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The fight over notches is quickly becoming a thing of the past, with companies like Oppo and Xiaomi already working on transparent display cameras that hide the sensor beneath the screen — no notch required. Today, Xiaomi senior vice president Wang Xiang tweeted a series of slides that explained more about how the feature actually works, via DPReview.
For Xiaomi’s implementation of the feature, the camera is embedded in the top of the device, as usual. But instead of putting a borde

Just one week after CEO Dara Khosrowshahi hinted that Uber was experimenting with cross-promoting its food delivery service in the company’s main ride-hailing app, TechCrunch has dug up exactly what that looks like. The company is currently rolling out a way for customers to place Eats food delivery orders inside the main Uber app.
If a customer does not already have the standalone Uber Eats app, and lives in one of the hundreds of cities where Eats operates alongside ride-hailing —

We won't be getting a big Wonder Woman 1984 panel at this year's San Diego Comic-Con, but director Patty Jenkins was happy to share the film's poster with fans on Twitter as consolation.By now you’ve heard: WB isn’t going to Hall H this year. We’re so sad to miss you there! And waiting until Dec. to start our official #WW84 campaign in full—  But the truth is… we can just… barely… wait… pic.twitter.c

Your Handmaid's Tale opinions could have a lot more to do with the 2020 presidential election than you think.
A new survey, conducted by Morning Consult and The Hollywood Reporter prior to the Handmaid's Season 3 premiere on Wednesday, indicates viewer opinion on the realism of Gilead's totalitarian regime may be strongly linked to political party affiliation. 
The survey, which polled 2,201 adult viewers from May 31 - June 2, asked participants to choose between two statements, selecting t

YouTube will no longer allow conservative pundit Steven Crowder to run ads on his YouTube channel after a tweet thread from Vox host Carlos Maza outlined several instances of Crowder using homophobic language. YouTube’s decision to suspend monetization comes just one day after the company stated it wouldn’t remove Crowder’s channel.(Disclosure: Vox is a publication of Vox Media, which also owns The Verge.)
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YouTube has stopped conservative pundit Steven Crowder from running ads on his YouTube channel after a tweet thread from Vox host Carlos Maza outlined several instances of Crowder using homophobic language. YouTube’s decision to suspend monetization comes just one day after the company stated it wouldn’t remove Crowder’s channel.(Disclosure: Vox is a publication of Vox Media, which also owns The Verge.)
The restriction isn’t permanent, though: YouTube said Crowder’

Amazon has been promising fast drone deliveries for years, and this year was no exception at the company's annual AI conference.
The e-commerce giant announced the latest iteration of its Prime Air delivery drone at its conference Amazon re:MARS in Las Vegas on Wednesday. The design unveiling comes as Amazon begins one-day shipping for Prime members.
Drone delivery could theoretically make for even faster shipping times, and be available for a very small subset of Prime members in just a matter

Heat waves kill more Americans than any other weather event. 
The torrid episodes are especially problematic in cities, where the concrete and asphalt sprawl traps heat, boosting already unusually hot temperatures by some 2 to 5 degrees Fahrenheit. 
Yet, as average temperatures continue their relentless rise, the U.S. government expects urban dwellers to experience more heat extremes, some unprecedented. Scientists, however, found that limiting Earth's warming this century to 2.7 degre

For years now, the video game industry has descended upon Los Angeles for a week in June. E3 is a show filled with an overwhelming number of games and announcements, and 2019 is no exception. Though PlayStation won’t have a presence this year, there are still big names showcasing the future of interactive entertainment, including Xbox, Epic, Bethesda, EA, Nintendo, Ubisoft, and a whole lot more. You can keep up with all of the latest developments right here.Continue reading…

Sony is skipping E3 this year, but the company is still offering up some new details about the PlayStation 5: it’ll come with an SSD by default, instead of a slower HDD like the PS4; it’ll support 4K graphics at a 120Hz refresh rate, for a much smoother look on displays that can handle the faster speed; and game saves will in some way be able to transfer between console generations, so you can pick up where you left off when you start playing a game again on the new console.
The new

