Lost and found with new TILE devices and features

The average person spends 10 to 15 minutes a day looking for stuff. Keys, wallets, and phones are ones that immediately come to mind.Over a course of lifetime that adds up to a year’s worth of time spent searching for everyday items.  It’s a universal problem that we all can relate to. When TILE, the small finding device was introduced a few years ago, I attached one to my keys and gave one to my son for his keys. It proved to come in handy when he misplaced his house keys and activated the TILE to locate them—a kilometre away at a friend’s house in a backpack.

Since then, TILE has become an essential device to my daily life and beyond. Just think about travel. According to Sita, an international IT provider to the travel industry that monitors luggage handling, there were approximately 24.8 million pieces of luggage that went astray in 2018. TILE would be useful in helping to locate these lost items. We can also talk endlessly about the aging demographic as well as the kids who are constantly misplacing items including things that are irreplaceable and much loved.

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Bourne Universe-based 'Treadstone' series to premiere on Amazon Prime Video in January 2020

Amazon just released a new teaser video for the action-thriller Treadstone, which will premiere on its Prime Video service in January 2020. The series is set in the "Bourne" universe, and it's produced by the team behind the famous action movie franchise. Treadstone focuses on the origin story and present-day activities of Operation Treadstone. Those familiar with the books and movies will know what the name stands for. It refers to the covert CIA Black Ops program that used behaviour modification to turn recruits into these superhuman assassins of sorts. The series will follow these sleeper agents around the world as someone wakes them up to continue with their deadly mission.

YouTube on mobile to integrate with Android 10's dark theme soon

YouTube already has a dark mode that you can toggle within the mobile app. But soon it'll integrate with the system-wide dark theme Android 10 is offering. Some users see the change in their devices already, but it hasn't come to all users yet. YouTube is rolling it out the update on the server-side, so you can't force the update with an APK.

The change renames the "Dark theme" option in the settings to "Appearances." Within that option, you now get to choose "Use device theme," "Light theme," and "Dark theme." If you opt for the device theme option, YouTube's look will match what system-wide option you've set for your device. 

Source: Android Police

Tesla reportedly acquires Ontario-based battery manufacturing company Hibar Systems

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A recent report came out claiming one of Tesla’s latest acquisitions is a battery manufacturing company based in Richmond Hill, Ontario. According to public records, Tesla bought Hibar Systems sometime between July and October 2019. Before July 2019, Tesla Canada didn’t have any subsidiary companies. But recent federal documents show Hibar as a company that it owns. Neither company has commented on the matter yet. As for a reason for the acquisition, we can assume, based on Hibar’s business, that it has something to do with the battery manufacturing process.

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