Starting today (Aug. 18), Cameo will be offering 10-minute calls with celebs via a service they’re calling “Cameo Live,” which honestly sounds like too much time to spend with a celebrity. (Never meet your heroes.) Through this new Live feature, you can choose to chat one-on-one or invite up to […]
Day: August 18, 2022
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The best iPhone VPN in 2022
VPNs are great tools for anyone concerned about diminishing privacy on the internet. These days, it’s difficult to surf the web without leaving behind a trail of your activity. While there’s certainly no foolproof privacy option, VPNs are a popular way to shroud your web identity, and they’re available for […]
Amazon sneakily fixed a vulnerability in the Ring camera
There are plenty of reasons not to get a Ring camera, and the Amazon-owned home security system company just gave us another. In May, Ring sneakily fixed a “high-severity” security vulnerability in its Android app that could’ve exposed users’ camera recordings, full name, email, phone number, geolocation, and address, according […]
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The floating ‘UniWave200’ turns waves into electricity
Developed by Australian startup company Wave Swell Energy, the UniWave200 converts wave energy into zero-emissions electricity. The UniWave200 has launched at King Island, Tasmania and essentially acts as a floating power plant. The device uses an oscillating water column (OWC), which is a sort of man-made blowhole. As waves pass […]
Meet the bartending robot who remembers your favorite drink
BRILLO is a bartending robot developed by scientists in the PRISCA Labs at the University of Naples Federico II. Using machine learning algorithms, BRILLO studies the faces and speech patterns of its customers to detect what kind of mood they’re in and then begins an interaction based on its findings. […]
French and Saunders’ ‘Titting About’ podcast will give you a much needed giggle
There’s a bloody lot going on at present. Luckily, Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders have a good joke about butt cheeks. Released on Audible at the beginning of October 2020 during England’s second lockdown, French and Saunders: Titting About was part of a swathe of UK comedy releases for Amazon’s […]