FuboTV increases monthly subscription to $65

FuboTV is the latest virtual TV service to introduce a sharp subscription fee hike, not long after YouTube TV announced that it was drastically increasing its subscription fees to $65 a month.

The company sent out emails to subscribers today letting them know that standard plans are increasing from $55 a month to $65 as of their next billing cycle following August 1, 2020. As part of the hike, people on standard accounts will be rolled into Fubo’s Family Bundle plan, which includes three simultaneous streams, Cloud DVR Plus, and 500 hours of DVR space, according to the email.

Fubo last increased the price of its standard plan in March 2019, going from $45 to $55 a month. Other FuboTV customers posted screenshots on social media of...

Continue reading…

from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/2VwP2pu
via IFTTT //

Dreams is getting PlayStation VR support this month

Dreams, the expansive game creation tool for the PlayStation 4, is getting VR support. Development studio Media Molecule made the announcement on the official PlayStation blog, saying that PlayStation VR compatibility would arrive as part of a free update later this month.

There’ll be new tutorials that teach you how to create VR content, and the update will also bring games and experiences that are ready to play right away. There’ll be a lot of flexibility in the interface: VR experiences can be crafted both in and out of the PSVR headset, and PlayStation Move controllers are optional. Sculpting with Move controllers “is a very one-to-one experience and lets you fully immerse in the creation process,” according to Media Molecule, which...

Continue reading…

from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/3eP44OU
via IFTTT //

Microsoft will ban Forza players who add the confederate flag to their digital cars

If you play Forza Horizon or Forza Motorsport, you have some freedom to personalize cars in the game, even adding your own custom designs. One popular example: players have used the feature to recreate the General Lee, the 1969 Dodge Charger from The Dukes of Hazzard, in almost every single Forza game since at least 2007. But the General Lee famously includes the controversial confederate flag on its back — and Microsoft has just announced it will ban players who use that symbol (among others) in the game.

In a statement posted on Twitter last Friday, Microsoft updated its enforcement guidelines to have a zero-tolerance policy for any player using the confederate flag or other symbols that represent “notorious iconography,” including...

Continue reading…

from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/2ZtuCyy
via IFTTT //

Figuring Out Sex Toy Storage, Part 2: Lockboxes

As part of a continuing series exploring the wide world of sex toy storage options, today we’ll take a look at lockboxes that can house your collection—and keep prying eyes away 👀—when it’s not in use.

Read more...

from Lifehacker https://ift.tt/3dHcvKB
via IFTTT //

The hosts of The Nod want Spotify to hand over their podcast

The Nod

They pitched and host the show, but they don’t own it

Continue reading…

from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/3iisClB
via IFTTT //

Samsung’s new 870 QVO lineup features its first 8TB SSD for consumers

The new 870 QVO will be available in 1TB, 2TB, 4TB, and — for the first time — 8TB configurations. | Image: Samsung

Samsung has introduced the next generation of its QVO lineup of high-capacity consumer solid-state drives: the 870 QVO. It will be available starting on June 30th from Samsung and other retailers, and you’ll be able to choose from a few different storage configurations.

The 870 QVO starts with 1TB at $129.99, moving up to 2TB of storage for $249.99 and $499.99 for the 4TB model. If you churn through a lot of data, you might be interested in the 8TB option that will be available in August, which is the first of this capacity Samsung has created. The price for the 8TB option isn’t public yet, though a leak on Amazon picked up earlier this month by Tom’s Hardware indicates it might cost $900 and release on August 24th.

Lots of storage but...

Continue reading…

from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/3giulFL
via IFTTT //

EU confirms ban on American travelers as US scrambles to contain coronavirus

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

The European Union has confirmed that American citizens will not be allowed to enter its borders as the bloc begins to ease travel restrictions imposed earlier this year in response to the pandemic. Travelers from America, as well as Brazil and Russia, have been barred from entry because of their countries’ inability to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

The EU is easing restrictions to rejuvenate tourism

Citizens from 14 nations, including Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and China — subject to a pending reciprocal agreement — will all be allowed entry for the first time since March as the EU attempts to rejuvenate the continent’s vital tourism industry.

