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- How to watch four rocket launches on a banner day for the space industry
- Samsung’s stylish The Frame and Serif 4K TVs will soon come in more sizes with better picture quality
- Spam calls grew 300 percent worldwide in 2018, according to Truecaller
- What it means that the Surgeon General now calls vaping an ‘epidemic’
- Google updated its Street View Trekker to look slightly less dorky
- Apple sent iPhone owners unwanted push notifications to promote Carpool Karaoke
- Lil Yachty joins FaZe Clan, the Supreme of e-sports
- Uber approved to restart self-driving tests in Pennsylvania
- Tinder fires its head of comms, following her participation in a $2 billion lawsuit against Match
- Google is giving away Assassin’s Creed Odyssey for free if you demo Project Stream
| How to watch four rocket launches on a banner day for the space industry Posted: 18 Dec 2018 07:23 PM PST  The space industry is rocketing through the last few weeks of 2018. And on Wednesday, December 19th, there are four rockets slated to launch from locations all over the globe. Thanks to how the orbital mechanics of these flights worked out, you could potentially watch a launch during breakfast, lunch, and dinner (depending on when you eat your meals, of course). Originally, most of these four launches were supposed to get underway on Tuesday, December 18th. But thanks to incredible luck (and unfavorable weather conditions), practically all of the rockets scheduled to launch yesterday got delayed. And one of them, Blue Origin's test flight, has been pushed back to Friday. Here are the four rocket missions set for takeoff on Wednesday,... |
| Posted: 18 Dec 2018 06:00 PM PST  Ahead of CES, Samsung is announcing upcoming refreshes of its two most stylish 4K TVs, The Frame and Serif. These are lifestyle pieces that aim to make people rethink what a TV can and should look like. They don't offer Samsung's best picture performance — that's still reserved for the proper QLED lineup — but they're definitely good for attracting conversation in the home. The Frame is being upgraded with an improved picture over its previous two iterations. The 2019 model will feature Samsung's quantum dot display technology for a wider HDR color palette. Aside from offering a better picture, The Frame will also now come in a new 49-inch size. (Last year's edition came in 43-, 55-, and 65-inch sizes.) Samsung markets The Frame to... |
| Spam calls grew 300 percent worldwide in 2018, according to Truecaller Posted: 18 Dec 2018 03:22 PM PST  Spam calls grew by 300 percent worldwide this year, according to a new report from Truecaller, a caller ID service. But while the scourge continues to grow overall, some countries actually saw a slight decline — including the US. The United States fell from the 2nd most spammed country to the 8th in one year, according to Truecaller. Truecaller users received about 17 calls per month, down from 21 in 2017. The bulk of calls purported to be about insurance or debt collection, according to the report. While no reason was given for the drop, authorities have increasingly tried to crack down on illegal callers. The Federal Trade Commission has brought several lawsuits, while the Federal Communications Commission has considered various... |
| What it means that the Surgeon General now calls vaping an ‘epidemic’ Posted: 18 Dec 2018 03:11 PM PST  The US Surgeon General just declared youth vaping an epidemic, and called out e-cigarette giant Juul as part of the problem in an advisory today. The Surgeon General's declaration isn't a new policy or enforcement action against vape companies or retailers. But it is a call to action that follows news that teen vaping is skyrocketing. Surgeon General Jerome Adams' advisory lays out why teen vaping is a public health concern: nicotine can mess with the developing brain, it's addictive, and the chemicals in e-cigarette vapor may be unhealthy to inhale. The advisory says a recent surge in teen vaping "has been fueled by new types of e-cigarettes that have recently entered the market," and calls out vape giant Juul for its high nicotine... |
| Google updated its Street View Trekker to look slightly less dorky Posted: 18 Dec 2018 03:10 PM PST  Over the years, Google has loaned out its Street View camera to photographers, travelers, and organizations to bring 360-degree imagery of cultural landmarks to Google Maps. Today, the company announced it's taken the feedback from partners who have used the Trekker, as the camera rig is called, around the world and updated it with their suggestions. The new Street View Trekker is lighter, sleeker, and the cameras have been updated with increased aperture and higher-resolution sensors. The Trekker is versatile enough to be worn like a backpack, or placed on top of everything from cars to boats to zip-lines. It's especially useful for exploring areas that might otherwise be difficult to travel to with a Street View-equipped car, as well... |
