Martin Shkreli, the bad boy of the pharmaceuticals industry, is tired of being its whipping boy. He’s fighting back. Shkreli, the former CEO who rocketed to notoriety in 2015 when he hiked the price of a lifesaving drug by more than 5,000 percent, has become the poster child for greed in the industry. That portrait …
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24 January
BlackBerry ‘Mercury’ comeback phone confirmed for late February
BlackBerry fans, the time has come for the launch of the next chapter of BlackBerry phones: the device known as “Mercury.” BlackBerry Mobile used a tweet to announce February 25 as the announcement date, which puts it right at the beginning of Mobile World Congress, a huge tech show that overtakes Barcelona each year. We got a good look at …
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24 January
Twitter: Over 6.8 million watched Trump inauguration stream
More than 6.8 million people turned to Twitter to watch President Donald Trump’s inauguration, the social network said Tuesday. Twitter said that its six-hour stream of PBS Newshour’s coverage on Friday reached a record 6,824,000 million unique viewers, peaking at 377,000 viewers at 9:15 a.m. PT/12:15 p.m. ET. Twitter added that the inauguration was its most-viewed live stream, just surpassing …
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24 January
Cook recipes from TV and movies on Binging with Babish
I’ve written about cooking shows here before when I posted a collection of videos from You Suck At Cooking, but there’s another great channel on YouTube you should know about for great recipes. Binging with Babish stars Oliver Babish, and what he does that’s unique is he tries to recreate recipes previously seen in TV shows and movies. Also, you …
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24 January
Fiery Note 7 didn’t burn up Samsung’s profits (The 3:59, Ep. 167)
With earnings season well underway, Samsung came out with a big bump in its operating profit. That’s despite problems with its Galaxy Note 7 phone, which was recalled twice after several units exploded. The earnings boost is a reminder of Samsung’s reach, with the company making money in TVs and chips. Verizon also posted its quarterly results, with the telecommunications …
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24 January
Turn off Windows 10’s pushy Edge notifications
Sometimes I can’t figure Microsoft out. There I am, working peacefully in Windows 10 ($144 at Amazon), when all of a sudden there’s a pop-up notification ripping my browser of choice (Google Chrome). See, apparently Chrome is worse for battery life than Microsoft’s Edge browser. And Firefox doesn’t block malware as well. Oh, and if I switch to Edge, I …
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24 January
Adobe touches up Android apps for Chromebook education push
Google’s Chromebook initiative for the education market, which the company announced Tuesday, comes with its first targeted set of apps. Adobe has refreshed a select handful of its Creative Cloud Android apps to work in the latest version of Chrome OS, which can run apps designed for Google’s other mobile platform. Notably, the Chromebooks offer stylus support, which makes the …
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24 January
Apple may give Siri a revamp for 2017
Apple’s Siri voice assistant picks up a few new tricks each year, but in 2017, it may get a lot brainier. The Cupertino, California-based tech titan plans to enhance Siri with artificial intelligence, DigiTimes reports. We’re hoping Siri keeps getting smarter as time passes. Tyler Lizenby/CNET That fits with other rumors that the next iPhone, possibly called the iPhone 8, …
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23 January
11 videos shot by drones from around the world
If I learned anything walking the show floor at CES 2017 earlier this month, it’s that drones are anything but dead. The section that usually has drones in the South Hall at the Las Vegas Convention Center was easily 10-times as large as it was the previous year, with several more vendors showing off new models of all sizes. As …
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23 January
Acer goes to class with TravelMate Spin B1 convertible
Back at CES 2017, Acer announced a Chromebook built for heavy use day after day in schools. Now, it’s giving the same treatment to a Windows laptop — and it’s a convertible one to boot. The Acer TravelMate Spin B1 is an 11.6-inch laptop running Windows 10 Pro with 360-degree hinges letting students use it like a clamshell, a tablet …
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