Month: May 2020

If you’ve ever found yourself scrubbing your way through a long YouTube video to get to the “good” part, you’ll appreciate the new feature YouTube is launching today: Video Chapters. The feature uses timestamps that creators apply to their videos, allowing viewers to easily jump forward to a specific section of the video or rewatch … Continue reading YouTube introduces Video Chapters to make it easier to navigate longer videos Continue Reading →

Wireless kit has 40 hours’ battery life, but turn off the RGB fripperies and you might get 135 days Swiss peripherals maker Logitech has lifted the lid on its latest mechanical keyboard – the G915 TKL. The intended target audience seems to be die-hard gamers, and the G915 TKL hopes to win over this demographic … Continue reading Did nobody tell them about the lockdown? Logitech releases new ‘luggable’ mechanical keyboard for LAN parties Continue Reading →

It says the surveillance company violates Illinois law. Clearview AI is about to deal with more pushback beyond corporate objections and occasional bans. The American Civil Liberties Union has sued Clearview AI for allegedly violating Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act with its combination of facial recognition and internet data scraping. The ACLU claimed that the real-time identification technology infringed privacy rights by collecting … Continue reading ACLU sues Clearview AI over alleged privacy violations Continue Reading →

Cold weather missed approaches went left instead of right – and vice versa A very specific software bug made airliners turn the wrong way if their pilots adjusted a pre-set altitude limit. The bug, discovered on Bombardier CRJ-200 aircraft fitted with Rockwell Collins Aerospace-made flight management systems (FMSes), led to airliners trying to follow certain missed … Continue reading Software bug in Bombardier airliner made planes turn the wrong way Continue Reading →

YouTube Music’s latest feature allows users to view and pre-save unreleased albums, another new feature that brings the service closer to parity with other music-streaming options. Reddit users recently initially noticed the change, and Engadget confirmed by checking one of our personal accounts Previously, upcoming albums weren’t visible on YouTube Music. With the new feature, unreleased albums … Continue reading YouTube Music now allows users to pre-save albums before they’re released Continue Reading →

Starting a new job in the middle of a lockdown is a challenge. Use these five tips to help new employees that are starting remotely to feel supported in their roles. The coronavirus pandemic has added an additional layer of complexity to recruiting, with businesses now being forced to onboard new starters remotely with whatever … Continue reading Working from home: Five ways to make remote workers feel supported Continue Reading →

The greatest comedy in television history became a part of the Disney family when the mega-corporation gobbled up Fox last year, like so many forbidden donuts. Beyond having to make nice with the cartoon mouse American’s family had so openly antagonized over the decades, the deal meant that The Simpsons would have a permanent home on the new Disney+ … Continue reading The Simpsons can now be watched in 4:3 aspect ratio on Disney+, as nature intended Continue Reading →

Google will also give more weight to “experience” metrics for determining what’s featured among the “Top Stories” in Search on mobile. Google on Thursday gave web developers a heads up that it plans to adjust Search rankings to put more emphasis on a web page’s overall “experience.” Additionally, Google will give more weight to “experience” metrics for … Continue reading Google plans to adjust Search rankings based on page “experience” Continue Reading →