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The Register |
Judge confirms Georgia's voting machines are awful (but they can still be used)
Court says no time to get paper ballots in place for November
A US District Court judge has okayed the use of paperless electronic voting machines in Georgia, despite being "gravely concerned" about the state's ability to prevent hacking.…
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Engadget |
Netflix picks up hit BBC drama ‘Bodyguard’
Netflix has purchased the streaming rights to Bodyguard -- a six-part BBC One series that has been raking in viewers in the UK. The show had a strong premiere, drawing in 10.4 million viewers, which is the highest launch figure for any new drama on a...
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TechCrunch |
An Intel drone fell on my head during a light show
It didn’t hurt. I thought someone dropped a small cardboard box on my head. It felt sharp and light. I was sitting on the floor, along the back of the crowd and then an Intel Shooting Star Mini drone dropped on my head. Audi put on a massive show to reveal its first EV, the […]
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Slashdot |
People Tend To Cluster Into Four Distinct Personality 'Types,' Says Study
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: A new study has sifted through some of the largest online data sets of personality quizzes and identified four distinct "types" therein. The new methodology used for this study -- described in detail in a new paper in Nature Human Behavior -- is rigorous and replicable, which could help move personality typing analysis out of the dubious self-help section in your local bookstore and into serious scientific journals. What's new here is the id...
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TechCrunch |
Committed to privacy, Snips founder wants to take on Alexa and Google, with blockchain
The story could be a harbinger of things to come when voice becomes more and more ubiquitous. After all, Amazon announced the launch of Alexa for Hospitality, its Alexa system for hotels, in June. News stories like this simply reinforce the idea that voice control is seeping into our daily lives. The French startup Snips […]
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TweakTown |
SCUM sells 1 million copies to date
Gamepires' gritty early access sensation breaks another sales milestone: https://www.tweaktown.com/news/63215/scum-sells-1-million-copies-date/index.html
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The Register |
DNSSEC in a click: Cloudflare tries to crack uptake inertia
Meanwhile global key rollover is confirmed for October 11
Cloudflare is offering DNSSEC in a single click.…
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Digg Top Stories |
How Close Are We To Another Financial Crisis? 8 Experts Weigh In
It's been 10 years since Lehman Brothers collapsed, setting off a global recession that cost billions of dollars and millions of homes and jobs.
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Digg Top Stories |
Scientists Have Discovered A Potential Cure For Cocaine Addiction: Skin Grafts
Research shows that animals that received the engineered skin graft were able to clear injected quantities of cocaine faster than control animals.
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The Next Web |
Google Home Hub leaks ahead of Pixel 3 event
Though everyone is focusing on the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL, Google likely has more devices planned for its October 9 event. Following rumors of two new Chromebooks, a leak of Google’s Home Hub smart display is making the rounds today courtesy of MySmartPrice. Unless these are some classy fakes, the images show off a device conceptually similar to other Google Assistant devices with a screen, which are in turn similar to Amazon’s Echo Show. You have a 7-inch touchscreen with a base that double...
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Boy Genius Report |
Thanks to a juicy Star Wars leak, it seems the First Order has a traitor among them
A new rumor about Star Wars Episode 9 that suggests a potentially big plot twist is in the cards has been making the rounds. It involves the First Order, the dictatorship that emerged after the fall of the galactic empire, and specifically Kylo Ren feverishly trying to smoke out a traitor he believes is operating within the order. A traitor who may even be feeding information to the Resistance.
Hoo boy. The Sunday Express appears to have kicked this off, though it added a dubious-sounding ele...
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Wired Top Stories |
A DOJ Probe Into Elon's Tweets Could Spell Yet More Trouble for Tesla
The reported criminal probe is likely in its early stages, but darkens an already gloomy sky gathering over Elon Musk's automaker.
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Reuters: Technology News |
Britain's 'Wild West' crypto market should be regulated, say lawmakers
Britain's cryptocurrency market resembles the Wild West and should be regulated, lawmakers said on Wednesday, urging the government to bring to heel a sector plagued by volatile price swings, vulnerability to hacking and weak consumer protection.
