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Mozilla is testing an ad-free news subscription for $5 a month

Jul08
by on July 8, 2019 at 6:09 am
Posted In: Around the Web


Mozilla last month hinted at a paid version of Firefox browser last month, and now it’s making its plans more explicit. The not-for-profit organization has announced it’s exploring a bunch of “alternative funding models for the web.” To that effect, it said it has started testing an ad-free news subscription product for $5 per month in collaboration with Scroll, a news subscription startup. Scroll currently has an ad-free news subscription in collaboration with 12 media partners, including Slate, The Atlantic, BuzzFeed, Gizmodo, USA Today, and Vox. The service is expected to offer ad-free browsing, audio versions of news articles, and cross-platform syncing…

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What the hell is Apple’s butterfly keyboard?

Jul07
by on July 7, 2019 at 3:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Basics, Plugged


Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Of all the controversies surrounding Apple in recent years, the Macbook’s keyboard saga has been one of the most troubling. Where once Apple‘s laptops were the pinnacle of design, people were (and still are) struggling to just type on the damn things. And the reason for this? The butterfly keys. Well, at long last, it’s being rumoured that Apple is moving away from this type of design and returning to the previous keyboard set-up. But… what…

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CHEAP: Save! Fast! With! $100 off! This Samsung! Portable 2TB SSD!

Jul07
by on July 7, 2019 at 12:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! At some point in our lives, most of us have used large computer files. Whether it’s editing videos, managing photo libraries, or even just playing games, having to do something on a creaking, slow hard drive is an absolute pain. Of course, many computers come with SSDs pre-installed these days, which makes general operation whip-fast. But most external storage available today still uses old-fashioned spinning hard disks. That means getting big files on and off those drive can be an absolute pain, especially if you work…

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