In many places, plans to reopen movie theaters have been pushed back, so right now, this is about as close as we can safely get to the theater experience outside of a Fortnite event.
— Richard
Apple Watch Series 3 discounted to $169 on Amazon
That's its cheapest price yet.
Engadget
If you're almost ready to try out an Apple wearable, Amazon is tempting you further. It's priced the GPS model of the Apple Watch Series 3 at its cheapest yet — $169 — and the device will be compatible with the just-announced watchOS 7 we saw at the WWDC keynote last week. Continue reading.
Facebook envisions using holographics for super-slim VR glasses
Come for the AR shades, stay for the Matrix-like monochrome output.
Facebook Research
Facebook's Reality Labs has developed a proof-of-concept device that uses holographics with flat films for the optics, leading to displays that are less than 0.35 inches thick — much smaller than the usual LCD or OLED shining through glass. This is helped in part by polarization-based optical folding that moves the light forward and back multiple times, shrinking it well below its original volume. Continue reading.
Impossible Sausage will be available to any restaurant that wants it
It'll also be on the menu of all of Yelp's Top 30 American diners.
Impossible Meat
Impossible Foods announced that the company is expanding sales of Impossible Sausage to all restaurants nationwide. This follows up on some aggressive moves from the company: Earlier this year, it announced it would sell its Impossible Burger in over 1,000 grocery stores. Then just last week, Starbucks said it was going to start selling an Impossible Sausage sandwich. Now, the Impossible Sausage is available to any restaurant looking to order it. Continue reading.
Mercedes halts its car subscription service due to lack of demand
Not everyone wants to pay hundreds a month to switch cars.
Mercedes has halted its Collection subscription pilot after what it says was "just okay" uptake. The company had hoped to expand the drive-what-you-want service if demand had surged, but the service only ever reached Atlanta, Nashville and Philadelphia.
There were problems, though. Sales Chief Adam Chamberlain noted that the novelty of switching cars became a hassle for some customers as they were tired of constantly moving personal items between cars. The service could easily become too costly to run without frequent swaps. Continue reading.
LG's Velvet makes a case for midrange, dual-screen phones
It's the best dual-screen design from the company yet.
Engadget
It's no secret that LG's been struggling with its smartphones for some time; now, it's betting on a new strategy. That's the Velvet. It's a midrange 5G phone with a new look and some flagship qualities that it inherited from the V60 — like a second-screen accessory that attaches like a folio case. Is LG getting closer to making dual-screen phones something we'd actually want to use? Continue reading.
Twitter's Security Blunder: More Dangerous Than You Think
Twitter had a data security problem last week that might sound trivial. Email addresses, phone numbers, and the last four digits of the credit cards used to buy ads on Twitter were left in browser cache after the transaction, and that cache was not secured. This may seem trivial, but the consequences could be far more significant than you might think. Let's explore how.
With much of the workforce conducting business from home to escape the pandemic, scammers have revved up their trickery to scare victims into falling for credential harvesting schemes. Two new reports lay bare the new twists digital scammers are putting on old approaches to get you to unwittingly give up login credentials.
Women in Tech: 20 Trailblazers Share Their Journeys
Successful women in the tech trenches share their insights and tackle subjects ranging from how to search out a strong mentor to how to be one -- from how to advance in a large company to how to start your own firm.
This book is an excellent guide for students considering STEM courses, graduates pondering job choices, and career changers at any stage in life. It's also a useful tool for school and career counselors, recruiters, and HR pros eager to diversify their workplaces.
Open Source Security Issues Exist: Deal With Them, Report Urges
Open Source Software is becoming much more commonplace within organizations, bringing a different set of risks and perceived challenges compared to closed source or proprietary software. The Information Security Forum has released a report to help security professionals recognize the benefits and perceived challenges of using Open Source Software.
Nintendo seems to be uncomfortable with the dominant business model in the mobile-gaming market, which allows players to download and start playing a game for free, then entices them to spend money on the software through in-app purchases. Those tactics have come under the increased scrutiny of regulators, which also concerns Nintendo, a brand with a family-friendly image.
Twitter has notified business clients that their personal information, including email addresses, phone numbers, and the last four digits of their credit card numbers may have been compromised. Self-serve advertisers that viewed billing information on ads.twitter.com or analytics.twitter.com were affected. The issue occurred prior to May 20, 2020. However, Twitter only notified customers about it on June 23.
Apple's 2020 Worldwide Developers Conference will probably be known for two things: it was the first time the forum was staged virtually, and it's when Apple announced it would start making Macs based its own processor designs.
Cisco and the Importance of Empathy in a Technology Vendor
Under Chuck Robbins, Cisco is a very different company. Robbins appears driven to make a difference rather than to get rich. He isn't about pushing products as much as he is about selling ideas and concepts, one of which is to create a better world.
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