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Last fall, Adobe announced that “real Photoshop” would be coming to the iPad sometime this year. from https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/21/20925912/adobe-illustrator-apple-ipad-photoshop-app-launch-feature-release-date https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/65521040/akrales_181101_3064_0171.0.jpg

Decades before the Salem witch trials, two women were accused of witchcraft in New Hampshire. Jane Walford and Eunice Cole stood trial in the same year, within just a few miles of each other, but their lives ended quite differently. from https://www.nhpr.org/post/you-asked-we-answered-who-are-real-witches-nh-part-1 http://img.youtube.com/vi/2EK20H7y_TQ/0.jpg

Whole Foods thrives on freshness, but Amazon's online store? Not so much. CNBC reports that Amazon's third-party sellers are all-too-frequently shipping food that has long-since expired, including products like year-old Hostess brownies and Teavana goods discontinued in 2017. from https://www.engadget.com/2019/10/20/amazon-shipping-expired-food/ https://o.aolcdn.com/images/dims?quality=85&image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fo.aolcdn.com%2Fimages%2Fdims%3Fcrop%3D3072%252C2048%252C0%252C0%26quality%3D85%26format%3Djpg%26resize%3D1600%252C1067%26image_uri%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fs.yimg.com%252Fos%252Fcreatr-images%252F2019-10%252F84690250-f36d-11e9-b3ef-e777ad4c2d6b%26client%3Da1acac3e1b3290917d92%26signature%3D06c5d3fce8b5f3b77671190c0c8a3be032b75d52&client=amp-blogside-v2&signature=2da76ac894c9a2dd276651fc9c0629410b456f78

In an attempt to illuminate each title even more, Disney followed up that thread with a 3.5-hour video on YouTube listing each title that will appear on the service. It’s similar to Netflix’s monthly videos on YouTube that tell subscribers what’s being added to the service — just longer. from https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2019/10/18/20921050/disney-plus-trailer-launch-lineup-trailer-sizzle-reel-pixar-marvel-star-wars http://img.youtube.com/vi/m0FRDaHnITI/0.jpg

Luna Display, the solution that lets you use an iPad as a secondary display for your Mac, now works Mac to Mac. Announcing the new functionality in a blog post, Luna Display says that the feature works between any combination of iMacs, Mac minis, and MacBooks running on macOS 10. from https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/18/20920510/luna-display-mac-to-mac-mode-sidecar-sherlocked-apple https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/65496214/still004_edits2_135975f5_e539_4a6c_85a5_a051608a7802.0.png

Samsung says that it plans to release a patch for its phones’ in-display fingerprint sensors as early as next week, after reports emerged that the biometric security method could be rendered useless by certain screen protectors. from https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/18/20920522/samsung-galaxy-s10-note-10-fingerprint-recognition-patch-next-week-bug-biometric-security https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/65496198/akrales_190228_3255_0065.0.jpg

UNITED KINGDOM – In September 2018, The Wild Hunt reported on a petition that was being brought to the Ministry of the Environment in the U.K., in an attempt to give protection to the nation’s ancient yew trees. from https://wildhunt.org/2019/10/petition-to-save-the-united-kingdoms-ancient-yews-garners-increasing-support.html https://wildhunt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Avenue_of_Yew_Trees_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_116918.jpg