Apple’s dual, magnetic wireless charger for the iPhone and Apple Watch, the MagSafe Duo Charger, is now available for purchase. You can get it in Apple’s online store for $129 or $10.75 in 12 monthly installments. The charger was announced alongside the iPhone 12 in October, but for whatever reason […]
All the best smartphones deals for Cyber Monday week
TL;DR: Mobiles.co.uk is offering a wide range of smartphone deals for Cyber Monday week, including offers on the iPhone 12 and Samsung Galaxy S20. The world of deals has been seriously busy over the last couple of months. We had Prime Day, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday following each other, […]
Germany’s giant wooden penis has gone missing
It’s been a week for unexplained phallic sculptures in the wild. First the Utah monolith was removed, a group of men dismantling it within minutes and carting it away. Now a 6 foot 6 inch penis statue has gone missing from Grünten mountain in Bavaria, Germany, leaving behind a stump, […]
MyHeritage DNA has extended its impressive Cyber Monday sale
SAVE 50%: The MyHeritage DNA test kit is on sale for £39 for Cyber Monday, saving you £40 on list price. A DNA test kit is just about the perfect Christmas gift for any friend or relative who wants to know more about their family story. If you are looking […]
Amazon announces new employee tracking tech, and customers are lining up
Amazon-powered employee tracking is coming to a warehouse, and possibly a store, near you. The ecommerce, logistics, and (among other things) cloud computing giant quietly previewed Tuesday new hardware and software development kits (SDK) which add machine learning and computer vision capabilities to companies’ existing surveillance camera networks. And in […]
After all his ‘bogus’ talk, Elon Musk actually did have COVID-19
“Space Karen” confirmed he had COVID-19 Tuesday while receiving an award (at a mostly mask-less in-person event) for a lifetime of accomplishments. Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, was in Berlin as the recipient for this year’s Axel Springer Award from the German publisher. After a heavy-handed introduction that […]
Microsoft waters down ‘productivity score’ surveillance tool after backlash
Even in a world of ever-increasing employee tracking, Microsoft knows it went too far. The company announced Tuesday that, following widespread backlash, it will scale back recently announced additions to its suite of Microsoft 365 products. They let employers track employees’ digital actions in granular detail under the guise of […]
How to maneuver dating apps when you’re bisexual
The bisexual community has an inside joke that describes what it’s like to date as a bi person: People think it means double the options or double the fun, but it really just means double the rejection. Self-deprecating jokes like this one are at the core of the Single People […]
Reddit finally shares how many daily users it has
The inner workings of Reddit just became slightly less mysterious. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Reddit shared that 52 million people visit the site every day. This is a stat called “daily active users” that other social media companies, including Facebook and Twitter, share in company updates. […]
