February 24th is Twin Peaks Day. While that fact might not necessarily be widely known or recognized, fans of the cult show certainly remember the date that Special Agent Dale Cooper first told Diane he was heading for Twin Peaks to work on a murder case. The unexplained murder of Laura Palmer kicked off what quickly became a cult TV series and subsequently a movie, from the minds of David Lynch and Mark Frost....

Apple could be forced to allow third-party payment apps to access the NFC chip in the iPhone and Apple Watch without having to use Apple Pay. The European Union is considering new antitrust legislation in response to complaints by banks that Apple’s restrictions on access to the chip are anticompetitive. Germany has already passed a law which would require this … Background The NFC chip in iPhones and Apple Watches can be read by payment terminals, allowing them to process payments....

According to a report from Broadcasting & Cable, CBS for the first time will live stream its coverage of the AFC portion of the NFL playoffs starting with a game between the Chargers and Bengals this weekend. In addition to the wildcard matchup this Sunday, the network will also live stream two divisional round games and the AFC conference championship. The live stream will be available to users tuning in on desktops, laptops, and tablets through the CBS website, but there’s no mention of mobile phones or apps....

A highly anticipated HomeKit product that’s in the works is Netatmo’s Smart Video Doorbell. It was first announced back at CES 2019 and we’ve been patiently awaiting news on the launch of the sharp-looking smart doorbell. Now it looks like a release could be very close… It’s 2020 and we’ve really only seen one true consumer-facing HomeKit doorbell with the Yobi B3. There is Robin who launched the first HomeKit doorbell on the market, but that’s more of a commercial doorbell with a $500+ price tag....

The Knight Before Christmas is Netflix’s latest holiday flick, but what can viewers expect from a sequel? No holiday is complete without festive lights, home-baked goods, and a little time travel, and Netflix gives audiences all this and more in The Knight Before Christmas. The festive rom-com stars Vanessa Hudgens as a science teacher named Brooke, who falls for Sir Cole (Josh Whitehouse), a medieval knight magically transported from 1334 to 2019 to fulfill a quest in hopes of finding his “truest love....

After just six weeks of rebuilding the website from scratch, the new Digg site (and new Betaworks team) finally launched this evening with a complete redesign and new editorial curation. It is a side step to the user-controlled network that it once was, but the new site is definitely much quicker, featuring images and headlines from content around the Web that is submitted by users. Along with voting up a piece of content, the new Digg also considers retweets and Facebook shares....

Apple today officially unveiled its all-new iPad Pro, and it comes with a price increase for the 12.9-inch. The price increase, combined with a new 2TB storage option, means you can now configure a $2,399 iPad. The new iPad Pro models feature the M1 chip inside alongside Thunderbolt/USB-4 connectivity. There’s also a new 12MP Ultra Wide camera on the front with new tracking features for video calls, as well as 5G connectivity for the first time....

Over the weekend, Samsung announced what they’re calling “the world’s fastest embedded memory“. Using the new eMMC 5.0 standard, these new chips, which will come in 16 GB, 32 GB, and 64 GB configurations, will let your phone or tablet read files at 250 megabytes per second and write files at 90 megabytes per second. That’s pretty much as fast as the typical SSD in your laptop. Not as fast as the fastest SSDS, of course, but definitely average to above average performance....

With its D-shaped figure that’s designed to clean as close as possible to walls and other straight-edged furniture, the Neato D10, in its design alone, is already a differentiator in a saturated robot vacuum market. However, the cleaning machine is not without flaws. For one, it’s pricier than most of the best robot vacuums that we’ve tested, and in some cases, vacuums that come with auto-empty docks. But for how reliable the Neato D10 is at deep cleaning, with no surveillance necessary, it may be all that you need in a smart cleaner....

The real seller that pulled me in was the idea of 1 Click -no upload required- file sharing. Tonido has many other features, but the file sharing has to be the keystone that really makes it shine. How 1-Click Sharing Works After you’ve installed Tonido, it adds a 1-Click Share option to your context menu in Windows. To share something, just Right-Click the item and Select Tonido 1-Click Share....

