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CHEAP: This is a quiet place — shame if someone ruined it with THIS $109 MARSHALL SPEAKER

Jul23
by on July 23, 2019 at 1:23 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! Sometimes headphones or a home stereo won’t do — you need a portable sound system. I mean, how on earth else are you meant to get all your friends to listen to those carefully crafted playlists? This is where Marshall’s Stockwell portable Bluetooth speaker comes into the picture. This device is on sale for just $109.99, down from its original price tag of $199.97 (44% off). Marshall is known throughout the world for quality audio gear, and this is no exception. This Bluetooth speaker packs…

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Police demand access to sexual assault survivors’ phones — or have their case dropped

Jul23
by on July 23, 2019 at 12:01 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Code Word


For the ongoing series, Code Word, we’re exploring if — and how — technology can protect individuals against sexual assault and harassment, and how it can help and support survivors. In April 2019, police in the UK introduced new consent forms asking sexual assault survivors for permission to access their personal information stored on their phones. If survivors refuse to hand over phone data in this “digital strip search,” police will allegedly stop investigating their rape case.  These consent forms, which have been rolled out by all 43 forces in England and Wales, ask the permission of survivors to pick apart…

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Facebook forced to take action against fraudsters peddling fake Libra

Jul23
by on July 23, 2019 at 11:44 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


It’s barely been a month since Facebook unleashed its cryptocurrency Libra into the wild and published its whitepaper. But already, the social media giant has been forced to address a growing number of fake communications associated to its digital asset. Around a dozen “fake accounts, pages, and groups,” claiming to be official Libra outlets, have sprung up on Facebook and Instagram, The Washington Post reports. This is on top of the growing list of websites claiming to already be selling Libra tokens. The fake communications reportedly featured Facebook‘s logo, branding, photos of Mark Zuckerberg, or Libra‘s official marketing imagery. The…

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This bot smushes emoji together to create messed-up hybrids (that we love)

Jul23
by on July 23, 2019 at 10:54 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web


Every year, the Unicode Consortium, the organization which oversees emoji development, adds new emoji ranging from hand gestures to objects. Now a bot on Twitter is trying to create fresh emoji by mashing them up. Emoji Mashup Bot, built by student and developer Louan Bengmah, Emoji Mashup Bot takes two random emoji from Twitter and mixes up their elements. Here are some fun ones to look at.  😁 beaming-closed-eyes + 🤑 money-lover = pic.twitter.com/2N07oCaM9F — Emoji Mashup Bot (@EmojiMashupBot) July 23, 2019 😉 winking + 😿 sad-cat = pic.twitter.com/Ur7wbVbh8O — Emoji Mashup Bot (@EmojiMashupBot) July 22, 2019 😡 extremely-angry + 🤯 exploding = pic.twitter.com/WPZ17mZtjh — Emoji…

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