Samsung is unveiling and Antarctica is ailing, but first: a cartoon about marriage in the age of social media.Here’s the news you need to know, in two minutes or less.Want to receive this two-minute roundup as an email every weekday? Sign up here!Today’s NewsEverything Samsung announced at its ‘Unpacked’ eventSamsung kicked off its Galaxy Unpacked…
DetailsYou’ll likely have one less choice for mobile service soon.Last year, nine states and the District of Columbia filed suit to block T-Mobile’s $26.5 billion acquisition of Sprint. Tuesday, a federal judge ruled against the states, allowing the merger to move forward. The deal still needs approval from the California Public Utilities Commission, but it’s…
DetailsAt a press conference announcing the indictment of four Chinese hackers Monday, US Attorney General William Barr spoke out loud what had long been discussed only over drinks at security conferences: Some of the biggest hacks of Americans’ private data in the past decade had been the work of the Chinese government, resulting in a…
DetailsThere’s a streaming service for pretty much everything now. Companies like Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu offer a smorgasbord of licensed and original video series. HBONow, Disney+, and Apple TV+ satisfy the exclusive content snobs, or those held hostage by animated IP. But when it comes to premium news videos, there isn’t really just one destination;…
DetailsEtched on the back of Samsung’s new phone, the Galaxy S20 Ultra, are the following words: “Space Zoom 100X.”Space Zoom! Sadly, you can’t zoom in and see all the galaxies far, far away, but you can zoom in on a subject up to 100X in the camera app. Naturally, it’s the first thing I tried…
DetailsToday, at its annual Galaxy Unpacked hardware event in San Francisco, Samsung announced its flagship (read: very expensive!) line of Galaxy phones, as well as a few more affordable alternatives and a smattering of other accessories.The company also unveiled the Galaxy Z Flip, its second stab at a folding phone after the much-maligned Galaxy Fold.…
DetailsHere’s a good piece of trivia for you: What’s the fastest commercial airliner in operation? As of Sunday, the answer might be “the Boeing 747″—not bad for an airliner that first entered service 50 years ago. On Saturday evening at 6:47 pm ET, British Airways 747-400, tail number G-CIVP, took off from John F. Kennedy…
DetailsIt’s obvious, but I’ll say it: Rockets are cool. Sending stuff into space with a chemical reaction is just stupid-awesome. But clearly, we can’t keep using chemical rockets to put satellites in orbit. They’re too expensive, and the fuel is heavy—which means you need even more fuel to carry the fuel.So I’m excited about this…
DetailsIn an age of hyper-partisanship, Americans increasingly get their news from sites that align with their political beliefs. But more separates those right- and left-leaning sides of the web than their opposite ideologies. According to a new study, the right end of the fractured online news industry also tracks its audience far more aggressively than…
DetailsLast week Antarctica outdid itself, and not in a good way, setting a high for its warmest temperature ever recorded: 65 degrees Fahrenheit. If the first thought that popped into your head is that balmy weather certainly can’t be good for the continent’s ice, you’d be right. But the heat is also a problem for…
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