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Gizmodo |
Elon Musk's SpaceX Space Suits Sure Are Something
Elon Musk was set to launch humans (NASA astronauts) into space today, but the flight was delayed due to weather. The next potential windows are this Saturday and Sunday. We don’t know how that’s going to go. But look at this suit!Read more...
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Business Insider |
A white man threatened to call the police on a group of black men in a Minneapolis gym, and a video of the incident is trending
A white man in a private Minneapolis gym threatened to call the police on a group of black men after accusing them of not being allowed in the building.
The men said they were tenants of the same building, renting out a WeWork office for their business.
"I'm a tenant here. Are you?" the man said in a recording of the incident posted to Instagram by the group of men.
The man, who identified himself in the video as Tom Austin, is shown calling someone, saying there was a group "who don't appear" t...
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Neowin |
Samsung finally brings its Health app to its 2020 smart TVs
Samsung today announced that its Health app is rolling out to its 2020 smart TV models. There are various wellness content from premium providers, available for free during the first year.
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Slashdot |
Gamemakers Inject AI To Develop More Lifelike Characters
moon_unit2 writes: The AI technique that DeepMind used to teach machines to play Atari can now bring new video game characters to life. WIRED reports that researchers at Electronic Arts and the University of British Columbia in Canada developed a reinforcement learning method for animating humanoid characters. The approach feeds on data gathered through motion capture, but then uses reinforcement learning to have a computer work out how to move a soccer character so that it achieves a particular...
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Boy Genius Report |
Antiviral clothes might soon keep us safe from the coronavirus
A vaccine for the novel coronavirus likely won't be ready for the public this year, but antiviral clothes could help to protect us from the virus in the meantime.
Intelligent Fabric Technologies North America has developed a fabric treatment that is capable of deactivating SARS-CoV-2, and has proven its efficacy in a lab.
Products with the PROTX2 AV treatment could begin rolling out this fall.
Dozens of novel coronavirus vaccines are currently in development, but the chances of anyone as...
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Techradar - All the la... |
The final Last of Us 2 gameplay trailer is too violent for comfort
The Last of Us 2 looks like a technical feat but it’s hard to imagine 20-plus hours of absolutely brutal combat and cutscenes.
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Gizmodo |
Huawei Executive One Step Closer to U.S. Extradition After Major Loss in Court
The chief financial officer of Chinese tech giant Huawei, Meng Wanzhou, is much likelier to end up facing prison time in the United States after her legal strategy to avoid extradition from Canada suffered a massive blow on Wednesday.Read more...
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Business Insider |
Vacation rentals around the world have jumped 127% since early April in a sign that people are slowly starting to travel again
Vacation rentals globally have rebounded 127% since April after coronavirus lockdowns halted nearly all travel, according to a report from AirDNA.
Short-term rentals on platforms like Airbnb and VRBO reached rock bottom around April 5, but have nearly returned to pre-pandemic levels, according to AirDNA.
Beach towns and other leisure destinations, especially in places that pushed to reopen quickly, are seeing the most growth, the report said.
The numbers are one sign that people are starting to ...
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HuffPost - Breaking Ne... |
At Least 100,000 People Have Now Died From COVID-19 In The U.S.
The United States has counted more coronavirus deaths than any other country.
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Neowin |
AMD Radeon 20.5.1 driver brings support for Windows 10 May 2020 Update
After over a month of silence, AMD has released the Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.5.1 driver suite, and as its main feature, it delivers support for the new Windows 10 May 2020 Update.
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Techradar - All the la... |
Best Wear OS watch 2020: our list of the top ex-Android Wear smartwatches
Android Wear is now called Wear OS, and it offers some of the best smartwatches for Android.
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SlashGear |
ViacomCBS is selling reusable Star Trek face masks for charity
ViacomCBS has announced that it is selling reusable cloth face masks with various designs inspired by its popular shows, including Star Trek. The masks will be made available through retailers around the world in addition to the websites dedicated to specific shows. Fans will be able to purchase the masks starting later this summer. Contrary to initial guidance in some … Continue reading
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The Verge - All Posts |
Boeing resumes production of its troubled 737 Max airplane
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Boeing said it would resume manufacturing the troubled 737 Max airplane after a nearly five-month hiatus. The aerospace company said it would restart production “at a low rate as it implements more than a dozen initiatives focused on enhancing workplace safety and product quality.”
