Tuesday, April 17, 2018
Jabra Elite 65t review: AirPod alternative - The Verge
"he new $170 Jabra Elite 65t earbuds are my go-to recommendation for anyone who wants truly wireless earbuds that aren’t Apple’s AirPods. As good as the AirPods are, there are several things that might rule them out for some people. If you’re like me, it’s the one-size-fits-most design; my ears just aren’t a good match, and buying aftermarket ear hooks for a snug, secure fit is a hassle. And then there’s the outside noise; the open design of AirPods, though great for awareness and safety, means you’ll occasionally find yourself cranking the volume to extremes when you want to drown out the cacophony of city life. But those pitfalls aside, the AirPods have remained on their own pedestal above the competition for well over a year because of their ease of use, rock-solid connection stability, and battery life.
Monday, April 16, 2018
Sunday, April 15, 2018
Bathroom hand dryers may leave your hands dirtier than before, gross new study says - The Washington Post
"Hand dryers may leave your hands significantly more dirty than before, according to a new study.
The study, the results of which were published in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology, found that plates exposed to 30 seconds of a bathroom hand dryer gained at least 18 to 60 colonies of bacteria, while plates exposed to bathroom air for two minutes had fewer than one.
The authors concluded that the ‘results indicate that many kinds of bacteria, including potential pathogens and spores, can be deposited on hands exposed to bathroom hand dryers, and that spores could be dispersed throughout buildings and deposited on hands by hand dryers.’"
Saturday, April 14, 2018
Thursday, April 12, 2018
Monday, April 09, 2018
Facebook's Zuckerberg testifies to Congress about Cambridge Analytica, and he's got a lot to prove - CNET
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"Getty ImagesMark Zuckerberg's lived his adult life spreading the gospel of Facebook: "Bringing the world closer together."
And in the 14 years since Facebook was founded, he's largely succeeded. More than 2 billion people use his service each month, making it the biggest social media network on the planet. It's the largest photo site on the web. It's now home to powerful social movements, an outlet for political dissidents and, yes, the place where you share baby photos and what you had for lunch. Most of us know more people who use Facebook than those who don't.
But the cheery optimism that helped Facebook become one of the most powerful companies in the world left it vulnerable to being co-opted by bad actors and twisted into a tool for mass harassment, for spreading propaganda and, most recently, for mass theft of our personal information by a data consultancy that works to influence elections.
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