Amazon is a behemoth of online retailing, but there’s one sector it has yet to crack: fashion. To help dig into this lucrative market, the company is introducing a new AI-powered tool named StyleSnap which will help customers find clothes to buy.
StyleSnap is basically Shazam for clothes, built into the Amazon mobile app. Users can take a picture or upload an image and StyleSnap will use machine learning to “match the look in the photo” and find similar items for sale on Amazo

Elizabeth Warren has mastered the art of delivering meme-worthy moments.
It's still early in campaign season, but the 2020 Democratic candidate has already shown America she has a great dog, great merch, and can hold her own on social media. She doesn't shy away from sharing opinions on hot pop culture topics like Game of Thrones, and has a plan for essentially everything. So it should come as no surprise that she's already inspired some truly hilarious memes.
From joking about her calling peopl

Most of my Instagram ads make sense, even if it's a depressing kind of sense. (I am served a lot of ads for Tums.) But there are a few that, for the life of me, I cannot figure out. Why is Instagram so invested in me purchasing fishing lures? I have not been fishing in many years.
Turns out, Instagram assembles a list of all the things that it thinks you like — based on the data it's pulled from you, of course. It's nothing new, but it is enjoying a brief moment in the spotlight after repo

Amazon has unveiled the latest version of its Prime Air delivery drone, a hybrid aircraft that’s capable of vertical takeoff and landing, as well as sustained forward flight.Introducing the drone onstage at Amazon’s Re:MARS conference in Las Vegas, Amazon’s consumer worldwide CEO Jeff Wilke emphasized the aircraft’s safety features. “We know customers will only feel comfortable receiving drone deliveries if the system is incredibly safe,” said Wilke.
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Fast, intuitive, and ultra-useful, it's safe to say the Apple iPad is *the* archetypal tablet. We actually went so far as to give the new sixth-generation iPad the title of "Best for Everyone" as part of our roundup of the finest tablets on the market, with our writer remarking that at $329, the model is "inexpensive" compared to most premium tablets (many of which lack the same range of apps and content).
Well, if its usual retail price is a veritable bargain, the iPad's current sale price on A

After five days of investigation, YouTube decided that conservative pundit Steven Crowder’s use of homophobic language to talk about Vox host Carlos Maza didn’t violate its community guidelines.The response from the creator community was instantaneous. Many denounced YouTube’s lack of action, pointing out that Crowder’s use of homophobic language to humiliate Maza directly violated the company’s own rules. Others saw Crowder’s behavior as pushing the limits o

Tech trust-busters, listen up.
Apple has released updated developer guidelines that provide suggestions for how best to incorporate its new "Sign in with Apple" button. As first spotted by Reuters, the guidelines contain some curious instruction, especially for those trying to assess whether Apple's behavior is anti-competitive. 
The guidelines suggest that developers place Apple's new sign-in button "above other buttons." They also recommend developers make the button "the same size or lar

Tomorrow, ahead of E3 2019, both Bungie and Google are hosting live-streamed presentations, where they’ll talk about the future of Destiny 2 and Google Stadia, respectively. But it sounds like the events will have more in common than just timing. According to a report from Kotaku, Destiny 2 is primed to be one of the big launch titles for Google’s upcoming streaming service, where it will join the likes of Doom Eternal.
In addition to Stadia support, Bungie is also expected to revea

YouTube has finally banned white supremacist content from its platform. Or, at least the popular video-sharing site says it has. 
The company announced a host of policy changes in a Wednesday morning blog post that aim to address the vitriolic cesspool that its platform has become. And sure, this move is better late than never. The flip side of that coin, however, is too little too late. 
"Today, we're taking another step in our hate speech policy by specifically prohibiting videos all

Netflix is testing a new tab for its mobile app called “Extras,” which will allow subscribers to scroll through recommended Netflix Originals, share trailers with friends, and set reminders for upcoming shows and movies.The new tab is part of a test for a “feed of video extras in our mobile app,” according to a Netflix spokesperson. The tab is centered in the middle of the app at the bottom of the page. Tapping it brings up Netflix Originals titles that people can scroll

Boston Dynamics’ lifelike robots have been delighting and terrifying the internet in equal measure for years, but the company has a much bigger milestone ahead: its first ever commercial product — a quadrupedal robot named Spot — is nearly ready to go on sale.Spot is currently being tested in a number of “proof-of-concept” environments, Boston Dynamics’ CEO Marc Raibert told The Verge, including package delivery and surveying work. And although there’s