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The Verge - All Posts |
Senate passes Music Modernization Act
The US Senate has approved the Music Modernization Act of 2018, S.2334, with unanimous consent, bringing the first reform for music licensing in 20 years on the cusp of becoming law. The companion version in the House previously passed in April, also with unanimous consent. The bill now must be reconsidered by the House and then ultimately signed by President Trump. Both of those are likely to happen, so the Senate was the last major hurdle.
Although the Music Modernization Act was overwhelmingl...
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AppleInsider |
Apple shares several early iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max reviews ahead of launch
Ahead of the iPhone XS and XS Max release this Friday, Apple has highlighted a few of the early reviews praising the latest handsets.
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VentureBeat |
U.S. Justice Department is investigating Elon Musk’s statement on taking Tesla private
(Reuters) — Tesla said on Tuesday the U.S. Department of Justice was investigating Chief Executive Elon Musk’s public statements in August that he was considering taking the electric carmaker private, the latest and biggest threat to Musk and his leadership of the electric car maker. The Justice Department asked Tesla for documents about Musk’s announcement, […]
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Hacker News |
Willing (YC S15) Is Hiring a Head of Growth
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TechCrunch |
Call for smart home devices to bake in privacy safeguards for kids
A new research report has raised concerns about how in-home smart devices such as AI virtual voice assistants, smart appliances, and security and monitoring technologies could be gathering and sharing children’s data. It calls for new privacy measures to safeguard kids and make sure age appropriate design code is included with home automation technologies. The […]
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CNET News |
Aston Martin DBZ Centenary Collection celebrates Zagato's anniversary - Roadshow
The DB4 GT Zagato Continuation and DBS GT Zagato will be sold in pairs for $7.9 million.
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GeekWire |
After helping defeat a tax for affordable housing, Paul Allen and Jeff Bezos step up on homelessness
On a crisp fall Tuesday in Seattle, representatives from Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s philanthropic organization joined with community groups to break ground on a new homeless resource center to house up to 94 families in the shadow of a new light rail line in the city. The Mount Baker Family Housing & Resource Center will combine permanent housing for homeless and low-income families with transitional housing and community resources. Paul G. Allen Philanthropies donated $30 mill...
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MakeUseOf |
Why You Should Stop Using CCleaner on Windows Right Now
Some Windows software has become so ingrained into PC users’ minds that we don’t think twice to recommend them. Unfortunately, this leads to major issues when a popular tool goes rogue. That’s exactly what’s happened with CCleaner. Once everyone’s favorite Windows maintenance utility, its increasingly shady behavior means that you should now leave it in the dust. Here’s why you can’t trust CCleaner anymore, and what to replace it with. What’s Wrong...
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U.S. senators seek punishment if China's ZTE violates deal
Republican and Democratic U.S. senators introduced a bill on Tuesday that would reimpose sanctions on China's ZTE Corp if it does not fully comply with U.S. laws and an agreement with the Trump administration that ended stiff restrictions on the telecommunications equipment company.
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Mashable! |
Attorney General blasts cryptocurrency exchanges
It's not just the hacks and outright scams that make cryptocurrency a risky investment.
According to a report from the office of the New York state attorney general, the exchanges themselves — the places where would-be investors go to buy and sell cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ether — are not doing enough to protect their customers. And that should concern you.
SEE ALSO: It only took 37 seconds for two bitcoin 'celebs' to start fighting on a cruise ship
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Facebook job ads 'discriminated by gender'
Women in three US states were allegedly not shown job ads for certain "male-dominated professions".
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9to5Mac |
Apple shares its own iPhone XS review roundup, focusing entirely on the positives
Today was iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max review day – meaning the first reviews of Apple’s latest smartphones hit the web. As we noted this morning in our roundup, the story was pretty consistent among reviewers: a small update from the iPhone X, and it might be best to wait for the XR.
Now, Apple has shared its own roundup of iPhone XS reviews, and as you would expect, the company focuses on the positives…
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Hacker News |
Facebook Is Letting Job Advertisers Target Only Men
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Gizmodo |
Nancy Pelosi Hints She's 'Sure' Governor Brown Will Sign California's Net Neutrality Bill
Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday added her voice to a chorus of California legislators and advocates calling on Governor Jerry Brown to sign Senate Bill 822, legislation that seeks to reenact for California’s 40 million residents the net neutrality protections stripped away by the Federal Communications…Read more...
