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Rumors have been floating around about a 4k Apple TV for ages now, but maybe those rumors are a bit more literal than anticipated. A ‘leak’ on Chinese social network Weibo purports to show an actual Apple television unit, not just a set top box. I say leak in quotes because there’s nothing to suggest it’s a real product so far. Those who’ve been following along know that Apple has been rumored to be working on a TV panel for many years, but the company apparently c

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg broke his silence today regarding the violent attacks in Charlottesville, VA this past weekend and the ongoing conversation around hosting hate groups online. In a message posted on Facebook, Zuckerberg said the company is “watching the situation closely and will take down threats of physical harm,” noting that more neo-Nazi and white supremacist rallies are planned. “We won't always be perfect, but you have my commitment that we'll keep working to

This afternoon, the Russian relaunch of Daily Stormer disappeared, just as the original site disappeared on Tuesday. With that disappearance, the web’s most notorious neo-Nazi website was no longer available anywhere on the conventional web.
The disappearance came after a decision made at CloudFlare, a content distribution network that Stormer has long used as protection from denial-of-service attacks.
Reached by The Verge, CEO Matthew Prince said the decision to drop the site was a diffic

I'm not afraid of the future. When the robots come for me, I'm not going to cower in fear, I'm going to be chilling with my Cinera, experiencing IMAX-like immersion from the comfort of an oversized personal theater headset attached to an articulated mechanical arm.
Cinera is a new project on Kickstarter that looks astonishingly uncomfortable and impracticle. But the tech specs! The headset has dual 2560 x 1440 displays and a wide 66 degree field of view, which the creators compare to an IMAX the

One thing the news media doesn’t shy away from is telling you about how your technology use is out of control. Your kids are getting too much screen time. We’re costing businesses billions wasting company time on YouTube and Facebook. Experts say the reason your relationships are so screwed up is because you spend too much time checking emails and not enough time checking-in with people. So isn’t the answer to just calm-it-the-hell-down? Starting right now let’s all just

Google today announced it was adding a Q&A feature to Google Maps and Search for Android users. When you look at a Maps page for the business or landmark, you will have the option to see questions others have asked of the business, as well as ask your own. You’ll be notified when someone else — or the owner of the page itself — answers any of your questions. The questions will be part of the page, so when you find the page on Maps or when you search for it, you&r

Spotify has removed several bands classified as “hate bands” by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), according to a report from Billboard. The decision comes one day after Digital Music News published a list of 37 white supremacist musicians still available to stream on the platform. Now, a Spotify spokesperson has confirmed to Billboard that several of the artists have pulled from streaming, while others are under review.In 2014, the Southern Poverty Law Center published a report

Google is testing a light version of its Search app meant for areas with poor or slow internet connections, according to Android Police. The app is currently only available in the Play Store in Indonesia.Photo: Android Police
The functions of Search Lite, as it appears to be named, are mostly the same as what’s available in Google’s current cross-platform Search app. Users can search for things by typing or speaking, there’s a translate function, a Google News section, and loca

Schlage is adding Android compatibility to one of its Bluetooth-enabled smart locks. Google Play is getting the Schlage Sense app, which was previously limited to iOS. Schlage also just announced the Sense Wi-Fi Adapter, which will allow both iOS and Android users to access the lock remotely. The Schlage Sense lock was initially only compatible with HomeKit, which required an Apple TV for remote use.
The app lets you set unique access codes on the lock for all your favorite people, schedule acce

With a dog and a toddler at home, one knock on the door could ruin everything: the dog starts to bark, the toddler starts to whine, and chaos breaks loose all over again.
That could be the reason why that one fed up mom decided to leave a polite note asking delivery persons to be mindful of what goes on behind the scenes.
Redditor FreeRangeAlien uploaded a photo of the note posted to the gate of one mother's home, and you can tell she is not messing around here.
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One kid was practicing his secret agent skills to get past his dad's security camera, and it didn't really work out.
In a YouTube video posted by Jeremy Gabrysch, Gabrysch wrote that his elementary school-aged kids had been coming down "to party" in the middle of the night. 
The dad happened to bust the kids each time, but they didn't know how. After spotting that there was a security camera hidden in the living room, the son decided to take matters into his own hands and tried to disable

Attention has turned to hate groups and the way they organize and spread online after a woman was killed during an attack on people protesting white supremacy in Charlottesville, Virginia. Following the attack, major web companies began changing or more strictly enforcing their policies to remove hate groups from their platforms. Meanwhile, President Trump’s failure to condemn the attack led to an exodus from and ultimately the dissolution of his private-sector advisory councils.Continue r

It's not every day that a 3-year-old phone surprises us with cutting-edge features, but the Galaxy Note 4 just revealed that it packs a punch we thought limited to the 2016 Note 7. 
Specifically, that would be a proclivity toward overheating and catching fire. 
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News of the smoke-filled facepalm is brought to us by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, which explains in an Aug. 16 aler

Uber is testing a new feature that gives some of its drivers more of a say where they pick up and drop off passengers, according to Quartz. The ride-hail company is piloting something it calls a “drop-off area filter,” which would allow drivers to select certain geographic locations where they would prefer to stay. Uber would then filter out any trip requests that don’t terminate within that chosen area.Using the feature, drivers don’t have to choose individual neighborho

