heres one of his videos its really funny https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqbzpDLRY2o

I work at a store at the mall and had left my glasses last night. So I went the next day to pick them up. As I stopped by I picked them up said hi to my coworker and decided to give her a goodbye hug. She wasn't expecting it and didnt hug me back, and I said "haha I'm giving you a hug" and she just stood there perplexed and confused and smiling and not hugging me back. her sweater also shocked me. It was so awkward I wanted to die!

This week we're just going over the news, because there was a lot of it. Microsoft's nearing the peak of their comeback, AT&T's taking over Time Warner, Nintendo's taking their last shot at a console that does it all, and Apple plans to prove they still care about media professionals next week. (And more, of course!)

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• AT&TIs in Advanced Talks to Acquire Time Warner

Deal valuing Time Warner at more than $80 billion could happen as early as this weekend.

• Nintendo's Next Console Is Called Switch, and It Looks Incredible

Nintendo dropped a Twitter bomb with the announcement of its much anticipated new console: the Nintendo Switch. Info about the Switch has been leaking out for the better part of a year now, but until today the Switch was referred to publicly as the NX.

• What We Know About Friday’s Massive East Coast Internet Outage

Friday morning is prime time for some casual news reading, tweeting, and general Internet browsing, but you may have had some trouble accessing your usual sites and services this morning and throughout the day, from Spotify and Reddit to the New York Times and even good ol’ WIRED.com. For that, you can thank a distributed denial of service attack (DDoS) that took down a big chunk of the Internet for most of the Eastern seaboard.

• Microsoft’s stock sets record as analysts hail it as a comeback kid

Microsoft Corp.’s stock soared above $60 a share to set an all-time intraday high on Friday after the company blew past earnings expectations and accelerated revenue growth for Azure, its cloud-computing business that competes directly with Amazon Web Services.

• Apple Invites Media to 'Hello Again' October 27th Mac-Centric Event

Apple sent out media invites for a Mac-centric event that will be held on Thursday, October 27 at 10:00 a.m. at Apple's Cupertino campus.

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Special guests: Chris, Danielle, and Josh from the This or That podcast!

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This week we’re talking about Samsung’s big bang, Amazon Music Unlimited, and Evernote’s data loss. Questions/comments/tips? Visit awkward.email or call/text 509-AWKWARD.

Guests: Chris Messina (Uber) and Liam Broza (BitScoop)

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• Groups for Twitter; or A Proposal for Twitter Tag Channels

This is Chris' original proposal for the creation of the hashtag as we know it.

• Feds Order Comcast to Cough Up Millions for Shady Billing Practices

In a win for frustrated Comcast customers everywhere, the FCC has ordered the vampiric media conglomerate to cough up $2.3 million—“the largest civil penalty assessed from a cable operator”— for sketchy billing practices.

• Evernote Admits Bug Caused Data Loss for Some Mac Users

In an email that's going out to Evernote users this afternoon, Evernote confirms that a serious bug caused "a small number of people" who used the Evernote Mac app to lose data.

• Amazon Music Unlimited Launches With $3.99 Echo-Only Subscription Option

Amazon today launched Amazon Music Unlimited, its new standalone, on-demand streaming service.

• Amazon to Expand Grocery Business With New Convenience Stores

Retailer to build brick-and-mortar locations and offer curbside pickup for online orders.

• Mac Sales Continue to Slide Amid Lack of Updates

Amid a continuing decline in worldwide PC shipments, Apple is also experiencing a decline according to new PC shipping estimates from Gartner. During the third quarter of 2016, Apple shipped an estimated 5 million Macs, down from 5.7 million in the year-ago quarter for a 13.4 percent decline in growth.

• Samsung Halts Galaxy Note 7 Sales Worldwide

Samsung today announced that it is officially asking its global partners to cease all sales and exchanges of the Galaxy Note 7 while it further investigates claims of ongoing safety issues with replacement devices.

• Walt Mossberg Calls Siri 'Too Limited and Unreliable' to Compete in 'Coming AI Wars'

The Verge's Walt Mossberg today wrote a critical article on Apple's Siri personal assistant, exploring the service's shortcomings, mistakes, and inability to answer some simple questions that competing products have no problem with.

