February, 2021

• 5 February

  Why WhatsApp users are pushing family members to Signal

  

  When WhatsApp users started freaking out about privacy on the messaging app last month, Kevin Woblick knew it was time to encourage his family to move to another chat service: Signal. The 30-year-old German software developer had broached the topic after Edward Snowden leaked classified documents detailing America’s mass surveillance program. But Woblick couldn’t convince …

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• 5 February

  Puzzle game Lumen lights up on Apple Arcade

  

  Apple Arcade on Friday added Lumen, a new light-based game from Lykke Studios, to its catalog of over 145 games. Lykke also created the meditative watercolor game Tint that’s available on Apple Arcade. You can try your hand at Lumen this weekend across iPhone, iPad, Mac, iPod Touch and Apple TV.  See at App Store In Lumen, when you open a mysterious …

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• 5 February

  Amazon’s watching drivers, Google Fit gets smarter

  

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• 5 February

  Power an entire tailgate party with Ford F

  

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• 5 February

  How do I get the COVID

  

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• 4 February

  Venmo adding crypto, budgeting and savings functions to app later this year

  

  Venmo will expand its functionality in the coming months, according to an earnings call with the app’s parent company, PayPal. Not only will users be able to send a few bucks to a friend quickly, but they’ll also have the option to buy some cryptocurrency, save money and even keep up to date on shopping deals with integrated tools from …

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• 4 February

  Google considered using drones for firefighting

  

  Google asked the US Federal Aviation Administration for permission to test a drone for monitoring and fighting fires. However, its drone plans, which were published Thursday in the federal register, have since been extinguished.  The request came from Alphabet’s Google Research Climate and Energy Group — not the company’s Wing subsidiary, whose drone delivery service was certified by the FAA …

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• 4 February

  Nvidia GeForce Now gaming comes to Apple M1 Macs

  

  A year after its official launch, Nvidia’s GeForce Now cloud gaming service is close to completing its expansion to support every platform. Just last week the beta of the service became available for Chrome on Windows and Mac, and on Thursday the company announced the app will work on Apple Macs that use the new M1 CPU via the Rosetta …

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• 4 February

  Sonos refurbished speaker sale: Get a Play:1 for $99, Sonos One for $159 and more

  

  Refurbished tech gear is old, worn, used, scuffed or just generally junk, right? Not always! Some refurbs are quite literally good as new, right down to the warranty. Case in point: Sonos is once again offering the refurbished Sonos Play:1 speaker for $99, a full $100 off the original price. It’s available in black only; the white model is sold …

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• 4 February

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  T-Mobile’s growth streak continues, the company announced in its fourth-quarter earnings report on Thursday. T-Mobile beat analyst estimates for both earnings per share and revenue while adding another 824,000 phone customers.  The carrier posted earnings per share of 60 cents on revenues of $20.3 billion for the quarter. Analysts polled by Yahoo Finance had expected earnings per share of 51 cents …

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