From The Verge: WhatsApp is launching a new fact-checking service in India ahead of the country’s upcoming elections. Reuters reports that users can now forward messages to the Checkpoint Tipline, where a team lead by local startup Proto will asses and mark them as either “true,” “false,”...
From PC Mag: Whoops. Valve may have accidentally leaked details about its upcoming VR headset by posting the Steam page for the product a bit too early.
Twitter user @Wario64 spotted the Steam page, which includes a clearer picture of the VR headset, and says the product will start shipping on June...
From CNET: Sony on Monday updated its PlayStation Store refund policy: Now you can get your money back on games, add-ons or downloadable content within two weeks.
The tweaked policy allows you get the money back into your PlayStation Network wallet until you hit download or stream the content...
From The Verge: Google has stopped selling its Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL smartphones. As noticed by Android Police, URLs for the Pixel 2 at the company’s store now simply take users to the newer Pixel 3 instead. Some stock remains available from other retailers: Best Buy is currently selling its...
From PC Mag: Valve has finally decided to enter the virtual reality hardware market with its first VR headset, which will go by the name of Valve Index.
The new headset was revealed last week, but it was as minimal as they come. We got a single image of the headset with the name clearly visible on...
From CNET: Facebook has removed hundreds of pages in India and Pakistan.
The people behind the pages tried to hide their identities as they engaged in "coordinated inauthentic behavior," Facebook's term for misinformation campaigns designed to deepen political divisions, the comany's cybersecurity...
When I was at the University of Calgary, the Taylor Family Digital Library, or TFDL, had just opened its doors. As a new building, TFDL was built like you would expect a modern building to be like. The outer walls are composed of glass panes and metal frames. Inside, the main floor show off the high ceilings and open feel. There are also quite a few meeting rooms made up of glass walls that look like fish bowls. When the library first opened, the...
I was recently looking through some household spending items to cut costs when I noticed one item I was certainly not getting my money's worth: The landline. Although there are still some uses to it despite its under-utilization, that was not the only problem. The problem was I was paying $26 per month for a service we barely use. As a diligent consumer, I transferred the number over to a VoIP-based service and canceled the $26 plan. Since...
From The Verge: With its latest update, Gmail’s iOS app finally lets you customize what happens when you swipe your emails. Five different actions are supported, including archiving or deleting emails, marking them as read or unread, snoozing, archiving, or moving them to a different folder. You can...
From PC Mag: There's a good chance of some overlap between those of you who subscribe to Amazon Prime and also happen to have a Nintendo Switch in your home. If that's the case, Amazon has a new perk for you in the form of a free subscription offer.
As Ars Technica reports, by subscribing to Prime...
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