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Digg Top Stories |
Is Anybody Home At HUD?
A long-harbored conservative dream — the "dismantling of the administrative state" — is taking place under Secretary Carson.
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MacRumors |
Apple Developing Self-Driving Campus Shuttle Service as Part of Scaled Back Car Effort
Apple is planning to develop a self-driving shuttle service that will transport Apple employees from one building to another as part of its autonomous vehicle efforts, reports The New York Times in a piece that explores why Apple scaled back its car ambitions.Apple's "open secret" car project shifted focus from a full autonomous vehicle to an autonomous driving system last year, and to test that system, Apple will reportedly use employee shuttles.One of the Lexus SUVs Apple is currently ...
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Mashable! |
Baby whale close to shore wows beachgoers, but the story is actually really sad
A juvenile gray whale has been spotted multiple times in the last few weeks off the coast of California. While the whale has been described as a "thrill" for beachgoers, its story is actually quite sad.
Most recently, the whale, dubbed "Bay Boy" because it continues to travel from bay to bay, was spotted in Long Beach, California, on Monday. Others claim to have seen the whale off nearby Seal Beach on Tuesday.
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Business Insider |
Apple reportedly scaled back its car ambitions because nobody could agree on what an Apple Car should do (AAPL)
The so-called "Apple Car" may never come to be, thanks in large part to a lack of agreement by Apple leadership as to what such a vehicle should do, reports the New York Times' Daisuke Wakabayashi.
Apple has all but abandoned its original plans for building a vehicle in its own factories, and will instead focus its energies on building self-driving systems for other vehicles, according to the report. In the meantime, the company is focusing on a self-driving campus shuttle, codenamed PAIL&n...
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Android Police - Andro... |
HTC rolling out 1080p 60FPS video recording to the U11
The HTC U11 is a pretty good phone, and certainly an improvement over the earlier U Ultra. HTC previously announced that the phone would recieve an update enabling 1080p 60FPS recording, and now the time has come.
The #HTCU11 keeps getting better: 60 FPS video recording support will be rolling out over the next couple of months to devices everywhere. pic.twitter.com/uKzHXWD8EJ
— HTC (@htc) August 7, 2017
HTC said on Twitter that the system update will be rolling out, "over the next coupl...
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AppleInsider |
Self-driving campus shuttle to rise from ashes of Apple's 'Project Titan,' report says
After massive investments into self-driving car technology, Apple is transitioning away from a branded vehicle in favor of a shuttle service that will transport employees between corporate buildings, according to an in-depth report published Tuesday.
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Slashdot |
Sony Loses Class Action Lawsuit In Waterproof Claims For Original Xperia Z Line
Sony has lost a class action lawsuit for claiming its Xperia phones were "waterproof," when in reality they were only "water resistant." If you happen to own one of the original Xperia Z smartphones, you may be owed up to $300. XDA Developers reports: Arguably, one of the pioneers in the consumer sector for more "rugged" devices (or at the very least IP certification) has to be Sony. Back in 2012, they introduced the Xperia Z line of the devices, which marked a turning point for Sony in most of ...
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The Register |
Don't throw away those eclipse glasses! Send 'em to South America
Astronomers Without Borders asks you to think of the children
On Monday, millions of Americans watched nature's ballet play out across the Sun (excluding those of us in San Francisco, where we were fogged in). Now an appeal is going out for used glasses to be donated to charity.…
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The Register |
Salesforce CEO: We're doing great because everyone else in CRM sucks
Loafing competitors are 'horrible,' says Benioff
Chalk up another big quarter for SaaS icon Salesforce.com, as the cloud CRM provider saw revenues jump by 26 per cent year-over-year.…
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Boy Genius Report |
AccuWeather’s iOS app caught sending location data when it says it isn’t
AccuWeather is one of the most popular weather apps across iOS and Android, and it's a trusted service that countless people rely on every hour of every day. Now, security guru Will Strafach is sounding the privacy alarm after discovering that AccuWeather on iPhone is forwarding location data even if the user settings prohibit it, and that's not even the worst part.
Strafach says that upon studying the data being sent back and forth by the AccuWeather iOS app he discovered that, even if th...
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The Verge - All Posts |
Apple reportedly working on self-driving employee shuttle for its campuses
We’ve heard for some time now that Apple had decided to get out of the game of trying to build an entire self-driving car itself and was instead focusing on the software side of autonomous driving. Now, in a new report by Daisuke Wakabayashi at The New York Times, we see that those smaller ambitions have a new waypoint: a self-driving shuttle to ferry employees between Apple’s current campus and the new one.
