Remember that science petition going around that 250 scientists signed, warning about AirPods and cancer? Turns out it had nothing to do with AirPods. So rather than finding any link between cancer or other issues in levels of EMF at or below the cu…
Lees meerWhatsApp is contesting accusations it has not done enough to prevent child sexual abuse, insisting it had “no tolerance” of such behavior.
Lees meerAxios writes: Tristan Harris, the former Googler who helped popularize the notion of “time well spent” laid out the shift he says the tech industry needs to make in order to stop, as he puts it, “downgrading humanity.” … Harris made the case that to…
Lees meerNotarization is an automated code scan service for Mac developers that looks for malicious code and blesses it if none found. In a future version of macOS, the Gatekeeper will look for that notarization. This is a good thing.
Lees meerWe have a deal on the Mighty Vibe Spotify Offline Player. This device is just what the name suggests: it will play your Spotify music on-the-go without a smartphone or Internet connection. It’s Bluetooth and Wi-Fi enabled, supports wired and most B…
Lees meerFederico Vittici and Steve Troughton-Smith are saying that iOS mouse support could be coming this year as an accessibility feature of iOS 13. Mr. Vittici mentioned it on the Connected podcast, while Mr. Smith confirmed the rumor via Twitter. If yo…
Lees meerDevelopers, it’s time to consider deleting the Facebook SDK and not using its tools anymore. Do we even need to explain why?
Lees meerToday is an all hardware episode, Andrew Orr and John Martellaro join host Kelly Guimont to discuss butterfly keyboards and SSD upgrades.
Lees meerMaterial depicting child abuse l is still being widely shared across WhatsApp. An investigation by The Next Web found the Facebook-owned messaging service had failed to tackle the problem, despite assurances it would do so. Despite Facebook’s attemp…
Lees meerStarting in June, people that use dating app Bumble will find themselves protected against unwanted nudes using an AI tool called Private Detector.
Lees meerTim Cook addressed the TIME 100 Summit Tuesday. There, he encouraged people to put down their iPhones. He even said he turned off push notifications from lots of apps, reported Techcrunch. Today, when users install new apps they often say “No” to pu…
Lees meerSir Jony Ive does not make a huge number of media appearances. When he does, they tend to be worth taking in. Design magazine Document has an in-depth interview with Sir. Jony and Dior top designer Kim Jones in its new edition. In it, he talked abou…
Lees meerThe British Government has decided to allow Huawei to build part of its 5G network, a move at odds with the U.S. administration.
Lees meerGoogle announced today that its Google Fit app that launched on Android in 2014 is now available for iOS.
Lees meerApple Pay officially launched in Austria, giving customers of Erste Bank and N26 access to the service in the country.
Lees meerIf you make less than US$34,000 per year, you could get a TurboTax refund if the company made you pay them when you filed your taxes. If you are one of the millions of Americans who made under $34,000 last year, you should have been able to use a f…
Lees meerMindNode 6 is out and it brings more productivity features to help us with our mind maps. Some of the new features: Focus Mode puts a spotlight on one part of your mind map and fades out all the rest; Hide Connections reduces distractions even furth…
Lees meerAfter the latest Facebook privacy fiasco which involved Instagram passwords, regulators are looking even more closely at Mark Zuckerberg.
Lees meerBeyoncé’s Lemonade album is available on Apple Music, as well as Spotify and Deezer, for the first time since its release in 2016.
Lees meerIn a new study (n=2,000) 51% of iPhone users said they text and drive, compared to 35% for Android users. 16% of iPhone users said they never get distracted while driving (vs. 23% of Android users and 38% of users of other mobile operating systems).…
Lees meerThis was written a few months ago, by the awesome Steve Sande by the way, but is worth discussing. Chances are good that if you have an older Mac, it has an internal hard disk drive. Today, we’ll look at five reasons why you should update that Mac t…
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