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The Next Web |
Women get just 47 cents in equity for every $1 awarded to male colleagues
The gender pay disparity isn’t a secret. We know that women make $0.82 for every dollar a man makes, still, in 2018. It’s well-documented that tech’s biggest companies, including two newly-minted trillion dollar corporations, employ women in fewer than a third of their leadership positions. And still, in 2018, only 24 Fortune 500 companies have female CEOs. As bleak as this all sounds, there’s another problem for women in tech that’s, arguably, worse. According to new findings by Car...
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Slashdot |
Google's Android OS To Power Dashboard Displays
schwit1 shares a report from The Wall Street Journal: Google is making a major push into the auto industry, partnering with the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance to use the tech company's Android OS to power media displays (Warning: source may be paywalled; alternative source) that will eventually be sold in millions of cars world-wide. The auto-making alliance, which together sells more vehicles than any other auto maker, is picking Google to provide the operating system for its next-generatio...
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Boy Genius Report |
New ‘Avengers 4’ theory pitches a thrilling tale of travel through time
In the five months since Avengers: Infinity War hit cinemas I’ve seen numerous fan theories about what had just happened in the MCU and about what we might see next in the Avengers 4 sequel. Some are heartbreaking wishful thinking stories, while others make more sense, and are extremely elaborate and well explained. But the following one, which has time travel at its core, must take the cake, as it’s looking at the new movie from a solid perspective, the characters arcs.Here’s how Redd...
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Neowin |
Telegram for iOS is being rebuilt on Swift, coming soon to everyone
Telegram co-founder and CEO Pavel Durov today announced that the iOS version of the messaging app is due for a major update in the next couple of weeks, building on a completely new codebase. Read more...
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The Next Web |
45-year-old arrested after threatening to kill a child over Fortnite beatdown
Gamer rage is one thing, but a 45-year-old New York man took things way beyond the legal limits when he allegedly threatened to murder an 11-year-old child who beat him in an online game yesterday. According to local law enforcement, suspect Michael Aliperti has been charged with second-degree aggravated harassment and acting in a manner to injure a child. He was arrested at approximately 1 AM local time this morning after police received reports he’d sent threatening voice and text messages t...
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Techdirt |
Congressional Research Service Reports Now Officially Publicly Available
For many, many years we've been writing about the ridiculousness of the Congressional Research Service's reports being kept secret. If you don't know, CRS is a sort of in-house think tank for Congress, that does, careful, thoughtful, non-partisan research on a variety of topics (sometimes tasked by members of Congress, sometimes of its own volition). The reports are usually quite thorough and free of political nonsense. Since the reports are created by the federal government, they are technicall...
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Hacker News |
Falling in love with Rust
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Digital Trends |
Lucid Motors accepts $1 billion investment from Saudi Arabian fund
The Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia will invest $1 billion in upstart electric car company Lucid Motors. Lucid hopes to launch a Tesla-fighting luxury sedan called the Air by 2020.
The post Lucid Motors accepts $1 billion investment from Saudi Arabian fund appeared first on Digital Trends.
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TechCrunch |
The Punkt MP02 inches closer to what a minimalist phone ought to be
There's an empty space in my heart for a minimalist phone with only the most basic functions. Bad for my heart, but good for a handful of companies putting out devices aiming to fill it. Punkt's latest, the MP02, goes a little ways to making the device I desire, but it isn't quite there yet.
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BleepingComputer.com |
Xbash Malware Deletes Databases on Linux, Mines for Coins on Windows
What may very well be considered a cybercriminal's dream tool is now real and it is hunting Windows and Linux servers: a botnet with self-spreading capabilities that combines cryptomining and ransomware functions. [...]
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SlashGear |
Comcast X1 gets Ticketmaster for finding and buying concert tickets
Comcast has teamed up with Ticketmaster to bring concert ticket purchases directly to the Xfinity X1 system. The new feature is available to subscribers with the Xfinity X1 service, enabling them to view concert tour dates and, if they find one they like, request tickets for it through their TV. The system integrates purchasing and utilizes a text message code … Continue reading
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Engadget |
Bikini Kill's riot grrl punk is available to stream for the first time
Prince, The Beatles and other well-known artists gave into the siren's call of streaming music years ago, but not Bikini Kill -- you still had to get the iconic riot grrl group's music the old-fashioned way. Until now, that is. The feminist punk gr...