The Boeing 737 Max has been grounded since March 2018 following two fatal crashes that killed a total of 346 passengers and crew members. Boeing continued to manufacture the ai...
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Digital Trends |
The best Facebook Portal tips and tricks
A guide to Facebook Portal tips that can help increase accessibility and help you get more out of your Portal.
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GeekWire |
Future of Seattle’s Cinerama and Living Computers museum in doubt as Paul Allen’s Vulcan shutters arts and production divisions
Seattle-area cultural institutions founded by the late Paul Allen, including the Cinerama movie theater and Living Computers Museum + Labs, face the possibility of permanent closure after Vulcan Inc. announced Thursday that it will wind down Vulcan Arts + Entertainment and Vulcan Productions by the end of the year. In a statement from Vulcan, the organization cited the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the need to continue to assess it evolution as an organization followin...
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Digital Trends |
These robot vacuums have built-in cameras. Here’s what they can do
Cameras on robot vacuums are the newest tech trend, but how useful are they and what are they used for exactly?
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HuffPost - Breaking Ne... |
Why Jigsaw Puzzles Are So Soothing And Addicting Right Now
Experts share how doing a puzzle can affect your mental state amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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The Verge - All Posts |
Social media bias lawsuits keep failing in court
twitter censorship
Social media sites can legally ban users for nearly any reason. They can ban users for off-color jokes. They can ban users for being white supremacists. They can ban users for totally arbitrary and inscrutable reasons. If you sue over a Twitter or Facebook ban, you will almost certainly lose. Despite this, people keep filing lawsuits claiming they’ve been censored on social media — and today, courts handed down another defeat.
An appeals court in Washington, DC just rej...
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Boy Genius Report |
Gmail is getting another neat feature to make email management even easier
The Gmail Settings menu is getting a massive makeover, as Google will offer users a Quick Settings button inside the desktop version of the service for rapid user interface changes.
The new menu will include options to change the layout of Gmail, switch themes, and even enable an additional panel for reading emails.
The new menu will also include a link to the regular settings user interface that’s available right now in Gmail.
Gmail got a significant redesign just a couple of years ag...
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Gizmodo |
New Zealand Hospitals Discharged Their Only Remaining Covid-19 Patient
New Zealand continues to be one of the few success stories during the covid-19 pandemic. On Wednesday, health officials announced that the country’s sole remaining patient hospitalized with covid-19 was discharged. The good news is more validation of the country’s aggressive strategy to try eliminating the disease…Read more...
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Reddit |
Canadian Minister of rural development open to internet access becoming public utility
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Gizmodo |
Enough With the Ugly Apple Watch Bands
If there’s one thing Apple prides itself on, it’s design. (The company even published a $300 coffee table book about how iconic its products look.) But while they certainly are distinctive, whether you like these designs is another matter. Generally speaking, Apple knows how to make pretty products, but there’s one…Read more...
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VentureBeat |
MeetinVR launches online VR meetings with ‘superpowers’
We can probably agree that Zoom meetings, while vital during the lockdown, aren't thrilling. So MeetinVR is taking those meetings into VR.
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TweakTown News |
No Man's Sky gets creative, finds other ways to monetize without mTX
No Man's Sky is coming to Game Pass, where will enjoy a full game sale boost and big player influx Continue reading at TweakTown >
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Slashdot |
New Fuzzing Tool Finds 26 USB Bugs in Linux, Windows, macOS, and FreeBSD
Academics say they have discovered 26 new vulnerabilities in the USB driver stack employed by operating systems such as Linux, macOs, Windows, and FreeBSD. From a report: The research team, made up by Hui Peng from Purdue University and Mathias Payer from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, said all the bugs were discovered with a new tool they created, named USBFuzz. The tool is what security experts call a fuzzer. Fuzzers are applications that let security researchers send larg...