The shuttle project is reportedly called “PAIL,” short for Palo Alto to Infinit...
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Mashable! |
Julian Assange is mad you think he lives in a basement
Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange wants you to know he doesn't live in some basement.
He lives in an embassy. Let's get it right.
SEE ALSO: Donald Trump read and approved fake Fox News story, lawsuit claims
The dude came to the defense of his living space with a few tweets on Tuesday.
Did you know that 'journalists' are so cretinous they have launched 420k pages saying I live in a 'cupboard' and 261k in a 'basement'? pic.twitter.com/TVk8UVTGe4
— Julian Assange 🔹 (@JulianAssange) Au...
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Engadget |
Hulu will soon merge its two iOS apps into one
Say goodbye to confusing one Hulu app on your iOS device for another. Soon, the streaming service will condense both of them into a single one and phase out the Hulu Live TV app introduced earlier this year when the livestreaming service debuted.
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Boy Genius Report |
This new drone can land on a wall like a bird
A new drone prototype has the ability to not only take off and land vertically, but it can also land against a wall, similar to a bird.
The Multimodal Autonomous Drone (S-MAD) was created by researchers at Canada's University of Sherbrooke, utilizing microspines to allow it to attach itself to these kinds of surfaces."Microspines are used to cling to rough walls, while strictly onboard sensing is used for control," a paper on the drone reads. "The effect of thrust on the suspension’s land...
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Mashable! |
Chaos erupts on beach as shark attacks seal close to shore
A beach on Cape Cod was evacuated after a shark attacked a seal just off shore.
Thayer Wade was relaxing on Nauset Beach in Orleans, Massachusetts when he heard a disturbance in the water. When he looked out, he saw what appeared to be a fin of a great white shark, thrashing just 25 yards off shore. The shark attacked a seal, turning the water red with blood.
Chaos erupted on the beach as swimmers and surfers rushed to shore. Because the attack happened so close to people in the water, the...
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Business Insider |
Here's how people are using their smartwatches
Smartwatches have yet to live up to the early hype. According to data published last week by the NDP group, only 9% of consumers 18 and older own one. That's not terrible, given how young the industry is, but it does indicate that many consumers don't yet consider them to be must-have devices.
Apple initially touted its Apple Watch as a mini-wearable computer that could run loads of apps and free users from having to interact as often with their smartphones. But the company ...
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The Next Web |
HP’s Omen X is a beastly gaming laptop you can actually upgrade
Companies like Apple seemingly do everything in their power their laptops from being opened up. HP’s new Omen X laptop embraces it. It’s a beast of a device. The base model comes with a GTX 1070, 16GB of RAM, a i7-7700HQ processor, a 256 GB SSD, a 1TB hard drive, and a 1080p 120Hz display for $1,999. Configurations top out at $3699 for a GTX 1080, 32 GB of RAM, an overclockable i7-7820HK processor, 2TB SSD storage, a 1TB hard drive, and a 4K display. Both the screen options are equipped wi...
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The Register |
Australian telcos promise to be better NBN helpers
Just like they always promise to stop having rubbish customer service
Faced with an escalating crisis of consumer dissatisfaction over the National Broadband Network rollout, the federal government called an all-hands meeting in Canberra at which everybody promised to do better.…
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SlashGear |
Optoma NuForce BE2 Earbuds Review: Premium quality with budget cost
Last week, company Optoma launched a new pair of earbuds called the NuForce BE2. The earbuds were hawked as a premium product with a less-than-premium $49 price tag, seemingly offering the best of both worlds. On paper, at least, there’s a lot to like about this model: water-resistance, AAC audio support, a 10-hour battery life, wireless functionality, and more. Does … Continue reading
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Ars Technica |
Bethesda’s big VR games now have release dates, and they’re all in 2017
QuakeCon news confirms that all will land on either PlayStation VR, HTC Vive, or both.
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Digital Trends |
Want to make your own iced tea? Grab an iced tea maker for just $13
Nothing quite says summer like the cool refreshing taste of a cold beverage. The Mr. Coffee Iced Tea Maker makes iced tea in minutes. You can pick one up today for just $13 on Amazon.
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AppleInsider |
AccuWeather sends user location data to monetization firm despite iOS privacy settings
Popular iOS weather app AccuWeather, often listed as a top-ten app in the Weather section of the iOS App Store, has been collecting and forwarding user location information to data monetization company Reveal Mobile even when location sharing is disabled.
