We’ve done a lot of watching movies from home this past year, and while streaming services offer a lot of stuff it’s easy to find the gaps after a while. Buying movies individually from streaming services can get expensive fast, especially if you’re adding in the $30 early access offers from Disney+. For those who …
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21 July
Honeywell, Google bring practical quantum computers a big step closer
Honeywell and Google have detailed dueling demonstrations of logical qubits, a technology that can correct errors in potentially powerful but notoriously finicky quantum computers. In a research paper released Wednesday, Honeywell said it had ganged together multiple physical qubits — the storage and processing units of quantum computers — so that they could withstand disturbances from outside forces like vibration and …
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21 July
Clubhouse app leaves beta, now open to everyone
Clubhouse captured the attention of Silicon Valley and beyond when it launched in last year. Now the audio-based social network is opening its virtual doors to everyone. On Wednesday, Clubhouse said that its app is now out of beta and that people no longer need an invite to join. “It’s been a rollercoaster first half of the year, and we’ve …
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21 July
Twitter is testing a way to dislike replies
Twitter said Wednesday it’s testing a way to up- or down-vote replies as part of an effort to understand what remarks users find more relevant. In a tweet posted by Twitter Support, the company said that some iPhone users might see this option. Downvotes won’t be public but upvotes will appear as likes on a tweet. “This gives people the …
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21 July
Verizon sees boost in 5G adoption as it touts a ‘record’ second quarter
Verizon has been pushing 5G phone upgrades and it looks like people are taking advantage. In its second-quarter earnings on Wednesday the company announced an adjusted earnings-per-share of $1.37 on $33.8 billion in revenue, beating Wall Street expectations. Analysts, as polled by Yahoo Finance, expected EPS of $1.29 and revenues of $32.68 billion. During the period the telecommunications giant added …
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21 July
Netflix is still struggling to add subscribers like it did during lockdowns
Netflix added 1.5 million subscribers in its latest quarter, another period of much slower growth than the leaps in popularity it enjoyed a year earlier when people around the world were stuck at home and desperate for distraction in lockdown. Though Netflix added subscribers in most regions of the world, it lost members in the US and Canada — its biggest …
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21 July
Samsung Pay FAQ: Everything you need to know
Samsung Pay makes it easy to pay with your phone at places you’d normally use a physical credit or debit card. Just tap your phone or watch to make a contactless payment and away you go. Samsung Pay offers one major feature that rivals like Apple Pay and Google Pay lack. Called MST, or magnetic secure transmission, Samsung Pay works almost anywhere you …
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21 July
Galaxy Buds 2 pictures leak ahead of Samsung Unpacked
It appears Samsung may’ve leaked information on Galaxy Buds 2, according to a Sunday report by Android Community. The phone maker reportedly included information about its new wireless earbuds on the Galaxy Wearable app’s latest beta release, offering some details on what the product could look like. Leaker Evan Blass also tweeted a series of images which appear to show …
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21 July
Zoom: Use apps like Asana and Dropbox and schedule virtual events now
Zoom is bringing third-party apps and virtual business events to the video chat platform, with the goal of making it easier for people to work and socialize within the service that skyrocketed in popularity during the pandemic as many people reenter a hybrid world and workplace. First unveiled in October 2020, Zoom Apps — launching Wednesday — allows you to …
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21 July
Top US Catholic church official resigns amid link to brokered cellphone data
A top official with the US Catholic church resigned after cellphone data obtained through a broker appeared to show he was a frequent user of the gay dating app Grindr, reigniting privacy concerns about who has access to consumers’ digital records. The US Conference of Catholic Bishops said in a memo Tuesday that Monsignor Jeffrey Burrill had resigned as its …
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