Latest Essential Phone software update can render some SIM cards inactive

Essential Phones are famous for being one of the first devices to offer the latest Android updates and features. This has made it possible for Essential customers to get the Android Pie update just as quickly as Google's own Pixel devices.

It seems that the latest Android update  to Android Pie with the September security patch is rolling out to most Essential Phone users. Many users who have installed the update have encountered a serious bug that renders their SIM cards inactive. This effectively makes their Essential Phones unable to make calls or access cellular data, thus rendering them inoperable.

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Amazon becomes second company to reach $1 trillion market cap

Amazon has finally nailed the $ 1 trillion valuation target. The company, which has diversified its business from selling books online in the mid-90's, to creating the eReader market, spearheading cloud services with AWS, upending retail with its formidable online stores and changed the world with its massive A.I. and voice assistant technology,

Amazon seized the vaunted $1 trillion valuation earlier today, around a month after Apple Inc. became the first technology company in history to do so. Amazon’s stock fell back to the stratosphere late Tuesday with a market value of $995 billion. The company's shares were up 1.3% at $2,039.51.

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Google celebrates Chrome's 10th anniversary with a design overhaul

No browser has endured longer and evolved as much as Google Chrome. Considered the dominant web browser on desktops and on mobile and which has also been spun off as a cloud operating system, Google celebrated the first 10 years of Chrome by redesigning the browser's look and feel across the line.

On the PC and Mac, we're seeing rounded tabs, a pill-shaped search area and refined elements

Chrome Browser will have a new design across all operating systems. Highlights include Microsoft Windows 10® notification-center integration, touchpad gesture navigation on Windows, and autofill updates.

If you want to get the redesign try entering the Chrome flag URLs below into the address bar and selecting the appropriate option from the dropdown menu. To get the latest features be sure to enable them in Chrome Beta 69.

Mac, Windows, Linux:

chrome://flags/#top-chrome-md

Android

chrome://flags/#enable-chrome-modern-design

Source: 9to5Google

See Childish Gambino's "This is America," video converted into pixel art using an old Macintosh

Childish Gambino's music video for "This is America," is a stunning and jaw-dropping performance piece that's dripping with symbols and allegorical scenarios set to a dramatic music video the likes of which we haven't seen before. Re-created pixel by pixel on an old (as in, really old) Macintosh SE running Macromind Director, the artist @Pinot (Wahyu Ichwandardi) took on the monumental task of partially capturing the spirit of the music video. It's impressive that we can still use obsolete technology to create digital art.