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Digital Trends |
Good to the last drop? NASA could use astronaut pee to make tools, food
On longer space missions, astronauts need to utilize materials readily available in orbit. That said, NASA wants to use astronaut pee and genetically modified yeast to create materials for 3D-printer plastics and food supplements.
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TechCrunch |
DOJ backs down from request for IP addresses that visited Trump protest website
The Department of Justice has dropped its request for the IP addresses of visitors to an anti-Trump inauguration protest website. The news is a win for DreamHost, which went public with the situation last week, riling privacy advocates who decried the DOJ request for IP addresses that had visited disruptj20.org as dangerously broad. Read More
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Resources | ZDNet |
The enterprise must secure against the IoT: Fortinet
Securing against the Internet of Things is not just the responsibility of manufacturer, Fortinet has said.
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CNET News |
Feds pare back demands for data from anti-Trump protest site - CNET
Warrant drops demand for 1.3 million IP addresses but still seeks subscriber account information.
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9to5Mac |
Back to school gift guide: The best tech to ensure a successful school year
Back to school season is in full swing. Some students are already back in classrooms, while others are currently preparing for the big day. One crucial aspect of back to school shopping in this day and age is technology. No one wants to start the new year off with outdated and buggy gear.
For that reason, we’ve decided to roundup some of the best technology you can buy for the 2017-2018 school year.
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NYT - Personal Tech |
Apple Scales Back Its Ambitions for a Self-Driving Car
The tech giant was going to build its own self-driving car. Now it is sticking to the underlying technology and testing it in an employee shuttle service.
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The Register |
Oracle has to pay stiffed sales rep, court rules
Attempt to undo arbitration award gets nixed by judge
Oracle's effort to avoid paying star sales rep Felicia Wilson an arbitration award of more than $250,000 has been rejected [PDF] by a judge in New York.…
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Mashable! |
Uber makes it easier for drivers to decline rides
Uber is stepping up its efforts to win over drivers — by making it easier for them to say no to rides they don't want to take.
Today the company announced several new features meant to make it easier for Uber drivers to plan trips around their schedules.
SEE ALSO: Uber is rolling out in-app messaging between drivers and riders
Now, drivers will be alerted if a ride is likely to take 45 minutes or longer, and they can opt to decline it.
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Neowin |
Microsoft announces Project Brainwave for real-time artificial intelligence
Microsoft has announced today its new deep learning acceleration platform, codenamed Project Brainwave, created for real-time AI. It supports Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit and Google's Tensorflow. Read more...
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Reuters: Technology News |
Toshiba prioritizes talks with Western Digital on chips business: Nikkei
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Toshiba Corp is prioritizing talks with Western Digital to sell its memory chip business, as negotiations with a previously preferred bidder have stalled, the Nikkei business daily reported on Wednesday.
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Mashable! |
Update your DJI Spark drone by September 1 — or say goodbye
The DJI Spark is one of those fun, selfie-taking drones you'll want as soon as you see it. But if you already own one, you need to update it by September 1 — or risk never flying it again.
SEE ALSO: Drug cartels are now using hulking drones to smuggle goods over the border
On Monday, DJI announced a new firmware update for Spark drones coming later this week in response to a problem that was causing some of them to fall out of the sky while flying.
There's only one catch: People who ...
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Ars Technica |
Another staged body cam leads to 43 more dropped Baltimore prosecutions
Latest video “was self-reported as a re-enactment of the seizure of evidence.”
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Digg Top Stories |
Can North Korea Actually Hit The United States With A Nuclear Weapon?
Six systems that North Korea needs to master to achieve a long-sought goal: being able to reliably hit the United States.
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Digg Top Stories |
Are 'Vapor Wake' Dogs The Future Of Concert Security?
A new breed of bomb-sniffing canines dubbed "vapor wake" dogs may be the future of concert security.
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Digital Trends |
Dell gets X-treme with Alienware Area-51 PC, but caps CPU core count at 10
As promised, Dell launched a new Alienware Area-51 line of desktops for PC gamers based on Intel's latest Core X-Series Skylake-X processors. The starting price is $1,900 that includes the six-core Intel Core i7-7800X processor.
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Slashdot |
Iowa Computer Programmer Gets 25 Years For Lottery Scam
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Des Moines Register: Eddie Tipton, the Iowa brainpower behind a case of multi-state lottery fraud, will spend up to 25 years in prison for rigging "random" drawing jackpots. It's unknown how many years Tipton will actually spend in prison. He could be paroled within three or four years, his attorneys noted. Tipton, 54, was a longtime computer programmer in the Iowa offices of the Multi-State Lottery Association who installed software that allowed him ...