Somewhere between the 14th and 15th floors in a concrete stairwell, Bryan Salesky pauses, searching for the right words to explain his mission for the foreseeable future. He wants to give cars the eyes, ears, and brains they need to operate without humans. And he wants to do it for Ford Motor Company by 2021.The CEO of Argo AI — a startup that appeared seemingly out of nowhere six months ago, with $1 billion in backing from Ford — is hardly alone in the pursuit to transform the autom

A new palm-sized body cam called Shonin has launched on Kickstarter, positioning itself as a security device (as opposed to other wearable cameras like FrontRow meant for capturing “experiences”).
The camera, which can be attached either by a clip or magnetic backing, begins recording with a tap to the body, and uses either cellular or Wi-Fi connectivity to instantly allow you to share video to destinations like Facebook Live or YouTube. It also securely stores videos on the Shonin c

We rely heavily on all the great Game of Thrones recaps out there to help us figure out what the hell is going on in Westeros from week-to-week.
But all those explanations start to look the same, and just like what we're looking for in each week's episode, we need a little action.
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If you've been looking for a comprehensive, accurate, exciting recap that's also pretty cute, look no further than this recap made entire

That Han Solo solo movie may have just made a huge reveal. Like, so-big-it-might-be-mistaken-for-a-moon huge.
Director Ron Howard's latest photo from the set prominently features a Death Star trooper helmet, sitting atop what appears to be a control panel of the fully-armed-and-operational-battle-station sort.
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Google announced today the addition of a "Questions & answers" section in Google Maps for Android and mobile Search. 
SEE ALSO: Google quietly released a killer new feature in Google Maps
The new feature will be pretty easy to use. Just search for the place you're headed to in Google Maps and open the listing location. From there, scroll down to the "Questions & answers" section.
Questions & answers will let you add your own question, answer someone else's question, or upvote a

Google products like Maps and search more or less exist, on a basic level, to answer questions. So it kind of makes sense that Google is adding a Q&A feature to results in Maps and search to make those questions easier to answer.Now, when you open up a business listing in Maps or search, there’ll be a Q&A section waiting for you where you’ll be able to see questions that other people have asked, ask your own queries about the location, and upvote information with a thumbs-up

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The world of digital marketing moves at lightning speed. What was printed today in a textbook or a virtual tutorial may very well be obsolete tomorrow. That's why it's so valuable to get your advice and insights right from the horse's mouth—aka a digital marketing professional willing to share their knowledge. 
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HMD Global, the Finnish company that licensed the rights to produce Nokia phones, is revealing the company’s first Nokia-branded Android flagship phone today. The new Nokia 8 will be available in early September across Europe, priced at 599 euros ($705). As we saw with the leaks, the Nokia 8 has a 5.3-inch display (2560 x 1440), and is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor, 4GB of RAM, and 64GB of storage.
The specs are mostly what you’d expect from any top phone this year,

Nokia is betting big with its first flagship phone. 
SEE ALSO: Nokia's flagship smartphone to be announced on Aug. 16
As a series of leaks previously reported, the Nokia 8, just released by Finnish startup HMD, is a seriously impressive, top-end device whose specs put it on par with other Android flagships such as the Samsung Galaxy S8 and the OnePlus 5.
HMD's aim is clear: leverage the Nokia brand to aggressively target millennials with an experience-oriented, social media-savvy phone. &nb

Twitter is trying to make it easier for users to find content relevant to their interests. The company confirmed in a statement to Buzzfeed today that it's now sorting tweets by topic in the Explore tab, regardless of whether you're following these users. The feature rolled out to iOS and Android today. The topics surface based off what Twitter thinks you like. My Explore tab, for example, shows "Popular in Tech News" and "Popular in World News."
I can't imagine topics vary greatly, but I know I

More than 23 million people witnessed the 1991 solar eclipse in Mexico City that had a totality that lasted 7 minutes. But will the Great American Eclipse be a better experience? Neil deGrasse Tyson sat down with Meteorologist Joe Rao to discuss more about the totality zone.
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Here's some perfect news: during next week's total eclipse, Bonnie Tyler will hop aboard Royal Caribbean's Total Eclipse Cruise to perform "Total Eclipse of the Heart." 
This is not too on-the-nose. It is a flawless and good plan — particularly because the audience will actually be able to see the eclipse in totality.
"It's going to be so exciting," Tyler told TIME in an interview. "It doesn't happen very often, does it?"
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Game of Thrones Season 7 has already been bonkers, but we all know that the showrunners like to save the real action for the penultimate episode of the season, which is why this sunday's episode 6, "Beyond the Wall," is going to be even more eventful.
The biggest revelation in the photos seems to be that Daenerys is heading somewhere that would necessitate some unusual camouflage gear — where on earth might she need to blend in with white surroundings, I wonder? Image:hboWe already kn

If you (correctly) believe that chocolate has no rational limit, you're in luck: Cadbury chocolate-covered Oreos are now a real, true thing.
Perhaps you are already familiar with chocolate-covered Oreos. This is fair: Oreo often sells white fudge-coated treats during the holidays. Unfortunately, white chocolate is bad. Cadbury milk chocolate — while still not as good as dark chocolate — is much better.
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One of the highlights of last month’s San Diego Comic-Con was HBO’s Westworld: The Experience. The half-hour attraction gave small groups of guests the opportunity to visit the offices of Delos, Inc., the fictional company behind the Westworld theme park. The experience included a one-on-one, in-person evaluation with a company psychologist, interactions with a number of actors playing “hosts” — Westworld’s sentient android entertainers — and a chance to