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Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesWith the 2024 US presidential election coming up, you can expect to see a lot more political posts on social networks, including Meta's Threads. Maybe you'd like to avoid those types of posts as much as possible or perhaps you want to dive head first into political discussions and debates. Either way, Threads now gives you more control over how much political content appears in your feed.A new setting now rolling out to the Threads app for iOS and Android lets you…

One-fifth of humanity is supposed to volunteer to die in a new trailer for Caitlin Cronenberg’s Humane. Elisabeth Moss is a British super-spy in FX’s The Veil. And we’ve got new pics from Outlander season 7 part 2. Spoiler time!Ernie Hudson on Winston’s Evolution and the Future of Ghostbusters Crumb CatcherFollowing its recent premiere at Fantastic Fest, Deadline reports Doppelgänger Releasing has acquired the U.S. rights to Crumb Catcher, the feature debut of writer/director Chris Skotchdopole. Starring Rigo Garay, Ella…

Image by TheDigitalArtist on Pixabay In today’s digital age, interconnectivity is no longer just a passing tech trend. Statista said Internet-of-Things (IoT) connected devices worldwide reached approximately 11.28 billion in 2021. Statista also says this number will increase to over 29 billion by 2030. Furthermore, they expect the global IoT market size to reach $1.387 trillion by 2024. Industries that use IoT include healthcare, hospitality, financial services, and manufacturing, to name a few. If you want…

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is concerned that the merger Three and Vodafone announced last year could lead to "substantial lessening of competition" and might conduct an in-depth investigation into the deal. Three years after Virgin Media's merger with O2, Three and Vodafone revealed their intention to enter a joint venture agreement that would knock off a standalone mobile network from consumers' choices in the region. goApparently, CMA regulators launched a preliminary investigation into their…

Microsoft finally announced the Surface Pro 10 and Laptop 6 this week, but you won’t find them in any retail stores. You can only buy them on Microsoft’s website and through enterprise resellers. This week, Cherlynn and Devindra discuss why Microsoft is positioning these computers for businesses, and what it could mean for the future of the Surface lineup. The company is hinting that it’ll have consumer devices soon – likely the Pro 10 and Laptop 6 without as much corporate baggage. But there may also be room for an…

Fans of Dear Esther, Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs and Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, make sure to mark June 18 on your calendar. On that day, you'll be able to buy a copy of Still Wakes the Deep for the PC (via Steam and Epic Games Store), the Xbox Series X|S and the PS5, though you can also play it with Game Pass for Xbox and PC. It's the latest first-person narrative horror game from The Chinese Room, the developer behind the aforementioned titles in the same genre.Just a warning if the title itself isn't clear enough:…

Financial disclosures show that members of Congress who voted for the so-called “TikTok ban” last week may own between $29 million and $126 million worth of stock in competing tech companies, according to data from Quiver Quantitative, a company that tracks congressional investments. Among the 352 members of the House of Representatives who voted “yes” on the bill, 44 reported they own shares of companies including Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Snap—all corporations that could stand to benefit if TikTok is forced…

Babies Smell Sweet, but Teenagers Stink. Is Evolution the Explanation? Carboxylic acids make teens give off a pungent olfactory mix redolent of cheese, plum and even goatsBy Joanna Thompson Credit: HAndrii/Getty Images Teenagers have a reputation for smelling, well, just a tad bit funky. According to the latest research, that stereotype might be more than habitual adult bias against the teen cohort—it could actually be rooted in solid science.In a study published on March 21 in the journal Communications Chemistry,…

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Apple has rolled out a new software update for its iPhone and iPad models. The newly rolled-out iOS 17.4.1 brings some important bug fixes and security updates. Similarly, iPadOS 17.4.1 also contains some of these improvements. This update comes shortly after the company rolled out iOS 17.4 on March 5, which brought support for third-party app stores in the European Union (EU), transcripts for Apple Podcasts, and new emoji. Here are all the details you need to know about iOS 17.4.1.  Apple has rolled out a new software…