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GeekWire |
Microsoft’s Project Brainwave puts ‘real-time artificial intelligence’ into high-tech chips
Microsoft has developed a new system for deep learning, dubbed Project Brainwave, that embeds deep neural network technology into the company’s high-tech programmable computer chips to accelerate one of the key processes for artificial intelligence. The company announced the initiative this afternoon as an extension of its existing work in field programmable gate arrays, or FPGAs, data center processors that can be reprogrammed on the fly to best serve whatever computing task is at hand. &...
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Boy Genius Report |
A premiere date and teaser videos for Jerry Seinfeld’s upcoming Netflix special are finally here
As part of Netflix's ongoing commitment towards churning out as much original content as possible, the streaming giant over the last two years has made a concerted effort to bolster its lineup of stand-up specials. And true to form, Netflix has not been shy about spending big bucks in order to attract some of the best comedic minds in the business. After doling out $60 million to Dave Chappelle for a pair of stand-up specials, Netflix earlier this year inked a lucrative production deal with Jerr...
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Android Police - Andro... |
Google v7.10 beta reveals Bisto-like headphones to be made by partners, details about hardware buttons and capabilities, and much more [APK Teardown]
Yesterday was a busy day with the official announcement of Android Oreo and our sun playing a short game of peekaboo behind the moon. Yesterday also saw the release of a brand new version of the Google app to the beta channel. After a bit of digging, there aren't any notable changes jumping out at us, but a teardown of the APK provides a monstrous amount of information about a mystery device called Bisto. Read MoreGoogle v7.10 beta reveals Bisto-like headphones to be made by partners, details ab...
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The Verge - All Posts |
Martin Scorsese is reportedly working on a Joker origin story movie
Warner Bros. has never had the clearest vision for what it wants to do with its DC universe movies, and one new idea the studio is now reportedly adding to the mix is a Joker origin story film produced by none other than Martin Scorsese. Deadline reports that the project, which is said to be in the early stages, will be directed by Todd Phillips (The Hangover), from a script by the director and The Fighter screenwriter Scott Silver. According to the report, it will be part of a new sub-brand at ...
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Digital Trends |
A ‘Knight Rider’ reboot is on the way, and it could star John Cena, Kevin Hart
The reboot craze remains in full swing. The Weinstein Company is producing a feature-length 'Knight Rider'movie, and has set its sights on John Cena and Kevin Hart for the lead roles.
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Hacker News |
Build-a-Coin Cryptocurrency Creator
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Engadget |
Microsoft built a hardware platform for real-time AI
In many cases, you want AI to work with info as it happens. That virtual assistant needs to respond within a few seconds at most, and a smart security camera needs to send an alert while intruders are still within sight. Microsoft knows this very wel...
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Gizmodo |
Why Energy Companies Are Accusing Greenpeace of Breaking Organized Crime Laws
Operators of the Dakota Access Pipeline filed a lawsuit against the environmental activist group Greenpeace on Tuesday that accuses the group of violating federal racketeering laws. The suit outlines sweeping claims of collusion between Greenpeace and numerous other organizations and individuals. It paints a picture…Read more...
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VentureBeat |
Ethereum leads AMD and Nvidia GPUs to a historic quarter
The Bitcoin-like Ethereum cryptocurrency has jacked up the video card market. AMD and Nvidia GPUs saw a massive spike in shipments (to retailers and OEMs) of 31 percent from the first to the second quarter of the year, according to intelligence firm Jon Peddie Research. This is the first time in 20 years that discrete […]
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Gizmodo |
Bizarre Toothless Dwarf Dolphins Once Sucked Squid Off the Ancient Seafloor
Scientists have uncovered the fossilized remains of an unusual species of dolphin that lived 30 million years ago in what is now South Carolina. These extinct aquatic mammals measured just three feet in length, they featured short snouts, and perhaps strangest of all, they had no teeth. Read more...
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SlashGear |
Corsair Void Pro headset: noise-cancelling microphone, Dolby 7.1 and more
Corsair Gaming has announced the launch of its new Void Pro, a gaming headset that sports, among other things, a noise-cancelling microphone. The headset is designed for PC gamers, and comes in multiple varieties including USB and wireless. As the name indicates, the Void Pro builds upon the company’s previously launched Void headset lineup, adding on top of it things … Continue reading
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AnandTech |
Hot Chips: IBM's Next Generation z14 CPU Mainframe Live Blog (5pm PT, 12am UTC)
IBM's mainframe business is a large element of their business. The z series is part of that business, and a very complex design, citing interesting and different processor design techniques. Here at Hot Chips, IBM is taking us through their latest z14 design, using a 14nm process node, optimized pipelines, pervasive encryption and other features.
