Author Leo Aquino (left) and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley. Jia Nocons; Alex Wong/Getty Images News After my gender-affirming legal name change, I had a hard time getting an apartment. I was accused of identity theft and fraud because my credit report was split in two. A new bill proposed by Rep. Ayanna Pressley could change things…
Joe Rogan called out TikTok in his latest podcast. Gregory Payan/AP Images TikTok’ parent company ByteDance is required to share data at the request of Chinese government, according to news reports. After a going down a ‘TikTok rabbit hole’ Joe Rogan called out the app on his podcast. Rogan accused TikTok of going so far…
Linktree Linktree is a landing page service that creates a list of links for all your various social media profiles and websites. Linktree is free, though there are premium subscription tiers which offer additional features. After signing up, you can create a page with one or more links and explanatory text. If you’ve ever been…
Manchester City wants to know what makes its fans feel alive. On Wednesday, the Premier League football club shared that it has been working with Cisco, the team’s technology partner since 2019, to create a “Connected Scarf” that features an “EmotiBit” sensor for tracking the heart rate, body temperature and emotional state of its wearer…
Doing just about anything in space is expensive, but a group of MIT scientists has found a way to bring down some costs — and perhaps help accelerate climate change research. The team has developed what MIT said are the first 3D-printed plasma sensors for use in satellites. The sensors can detect the chemical composition…
Google announced this week that Google TV users will soon be able to stream their supported Nest Cam devices, including the Nest Doorbell, to their television set. This means if you’re watching the game and some door-to-door Kirby vacuum or Bible salesperson swings by the crib, you won’t have to leave the couch because you’ll…
Google Maps, like Chromebooks earlier today, had a couple of big announcements for upcoming features that we’ll look forward to. For those into cycling, prepare for improved route information. For those into location sharing through Maps, a new notification option is here. And for those into seeing fancy visuals in results, you get something too….
Oh boy. Premier League football club Manchester City has revealed with a Connected Scarf it says can track the emotional state of fans during games. The Abu Dhabi operation has partnered with tech infrastructure giant Cisco on a revamp of the classic icon of football fandom, which it says shows “just how deeply fans are…
Apple has settled an AirPods-related patent infringement lawsuit with audio manufacturer Koss, according to a court filing submitted on Saturday that was highlighted by Reuters. Koss had accused Apple of infringing on its wireless headphone technology patents with AirPods and Beats products. Koss said that AirPods and Beats wireless headphones violated a handful of patents…
In the M2 MacBook Air, Apple has replaced an Intel-made component responsible for controlling the USB and Thunderbolt ports with a custom-made controller, meaning the last remnants of Intel are now fully out of the latest Mac. Earlier this month, the repair website iFixit shared a teardown of the new MacBook Air, revealing a look…