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Engadget |
Twitch adds a news and events channel just in time for Summer Game Fest
Twitch has created a new home for gaming-related news. Dubbed Twitch Gaming, the company says the channel will feature game reveals, developer interviews and Twitch drops, with the platform's streamers presenting the content. One of the first things...
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Business Insider |
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said giving people a voice is 'extremely valuable' despite the near-term 'tension,' following a report the company ignored evidence of its polarizing effects (FB)
Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook can contribute to "tension" in society but the benefits it offers in "giving people a voice" makes it worth it.
The 36-year-old CEO made the remarks at Facebook's annual shareholder meeting on Wednesday.
They come a day after The Wall Street Journal published a report alleging Facebook had found in internal research that its algorithms could build "divisiveness" but ignored it.
Facebook has historically denied that it contributes to political polarisation or "filter...
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Hacker News |
Show HN: Straight2Spam – Send your email right to someone's spam folder
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BuzzFeed - Tech |
The Drudge Report Has Been Linking To A Site That Plagiarizes Stories From The New York Times, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, And The Financial Times
Drudge referred roughly 8 million views to the site since November.View Entire Post ›
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Techradar - All the la... |
The best cheap phones in the US 2020
Shopping for very affordable smartphones can be tough, so we ranked each handset we recommend with prices $300 and under – with a few pricier ones that are too good to ignore.
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Techradar - All the la... |
Best power banks of 2020: portable chargers to keep your gadgets going
Whether you're after a slim battery for phones or a large bank to juice up your tablet, here are the top portable chargers.
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Boy Genius Report |
New report claims Galaxy Fold 2 is on track for August launch
Samsung's Galaxy Fold 2 has reportedly entered mass production, suggesting the August release date that has been mentioned in multiple rumors was likely correct.
The Galaxy Fold 2 is said to use Ultra Thin Glass and will launch at a cheaper price than its predecessor.
Samsung is expected to announce the Galaxy Note 20 alongside the Galaxy Fold 2 in August.
The rollout of the original Galaxy Fold might not have been as smooth as Samsung would have wanted, but it was certainly fascinating ...
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VentureBeat |
Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition makes Xenoblade Chronicles 2 look bad
I wasn't looking forward to Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition, largely because my opinion of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 has soured so much.
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Hacker News |
He was part of Amazon’s coronavirus hiring spree. Two weeks later he was dead
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Techdirt |
Former NSO Employees Says The Company Impersonated Facebook To Deploy Malware
As Facebook's lawsuit against Israeli malware purveyor, NSO Group, continues, more facts are coming to light that undercut the spyware vendor's claims that it's just a simple software developer that can't be blamed for the malicious acts of its customers.NSO Group argued in court that the sovereign immunity that insulates the governments it sells to (including such abusive regimes as the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia) similarly shields it from Facebook's desire to prevent it from usin...
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Reddit |
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes’ attack on new criminal charge ‘too much,’ feds argue
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SlashGear |
NVIDIA GeForce Now makes a major change to its streaming rules
Ever since launching earlier in the year, NVIDIA GeForce Now has seen a number of developers remove their games from the streaming service. GeForce Now isn’t like a traditional streaming service where users pay a monthly fee and then can stream any number of games available through GeForce Now as much as they want – instead, users need to already … Continue reading
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Business Insider |
Belkin's new smart speaker combines high-end audio, Google Assistant support, and wireless phone charging into one handy package
The Belkin Soundform Elite combines premium audio, Google Assistant support, and wireless charging into one convenient smart speaker.
The speaker's wireless charging works well for both Android and iOS smartphones, and the charging pad skillfully cradles your mobile device during playback.
Belkin has teamed up with Devialet, a French audio brand, to enhance the Soundform Elite's performance, enabling a warm, punchy, and poised sound.
The speaker's industrial design is first-rate, making for ...
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Business Insider |
Salesforce is teaming up with Workday on its new tools for reopening businesses safely, as it increasingly invests in an entirely new business (CRM, WDAY)
Salesforce is integrating its new Work.com suite to help organizations reopen safely amid the coronavirus crisis with tools from employee management company Workday.
Salesforce is investing in employee management tools and partnerships like this because it believes that having good customer relationships — which its core business focuses on — starts with making sure employees have good experiences at work, according to Bill Patterson, Salesforce's head of CRM applications.