Despite the pressing economic need, though, the EU has judged that...

Continue reading…

from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/31qr7M6
via IFTTT //

Get a $200 Gift Card When You Buy the Samsung Galaxy A51 on Visible

$200 Gift Card w/ Samsung Galaxy A51 Purchase | $408 | Visible

Read more...

from Lifehacker https://ift.tt/2NJyExA
via IFTTT //

How to Get Your Kids to Read More This Summer

Getting our kids to read consistently can be a challenge. But given how the end of the school year just went down, you may be especially worried that you need to help them step up their reading game, at least so they don’t slip backward in the months leading up to whatever fall will bring. We’ve written quite a bit…

Read more...

from Lifehacker https://ift.tt/38f6Vhv
via IFTTT //

The Best Remedies for Common Headaches

Whether it’s the pulsating pain of a migraine or the behind-the-eyes pressure of sinus congestion, nobody likes a headache. And if you suffer from them, you may need to cycle through a dozen different treatments to find one that works. The thing is, headaches—and their causes—are all different. With that in mind,…

Read more...

from Lifehacker https://ift.tt/2CV6oG2
via IFTTT //

OnePlus confirms its upcoming cheaper phones will be called Nord

OnePlus has announced a new product line of cheaper phones called OnePlus Nord, with the goal of making the “premium OnePlus experience accessible to more users.”

“We are immensely proud of our flagship products and will continue to create more tech-leading flagships for our users. Now we are excited to share the OnePlus experience with even more users around the world through this new product line,” commented OnePlus CEO Pete Lau in the announcement.

OnePlus originally began by selling cheaper devices (the original OnePlus One started at just $299), but it’s become best known for its premium smartphones over the past few years (like the current OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro). Those models have attempted to challenge phones from more entrenched...

Continue reading…

from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/31uQLz7
via IFTTT //

Google now lets you see dinosaurs in the real world through augmented reality

You can choose from 10 dinosaurs, including Tyrannosaurus Rex, Velociraptor, and Triceratops. | Image: Google

It’s one thing to read about the massive dinosaurs that used to roam the Earth; it’s quite another to imagine how they’d look stomping around your neighborhood. Google can help, though. The company has added 10 augmented reality dinosaurs to Google search, meaning that next time you’re looking for vital statistics on a Brachiosaurus or Pteranodon, you’ll also be able to get an idea of how these creatures looked in real life.

Google started adding augmented reality animals to searches last year at Google I/O and has since introduced a veritable menagerie, covering cats, scorpions, bears, tigers, and many more. Now, a herd of dinosaurs has also been added to this list, each of which uses graphics developed for the Jurassic World Alive...

Continue reading…

from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/2YIEXYl
via IFTTT //

Motorola’s unlocked Edge gets a $700 price tag, slight spec bump

Image: Motorola

Motorola has announced that the regular Edge — the cheaper sibling to its recently released flagship Edge Plus — will cost $699.99, which puts it at $300 less than the $999.99 Edge Plus. There’s still no release date, though, outside of the previously announced “summer” window.

Motorola has also announced that it’ll bump up the specs a bit for the standard Edge. Instead of the originally planned 4GB of RAM and 128GB of storage, the Edge will now offer 6GB of RAM and 256GB of storage.

The Motorola Edge features a similar design to the Edge Plus — including the eponymous 6.7-inch “edge” display — but it achieves that cheaper price point by cutting down on some of the specs. The Snapdragon 865 on the Edge Plus is replaced with a slightly...

Continue reading…

from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/2Vurlhy
via IFTTT //

Niantic partners with Sleep No More creator to build immersive AR theater experiences

Image: Niantic Labs

Pokémon Go creator Niantic Labs is partnering with Punchdrunk, the New York City-based production company behind seminal immersive theater piece Sleep No More. The partnership will see both companies work toward “developing multiple projects that will reinvent storytelling for a 21st century audience and further expand the horizon of interactive entertainment.”

