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A new breakthrough in Bluetooth chip technology has shed the battery that typically comes with the small hardware component. Wiliot is seeing success with its paper-thin Bluetooth sticker chip that could land in devices later this year. The chip is able to be battery-free by harnessing the ambient radio waves to power it and has a lot of potential use cases. As reported by The Verge, one of the things holding back companies from making Bluetooth chips smaller is the need to include a battery....

On Thursday the librarian of Congress issued a Final Rule that prohibits largely on copyright grounds jailbreaking, rooting, and ripping the millions of digital devices that help define daily life. Technically, the Final Rule is born from the general status of the DMCA that makes it illegal to tamper with any scheme to manage digital rights. There are some exceptions, including those announced in today’s ruling. The rule was promulgated by Librarian of Congress James H....

To get you up to speed on the latest handsets and help you make the best buying decision this fall, ZDNET experts sifted through spec sheets, price points, feature lists, and presentations to bring you all the information. Here are key reasons to buy one iPhone 14 model over the other – starting from the top of the line. See also: Here’s everything Apple announced during its ‘Far Out’ event...

Some of the scariest moment in film have come not from horror movies, but from children’s films. Think about some of the events in the Harry Potter movies, where actual teenagers ended up going to war. The Child-Catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang used the promise of candy to abduct children. Sid the toy torturer in Toy Story mutilated sentient creatures. And look at all the terrifying moment from Disney cartoons, from the children turning into donkeys in Pinocchio to everything Cruella DeVille did in 101 Dalmations to The Shadow Man being dragged to “the other side” in The Princess and the Frog....

A new report claims that the upcoming Steve Jobs biopic, led by veteran screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, is set to change hands. According to Hollywood magazine Deadline, the film will be moving from Sony Pictures to Universal Pictures by tomorrow at the latest. Despite the studio move, production of the movie is expected to remain on the fast track. “I’m hearing very strongly that Universal is indeed locking down the Jobs project and essentially giving it a green light,” writes Deadline reporter Mike Fleming, Jr....

As if all the leaks were not enough, Google itself went ahead and accidentally put the new Nexus 5 page live on the Play Store for quite sometime. Thanks to this mistake from Google, quite a few things are now confirmed about the Nexus 5. Firstly, the device will officially be called the Nexus 5 and not the new Nexus 4 as was rumored, initially. Secondly, the high resolution images of the device from the Play Store confirm the new icons along with a transparent status and navigation bar....

Netflix offers reality TV show fans a variety of compelling and entertaining programming, but The Great British Bake-Off (rebranded as The Great British Baking Show in America) might be one of the streaming giant’s most popular and beloved series. For ten seasons, The Great British Bake-Off has been a hit series on UK networks. In 2018, after The Great British Bake-Off moved from BBC to Channel 4, Netflix acquired the rights to stream three future seasons....

Following the release of Apple TV update version 6.1 alongside the release of iOS 7.1 in early March, we’ve received several reports of an issue with Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound in the Apple TV’s Netflix app. Following the update, users with 5.1 systems are only able to get stereo output from Netflix on the Apple TV. There have been an increasing number of complaints online in several Apple support forums as recent as this morning, but up until now Netflix and Apple have been quiet on the issue....

New Nokia 5G Smartphone Coming Soon, HMD Global Confirms! It’s no doubt that 5G is the next big thing in mobile technology, but right now it has limited availability and is tied to expensive smartphones. 5G phones already exist in the smartphone marketplace, but they are quite costly. Recent 5G smartphones like Huawei Mate 20 X 5G and Samsung Galaxy S10 5G cost around Rs 70,000. Despite being highly priced, users are still purchasing 5G phones....

Windows 10 Redstone Preview Build 11099 Microsoft exec Gabe Aul notes on his blog post that as with previous Insider Build 11082, there aren’t any noticeable changes or features yet. A restart is required to complete the installation (which is a full in-place upgrade). You can schedule the restart for a time that works best for you. For more on that, read our guide on how to schedule Windows 10 Update restarts....

