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The Guardian |
Matt Hancock: schools across the UK should ban mobile phones
The culture secretary who heads up the digital brief says tech makes parenting harderThe culture secretary has called on more schools to ban mobile phones.Matt Hancock said he admired those headteachers who did not allow their use during the school day and linked social media use with the problem of bullying among young children. Continue reading...
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CIO.com Feed - Articles |
BrandPost: Biggest Obstacle to Innovation, IT Leaders Say: "Keeping the Lights On"
By David RoweBusinesses want to innovate faster because they know successful innovators tend to be the most successful businesses. Yet if you survey IT and finance leaders, as we did recently in conjunction with Vanson Bourne, a technology market research firm, you will find many are dissatisfied with the pace of innovation happening in their organizations. The tremendous potential of digital business is very much on their minds, but they see too much of their actual IT spending going to what’...
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The Guardian |
Cambridge Analytica-linked academic spurns idea Facebook swayed election
Aleksandr Kogan, who harvested Facebook profiles, dismisses idea as ‘science fiction’ during Senate hearingThe academic researcher who harvested personal data from Facebook for a political consultancy firm said Tuesday that the idea the data was useful in swaying voters’ decisions was “science fiction”. “People may feel angry and violated if they think their data was used in some kind of mind-control project,” Aleksandr Kogan, the now notorious Cambridge University psychologist who...
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NYT - Personal Tech |
Microsoft Employees Protest Work With ICE, as Tech Industry Mobilizes Over Immigration
Microsoft workers objected to the company’s work with immigration authorities, part of a wave of outrage over the Trump administration’s immigration policy.
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Boy Genius Report |
New Xbox Avatars rolling out to Xbox Insiders this week
We were so impressed by the massive catalog of games that Microsoft showed off at E3 2018 this year, we almost forgot that team Xbox has an interesting non-gaming feature in the works as well. On Monday afternoon, Xbox Insider team lead Bradley Rossetti announced on the Xbox Wire that Xbox Insiders will finally be able to go hands on with the Xbox Avatar Editor that the company revealed last year. The rollout begins later today.
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BBC News | Technology ... |
UK rural residents hang up on mobile banking
Fewer than a quarter of those living in rural areas use a smartphone for banking, regulator finds.
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Macworld |
Macworld Podcast: Join us on Wednesday, June 20, at 10 a.m. Pacific
iOS 12 emergency services, iPhone rumors, Apple Music vs. Tidal. We also talk about various other Apple news and feature your comments and questions.
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Resources | ZDNet |
Nuance partners with Nexgen on voice recognition tools for first responders
The partnership gives Nuance a way to bring its Dragon Law Enforcement speech recognition product to a wider customer base that includes 911 call centers and EMT agencies.
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The Huffington Post |
Ann Coulter Is Reamed On Twitter For Calling Immigrant Kids ‘Child Actors’
One Twitter user wanted to know where all these children are getting their theatrical training.
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SlashGear |
Star Trek reboot with Patrick Stewart as Picard tipped at CBS
Patrick Stewart may return to Star Trek under a new deal that revives his The Next Generation role. Sources talking about the alleged show claim Alex Kurtzman, who has renewed his contract with CBS, is working with Akiva Goldsman on the reboot. Even better, the sources claim that Patrick Stewart may return to the rebooted series in his role as … Continue reading
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Digital Trends |
Take 20 percent off HP Omen gaming PCs and laptops for a limited time
Looking to up your game this summer? HP has an awesome sale that lets you pick up a brand new Omen gaming PC or Laptop for up to 20 percent off. With savings up to $400, now is a great time to upgrade your setup.
The post Take 20 percent off HP Omen gaming PCs and laptops for a limited time appeared first on Digital Trends.
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GeekWire |
Gates Foundation teams with Oxitec on new breed of malaria-blocking mosquito
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is extending its partnership with Oxitec, a British mosquito control company, to develop mosquitoes that are genetically engineered to suppress malaria. Oxitec’s latest project follows up on its work with Aedes aegypti, the mosquito species that can spread a range of diseases including yellow fever, dengue fever, chikungunya and Zika fever — but not malaria. A different type of mosquito, Anopheles, is the carrier for malaria parasites. Previously,...
