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A few weeks ago Instapaper announced that it was taking the service solo and leaving Pinterest. As part of its new independence, the read-it-later service is reintroducing its Instapaper Premium subscription service to keep the lights turned on. Instapaper is also returning to the European Union after months of being offline for EU users due to GDPR compliance issues. Instapaper announced the relaunch of Premium in a blog post today:...

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger today announced some important news for investors. The company is adopting a new business strategy called IDM 2.0, which includes a $20 billion investment in new facilities in Arizona, launching Intel’s 7-nanometer processors for computers, and also opening up its production capacity to build custom chips for other companies. As reported by Business Wire, Gelsinger today shared his idea for the evolution of Intel’s business model, which he calls “Integrated Device Manufacturing” or “IDM 2....

Monday’s episode of Into the Badlands reminds viewers that Sunny’s sister is still important to the show. It was revealed earlier in the season that Sunny (Daniel Wu) has a sister somewhere in the Badlands, but no one, including Sunny himself, has any knowledge of her whereabouts. The latest episode of the AMC series, “Cobra Fang, Panther Claw,” sees the main characters become sidetracked from their mission to defeat Pilgrim (Babou Ceesay)....

Ion Fury developer Voidpoint has backed out of a promise to remove homophobic content from the game. After criticism over both content and the reveal of transphobic messages from Ion Fury’s creators, the developer had stated that it would both remove the content in question and donate $10,000 to the Trevor Project charity. Now, the update to the game has been cancelled. Voidpoint has had a difficult time with its FPS throwback....

Security experts cited by MIT Technology Review have found that the kernel of the first developer preview of iOS 10 is unencrypted, allowing anyone to examine the code. All previous iOS kernels have been encrypted by Apple. As the piece notes, this doesn’t compromise the security of iOS 10, and there are both pros & cons to making it available for inspection. Security researchers are unsure whether the move was intentional or a mistake …...

While Google beat Apple to the punch as it released the ability to type to Google Assistant back in May, the same functionality arrived for Siri with the iOS 11 beta. Follow along after the jump for how to turn this feature on. Type to Siri is a handy new feature that allows you to continue using the virtual assistant in situations where you can’t talk or need to be more discreet....

One of the headlining features for iOS 12 is the new Grouped Notifications feature. It’s not as simple as grouping by app, but it intelligently creates your groups. For example, you’re getting iMessages from several different threads, those will all come in individual groups. And if an email shows up in between? That’ll show up properly. However, there are times where you don’t want grouped notifications for certain apps and would like to disable grouping for those apps....

iOS 13.2.2 is now rolling out to iPhone and iPod touch users. This comes after the release of iOS 13.2 last week. iOS 13.2.2 includes a fix for RAM management, cellular data performance, and more. Read on for all of the details. If you’re wondering what happened to iOS 13.2.1, Apple released it last week exclusively for the HomePod. The initial HomePod 13.2 update caused some people to experience bricked HomePods, and Apple released iOS 13....

Read on for our full breakdown of iOS 14 leaks and rumors. iOS 14 feature roundup: Tweaked home screen iOS 14 is expected to keep most of the design aspects from previous versions of iOS without a major redesign, but that doesn’t mean it won’t have any interface refinements. This particular feature might be similar to the current Apple Watch app list view, but with advanced sorting options available. Wallpaper changes iOS 14 will feature a redesigned wallpaper settings panel, which includes default wallpapers separated by collections, such as “Classic Stripes”, “Earth & Moon”, and “Flowers....

On Monday, Apple announced that iOS 15 and watchOS 8 will bring support for storing ID cards in the Wallet application. While the feature sounds fantastic in practice, the details are sparse and there’s still a lot we don’t know about when and how this will work. Apple Pay VP Jennifer Bailey announced the feature during Apple’s WWDC 2021 keynote. Bailey explained during the keynote that this is the final thing that Apple needs to bring to the Wallet app to let you be “fully free of your physical wallet....

Two years ago, HMD Global has released the Nokia 7.2 that came with Android 9.0 Pie out of the box using the Android One platform and then upgraded to Android 10. Now, if you’re interested to Install Android 10 Firmware on Nokia 7.2 (DDV) Using Recovery/Flash Tool over the custom firmware or the same stock firmware then you should follow this in-depth guide. Here we’ve shared all the possible and easy to perform stock firmware (Android 10) flashing methods so that you can successfully install the ROM....

Intel’s delaying the release in order to address problems related to the chipset and the antenna used with the wireless chipset. Centrino 2 is the latest version of Intel’s laptop platform and was originally scheduled to ship in June. The impact of the delay means computer makers – potentially including Apple, should it make good on long-standing rumours claiming it has chosen Centrino 2 for its next scheduled MacBook release – will now have to delay the launch of any new machines....

Rumors of a fanless 12-inch MacBook have been doing the rounds for quite some time now, and Intel’s announcement last night of a new 14nm Core M Broadwell processor could make it a reality. The Intel® Core™ M processor will deliver the most energy-efficient Intel Core processor in the company’s history. The majority of designs based on this new chip are expected to be fanless … Intel says that the first devices to use the new chip will go on sale later this year....

Apple today introduced the first beta of iOS 14.7 to developers, and while this update doesn’t seem to bring any significant changes, it does bring a new feature for HomePod users. With this new version of iOS, users will be able to set timers on the HomePod using the Home app on the iPhone, iPad, and possibly the Mac as well. Setting timers on the HomePod is definitely not something new, and since iOS 12, users can add multiple timers at once....

With Apple’s release of iOS 8.3 and OS X 10.10.3, there are now over 300 new emojis including diversity options. Apple uses the unicode emoji set, which includes Spock’s Vulcan salute. However, Apple hasn’t added the Vulcan salute — or “raised hand with fingers separated between the ring and the middle finger” symbol as it’s officially named — to the emoji keyboard, so you cannot type it without creating a workaround....

Instagram account recovery will be a much easier process thanks to a new in-app process announced by the company. Currently, if you get locked out of your account, the recovery process is a manual one … You have to fill out a support form and then wait for a response from the security team. Engadget says that Instagram account recovery is set to be automated. To make it less likely that bad actors will attempt to take over your account in the first place, a new protection is being put in place....

After launching Instagram Stories in August, today Instagram will start to promote Stories created from people you don’t follow within the Explore tab. That announcement comes as Facebook today started allowing at least some users to test its similar Snapchat-like functionality called ‘Messenger Day’. Instagram Stories are essentially slideshows of photos and video clips that users can also add various effects to. The new feature was quite familiar to those that use Snapchat’s very similar feature also called Stories, as is Facebook’s new Messenger Day feature being tested with a small but growing group of users....

Instagram is removing a controversial feature that had been in place since 2011, the Following tab in the Activity feed. Now the feed will focus on your own activity. Reported by BuzzFeed, the Following tab in the Activity feed was introduced back in 2011, that’s before Instagram created its Explore feature. Over the years, the feature has created a lot of controversies since many users weren’t aware that what their likes, comments, and follows was seen by those that follow them in the Following tab of the Activity feed....

Instagram has announced today that it is rolling out support for higher resolution 1080 x 1080 pixel images. This doubles the previous upload resolution of 640 x 640 pixels, and you’ll probably notice very soon that the photos in your stream are looking a bit crisper. According to a post today from Instagram co-founder Mike Krieger, the update is rolling out to both Android and iOS. Other statements from the company suggest that the feature has been rolling out for about week and you should already be seeing these newer photos in-app....

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