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Gizmodo |
Everything We Know Right Now About The Destroyer Collision In The Strait Of Malacca
For the second time in just over two months, a U.S. Navy destroyer collided with a merchant ship in the Pacific region, resulting in casualties. The USS John S. McCain and the tanker Alnic MC collided in the early morning hours of August 21 east of the Strait of Malacca and not far from Singapore. How did this happen?…Read more...
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The Register |
Sonos will deny updates to those who refuse revised privacy terms
Your data, or we cut you off
Sonos, the maker of networked speakers, plans to revise its privacy policy next week, and customers who decline to accept the changes will no longer be able to download future software updates.…
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Digital Trends |
All Alexa-enabled devices you can utilize with Amazon’s Echo lineup
Ever since Amazon added the Dot, Tap, and Show to its Echo lineup, Alexa-enabled devices have exploded. Here's a guide to everything Alexa can control in your smart home, from lights to locks to appliances.
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Wired Top Stories |
Don't Watch This New 'Blade Runner 2049' Trailer
Seriously. Skip it. You can thank us later for this dynamite piece of advice.
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Digital Trends |
Chocolate Construction lets you build a 3D-shaped dinosaur, then eat it
Chocolate Construction is a durable silicone mold with nine distinct cavities for the various bones making up a T. rex. Sharp teeth, a jagged spine, long tail, ribs, and little arms make up the pieces used to construct the beast.
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Boy Genius Report |
Apple’s AirPods are fantastic, but this $11 accessory makes them even better
It has now been eight months since Apple first released the AirPods, and they’re still insanely difficult to find in stores or online. Truly wireless earbuds are a dime a dozen these days, so something about the AirPods must make them particularly difficult to manufacture. If you’ve managed to get your hands on a pair, you undoubtedly love them. But you might’ve also noticed that they don’t always stay seated snugly in your ears — especially when you work out. Check...
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Gizmodo |
Breitbart's Editor-in-Chief Was Tricked by an Absurdly Fake Steve Bannon Email Account
Using a very fake Steve Bannon email account, an email prankster has apparently tricked the editor of far-right news site Breitbart.com into providing a bizarre peek into his disturbing id.Read more...
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Mashable! |
Pornhub helped a best man create a very special wedding video
Coming up with the perfect best man speech isn't easy. Sometimes you need to look for inspiration in shockingly unexpected places.
That's exactly what a guy named Thom did when he needed help creating a moment to remember for his best friend Danny's wedding. He employed the help of Pornhub, a website that understands his pal on a deeply personal level.
Thom reached out to the popular porn platform for help making a very special video for Danny, and the result is a very unconventiona...
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TechCrunch |
Microsoft Brainwave aims to accelerate deep learning with FPGAs
This afternoon Microsoft announced Brainwave, an FPGA-based system for ultra-low latency deep learning in the cloud. Early benchmarking indicates that when using Intel Stratix 10 FPGAs, Brainwave can sustain 39.5 Teraflops on a large gated recurrent unit without any batching. Read More
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Slashdot |
Justice Department Walks Back Demand For Information On Anti-Trump Website
After issuing a warrant to DreamHost for "all files" related to an anti-trump website, the Justice Department says it's scaling back a demand for information from hosting service DreamHost. The Verge reports: In a legal filing today, the Justice Department argues that the warrant was proper, but also says DreamHost has since brought up information that was previously "unknown." In light of that, it has offered to carve out information demanded in the warrant, specifically pledging to not request...
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Techdirt |
Australian Gov't Accessed Domestic Metadata Thousands Of Times, Shared Some Of It With China
The Australian government has released its latest report [PDF] on its domestic metadata collection efforts and it has a bit of surprising news in it. Josh Taylor and Paul Farrell of Buzzfeed report the Australian government isn't keeping all the domestic metadata it's hoovered up to itself. It's sharing it with several other countries, including one surprising name:There were a total of 23 disclosures of information from the Australian Federal Police to enforcement agencies in other countrie...
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WSJ.com: Technology |
GoDaddy COO Scott Wagner Returning to Chief Executive Post
GoDaddy Inc. said Tuesday that Chief Operating Officer Scott Wagner will assume the company’s top post after Chief Executive Blake Irving retires at year’s end.
