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Facebook apps can deliberately drain iPhone and Android batteries, says former employee

January 31, 2023
A data scientist formerly working for Meta says that Facebook apps can deliberately drain the batteries of both iPhones and Android smartphones, in order to examine the effect of low battery power on app performance … Facebook apps can deliberately drain phone batteries The report implies that the “feature” has been used on customer phones without their knowledge or permission, though…
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Tesla emails are for his eyes only

January 31, 2023
At SpaceX and Tesla, Elon Musk has “unrestricted” use of his email accounts for personal stuff, and “no one” at Tesla can get ahold of his emails without his express consent except “to the extent legally necessary.” At SpaceX, absolutely nobody can access…
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Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo may skip E3 2023 | IGN

January 31, 2023
IGN reported today that Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo — the video game industry’s biggest platform companies, may not have booths at E3 2023. We have yet to confirm whether that’s true or not, and the Entertainment Software Industry referred an email request for comment…
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Google Fi seemingly affected by latest T-Mobile data breach

January 31, 2023
T-Mobile was recently hit by yet another data breach, and it appears that Google Fi was impacted by that breach as the carrier has notified customers via email. A message to Fi customers today notifies that Google Fi’s “primary network provider” experienced “suspicious activity” that contained customer data for Google Fi. Given the timing and phrasing, this appears to be directly…
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The best portable Bluetooth speakers for 2023

January 31, 2023
If there’s one thing I’ve learned about today’s Bluetooth speakers, it’s that for general consumers, the options are pretty good. However, that doesn’t make the process of sifting through the dozens of choices any easier. So I set out to test out some of the…
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Completes Mars Sample Depot

January 31, 2023
Less than six weeks after it began, construction of the first sample depot on another world is complete. Confirmation that NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover successfully dropped the 10th and final tube planned for the depot was received around 5 p.m. PST (8 p.m. EST) Sunday, Jan. 29, by mission controllers at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. This major milestone…
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Google Play Games for Android gets its new icon

January 31, 2023
With the launch of Play Games for PC, Google introduced a new icon for the service that’s now coming to the Android app. In 2016, Google redesigned the Play family of logos with a triangle motif. The various icons (book, newspaper, game controller, movie reel, and music note) slid up from that shape and stuck out at the top. Over the years, Google Play Music was replaced by YouTube Music…
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