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• Twitter jumps into newsletters with Revue acquisition
• An automated Telegram bot is selling Facebook account phone numbers
• The Morning After: Apple's new fitness feature is a guided walk with Dolly Parton
• Samsung's Galaxy S21 Ultra features a new low-power OLED display
• Samsung's Galaxy Watch 3 ECG tracking comes to 31 more countries
• Europe created more energy from renewables than fossil fuels last year
• Grimes and Endel bring their AI-powered sleep sounds to Android
• Lego's Vidiyo is a do-it-yourself music video maker for kids
• TikTok patched an exploit that could've let attackers steal user phone numbers
• Amazon's Alexa Guard Plus security subscription comes to the US
• Polk Audio claims React is the 'most advanced Alexa-enabled soundbar'
• ‘Babylon 5 Remastered’ now available to buy or stream on HBO Max
• Google reveals North Korean-backed campaign targeting security researchers
• Wacom's pen tablet for students now works with Chromebooks
• What's on TV this week: 'The Medium' and 'Resident Alien'
• Facebook's News tab arrives in the UK
• Amazon removes militia-associated charity groups from Smile program
• Apple shuffles hardware execs to make room for a mysterious new project
• Peacock will stream Indycar practice and qualifying sessions this season
• Hyundai rolls out adorable customer service robot for its showrooms
• The Sundance Film Festival makes a giant leap into VR
• Facebook will let researchers study its election ad targeting data
• ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ update introduced a game-breaking bug
• Twitter’s new ‘Birdwatch’ experiment crowdsources fact-checking
• How Biden and Harris could refocus the White House on science

Twitter jumps into newsletters with Revue acquisition Posted: 26 Jan 2021 04:43 AM PST Twitter wants a piece of the fast-growing newsletter industry. Today, the company announced that it's acquired Revue for an undisclosed sum. The latter is one of the best-known services for creating and managing a newsletter — the other being Substac...

An automated Telegram bot is selling Facebook account phone numbers Posted: 26 Jan 2021 04:40 AM PST Access to a database reportedly containing 500 million users' private information is being sold on a cybercrime forum. Motherboard reports that the database, which hosts data pulled from Facebook more than two years ago, contains people's phone numbe...

The Morning After: Apple's new fitness feature is a guided walk with Dolly Parton Posted: 26 Jan 2021 04:20 AM PST How are those mid-pandemic, new-year-new-you fitness goals going? My diet is still atrocious, but I'm grinding out my workouts. We've got two stories today that take different approaches to coaxing us all into being a little more active.  Through th...

Samsung's Galaxy S21 Ultra features a new low-power OLED display Posted: 26 Jan 2021 04:11 AM PST When Samsung launched the Galaxy S21 Ultra, it talked about how the device's screen supports refresh rates of 120Hz at both full HD and Quad HD resolutions. What it didn't say until now, however, is that the S21 Ultra serves as the debut device for t...

Samsung's Galaxy Watch 3 ECG tracking comes to 31 more countries Posted: 26 Jan 2021 03:45 AM PST Samsung has announced that it's expanding the ECG and blood pressure tracking features in its latest Galaxy Watch models to the UK and Europe, along with Chile, Indonesia and the UAE for 31 new countries in total. So far, the function has only been a...

Europe created more energy from renewables than fossil fuels last year Posted: 26 Jan 2021 03:10 AM PST Europe is slowly reducing its dependancy on fossil fuels. A report co-published by Ember and Agora Energiewende, two think tanks focused on clean energy, has revealed that the continent generated more electricity from renewables than fossil fuels in...

Grimes and Endel bring their AI-powered sleep sounds to Android Posted: 26 Jan 2021 03:00 AM PST Last October, Endel announced that it had partnered with Grimes for a special 'soundscape' inside its music app, which is meant to help you focus, relax or fall asleep. The collaboration was called AI Lullaby and, as you might have guessed from the n...

Lego's Vidiyo is a do-it-yourself music video maker for kids Posted: 26 Jan 2021 03:00 AM PST Lego and Universal Music Group (UMG) are teaming up for Vidiyo, a new set to empower kids aged seven and ten to make their own music videos. It's a bunch of figures and blocks that, when scanned into the app, will make those characters burst into son...

TikTok patched an exploit that could've let attackers steal user phone numbers Posted: 26 Jan 2021 03:00 AM PST Earlier this year, TikTok launched a bug bounty program after the discovery of vulnerabilities and threats of a ban by the former Trump administration. That effort appears to have paid dividends, as it recently fixed a serious flaw discovered by the...

Amazon's Alexa Guard Plus security subscription comes to the US Posted: 26 Jan 2021 01:40 AM PST Amazon's Alexa Guard Plus subscription service is now live in the US. The company unveiled Guard Plus back in September as a paid option for those who want the extra features that come with the premium version of its free Guard service. While the bas...