While some...
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Techradar - All the la... |
How to watch Agents of SHIELD season 7 online from anywhere
The original MCU spin-off enters its final run - here's how to watch Agents of SHIELD season 7 online and stream every episode from anywhere.
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HuffPost - Breaking Ne... |
Valerie Plame Went Viral. That Might Not Be Enough In New Mexico.
The former CIA operative is now facing over-the-top attacks in a neck-and-neck race with Teresa Leger Fernandez.
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Gizmodo |
Federal Appeals Court Says Facebook, Twitter Aren't Conspiring to Suppress Conservative Views
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington dismissed a lawsuit that claimed major tech companies including Twitter, Facebook, Google, and Apple worked together to “intentionally and willfully suppress politically conservative content” online. According to Bloomberg, the federal appeals court said nonprofit group…Read more...
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The Verge - All Posts |
Watch nearly 24 minutes of new gameplay from The Last of Us Part II
Image: Sony
Sony and Naughty Dog showed off nearly 24 minutes of new footage for the highly anticipated The Last of Us Part II in a State of Play video today.
The Last of Us Part II seems to share a lot of similarities with the first game — you’ll still be spending a lot of time crawling behind cover to hide from people or the zombie-like Infected. But today’s video showed off some new features, including swinging on a rope to cross a chasm, riding a boat through a flooded area, and som...
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Reuters: Technology News |
Micron raises third-quarter revenue forecast
Micron Technology Inc raised its revenue forecast for the third quarter on Wednesday to a range of $5.2 billion to $5.4 billion from $4.6 billion to $5.2 billion, sending its shares about 3% higher.
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The Register |
Apple promises third, no, fourth, er, fifth time's a charm when it comes to macOS Catalina: 10.15.5 now out
Just don't expect a full battery
Apple has released the fifth version of macOS Catalina, and fixed yet another stability issue that saw machines crash during large file transfers; the latest in a long series of problems with version 10.15 of the operating system.…
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Engadget |
Trump supporters target Twitter employee after fact check
Twitter’s decision to fact check Donald Trump has resulted in has resulted in mass harassment of one of its employees — even though Twitter says the choice was made by a group, not one individual. When Twitter opted to fact check Trump’s tweets Tuesd...
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9to5Mac |
You can now use your Canon EOS camera as a Mac webcam, here’s how it works
Tired of using the low-res 720p FaceTime camera built-in to your MacBook Air, Pro, or iMac? Canon just expanded its beta software to macOS today that lets you use an EOS or PowerShot camera as your webcam for much-improved video quality.
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ExtremeTechExtremeTech |
ET Deals: $700 Off LG 65-Inch 4K TV + Bonus $75 Gift Card, Adata XPG 1TV 3,500MB/s NVMe SSD for $109, Eufy Video Doorbell + Wireless Chime $99
Upgrade your PC with an ultra-fast Adata XPG M.2 SSD that can transfer data at a blazing speed of 3,500MB/s. Today, you can pick one of these drives up with a 1TB capacity for the low price of just $109.99.
The post ET Deals: $700 Off LG 65-Inch 4K TV + Bonus $75 Gift Card, Adata XPG 1TV 3,500MB/s NVMe SSD for $109, Eufy Video Doorbell + Wireless Chime $99 appeared first on ExtremeTech.
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MacRumors |
Prototype Third-Gen iPod Touch With Rear Camera Shown Off in New Photos
Prior to when Apple released the third-generation iPod touch in September of 2009, it explored a prototype version that had a centered rear camera, a feature the iPod touch ultimately did not launch with.
Giulio Zompetti, a developer who collects Apple device prototypes, today shared some photos of the third-generation iPod touch with rear camera, giving us a clear look at the design variation that Apple tested.Best unit of my whole collection.#prototype #iPod to...
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The Verge - All Posts |
Why Twitter labeling Trump’s tweets as “potentially misleading” is a big step forward
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
From time to time a really bad post on a social network gets a lot of attention. Say a head of state falsely accuses a journalist of murder, or suggests that mail-in voting is illegal — those would be pretty bad posts, I think, and most people working inside and outside of the social network could probably agree on that. In my experience, though, average people and tech people tend to think very differently about what to do about a post like that. Tod...