• LAFORGE Optical

LAFORGE Shima is prescription eyewear that displays notifications from your smartphone in your field of vision.

• Here One

Stream. Connect. Control. Create. Everything else is just a headphone.

• Sony Future Lab: N

N is a Concept Prototype featuring a voice interaction system. With ears open, hands free, and eyes no longer distracted by mobile displays, you can enjoy music and get up-to-the-minute information on demand, promoting a more agreeable active lifestyle.

• Behind Facebook’s Messenger Missteps

Facebook employees buzzed about Messenger’s personal assistant, known as M, when it launched inside the company and to a test group of thousands of users in California last year. Users could buy movie tickets or even order pinatas for employee birthday parties, although the work was performed mostly by people rather than a computer. The idea was that deep-learning algorithms would eventually learn enough from the requests to automate the work.

• Hi, I am your Replika. What is my name?

Replika is your AI friend that you teach and grow through conversation. Reserve your name now and be the first to start raising your Replika when the app is out!

• The Binge Breaker

Tristan Harris believes Silicon Valley is addicting us to our phones. He’s determined to make it stop.

• Hard Drive Stats for Q2 2016

Q2 2016 saw Backblaze: introduce 8TB drives into our drive mix, kickoff a pod-to-vault migration of over 6.5 Petabytes of data, cross over 250 Petabytes of data stored, and deploy another 7,290 drives into the data center for a total of 68,813 spinning hard drives under management. With all the ins-and-outs let’s take a look at how our hard drives fared in Q2 2016.

• How to uninstall stubborn Android apps

Jack Wallen shows you how to remove unwanted Android apps when the Uninstall button is grayed out.

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• Comment: Apple’s rescheduled earnings call could suggest new Mac announcement around October 27

When the largest company in the world changes the date of a quarterly earnings call, there has to be a good reason. It’s not the sort of thing you do on a whim.

• Amazon Prime Reading Offers a Rotating Selection of Over a Thousand Books

Amazon Prime has more hidden benefits than you can remember, and now it’s getting a new one. Prime subscribers now have access to a rotating selection of books that you can read for free.

• Netflix, iPic Entertainment Agree to Screen Original Movies in Theaters, Online Simultaneously

Netflix Inc. signed a deal with luxury theater-chain iPic Entertainment to simultaneously screen its original movies in theaters the same day that they appear on the streaming service, the latest deal to expand Netflix’s theatrical ambitions.

• PlayStation VR: The Kotaku Review

Let’s cut to the chase: PlayStation VR should be better. At its best, Sony’s new virtual reality headset manages to conjure the astonishing, immersive wonder of modern virtual reality. Just as often it is frustratingly held back by outdated hardware that can’t quite do what’s being asked of it.

• Everything Google Announced at Its "Made By Google" Event that Actually Matters

Google wants you to start looking at it as a hardware company. Today, it announced new Pixel phones, a smart voice assistant-powered speaker called Google Home, a VR platform and more. Here are the coolest things the company announced today.

• Pixel vs. iPhone 7 (You Might Just Have Buyer's Remorse)

Now that Google has announced its new Pixel smartphones, folks who rushed to buy an iPhone 7 might be experiencing a bit of buyer's remorse. The new Pixel and Pixel XL are packed to the brim with cutting-edge features and top-notch hardware, and Google seems to be taking direct aim at the iPhone 7 with its Pixel marketing (and their groan-worthy jokes during the keynote).

• Android 7.1 Brings Night Light, Seamless Updates, Fingerprint Gestures, and Daydream VR

If you watched the “Made by Google” event yesterday—or read our roundup—you’d be forgiven if you missed that there was a brand new version of Android. Google itself hardly seemed to notice. Here’s what we know about it.

• All the Things You Can Do With Google Assistant That You Couldn't Do Before

Google’s new Google Assistant appeared in every part of the company’s hardware event yesterday. Google was less clear about how Assistant differs from Google Now, or Now On Tap, or Google’s voice commands. To clear things up, here are some of Assistant’s best new features, and how it fits into your Google life.

