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- The biting lip emoji coming in iOS 15.4 will instantly make conversations awkward
- How to winter-proof your Tesla so you don’t end up like these TikTok influencers
- Apple’s latest iPadOS and macOS betas finally add Universal Control
- What’s on your desk, Antonio Di Benedetto?
- Apple might let you use Face ID with a mask in the next iOS update
- Here are the best Amazon Echo deals right now
- TCL’s 30 V 5G is the cheapest way to get on Verizon’s new C-band 5G network right now
- Hyper Scape gets no-scoped
- Microsoft is making its Xbox subscriptions more flexible after UK regulator steps in
- DeepDotWeb operator sentenced to eight years for money laundering
| The biting lip emoji coming in iOS 15.4 will instantly make conversations awkward Posted: 27 Jan 2022 12:43 PM PST  iOS 15.4 will include a new crop of emoji, including a melting face, someone saluting, beans, and a slightly uncomfortable biting lip icon. As per usual, the new emojis and new variations of existing emojis are coming thanks to a new version of the unicode standard that dictates the standard set of pictographs that get added to our devices. iOS 15.4 is currently in beta, but when it rolls out it should include 37 new emoji, according to MacRumors, and Emojipedia put together a first look of Apple's renditions. The specific way emoji look vary from platform to platform, though you can get a feel for what to expect from the Unicode Consortium, which is the body in charge of creating new emoji (among many other very important things).
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| How to winter-proof your Tesla so you don’t end up like these TikTok influencers Posted: 27 Jan 2022 12:32 PM PST  Online influencers have been vital to the success of many products on the market today, none more so than Tesla. Online creators are fond of showing off the car and its features, which helped spur Elon Musk into the spotlight as our first influencer CEO. But now that it's wintertime, some influencers are noticing their Teslas aren't faring that well in icy conditions. One of the first things people notice about electric cars is how quiet they are due to the lack of a combustion engine. But in a TikTok trend titled "Things I hate about my Tesla" user Tesla Flex shared how it's hard to clean ice off the front of the car since there is no heat energy coming from under the hood. Another Tesla influencer who... |
| Apple’s latest iPadOS and macOS betas finally add Universal Control Posted: 27 Jan 2022 12:05 PM PST  Apple's newest developer betas for iPadOS and macOS Monterey include Universal Control, indicating the long-awaited feature might finally be released sometime in the near future. Universal Control, which Apple announced at WWDC 2021 in June, is an impressive-looking feature that lets you use a Mac's keyboard and mouse with an iPad just by placing the iPad next to the computer. Universal Control seems to have been more ambitious than Apple anticipated, however, since it already missed a fall release estimate, is now supposed to come out this spring, and hadn't even shown up in betas until Thursday. MacRumors reports that Universal Control is enabled by default if the iPadOS 15.4 and macOS Monterey 12.3 betas are installed, and the... |
| What’s on your desk, Antonio Di Benedetto? Posted: 27 Jan 2022 11:20 AM PST |
| Apple might let you use Face ID with a mask in the next iOS update Posted: 27 Jan 2022 11:20 AM PST  Apple appears to be testing a feature that will let you use Face ID to unlock the phone even when wearing a mask. The first developer beta for iOS 15.4 has a screen that asks if you want to be able to use Face ID while wearing a mask, at the cost of reduced security, according to photos from Brandon Butch on Twitter and MacRumors. According to pictures of the screen, Apple says that "iPhone can recognize the unique features around the eye area to authenticate" but warns that Face ID is going to be more accurate if you have it set to not work with a mask.
As the pandemic drags on,... |
| Here are the best Amazon Echo deals right now Posted: 27 Jan 2022 10:59 AM PST  When it comes to smart speakers, Amazon has a slew of voice-enabled Echo devices to choose from, one for practically every occasion. Maybe you want to add Alexa to a spare bedroom, for example, or you're looking for an Echo device that will allow you to easily manage your lighting or other smart home devices. Regardless of the reason, there's always a way to save on an Echo device, from the last-gen Echo Dot to Amazon's latest Echo Show 10. Even when they're selling for full price, Amazon also offers a 25 percent discount when you trade in select devices, so there are still other ways to save money when none of the models are on sale. The best Echo Dot dealsLast year, Amazon released the fourth generation of the Echo Dot, which looks... |
| TCL’s 30 V 5G is the cheapest way to get on Verizon’s new C-band 5G network right now Posted: 27 Jan 2022 10:52 AM PST  When Verizon lit up its new C-band 5G spectrum earlier this month, only a handful of flagship phones were ready to use the network. Starting today, there's a low-cost option if you're looking to get on C-band 5G right now: the $299 TCL 30 V 5G. Announced at CES, the 30 V 5G is a Verizon exclusive (for now, at least), and it supports all of the carrier's flavors of 5G: slower but widespread "Nationwide," very fast but scarce mmWave, and the sweet C-band spectrum that sits in between, both in terms of coverage and speed. The TCL 30 V 5G features a big 6.67-inch 1080p screen, Snapdragon 480 5G chipset with 4GB RAM, and a 4,500mAh battery — all typical specs for a budget device. It's one of eight new 30-series phones the company is releasing... |
| Posted: 27 Jan 2022 10:29 AM PST  In a move no one saw coming because not that many people were playing the game in the first place, Hyper Scape, Ubisoft's attempt to get in on the increasingly bloated battle royale market, will be shutting down on April 28th. On Hyper Scape's website, the announcement reads:
Hyper Scape launched on August 11th, 2020 and quickly fell off. Despite rocketing to the top of Twitch charts with a coordinated... |
| Microsoft is making its Xbox subscriptions more flexible after UK regulator steps in Posted: 27 Jan 2022 10:20 AM PST  Microsoft is making its Xbox subscriptions a little more flexible after a UK regulator raised concerns. The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) "has secured undertakings with Microsoft" that will improve accidental renewals for Xbox Live Gold or Xbox Game Pass subscriptions. Microsoft has agreed to offer refunds to Xbox subscribers that are on recurring 12-month subscriptions and even cancel inactive memberships if customers are reminded how to stop payments and still continue not to use a membership. The CMA identified a number of concerns around Microsoft's auto-renewing subscriptions, and the Xbox maker has agreed to address them with the following improvements:
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| DeepDotWeb operator sentenced to eight years for money laundering Posted: 27 Jan 2022 10:16 AM PST  In the culmination of a two-year legal process, the former operator of dark web index site DeepDotWeb was handed a sentence of 97 months in prison for money laundering on Tuesday. The sentence was issued to Tal Prihar, an Israeli national, by a judge of the District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. The judgment from the court ordered Prihar to forfeit $8.4 million in cash, along with an ASUS laptop, a black iPhone, and his accounts at cryptocurrency exchanges Binance, Kraken and OKCoin. The DeepDotWeb site started operating in 2013, operated by Prihar and another Israeli citizen Michael Phan, who is a co-defendant in the case. The site was hosted on the open internet but provided links to the .onion domains of dark web... |
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