One of the features of Apple’s iMessages is that they are end-to-end encrypted. This is more or less the standard that we can expect from most communications apps these days, but oddly enough, Google’s Messages aren’t. However, the good news is that Google has since announced that they will be…

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I’m not sure about the mock neck.  It’s been having a resurgence recently – everyone is doing one, from Camoshita to Loro Piana, Margaret Howell to Inis Meain. I can’t remember the last time a style of knitwear became so ubiquitous so quickly. But it’s a slightly weird style. And…

[Editor’s note: Filling in our empty Friday slot is a guest post from Dr. Mark Burkard. Welcome!]By all accounts the COVID-19 pandemic is spiraling out of control, particularly in the U.S. where daily cases top 150,000. The current patchwork of public health policies is insufficient to control the rapid rise,…

The Mountain View-based search giant says these recommendations come in handy when initiating the first connection with the car and Android Auto, though they can obviously be also used after a full reset or reinstalling the app.The first thing you should do, Google says, is check the car or receiver…

Jolovan Wham wears a mask and holds a cardboard with a drawing of a smiley face in Singapore, March 28, 2020. Jolovan Wham/Handout via REUTERS Oddly Enough John Geddie SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore is set to charge an activist with staging a one-man protest without a permit over an incident…

How do you like the way the regular Mk8 Golf looks? In our blinkered Twittersphere, the verdict was a resounding meh. Im not quite sure why; the evolutionary exterior design changes that moved the Golf on from the Mk7 a fantastic car and the mechanical basis for this new model…

Another day went by and so the dead-end Trump 2020 campaign’s legal team suffered yet another self-induced legal mishap. On Wednesday, Rudy Giuliani submitted a proposed order with the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Oddly enough, Trump’s erstwhile friend and attorney also affixed the signature of U.S.…

Reviewers are raving:  “I’m 6 foot and most of that is in my legs so finding anything long enough is basically impossible. These not only reach about an inch above my ankle, but the waist actually comes up to my belly button, which is incredibly important in workout gear. Pulling…

This end-of-the-world comedy premiered at Sundance in January 2020 in the Before Time and, had the coronavirus pandemic not struck, directors Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilsons unabashedly micro-budget lark might have felt slight, contrived or negligible. Instead, given the circumstances, it feels oddly prescient, resonant and surprisingly moving, although…