Polk Audio claims React is the 'most advanced Alexa-enabled soundbar' Posted: 26 Jan 2021 01:00 AM PST Polk Audio has revealed its latest smart soundbar, which includes several Alexa-powered features. Polk React has four far-field microphones to help it pick up your voice commands even when it's blasting audio from an action movie.The $249 soundbar ha...

‘Babylon 5 Remastered’ now available to buy or stream on HBO Max Posted: 26 Jan 2021 12:01 AM PST Nearly thirty years after its first broadcast and close to twenty since its troubled DVD release, Babylon 5 is finally getting a polish. From today, Warner Bros. is launching Babylon 5 Remastered both as a digital download (from iTunes and Amazon whe...

Google reveals North Korean-backed campaign targeting security researchers Posted: 25 Jan 2021 10:06 PM PST Google's Threat Analysis Group has identified an ongoing campaign that's been targeting security researchers working on vulnerabilities over the past few months. The team says "a government-backed entity based in North Korea" is behind the attacks, w...

Wacom's pen tablet for students now works with Chromebooks Posted: 25 Jan 2021 09:01 PM PST For all their strengths as eduction tools, Chromebooks have their limitations. Most don't come with a stylus, and even if they do, they're usually not the most accurate. Enter Wacom.   The company's One by Wacom tablet now works with Chrome OS device...

What's on TV this week: 'The Medium' and 'Resident Alien' Posted: 25 Jan 2021 08:10 PM PST This week the next-gen Xbox platform delivers a console exclusive with The Medium, a horror game that features the trick of having the player constantly leap between two worlds that are rendered simultaneously. HBO Max features its latest major film...

Facebook's News tab arrives in the UK Posted: 25 Jan 2021 04:01 PM PST Facebook is bringing its dedicated News tab to the UK on Tuesday, which marks the first time the company has rolled out the feature outside of the US. You can access the News tab from the menu in the Facebook app.It features news tailored to your int...

Amazon removes militia-associated charity groups from Smile program Posted: 25 Jan 2021 03:09 PM PST Amazon has removed five groups that appear to be associated with the Oath Keepers and Three Percenters, two militias the FBI is investigating for their alleged involvement in the January 6th US Capitol attack. Since 2013, the company has allowed char...

Apple shuffles hardware execs to make room for a mysterious new project Posted: 25 Jan 2021 02:40 PM PST Dan Riccio has served as senior VP of engineering overseeing all of Apple's hardware since 2012, but now he's stepping back from that role. A press release revealed he's focusing on a mysterious "new project" at Apple and will still report directly t...

Peacock will stream Indycar practice and qualifying sessions this season Posted: 25 Jan 2021 01:22 PM PST When the 2021 Indycar season starts on April 18th, you'll be able to watch some of the action through Peacock Premium. NBCUniversal announced today it will stream live coverage of qualifying and practice sessions that lead up to the Indianapolis 500,...

Hyundai rolls out adorable customer service robot for its showrooms Posted: 25 Jan 2021 12:12 PM PST In an effort to offer assistance without any unnecessary human interaction, Hyundai has unveiled the DAL-e, a new customer service robot that is both adorable yet functional. It debuted today in a Hyundai Motor showroom in southern Seoul in a pilot o...

The Sundance Film Festival makes a giant leap into VR Posted: 25 Jan 2021 12:00 PM PST Like most major events over the last year, the esteemed Sundance Film Festival is going virtual. But it's going beyond just letting you watch films at home. Sundance is building an extensive virtual reality platform for all attendees, which can be ac...

Facebook will let researchers study its election ad targeting data Posted: 25 Jan 2021 10:50 AM PST Facebook is attempting to increase transparency around ads that ran in the lead up to November's US elections. Starting on February 1st, researchers will have access to targeting data on more than 1.3 million social issues, electoral and political ad...

‘Cyberpunk 2077’ update introduced a game-breaking bug Posted: 25 Jan 2021 10:40 AM PST Cyberpunk 2077's 1.1 update was supposed to set the troubled game on the path toward redemption. Instead, it seems to have come with its own set of problems. Per Eurogamer, players have discovered a game-breaking bug involving Cyberpunk 2077's "Down...

Twitter’s new ‘Birdwatch’ experiment crowdsources fact-checking Posted: 25 Jan 2021 10:29 AM PST Twitter is launching a new feature to fight misinformation: Birdwatch, a "community-driven approach" that crowdsources fact checks directly from other Twitter users. The experiment was first spotted last fall, but the company is now officially introd...

How Biden and Harris could refocus the White House on science Posted: 25 Jan 2021 10:00 AM PST In each of its annual budget requests, the Trump administration made deep funding cuts to federal research spending, in spite of Congress' consistent refusals. However, the administration's 2021 proposal actually sought to promote AI and quantum comp...

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