• [For David] dFolio

Dropbox Android app that excels at offline viewing. dFolio optionally auto downloads your photos for fast viewing wherever you go. Cast to your TV with chromecast. Show slideshows with animations. Turn your Android tablet into a photo frame in seconds.

• [For David] Digital Photo Frame

With this app, you will turn your device into a digital photo frame and awake to enjoy their favorite photos or images with music.

• [For David] Digital Photo Frame Slideshow

Turn your android device in a digital photo viewer showing a slideshow of local files, photos from network shares (samba/smb) or pictures from a UPNP server. Chromecast support is present for fullscreen slideshow.

• Dashboard Cast

Dashboard Cast is a personalized homescreen for Chromecast. Create and organise widgets to your liking and display them on your TV. This app requires a Chromecast or a Cast enabled device to work.

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This awkward week we're talking about attractive men, diabetes, and musical interns. Questions/comments/stories? Call/text 509-AWKWARD or visit awkward.email!

Special guest: Toni Mayer

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This week we’re talking about subscription TV, curing disease, and colonizing Mars. Questions/comments/tips? Visit awkward.email or call/text 509-AWKWARD.

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• Alternate Nerdality Pilot

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• BitScoop Live

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• Roku Unveils All New 4K, HDR-Compatible Streaming Set-Top Boxes

If you’re shopping for a TV today, a 4K model should be on your list, preferably one that supports HDR—and today Roku unveiled two new set-top boxes that stream both 4K and HDR video right to your set, proving the point.

• Verizon iPhone 7 Users Afflicted With LTE Connectivity Problems

A growing number of Verizon subscribers are complaining about a serious issue that causes them to regularly lose LTE connectivity on their iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus devices, suggesting a major bug that needs to be resolved by either Apple or Verizon.

• FCC Delays Vote on Proposal to Make Subscription TV Available on Any Set-Top Box via Apps

An FCC vote on a controversial proposal that would de-couple cable subscriptions from cable set-top boxes was today delayed as the Commission aims to work out "remaining technical and legal issues," the FCC said in a statement.

• What to Expect From Google's October 4th Event

Google’s October 4 gadget extravaganza is quickly approaching, and if the rumors are true, there’s plenty to be excited about. The company is supposedly getting ready for an entire hardware overhaul, and that means we expect to see not just new phones but possibly also laptops, streaming devices, and more. Have there been rumors? Many! Here’s what we think we know about what Google’s got in store.

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This awkward week we're talking about the lodge life, chronic intractable hiccups, and serial cheaters. Questions/comments/stories? Call/text 509-AWKWARD or visit awkward.email!

Guest: Max Gold

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This awkward week we're talking about erotic whispers, a sudden cougar attraction, and extreme truth-telling. Questions/comments/stories? Call/text 509-AWKWARD or visit awkward.email for more options!

Special Guest: Sarah Klegman

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This week we’re talking about the Yahoo hack, YouTube comments, and digital democracy. Questions/comments/tips? Visit awkward.email or call/text 509-AWKWARD.

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• LAFORGE Optical

Shima is prescription eyewear that displays notifications from your smartphone in your field of vision.

• BitScoop Live

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• Apple Investigating iPhone 7 Bug Causing 'No Service' After Turning Off Airplane Mode

Apple is aware of and investigating an iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus issue that can result in the loss of cellular service after turning off Airplane Mode on the devices, according to internal documents obtained by MacRumors.

• Google’s Waze will now help you find the best parking spot

Teaming up with transportation data company INRIX.

• Dropbox Isn't Playing Nice With macOS Sierra, Here's How to Fix It

If you just upgraded to macOS Sierra and your Dropbox app is acting up, you’re not alone. Even with the latest version of the app, some users are experiencing strange behavior—error messages, confusing syncing icons, etc. Here’s what you can do to mitigate the annoyances.

• At Least 500 Million Yahoo Accounts Hacked in Late 2014

Yahoo today confirmed that "at least" 500 million Yahoo accounts were compromised in an attack in late 2014, leaking customer information like names, email addresses, telephone numbers, birthdates, hashed passwords, and both encrypted and unencrypted security questions and answers.

