In September, we saw that Apple was testing Spotify streaming on the Apple Watch app. Now the feature seems to be finally rolling out to more users. Other music streaming platforms like Pandora already offer a similar feature on Apple Watch. Continue reading → Powered by WPeMatico
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iPhone 12 mini’s MagSafe Peak Charging Speed Limited to 12W
Apple updated its support document with new details. It now mentions that MagSafe Charger will be limited to 12W of maximum power delivery for iPhone 12 mini. However, the MagSafe Charger will offer 15W of peak power for iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro. Continue reading → Powered by WPeMatico
iPhone 12 Pro Max vs iPhone XS Max: Should You Upgrade?
The iPhone 12 Pro Max is Apple’s latest flagship smartphone. It offers plenty of additional features over its predecessor, the iPhone 11 Pro Max. However, as we concluded in our last comparison post, it isn’t worth upgrading from the iPhone 11 Pro Max to the iPhone 12 Pro Max; it simply isn’t worth spending the […]
Five ways political groups are getting around ad bans
Online platforms have made bans of political advertising a core part of their plans to mitigate the spread of disinformation around the US elections. Twitter moved early, banning political ads in October 2019. Facebook stopped accepting new ads last week and will indefinitely remove all political ads, old and new, after the polls close on […]
AI godfather Geoff Hinton: “Deep learning is going to be able to do everything”
The modern AI revolution began during an obscure research contest. It was 2012, the third year of the annual ImageNet competition, which challenged teams to build computer vision systems that would recognize 1,000 objects, from animals to landscapes to people. In the first two years, the best teams had failed to reach even 75% accuracy. […]
How social media sites plan to handle premature election declarations
The election results will start to come in as early as 7pm Eastern Time on Tuesday, when seven states begin closing the polls. The next few hours will see more polls close around the country, more votes processed, more counts updated. But we won’t have the final result that night.This isn’t unusual: In the US, […]
The Genshin Impact Backlash Is Here
So-called gacha mechanics are central to the blockbuster open-world RPG and many other games from China, Japan, and South Korea. But they’ve left US players smarting. Powered by WPeMatico
Is Twitter Real Life? And 7 Other Election Day Questions
Social media companies, election officials, and candidates have spent four years preparing for Tuesday. Soon we’ll find out how they did. Powered by WPeMatico
Is Twitter Real Life? And 7 Other Election Day Questions
Social media companies, election officials, and candidates have spent four years preparing for Tuesday. Soon we’ll find out how they did. Powered by WPeMatico
A Nameless Hiker and the Case the Internet Can’t Crack
The man on the trail went by “Mostly Harmless.” He was friendly and said he worked in tech. After he died in his tent, no one could figure out who he was. Powered by WPeMatico