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Engadget |
Super-powered bacteria can harness light for fuels and plastics
Researchers have been working on improving the photosynthetic process for some time -- trying to use light to create energy but doing so in a way that's much more efficient than chlorophyll. For plants, chlorophyll works well, but to use photosynthes...
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Resources | ZDNet |
Gatwick's airport app is taking off... and should inspire others to follow its example
Gatwick's popular Community App provides vital information to thousands of people working for hundreds of different companies at London's second-biggest airport. It's being taken up by many other airports and could also work well for other diverse "mini-cities" such as universities, malls and technology parks.
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Wired Top Stories |
Verizon's New 'Unlimited' Data Plan Compared to Other Carriers
Now that Verizon has changed its unlimited data plan, it's time to see how everyone's all-you-can-eat plan stacks up.
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Gizmodo |
Deadspin Opposing Coaches And Players Console Little League Pitcher After Walk-Off | Jezebel Designe
Deadspin Opposing Coaches And Players Console Little League Pitcher After Walk-Off | Jezebel Designer Brands Want Nothing to Do With Bargain-Bin Louise Linton | Splinter The Charged, Complicated Racial Dynamics of Cardi B’s ‘Bodak Yellow’ Video | The Root Hillary Is Not Your White Savior |Read more...
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Mashable! |
Leaked video shows alleged iPhone 8 with rear-mounted Touch ID sensor
Well, this is interesting. A video showing what may or may not be the soon-to-be released iPhone 8 just leaked, and oh man will it have Apple fans scratching their heads.
SEE ALSO: This Apple leak is like nothing we've ever seen before
The 10-second clip, which we cannot confirm as authentic, depicts what appears to be some sort of calibration taking place. Part of that process involves an individual placing their finger on the back of a phone as if to test a Touch ID sensor.
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The Verge - All Posts |
Dolby is now designing speakers for laptops
Dolby Labs, the San Francisco-based company best known for Dolby Atmos audio tools and Dolby Vision imaging technology, is now setting its sights on screens that are decidedly much smaller than theater screens: our laptops.
The company said today in a briefing with journalists that it’s now working directly with laptop makers to design speakers. Its initial hardware partner is Chinese manufacturer Huawei; and the Huawei MateBook X, which launched earlier this summer and which Verge writer Vla...
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Android Police - Andro... |
32 new and notable Android games from the last week (8/16/17 - 8/22/17)
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BUST-A-MOVE JOURNEY
Android Police coverage: Hell has officially frozen over, Taito just released a premium Bust-A-Move game on the Play Store
Taito ha...
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The Verge - All Posts |
LCD Soundsystem launches VR experience for new single
LCD Soundsystem, the beloved band that called it quits in 2011 only to come back five years later, has launched a WebVR experience with Google’s Data Arts Team for American Dream song “Tonite.” The experience, called Dance Tonite, is accessible to interact with via HTC VIVE or Oculus Rift, placing the user in a hyper-minimal dance party that echoes 1980s Miami vibes.
Dance Tonite resides on a single URL and depending on your device, gives users different roles within the experience. Withou...
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Boy Genius Report |
iOS 11 leak confirms the iPhone 8 is going to have a massive change
When the iPhone 8 launches this fall, it’ll be the first iOS device in Apple’s history to lack a physical home button. The iconic component is tied to a variety of critical functions which means Apple isn’t really ditching it. Instead, the company will likely introduce a virtual home button and new screen gestures to replicate the features of the physical home button. A fresh iOS 11 leak gives us a glimpse of some of the gestures Apple may have been working on.
Discovered in the lates...
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CNET News |
Volcano seen from space looks like the entrance to hell - CNET
A NASA satellite snapped a dramatic image of a Russian volcano spitting out an ash plume while surrounded by clouds.
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Digg Top Stories |
Would It Be So Bad If The Night King Won?
Hey, here’s a thought: Would it be that bad, really, if the Night King won? Like, if "Game of Thrones" ended next year and everyone was dead and the Night King was sitting on the Iron Throne, or whatever the throne becomes once he touches it?
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Digg Top Stories |
The Enduring Legacy Of Zork
In 1977, four recent MIT graduates who’d met at MIT’s Laboratory for Computer Science used the lab’s PDP-10 mainframe to develop a computer game that captivated the world.
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The Register |
Codename Brainwave: Microsoft reveals tricks and tips for whipping cloud FPGAs into shape
Pipelining, on-die memories exploited in Azure
Hot Chips Microsoft today teased chip designers with Brainwave, its cloud-hosted pool of FPGAs designed to perform AI stuff in real time.…
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Mashable! |
Bear enters home and only leaves after getting punched in the face
A rude bear refused to leave a residence, and only retreated after being punched in the face.
