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Apple’s latest scary attack ad takes a rather blatant shot at Google’s browser for the ton of tracking cookies it uses — claiming that Safari is “a browser that’s actually private.”

Apple tells over a billion iPhone users to stop using Chrome — here’s Google’s response

Flipboard is making good on a major fediverse promise. Late last year, at the same time it announced it would be switching user accounts to ActivityPub, Flipboard said it planned to let users follow users on federated platforms that used ActivityPub from the Flipboard app. Starting Tuesday, that feature is here, meaning that you can follow people from places like Mastodon, Threads, and Pixelfed right inside Flipboard.

Flipboard is going to let you follow fediverse accounts right inside the app

Apple is intent on challenging Google’s dominance in the mapping sphere. A series of enhancements to Apple Maps, culminating in the introduction of detailed city maps and the web-based platform, signal a concerted effort to provide a compelling alternative. While the initial web launch was restricted to a few...

Apple Maps Expands Accessibility with Firefox Support as the Competition Heats Up Against Google’s Mapping Dominance

Google just announced a new weather app, exclusively for its newly announced line of Pixel devices. The app uses generative AI to quickly summarize weather reports. It’s also fully customizable, so you can prioritize the information that matters to you the most. The new Pixel Weather app, available in...

Google Finally Made a Weather App for Android

Google Wallet may let you pick which passes you get alerts from. The Google Wallet team announced three months ago certain types of passes would get automatic mobile push notifications. A new update to Play Services has added a new “Notifications for this pass” toggle. The new toggle...

Google Wallet could let you customize pass notifications (APK teardown)

Roughly half of customers lost power yesterday. As of this morning, more than 30 percent of customers are still without service, according to power utility Luma Energy. It shows how vulnerable the US territory’s grid is after Hurricane Maria hit in 2017 and left residents without electricity for up to 11 months. In July, Puerto Rico filed a $1 billion suit against fossil fuel companies.

Puerto Rico faces widespread blackouts after Tropical Storm Ernesto.

Rivian is selling a travel kitchen accessory for the first time. This is not the comprehensive campsite device it advertised years ago (but never released) that slid out the side of the company’s electric R1T trucks. Instead, this new one is compact and lightweight, designed to sit on a vehicle’s tailgate.

Rivian’s new fold-and-stow electric kitchen lets you cook atop your tailgate

Grok, X’s AI assistant, summed up how X users have evaluated Musk’s skills as an interviewer: not good. He’s both not engaged enough and constantly butting in, trying to flex his knowledge on topics he knows little about. At one point he asked for a job!. Good...

It’s okay, Elon, interviewing is really hard.

Tesla is selling a cooler sized to fit perfectly in the weirdly-shallow Cybertruck frunk. And yes, it’s made of stainless steel. And yes, you can fill it full of Cyberbeer that I initially mistook for an IPA made by the Zodiac Killer because I forgot that Tesla makes its own beer now. But the real kick in the crotch is the price. Because why is god’s name would anyone shell out $700 for a cooler? Of course the answer is the same people who would pay $100,000 for an electric truck made by the guy who thinks people are being too mean to oil and gas executives. Now that’s cool.

The Cybertruck cooler is a thing that exists.

After a protracted battle with record labels, file sharing site Megaupload — regarded by some as a haven for piracy — was taken down in 2012 by the US Department of Justice with a number of high-profile arrests of Megaupload employees. We've been tracking the full saga right...

Megaupload's legal battle with labels and the DOJ: the full story

The Tapo D225 is something of a unicorn. The newest flagship doorbell from TP-Link’s smart home brand Tapo, this dual-powered camera has free 24/7 local recording and free smart alerts for people, packages, and pets — all for under $100. Free continuous video recording (CVR) is almost unheard of, especially without requiring a hub, and especially at this price. Plus, most companies make you pay monthly for all those smart alerts.

Tapo’s new flagship doorbell camera does more for less

DoorDash is bundling Max’s $9.99 / month ad-supported plan with its annual DashPash membership in the US, which costs $96 / year. Uber One offers a similar bundle with Disney Plus in the UK.

Beyond the streaming bundle.

The PlayStation Store listing for Rockstar’s western briefly described an unannounced PC version of the game. The apparent mistake was corrected, but not before Eurogamer noticed — and The Internet Archive grabbed a snapshot. According to that archived page, the game will get everything from last year’s console...

A Red Dead Redemption PC port could be imminent.

One of the shortcomings of the recently reviewed HoverAir X1 selfie drone was that its camera could only capture video at 2.7K/30fps resolutions. Zero Zero Robotics will soon resolve this issue with two upgraded versions of the drone that it’s been teasing on its website, as spotted by DIYPhotography.

The HoverAir X1 selfie drone is getting big resolution upgrades in two new versions

Previously only available in purple or aqua, the $29 Playdate Cover that magnetically attaches to the crankable handheld to protect its unlit screen is now available in a third option: the Pizza Cover. It looks like a miniature pizza box without the grease stains or a delicious late night snack...

You can now camouflage your Playdate as a tiny pizza box.

Magic Editor comes with some new tools this year, including Auto Frame to correct the angle in a slanted photo while using gen AI to fill in the gaps. Oh, and then you can reimagine the grass on the ground as wildflowers. It’s something!

Oh, here’s the “What is a photo?” segment.

Ok, so it’s only been 10 years since the last Dragon Age game launched. But after years of development updates, high-profile departures, and layoffs that saw long-time Dragon Age veterans leave the studio, BioWare is finally ready to reveal when we can expect Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Tune in...

It’s been 84 years.

But for a very visual-sounding demo, Gemini Live is surprisingly sparse on visuals. As it comes up with ideas for keeping kids entertained, there are no pictures or references — it’s really like she’s just chatting with an acquaintance on the phone.

The live demo of Gemini Live is going off without a hitch.

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"I worked at Walgreens for 4 years. There was never a dress code for customers". A Walgreens shopper says a manager kicked her out of the store for not following the store’s dress code, sparking outrage in a viral TikTok.

I didn’t realize you had a new dress code for customers: Walgreens shopper says she was forced out

Google Tensor A1 is inside the new Pixel Buds Pro 2 to handle processing for noise cancellation. The buds are smaller and lighter, too, and they’re the first earbuds to let you access Gemini directly.

New chip alert!

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Google Meet’s latest update includes a new UI and in-call messaging

Google’s Meet app is getting a few more features designed for calls. Meet, the videocalling app Google rolled Duo into a couple of years ago, is...

Google Meet’s latest update includes a new UI and in-call messaging

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