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GeekWire |
Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch Systems puts its brand on the world’s biggest airplane
News Brief: The mammoth plane that Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch Systems is testing at California’s Mojave Air and Space Port now bears the name of the billionaire and his air-launch venture. In photos tweeted this week, Stratolaunch showed off the plane’s new livery — including a legend reading “Stratolaunch: A Paul G. Allen Company” on the side of one of the twin fuselages, and the logo of plane builder Scaled Composites on the tail. In April, ...
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Digital Trends |
I cooked all my food with a flamethrower for a day and this is what happened
When I first caught word that Elon Musk's Boring Company was selling a fully-functional flamethrower, I knew right away that I wanted to use it as a replacement for all of my modern cooking appliances. Why use a microwave when you can use a flamethrower instead?
The post I cooked all my food with a flamethrower for a day and this is what happened appeared first on Digital Trends.
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MakeUseOf |
Pandora Copies Spotify With Curated Playlists
Pandora has launched a new curated playlist that works in a similar way to Spotify’s automagic playlists. Called The Drop, this playlist will automatically populate with new songs released by artists Pandora either knows you like or thinks you’ll like. Discover New Tracks You Love On the Pandora Blog, the music streaming service explains that it wants to help you experience that “feeling of discovering a new track you love.” These are the songs you know “you’re go...
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MSPoweruser |
Microsoft is expected to finalize the GitHub acquisition by October 19
Microsoft is expected to get a final ruling on its GitHub acquisition by October 19. The company is waiting for the green signal from EU anti-trust regulators. Microsoft acquired GitHub back in June 2018 and has been working with the company to close the deal. The acquisition was done for $7.5 billion. Right now, the EU […]
Read More: Microsoft is expected to finalize the GitHub acquisition by October 19
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TweakTown |
Next-gen PSVR may have eye-tracking, fight motion sickness
Sony's new VR patent may give clues on future PSVR features: https://www.tweaktown.com/news/63213/next-gen-psvr-eye-tracking-fight-motion-sickness/index.html
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Neowin |
Samsung Galaxy J4+ and Galaxy J6+ go official in India
Samsung has unveiled two new budget smartphones under its J-series, dubbed as Galaxy J4+ and Galaxy J6+. However, the company is yet to announce pricing and availability information. Read more...
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Hacker News |
Firefox Reality Now Available
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Digital Trends |
BioLite’s HeadLamp gives off tons of light, weighs in at just 3 ounces
BioLite's innovative new Headlamp is perfect for hikers, runners, and campers. It delivers 330 lumens of light, while weighing less than 3 ounces, and comes with a headband that is breathable and comfortable to wear.
The post BioLite’s HeadLamp gives off tons of light, weighs in at just 3 ounces appeared first on Digital Trends.
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CNET News |
Lawmakers pressure Google to share how YouTube collects, uses kids' data - CNET
Representatives worry the company's data collection practices may violate children's online privacy laws.
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GeekWire |
Lessons from Amazon: How working at the tech giant helped this founder shape his new company
Amazon DNA flows deeply within Perfect Loop. The Seattle startup, which helps match job candidates with employers, was founded in 2016 by three co-founders who have a combined 15 years of experience working at Amazon as product managers, machine learning experts, and business operators. Perfect Loop uses a candidate sourcing and screening strategy fueled by technology that helps differentiates itself from other hiring platforms. The startup has bootstrapped its way to profitability. Greg Rutty, ...
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9to5Mac |
Telegram to transition to faster & more battery-friendly Swift-built app for iOS
Back in January, Telegram released its new ‘Telegram X’ application for iOS, which it has offered in conjunction with the standard Telegram Messenger app. The difference between the two is that Telegram X is built entirely with Apple’s Swift language. Today, however, Telegram founder Pavel Durov announced that Telegram is transitioning entirely to its Swift-built application.
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Hacker News |
Improving DataView performance in V8
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VentureBeat |
NPD August 2018: Monster Hunter: World’s roars back with Steam release
According to The NPD Group, Monster Hunter: World was the No. 2 best-selling game in the U.S. in August. The multiplayer action game released for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One back on January 26, but the PC version came out on August 9.
