the biggest feature drop in the current crop of updates is full mouse and
trackpad support in ipad os 13.4 we've
got a new ipad coming in i can't wait to try that out i'm going to try it oh no
because it's apparently a lot better than it was other features coming with the updates include icloud drive folder
sharing so you can share links with other people like every other cloud service i can't
believe they didn't have that already and universal purchases meaning you can
pay once and get both the mac and iOS version of an app although yeah that's
cool developers have to support it for that to work though but let's not kid
ourselves the most important edition is the nine new memoji stickers seriously
yes i can finally express myself i there were there just weren't enough
emojis google just cannot get a handle on malware in the play store checkpoint
research says that 56 infected Android apps targeted
targeted at children even
that doesn't that doesn't face james he doesn't care they were downloaded almost
a million times since early 2020. the malware is called techia and it
generates clicks on ads and banners to generate revenue for the people who are
making these things uh i'm assuming but how did it get past the guards well
techia can embed itself in Android's native code which helps it avoid
detection by google play protect now google removed the offending apps
earlier this month but like it seems like every couple weeks there's
another story about malware in the play store and frankly i'm tired of talking
about it it's like free speech you know
you get a lot of freedom and you get a lot of crap too
more like the crap story you know what i'm
stuck at home with not much to do well first off you can check out the
appropriately named do not pay a legal
aid chat bot that will help you request waivers deferrals and extensions for
various payments that you might owe and can't pay because you're stuck at home
and can't work but there's also a ton of free entertainment being released for
free right now including child of light on uplay goat of duty on steam the
stanley parable on the epic game store and picard on cbs all access i can get
used to this i know
uh communism free stuff
looking to learn some stuff minecraft has made a bunch of it educational
content available for free including a virtual tour of the international space
station and unity is giving away its premium game development tutorials until
june 20th unity that's is that the represent their thing
verizon is giving students in the la unified student district free internet
and they're also waiving mobile data overage fees for 60 days if
you call them and ask for it please because i think morally you're only
supposed to help people who ask right like hey whoa
i don't want to assume that you like need help right don't answer it he wants
free data let it ring but it's safe to assume that
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computex 2020 has been delayed to the fall the tech expo was originally slated
for june two to six but will now take place from september 28th to the 30th in
taipei we'll have this whole virus thing sorted out by then right why are you
putting th's on the end of some 28th to the 30th to the 6th from the june 2 june
2 to the 6th mozilla has launched the beta for firefox better web with scroll
yes it's an awful name but it's actually awesome because it will allow users to
pay five bucks a month to block ads and support publishers who get 40 more money
from the service than they would get from showing ads if you care about
journalism you don't have to manage a bunch of subscription to individual
sites so it's like can we just make this the default thanks royal the original
folding phone maker is back with the flex pi 2. now with cheese
it's thinner and it actually looks like a real product this time instead of a
fisher price toy it still looks not nearly as refined as samsung or huawei's
but hey it's good of them to keep trying love you royal
it's the thought that counts ford and gm are going to join the fight against
covid19 by working with 3m and ge to
manufacture medical equipment like ventilators and protective gear for
healthcare workers they're joining tesla and chrysler who are also working on
producing equipment like face masks and it makes sense there's not a whole lot
of demand for cars right now you gotta get that money
and hp you're just like singing things today
and hp business customers might want to stay on their toes apparently certain
ssds made by the company's enterprise division have a bug that will cause the
drive to fail after reaching 400 000 hours of operation
that's four years 206 days and 16 hours
it's like the ring seven days
there's a firmware update available but companies have to install it which means
you know if Windows adoption is any indication some people about to lose some data
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