A month ago, I was waiting in the parking lot at a nearby McDonald's. I had made a mobile order and was now happily waiting for someone to come out with it. While this was a standard process that was popularized during the pandemic, I think it is great for introverted customer like myself. It is even easier than going through a drive-through, as it saves on gasoline consumed while idling and still keeps you in some sort of a queue. However...
I was thinking about older handheld game consoles and it reminded me how interesting innovation really was. For many people out there, they may have thought back to the days of Game Boy, Game Boy Color, or even the Game Boy Advance. Luckily, I am not old enough to be in that generation, but for me I was thinking more about the Nintendo DS line. The popularity spanned due to the wide variety of games suitable for practically everyone. When looking...
From CNET: AT&T customer data was exposed in January through a third-party vendor that had been hacked, the carrier confirmed, affecting around nine million customer accounts. This included basic personal information but no financial data or Social Security numbers.
The data that AT&T had provided...
From The Verge: The head of WhatsApp says the messaging app will depart the UK if it’s forced to weaken its encryption standards under the country’s upcoming Online Safety Bill.
WhatsApp chief Will Cathcart briefed reporters on Thursday (as reported by The Guardian, Politico, and Wired)...
From PC World: Discord is adding AI to its platform in the form of ChatGPT and generative art, which will manifest as a chatbot and options to manage chats and create custom avatar profiles.
Discord plans to roll out a public ChatGPT-powered chatbot named “Clyde” beginning next week, alongside a...
From The Verge: Epic Games is finally going to let developers self-publish games to the Epic Games Store beginning Thursday. The change could mark a potentially seismic shift for the PC storefront because now that self-publishing is available, a lot more games may show up on the store.
The big...
From PC World: Valve’s Steam Deck turned the market on its head last year, creating an arms race for portable gaming PCs you can throw in a bag. But if you were hoping for yearly upgrades to the design, a la the cell phone or laptop categories, you’re out of luck. According to a recent interview...
From CNET: Spotify is revamping its home screen to make it easier to find new content, adding video and audio previews for music, podcasts and audiobooks.
The app's layout is also moving away from a grid of album covers, in favor of an infinite scroll akin to a TikTok feed.
"You'll see Spotify, I...
From Tom's Hardware: Nvidia has released GeForce Hotfix driver version 531.26. This hotfix is delivered to remedy a widely reported driver bug, which was an unwelcome guest within the latest WHQL certified download. The bug introduced an Nvidia software component which continued to hog 10-15% of...
From The Verge: Ring’s new Battery Doorbell Plus fixes some of the biggest problems with its existing doorbells. While Ring created the category, many video doorbell competitors have surpassed its capabilities, offering better video quality, better viewing angles, and notifications for things like...
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