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CNET News |
Your Facebook Messenger chats may soon get autoplaying video ads - CNET
Come on, Facebook.
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The Register |
Facebook floats BOLT to jolt code out of bit bloat
Network open sources Linux command-line tool for optimizing large binaries
Facebook has open sourced a binary optimization and layout tool, itself optimized into the acronym BOLT, in the hope it can make large applications faster.…
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Hacker News |
Lead: America's Real Criminal Element (2013)
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Slashdot |
Uber 'Neglected' Simulation Testing For Its Autonomous Vehicles, Says Report
According to a report from The Information, Uber allegedly "neglected" simulation testing for its autonomous vehicles. "The publication's sources claim that there was a dearth of investment in the simulation software, and lots of incompatible code between the autonomous vehicle software and simulation software Uber is developing internally," reports Engadget. "However, the sources said there isn't a direct link between the lack of investment and the fatal accident involving one of Uber's autonom...
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TechCrunch |
PayPal is shelling out $400 million in cash for this 18-year-old company that helps gig workers get paid
PayPal announced today that it’s paying $400 million in cash for Hyperwallet, an 18-year-old, Bay Area-based company that helps people and small businesses receive payments for products and services that they sell, including through the vacation rental platform HomeAway and Rodan & Fields, the multi-level marketing company that specializes in skin care products and employs […]
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The Huffington Post |
Is The World Cup’s Most Neurotic Team Finally Self-Actualizing?
Mexico took a giant step toward putting the curse of being "almost just" good enough behind it.
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Hacker News |
Wikipedia Added US Border 'Detention Centers' to Its List of Concentration Camps
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NYT - Personal Tech |
Verizon, AT&T and Sprint to Limit Sales of Cellphone Location Data
The change is being made after the system was used to track people without their consent.
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Engadget |
A tiny Xbox One S is the latest American Girl accessory
As in all children's toys, representation in American Girl's line of dolls is key: The last to be introduced was a Latin American girl destined to reach Mars. But maybe owners just want to see theirs kick back, relax, and play a few rounds of Fortnit...
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The Huffington Post |
Man Accused Of Making $1.3 Million In Fraudulent Walmart Returns
Thomas Frudaker is suspected of targeting chain stores across the country, police said.
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CIO.com Feed - Articles |
Agile project management: A comprehensive guide
What is agile?
Agile is a project management methodology that uses short development cycles called “sprints” to focus on continuous improvement in the development of a product or service.Although incremental software development methods go as far back as 1957, agile was first discussed in depth in the 1970s by William Royce who published a paper on the development of large software systems. Later in 2001, the Agile Manifesto, a "formal proclamation of four key values and 12 principles to gui...
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The Next Web |
Android Messages gets a little closer to iMessage with desktop support
I’ve been a happy Android user since my first smartphone and there’s only ever been one thing I’ve envied about iPhone users: iMessage. Being able to to easily respond to texts on your computer is wonderful. Now Google is trying to bring some of that convenience to Android. The company is rolling out an update to Android Messages that lets you reply to text messages via a web browser. Text images and stickers are currently supported, so it should cover most of your messaging needs. It work...
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Techdirt |
President Trump Directs Pentagon To Create A 'Space Force' In What Is Surely Not Any Kind Of Distraction From Crying Children
You may recall that about this time last year, the House of Representatives put together a budget that included funding for a brand new military branch dubbed the Space Force. At the time, our take is that this was always inevitable, as humanity tends to carry its war-making luggage everywhere we go and, since we go to space, we're going to have a Space Force. More surprising was the pushback from those who have a thing or two to say about military matters, such as Secretary of Defense James Mat...
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AppleInsider |
Everything new in iOS 12 beta 2 for iPhone and iPad
Apple with the second beta release of iOS 12 further tuned its upcoming operating system with a number of system-wide tweaks and refinements. AppleInsider details everything new in our hands-on video.