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Pokémon Go Fest will be held online this year
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The annual Pokémon Go Fest will be held online from July 25th to July 26th this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. The event is usually held in select cities across the globe, allowing players to meet up at physical locations like large parks and play the popular AR title. The first Pokémon Go Fest was held in Chicago in 2017 to celebrate the game’s one-year anniversary, but future festivals would expand to other countries, including Japan and Germany.
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Tom's Hardware |
Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Without the Noise: Corsair Strafe RGB MK.2 Hits Lowest Price
The Corsair Strafe RGB Mk.2 is perfect for gamers who can’t stand clacking keys and is on sale for $50 off.
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Reddit |
How Coronavirus Will Disrupt Future Colleges & Universities. Scott Galloway predicts a handful of elite cyborg universities will soon monopolize higher education.
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Neowin |
Twitch to stream Summer Game Fest 2020 on its platform
Twitch has announced that it will be streaming Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest on its gaming channel along with additional content such as exclusive footage, news and other gaming content.
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Boy Genius Report |
Researchers say mutations haven’t made the coronavirus more dangerous
The novel coronavirus can spread with ease, making it an incredibly dangerous pathogen.
Researchers have studied the genome of the various SARS-CoV-2 strains circulating in the population, identified the most common mutations, and proved these genetic changes don’t increase the transmissibility of COVID-19.
Most mutations appear to be neutral or slightly disadvantageous for the virus, and they’re primarily induced by the immune system response rather than the adaptation of the virus....
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HuffPost - Breaking Ne... |
Protester Who Hanged Effigy Of Kentucky Governor Fired From Job
Terry Bush demonstrated at a rally against Gov. Andy Beshear's restrictions toward curbing the spread of coronavirus.
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HuffPost - Breaking Ne... |
You Can’t Deplatform The President Of The United States
He already occupies the most powerful platform in the world.
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Ars Technica |
YouTube ducks questions about “error” that nixed anti-Beijing comments
YouTube would only say its classifiers didn't consider "the proper context."
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SlashGear |
NASA/SpaceX Crew launch scrubbed, rescheduled
Today the SpaceX/NASA launch was scrubbed due to imperfect atmospheric conditions. This was expected partway through the day due to inclement weather – and the appearance of a tornado in the area. NASA reported that, had they been working with a slightly more open launch window, they might’ve been able to launch a little later T-0, but this was an … Continue reading
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Slashdot |
GE Is Saying Goodbye To Its 129-Year-Old Light Bulb Business
schwit1 shares a report from CNN: General Electric is saying goodbye to the light bulb. The conglomerate is shedding a struggling business founded by Thomas Edison more than a century ago. After years of failing to find a buyer, GE announced Wednesday it will sell its 129-year-old lighting division to smart home company Savant Systems. The deal marks the latest step in dismantling the GE empire, which is saddled with too much debt and poor-performing businesses. GE has previously unloaded units ...
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Gizmodo |
Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Struck Earth at ‘Deadliest Possible Angle,’ New Research Suggests
When the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs hit Earth, it struck at an angle that maximized its destructive potential, according to new computer simulations of the catastrophic event.Read more...
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Cyberscoop |
Google finds Indian hack-for-hire firms exploiting coronavirus fears via spearphishing schemes
Hack-for-hire firms in India have been impersonating the World Health Organization in credential-stealing spearphishing email campaigns, Google’s Threat Analysis Group said Wednesday. The hack-for-hire campaign, which has targeted healthcare companies, consulting firms, and financial services entities primarily in the U.S., Slovenia, Canada, Iran, Bahrain, and Cyprus, uses Gmail accounts imitating the WHO to direct victims to lookalike WHO websites. From there, victims are urged to sign up f...
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TechCrunch |
Instagram’s AR filters are getting more dynamic
Augmented reality filters on Instagram are picking up some new tricks with the latest update to Facebook’s Spark AR platform. Spark AR has been making pretty consistent updates to the feature sets developers can play with in creating AR filters since it exited closed beta on Instagram last year. Today, Facebook added some new functionality […]
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Digital Trends |
Instagram plays catch-up by finally paying its creators. Will they stay?
