March, 2019

• 12 March

  Verizon texting outage hits customers on East Coast

  

  If you have Verizon service and your text messages weren’t sending this morning, it wasn’t just you. Starting Tuesday at around 8:30 a.m. ET, many Verizon customers in the eastern US experienced an outage affecting their text messages. Verizon confirmed the outage in a number of tweets, saying that the problem affected “a ton of customers” …

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• 12 March

  Flying cars coming in 5 years, says Intel drone chief (Q&A)

  

  Drones are useful today for real estate photos and gas pipeline inspections. They could be useful tomorrow for home security and package delivery. But in a half decade, they could well shuttle you to work over the heads of drivers stuck in traffic. That’s what Anil Nanduri, general manager of Intel’s drone group, expects. Drone innovation combined with people paying …

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• 12 March

  Uber proposes $20M settlement of driver classification lawsuit

  

  Uber has offered to pay $20 million to settle a lawsuit brought by its drivers, according to court documents filed late Monday night. If the judge in the case accepts the proposal, the settlement would bring to a close one of the company’s longest running court battles. It would also maintain Uber’s current classification of its drivers as independent contractors …

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• 12 March

  Windows 10 now automatically recovers from bollixed updates

  

  Whether you love or hate Microsoft’s automatic updates for Windows 10, it’s a given you’ll run into a snag at some point. To deal with the inevitable botched installs before you start angry-tweeting, Microsoft’s added an upcoming capability to Windows 10 that will make it automatically uninstall any update that’s preceded a failed startup. At the moment, it’s just entering …

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• 12 March

  Firefox Send lets you share 1GB files with no strings attached

  

  In 2017, Mozilla experimented with a service that let you transfer 1GB files by sharing a web address with the recipient. Firefox Send is now out of testing and boasts a magnified 2.5GB file-size limit if you log into your Firefox account. Firefox Send is handy for those moments when you need to share video, audio or photo files that can …

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• 12 March

  House hearing on Democrats’ net neutrality bill gets testy

  

  Republicans and Democrats faced off Tuesday in a House hearing on the Democrats’ plan to restore Obama-era net neutrality protections. The hearing before a subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee House examined the Save the Internet Act, which Democrats introduced last week in the House and Senate. Out of the gate, Republicans on the subcommittee blasted Democrats, who …

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• 12 March

  Fitbit Versa Lite vs. Inspire HR vs. Charge 3: Which is best?

  

  (Update, August 28, 2019: Fitbit just announced its latest smartwatch, the Fitbit Versa 2. The guide below is for previous Fitbit models, and will be updated soon once we’ve reviewed the Versa 2.) Fitbit makes a lot of trackers. Even though the company’s shrunk its lineup a bit with the launch of its newest Versa Lite Edition, Inspire and Inspire …

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• 12 March

  Spotify and Hulu $10 bundle offer has ended, new deal offers 3

  

  Editor’s note, May 16, 2019: Spotify stopped accepting new sign ups for its Premium with Hulu deal on May 14. The company has announced a new Premium offer, where new or free-tier users who previously haven’t tried Premium can get a three-month trial for 99 cents. (Spotify Premium users that canceled their Premium account before April 15, 2019 can also …

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• 12 March

  Apple’s mysterious Netflix

  

  On this podcast, we talk about: Apple is expected to reveal a new TV streaming service on March 25. PewDiePie fights again to keep his spot as the YouTuber with the most subscribers. Now playing: Watch this: Apple’s mysterious Netflix-like TV service to be revealed… 4:38 The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of the …

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• 12 March

  Tesla reverses store

  

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