December, 2019

• 18 December

  This slanted toilet might be the meanest attempt to decrease smartphone usage so far

  

  Some lines shouldn’t be crossed. In the latest attempt to decrease smartphone usage, toilets are under attack. StandardToilet, a British startup, has designed a less-comfortable toilet to make employees want to spend less time in the bathroom on their phones. The toilet has a 13-degree slope that reportedly makes it painful to sit on for …

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• 18 December

  Uber to pay $4.4M over sexual harassment and retaliation charges

  

  Uber is looking to close the door on one chapter of its history: the alleged sexual harassment and retaliation of its employees by their managers. The ride-hailing company said Wednesday it would create a $4.4 million fund to compensate those individuals who’ve experienced such issues. The agreement was made with the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and was the …

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• 18 December

  YouTube Music rolls out personalized playlists

  

   YouTube Music, the Google-owned video giant’s music streaming service, is launching personalized playlists. The service on Tuesday released three new playlists — Discover Mix, New Release Mix and Your Mix. The playlists, which look similar to personalized playlists offered by rival streaming services like Spotify, will use your listening history to create a “unique” listening experience and will be updated regularly, …

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• 18 December

  Fake cancer treatment groups banned on Facebook

  

  Several groups promoting fake cancer treatments have been banned from Facebook. Two of the groups that have now been shut out had around 33,000 members, according to BuzzFeed News Tuesday, and were removed from the social media site under Facebook’s rules about violent and criminal behavior.  The groups had promoted the use of black salve to fight skin cancer and …

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• 18 December

  Dish’s Ergen vows to undercut the wireless competition on pricing

  

  Dish co-founder Charlie Ergen is known for being a poker player. As a witness called by T-Mobile in its trial to get its pending $26.5 billion Sprint merger approved, he laid his cards on the table.  Dish is set to become a new, fourth wireless player, acquiring divested Sprint assets should the acquisition get past the 14 state attorneys general …

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• 18 December

  Best media streamer gifts for the holidays

  

  Just because you don’t have a smart TV, it doesn’t mean you need a smart TV. In this age of streaming video content, cable TV cord cutting, Netflix, Amazon Prime video, and YouTube, there’s plenty of ways to stream that video onto your TV. But the cheapest is a dedicated media streamer from a company like Roku or Amazon Fire …

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• 18 December

  New Mac Pro easily repairable, OnePlus to make CES 2020 announcement

  

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• 18 December

  2020 Toyota Highlander: The original gets completely revamped

  

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• 17 December

  Google Stadia wants to be the future of gaming. So do Microsoft, Sony and Amazon

  

  And then there were four. Google Stadia, the tech titan’s new service that lets you play video games like you stream the TV show Stranger Things from Netflix, launched this week with high hopes — and immediately took flak for having few features, a poor lineup of games and slow response time. Next year, it’ll have another issue to contend …

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• 17 December

  Best gifts for gamers going back to school

  

  For students who are looking forward to Borderlands 3 more than hitting the books imminently, you can send them off with some great gaming gear to cushion the blow. (Only to use in their spare time, of course!) At a loss as to what will thrill them? Here are some suggestions to get you started, no matter how little — …

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