Instagram is one of the last social media platforms to pay its creators
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Hacker News |
A feud in wolf-kink erotica raises a deep legal question
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MacRumors |
Apple Stops Signing iOS 13.4.1 Following Release of iOS 13.5
Following the release of iOS 13.5 on May 20, Apple has stopped signing iOS 13.4.1, which means downgrading to that version of iOS is no longer possible.iOS 13.4.1 was a minor update that addressed a bug that prevented devices running iOS 13.4 from participating in FaceTime calls with devices running iOS 9.3.6 and earlier.Apple routinely stops signing older versions of software updates after new releases come out in order to encourage customers to keep their operating systems up to date.
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Boing Boing |
Members of Flaming Lips and Los Lobos score Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments (1923)
During Passover last month, I posted about The Ten Commandments, Cecil B. DeMille's 1923 epic silent film version of the biblical Exodus story (plus a related modern story that I never bothered to watch.) As part of tomorrow night's DAWN online celebration of the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, Steven Drozd of the Flaming Lips, Steve Berlin of Los Lobos, and drummer Scott Amendola are premiering a far out new score for the film! Watch the excerpt above. Organized by the Jewish arts and culture organi...
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Gizmodo |
Quibi Cries Uncle, Lets You Stream Its Shows to Your TV
Since the beginning, Quibi has been adamant that its streaming video service is a mobile-first endeavor. However, after launching right as The Pandemic was gaining steam—which made the idea of watching short videos on a phone or tablet during your daily commute seem like quaint nostalgia from a before time—today Quibi…Read more...
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9to5Mac |
Apple stops signing iOS 13.4.1, blocking downgrades from recently released iOS 13.5
Apple last week released iOS 13.5 to everyone, bringing new features such as the Exposure Notification API and Face ID upgrades. Now, Apple has stopped signing iOS 13.4.1, which means users can no longer downgrade from iOS 13.5 to iOS 13.4.1.
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Reddit |
Trump Supporters Single Out Twitter Employee After Site Fact-Checks President’s False Tweets
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Neowin |
Microsoft's new project management tool, Outlook Spaces, is now available in beta
Microsoft's new project management tool, Outlook Spaces, is now available in beta for Outlook on the web. The feature is currently called Project Moca and integrates with other apps like To Do.
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Business Insider |
The Moto G Power is 25% the price of $1,000 smartphones, and it does 95% of the things you want
Motorola's Moto G Power offers quite a lot and a decent core smartphone experience for 25% of the price of $1,000 premium smartphones.
It runs Android and apps surprisingly well, but it doesn't do too well with power-hungry video games.
The phone has a fine camera that's a little finicky, but you can eventually learn its quirks for acceptable results.
The Moto G Power's battery life is incredible, too, regularly lasting us up to two full days on a single charge.
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PCWorld.com - Latest N... |
Microsoft releases the Windows 10 May 2020 Update
The Windows 10 May 2020 Update is finally here, Microsoft says, meaning that you can download it now. Eventually, it will be pushed to your PC as a regular update.If you don’t actively seek it out, however, your PC won’t receive it right away. “To ensure you continue to have a reliable, productive experience with your Windows 10 devices, we are taking a measured and phased approach to how we offer the May Update, initially limiting availability to those devices running Windows 10, versions...
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TweakTown News |
PlayStation Vita lives in new Last of Us Part II footage
The PlayStation Vita is alive and well in the latest Last of Us 2 trailer Continue reading at TweakTown >
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Gizmodo |
Trump Is Officially a Bigger Privacy Supporter Than Either of These People
Regardless of his motives, knowledge of the subject, or consideration of the national security implications involved, President Trump on Wednesday elevated his position on Americans’ privacy rights above that of the Democratic Party—the most powerful members of which have dedicated several months now to undermining…Read more...
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HuffPost - Breaking Ne... |
Historic SpaceX Launch Postponed Because Of Stormy Weather
The launch would've been the first time in nearly a decade that the U.S. launched astronauts into orbit from U.S. soil.