Sleep No More, launched in 2011, is an immersive theater production that lets audiences walk through a series of rooms and experience various storylines and other elements of the production at their own pace. Influenced in part by haunted houses and other nonlinear live productions, immersive theater sounds like a prime fit for augmented reality because it could allow for Niantic...

Continue reading…

from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/2ZmfX8p
via IFTTT //

Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 3 software detailed in new leak

Recently leaked press images have lead to speculation of a July 22nd launch. | Image: Evan Blass

Several software features from Samsung’s unannounced Galaxy Watch 3 have leaked, after the smartwatch’s firmware was downloaded early by XDA-Developers’ Max Weinbach. According to Weinbach’s sleuthing, Samsung’s unannounced smartwatch could include more customizable watchfaces, alongside updates to its music, email, and calendar apps.

Watchfaces are seeing some of the biggest software changes. Weinbach says there are new designs to choose from, and some of these will include a feature called “informative digital edge,” where custom details like your heart rate or current steps can be shown around the edges of the watchface.

I really like this one https://t.co/RoWsuuKBQk pic.twitter.com/vvx9AtxQyS

— Max Weinbach (@MaxWinebach) June 30,...

Continue reading…

from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/3dMfK3t
via IFTTT //

Your ISP's Quarantine-Inspired 'Unlimited Data' Plan Ends Tomorrow

Remember when COVID-19 really started making waves, we were all sent home to quarantine, and all these internet service providers suddenly came out of the woodwork to graciously offer everyone unlimited data? I was as floored as you; who would have ever thought that they had so much room in their magical internet…

Read more...

from Lifehacker https://ift.tt/38cQCC1
via IFTTT //

The ThinkPad TrackPoint tried to build a better mouse

In today’s digital age, it sometimes feels like hardware has taken a back seat to the software that drives our devices. Button of the Month will look at what some of those buttons and switches are like on devices old and new to appreciate how we interact with them on a physical, tactile level.

It goes by many names: the TrackPoint, the nub, the mouse nipple, the pointing stick, the weird red dot on your keyboard. Love it or hate it, the famous — or infamous — mouse solution has practically become the symbol for ThinkPad’s business-focused laptops. It’s a well thought out, but ultimately failed alternative to the now-ubiquitous trackpad. But there’s an argument to be made that it might actually be a better form of mouse for laptops, as...

Continue reading…

from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/3ePf7Yc
via IFTTT //

Unilever, Verizon, Coca-Cola, Starbucks, Microsoft: All the companies pulling ads from Facebook

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

For the first time in its history, Facebook is facing an organized boycott from advertisers set to begin July 1st. It’s not from small companies, either — large corporations including Hershey, Honda, and Verizon have stopped their spending. The goal of the Stop Hate for Profit campaign is to pressure the social media behemoth into changing how it handles hate speech and misinformation, including often incendiary posts from President Trump. The companies pledge to stop advertising on Facebook and Instagram for at least a month.

Some companies have taken the boycott a step further, pulling advertising from all (or most) social media platforms — not just Facebook — and that list includes Coca-Cola, Starbucks, and Unilever. Microsoft has...

Continue reading…

from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/3dIG7ax
via IFTTT //

Vizio’s latest 4K HDR TVs now shipping, with OLED model due in the fall

The TVs will include a push-to-talk remote for use with Vizio’s voice controls. | Image: Vizio

First announced back at CES, Vizio’s latest lineup of 4K TVs is starting to roll out to retailers. The company’s first OLED model will take a little longer and isn’t expected to ship until the fall, however. Still, the other sets in the 2020 family — Vizio is confusingly calling it the 2021 lineup for some reason — should offer excellent picture quality and be near the top of your list if you’re planning to upgrade your TV for the PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X this holiday.