When the duo behind Hotline Miami signed on with game publisher Devolver Digital, they thought the company was a lot bigger than it actually was. “For a long time, I think almost two years or something, we thought that Devolver had an office with a receptionist and a big Devolver sign on a 10 story building,” says Dennis Wedin, one half of the Swedish group behind the stylish and super violent game. Not only was Devolver a team of just six people, but they didn’t even have an

Jared Hecht ContributorShare on Twitter Jared Hecht is the co-founder and CEO of Fundera, an online marketplace for small business financial solutions including small business loans. Prior to Fundera, Hecht co-founded group messaging app, GroupMe.When starting a tech company, there seems to be a playbook that most entrepreneurs follow. While some may start with a bit of bootstrapping, most will dive straight into raising seed money through investors. In many cases, this is a great path. It&rsqu

Ryan Reynolds is no stranger to using wildly creative ads to promote his alcohol brand, Aviation Gin. But his latest commercial will really blow you away.
The actor teamed up with Andy King, better known as the blowjob guy from Netflix's Fyre Festival documentary, Fyre, to make a bunch of jokes about blowing gin bottles and the importance of being dedicated to your company. It's an ad so ridiculous we simply had to share it with you.
For those unfamiliar with King, he was a festival producer who

YouTube is changing its community guidelines to ban videos promoting the superiority of any group as a justification for discrimination against others based on their age, gender, race, caste, religion, sexual orientation, or veteran status, the company said today. The move, which will result in the removal of all videos promoting Nazism and other discriminatory ideologies, is expected to result in the removal of thousands of channels across YouTube.
“The openness of YouTube’s platfo

The first iOS 13 developer beta is now available, and users are discovering that Apple’s 3D Touch functionality seems to have been all but replaced. 9to5Mac reports that many of the feature’s key pieces of functionality, like the context menu that appears when you press down hard on an app’s icon on the home screen, can now be accessed via a long press. The new gesture is available on all iPhones and iPads, regardless of whether they previously supported 3D Touch.
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General Motors is expanding the number of highways where its hands-free driver assistance feature, Super Cruise, can be used. The automaker announced on Wednesday that Super Cruise will work on an additional 70,000 miles of highways in the US and Canada by the end of 2019, building on the 130,000 compatible highways where it’s already available. The expansion comes as GM is looking to spread Super Cruise to all new Cadillac models starting next year and to other models outside the luxury

Peloton Interactive, the on-demand fitness company best known for its connected indoor cycling bike, has officially announced plans to go public after months of CEO John Foley teasing that an IPO in 2019 would “make a lot of sense.” The company had reportedly been interviewing banks in preparation for its IPO. Today, Peloton said in a press release that it has elected to submit a confidential filing, which is the same method other tech startups have used recently, including Lyft, Ub

Viewers may understandably feel a sense of déjà vu when watching Dark Phoenix, the 12th film in the X-Men franchise once spinoffs like Logan and the Deadpool are factored in. Written and directed by longtime series producer Simon Kinberg, the film adapts one of the most famous stories in the history of X-Men comics: the Dark Phoenix saga. Playing out over four years between 1976 and 1980 in issues written by Chris Claremont and drawn by Dave Cockrum and John Byrne, the storyline d

Skype users on iOS and Android can now share their screens over video calls. Microsoft first started testing the feature for its premier video call app back in April, but now the feature is available to everyone. In a blog post announcing the release, Microsoft says you can use the feature for on-the-go meetings, helping tech-illiterate relatives with their phones, or shopping online with friends.Mobile screen sharing isn’t an uncommon feature among enterprise-focused video chat apps like

This week on Why’d You Push That Button?, we try to find happiness. Kaitlyn Tiffany deactivates her Instagram, I support her, and then we chat with other people who have dabbled with deleting the app. Most of them say Instagram made them feel bad, or took up too much of their time, or in Kaitlyn’s case, made her sad after a breakup.We talk to one of my most on-trend friends, Ryan Curtis, about how he and his wife quit Instagram one day just to see if they could handle it. Then we ch