According to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, a bear entered a home in Gibsons, Canada on Saturday. Elery Froude and her two young children, Camden and Ivany, were home at the time, and only noticed the bear when 2-year-old Ivany alerted his mother by saying, "Mom, look!"
The bear then roamed around the home as Elery and her two children hid in a bedroom. According to the cops, the bear drooled ...
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VentureBeat |
GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving is retiring this year
GoDaddy said CEO Blake Irving will retire at the end of 2017, with the company’s current president and chief operating officer, Scott Wagner, replacing him. Irving will also step down from the board next June. Irving, 58, became GoDaddy’s CEO in 2013 after serving as Yahoo’s chief product officer. At the time, GoDaddy was grooming itself […]
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SlashGear |
Netflix’s Seinfeld special premiere date revealed: see exclusive notes now
Netflix previously announced plans to offer a pair of original comedy standup specials featuring comedian Jerry Seinfeld, and now it has revealed the premiere date for the first of them. Though we’ll have to wait until next month to watch the show, Netflix is getting people ready via a new Instagram account showcasing some exclusive notes on some of Seinfeld’s … Continue reading
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TechCrunch |
MIT’s Robogami lets you build custom 3D-printable robots from standard, folding parts
Flat-pack furniture made IKEA a global powerhouse, and the same principles may help create a new generation of robots. Interactive Robogami is a project from MIT that lets users create ambulatory robots from a library of pieces that fold and fit together like origami. Read More
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The Next Web |
Facebook wants to end the ‘I read it on Facebook’ problem
Facebook today announced a feature designed to increase visibility on the platform. Publishers, as of today, can add several logos to a new Brand Asset Library (shown below). These logos will then appear next to anything published by the page, but only in the Trending and Search sections… for now. The reason we’re seeing the feature now, according to Facebook, is a sharp decline in knowing just where you’re getting your news. Answers like, “I read it on Facebook,” are becoming increasi...
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Digital Trends |
Scientists re-create the ‘diamond rain’ effect from Neptune and Uranus
The glittering “diamond rain” which has been hypothesized as taking place on Neptune and Uranus has been replicated in a lab. This is the first time scientists have been able to witness the effect.
The post Scientists re-create the ‘diamond rain’ effect from Neptune and Uranus appeared first on Digital Trends.
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BetaNews |
Elon Musk and other tech leaders form The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots
Business leaders and artificial intelligence experts have come together to sign an open letter to the governments of the world warning them of the potential risks of autonomous weapons. The CEOs from 115 different technology companies, including SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk and DeepMind's Mustafa Suleyman, have joined forces to form The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots. The group's letter voices its concerns over developing and using fully autonomous weapons on the battlefield, and deman...
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PCWorld.com - Latest N... |
Microsoft's fascinating GigJam service will close in September
This story was updated on August 22, 2017, to note that the service will close in September.Microsoft will close and end the preview of its new GigJam productivity service, which was aimed at helping teams of people collaborate in real time over the Internet, the company said Tuesday. “After careful consideration, we’ve decided to retire the GigJam Preview on September 22, 2017,” Microsoft said. As of that day, any remaining “gigs” will automatically expire.GigJam combines data from a...
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CNET News |
Nintendo's Super NES Classic trailer oozes 1991 - CNET
Now you're playing with super power.
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Gizmodo |
Justice Department Drops Request for IP Addresses of 1.3 Million Visitors to Anti-Trump Site
The US Department of Justice is rescinding its request for IP logs that would have revealed visitors to a website used to plan a protest during Donald Trump’s inauguration. Read more...
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Engadget |
Ubisoft's next ‘Anno’ game relives the age of trade and empire
The Anno RTS series focuses more on civilization-building than straight-up combat, and its later editions explored that premise centuries into the future. But the franchise's next entry casts back a couple hundred years to the past when mankind's map...
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The Verge - All Posts |
Justice Department walks back demand for information on anti-Trump website
After controversy over a broad search warrant that could have identified visitors to an anti-Trump website, the Justice Department says it’s scaling back a demand for information from hosting service DreamHost.
The Justice Department says it will carve out exceptions to the request
Last week, DreamHost disclosed that it was involved in a legal dispute with the department over access to records on the website “disruptj20.org,” which organized protests tied to Donald Trump’s inauguration. ...