As before, the flagship LED remains the P-Series Quantum X, which can hit up to 3000 nits of peak brightness and comes in 65 ($1,499.99), 75 ($1,999.99), and 85-inch ($2,999) sizes. Vizio says the entire panel can reach up to 800 nits of brightness. The standard...

Continue reading…

from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/3ihISTG
via IFTTT //

Apple might not include a charger with the iPhone 12. Good

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge

Over the weekend, lots of sites reported that Apple analyst Ming-chi Kuo is claiming that the iPhones due to be released later this year won’t have chargers or EarPods in the box. If you want to know what most tech bloggers thought of the rumor, you can head over here to see all the tweets, almost all of which amount to “that sounds like a bad, user-hostile thing to do.”

I say good: drop the in-box charger (but I have a couple requests).

The clearest piece I’ve seen about pulling the charger out of the box comes from venture capitalist MG Siegler. He points out that there are four reasons that Apple might have for doing this: increased margins, shipping costs, the transition to a future no-port iPhone, and the environment. That list, for...

Continue reading…

from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/3eOL0jJ
via IFTTT //

Spotify brings real-time lyrics to 26 countries, not including the US

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

Spotify is launching a new real-time lyrics feature in 26 markets today, including India and countries in Southeast Asia and Latin America, TechCrunch reports. Where available, users can access them by tapping the “lyrics” card at the bottom of the service’s “Now Playing” screen. The new feature uses lyrics provided by Musixmatch, and will be shown in the song’s language.

Lyrics have a complicated history on Spotify. The service has actually worked with Musixmatch previously, before breaking ties with the company in 2016. That same year, Spotify started working with Genius on its “Behind the Lyrics” feature, which gives background information about select tracks, alongside the lyrics themselves. It’s an interesting feature, but this...

Continue reading…

from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/2YKFrNF
via IFTTT //

The Facebook boycott advertisers have the right company but the wrong diagnosis

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales

It was a big news day for bans: Twitch temporarily banned Donald Trump, Reddit banned The_Donald, YouTube banned a group of far-right creators, and India banned TikTok. But I still haven’t written about the Facebook ad boycott, which accelerated since last I wrote — so let’s talk about that today, and we’ll get to the rest later this week.

I.

A social media advertising boycott that began with some outerwear brands picked up steam over the weekend, and has been joined by some of the giants of consumer brand advertising. Unilever, Verizon, Starbucks, Coca-Cola, and Clorox are among those who have pulled their ads. (Microsoft did so quietly in May.) Some pulled their ads for a month; some put their ads on an indefinite “pause.” Some pulled...

Continue reading…

from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/2NGiCVd
via IFTTT //

‘Hey Google’ smart home event scheduled for July 8th

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

Google is hosting a virtual smart home developer event on July 8th in lieu of its cancelled Google I/O conference, the company has announced, promising to cover “new and upcoming features for smart home developers and users.” The online Works with “Hey Google” Smart Home Summit, as the event is catchily titled, includes a 45 minute keynote, a series of developer sessions and a panel featuring Google and other companies in the smart home industry.

The keynote, which will be presented by Google’s Product Management director of the Smart Home Ecosystem Michele Turner, will go over Google’s new smart home API features along with their benefits for developers and users. Although it’s developer-focused, previous Google I/O keynotes have...

Continue reading…

from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/3g94cJg
via IFTTT //

Uber offers to buy out Postmates, says NYT

Photo by Horacio Villalobos#Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images

Uber has made an offer to buy food delivery company Postmates, according to a report in The New York Times. The report doesn’t say how big the deal would be, but it could be finalized as soon as tonight; discussions are said to be ongoing.

Demand for Uber’s ride-hailing business has plummeted during the coronavirus pandemic as people stay at home, but the same circumstances have driven a huge increase in food delivery orders. Uber has been looking for ways to boost its food service, Uber Eats, after laying off more than a quarter of the company’s overall workforce.

Uber attempted to buy GrubHub earlier this year, but the deal fell apart amid reported antitrust scrutiny and GrubHub ended up going to European service Just Eat Takeaway for...