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BleepingComputer.com |
Chinese Hackers Target Satellite, Geospatial Imaging, Defense Companies
A cyber-espionage group believed to be operating out of China hacked companies who develop satellite communications, geospatial imaging, and defense contractors from both United States and Southeast Asia. [...]
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Gizmodo |
Facebook Wants to Be Your Quiz Daddy Now
Remember HQ Trivia—that live game show you totally would have won that one time if you hadn’t gotten the easy question wrong? The app, and its “quiz daddy” host Scott Rogowsky, seem to have inspired Facebook to try its hand at captivating viewers with live-streamed multiple choice questions, among other gimmicks.Read more...
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Digital Trends |
Sigma 24-70mm F2.8 Art review
With no shortage of competition, it’s difficult for a 24-70mm f/2.8 lens to stand out these days. But thanks to a low price and optical image stabilization, the Sigma 24-70mm F2.8 Art offers exceptional value for enthusiasts and pros alike.
The post Sigma 24-70mm F2.8 Art review appeared first on Digital Trends.
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Boy Genius Report |
Some of the best PS4 games of all time are being discounted to $20
Whether you just bought a PS4 after the excitement of E3 2018 or have owned one since launch day, there's a good chance that you've missed out on some of the console's best titles. Sony has done an incredible job with its first-party studios and recruiting third parties to bring games to its platform, meaning very few of us have the time or resources to play them all. Thankfully, many of those games are about to have their prices slashed permanently.
On Tuesday, Sony announced a new program cal...
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VentureBeat |
The enabled landscape is the future of augmented reality
GUEST: “What it will be, what it can be, I think it’s profound,” says Tim Cook on augmented reality. What if the world’s knowledge was not a click away, but at a glance? What if technology enabled your narrative to intersect and interact with the land around you? And what if this was accessible not to […]
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AnandTech |
Samsung to Pay $400 Million for Infringing FinFET Patent
A federal jury in Texas ordered Samsung Electronics to pay $400 million to a South Korean university for infringing one of fundamental patents related to double gate FinFET transistors. The same jury found that GlobalFoundries and Qualcomm had infringed the same patent, but the two companies were not ordered to pay damages.
The U.S.-based licensing arm of Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) sued Samsung in Marshall, Texas, accusing the world’s largest maker of chips...
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CNET News |
Sony's PlayStation Now may let you download games in the coming months - CNET
It gets better. You can keep gaming even if your internet gets knocked out.
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Hacker News |
US quits 'biased' UN human rights council
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BuzzFeed - Tech |
Twitter, Medium, And GitHub Have All Blocked Users From Posting ICE Employee LinkedIn Data
Medium and GitHub say posting the LinkedIn data of a targeted group of employees constitutes doxing. The artist who made the database disagrees.
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TweakTown |
Cyberpunk 2077 is a FPS RPG, has strong emphasis on choice
No wonder Cyberpunk 2077 is taking so long to make: https://www.tweaktown.com/news/62216/cyberpunk-2077-fps-rpg-strong-emphasis-choice/index.html
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The Register |
Public, private, hybrid cloud? Take a dip in our GreenLake HPE urges
If you could buy some hardware too that would be great
At its Discover conference on Tuesday Hewlett Packard Enterprise rolled out a managed service for private, public and hybrid clouds starting with AWS, Microsoft Azure and Azure Stack.…
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TechCrunch |
VW Group and Ford Motor in early talks to develop commercial vehicles together
German automaker Volkswagen AG and Big Three U.S. automaker Ford Motor are considering teaming up on a range of projects, including jointly developing commercial vehicles, that would help them better compete in a global market that’s demanding better tech and more efficient, lower-emission vehicles. The two companies announced Tuesday they had signed an agreement to […]
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TechCrunch |
Football matches land on your table thanks to augmented reality
It's World Cup season, so that means that even articles about machine learning have to have a football angle. Today's concession to the beautiful game is a system that takes 2D videos of matches and recreates them in 3D so you can watch them on your coffee table (assuming you have some kind of augmented reality setup, which you almost certainly don't). It's not as good as being there, but it might be better than watching it on TV.
