From CNET: The IRS said Monday it will not use facial recognition to verify the identities of users of its site. Instead, it will implement other means to validate taxpayers' information, and says this change will not impact the current tax season.
It follows the agency announcing in November it...
From The Verge: Microsoft appears to be working on several new Windows 11 features that the company has not yet publicly announced. References to stickers for desktop wallpapers, the ability to hide the taskbar for tablets, and a sustainability section in Settings have all been discovered in the...
From PC Mag: It used to be the case that 12-, 24-, and 30-month phone contracts were widely available, but at Verizon, the only option starting Feb. 9 is a 36-month contract.
As Droid Life reports, Verizon is switching to just two options for customers when it comes to buying a new smartphone. The...
From CNET: Apple and Broadcom on Friday won a fresh trial in a patent case that would have forced them to pay $1.1 billion to California Institute of Technology, as earlier reported by Reuters. This comes after a jury ruled in 2020 that the companies infringed patents linked to Wi-Fi tech in iPhones...
Over the summer, I was hanging out at McDonald's at night with a group of friends when one of them asked me, in a not exactly quiet voice, if two people in our group were dating. I do not believe the guy heard what my friend said, but the girl certainly did as she turned around and gave me a death glare. I am pretty good friends with her, and I think the death glare was more than enough to communicate some message. Therefore, I looked back at my...
I think it is a common saying that you are your harshest critic. This is because people often place a microscope on the things they do, examining and thinking about every detail, while overlooking other people's mistake, whether out of grace or not seeing it. I always notice my own mistakes when playing the electric bass, but most of my friends either do not realize it or disregard it as a big deal. Another example is my girlfriend, who is one of...
From The Verge: Apple plans to charge developers of dating apps a 27 percent commission on any in-app purchases made via alternative payment systems in the Netherlands, the company has announced. The change comes in response to an order from Dutch competition regulator, the Authority for Consumers...
From PC Mag: Tesla is rolling out a firmware update to more than 817,000 vehicles in the US due to a faulty seat belt reminder chime.
The fault, according to a report by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), covers 2021-2022 Model S and Model X, 2017-2022 Model 3, and 2019...
From CNET: Snap, the parent company of disappearing-message app Snapchat, said Thursday that it posted its first ever quarterly net profit, propelling the company's shares higher.
"Achieving positive free cash flow for the full year is an important milestone as we are increasingly able to self...
From The Verge: Valve is starting to let Steam users see the size of a game before they attempt to install it. Library pages of games will finally list the total space required for a game, without having to first click install to see the disk space details and estimated download time. It’s a minor...
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