Category Archives: Tech & Sci

This weekend, you can still save $30 on the Apple AirPods Pro at Verizon 

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge This weekend, you can still get the biggest discount we’ve seen yet on Apple’s AirPods Pro truly wireless earbuds. The sale is happening at Verizon, and you can save $30 on a set of Apple AirPods Pro online only. Most discounts for this model are in the $15 to $20 range, but this deal at Verizon brings them down to […]

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The Best Gear to Make Beer, Wine, Cider, and Mead at Home (2020) 

Your homegrown tomatoes won’t help you forget how terrible everything is right now. Here’s what you need to make booze at home.

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A Facebook SDK issue caused Spotify and other popular iOS apps to crash 

If you woke up this morning ready to listen to your Release Radar mix on Spotify, well, we have some bad news — at least for iPhone users. The Spotify app for iOS has been completely down for much of the morning. Spotify acknowledged the issue on its…

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TikTok halts Hong Kong access after security law 

Popular short video app TikTok has blocked access in Hong Kong as it comes under increasing scrutiny.

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Nasa Mars rover Perseverance is attached to rocket 

The US space agency’s next rover is placed atop of the rocket that will send it to the Red Planet.

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Spotify, Pinterest, Tinder, and many other iOS apps are crashing again due to a Facebook issue 

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge A number of popular apps and services including Spotify, Pinterest, and Tinder are currently broken on iOS devices, with early analysis suggesting Facebook is to blame. There are widespread reports on social media of apps crashing whenever they’re launched on iPhones and iPads, and corresponding outage spikes on Do […]

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BCG DOES protect against Covid-19, study confirms 

US academics conducting a large-scale review of several various studies found a clear link between the vaccine and a lower death rate.

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Nokia 5.3 Review: Yes, $199 really can buy a great smartphone 

It does everything you could want from a smartphone, without excelling in any one particular area

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How to mute notifications while mirroring your phone screen 

Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. As gyms and sports complexes have been closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, I’ve started to work out at home using various fitness apps. But I find it cumbersome to look at workout videos on the phone, and follow traine […]

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Don’t trust anyone selling you a phone without a charger 

This is adapted from Plugged In, TNW’s bi-weekly newsletter on gear and gadgets. Subscribe to it (and our other great newsletters) here. Recently, a rumor made the rounds that Apple is planning to remove the charger and earbuds from the iPhone 12 box. This was heightened — more fuel poured onto the fire if you will — by leaked package designs that show no sp […]

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Podcast: Thunderbolt 4, Snapdragon 865 Plus and Facebook’s latest mess 

We’re back from the July 4th break and we’re ready to dive into some seriously nerdy news. This week, Devindra and Cherlynn chat about Intel’s Thunderbolt 4 standard, and what it means for your next PC. We also dive into Qualcomm’s latest announcemen…

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NASA upgrades Australia’s Deep Space Station for future missions to Mars 

NASA is in the midst of upgrading Deep Space Station 43 — one of its Deep Space Network’s largest antennas located in Canberra, Australia — to prepare for future missions. The agency’s Deep Space Network is a collection of dishes that make communicat…

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UN: World could hit 1.5-degree warming threshold in 5 years 

The U.N. weather agency says the world could see average global temperatures rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial average for the first time in the coming five years

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Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 3a: 10 amazing tips and tricks 

If you’re hunting for some Pixel 3 and Pixel 3a tips to get more from your phone, you’ll find them right here.

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Apple’s range of unannounced ARM-based MacBooks detailed in new report 

Image: Apple Apple’s first Macs based on its own ARM-based silicon will include a new MacBook Air, as well as MacBook Pros with 13.3-, 14-, and 16-inch screen sizes, according to a new report from reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. The research note was reported by 9to5Mac and MacRumors. Apple officially confirmed the long-standing rumors of a switch to it […]

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