2024-10-28 12:15:16| Engadget
If youve used Cash App in the last six years, you might be entitled to compensation as part of a class-action settlement. The company set up a $15 million fund after breaches enabled a trove of user personal data to leak. You can file a claim through a dedicated settlement website, and depending on what you can prove, you could receive up to $2,500. If theres a downside beyond having your private financial data leaked, its that youve only got until November 19 to file.
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Panic hits pause on the Playdate Stereo Dock, says its unlikely well see it anytime soonAlas, making the dock was almost harder than making the Playdate itself.
Ongoing notifications similar to Apples Live Activities could come to AndroidTheyre very useful.
What to read this week: Jeff VanderMeer returns to Area XThis includes a fourth book in the Southern Reach series, which began with Annihilation.
Lyft will have to tell drivers how much they can truly earn, with evidenceIt promised would-be driver rates only its top earners made.
Apple reportedly tested a blood glucose monitoring appStill no closer to the dream of a non-invasive glucose monitor.
8Bitdo has a new $50 Android gaming controller with Hall effect sticks and triggersThere are trade-offs, but for that sort of money, you cant complain.
McDonald's restaurants can finally repair their own McFlurry machinesOur long national nightmare is over.
Google is reportedly developing Jarvis AI that could take over your web browser
Itll be good for, uh, research.
Google
Google is reportedly developing an AI agent for Chrome to act as a live assistant for your daily browsing. Codenamed Jarvis, because of course it is, it will help you with common tasks, like research, shopping and booking flights. Perhaps you could ask it to look at every price comparison website, collate the results and select the cheapest option. Maybe, in future, it could even buy, use and enjoy the thing youre looking to purchase while you sit at your computer.
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Mosseri confirms Instagram reduces video quality for posts not raking in views
High-resolution playback is for closers.
If youve ever noticed one of your Instagram videos looks worse now than it did before, theres a reason. Instagram head Adam Mosseri revealed the platform intentionally downgrades video quality for clips not pulling eyeballs. Which feels like Instagrams putting its finger on the scale for folks whove already cracked the secret of virality against those still working it out.
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Apple may tap into a beloved retro design for its smart home display
Everyone loves the Sunflower iMac G4.
Apple
As elegant as Apples computers are, the last one to transcend that and become beautiful was the iMac G4. Now, the rumor mill is hinting the companys long-rumored smart home display may wind up using the same design. On one hand, great, who doesnt want to see what Apple can do with that design? On the other, Apples lackluster commitment to the smart home means itll probably be a pointless waste of money anyway.
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Apple wins $250 in Masimo smartwatch patent case
Siri, can you look up Pyrrhic in the dictionary?
Masimo
The endless battle between Apple and Masimo has seen the bigger company win its latest courtroom skirmish. Apple successfully argued some of Masimos watches infringed on Apples design patents but won just $250 (not a typo) in damages. Sadly, Apple didnt win big enough to score an injunction preventing Masimo from selling its watches. That sound you cant hear right now is champagne corks not being popped in the hallowed halls of Apple Park.
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