Continue reading…

from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/3iePQJf
via IFTTT //

AT&T brings 5G to Austin, Miami, Salt Lake City, and 25 other regions

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

AT&T’s low-band 5G network is expanding to 28 new regions today, including Austin, Miami, Dallas, and Salt Lake City. If you’ve been waiting for a slight speed boost over your current LTE connection and have a 5G-compatible phone, you might want to check if your neighborhood is part of this latest expansion.

Technically, we’re talking about AT&T’s low-band 5G network, which has slightly better speeds and latency compared to 4G LTE. When OpenSignal tested 5G speeds from major phone carriers in downtown cities over the winter, it found AT&T’s low-band download speeds averaged 59.3Mbps. The low-band network is not to be confused with AT&T’s 5G Plus, a high-band network with mmWave frequencies, which offer far faster internet speeds than...

Continue reading…

from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/3i7I8Au
via IFTTT //

You may finally be able to watch Netflix in 4K on a Mac with Big Sur

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

Watching 4K Netflix video on a Mac seems like it’s about to get much easier, as the forthcoming macOS Big Sur includes a Safari update that reportedly lets you watch Netflix in 4K, along with Dolby Vision HDR, according to a tweet from Ishan Agarwal (via 9to5Mac).

This may mark the first time that macOS users will be able to stream Netflix in 4K. Previously, streaming 4K Netflix on a computer at all required you to be on Windows and using Microsoft’s Edge browser or the Netflix Windows 10 app. That means, in theory, you could watch Netflix in 4K on a Mac via Windows in a Boot Camp partition — but just loading up Safari, which is installed with macOS Big Sur, could be a far easier option once Big Sur is released (it’s scheduled to come...

Continue reading…

from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/2NEi0PA
via IFTTT //

What's the Best Webcam for Zoom Meetings?

The year was 2016. After having recently moved out of my parents’ house and deciding to be a freelance writer full-time, I decided it was in my best financial interest to upgrade my streaming setup, I guess so I could build up my Twitch channel and foster a community around it?? Ha ha ha, such foolish dreams I often…

Read more...

from Lifehacker https://ift.tt/2NExpQ3
via IFTTT //

How to Make a Single Glass of Lemonade

When I think of lemonade, I always picture a pitcher—it’s just the most acceptable scale to envision. But an entire pitcher of lemonade requires many lemons, and sometimes I only have one. That’s okay, though; a single lemon is all that you need to make a perfect glass of lemonade.

Read more...

from Lifehacker https://ift.tt/3icWcIW
via IFTTT //

Your 'Medical Mask Exemption Card' Is a Lie

Masks can be uncomfortable to wear, it’s true. And as most of us in the U.S. are not used to wearing them, so they’re also an uncomfortable reminder of how the pandemic has changed our lives. But if you’re looking for an excuse not to wear one, please leave the ADA and your fake medical condition out of this.…

Read more...

from Lifehacker https://ift.tt/2CTg5Vp
via IFTTT //

Super Nintendo World Japan’s opening indefinitely delayed

Image: Universal Studios Japan

Universal Studios Japan is delaying the opening of Super Nintendo World, the new Mario-themed expansion of its Osaka amusement park, NHK reports. Universal said the delay was due to concerns about the coronavirus. A new opening date has yet to be announced.

The video game-themed area was originally set to open in July ahead of the 2020 Summer Olympics. However, the international sporting event was pushed back to 2021 as a result of the pandemic.

Super Nintendo World will be based on Mario and other Nintendo properties

Universal fears that Super Nintendo World is likely to be so popular it could be a health hazard, allowing the coronavirus to spread, according to NHK. Universal Studios Japan reopened on June 8th but at limited capacity...

