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New Firefox for Android launches with souped-up privacy tools and a bottom address bar 2 days ago – Mozilla is launching its new version of Firefox for Android today with enhanced privacy tools, addons support, and visual changes. Privacy updates and under-the-hood changes are inspired by the Firefox Quantum desktop revamp. And this version of the Android browser is codenamed “Firefox Daylight....
New Firefox for Android launches with souped-up privacy tools and a bottom address bar 2 days ago – Mozilla is launching its new version of Firefox for Android today with enhanced privacy tools, addons support, and visual changes. Privacy updates and under-the-hood changes are inspired by the Firefox Quantum desktop revamp. And this version of the Android browser is codenamed “Firefox Daylight....
Samsung might bring its S-Pen to the Galaxy S21 series 2 days ago – Samsung‘s S-Pen stylus has been the crown jewel of the company’s Galaxy Note series. However, that might be changing as the company is set to offer the stylus with its upcoming Galaxy S21 flagship. A report from a Korean outlet notes that Samsung is developing the S21 series under the code name “...
Microsoft once owned a chunk of Apple, here’s what it would have been worth today 2 days ago – Back in 1997, Apple wasn’t as shiny as we know it today. It was actually a little bit rotten. It was the year they asked Steve Jobs to return to save the company, as it was struggling to keep up with the competition, Microsoft in particular. In just two years, its sales had fallen from $11 billio...
Microsoft once owned a chunk of Apple, here’s what it would have been worth today 2 days ago – Back in 1997, Apple wasn’t as shiny as we know it today. It was actually a little bit rotten. It was the year they asked Steve Jobs to return to save the company, as it was struggling to keep up with the competition, Microsoft in particular. In just two years, its sales had fallen from $11 billio...
Two left feet? Facebook’s new AI dance choreographer can teach you some brand new moves 2 days ago – Facebook‘s AI boffins have developed a new system that creates original dance routines for any music that you feed it. The system doesn’t merely imitate the Moonwalk, the Renegade, or whatever other moves the kidz are busting on TikTok these days. Instead, it creates entirely new routines that ar...
How to use Microsoft Word’s new ‘Transcribe’ tool a day ago – 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. Microsoft today announced a new feature for Word: a transcription tool that allows you to get spoken words into your document without you having to type all of...
Judge rules Apple can block Fortnite but not Epic’s Unreal Engine a day ago – You know, as much as I love a petty legal pissing contest, I really didn’t want Epic vs Apple to become my thing every morning. But here we are, and at the very least someone sensible has finally come in and given judgement — on part of the case, anyway. Just to recap, this is part of the delight...
Europe overtakes China as biggest consumer of plug-in electric vehicles 14 hours ago – China has long been recognized as the world’s biggest consumer of electric vehicles. It’s also the world’s largest producer of EVs. But that appears to have changed. According to figures compiled by Bloomberg, in the first half of 2020 European drivers bought more plug-in electric vehicles than C...
EU’s anti-piracy campaign led to 12% drop in ads on pirate sites 14 hours ago – A few years back, the European Commission kicked off a campaign against ads on pirate sites in an effort to cut into their revenue streams — and it seems the strategy is working, according to newly surfaced data. The European Union’s executive arm has noticed a 12% drop in ads served per visit on...
EU’s anti-piracy campaign led to 12% drop in ads on pirate sites 14 hours ago – A few years back, the European Commission kicked off a campaign against ads on pirate sites in an effort to cut into their revenue streams — and it seems the strategy is working, according to newly surfaced data. The European Union’s executive arm has noticed a 12% drop in ads served per visit on...
How to use Google’s Arts & Culture app to look at AR museum exhibits 5 hours ago – Google‘s Arts & Culture app really is a gem for anyone who loves the arts, science, and just cool AR and VR stuff. The company recently announced it was adding a few AR extras to its app, including models of ancient creatures, for everyone to peruse. Fun and educational — what more could you ...
Call of Duty’s in-game Black Ops: Cold War reveal gets an ‘E’ for effort 6 hours ago – Call of Duty today revealed the official trailer for Black Ops: Cold War, the next entry in the venerable series, with an in-game event in the free-to-play battle royale title Warzone. To the best of this reporter’s knowledge, this is the first time the franchise has held a live, in-game event to...
8 hours ago – Scientists have created microscopic robots that could one day be injected into human bodies to perform surgery. They’re the first microscopic robots made of semiconductor components, according to their creators from Cornell University. This means they can be made to walk using standard electronic...
The pandemic has probably killed VR arcades for good a day ago – A lagging trend of the past few months has been witnessing startups that COVID-19 seemed poised to kill end up scaling back some of those deep cuts and taking off again. Not all spaces have been quite so lucky; in particular, lately we’ve seen a host of location-based virtual reality startups shu...