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Hacker News |
Common Mistakes for New Golang Devs
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Resources | ZDNet |
HPE unveils GreenLake Hybrid Cloud, a pay-per-use managed service
The latest addition to HPE's GreenLake suite follows its acquisitions of cloud consultancies Cloud Technology Partners and RedPixie.
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Mashable! |
Trump's 'Space Force' is nothing new: Here's what the military is already up to in orbit
Without warning, President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he's directing the Pentagon to form a new arm of the military called the "Space Force."
Sounds pretty cool right? Well, as cool as it may sound, even if it is eventually created, the Space Force may not change very much for U.S. military operations in space.
The U.S. military already has a huge presence in orbit, armed with a fleet of both known and classified satellites that spy down on potential threats to the nation day and nigh...
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9to5Mac |
Tim Cook heads to Ireland after Apple’s decision to cancel $1B data center in the country
Tim Cook continued his travels across Europe today with a trip to Ireland. The Apple CEO previously made stops in cities like Amsterdam, where he visited with a renowned iPhone photographer.
Cook’s visit to Ireland comes just over a month after Apple canceled its plans for a new data center in the country…
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Engadget |
US regulator blocks sales of device that fools Tesla's Autopilot
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has demanded that the company behind a gadget called the Autopilot Buddy stops selling the device in the US. The gizmo makes Tesla's Autopilot think a driver has their hands on the steering w...
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Mashable! |
Tech CEOs speak out against separating families at the border
Executives at Apple, Microsoft, YouTube, Uber, and more tech companies are joining other Americans with a conscience in speaking out against the Trump administration's practice of separating children from their families at the border.
“It’s heartbreaking to see the images and hear the sounds of the kids," Apple CEO Tim Cook told the Irish Times. "Kids are the most vulnerable people in any society. I think that what’s happening is inhumane, it needs to stop."
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The Verge - All Posts |
GitHub and Medium take down database of ICE employee LinkedIn accounts
GitHub and Medium have scrubbed a database of ICE employees off their platforms, soon after a New York-based artist posted the scraped LinkedIn information.
Sam Lavigne, who has previously worked on projects like a white collar predictive policing program, wrote in a Medium post today that, “As ICE continues to ramp up its inhumane surveillance and detention efforts, I believe it’s important to document what’s happening, and by whom, in any way we can.”
In an attempt to do that, Lavign...
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The Huffington Post |
LOOKING BACK: 25 Old-School Photos Of Disney Parks
The characters' costumes looked so different.
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BleepingComputer.com |
VirusTotal Monitor Alerts You When Your Program Has False Positives
VirusTotal announced today a new paid service called "VirusTotal Monitor" that will alert subscribers when their program have been detected by antivirus vendors as malware. This allows developers & the antivirus vendor to be immediately notified in order to quickly clean up the incorrect detection, or false positive, in the program. [...]
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The Huffington Post |
Congress Getting Nowhere Fast On Legislation Keeping Immigrant Families Together
Republicans want a legislative fix. Democrats want Trump to fix it on his own -- today.
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Gizmodo |
What Movies Are Coming to San Diego Comic-Con 2018?
San Diego Comic-Con is one month away, which means the full schedule of events is only a few weeks away from being released. Fans will soon know exactly what movies, TV shows, and more will make an appearance at the massive convention. We didn’t want to wait that long. So we did some digging and have come up with a…Read more...
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Digg Top Stories |
The Slow Death Of NYC's Iconic $1 Pizza Slice
Since the 2008 recession, New Yorkers have turned to $1 slice counters for a quick lunch or drunken reprieve. But nothing gold can stay.
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Digg Top Stories |
Poor Americans Really Are In Despair
"Our results paint a picture of substantial social stratification in psychological health among American adults," the authors of a new study write.