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Mashable! |
Everyone is rightfully mad at Nintendo today
The Super NES Classic went up for pre-order today in North America. It was a disaster.
It all started at about 1 a.m. ET when pre-orders for the SNES Classic went live on Amazon and Best Buy. While most of North America was asleep, lucky night owls nabbed SNES Classics before they sold out. It took 30 minutes.
"#SNESClassic in Cart" Yes!"Turn on app location?" No!"Set up Best Buy TouchID?" NO!"Sign up for.." CHECKOUT!"Item no longer available" pic.twitter.com/VP49mV4J9B
— Andre Meadows (@...
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Mashable! |
LCD Soundsystem's new VR experience lets you join the dance party
Get ready for an LCD Soundsystem listening experience unlike anything else.
The band announced this week that it has officially released its first virtual reality experience called "Dance Tonite."
SEE ALSO: LCD Soundsystem covered David Bowie's 'Heroes' at Coachella, and it was just about perfect
The project was put together with the help of Google, and is set to the band's newest album, American DreamViewers are taken through different rooms to see fans dancing —or at l...
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GeekWire |
Startup Spotlight: Customer-focused telecom software company Audian boasts big growth
Early in his career as an IT executive, Brandon Bazemore encountered a problem many business leaders face. He wasn’t satisfied with the telecommunications options available to him. But unlike many business owners, he decided to build his own solution. The system he started building was a seed that would eventually grow into Audian, a Seattle startup that makes software-based telecom tools for businesses. “I realized I needed a phone system,” Bazemore said. “After getting pitched these hu...
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Neowin |
HTC confirms some of its devices that will receive Android 8.0 Oreo
Today, HTC announced on Twitter that the 10, U Ultra, and U11 will be receiving an upgrade to Android 8.0 Oreo, and that additional devices and details will be announced at a later date. Read more...
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ReadWriteWeb |
Sailing into IoT and AR solutions with smart yachts and more
The Internet of Things (IoT) is now widely used in advanced business spheres, like vehicle manufacturing, machine maintenance, retail business, and more. According to the latest research data, the number of IoT connected devices, which made up ∼4.9 million things in 2015, reached ∼3.9 billion in 2016. See also: With some many choices, how do you... Read more »
The post Sailing into IoT and AR solutions with smart yachts and more appeared first on ReadWrite.
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Slashdot |
IBM To Trace Food Contamination With Blockchain
Thelasko shares a report from CNBC: IBM has been joined by a group of global food giants including the likes of Nestle, Unilever and Walmart in an effort to reduce food contamination by using blockchain. The corporation announced Tuesday that it would enable global food businesses to use its blockchain network to trace the source of contaminated produce. IBM said that the problem of consumer health suffering at the hands of toxic food could be solved using its distributed ledger technology, whic...
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Hacker News |
Show HN: RNN that generates Game of Thrones text
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AnandTech |
Hot Chips: Google TPU Performance Analysis Live Blog (3pm PT, 10pm UTC)
Another Hot Chips talk, now talking Google TPU.
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The Next Web |
The Church of Satan has one hell of a social media team
You don’t have to worship Satan to appreciate the proper grammar and surprising wit behind the Church of Satan’s Twitter account. In fact, it would be silly if you did, because its members don’t. While the bulk of the tweets it sends out may center around correcting misinformation, the church has a masterfully acerbic way of handling things. We haven't answered your question because it's pedantic and stupid, and mocking you was more entertaining for us. We aren't here for you. https://t.co...
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BleepingComputer.com |
Mozilla Testing an Opt-Out System for Firefox Telemetry Collection
Mozilla engineers are discussing plans to change the way Firefox collects usage data (telemetry), and the organization is currently preparing to test an opt-out clause an opt-out clause so they could collect more data relevant to the browser's usage. [...]
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BleepingComputer.com |
Mozilla Testing New Default Opt-Out Setting for Firefox Telemetry Collection
Mozilla engineers are discussing plans to change the way Firefox collects usage data (telemetry), and the organization is currently preparing to test an opt-out clause an opt-out clause so they could collect more data relevant to the browser's usage. [...]
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BleepingComputer.com |
Mozilla Testing an Opt-Out System for Telemetry Collection
Mozilla engineers are discussing plans to change the way Firefox collects usage data (telemetry), and the organization is currently pondering the deployment of an opt-out clause so they could collect more data relevant to the browser's usage. [...]
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Ars Technica |
How the feds stopped a Porsche-driving trademark fraudster
DOJ described scheme as “one of the more sophisticated” they'd ever seen.
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