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YouTube Music now lets free users cast uploaded music to speakers Chris Welch If you’ve decided against paying for YouTube Music but have still found yourself using the service as a cloud locker for your uploaded tracks, you can now cast that content to devices and speakers around your home. Initially, only premium subscribers were…
John McAfee arrested for tax evasion, charged by SEC for touting ICOs Sponsored Links John McAfee, founder of the eponymous anti-virus company, speaks during the China Internet Security Conference in Beijing on August 16, 2016. FRED DUFOUR via Getty Images Today the Justice Department announced that a 2016 US presidential candidate has been indicted for…
Instagram starts labeling ‘state-controlled media’ accounts and posts Sponsored Links Wachiwit via Getty Images Over the last week, Instagram has started labeling state-backed media, following through on a policy the company’s parent Facebook announced last October and started implementing on its own social media network this past June. The labels were first spotted by journalist…
How to text from your computer with Android Messages Chris Welch Google has the ability to text from the web with Android Messages. The feature gives users a lot more flexibility in choosing how and where they can carry on conversations. As long as your Android smartphone is powered on, you can text from a…
Asus’ new ROG Phone 3 is a 5G gaming phone launching in the US Taylor Lyles Asus’ latest gaming phone, the ROG Phone 3, is now available in the US. The ROG Phone 3 has some of the highest specs out there for a smartphone along with a bunch of features and accessories meant to…
Warner pushes ‘Dune’ theatrical release back a year, to October 2021 Sponsored Links Warner Bros. It seems Dune fans will have to wait to watch the latest film adaptation of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi masterpiece. According to separate reports from Collider and The Warp, Warner Bros. has delayed the upcoming movie almost a full year to…
My biggest Google Pixel 4a annoyance — auto-brightness — is apparently about to go away Sean Hollister The $349 Pixel 4A is such a good phone for the money, but there’s one thing that’s bugged me from the start: my new phone is really, really bad at figuring out when its screen should be bright…
Ubisoft debuts Viking history podcast ahead of ‘Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’ Sponsored Links Ubisoft To whet your appetite a bit more for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Ubisoft wants to teach you about the history of Vikings. It made a podcast called Echoes of Valhalla and all five episodes are now available on Spotify. Ubisoft described the documentary…
Samsonite’s Konnect-i is the most affordable backpack with Google’s Jacquard tech Cameron Faulkner Samsonite has debuted two new Konnect-i backpacks, one standard-sized for $230 and one slim-sized option for $200, each equipped with Google’s Jacquard technology that can make fabric respond to your touch. The technology is employed in the same way as in the…
Hurricane-Resistant Building Code Helped Protect Alabama from Sally’s Winds Daniel Cusick When Hurricane Sally blew through coastal Alabama last month, the owners of about 16,000 homes there had a reason to breathe a little easier. Their roofs were probably going to be OK. Alabama’s two Gulf Coast counties—Mobile and Baldwin—are the…