June 2, 2020 Apple News+ will feature audio versions of stories, iOS update shows Apple’s News+ platform is getting an audio feature. As reported by 9to5Mac, today’s public release of iOS 13.5.1 has been accompanied by the first…
June 2, 2020 Author Max Brooks on What Fascinates Him About Bigfoot Max Brooks is probably best known as the author of World War Z—the excellent 2006 zombie apocalypse tale that was adapted into a so-so…
June 2, 2020 The World’s Tree Cover Is Headed in the ‘Wrong Direction’ The world is failing to protect its oldest forests. Even as we need forests to store carbon more than ever, the world lost tree…
June 2, 2020 Publishers Mad About Ebooks Again, Sue Internet Archive Over Free Library Program With schools and libraries closed, essential sources of education and entertainment have been cut off. That’s why, in March, the Internet Archive began digitizing…
June 2, 2020 How Netflix’s Cowboy Bebop Captures the Spirit and Style of the Original Writer Javier Grillo-Marxuach wants to get one thing straight: Of course Ein is a corgi. A rumor went around last year that the Netflix…
June 2, 2020 Why people are posting black squares on Instagram It’s unclear who started the trend of posting solid black images on Instagram, but Blackout Tuesday has its roots in the record industry. |…
June 2, 2020 Here’s our best look yet at Google’s new Android TV streaming device Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google may be close to launching its next streaming TV device, and now XDA Developers has got…
June 2, 2020 ‘Out of context’ Twitter accounts are turning into protest accounts The “out of context bojack horseman” account usually tweets memes and screenshots to its nearly 180,000 Twitter followers. But recently, the account’s feed has…
June 2, 2020 AT&T exempts HBO Max from mobile data caps Streaming companies have to pay mobile carriers — such as AT&T — if they don’t want traffic from their services to affect users’ data…
June 2, 2020 Peloton’s workout app comes to Apple TV The Peloton app is officially available on Apple TV, giving quarantined gym-goers more options for home exercise as coronavirus concerns linger. While the digital…