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Review: Fiio’s BTR3 adds hi-fi Bluetooth to any wired headphones for $70 bucks

Sep26
by on September 26, 2018 at 2:09 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Plugged


There are two types of people in the world: Those who want a headphone jack, and those who have moved on. Fiio’s BTR3 is a gadget made for the former. It’s a thumb-sized Bluetooth receiver that allows you to connect your old wired headphones to your phone without a dongle, but it also sounds better than most phones or laptops without a headphone jack too. It costs $70, is built by reputable brand known for its portable amplifiers, and comes class-leading codec support. And by class-leading, I mean every significant Bluetooth codec: SBC, AAC, AptX, AptX HD, AptX Low Latency, LDAC, and…

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This cheap bracelet could decrease your risk of developing skin cancer

Sep25
by on September 25, 2018 at 11:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web


Vipul Bansal didn’t believe he was getting enough vitamin D. He’s not alone. Although figures vary wildly, somewhere between 10 and 80 percent of Americans are vitamin D deficient. Bansal, Professor of Applied Chemistry and Environmental Science at Australia‘s Melbourne Institute of Technology, sought a solution. The easiest, obviously, is just to get more sun. But in doing so, he understood that the easiest solution often led to more problems, like skin cancer, wrinkles, and even cataracts. “I was after a sensor that could tell me how long to spend in the sun to get enough vitamin D, but not…

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Coinbase’s new asset listing process will geo-restrict some coins

Sep25
by on September 25, 2018 at 9:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Coinbase is moving away from its predominantly US-centric approach with a new cryptocurrency listing process. As a result, some new digital assets won’t be available to customers based in the US due to stricter regulations. The popular cryptocurrency exchange announced today that it will be assessing coins based on their compliance with local laws. Oh, and if you thought you can use a VPN or some other computer trickery to get around these restrictions, you’ll be unsuccessful. Coinbase makes coins available to users based on where accounts are registered. Coins must satisfy Coinbase’s new seven step process to be listed…

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Twitter’s new policy aims to eradicate ‘dehumanizing speech’

Sep25
by on September 25, 2018 at 9:24 pm
Posted In: Around the Web


Twitter today announced it’d be altering its hateful conduct policies to prohibit “dehumanizing speech.” By doing so, it intends to patch a hole in its rules against hate speech to account for tweets that don’t specifically target anyone, but which are nonetheless demeaning. It’s also asking for users to give feedback on whether the new rules are clear. Del Harvey, Twitter‘s VP of Trust and Safety, and Vijaya Gadde, Legal, Policy and Trust & Safety Lead, authored the new rules. According to them, this new policy has been in development for months, in an attempt to address tweets that users find abusive but…

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