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Snapchat is bringing one of the best recent features of Instagram Stories to its own app, with the ability to add GIF stickers from Giphy to your posts. This is a notable reversal of the typical pattern we’ve seen of Instagram cloning Snapchat features, but it’s a good one for users since GIF stickers for …
February 20, 2018 | by RaheelAs we reported last month, Google is uniting all of its different payment tools under the Google Pay brand. On Android, however, the Android Pay app stuck with its existing brand. That’s changing today, though, with the launch of Google Pay for Android. With this, Google is rolling out an update to Android Pay and introducing some …
February 20, 2018 | by RaheelOK, so you can’t bring a microscope everywhere with you. But you can certainly take this 3D-printed version, designed to clip onto your smartphone and work with its camera. SEE ALSO: Put your vital signs on show with this ultrathin, stick-on skin display The device was developed by researchers at the ARC Centre of Excellence …
February 20, 2018 | by RaheelApple issued a fix to the bug that was crashing iPhones with a single character. On Monday, the company released several updates, including iOS 11.2.6. If you’ve got an iPhone or iPad, you should probably download it ASAP. SEE ALSO: Apple’s slow iPhone X sales are hurting Samsung too Last week, a bug was discovered …
February 20, 2018 | by RaheelThe Year of the Dog fortunately means we get to see more, you guessed it, dogs. To commemorate the Lunar New Year, Xbox devised an adorable cosplaying puppy gang called the CosPups. They dressed up a whole bunch of pooches as the platform’s most popular characters: Master Chihuahua, Sea of Fleas, Mutt-cus Fenix, Paw-za and …
February 20, 2018 | by RaheelMount Sinabung in Indonesia has been erupting for about the past five years now, displacing tens of thousands as it sends debris flows toward populated areas. On Feb. 19, the volcano unleashed a far more explosive eruption that vaulted smoke and ash more than 25,000 feet into the air, prompting aviation alerts for aircraft to …
February 19, 2018 | by RaheelThe Winter Olympics have been full of mind-blowing feats of athleticism and artistry. This is not one of them. Elizabeth Swaney made her Olympic debut in the freeski halfpipe on Monday. It was … not impressive. She casually slides back and forth down the halfpipe, like she’s on vacation in Aspen instead of competing against …
February 19, 2018 | by RaheelThree of the largest mass shootings in modern American history happened in the past two years, but that doesn’t mean Americans are always thinking about gun control. In fact, data shows that with so many mass shootings taking place, Americans move on to other concerns within several days after each event. But after the Feb. …
February 19, 2018 | by RaheelIn the wake of the most recent mass shooting, President Donald Trump sought advice on gun control from a trusted source: rich people staying at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida. According to the Washington Post, Trump spent the weekend at his resort watching cable news, complaining about the Russia investigation, and asking “Mar-a-Lago Club members …
February 19, 2018 | by RaheelA half-dozen years after launching Wikipedia Zero, The Wikimedia Foundation is sunsetting the program. Announced in 2012, it was the result of partnerships with mobile carriers, designed to waive the cost of accessing the free encyclopedia in developing countries, where data fees presented a barrier to accessing the site’s seemingly bottomless well of information. Read …
February 19, 2018 | by Raheel