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Gizmodo |
Apple’s Using Your Call and Text Data to Figure Out Whether to ‘Trust’ Your Devices
Apple has an interesting new method for combatting fraud—administering “trust scores.”Read more...
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Boy Genius Report |
$25 power pack doubles your Nintendo Switch’s battery life
We love the Nintendo Switch so much that it’s almost painful to admit that it’s not perfect. But alas, there are some areas where the Switch can definitely be improved, and battery life is one of them. There’s nothing worse than realizing you’re running low on juice when you’re in the middle of gaming on the go, but now there’s an easy way to more than double the battery life on your Switch. Check out the Nyko Power Pak for Nintendo Switch, which is on sale ri...
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GeekWire |
Batcave on lockdown? Man’s smart doorbell locks him out of house when it thinks he’s Batman
It’d be one thing to not recognize Batman, since the famed superhero has been played by so many different actors. But what if your smart doorbell didn’t recognize you, and thought you were Batman? Holy ding dong ditch, Robin, it happened! A Nest Hello doorbell reportedly locked a man out of his own house because it was following instructions built into its security features in which the device will lock a door if a face it doesn’t recognize approaches. B.J. May was approaching ...
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VentureBeat |
NPD August 2018: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 from 2009 was a top-seller
It's no suprise Call of Duty be among the U.S. top 10 best-selling titles of the month. The annual military shooter franchise is among the top-selling games of every year. But it is strange to see one of its older installments hit the charts. According to The NPD Group, 2009's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was the No. 8 best-selling game in the U.S. in August.
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Hacker News |
Woman Rides Bicycle to 183.9 MPH – A New World Record
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VentureBeat |
August 2018 NPD: Madden NFL has its best kickoff since 2013
Consumers in the United States spent $796 million on gaming-related products in August, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. That’s up from same period last year. In particular, August was a strong month for the perennial hit Madden NFL 19. The PC port of Monster Hunter: World also did well. And the ongoing powerhouses of […]
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Digg Top Stories |
Drinking Gold Was A Grisly Anti-Aging Trend Of 16th-Century France
The tony elixir killed elites looking for youthful complexions.
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Digg Top Stories |
Photos Of Pet Rescues In The Wake Of Hurricane Florence
Dogs, cats, and other animals that were left behind, or were caught in the storm, are now being rescued and cared for by owners, neighbors, and first responders.
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Neowin |
SteelSeries reveals new Arctis 3 Bluetooth featuring refined improvements at a lower price
It has been roughly a year since SteelSeries originally debuted the Arctis 3 Bluetooth. The firm has now released a new model, featuring improvements based on consumer feedback and a lower price. Read more...
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Re/code |
‘We launched with a pretty mediocre product’ — how two direct-to-consumer startups iterated to success
Customer feedback is very important. First is the worst — at least when it comes to consumer goods. That’s the message from the founders of deodorant and mattress brands Native and Tuft & Needle.
“We launched with a pretty mediocre product,” Native deodorant CEO and founder Moiz Ali told the crowd at Code Commerce in New York City. How did he know? Customers said so. They also didn’t buy the product again and gave bad reviews.
“We quickly realized there was a need for a better-fo...
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Mashable! |
15 podcasts guaranteed to tell you a fantastic story
What's the magic ingredient of a really great podcast, the thing that makes people tune in time after time? It's simple in theory: Have a really good story. But how?
There are all sorts of ways. Take Serial, the investigative journalism podcast that launched with the true story of the unsolved murder of high school senior Hae Min Lee. It's been downloaded more than 350 million times as of 2018. Come September 20, it will debut its third season. Or, consider This American Life, where produc...
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Hacker News |
Is “data scientist” the new “programmer”?
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Slashdot |
iPhone XS, XS Max Are World's Fastest Phones (Again)
According to "several real-world tests and synthetic benchmarks," the new iPhone XS and XS Max, equipped with the world's first 7-nanometer A12 Bionic processor, are the world's fastest smartphones, reports Tom's Guide. They even significantly outperform Qualcomm's Snapdragon 845 chip. From the report: Geekbench 4 is a benchmark that measures overall performance, and no other phone comes close to Apple's new handsets on this test. The iPhone Xs notched 11,420, and the iPhone Xs Max hit 11,515. T...