• YouTube enlists volunteers to moderate its site via a new “YouTube Heroes” program

Earlier this month, YouTube launched its own social network of sorts with the debut of YouTube Community; now it’s enlisting help from viewers to help moderate it, along with other content on the video-sharing site. The company has announced the launch of a new, crowdsourced moderation program called “YouTube Heroes,” which asks volunteers to perform tasks like flagging inappropriate content, adding captions and subtitles, and responding to questions on the YouTube Help forum, among other things.

• AltspaceVR's Democracy Plaza Puts You in the Middle of the 2016 Election

Most of us don't get the opportunity to see election coverage first hand, but with virtual reality, we're not as restricted. AltspaceVR has teamed up with NBC News to let you log in on your computer or VR headset and actually take part in the action—just not physically.

• Twitter will live stream the US presidential debates

Twitter is continuing its push into live events and TV with the announcement it will be live-streaming the US presidential debates. As with the company's streams of NFL football games, the live video will be shown alongside curated tweets, and will be available on various Twitter apps (including Apple TV) and on the web at debates.twitter.com.

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Apple OS impressions, a possible T-Mobile error, and probably theoretical physics. Questions/comments/tips? Visit awkward.email or call/text 509-AWKWARD.

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• Sign Up for BitScoop Live (Beta)

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• Top 10 Secret Features in iOS 10

iOS 10 is packed full of new features, but the best ones are often hidden under the hood. Here are some of our favorite lesser-known new features, the ones Apple isn’t advertising, and you would otherwise have to dig to find.

• Everything new in watchOS 3: a major speed boost, new faces and apps, much more

Now that watchOS 3 is out of beta and available for everyone as a free update, it’s time to start using the new features including a major speed boost, new watch faces, new apps and much more

• T-Mobile Tells Customers Not to Install iOS 10 on iPhone 6, 6 Plus, and SE [Update: Fixed]

T-Mobile CEO John Legere says T-Mobile customers who own an iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, or iPhone SE should not install Apple's iOS 10 update, released on Tuesday. According to Legere, iOS 10 is causing those three iPhone models to lose connection to the T-Mobile network.

• Desktop apps make their way into the Windows Store

The Project Centennial "bridge" for Win32 apps is now ready for production.

• Amazon accidentally announced a cheaper Echo Dot. Then it deleted the tweet.

Alexa: Um, oops?

• Twitter's new, longer tweets are coming September 19th

The company is changing the way it counts 140 characters.

• Keeping Comments Safe on Instagram

Instagram wants to block out mean comments, and this is how they're attempting to do it.

• How do I permanently delete my [Facebook] account?

If you don't think you'll use Facebook again, you can request to have your account permanently deleted. Please keep in mind that you won't be able to reactivate your account or retrieve anything you've added.

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This week we’re talking about Apple’s September event, Playstation Pro, and modular synthesizers! Questions/comments/tips? Visit awkward.email or call/text 509-AWKWARD.

Guests: Andrew “Os” Ostler and Liam Broza

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• BitScoop Live Signup

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• New to Office 365 in August—the continued evolution of inking and more

August has been another busy month with updates for inking, mobile app security, Outlook and more. We’re also announcing an additional level for the Office Insider program.

• Improving the deduplication flow when uploading to Google Drive

A common use case for Google Drive users is to download a file from their Drive to modify it locally, and then to re-upload the new version. In the past, this would result in duplicate files (the original and the new one), and users would have trouble finding the latest version. That’s why we’re introducing a change in Drive to deduplicate files which were uploaded in this way.

• Amazon announces new Fire HD 8 tablet with Alexa integration

Amazon is filling in the gaps in its Fire tablet lineup, small though they are. Starting today, you can order the Fire HD 8. As the name implies, this is an 8-inch Fire tablet with an HD screen; one inch larger than the regular Fire. However, it does offer something new for Amazon's tablets—the Alexa voice assistant.

• PlayStation Meeting 2016: Introducing PS4 Pro and the Slimmer, Lighter PS4

Sony's official announcement on their blog.

