Now playing: Watch this: Silly Australia, you can’t block The Pirate Bay 1:12 The Pirate Bay The Pirate Bay has been blocked in Australia for a matter of hours, but that won’t stop many people from accessing it. Why? Because despite a long-running legal battle, an official Federal Court order and ISP-level blocks by the …
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The longest night is upon us. The winter solstice arrives in the Northern Hemisphere on Wednesday, ushering in winter on what is also the shortest day of the year. Winter officially arrives at 2:44 a.m. PT, when the sun is at it lowest latitude in the Earth’s sky. To underscore the bone-chilling weather many of us can expect for the …
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Yesterday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg showed off Jarvis, the artificial intelligence system he built to serve as a digital assistant around his house. Now we know what the software sounds like, and it’s got the voice of God. Well, the guy who played God in movies. Zuckerberg on Tuesday released a video of Jarvis at work, and the software is …
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Oh, thank heaven for drones. 7-Eleven, one of the world’s largest chains of convenience stores, has completed 77 delivers via drone to customers in Reno, Nevada. The deliveries were made in collaboration with Flirtey, a commercial drone startup that began working with the retail chain over the summer. In November, Flirty made regular deliveries from a 7-Eleven store in Reno …
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Fitbit’s latest earnings reports weren’t good at all. Pebble sold itself at a firesale price (to Fitbit) and cancelled its future watches. Microsoft, Motorola and Intel appear to have halted (or at least suspended) their wearable product lines. The Samsung Gear S3 slid into the holidays with a whimper, not a bang. And while Apple claims it just had its …
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Now playing: Watch this: Future iPhone, Pixel phones could be foldable 1:11 A couple years from now, maybe you’ll get a phone that doesn’t look pretty much exactly like the last three you got, because phones from Apple, Google and Microsoft could get folding displays in 2018, according to a new report. Display maker LG Electronics will supply the folding …
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Google, trying to get you to think of keyboards as apps for more than just typing words and emoji, released its Gboard software on Friday for phones and tablets using its own Android software. The app includes the standard features on Google’s keyboard, including autocorrect and text predictions, swipe typing that lets you slide your finger from letter to letter …
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Now playing: Watch this: This fake Super Mario Run game is a terrible Flappy Bird… 1:27 First things first: There is no Android version of Nintendo’s Super Mario Run. The mobile game is exclusive to iOS devices like the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch for now, with an Android release to follow in 2017. Of course, that’s not stopping knockoffs …
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Virtual reality is continuing to creep into the everyday online experience. Its latest advance: the blogging platform WordPress, where you’ll now be able to upload and share VR and 360 degree content right on your site. Readers will be able to view the content in their browsers, and they’ll also be able to click a “VR” button to view everything …
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Now playing: Watch this: 5 ways to use your Wi-Fi-only iPad while traveling 2:12 Whether traveling for work or pleasure, the iPad is a perfect travel companion. It’s lighter and runs longer than a laptop and springs to life instantly. Plus, its screen is large enough to get work done or enjoy TV shows or movies while in transit. If …
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