weight of just less than a pound (412 grams) with its f3.5-5.6, 12-32mm lens and a new handgrip that doubles as a tripod. It’s also the first camera of its kind to use Nokia’s …

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• 24 June

  Raise your Zoom or vlogging game with this lavalier microphone for $18 (Update: Expired)

  

  Modern phones can capture gorgeous-looking video, but they’re not too great at audio. That’s because built-in microphones are tiny and tend to pick up lots of ambient noise, rather than just your voice. That’s not ideal if you’re on a Zoom call or trying to become a TikTok star. An easy, inexpensive solution: A lavalier microphone, one that clips to …

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• 24 June

  WWDC: How Apple’s Swift Student Challenge winners are fighting coronavirus

  

  This story is part of Tech for a Better World, stories about the diverse teams creating products, apps and services to improve our lives and society. When the novel coronavirus made its way to the US in March, leaving doctors and nurses without necessary medical supplies, a hospital in Houston got help from an unlikely source: A 17-year-old technologist and Apple …

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• 24 June

  Olympus leaves the camera business

  

  Future former camera manufacturer Olympus announced (PDF) Wednesday it has agreed to sell its imaging business to private equity firm Japan Industrial Partners. The deal will be complete by the end of the year. JIP bought Olympus’ telecom business in 2012 and snapped up Sony’s Vaio computers in 2014, to name a couple investments. Though cameras is the best known area …

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• 24 June

  Amazon creates team to go after counterfeiters

  

  Amazon on Wednesday said it set up a Counterfeit Crimes Unit to go after knockoffs being sold on its sites. The global team will investigate and launch legal action against counterfeiters. It’ll mine the e-commerce giant’s data and gather information from payment service providers and open source intelligence. The unit will take out civil cases against the people behind the …

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• 24 June

  Huawei is backed by Chinese military, Trump administration finds

  

  Huawei is owned or controlled by the Chinese military, Reuters reported Wednesday, citing an internal document from the US Defense Department. The Trump administration sent a document to Congress containing the names of 20 Chinese companies that it found to be backed by the People’s Liberation Army. The designation by the Pentagon enables the president to declare a national emergency …

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• 24 June

  Sports streaming service FuboTV adds ESPN and ABC at last

  

  FuboTV, a live-TV streaming service, announced Wednesday that it has signed a distribution deal with Disney that will finally bring ESPN to the sports-centric platform. The change is due to go live over the summer (date to be announced), so viewers with the base $55 package will now able to watch ABC, ABC News Live, Disney Channel, Disney Junior, Disney XD, …

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• 24 June

  Facebook’s experimental Forecast app wants to crowdsource predictions

  

  Facebook’s New Product Experimentation team launched a new iOS app on Tuesday that aims to use crowdsourcing to predict future events. The app, called Forecast, will let people ask questions and then use in-app points to make predictions. To start, the NPE team said it’s inviting professionals in the health, research and academic communities in the US and Canada to …

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