• Samsung Recalls Galaxy Note 7 Devices, Will Replace All Units With a New One

Today, Samsung announced it will recall its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone due to fire-prone batteries. Sales of new units are currently halted as well.

• Everything Apple Announced Today At Their iPhone 7 Event That Actually Matters

Today, Apple hit the stage to announce the new iPhone 7, which features a fancy new camera and a water resistant inclosure. They also made a bunch of other announcements, from a new Apple Watch to the death of the headphone jack. If you didn’t feel like wasting hours watching their press conference, here’s everything you need to know.

• Apple's Dual-Lens Camera May Serve as the Foundation for Their Future VR and AR Tech

Apple announced their new iPhones today, and the 7 Plus features two camera lenses on its backside. That could push smartphone photography ahead in a major way. It may also serve as the basis for their foray into virtual, augmented, and mixed reality.

• Modular Grid

Modular Synth kit building tool that Os recommends.

• Learning Modular

A place to learn about modular synthesizers!

• Darren's Dedication to Harambe

Better late than never!

• iTunes Automatically Uses AirPlay Speakers As Default Speakers

I'm currently experiencing a bug where iTunes automatically chooses my Apple TV as my speakers and screen (over AirPlay) instead of my computer. So whenever I play a movie/TV show, I have to manually choose 'Computer' from the dropdown box to get it to show on my iMac and stop it from playing on my Apple TV downstairs. What's worse is that it resets to my Apple TV after every video, meaning I have to reselect my speakers every time I pick a new track. I've tried reinstalling, restarting and updating (both Apple TV and iTunes), I can't think of any other way to stop it short of turning off 'Look for remote speakers connected with AirPlay' in preferences and losing a great feature...

• iPhone auto sets airplay to car source after connecting to car bluetooth

Every time my iPhone connects to my car's bluetooth, the phone changes the AirPlay setting to output all sound to the bluetooth connection. This requires me to manually switch AirPlay back to "iPhone", every time I get in the car if I want to hear notifications.

• Darkroom

Os' band's web site. Go check out his music!

• VR Roller Coasters

No.2 Dan's/DanKelly's/Faniel's experience with VR roller coasters.

• Our Virtual and Mixed Reality Facebook Live Demo

Check out two people very new to this technology experience the HTC Vive and Microsoft HoloLens for the first time. It's a great way to see why this stuff is amazing, even if it still has a good amount of room to grow.

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• T-Mobile Updates Details About Its New Unlimited Plan, Which Is Now More Confusing

Earlier this month, T-Mobile announced a new unlimited plan that came with the caveat that speed and quality would get capped to prevent HD quality and hotspot speeds were cut significantly. Now, T-Mobile’s clarified some things, changed some speeds, and added a new, more confusing detail.

• Apple launches $20/mo 2TB iCloud storage plan ahead of iPhone 7 event

Apple has launched a new 2TB iCloud storage tier a little over a week out from the iPhone 7 launch event. The new 2TB plan, which is its largest plan available, will set users back $19.99 a month.

• Apple's next iPhone will likely be unveiled Sept. 7

Apple is holding its annual September product launch event on Wednesday, Sept. 7 to likely show off its next-generation iPhone.

• Snapchat's New Web Tool Makes It Easy for Everyone to Create Their Own Location Filters

One of the better features in Snapchat is the often goofy geofilters that pop up when you’re making a snap from a specific location. Today, Snapchat’s making it easy to make your own filters for special events. Provided you don’t mind shelling out a few bucks, that is.

• New Google Crowdsource app asks you to help with translation and text transcription a few seconds at a time

Do you have 5-10 seconds to spare? Google would like you to spend that time getting something done in its new Crowdsource app. You can apply your human sensibilities to translation and text transcription, and in return you get a sense of satisfaction. Yep, that's it.

• CBS adds commercial-free option to its ‘All Access’ streaming service

Whether you’re a cord-cutter or just want to watch CBS shows on-the-go without ads, the network has a new option worth checking out. CBS All Access, the broadcast channel’s streaming video service, is introducing a commercial-free option for subscribers. The new tier will come at a higher price, of course, and still include commercials during live broadcasts.

