No one likes being stalked around the Internet by adverts. It’s the uneasy joke you can’t enjoy laughing at. Yet vast people-profiling ad businesses have made pots of money off of an unregulated Internet by putting surveillance at their core. But what if creepy ads don’t work as claimed? What ...
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Tomorrow, Facebook will launch a petitions feature called Community Actions, reports TechCrunch, which will allow users to notify their local officials of actions that they’d like to see happen. TechCrunch says that the feature will begin to roll out to users tomorrow across the United States, who will be …read ...
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Apple has shared a new “Shot on iPhone” video on its YouTube channel that presents a portrait of Eddie Siaumau, a 17-year-old athlete from American Samoa who has just accepted a full-ride scholarship to a NCAA Division I university. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ixDspXUR1Cs" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" …read ...
Read More »How to Cancel an Over-the-Air iOS Update in Progress
When an over-the-air iOS update starts downloading on your iPhone or iPad, you can monitor its progress in the Settings app via General -> Software Update. The lack of a cancel option on this screen seems to imply that there’s no way to prevent a software update from downloading once ...
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Last September, Apple officially stopped selling its iPhone X, iPhone SE, and iPhone 6s models, following the release of the iPhone XS and XR. This weekend, MacRumors noticed that Apple has quietly begun to sell the iPhone SE once again in its clearance section. The 2016-era phone is …read more
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Samsung will hold its next Unpacked event next month, where it’s expected to show off a “fully functional” version of its foldable phone, along with the next iteration of its Galaxy lineup, Galaxy S10. A new leaked image from Evan Blass shows off three versions of the …read more
Read More »Apple Begins Selling iPhone SE Again on Clearance Store, Starting at $249 Brand New
Four months after Apple stopped selling the iPhone SE, the beloved device has made a sudden return to Apple’s online store. Apple is offering the iPhone SE with 32GB of storage for $249 and with 128GB of storage for $299 on its clearance store in the United …read more
Read More »16 of the Best Winter Sales for 2019: Outdoors, Tech, Games
There are some exciting sales this cold weekend from REI, Apple, Samsung, and more. …read more
Read More »The Best of Breastfeeding Tech in 2019: Medela, Willow, Lilu
From new breast shields to hands-free pumps, breast pumping technology just keeps getting better and better. …read more
Read More »Gadget Lab Podcast: A Deep Dive Into Nike’s Adapt BB Smart Sneakers
WIRED’s Peter Rubin joins the Gadget Lab podcast to talk about his experience wearing Nike’s newest self-adjusting sneakers. Plus: Nitasha Tiku weighs in on mandatory arbitration at tech companies. …read more
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