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Never Use Creepy Speech-Recognition Patent
Photo: Martin Bureau/AFP (Getty Images) Earlier this year, Spotify was granted a patent for speech-recognition tech that could potentially recommend…
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Donald Trump’s Long-Awaited Social Media Platform is Here
Photo: Drew Angerer / Staff (Getty Images) After threatening for months to disrupt social media with a bespoke platform that…
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SpaceX’s Starlink Satellite Internet Orders Reportedly Already Exceed 500,000
Photo: ESA / Handout (Getty Images) Elon Musk’s SpaceX is having a banner year, and apparently things just keep getting…
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You Should Definitely Update Your Dell Computer Right Now
A flaw dating back to 2009 enables access to Dell and Alienware computers through faulty drivers. Photo: Sam Rutherford /…
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You Can Have More Than 150 Friends
Dunbar first came up with the number by observing primates grooming.Photo: Koichi Kamoshida/Getty Images (Getty Images) In the early 1990s,…
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Facebook Bans Honest Signal Ads on Instagram
Graphic: Signal A series of Instagram ads run by the privacy-positive platform Signal got the messaging app booted from the…
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Twitter Just Bought Scroll as It Gears Up Subscription Service
Photo: ALASTAIR PIKE/AFP via Getty Images (Getty Images) While Twitter has yet to officially outline plans for its upcoming subscription…
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Apple iOS Update 14.5.1 Fixes Security Bugs for iPhone, iPad
The iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro on sale in London in October 2020.Photo: Ming Yeung (Getty Images) Apple has…
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The Unique Way Plasma TVs Displayed a Single Frame of Video
As fun as it is to watch things go boom in slow motion, high-speed cameras are more useful as educational…
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Apple Mulled Lowering App Store Commission in 2011, Emails Show
Apple executive Phil Schiller arrives for Monday’s hearing in the Epic Games v Apple case.Photo: Noah Berger (AP) At the…
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