The Morning After: Weekend Edition
Yes, there was non-iPhone news this week.
Hey, good morning! You look fabulous.
Welcome to your weekend! Before looking back at some highlights from the last few days, we'll point out a NASA launch happening early Saturday morning, and take a look at Google's latest Pixel 3 teaser.
Google changed a battery setting on some Android phones by mistake
Google's Pixel team wrote on Reddit Thursday that an internal test "was mistakenly rolled out to more users than intended." That test meant some devices running Android Pie had their battery saver activated remotely.
Google's Pixel 3 might come in a mint flavor
Google Japan has posted a "coming soon" teaser page that cycles through three colors when you click the company's "G" logo: black, white and (most importantly) mint green.
Razer is expected to unveil its second phone on October 10th
Razer sent out invitations Friday for an October 10th event where we anticipate it will unveil its Razer Phone 2. The invite doesn't say as much, but the company noted in a financial report last month that it was working on a follow up to its Razer Phone and some reported images of the new phone leaked earlier this week.
NVIDIA's RTX cards are a gamble on the future of gaming
Ray-tracing stole the headlines, but it's the efficiency that really excites Aaron Souppouris about RTX.
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Bad Password: Why PayPal's crackdown on ASMR creators should worry you
Capitalizing on entrenched and easily exploitable anti-sex policies by internet giant payment processors and a new internet sex panic ushered in by FOSTA, trolls have started a campaign to mass-report attractive women who make ASMR videos.
But wait, there's more...
NASA will launch its ice-tracking satellite ICESat-2 on Saturday at 8:46 AM ET
Google and Samsung partner to take next-gen texting mainstream
A project to remove 88,000 tons of plastic from the Pacific has begun
HP's Metal Jet could be a huge leap for commercial 3D printing
Verizon's 5G Home internet and TV service launches October 1st
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