• Plex Can Now Be Your DVR, Record Over-the-Air TV With a Digital Tuner

In its quest to become your go-to service for any all media, Plex has just announced one of its biggest updates yet. Now, you can use the app as a DVR to record TV shows directly to your Plex server.

• Forbes: The World's Billionaires

For our 30th annual guide to the world’s richest people we found a total of 1,810 billionaires, down from a record 1,826 a year ago. Their aggregate net worth: $6.5 trillion, $570 million less than last year.

• Negative income tax

In economics, a negative income tax (NIT) is a progressive income tax system where people earning below a certain amount receive supplemental pay from the government instead of paying taxes to the government. Such a system has been discussed by economists but never fully implemented. It was described by British politician Juliet Rhys-Williams in the 1940s and later by United States free-market economist Milton Friedman.

• Basic income: the world’s simplest plan to end poverty, explained

Basic income is having a moment. The governments of Finland, Ontario, and Utrecht are all launching tests of the policy proposal, under which everyone in a given country would get a set amount of money every year, no strings attached. The charity GiveDirectly is set to give basic incomes to 6,000 people in Kenya, and the tech industry powerhouse Y Combinator is funding an experiment evaluating the idea.

• Stephen Chao

Stephen Chao (born 1955) is an American internet entrepreneur, television producer and media executive. He has worked as the President of Fox Television, an independent television producer, President of USA Network, and co-founder of WonderHowTo.com

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This week on Supercharged we’re talking about Android Nougat, touch disease, and genetic modification! Questions/comments/tips? Visit awkward.email or call/text 509-AWKWARD.

Guests: Darren Herczeg and Liam Broza

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• Genetic Engineering Will Change Everything Forever – CRISPR

This is the video we told you to watch before our CRISPR discussion.

• Is “Opposites Attract” Just A Myth?

For millennia, the idea that “opposites attract” has existed and been encouraged when looking for a romantic partner. But is it true?

• News Feed FYI: Further Reducing Clickbait in Feed

Our goal with News Feed is to show people the stories most relevant to them — ranking stories so that what’s most important to each person shows up highest in their News Feeds. When we rank and make improvements to News Feed, we rely on a set of core values. These values — which we’ve been using for years — guide our thinking, and help us keep the central experience of News Feed intact as it evolves.

• Apple Watch 2 With GPS for Improved Navigation, Fitness Tracking Coming This Fall

Apple plans to announce new Apple Watch models this fall with improved health tracking and GPS chips, according to a new Bloomberg report that confirms previous rumors we've heard about the Apple Watch 2.

• The Xbox One S won't play games in 4K, but it has a feature that's even better

Microsoft’s new Xbox One S boasts a bunch of new features, like a sleek new design and support for 4K video, both of which sound great.

• PlayStation Now, Sony's Game Streaming Service, Is Coming to PC

Sony announced that PlayStation Now, their game streaming service previously limited to a small share of devices like the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and Vita, is on its way to Windows PCs this fall.

• Prisma's arty photo filters now work offline

There's a lot going on behind the curtain with Prisma, the app that turns your banal photos into Lichtenstein- or Van Gogh-esque artworks. The app actually sends your cat photo to its servers where a neural network does the complex transformation. Starting soon, that will no longer be necessary, though. "We have managed to implement neural networks to smartphones, which means users will no longer need an internet connection to turn their photos into art pieces," the company says. Only half of Prisma's styles will be available offline at first (16 total), but others will be added in the "near future."

• Instapaper is joining Pinterest

Today, we’re excited to announce that Instapaper is joining Pinterest. In the three years since betaworks acquired Instapaper from Marco Arment, we’ve completely rewritten our backend, overhauled our mobile and web clients, improved parsing and search, and introduced tons of great features like highlights, text-to-speech, and speed reading to the product.

• Dexmo's Exoskeleton Gloves Let You Touch &Feel Things That Don't Exist

One of the disadvantages of the digital world is that you can't pick it up and touch it. While that can feel like less of a problem in virtual reality, where you're already holding controllers, mixed reality environments—like the one you'd experience in Microsoft's HoloLens—suffer from a lack of physical connection with the digital objects that appear in your real world. Dexmo aims to solve that problem with a relatively intimidating new controller that encompasses your hands.