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Android Police - Andro... |
How to enable SD card storage for Android apps like Netflix or Plex on your Chromebook
Put your downloads on an SD card instead of your Chromebook's precious internal storage
Many Chromebooks, especially cheaper ones, have microSD card slots to augment relatively puny internal storage. However, because that microSD card slot is configured by default just to act as a piece of ejectable media by Chrome OS, it's not accessible to a key storage use case: Android apps. When you're rapidly filling up your Chromebook's remaining space with downloaded episodes from apps like Netflix...
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IT Pro - Microsoft Win... |
Kaiser Permanente Replatforming for Move to the Cloud
With more than 1,500 applications running across its own data centers, Kaiser Permanente has taken a methodical approach to its move to the cloud.
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Digital Trends |
2020 Toyota RAV4 vs. 2020 Subaru Forester
Need help deciding between the Toyota RAV4 and Subaru Forester SUVs? We compare both popular models for you.
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MacRumors |
New Software Lets Your Canon Camera Be Used as a Webcam for a Mac
Camera manufacturer Canon today announced that its EOS Webcam Utility Beta software is now available for macOS users in addition to PC users.
The software is designed to allow some EOS Interchangeable Lens Cameras and PowerShot cameras to be converted into a webcam through a USB connection.The macOS-compatible software solution requires a single USB plug to connect the compatible camera to the computer. After the software is downloaded and the camera is configured in a video conferencin...
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Cyberscoop |
Adjusting to the new security realities of a remote workforce
CIOs and CISOs have been under intense pressure to meet the needs of homebound workers, while simultaneously needing to take added steps to safeguard their enterprise networks. Steve Grobman, senior vice president and chief technology officer at McAfee, has a global view of that challenge. Grobman leads the company’s worldwide development of next-generation cyberdefense and data science technologies as well as threat and vulnerability research. In an interview for CyberScoop, Grobman shares hi...
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Digital Trends |
How to change your Gmail password
Regularly updating your passwords is one way to be safe. Here's a quick guide on how to change your password.
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Digital Trends |
SpaceX Crew Dragon launch postponed due to poor weather
The threat of rainstorms has pushed back the historic mission
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Re/code |
“We are correcting the erasure of black lives”: What On the Record’s subjects say about Me Too
Sheri Hines, Sil Lai Abrams, and Drew Dixon at the January 2020 premiere of On the Record, at the Sundance Film Festival. | Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images
Drew Dixon, Sheri Hines, and Sil Lai Abrams, whose rape allegations against Russell Simmons are the crux of a new HBO doc, discuss why they told their stories — and why some women never do. On the Record — a bombshell documentary in which a large group of women allege that the “godfather of hip-hop” and Def Jam record label founder Russ...
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Hacker News |
SpaceX- Standing down from launch today due to unfavorable weather in the flight
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The Verge - All Posts |
SpaceX delays first historic crewed launch to space due to weather
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Just 17 minutes before its planned launch, SpaceX postponed its first crewed flight to space on Wednesday afternoon due to bad weather over the launch site in Florida. The two passengers on board SpaceX’s capsule — NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley — will try again on Saturday, May 30th.
“Not quite going to make it for this,” one person said over the mission control audio leading up to the flight.
“Unfortunately, we’re not going to launch today.”
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Digital Trends |
The $600 Panasonic Lumix S 20-60mm is a unique, affordable zoom
The lens is Panasonic's cheapest and lightest yet
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Boy Genius Report |
Historic SpaceX launch postponed moments before liftoff due to bad weather
NASA and SpaceX were scheduled to launch an historic mission to the International Space Station Wednesday, but it was unfortunately postponed with minutes to go before launch as a result of bad weather.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was set to carry SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule to the ISS from Kennedy Space Center.
The next attempt at launching the SpaceX capsule could come as soon as this Saturday.
NASA and SpaceX got so close to making history today. The space agency’s Commercial Crew p...