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PCWorld.com - Latest N... |
How Microsoft Edge's hidden WDAG browser lets you surf the web securely
Occasionally, for whatever reason, we browse parts of the web we know could be dangerous, where malicious pop-ups, ransomware or other malware could infect our PCs. While no solution is totally safe, Microsoft now has a free, specialized version of its Edge browser specifically designed to protect you online: Windows Device Application Guard, or WDAG.WDAG was originally developed for Windows 10 Enterprise, protecting companies with billions of dollars at stake. Now that same protection has migr...
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Digital Trends |
Swiss researcher offers blueprints for animal-friendly autonomous machines
A scientist worries that our high-tech future fails to consider the well-being of other creatures: "Machine ethics has so far concentrated almost exclusively on automatic actions that affect people."
The post Swiss researcher offers blueprints for animal-friendly autonomous machines appeared first on Digital Trends.
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Android Police - Andro... |
Chrome OS v69 stable introduces Linux app compatibility, finalized Material Design changes
The long-awaited Linux support for Chromebooks has just hit the Stable channel. According to the Chrome Releases blog, the consumer-facing release channel is in the midst of being updated to v69, which includes Linux application support — at least, on supported devices. The update also includes other features, such as a refreshed UI for browsing the filesystem, expanded dictation support for text entry, red-tinted Night Light, and some tablet-centric tweaks (among other smaller changes). R...
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The Digital Reader |
Are POD Publishers Pirating Your Book on Amazon?
Internet business security concept: red key with skull icon on laptop keyboard. Included clipping path, so you can easily edit it. While programs like Google Books are performing a great public service by scanning rare public domain books and making them available, sometimes in-copyright books are also scanned and inadvertently pirated when reprinted by publishers. About two weeks back a reader brought my attention to the fact that the infamous publisher Forgotten Books was now publishing a co...
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Mashable! |
YouTube will close YouTube Gaming, move it all to the main site
YouTube Gaming is officially dead.
In a blog post today, YouTube announced that it’s dedicated YouTube Gaming app will soon cease to exist. The app will officially be retired In March 2019.
But, don’t be mistaken. The shutdown of the YouTube Gaming app has more to do with the inability of the dedicated outlet to take off than anything concerning the success of video game livestreaming on YouTube.
SEE ALSO: There’s no going back now: YouTube fully commits to vertical...
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CNET News |
Alexa goes audiophile: Why Amazon may finally be getting serious about audio - CNET
Commentary: A report says Amazon will announce an amp, a receiver and a sub with Alexa on board. Can the retail giant truly appeal to the audiophile?
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MacRumors |
Apple Highlights iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max Reviews
Reviews for the iPhone XS and the iPhone XS Max went live this morning ahead of Friday's launch, and in a new press release, Apple has highlighted reviews from several members of the media who were able to spend some time with the new iPhones.Apple shared key passages from sites that include Mashable, TechCrunch, Daring Fireball, The New York Times, Best Products, Hypebeast, Tom's Guide, Dailymail, TechRadar, Hardwarezone, Sydney Morning Herald, and photographer Austin Mann.
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Wired Top Stories |
Twitter's Chronological Timeline Will Save Us From Ourselves
Twitter announced it’s giving users more control over their timelines just in time for tweets about Toad.
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SlashGear |
2019 BMW Z4 M40i and Z4 sDrive30i Roadster get official
BMW has further pulled the wraps off the 2019 Z4 Roadster, revealing two new versions of the two-seater convertible after the 2019 M40i First Edition broke cover last month. The 2019 Z4 sDrive30i Roadster and the 2020 Z4 M40i Roadster will each pack BMW TwinPower turbocharged engines, and show up in dealerships from March of next year. The Z4 sDrive30i … Continue reading
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The 40 best things to watch on Netflix UK
The very finest films and TV shows the streaming service has to offer. Updated for September 2018
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MakeUseOf |
How to Update Your iPhone: iOS, Apps, and Data Backups
If you need to update your iPhone, you’ve come to the right place. Like everything on iOS, keeping your iPhone up to date is pretty simple. You have a few ways to back up your phone and apps, depending on how you prefer to work with your iPhone. We’ll show you what you need, especially when it’s time to update iOS. Before You Begin: Clean Up and Back Up Now is a good time to clean old files off your iPhone. This will help your backup and update installation complete more quickl...
