October, 2019

• 14 October

  Facebook and partners move forward with Libra cryptocurrency after string of exits

  

  Facebook’s effort to launch a new cryptocurrency called Libra has faced numerous setbacks from regulatory scrutiny to an exodus of key partners.  But the social media giant and its partners signaled on Monday they’re still planning to move forward with plans to launch the new digital currency in 2020. Twenty one organizations, including Facebook, formally …

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• 14 October

  Uber cuts 350 employees in latest round of layoffs

  

  Uber announced it laid off another 350 employees on Monday from several teams across the company. This is the ride-hailing service’s third round of layoffs over the past 10 weeks and brings the total number of people cut from its payroll to 1,185. Company CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said he intends for this to be Uber’s final round of layoffs. “Days …

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• 14 October

  Enter for your chance to win* a Samsung Galaxy Fold

  

  If you’re anything like me, you’d love to get your hands on the Samsung Galaxy Fold — but you wouldn’t (or couldn’t) pay $2,000 for the privilege. I mean, sure, it didn’t quite go the distance in our amazing Fold durability test, and who really knows if this is a genuinely practical device or just a novelty? But, come on: …

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• 14 October

  Razer hopes Blade 15’s new optical keyboard clicks with gamers

  

  If you love clicky, tactile keyboards — or frankly, are at all picky about the feel of a keyboard — chances are you can’t stand the quiet but shallow-travel, mushy keyboard on the Razer Blade 15 line of laptops. So Razer went back to the drawing board for its thin-and-light gaming laptop and emerged with a new low-profile optical switch …

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• 14 October

  The case for a Pixel watch

  

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• 14 October

  Fortnite’s explosive ending, Pixel 4 rumors swirl ahead of launch

  

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• 13 October

  iPhone 11 Pro Max: Taking the camera skateboarding

  

  For years, folks have been saying phone cameras will eventually make professional cameras irrelevant. As a professional videographer, this scares (and offends) me quite a bit. I make a living by knowing my way around camera settings a lot of people find confusing. So when new iPhones arrived with the name “Pro” tacked onto the end, it felt like a …

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• 13 October

  Best Buy Canada reportedly posts Pixel 4 product page, briefly

  

  Sure, we’ll find out everything we need to know about Google’s updated flagship phones, the Pixel 4 and 4 XL, in just a couple days at the company’s big Tuesday event. But it’s apparently never too late for a product leak (and there have been many for Pixel 4). Best Buy Canada on Saturday briefly posted a preorder page for the …

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• 13 October

  MacOS Catalina is killing off 32

  

  MacOS Catalina is here, and with the update comes the transition from 32-bit apps to 64-bit apps. Overall, this is a good thing because it means that apps will run faster and access more memory. The move to exclusively using 64-bit apps in MacOS Catalina has been in the works for years, and Apple has been helping developers transition their …

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• 12 October

  Put down your iPhone and DJ your Spotify music with your voice

  

  It’s been a long time coming, but you can finally use Siri on your iPhone or iPad to control Spotify. Start and stop music, change tracks or start playing a podcast using your voice.  Spotify updated its iOS app with support for voice commands on the iPhone ($500 at Best Buy), iPad ($170 at Amazon) and  AirPods ($100 at Amazon) as well as  CarPlay, …

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