Warning: This article contains MAJOR SPOILERS for NCIS season 16 finale Ziva is back in NCIS. Cote de Pablo’s fan-favorite agent dropped by to see Gibbs (Mark Harmon) in the last couple of moments before season 16 officially wrapped up, teasing fans that there’s more to her return than a simple catching up. The actress was last seen in the procedural in 2013 when she opted to return to her native of Israel rather than return to service after a snafu that involved her boss....

Attempts to fight the net neutrality repeal continue as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been ordered by a court to examine the impacts of repealing the protection. One incident that may prove significant is when Verizon throttled data service to a fire service vehicle in a way that hampered its ability to fight wildfires… Engadget reports that although an appeal against the repeal of net neutrality failed, the court did order the FCC to determine whether the loss of the legal protections had had any negative impacts, including any safety issues....

When the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) removed net neutrality protections, the Trump administration took an unusual additional step: it made it specifically illegal for states to introduce their own net neutrality laws … Several states ignored this and decided to act to restore net neutrality locally. New York found a workaround, withholding state contracts from violators, while Oregon, Vermont, Washington state and California decided to simply implement their own laws in defiance of the FCC ruling....

CNBC details Netflix’s actual numbers for the quarter, compared to analyst expectations: Earnings per share (EPS): $1.59 vs. $1.81 expected, according to Refinitiv survey of analysts Revenue: $6.15 billion vs. $6.08 billion, according to Refinitiv Global paid net subscriber additions: 10.09 million vs. 8.26 million expected, according to FactSet Netflix’s guidance for the third quarter of the year came in at $6.33 billion in revenue and earnings-per-share of $2.09, compared to analyst expectations of $6....

Netflix’s stalker thriller YOU season 2 gets a December release date and poster. The series stars Penn Badgley, of Gossip Girl fame, as Joe Goldberg, an intense bookstore owner in NYC who lives something of a double life. In the first season, viewers meet Joe, who on the outside comes across as an intelligent, kind and handsome young man just looking for love. But when he falls hard for Guinevere Beck (Elizabeth Lail), a customer turned girlfriend and utter obsession, things grow increasingly violent and dangerous for all involved in his life - even the one he claims to love the most....

Enterprise analytics company Thinknum, which aims to provide investors with information directly from company websites, has shared its newest report highlighting Apple’s job openings. The company shows that Apple has dramatically increased its hiring of designers, with open positions rising at a steady rate since October… Thinknum’s data shows that Apple design job openings have jumped from an average of around 40, and often much lower, to as many as 70 on January 12th of this year....

Owners of the Apple Watch Series 4 Hermès editions will be in for a treat with the upcoming watchOS 5.2 update, currently in beta. The new Apple Watch update will bring a few new watch faces exclusive to the Hermès Series 4 Apple Watch. As discovered by French blog WatchGeneration.fr (via Google Translate), owners of the designer Apple Watch will see a new gradient style Hermès watch face in two colors: Cherry/Sakura and Bleu (pink and blue)....

A brand new trailer for Rian Johnson’s highly-anticipated whodunnit, Knives Out, pays homage to classic murder mysteries from the past. Johnson’s latest is led with an all-star cast that includes Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Toni Collette, and Jamie Lee Curtis amongst a variety of other famous faces. Ever since its debut at the Toronto International Film Festival, the film has been met with plenty of rave reviews and is currently sitting at 97% on Rotten Tomatoes....

MacTrast claims that Apple is set to unveil major upgrades to their MacBook Pro line of notebooks including better displays, better battery life, and updated designs. First the report claims that the entire line will become 15-20% lighter due to a new “stronger, lighter, and more scratch resistant” aluminum material. The new laptops are said to be made through a new build process also that is “similar to injection molding.”...

Once you spot an image you want to save, select it then tap the star at the bottom of the page. This will add it to a permanent collection synced to your account, according to ’s Inside Search blog. You can organize the images later into your own folders, which could make it easy to sort your cat images into categories for Siamese, Calico, Tuxedo, or “unidentified feline.” It works across Android iOS in any mobile browser, as long as you’re signed in to ....