Google adds handy playable podcasts to search results

From CNET: Google's rolling out the ability to play podcasts from our search results just days after announcing it during the I/O developer conference.

Searching for a podcast brings up the latest trio of episodes and lets you play them instantly from the Google Podcasts web player on desktop or...

QNAP Introduces the QDA Series of Drive Adapters for PC and NAS

From QNAP Press Release: QNAP Systems, Inc. today introduced the QDA Series, a range of drive adapters that provide users with the ability to install various drives into their PC/workstation (Windows, Linux) or QNAP NAS to meet various storage needs. When used with a QNAP NAS, drives installed using...

Thermaltake Level 20 RGB BattleStation Gaming Desk

From Thermaltake Press Release: Thermaltake releases electric gaming desk, Level 20 BattleStation RGB Gaming Desk today. The electric height-adjustable gaming desk is designed with full mousepad surface and software controllable 16.8 million colors lighting strips. Gamers can switch lighting effects...

Sharp will resume selling its smart TVs in the US this year

From TechCrunch: Good news for U.S. consumers, the smart TV market is about to get more competitive after Sharp announced plans to resume selling TVs in America before the end of this year.

The Japanese firm quit the U.S. in 2015 when crumbling finances threatened its very existence. It was bailed...

Samsung CEO says Galaxy Fold release ‘will not be too late’

From The Verge: Samsung plans to announce a new release date for its stricken Galaxy Fold smartphone soon, according to The Korea Herald. Co-CEO DJ Koh, who is responsible for Samsung’s mobile business, told the newspaper that the company “has reviewed the defect caused from substances [that entered...

Intel's 10nm Chips Arrive in June, 7nm in 2021

From PC Mag: Intel's 10nm processors are finally set to arrive next month, but the chip giant is already thinking about what comes next and is promising 7nm chips by 2021.

Yesterday, Intel held its 2019 Investor Meeting in Santa Clara where Dr. Murthy Renduchintala, Intel's chief engineering...

Facebook adds way to celebrate birthdays in Stories

From CNET: Celebrating a friend's birthday on Facebook is about to get more interactive than just posting a message on their wall.

The social network said Thursday that it's introducing a new way to celebrate birthdays in Stories, a feature that lets users post photos and videos that vanish in 24...

Samsung spilled SmartThings app source code and secret keys

From TechCrunch: A development lab used by Samsung engineers was leaking highly sensitive source code, credentials and secret keys for several internal projects — including its SmartThings platform, a security researcher found.

The electronics giant left dozens of internal coding projects on a...

Samsung’s Tab 5Se tablet reportedly loses Wi-Fi if you hold it wrong

From The Verge: Samsung’s latest tablet, the Galaxy Tab S5e, can reportedly lose its Wi-Fi connection if you hold it wrong. SamMobile reports that the problem occurs when you hold the tablet in a landscape orientation with the front-facing camera on the left. For some users this causes a reduction...

PUBG Can't Be Played in China Anymore

From PC Mag: The mobile version of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) has proved very popular in China, attracting over 70 million players every day, but it can no longer be played after failing to receive regulatory approval.

As Reuters reports, Tencent Holdings has been forced to shut down the...

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