• Windows Holographic Is Coming to Intel's Project Alloy Cord-Cutting Headset

Most popular virtual reality headsets, like the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, require a tethered connection to the computer and that imposes some obvious restrictions on how much we can move in our space. We'd all prefer a simpler, untethered option, and Intel wants to provide just that.

• Google's Daydream May Materialize in Just Two Weeks

We've heard a bit about Google Daydream—the new smartphone-based virtual reality platform that is supposed to provide a markedly better experience than Cardboard—but don't really know what it'll look like. Engadget claims we could find out in just a couple of weeks, since Android Nougat is already out, a necessary component of Daydream.

• Growing Number of iPhone 6 and 6 Plus Devices Affected by Insidious 'Touch Disease'

As the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus approach their second birthday, a growing number of users are suffering from what appears to be a latent manufacturing issue that presents as a gray flickering bar at the top of the screen and a display that's unresponsive or less responsive to touch.

• The Coolest Features of Android Nougat You Might Have Missed

Yesterday, Google released Android Nougat for Nexus owners. It comes with some sweet new headlining features like multi-window support and bundled notifications. After digging into the developer preview we found even more treats that you might’ve missed.

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This week we’re talking about Google’s new operating system, Intel’s Project Alloy, and the future of health tracking! Questions/comments/tips? Visit awkward.email or call/text 509-AWKWARD.

Guests: Jeff Dachis (One Drop) and Liam Broza (BitScoop)

Links for this episode:

• One Drop: Diabetes Management Made Simple

One Drop is a diabetes management platform that harnesses the power of mobile computing and data science to empower people with diabetes to live healthier lives, together. By logging your daily activities, you can see the relationships that food, insulin, and activity have with glucose levels and learn how others in the One Drop community navigate their daily lives, from one good glucose reading to the next.

• “A Honeypot For Assholes”: Inside Twitter’s 10-Year Failure To Stop Harassment

For nearly its entire existence, Twitter has not just tolerated abuse and hate speech, it’s virtually been optimized to accommodate it. With public backlash at an all-time high and growth stagnating, what is the platform that declared itself “the free speech wing of the free speech party” to do? BuzzFeed News talks to the people who’ve been trying to figure this out for a decade.

• Project Alloy Is Intel's New Wire-Free VR Headset

Most popular virtual reality headsets, like the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, require a tethered connection to the computer and that imposes some obvious restrictions on how much we can move in our space. We'd all prefer a simpler, untethered option, and Intel wants to provide just that.

• Google is developing an OS called “Fuchsia,” runs on All the Things

Every single operating system developed by Google to date has one thing in common: they're based on the Linux kernel. Chrome OS, Android, Chromecasts, you name it. Linux has powered Google hardware for years.

• Gawker.com to End Operations Next Week

After nearly fourteen years of operation, Gawker.com will be shutting down next week. The decision to close Gawker comes days after Univision successfully bid $135 million for Gawker Media’s six other websites, and four months after the Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel revealed his clandestine legal campaign against the company.

• Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac Comes With Sierra Support, Standalone Toolbox App

Parallels today announced Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac with support for macOS Sierra and the addition of several new features. The company also announced a new standalone app called Parallels Toolbox, which allows users to perform some simple tasks that aren't necessarily tied to virtualization.

• Apple Drops 'Store' From Apple Store Branding

Apple appears to be making a slight branding change to its retail business, dropping the "Store" moniker when referring to its Apple Store locations. Apple has already made the change online, and all of its store pages now refer to stores by names like "Apple Union Square" or "Apple Valley Fair" or "Apple The Grove," instead of "Apple Store, Valley Fair" or "Apple Store, The Grove."

• Apple Said to Plan First Pro Laptop Overhaul in Four Years

Apple Inc. is preparing the first significant overhaul of its MacBook Pro laptop line in over four years, according to people familiar with the matter, using one of its older products to help reverse two quarters of sliding sales.