Continue reading…

from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/3dGcvup
via IFTTT //

Sony WF-SP800N review: noise cancellation for your workouts

With longer continuous battery life than the 1000XM3s — and proper sweat resistance

Continue reading…

from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/3gfrT2N
via IFTTT //

Disney’s deepfakes are getting closer to a big-screen debut

How close are deepfakes to being used in big-budget films and TV shows? Pretty damn close, if a new demo from Disney is anything to go by. In a video and paper being presented at a computer graphics conference this week, researchers from the House of Mouse show off what they say is the first photo-realistic deepfake at a megapixel resolution.

And the results are... pretty good! They’re not mind-blowing, certainly, and not good enough to be used in the next Marvel movie, but it’s a solid step up from deepfakes we’ve seen in the past.

As the researchers suggest, what’s new here is the megapixel resolution. Megapixels may no longer be the byword for high-quality images that they used to be. (The camera on your phone probably has a...

Continue reading…

from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/3gatWVD
via IFTTT //

How to Laugh at Depression, With Humorist John Moe

This week, we’re finding the humor in our woes with help from John Moe, host of The Hilarious World of Depression podcast. John helps us understand what is funny—and sometimes even good—about depression, how we can recognize depression within ourselves and others and what to do about it when we find ourselves…

Read more...

from Lifehacker https://ift.tt/3i9cByl
via IFTTT //

Go read about how Americans who depend on libraries for internet are coping with the pandemic

Photo by Paul Marotta/Getty Images

COVID-19 has caused libraries around the US to stay closed since mid-March. Less than two-thirds of Americans in rural areas have broadband internet connections at their homes. The Markup has written about the ways in which libraries are attempting to keep their patrons online. It’s well worth a read.

In the town of Cherokee, Iowa, about 40 percent of school-aged kids have no internet access. Tyler Hahn, director of the Cherokee Public Library, told The Markup that many of the services he previously provided to the town’s residents have had to take new forms. The library has left Wi-Fi on 24/7, and kids sit in the parking lot to use their phones. Hahn has helped older patrons access the internet by shouting instructions through the...

Continue reading…

from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/2YJn5fY
via IFTTT //

Mercedes-Benz reportedly pulls the plug on its subscription service after poor sales

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge

Mercedes-Benz is suspending its two-year-old subscription service after mediocre sales, Automotive News reports.

Mercedes-Benz USA head of sales Adam Chamberlain described the service as a learning experience that would have been expanded if sales were better. “If the demand would have been unbelievable, then it could have gone further,” Chamberlain told Automotive News last week. “But demand was just OK, so we kept it.”

Mercedes-Benz first rolled out its Collection subscription service in Atlanta in 2018 with the goal of appealing to customers who want to have access to a fleet of fancy cars but don’t necessarily want to own one. The program offered subscribers access to 30 models for a monthly fee, which included insurance, 24/7...

Continue reading…

from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/2ZnzFkf
via IFTTT //

How to Make Sure Your Vote Is Counted

As the past few weeks of primaries have shown us, this election cycle is going to be a challenging one for voters—to say the least.

Read more...

from Lifehacker https://ift.tt/38c8X1T
via IFTTT //

Listen to This July 4th Playlist If You Have Complicated Feelings About America

America is ... well. We are in quite the place, aren’t we. We originally published this July 4th playlist last year, thinking the country couldn’t possibly devolve further into chaos, and how wrong we were!

Read more...

from Lifehacker https://ift.tt/2RS1YDc
via IFTTT //

Asus’ ROG Zephyrus G14 is now available with a hidden LED display on its lid

GIF by Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge

The Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 can now be configured with a LED dot-matrix display hidden in its lid, with a new model costing $1,999.99, Asus announced today. This “AniMe Matrix” display consists of 1,215 Mini-LEDs that support 256 levels of brightness each and can be used to show anything from the time to music visualizers, GIFs, or an animated logo from your favorite technology website (see above).

Beyond its eye-catching exterior, the Zephyrus G14’s specs are excellent. Asus says it’s equipped with an AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS CPU and up to an Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 GPU. There’s 16GB of RAM and a 1TB NVMEe M.2 SSD. When we reviewed the $1,449 version of the laptop (sans the dot-matrix lid display, unfortunately), we found that those specs...

