Apps ›

• Zen is an elegant browser-based text editor for minimalists
• WhatsApp for Android has mysteriously disappeared from Google Play [Update: It's back]
• Uber is making it easier to bring pets along for the ride
• Google is rolling out dark mode for Gmail and Maps
• Instagram may finally add DMs to desktop with Messenger-like interface

Gear ›

• Pixel 4 hands-on: I almost wish I didn't like it this much
• Every new device at Google's big Pixel 4 event
• Google announces the dual-camera, notchless, & face-unlocking Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL
• Google's new Pixelbook Go is a $649 laptop with 13.3-inch touchscreen
• Google's new Pixel Buds cost 4179, have adapttive sound, and arrive next... spring

Tech ›

• Disgusting DNA app falsely claims it can tell how gay you are
• TikTok appears to have walked back its 'shadow ban' on Trump posts
• NASA engineer says Viking missions discovered life on Mars in the 1970s
• Google Stadia set to launch on Nov 19 -- but not for everyone
• China’s social credit system isn’t about scoring citizens — it’s a massive API

Creative ›

• Watch: Disney’s new anti-vibration tech maps CGI movements onto actual robots
• Chinese vertical dramas made for phone viewing show the future of mobile video
• Sorry, but you can’t copyright a meme
• A peek at legendary architect John Storyk's design process
• Watch: Sony made a God of War documentary as good as the game

Podium ›

• Microsoft brought book burning into the digital age — and you should be worried
• The best way to get driverless cars on the road is to make them less conservative
• 5 lessons I learned from Gary Vaynerchuk at a tech conference in Armenia
• Want to succeed as an entrepreneur? Stop job hopping and find your ‘modern MBA’
• 14 ways to clarify project scope with your programming team

Insights ›

• An overview of Facebook’s 'cryptocurrency' supporters — who’s in and who’s out
• Video: Explore Seoul’s cool startup kitchens — plus a robot restaurant!
• Bitcoin's cumulative transaction fees surpass $1B milestone
• Facebook's ‘cryptocurrency’ Libra unveils official backers, but its future is still uncertain
• Satoshi Nakaboto: ‘CNBC anchor describes Bitcoin as antique furniture, Libra as Restoration Hardware’

Launch ›

• Bethesda wants you to test its game streaming tech with DOOM on iOS this year
• Mozilla rolls out new automated crypto-jacking filtering in Firefox
• Google announces Stadia, its cross-platform game streaming service
• Binance will let you buy Bitcoin with cash from 1,300 stores in Australia
• YouTube Music launches in India to battle it out with Spotify et al

Distract ›

• Bored programmer recreates a rotary dial in the browser (and it's gloriously flawed)
• Disney reveals its Disney+ launch titles in the mother of all Twitter threads
• With shit-all else to do, Fortnite goes on vacation (Update: It's back)
• Just putting it out there: Please Netflix, don’t kill TV
• Real estate firm offers free paranormal investigation for prospective homeowners

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