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Samsung is reportedly delaying the Galaxy Fold due to display issues

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If you were jittery about reports of broken Galaxy Fold review units, you might not be the only one. Wall Street Journal sources claim Samsung has delayed the release of the folding smartphone until "at least" May after reviewers mentioned display i… …

Sri Lanka temporarily bans social media after terrorist bombings

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Extremist violence has once again prompted Sri Lanka to put a halt to social media in the country. The government has instituted a "temporary" ban on social networks, including Facebook, WhatsApp and Viber, after a string of apparently coordinated b… …

Recommended Reading: Coachella was built for YouTube

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Coachella 2019 review: A festival built for YouTube
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork For years, Coachella's opening weekend has been a huge event for YouTube. A weekend's worth of livestreams don't deliver all of the acts to your living room, but the s… …

A public database exposed medical records of 150,000 rehab patients

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Nearly 150,000 patients who sought treatment at an addiction recovery facility in Pennsylvania had their medical records exposed online. Through the public search engine Shodan, independent researcher Justin Paine found an ElasticSearch database with… …

Facebook stored millions of Instagram passwords in plain text

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Last month, news broke that Facebook employees had access to up to 600 million user passwords, which had been stored in plain text. Today, the company revealed that millions of Instagram passwords were also stored in a readable format. An internal in… …

The new Mercedes-Benz GLS is luxuriously extra

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If you're looking for a classy, far-from-huge Mercedes crossover that goes easy on the environment, there's the EQC. If you're the type that routinely needs to ferry around eight in relative luxury, though, your best bet is probably Mercedes-Benz's n… …

The disc-free Xbox One S hits stores on May 7th for $250

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A disc-free, completely digital Xbox One is no longer just a rumored pipe dream for cord cutters and the current generation of Fortnite fanatics who've never had to set foot inside of a GameStop. The Xbox One S All-Digital Edition will hit retailers… …

Google teases ‘something big’ for Pixel on May 7th

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You won't have to wait until the fall for more news on Pixel devices. Google has posted a teaser promising that "something big is coming to the Pixel universe" on May 7th. The associated video clip is ultimately just a promo for Avengers: Endgame-t… …

AI defeated a top-tier ‘Dota 2’ esports team

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So much for the best Dota 2 players having the skill to fend off cutting-edge AI. OpenAI Five has beaten five players from OG, the veteran team that won Valve's 2018 International, in a best-of-three exhibition match. The Verge noted that the deep… …

SpaceIL plans second private Moon lander despite crash

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SpaceIL's first attempt at a private Moon landing didn't go according to plan. However, that isn't deterring the team from giving it another shot. Founder Morris Khan has announced that the team will build another Beresheet lander and "complete the… …

NASA compared twin astronauts to see if space ages the human body

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A NASA study that compared two twins, one who finished a nearly year-long mission in space and one who spent that time in Earth, found that most of the dramatic changes that happen to the human body in space aren't permanent. Scott Kelly, who was abo… …

Recycling robot can sort paper and plastic by touch

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It can be a pain for workers to sort recycling, both because of the safety and the sheer monotony of it. But how do you get robots to do the job when they can't always tell the difference between a can and a cardboard tube? For MIT CSAIL, it's simple… …

Digital music may not have saved the environment after all

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Logic would suggest that music downloads and streaming are good for the environment. You're not buying physical copies, right? Not so fast — there's a chance things could be worse. Researchers have published a study suggesting that greenhouse gas… …

Amazon’s Fire Stick TV 4K supports Miracast screen mirroring

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With its latest update, Amazon has brought a blast from the past to its modestly-priced Fire TV Stick 4K. The $50 streaming stick now supports Miracast, letting you mirror programs to supported smartphones, tablets and PCs as if they were attached di… …

Google Assistant offers livelier search results on Android

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The next time you ask Google Assistant a question, you'll be more likely to get something beyond a flurry of web links. Google is rolling out an update to Assistant on Android that provides more detailed (not to mention more vivid) info cards when y… …

Get an up-close look at SpaceX’s latest Starhopper test

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Now that SpaceX started test firings and short "hop" tests on the launch pad at its Boca Chica, Texas site, it's apparently comfortable enough to show off the results. Tonight Elon Musk — apparently unbothered by an internal investigation or ongoing… …

Apple lures another of Google’s top experts to its AI team

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When Apple appointed former Googler John Giannandrea as the first senior vice president of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Strategy, the tech giant indicated that it's getting more serious about AI. Now, the company is showing its commit… …

Finally, a Switch controller with a headphone jack

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Using voice chat on the Nintendo Switch is about to get a whole lot easier, thanks to a new controller from PDP. Its Faceoff Deluxe+ wired controller – slated for launch this summer — features a 3.5mm headphone jack, so you can simply plug in… …