Continue reading…

from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/2BMVIIT
via IFTTT //

Amazon’s new Fire HD 8 tablets are more affordable than ever, starting at $60

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge

Amazon’s Fire HD 8 tablets are $30 off today at Amazon and Best Buy. The base model with 32GB of storage costs $60 (usually $90). If you want the option to have wireless charging and to upgrade the RAM to make things a little more smooth with multiple apps open, the Fire HD 8 Plus is $80 (usually $110). The bundle that includes the Fire HD 8 Plus and a wireless charging dock is $30 off, too, costing $120 today instead of $150.

Both of these tablets have a USB-C port for faster charging than previous iterations of the Fire HD 8, as well as a faster MediaTek processor. Still, compared to other Android tablets, the app selection is limited to ones that work on Amazon’s Fire OS. Thankfully, as Dieter Bohn points out in his recent review of...

Continue reading…

from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/2ZoqJLi
via IFTTT //

Aukey's 5-in-1 USB-C Hub is Down to $21

AUKEY 5-in-1 USB-C Hub | $21 | Amazon

Read more...

from Lifehacker https://ift.tt/3g2LG5c
via IFTTT //

How to Enable the 14 Best Hidden Features of iOS 14

WWDC 2020 is over and done. And while I greatly enjoyed Apple’s virtual setup for the week-long series of events, I had even more fun digging deep into the latest beta for iOS 14 to find all the interesting features Apple didn’t talk about in its big keynote. And now, I’m sharing these digital treasures with you.

Read more...

from Lifehacker https://ift.tt/3gdj7Sz
via IFTTT //

When You're Talking on a Zoom Call, Look at Your Webcam

Eye contact isn’t easy for everyone. And now that we’ve been in isolation for months, it can be hard to remember how, exactly, to interact and function in the presence of other human beings. For now, the closest most of us get is on work video meetings, when you get a glimpse into your colleague’s quarantine life (and…

Read more...

from Lifehacker https://ift.tt/38dLr4s
via IFTTT //

The human cost of Trump’s guest worker ban

Four workers describe the stress and chaos of the new H-1B proclamation

Continue reading…

from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/3g72eco
via IFTTT //

Level Lock review: smarts you can’t see

Surprise! There’s a smart lock in there

Continue reading…

from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/31qBPSI
via IFTTT //

What's New on Netflix the Week of June 28, 2020

It took 26 years for someone to remake the 1984 horror classic A Nightmare on Elm Street, but in the Content Wars of 2020, no one can afford to let a property lie fallow for that long. Hence, this year delivers not one but two reboots of the 2002 Japanese thriller Ju-On: The Grudge, which you may remember as the other…

Read more...

from Lifehacker https://ift.tt/3eULKni
via IFTTT //

Go read this story about how Telegram evaded its Russian ban

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

Earlier this month, the Russian authorities lifted their ban on the Telegram messaging app, citing the company’s willingness to help with its counterterrorism efforts. However, despite the official ban being in effect for over two years, Telegram has reportedly remained accessible in the country for much of that time. In a new feature, The Washington Post has written how Telegram’s founder Pavel Durov, “humiliated and outmaneuvered Russia’s state telecommunications regulator,” in preventing the app from being successfully banned. Unsurprisingly, it’s well worth a read in full.

Telegram initially gained the attention of the Russian authorities because it had reportedly become one of the apps of choice for the country’s opposition groups....

Continue reading…

from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/3i9X2Gp
via IFTTT //

Microsoft’s new Windows File Recovery tool lets you retrieve deleted documents

Microsoft is releasing its own Windows File Recovery tool, designed to retrieve files you’ve mistakenly deleted. Windows File Recovery is a command line app that will recover a variety of files and documents from local hard drives, USB drives, and even SD cards from cameras. Recovery of files on cloud storage or network file shares is not supported, though.

Like any file recovery tool, you’ll need to use it as soon as possible on deleted files to ensure they haven’t been overwritten. You’ll be able to use Microsoft’s new tool to recover MP3 files, MP4 videos, PDF documents, JPEG images, and typical Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents.

