May, 2019

• 29 May

  The private rocket company trying to send Australia to space for the first time

  

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• 28 May

  A thin and light gaming laptop? MSI’s Titan says no

  

  Thanks to Nvidia’s Max-Q design graphics cards, gaming laptops have become much thinner and lighter in recent years. But “thin and light” is the opposite of how you’d describe MSI’s latest beast. Unveiled at Computex 2019 in Taipei, Taiwan, the MSI GT76 Titan sacrifices portability for power. It’s a 17.3-inch laptop that can be configured with an Intel Core i9-9900K …

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• 28 May

  Cashless stores are the hot new thing. Now politicians are stepping in

  

  When Philadelphia City Councilman Bill Greenlee heard that a coffee shop and a salad restaurant right near City Hall didn’t accept cash, he thought it sounded unfair. “I can get my coffee and muffin, but the person behind me who has the monetary unit of the United States of America, that’s been accepted here in Philadelphia since Ben Franklin, can’t?” …

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• 28 May

  Twitch suspends live streaming from new accounts after ‘gross violations’

  

  Twitch has temporarily blocked live streams from new creators after content that “grossly violates” its terms of service was streamed over the weekend. Trolls used the game streaming platform to stream footage of Game of Thrones, porn and the Christchurch terror attack along with hate speech in the comments, according to Vice. Twitch said a number of accounts targeted the …

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• 28 May

  Google Lens gives you shopping, dining and translation help

  

  Google on Tuesday launched five new Lens filters for subjects ranging from food to foreign languages. The new Google Lens features will provide better and faster overlays of information over real-world objects, the company said.  Google gave CNET’s Scott Stein an early look at what Lens filters can do just ahead of its I/O developer conference earlier this month. The …

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• 28 May

  Reddit gets its first female independent board member

  

  Personal Capital chief marketing officer Porter Gale is joining Reddit’s board of directors, the company announced Tuesday. Gale will be the first female independent board member in Reddit’s history. While another woman has held a leadership position at the company and sat on the board, Gale is the first outside hire.   Gale tweeted about her new position following the formal …

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• 28 May

  Alienware m15, m17 thin gaming laptops get a big facelift

  

  Alienware launched its “Legend” laptop design overhaul at CES with the monster Area-51m. At Computex 2019, the company revealed an updated generation of its thin gaming laptops sporting that same design, the Alienware m15 and m17, along with some must-have performance updates and new options. The company also announced a pair of budget headsets to keep its lone pricey model …

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• 28 May

  Intel’s beautiful dual

  

  Laptops have gotten thinner and smaller, but their basic design hasn’t really radically shifted. Intel thinks that will change within two years.  At Computex 2019, the chipmaker brought several proof-of-concept devices that show what laptop makers like Asus, Dell and HP can do with its tech. The common denominator across the devices? Dual screens. Keyboards, it seems, will soon be so …

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• 28 May

  iOS 13 dark mode leak gives a peek at what’s to come

  

  Apple finally will be giving iOS a dark mode.  In a leak published Tuesday by 9to5Mac, screenshots seem to show off the apparent new styling option, which replaces iOS’ traditional white backgrounds with black.  Now playing: Watch this: iOS 13 leaks hint at future products and the latest iPhone… 7:52 Rumored to be a part of iOS 13, the new feature …

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• 28 May

  Apple’s new iPod Touch gets A10 Fusion chip, starts at $199

  

  Apple released a new iPod Touch on Tuesday, saying it makes frequently used features like FaceTime perform better.  The device uses Apple’s A10 Fusion chip to boost gameplay and to offer an “immersive AR experience” for the first time on the iPod Touch, according to a statement. The AR feature work across gaming and education apps and web browsing. The device’s …

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