For months, the CDC has warned people against vaping until it could determine the cause of a mysterious vaping-related lung injury. Now, the CDC confirms speculation that vitamin E acetate is “closely associated” with EVALI, or e-cigarette, or vaping, product use-associated lung injury.
A new clinical study analyzed samples from 51 EVALI patients and a comparison group…
Twitter warns about Android app security issue that could have allowed account takeover
December 20, 2019
Twitter today began emailing Android users about a security issue that “could have compromised” accounts. Fixed several weeks ago, there’s no “evidence that this was exploited,” but the company is encouraging all to update.
A blog post titled “Twitter for…
Motorola's foldable Razr is slightly delayed because of high demand
December 20, 2019
Foldable smartphones and delays seem to really go hand in hand. Samsung’s Galaxy Fold had some design issues, Huawei’s Mate X took many more months to reach the market than initially planned, and now it’s Razr’s turn.
Motorola’s reimagined Razr…
Henry Cavill is right — in 2019, Total War: Warhammer is great
December 20, 2019
Creative Assembly’s Total War: Warhammer franchise has seemed to be quiet recently (apart from a shout-out from Witcher star Henry Cavill). IIts last new faction expansion, which is arguably the most newsworthy postrelease addition for a strategy game, was over a year ago. But a year of quieter additions, such as new playable lords for existing factions and major patches, has actually shifted…
There are countless options for portable power banks but when you narrow them down to options that provide wireless output and input with a classier than average build, there are few choices. Follow along for a hands-on look at portable iPhone charger.
Courant hasn’t…
Motorola's foldable Razr delayed due to high demand
December 20, 2019
We hope you weren’t too excited about pre-ordering the revamped, foldable Motorola Razr on December 26th. The company announced today that it’s slightly delaying the phone’s pre-order and launch timing due to significant consumer demand. We don’t know…
MIT and IBM develop AI that recommends documents based on topic
December 20, 2019
Even the best text-parsing recommendation algorithms can be stymied by data sets of a certain size. In an effort to to deliver faster, better classification performance than the bulk of existing methods, a team at the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab and MIT’s Geometric Data Processing Group devised a technique that combines popular AI tools including embeddings and optimal transport. They say that their…
New Samsung Galaxy Buds appear to be on the way, and they might have better battery life
December 20, 2019
Filings for what appear to be a new set of Samsung Galaxy Buds have hit the FCC, indicating that a new version of Samsung’s wireless earbuds might be arriving soon — and the filings have a tantalizing piece of information that might indicate improved battery life (via…
The update to Samsung’s One UI 2.0, based on Android 10, has already started rolling out to Galaxy Note10 and Note10+ units in Europe a few days ago, and now it’s finally time for the same thing to happen across the pond.
The update is reaching units sold in the…
Motorola delays foldable Razr pre-orders, launch citing high demand
December 20, 2019
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