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Sponsored Links TiVo Believe it or not, TiVo has required that iOS users stream recordings on WiFi for the past seven years. Yes, despite the rise of fast and (theoretically) unlimited mobile data, you couldn’t catch up on shows during your commute. Reason has prevailed at last, however. TiVo has updated its iOS app to…
Sponsored Links REUTERS/Stringer The US is growing increasingly suspicious of foreign-made apps. House national security subcommittee chairman Rep. Stephen Lynch has sent letters to Apple and Google asking whether or not they require app developers to disclose “potential overseas affiliations” before software shows up in their respective stores. The congressman is worried about claims that…
Sponsored Links Epic Games If you wanted to attend Fortnite‘s Star Wars event but missed out, you’re probably experiencing a twinge of regret right now. The event included an expected Rise of Skywalker clip and a virtual appearance by director J.J. Abrams, but it also gave people lightsabers (and blasters) — and yes, they’re available…
During the summer of 2018, the future of climate change became the present. Highly amplified jet stream patterns remained stuck in place for unusually long periods of time, bringing the planet an onslaught of remarkable weather catastrophes—for example, unprecedented heat waves and drought in East Asia and Northern Europe, the start of the deadliest and…
Sponsored Links Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunch Neal Stephenson’s influential Snow Crash is finally poised to reach screens, although you’ll have to be picky about where you watch it. HBO Max has ordered work on a TV series adaptation of the sci-fi novel that will be written and co-run by the Scott Pilgrim movie’s Michael…
Sponsored Links Kruck20 via Getty Images New Orleans is the latest city to fall victim to a cyberattack, although it appears to have fared better than some of its peers. The city both declared a state of emergency and shut down most of its computers after detecting suspicious activity, including ransomware and a flurry of…
Sponsored Links Michael O’Shea How William Gibson keeps his science fiction real Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker While a lot of sci-fi is obsessed with the distant future, one of the best authors of the genre takes a different approach. The New Yorker explains how William Gibson “has imagined the near future more convincingly than…
There is no such thing as a safe active volcano. We’re seeing that truth play out on New Zealand’s volcanic Whakaari / White Island, where at least five people were killed, 31 injured, and eight missing after an eruption on Monday. I won’t say the eruption was unexpected. The privately-owned volcano, a popular…
Sponsored Links Hey, good morning! You look fabulous. Welcome to your weekend! On the Engadget Podcast we’re discussing Apple’s pricey new Mac Pro, while separately Porsche showed off its idea for a Star Wars ship. Story highlights from last week included Elon Musk’s Cybertruck tour of LA, the Xbox Series X and NASA’s most powerful…
How rivers track across the geography of the planet might not seem closely related to the long-term environment of Earth, or the suitability of the planet for life. But, like many seemingly ‘ordinary’ phenomena, on closer inspection there are deeply rooted connections to the fundamental cycles and processes that integrate life and environment. …