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DeadZebra releases special edition Frank "tech support" Patches collectible Android figurine

DeadZebra’s Android figurines are one of the coolest ways you can express your love for Google’s operating system. Some people love to collect as many as they can, others buy a couple for their desk or a nice shelf in their room. I have two next to my phone’s charger on my nightstand and I like the nerdy effect they provide.

If you’re a collector or if you’re interested in grabbing a new DeadZebra figurine, there’s now one cool, and slightly creepy…

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DeadZebra releases special edition Frank "tech support" Patches collectible Android figurine

Instagram live video streaming might be on its way

Considering the success of Facebook live video on that platform, it was only ever a matter of time before it was introduced to Instagram’s photo sharing community. Although Instagram has received flak for blatantly ripping off Snapchat’s stories idea, live streaming video certainly feels at home on Instagram.

In the beta app, Stories icons now appear at the top of the Explore tab as well as on the home screen. The first Stories icon in Explore features a “live” tag and takes you to a page labelled “popular live broadcasts” (which is obviously not yet functional).

Meanwhile, a new “Go insta” button appears in the camera app which starts recording live video, along with a “Schedule” button in the top right corner (you may recall Facebook also recently introduced a scheduling option for its video streaming).

I tried getting this working on a Nexus 6P running a developer preview of Android 7.1 and a OnePlus 3 running Marshmallow but had no luck. If you manage to get it working, let us know in the comments.

Would you use Instagram live streaming?

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Instagram live video streaming might be on its way

Report: LG will get rid of its Friends modules for the G6

The LG G5 isn’t a terrible phone, but its sales figures would definitely lead you to think otherwise. LG’s effort to incorporate “Friends” modules into the G5 caused the phone to fail in a number of aspects. With the recently-released V20, the company ditched the Friends idea, and according to reports coming out of South Korea, it will do the same with the G5’s successor, the G6.

This report, which came on the 20th, states that the G6 is expected to have a normal smartphone structure.

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Report: LG will get rid of its Friends modules for the G6

Google's Pixel survives durability tests, including a bend test, that last year's Nexus 6P succumbed to

Ah, the iPhone 6 Plus. Not only was it Apple’s first phablet, but after many owners realized that their shiny, huge new iPhones were bending in their pockets, it also became the phone that truly introduced bend tests to the world.

YouTuber JerryRigEverything performs durability tests on almost every flagship smartphone that gets globally released, and when the world saw him do one (and then another) on a Nexus 6P, it was shocked at the Huawei-built device’s seemingly twig-like snapping.

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Google's Pixel survives durability tests, including a bend test, that last year's Nexus 6P succumbed to

Instagram is testing Live videos

A Russian publication has spotted an experimental Instagram feature it obviously got its from parent corporation’s repertoire: live videos. One of T Journal’s readers sent in screenshots and a video of a curious icon lined up with Instagram Stories o… – Source

Instagram is testing Live videos

UN appoints Wonder Woman its champion of gender equality - CNET

Wonder Woman actors Lynda Carter and Gal Gadot attend the world organization’s naming of the character as the Honorary Ambassador for the Empowerment of Women and Girls. – Source

UN appoints Wonder Woman its champion of gender equality - CNET

Double-dip Internet-of-Things botnet attack felt across the Internet

Our new IoT overlords have arrived. (credit: peyri)

The distributed denial of service attacks against dynamic domain name service provider Dyn this morning have now resurged. The attacks have caused outages at services across the Internet.

But this second wave of attacks appears to be affecting even more providers. According to Dan Drew, the chief security officer at Level 3 Communications, the attack is at least in part being mounted from a “botnet” of Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices.

Drew explained the attack in a Periscope briefing this afternoon. “We’re seeing attacks coming from a number of different locations,” Drew said. “An Internet of Things botnet called Mirai that we identified is also involved in the attack.”

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Double-dip Internet-of-Things botnet attack felt across the Internet

Google Pixel XL teardown shows easily replaceable modular components

The Pixel XL has been subjected to an iFixit teardown. Stripping the smartphone down to an empty shell, the repairmen noted that the OLED panel (manufactured by Samsung) separated from the digitizer glass a bit too easily, as super-thin components and no frame or bezel behind the display make it difficult to remove.

The battery is secured with two strips of fairly strong adhesive. Many of the smaller components in the Pixel XL, such as the headphone jack and 8MP front facing camera are modular, meaning they can be replaced independently as inexpensive parts and … – Source

Google Pixel XL teardown shows easily replaceable modular components

DJI says it’s starting to ship its folding drone

Looks like DJI may beat GoPro’s ship date yet. After nearly a week of delay due to unspecified manufacturing reasons, the company’s eagerly anticipated folding photography drone looks to finally be heading out to early purchasers.

Three days after chalking the MIA Mavic Pro’s delay up to “amazingly strong global demand,” the company’s Global Director of… Read More

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DJI says it’s starting to ship its folding drone