144 posts tagged ‘technology internet’
MoviePass Enters the Future, Announces a Virtual Card
Gizmodo,
The evolution of MoviePass continues, with today’s announcement that the subscription movie theater service (which has quite the tumultuous past) will now offer a virtual card—hopefully making online ticket purchases easier, including at theaters offering increasingly popular premium formats like IMAX. Read more...
Amazon is Quietly Replacing Android in Some Products with its Own OS
It seems like Amazon is currently developing its own operating system for its Fire TV devices and Smart TVs that run on Android. This was reported last week in Janko Roettgers’ Lowpass newsletter and hasn’t been corroborated with an official statement from Amazon yet. Read more...
Your Uber Driver May Soon Mount Your TV With Uber Tasks
Uber is testing out its own version of TaskRabbit called Uber Tasks in select markets, as first reported by Bloomberg Monday. The service will let users hire people to complete household tasks, expanding beyond ride-sharing and food delivery currently supported on the platform. Read more...
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes: what to watch before the new movie
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Nothing Phone (2) Offers Possible Solution to Blue, Green Bubble Drama
The mobile class divide between the iPhone blue bubble and the Android green bubble might need regulators to settle things in the future, but Nothing has another solution coming soon. Read more...
Webb Telescope Spots the Second-Most-Distant Galaxy Yet
A recent deep field image from the Webb Space Telescope, showcasing a region of space known as Pandora’s Cluster, or Abell 2744, features two galaxies. These galaxies are remarkable for their distance from Earth, being the second and fourth most distant galaxies ever observed, according to a team of researchers that… Read more...
TikTok Gets a New Feature to Add Those Earworms to Your Music App
TikTok’s cultural dominance just gained another weapon, and it’s an awfully convenient one: a new feature that will easily allow users to add songs they hear on TikTok to a streaming service like Amazon Music, Apple Music, and Spotify. “Add to Music App” is available in the U.S. and the UK starting today, with plans… Read more...
Millions of Old Bitcoin Wallets Have Critical Security Flaws, Experts Say
Bitcoin wallets older than 2016 could have a vulnerability that puts over $1 billion worth of cryptocurrency at risk, according to a report in the Washington Post. Read more...