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The Next Web |
YouTube merges Gaming with main site after standalone app fails to impress
Google today announced it’s shuttering YouTube Gaming, replacing it with a page on the main site. The company is hoping that the Gaming page, while not very dissimilar to the Gaming site, will help bring more viewers and content creators together now that they aren’t being forced to shuffle between two sites. With YouTube Gaming on the YouTube homepage, you can browse the games and creators you love and discover new ones as well. Who have you been watching lately? https://t.co/e6jS7fpD95 —...
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The Register |
US State Department confirms: Unclassified staff email boxes hacked
Pompeo's peeps get free credit monitoring after some inboxes cracked open, data swiped
The US State Department has confirmed one of its email systems was attacked, potentially exposing the personal information of some of its employees.…
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AppleInsider |
iOS 12.1 beta includes support for Face ID in landscape mode, likely for iPad Pros
The first iOS 12.1 beta, released earlier on Tuesday, appears to include support for Face ID authentication while a device is in landscape mode, though the option is likely to be reserved for upcoming iPad Pros.
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Boy Genius Report |
This massive solar-powered yacht will let oligarchs cruise the seas without stopping for gas
Electric vehicles certainly seem to be the future, with just about every major auto brand following Tesla's lead to a gas-free future, but will the same be true for boats? Yachts are a big status symbol for wealthy folks, but they're also huge gas-guzzlers. Now, a Swedish company called Solar Impact is hoping to change that with a gorgeous pleasure boat that never sips a drop of fuel.
The ship is a technological marvel — which, it should be noted, has yet to actually be built — and is absol...
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SlashGear |
Your car windshield could be an AR hologram in 2020
Holographic car windshields that overlay augmented reality graphics atop the real world could be closer than you think, with Porsche, Hyundai, and others tapping a smart glass startup developing the transparent tech. WayRay has been working on holographic augmented reality head-up display technologies since 2012, developing a compact hologram projector that could change what you see through your car’s windows. … Continue reading
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The Next Web |
Vankyo’s Leisure 410 LED projector is bright, brilliant, and budget-friendly
When it comes to purchasing a projector for your home theater there’s usually only one important question for consumers: How much do you have to spend? Because, typically, inexpensive projectors don’t perform well. The idea of, let’s say, a $99 projector that’s bright, clear, and capable of working even in broad daylight seems pretty stupendous. Meet the stupendous Vankyo Leisure 410 LED projector. I got my hands on a review unit about a month ago and haven’t looked back since. No, it
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Re/code |
Emily Weiss wants Glossier to own the online beauty conversation
“The shopping experience is even more broken and lacking for beauty products than what we initially believed.” When people are deciding which mascara to buy online, they’re not looking at how fast the mascara will be delivered, according to Glossier CEO Emily Weiss. Cracking the online beauty business isn’t as simple as “building tools that cross-sell, upsell and get things to you faster,” she said.
“The shopping experience is even more broken and lacking for beauty products than w...
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SuperSite for Windows |
TypeScript Tutorial: It’s All About the Types
In this TypeScript tutorial, we delve into the language’s various data types, demonstrate how they work and provide code examples.
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CNET News |
Kayak’s luggage tool shows if your bag fits your flight - CNET
The feature uses augmented reality to scan your carry-on.
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The Verge - All Posts |
You thought Dieselgate was over? It’s not.
It’s been an electrifying month for the German auto industry. Mercedes-Benz presented its first all-electric SUV. BMW offered a glimpse of its upcoming EV strategy by unveiling a concept car. And Audi is going electric, as well. On Monday, the company celebrated the premiere of its first completely battery-powered car, the E-tron. Audi’s release party in San Francisco was especially unlikely when you consider what happened just three years ago.
As a part of Volkswagen Group, Audi played a ce...
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SuperSite for Windows |
A Guide to Effectively Managing the Mobile Workforce
When it comes to managing the mobile workforce, the bottom line is for management to see itself as a resource allocator, coordinator and enabler.
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CNET News |
Hackers behind Mirai botnet could be sentenced to working for the FBI - CNET
This comes after more than 18 months of already helping the FBI stop cyberattacks.