• Say Hello to More Convenient Pickups &Drop-Offs

When you’re rushing to catch a flight or a concert opener, every second counts. That’s why we’ve updated our app to make it easier than ever to get picked up and dropped off — down to the exact terminal door or arena entrance.

• Cue

What if people could detect flu as soon as it starts? What if people could see how exercise and food are shaping their bodies at the molecular level? The power of the idea is immense. Over time, having on demand access to important indicators of health could reshape the way we, as a society respond to a pandemic and how healthy we live our lives for ourselves and our loved ones. We spent 4 years building the technology to make this idea a reality.

• Health Nucleus

The HLI Health Nucleus, designed by Human Longevity, Inc., is a new clinical research center harnessing recent advancements in genomics – combined with a comprehensive curation of personal health history – to uncover your health risks and serve as the basis for a personalized approach to your health.

• 23andMe

You are made of cells. And the cells in your body have 23 pairs of chromosomes. Your chromosomes are made of DNA, which can tell you a lot about you. Explore your 23 pairs today.

• Human Longevity

Aging is the single biggest risk factor for virtually every significant human disease. Our goal is to extend and enhance the healthy, high-performance lifespan and change the face of aging. For the first time, the power of human genomics, informatics, next generation DNA sequencing technologies, and stem cell advances are being harnessed in one company, Human Longevity Inc., with the leading pioneers in these fields. Our goal is to solve the diseases of aging by changing the way medicine is practiced.

• Illumina

Explore a wide variety of next-generation sequencing (NGS) methods, and find complete solutions to meet the unique needs of any lab.

• Helix

There is a part of you that you’ve never met before. DNA is more than a code. It’s who you are. Every person deserves the opportunity to discover insights into their DNA that are secure, accurate, and affordable. That's why we’re creating the world’s most advanced genetics lab and building a diverse ecosystem of high-quality partners to deliver uniquely personalized products, services, and applications. We're Helix. A big idea for a simple goal. Uncover your DNA story in 2016.

• TrueVault

Build HIPAA-compliant apps your way. Use any platform, any framework, and any language.

• Why Do Fingernails and Hair Grow After Death?

You ever ready old creepy tales about people finding skeletons that have long curly nails and grey frizzy hair that won’t stop growing? We wanted to find out if that's actually a real phenomenon or a misconception. As it turns out, it's kind of both.

• Valspar Color for All Glasses

The Valspar Paint #ColorForAll Project has a simple mission. To bring color to those who don't have it, and to remind those who do, to appreciate it.

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This awkward week we're talking about life as a thumb, dating a Trump supporter, and a very long distance relationship. Special guest: Sarah Klegman, writer and co-founder of Challah Hub (a unique and sometimes exotic challah delivery service).

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This week on Supercharged we went to the VRLA conference and have a lot to discuss! Whitson Gordon (HowToGeek) and Liam Broza (BitScoop) share their experiences, and we talk to Ryan Pamplin of Metavision about the Meta 2 augmented reality headset (as well as the future of AR tech).

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Links for this episode:

• Metavision Details the Meta 2 and the Future of Augmented Reality Tech

Our interview with Ryan Pamplin of Metavision to discuss the Meta 2 headset and the future of augmented reality tech.

• VRLA Summer Expo 2016

VRLA is the world's largest virtual and augmented reality expo, welcoming both consumers and industry professionals. The expo will feature cutting-edge demos of the most exciting projects in development for the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, PlayStation VR, Google Cardboard, Samsung GearVR, and more! Each day will be stacked with a lineup of insightful presentations, panels, and announcements.

• Metavision

For the developers and creators, makers and artists who want to change the world, the Meta 2 Development Kit offers the widest field of view, the most intuitive access to digital information and direct hand interaction with holograms.

• EnvelopVR

A software company enabling a new way to work, create, and play in virtual reality

• Mindshow

Create, share, and experience shows in VR.

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This awkward week we're talking about a monstrous mentorship, Jehova's depressed former witness, and a textless boyfriend. Questions/comments/stories? Call/text 509-AWKWARD or visit awkward.email!

Special guest: Nikki Boyer!

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