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Beeper bringing iMessage to Android is great, but I can't help but feel nervous

Sat, 09/09/2023 - 14:00

Android Central

Many have been wanting the ability to use iMessage on Android for years, but Apple hasn't budged. This opened the door for other options to fill the gap, such as Beeper which offers a whole lot more.

Get Hulu with live TV for a major discount during Disney’s Charter spat

Sat, 09/09/2023 - 13:38

The Verge

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

Disney has announced that until October 11th, it will offer a three-month deal on Hulu plus Live TV for $49.99 per month. The $20-a-month discounted subscription, which includes ad-supported Hulu, Disney Plus, and ESPN Plus, comes right as the final weekend of the US Open championships gets underway and the first NFL games of the

Free US Open final live stream: Where to watch Gauff vs. Sabalenka from anywhere

Sat, 09/09/2023 - 13:30

Tech Insider

Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka — Watch Coco Gauff vs. Aryna Sabalenka in the US Open tennis women's final.
AP Photo/Charles Krupa (left) / Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports (right)

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The 2023 US Open tennis women's final match is set. The sensational Coco Gauff (USA) will meet Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka to decide who walks home with the biggest tennis

Sports

North Korea celebrated its founding with a military parade featuring dump trucks modified to work as rocket launchers

Sat, 09/09/2023 - 13:17

Tech Insider

view from back of rocket launchers pulled by tractors — This photo provided Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023, by the North Korean government shows the paramilitary parade, marking North Korea’s 75th founding anniversary at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea.
Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP

North Korea celebrated its founding with a military parade featuring tractors and dump trucks.
The 75th anniversary was attended by delegations

MSNBC host and ex-GOP congressman Joe Scarborough blasts Tommy Tuberville over his monthslong blockade on senior military promotions: 'Hey Tommy, you're not coaching football anymore'

Sat, 09/09/2023 - 12:44

Tech Insider

Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama.
AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana

Joe Scarborough blasted Tommy Tuberville over the Alabama senator's blockade of military promotions.
"Hey Tommy, you're not coaching football anymore," Scarborough said on his "Morning Joe" program.
Tuberville has continued to defend his stance, driven by the Pentagon's post-Roe abortion policies.

MSNBC host Joe Scarborough on Friday tore

Politics

Berserk is Back in Action With a New Manga Arc

Sat, 09/09/2023 - 12:25

Gizmodo

Since the death of manga creator Kentaro Miura in 2021, there’ve been questions about what would happen with his ongoing series Berserk. Last year, it was reported the manga would continue through the late artist’s assistant team at Studio Gaga and his close friend Kouji Mori (who is said to know the full story from…

Grid’s framed, disassembled gadgets are up to 40 percent off this weekend

Sat, 09/09/2023 - 12:21

The Verge

A close-up image of Grid’s framed, dissected Game Boy with labeled components and measurements. — *Finally, the kind of treatment Nintendo’s 34-year-old handheld deserves.* | Image: Grid

Happy Saturday, dear readers! If you’re anything like me, chances are you have a soft spot for older tech, specifically the kind of borderline-ancient gadgets and gizmos that often find their way to the landfill or the shoebox under your bed. If so, I’m here to tell you that Grid Studio

Wyze security camera owners report seeing strangers' camera feeds

Sat, 09/09/2023 - 12:20

Mashable

A "web caching issue" led to Wyze security camera feeds appearing on other users' web viewers.

I've been saving for a down payment for my first house. Now that my student-loan repayments are starting again, I have to put my dreams on hold.

Sat, 09/09/2023 - 12:18

Tech Insider

house for sale on the left and data for student loans on the right — null
Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Because of the pause on student-loan repayments, I saved a lot of money for a down payment.
But now that they're starting again, I can no longer save for a home.
I have to make a lot of tough decisions now, and I'm putting my dreams on hold.

In March 2020, my student-loan worries disappeared practically overnight.

For years, my $35,000 debt hung over my head. Every

PowerPoint co-creator Dennis Austin is dead at 76

Sat, 09/09/2023 - 12:09

The Verge

A screenshot of Dennis Austin smiling. His gray hair is close-cropped and quite thin on top, and he is wearing dark glasses a dark sweater over a dress shirt. — *A screenshot from a 2015 video interview, titled* Oral History of Dennis R. Austin, *that was published by the Computer History Museum.* | Screenshot: Wes Davis / The Verge

Dennis Austin, who co-created PowerPoint, passed away at his home in Los Altos, California, on September 1st, reports The Washington Post. His son, Michael Austin, said he’d had lung cancer that had

VR news of the week: A Nintendo-Google partnership (?!) and more Quest 3 leaks

Sat, 09/09/2023 - 12:00

Android Central

Nintendo has tried to make a VR headset since 1995. Could a Nintendo mixed-reality gaming headset running Google's Micro XR software be on the way?

Elon Musk's biographer changed a major detail about how the SpaceX CEO stopped Ukraine sinking a chunk of the Russian navy

Sat, 09/09/2023 - 11:48

Tech Insider

Elon Musk's biographer clarified a key detail from his upcoming book on the SpaceX CEO.
It had said that Musk thwarted a Ukrainian offensive by turning off Starlink coverage near Crimea.
His biographer clarified that "Ukrainians THOUGHT coverage was enabled all the way to Crimea, but it was not."

Elon Musk's biographer clarified a key detail about how the SpaceX