Each computer has certain types of connections that are normal and expected for it, as well as others that are anomalous. By identifying the various ways that a connection can be anomalous and monitoring for those particular anomalies, incident responders can detect a variety of different attack types with very high-level data. Connection analysis also has the advantage of being very lightweight to implement on a machine. Netstat is a common tool used in connection analysis, and it is installed by default in the Linux and Windows terminal....

AOL today launched a preview of an all-new chat client, available as a free native application for Mac OS X, Windows or as a web app. Of course, Mac users have been able to add and exchange instant messages with their AIM buddies using iChat, which supports AIM and ships built in Mac OS X. Anyway, what’s new in the new AIM app? You will be able to video chat via AIM as well (but not in a group chat) and exchange messages via Facebook Chat and Google Talk users, in addition to the standard AIM service....

Glee was the show that forever changed the way people viewed a capella groups. It was never cool to be apart of a group where you sang other people’s songs in harmonization, but all of a sudden this show premieres and they are doing covers of songs that most would find corny, and making them likable. The success of the show has spawned number one albums and made stars out of some of the cast members....

But add sexual blackmail to the mix, and all bets are off. If you’ve ever gotten an email from a hacker claiming they’ve got you on tape watching porn, you know exactly how disturbing “sextortion” scams are. Tap or click here to see why they’re back in the news again. After skyrocketing in popularity during 2019, sextortion scams are now showing up in new varieties. Some of these messages are run-of-the-mill malware threats while others invoke fears over COVID-19....

With the OnePlus 6 launch potentially less than a month away, the company has been slowly but steadily providing more information about the handset. After revealing some key specs of the device and teasing its design, OnePlus founder Pete Lau has shared some photos taken with the phone. Additionally, the company also posted a teaser hinting that the OnePlus 6 could be water-resistant. The camera samples posted by Pete Lau look impressive with plenty of dynamic range and details....

If you haven’t quite got the hint we’re putting down, Valentine’s Day is nearly upon us, and we have an early gift for YOU! Because we know that special occasions have a habit of sneaking up on us (seriously, wasn’t it just Christmas), leaving you scrambling for what to post on your social media platforms. That’s why we’ve just added some Valentine’s Day-themed content prompts to the strategy section of the Plann app!...

Gal Gadot made her debut as Diana Prince aka Wonder Woman in Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, and even though the film was not universally loved, most viewers came out of the theater anxious to see more of her. Lucky for them, 2017 is going to be a big year for Gadot, and as a result, Wonder Woman as well. Wonder Woman is the first DCEU film out the gate this year, but the trailers have left viewers with one big question - who will Wonder Woman be fighting all the way back in World War I?...

Double tap to wake is one feature that is slowly becoming a commonplace in high end Android devices. Except for Samsung, almost every other OEM have shipped their phone with double tap to wake functionality this year. Considering the ever increasing screen size of today’s smartphones, double tap to wake is a must-have feature in my opinion. For some reason, the Huawei-made Nexus 6P does not come with this feature built-in....

John McLear, the mastermind behind the idea, has brought his NFC Ring project on KickStarter, and, at the moment when this article was published, he had almost met his funding goal of £30,000 with more than 1,100 backers supporting the concept. As there are more than 27 days left, the number of backers will definitely increase.Just like the name hints, NFC Ring is a ring that you wear on your finger and you use it for various purposes, such as unlocking your home door, your Android phone or even transferring information....

NCIS might be the single most popular crime drama in television history and one of the few spin-off series to ever have a larger audience than the original. After 17 seasons on the air, NCIS has produced two spin-offs of its own and numerous awards for its ever-changing take on the genre. Its star-studded cast has included such well-known names as Mark Harmon, Wilmer Valderrama, and Jennifer Esposito. While it might not be something that fans want to hear, none of their favorite characters are without sin....