Microsoft’s Windows File Recovery app.

Microsoft’s file recovery tool has a...

Continue reading…

from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/2VsqNbW
via IFTTT //

GitHub goes down, affecting thousands of software developers

GitHub is down for thousands of software developers this morning. The Microsoft-owned service, which provides version control via Git and hosting for software development, has been down for more than an hour. GitHub users have experienced errors logging into the service, and some are even unable to use their integrated development environment (IDE) due to how closely linked software development is to the service.

GitHub says it’s investigating the outage, and has “identified the source of elevated errors and are working on recovery.”

GitHub is a large code repository that has become very popular with developers and companies hosting entire projects and code on the service. Apple, Amazon, Google, Facebook, and many other big tech...

Continue reading…

from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/2NHxr9G
via IFTTT //

American Airlines will resume booking flights to capacity, as COVID-19 cases soar

American Airlines will soon remove the booking limits it placed on flights back in April. | Photo by Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images

American Airlines will resume booking its flights to capacity starting July 1st, the company has announced. The policy is similar to that of United Airlines, which ABC News reports has never blocked out seats or put a cap on the capacity of its flights. However, the approach contrasts sharply with other airlines, who are continuing to enforce capacity caps in order to allow for in-plane social distancing as the number of coronavirus cases in the United States is on the rise.

The airline industry has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, with passenger numbers plummeting. The Chicago Sun Times reports that at its lowest point in April, American Airlines’ passenger numbers were down by around 95 percent. Although passenger bookings...

Continue reading…

from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/3ibGXjs
via IFTTT //

2020 iPhones won’t come with a power adapter or earbuds, says Kuo

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge

This year’s new iPhones might not have as much in the box as you’re used to. According to well-connected analyst Ming-chi Kuo, Apple is planning to stop including a power adapter and EarPods in the box with 2020 models, and will even remove the power adapter from the new iPhone SE’s packaging later this year. Kuo’s research note was reported on by AppleInsider, MacRumors, and 9to5Mac.

Apple is attempting to offset the cost increases that come with upgrading the iPhone range to 5G, according to Kuo. Smaller packaging would be more eco-friendly and also reduce shipping costs, since more phones could fit into a single shipment. (Encouraging more sales of AirPods can’t hurt, either.)

Right now Apple includes EarPods with all iPhones, a 5W...

Continue reading…

from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/38e6q7l
via IFTTT //

Amazon warehouse workers in Germany will strike Monday because of coronavirus infections

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

Amazon workers at six sites across Germany plan to strike Monday because dozens of staff members at its logistics centers have been infected with the coronavirus, union officials told Reuters. The union says the company is prioritizing profits over workers’ safety.

Labor union Verdi says “at least 30 to 40 colleagues were infected” with the virus, according to Reuters. The strike will last 48 hours and be conducted with the motto “good and healthy work.”

Amazon warehouse workers in Germany have struck several times in recent years, over worker pay and conditions.

In recent months, Amazon warehouse workers in the US have staged protests over what they say are unsafe working conditions, and walked off the job in several cities. Workers...

Continue reading…

from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/2A9HAsG
via IFTTT //

Starbucks is the latest big company to halt advertising on social media

Photo by Yuriko Nakao/Getty Images

Starbucks will join the growing list of corporate entities pausing advertising on social media platforms, the company said in a blog post Sunday. The coffee giant says that it stands “against hate speech” and believes “both business leaders and policy makers need to come together to affect real change.”

“We will pause advertising on all social media platforms while we continue discussions internally, with our media partners and with civil rights organizations in the effort to stop the spread of hate speech,” the blog post, titled “Creating Welcoming and Inclusive Online Communities” states.

A Starbucks spokesperson told The Verge Sunday that the company’s social media advertising pause will not include YouTube, and while Starbucks will...

Continue reading…

from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/3i9QWWu
via IFTTT //