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Computerworld |
Why Windows 10 is the most secure Windows ever
Three years after its debut, Windows 10 is poised to overtake Windows 7 as the most popular version of the Windows operating system. Microsoft introduced virtualization-based security features – namely Device Guard and Credential Guard – in Windows 10, and in subsequent updates, has added other virtualization-based protections to the operating system.Microsoft tackled the two biggest challenge for enterprises with Windows 10, password management and protecting the operating system from attac...
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SlashGear |
Spock’s planet ‘Vulcan’ found years after Star Trek prediction
Star Trek character Spock originated from the fictional planet Vulcan, which was said to (probably) exist in real life orbiting around the star 40 Eridani A. That prediction was made in 1991 by series creator Gene Roddenberry and a trio of astronomers, and now decades later it has been proven mostly true: a planet at that location has been discovered. … Continue reading
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Gizmodo |
The 10 Best Deals of September 18, 2018
We see a lot of deals around the web over on Kinja Deals, but these were our ten favorites today.Read more...
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CNET News |
Avatar: The Last Airbender rebooted as live-action Netflix series - CNET
Original creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko return to retell Aang's action-packed tale. "This is what we've been training for all these years."
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TechCrunch |
Sen. Harris tells federal agencies to get serious about facial recognition risks
Facial recognition technology presents myriad opportunities as well as risks, but it seems like the government tends to only consider the former when deploying it for law enforcement and clerical purposes. Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) has written the FBI, FTC, and EEOC telling them they need to get with the program and face up to the very real biases and risks attending the controversial tech.
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Neowin |
Microsoft releases Windows 10 build 18242 to Skip Ahead - here's what's changed
In a rare Tuesday offering, Microsoft released Windows 10 build 18242 to the Skip Ahead subset of the Fast ring. There are no new features, but there are a bunch of fixes and some known issues. Read more...
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9to5Mac |
Amid claims it’s in a ‘death spiral,’ report says Evernote has laid off 15% of its workforce
Earlier this month, a report suggested that Evernote was in a “death spiral” as it cycled through several of its most senior executives. Now, TechCrunch reports that Evernote has cut roughly 15 percent of its workforce, a move that was announced to employees today at an all-hands meeting.
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Mashable! |
A Tesla competitor just got $1 billion boost from Saudi Arabia
A hotshot electric vehicle company in Silicon Valley just got a $1 billion investment from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.
No, not Tesla. We're talking about its eventual competitor, Lucid Motors, which is based right next door to Tesla's Fremont headquarters in Newark, California.
SEE ALSO: Sorry Tesla, but the Lucid Air is way more luxurious and spacious
The luxury electric vehicle brand announced the cash infusion this week, saying it would use the funding to move forward w...
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MSPoweruser |
Microsoft release Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18242 (19H1) for Skip Ahead Insiders
If you are one of the bravest of the brave Microsoft has a new Insider Preview Build of Windows 10, Build 18242 (19H1) for Skip Ahead users. The build brings the following General changes, improvements, and fixes for PC Microsoft fixed an issue resulting in the background of notifications and the Action Center losing color […]
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InfoWorld News |
Microsoft’s SignalR real-time service moves to the cloud
Version 2.4.0 of the ASP.Net SignalR real-time communications library will support Azure SignalR Service, a managed service for adding real-time web functionality to applications.ASP.Net SignalR 2.4.0 is due later this year; Azure SignalR Service currently is in beta. It is an Azure cloud-managed service that can be used to develop capabilities such as chat rooms, instant broadcasting, and IoT dashboards. Developers using the service do not have to deal with hosting, authentication, scaling, or ...
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Slashdot |
Tesla Is Facing US Criminal Probe Over Elon Musk Statements
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: Tesla is under investigation by the Justice Department over public statements made by the company and Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk. The criminal probe is running alongside a previously reported civil inquiry by securities regulators. Federal prosecutors opened a fraud investigation after Musk tweeted last month that he was contemplating taking Tesla private and had "funding secured" for the deal. The tweet initially sent the company's shar...
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Thurrott.com |
Chrome OS 69 Brings New Look, Linux App Support
Chrome OS 69 is available publicly today for the first time, bringing the same Material Design Refresh that we saw previously in the web browser.
The post Chrome OS 69 Brings New Look, Linux App Support appeared first on Thurrott.com.
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Judge confirms Georgia's voting machines are awful (but...
