The Google Home app is a hot mess right now, to say the least. It's primary purpose is to set up new Chromecasts and Google Home speakers, but the company has also added content discovery and other functionality. The app has seen a few visual tweaks in the past, but now the UI is being overhauled to match Google's new Material Design theme.
Modern life would be impossible without plastic – but we have long since lost control over our invention. Why has plastic turned into a problem and what do we know about its dangers?
Earlier this month, several buttons were added to the bottom toolbar. In the latest builds of Chrome Canary, the interface has been tweaked again. There are no longer two tab buttons and two overflow menus - only the toolbar buttons remain.
Sans mise en demeure préalable, la CNIL vient d’infliger une sanction de 75 000 euros à une association gérant des demandes de logement. L’autorité administrative lui reproche d’avoir « insuffisamment protégé les données des utilisateurs de son site Internet » en se dispensant de « mesures élémentaires » de sécurité.
La plateforme de vidéo à la demande de Canal+ a vu son nombre d’abonnés fondre comme neige au soleil en deux ans. Le président du directoire du groupe est revenu sur cet échec.
For $269, it's the best phone in its class, despite its flaws.
KaiOS is based on the failed Firefox OS experiment
When Instagram announced IGTV, its standalone app for long-form vertical video, the comparisons to YouTube were inevitable. YouTube is the go-to platform for video content, from young web users to creators; services like Vimeo or even Twitch can’t match its sheer size or popularity. But Instagram — a company with a proven habit of eating its competition — is already proving itself to be a savvy competitor by going after internet celebrities. According to creator Marques Brownlee, while there’s no better place for a video creator in 2018 than YouTube, IGTV has the most potential to become a second home.
- /shrug or /shruggie — ¯_(ツ)_/¯
- /sunglasses or /dealwithit — ( ••) ( ••)>⌐■-■ (⌐■_■)
- /tableflip — (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻
- /tableback — ┬─┬ ノ( ゜-゜ノ
- /that — (☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞
- /this — ☜(ﾟヮﾟ☜)
- /wizard — (∩ ` -´)⊃━━☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ
- /yuno — ლ(ಠ益ಠლ)
- /success — (•̀ᴗ•́)و ̑̑
- /happy — ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ
- /facepalm— (－‸ლ)
- /disapprove — ಠ_ಠ
- /algebraic — | ( •◡•)| (❍ᴥ❍ʋ)
- /praisethesun — `[-|-]/
Disney has cleared a key hurdle in its bid to acquire 21st Century Fox: the company has won antitrust approval from the Justice Department, albeit with one condition. The Justice Department required that Disney divest Fox’s regional sports networks, as they would create anti-competitive conflicts due to Disney’s ownership of ESPN, according to Variety. Disney has agreed to the conditions.
Le développeur de Monument Valley 2 fait le bilan des 12 premiers mois de commercialisation. Neuf ventes sur dix se font sur iOS.
On Sunday night, cyber-security expert and prolific blogger Kenichiro Okamoto held a seminar in the city of Fukuoka about writing on the internet. During the two-hour event, Okamoto — who also used the online handle Hagex — offered tips on how to get traffic, as well as how to deal with the “blog trouble” he had experienced online over the years, from readers pointing out typos to legal threats and internet feuds.
After the seminar, Okamoto went to the use the bathroom and was stabbed to death by an assailant, who then fled. According to The Asahi Shimbun, police say that a 42-year-old man named Hidemitsu Matsumoto later turned himself in, saying he “held a grudge” against Okamoto because of their online exchanges and had decided to kill him.
Scene hacker Hexkyz reports that Team Xecuter’s recently released Custom Firmware for the Nintendo Switch embeds some code designed to intentionally brick a console, if it detects the user is trying to bypass the license restrictions. (For example by trying to run the CFW on a different console than the license allows).
THIS LOOKS SO MUCH LIKE CLASSIC SCOOBY
YES!
Due to Nintendo's continued lack of attention towards Waluigi, Did You Know Gaming takes a look at some facts, secrets and Easter eggs relating to Waluigi! Waluigi first appeared in Mario Tennis on the Nintendo 64, and has since been a regular character in Mario spin-off titles including the recent Mario Tennis Aces. Waluigi also has a strong connection to Wario, and often appears alongside him as a pair, but not in Super Smash Bros Ultimate... We personally are hoping for a Waluigi game, or even Waluigi games in the future.
Today at VidCon, YouTube announced some new monetization options for content creators. I'm sure most of you have heard about the adpocalypses, where videos have gotten mass-demonetized, oftentimes before they're even published. This has led many creators to seek other means of making a living, most notably with Patreon. But YouTube is trying to rebuild the bridge with them by offering some new ways of more effectively making money, but outside of ads.