DoorDash adds cheaper subscription tier for takeaway-hungry students

From The Verge: Food delivery platform DoorDash is adding a new cheaper subscription plan called DashPass for Students. It costs $4.99 a month, half that of its regular $9.99 DashPass subscription, and offers similar benefits including: free delivery on eligible orders over a minimum threshold...

Apple Fixes Embarrassing Studio Display Firmware Problem

From PC Mag: Apple has now resolved the firmware problem, and it looks as though the reason it happened is a rather embarrassing one for the company.

Apple hasn't confirmed what caused the problem, but Macworld believes Apple's iOS team forgot the Studio Display runs iOS and therefore requires...

Discovery, HBO-Owner WarnerMedia Unite as Their Megamerger Closes

From CNET: Discovery and WarnerMedia closed their $43 billion megamerger Friday to form the combined company Warner Bros. Discovery. The consummation of the deal unites Discovery, known for reality shows and unscripted programming on its cable networks and streaming service Discovery Plus, with a...

DeepCool KG722 Review (Page 1 of 3)

In the past two weeks, I was involved in some reshuffling at work that led to me working on a team with most of the other members being located in Ontario, Canada. It was a pretty sudden shift and it has been a relearning process since they use a different programming language and work with a different line of work. It has been sort of interesting as it can seem like I am starting new again, even though I am not. However, I think one big change...

SilverStone EXB02 Review

I remember when I was doing research at the University of Calgary, I had to do a lot of simulation work with different software. For example, I might get started by using MATLAB for some wireless communication physical layer simulation on Windows. Once I have figured out the optimal network configurations such as modulation schemes, transmit power, and coding schemes, I could move on to system-level simulations using a Linux-based open-source...

Answer Calls, Queue Audio in Spotify Car Thing's Latest Update

From PC Mag: Less than two months after launching Car Thing in the US, Spotify is rolling out a handful of new features for its in-vehicle music player.

On top of streaming music and podcasts, users can now answer phone calls (iOS only; coming soon to Android), queue audio, and display and control...

Twitter Will Let You 'Unmention' Yourself From Any Tweet

From CNET: Twitter has started rolling out a new feature that lets users remove "@" mentions of them from any tweets or threads. The Unmention feature was first teased in June 2021 by Twitter privacy designer Dominic Camozzi as a "concept" that would let you untag your username throughout a thread...

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