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SlashGear |
Amazon Studios plans original ‘Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’ series
Amazon Studios is developing a new show based on Lisbeth Salander, the main character in the novels by author Steig Larsson. The series is called Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, but won’t mirror the movies released over several years. According to a new report, Amazon’s take on the novel will include a modern setting and a new story, among other … Continue reading
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Boing Boing |
U.S. Covid-19 death toll passes 100,000
The U.S. death toll of those killed by Covid19 passed 100,000 today, according to The New York Times. Johns Hopkins' tracker, which does not include U.S. deaths aboard cruise ships, placed the death toll at 99,783 on Wednesday.
The toll is short of the true total, say experts, but the milestone, arbitrary as it is, is a reminder of the severity and persistence of the coronavirus pandemic even as lockdowns are lifted.
The toll exceeds the number of U.S. military combat fatalities in every confl...
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HuffPost - Breaking Ne... |
14 Cute And Clever Change-The-Dates For Couples Postponing Weddings
Here are some fun and unique ways to share the news with your guests.
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Digital Trends |
Masks are now mandatory in Virginia — here’s where to buy them for less than $1
If you need some cheap face masks but cannot find them locally, Honest PPE has them for less than $1 apiece.
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Business Insider |
SpaceX's launch of NASA astronauts was scrubbed and rescheduled for Saturday because of poor weather, just 17 minutes before liftoff
SpaceX and NASA were set on Wednesday to launch astronauts to the International Space Station.
A successful launch would have resurrected human spaceflight in America after a nine-year gap.
But weather conditions, including thunderstorm clouds and a threat of lightning strikes, made the skies unsafe for liftoff, forcing NASA and SpaceX to delay the historic launch to Saturday.
High winds, lightning, or rough seas at emergency-evacuation locations can endanger the spaceship's crew.
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The Verge - All Posts |
GOG’s summer sale discounts Prey, Metro Exodus, and many other DRM-free games
GOG.com has kicked off its summer sale on DRM-free PC games, filled with deals on new and old titles. This sale lasts until June 15th. A few of the highlights include Metro Exodus for $20 and Prey: Digital Deluxe Edition, which includes the base game, its soundtrack, and the Mooncrash DLC for just $12. Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition is $22.50, which is an excellent price for such a huge game (and it supports cross-save with the Nintendo Switch version of the game).
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Neowin |
Google may face an antitrust case in India over the unfair promotion of its payment apps
India's antitrust body Competition Commission of India (CCI) has filed a case against Google a few days back. CCI is investigating Google's practice of promoting Google Pay app on the Play Store.
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Business Insider |
IBM is leaving a big WeWork office it rents in New York City — adding another vacancy into the flex-space market as blue-chip companies rethink real-estate needs
Computing giant IBM is leaving a large location it leases in Manhattan from WeWork.
The exit is a blow for the flexible-workspace giant, which has been struggling with growing vacancies amid the coronavirus crisis.
It is also a setback for WeWork, which had held up its close relationship with IBM as an example of how its spaces could appeal to Fortune 500 companies as well as startups and entrepreneurs.
The departure highlights the risks in the flexible-workspace industry that ...
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Engadget |
SpaceX's first crewed mission to the ISS is scrubbed for today
We came this close to ushering in a new era of American spaceflight, one that combines the experience and capabilities of both private and public aerospace programs. But the weather simply wouldn’t cooperate. At roughly T-16 minutes, NASA scrubbed We...
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Wired Top Stories |
Weather Delays the SpaceX Crew Dragon Launch
The historic launch planned for Wednesday gets pushed back due to stormy conditions, but the launch window remains open. SpaceX and NASA will try again Saturday.
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Motherboard RSS Feed |
SpaceX's Historic Crewed ISS Launch Postponed After Dramatic Day
The launch, which would have been the first from American soil since 2011 and heralded a new era of private sector space flight, was postponed after a tense day that included a tornado warning.
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Cyberscoop |
Email scam aims to drop Dridex on machines by impersonating FedEx, UPS
As more Americans rely on package deliveries during the coronavirus pandemic, scammers are trying to capitalize on the tracking process by sending spoofed emails containing malicious software. Hackers are sending spoofed emails that appear to be from FedEx, UPS and DHL as part of a mass emailing campaign meant to infect victims’ computers, according to research initially published on May 5 by the security vendor Votiro. The messages appear to include package tracking updates, though at least s...
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Elon Musk's SpaceX Space Suits Sure Are Something