Cryptocurrency exchange FTX acquires portfolio tracker Blockfolio a day ago – FTX, a cryptocurrency exchange that offers derivatives, options and other sophisticated products, is acquiring a popular portfolio tracking app, Blockfolio. FTX is spending $150 million for the acquisition. But take that price with a grain of salt, as it’s a combination of cash, cryptocurrency an...
Everyone filed to go public Monday a day ago – Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast (now on Twitter!), where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. We’re back out of sequence, because literally every company you can name (well, almost) dropped an S-1 yesterday so we had to sit down and parse them...
Facebook updates Messenger Rooms as Zoom sits at top of the App Store 13 hours ago – Messenger Rooms, Facebook’s social Zoom competitor, is today rolling out new features aimed at making Rooms easier to both create and discover, as well as those for further personalizing your Rooms experience. The changes follow Messenger’s recent slight dip from the top of the U.S. App Store cha...
Stride.VC loses partner Pia d’Iribarne 13 hours ago – Stride.VC, the London early-stage VC firm founded by Fred Destin and podcaster Harry Stebbings, is losing Paris-based partner Pia d’Iribarne, TechCrunch has learned. According to a regulatory filing, d’Iribarne’s partnership officially ended today, a little more than a year and a half after her a...
Cisco acquiring BabbleLabs to filter out the lawn mower screeching during your video conference 13 hours ago – We’ve all been in a video conference, especially this year, when the neighbor started mowing the lawn or kids were playing outside your window — and it can get pretty loud. Cisco, which owns the WebEx video conferencing service, wants to do something about that, and late yesterday it announced it...
Many Canon cameras can now automatically back up pictures to Google Photos 11 hours ago – Canon and Google today announced a new software integration that enables automatic Google Photos backup of pictures taken with select Canon cameras — a full list is available here, but it’s most of their recent interchangeable lens cameras dating back basically to when they started getting Wi-Fi ...
LaunchNotes raises a $1.8M seed round to help companies communicate their software updates 11 hours ago – LaunchNotes, a startup founded by the team behind Statuspage (which Atlassian later acquired) and the former head of marketing for Jira, today announced that it has raised a $1.8 million seed round co-led by Cowboy Ventures and Bull City Ventures. In addition, Tim Chen (general partner, Essence V...
Google is pushing to get the Nest Hub in more hotel rooms 11 hours ago – Given the number of rooms I’ve stayed in over the past couple of years that still sported a 30-pin iPod alarm clock, I think it’s a safe bet that refreshing a new technology isn’t high up on the list of priorities for most hotels. For those looking to offer a little tech hospitality beyond the […]
The Positive Grid Spark is a versatile smart amp perfect for guitarists stuck at home 8 hours ago – Powered amps for electric guitars have gotten some neat tricks powered by modern mobile tech over the years, but the new Positive Grid Spark ($299) might be the one that packs the most intelligence and versatility into a single package. From a companion app, to voice commands, to tunable modeling...
Twitter experiments with adding a ‘Quotes’ count to tweets 9 hours ago – Twitter wants to make it easier to see the conversations taking place around a tweet. This May, the company rolled out a change to its user interface that allowed users who clicked on the “Retweets” metric beneath a tweet to view both those Retweets with comments and those without all on one scre...
The H-1B visa ban is creating nearshore business partnership opportunities 9 hours ago – Nearshoring is mutually beneficial because developers don't have to give up their culture for a great employment opportunity and businesses can reap the benefits of diversification.
GM teases two new versions of all-electric Chevy Bolt 15 hours ago – Photo by Andrew Liptak / The Verge the automaker’s mass-market electric car that has been on sale since 2017. A refreshed Bolt and a larger Bolt Electric Utility Vehicle were first announced at the automaker’s “...
Everything we know about Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, launching November 13th 9 hours ago – Image: Activision Activision’s next Call of Duty installment, confirmed last week to be a revival of developer Treyarch’s fan-favorite Black Ops series, will have its work cut out for it. The title is following last year’s Modern Warfare, the most successful COD game in the franchise’s history...
10 hours ago – Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge If you use an iPhone and are looking for a reliable set of wireless earbuds that connect quickly, Apple’s second-generation AirPods are back down to their lowest price at Amazon. Normally $159, they cost $129 right now. This model includes a wired ch...
FDA authorizes Abbott’s fast $5 COVID-19 test 2 hours ago – The test returns results in 15 minutes. | Abbott Laboratories A COVID-19 test that takes 15 minutes and can be run without lab equipment was just granted emergency use authorization by the Food and Drug Administration. It will cost $5, and runs on a simple card that uses the same technology a...