| Apple sent iPhone owners unwanted push notifications to promote Carpool Karaoke Posted: 18 Dec 2018 03:00 PM PST  Apple is starting to send unwanted push notifications to iPhone users, including ones designed to promote its own Carpool Karaoke show — even though Apple's TV app never expressly asks for permission to send promotional notifications, and even though Apple's App Store guidelines forbid developers from sending unsolicited promos. We're not sure how many iPhone users received the notifications, but it looks like Apple has tried plugging its show at least twice in recent weeks: once on December 7th for an episode where Kendall Jenner and Hailey Baldwin grill each other using a lie detector test, and once on December 14 for an episode featuring joint singalongs with comedian Jason Sudeikis and the Muppets. Some people aren't happy:
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| Lil Yachty joins FaZe Clan, the Supreme of e-sports Posted: 18 Dec 2018 02:41 PM PST  Lil Yachty is an award-nominated rapper whose songs have generated him millions of fans around the world. He's also the newest member of FaZe Clan, a gaming collective that is quickly becoming the Supreme of e-sports. The team officially welcomed Lil Yachty to FaZe Clan during the rapper's performance at the Rolling Loud festival this past weekend. Yachty invited a number of FaZe members, including RiceGum (a YouTube creator with more than 10 million subscribers) and leader Richard "FaZe Banks" Bengtson up on stage. They then presented him with his own shirt, welcoming "FaZe Boat" to the group. It's unclear if Yachty has his own line of merchandise coming, or what his exact role within FaZe Clan will be, but he is 100 percent invested... |
| Uber approved to restart self-driving tests in Pennsylvania Posted: 18 Dec 2018 01:36 PM PST  Uber has been given the green light by Pennsylvania officials to restart its self-driving car tests on public roads. The program was shut down last March after a self-driving Uber vehicle struck and killed a pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona. The crash was the first death attributed to a self-driving car, and it was seen as a significant setback for the industry, which is racing to get autonomous vehicles into commercial use. Pennsylvania's Department of Transportation approved Uber's request to start testing autonomously in Pittsburgh, where its Advanced Technologies Group is headquartered, according to The Information. The news comes a few days after the tech site reported that a former Uber manager sent an 890-word email to some of the... |
| Tinder fires its head of comms, following her participation in a $2 billion lawsuit against Match Posted: 18 Dec 2018 01:31 PM PST  Multiple Tinder employees who sued the dating app's parent company, Match Group, for $2 billion were fired this week, a source close to the employees tells The Verge. Among them is Rosette Pambakian, VP of marketing and communications, who, in the original lawsuit, claimed that former Tinder CEO Greg Blatt sexually assaulted her. Match spokeswoman Justine Sacco wouldn't confirm the names of the employees affected, but did say a "number" of employees, including Pambakian, were let go because they were "unable to fulfill their job responsibilities." The company initially placed these employees on administrative leave in August, which meant they weren't allowed to work, but continued being paid. Since being fired, Pambakian sent an email to... |
| Google is giving away Assassin’s Creed Odyssey for free if you demo Project Stream Posted: 18 Dec 2018 01:29 PM PST  Google has a pretty sweet deal for any PC users eager to try its new, experimental Project Stream, a video game streaming platform built by the search giant's cloud computing division. If you play just one hour of Ubisoft's recently released Assassin's Creed Odyssey, you'll get a free copy of the game for PC / Mac through the publisher's Uplay platform, via Eurogamer. (The game retails for around $20 on Uplay right now, but it costs around $35 on console.) The promotion is restricted to US users, and you have until January 15th to clock your hour of play time to claim the free title. You can try it here. Project Stream, first announced in the beginning of October, is an effort for Google to test the waters of game streaming. The only... |
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