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Digg Top Stories |
The Death Of XXXTentacion And Rap's Generational Crisis
The deaths of artists like XXXTentacion and Lil Peep have revealed a change in the genre. Will it be for good?
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Mashable! |
Autoplaying video ads are about to invade your Facebook Messenger inbox
Somehow, Facebook is still finding ways to make Facebook Messenger more annoying.
Now, the company plans to bring autoplaying video ads to users Messenger inboxes as soon as Monday, according to a report from Recode.
SEE ALSO: Facebook fires shots at YouTube with new poll and gaming creator tools
Ads aren't new to Messenger, but until now they've been limited to static, News Feed-style ads, not the more intrusive autoplaying videos.
But after more than a year of testing those ads, which ha...
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SlashGear |
Facebook AI learns to add eyes in selfies when someone blinks
Facebook researchers have been developing a machine learning technology that can add eyes to a selfie in which the subject is blinking. The company detailed the technology on its Research website recently, explaining that in-painting is used to remove the closed eyelids and replace them with what appears to be the subject’s own eyes. Facebook uses artificial intelligence for a … Continue reading
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The Huffington Post |
Sterling Brown Sues Milwaukee Police, Cites Cop’s Racist Facebook Posts
The NBA player was tackled to the ground and tasered after parking his car across two handicap spaces.
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Slashdot |
Facebook Ordered To Explain Deleted Profile
An anonymous reader quotes a report from BBC: Facebook has been ordered by a UK high court judge to reveal who told it to delete the profile of a jazz musician and his band, six months after he died. The Times reports that the firm said it had acted on a request but had declined to reveal to the family who had instructed it. Mirza Krupalija's partner Azra Sabados says she is certain that it was not a family member or friend. She said losing his posts and messages felt like losing him "a second t...
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Hacker News |
A-Terrain - a cartography component for A-Frame
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Boy Genius Report |
Betting on the World Cup? AI might be your new best friend
Bookies could be one of the next jobs to disappear as AI systems take over the work.
Okay, that's a little bit of a leap, but maybe not by much. Researchers -- such as a team of European academics -- have been probing how useful AI and machine learning are in predicting the results of sports games, one of a practically endless list of use cases where massive computing power has the potential to outperform the limits of human capabilities.
In the case of the university researchers, they use...
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Mashable! |
Uber has a new plan to get its drivers to use electric cars
Uber wants to encourage its drivers to start using electric vehicles (EVs) rather than the gas-powered ones they typically use.
The company launched a pilot program on Tuesday in eight North American cities (Austin, Los Angeles, Montreal, Pittsburgh, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, and Seattle) that connect its drivers to national and local EV organizations.
SEE ALSO: Driverless cars, electric vehicles and mass transit could transform cities
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CNET News |
Proposed EU law could threaten internet -- and memes, experts say - CNET
Article 13, which requires large platforms like Facebook and Reddit to censor content before it appears online, has led to some concern.
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TechCrunch |
Tech leaders condemn policy leading to family separations at the border
By now you’ve seen the photos and videos and probably heard the audio tape. The media coming out of the U.S./Mexico border over the past week has been truly heart-wrenching and horrifying, including, most shockingly, images of young children being housed in what amounts to human cages. Many prominent politicians across the world (and in […]
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Hacker News |
The Machine Fired Me
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The Huffington Post |
Study Reveals America’s Favorite Grocery Store
Shoppers nationwide have spoken.
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Gizmodo |
A Big Nasty Plant That Burns Like Hell Has Been Discovered in Virginia for the First Time
A towering invasive plant capable of scarring anyone unlucky enough to touch its toxic sap is cropping back up in the U.S. And for the first time ever, it’s been spotted in the state of Virginia.Read more...
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Digg Top Stories |
Bassist Plays As Many Notes As He Can In One Minute With It Still Sounding Musical
We learned to play "Seven Nation Army" on the bass one time, so, basically the same thing.
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Mashable! |
Review: The AdultFriendFinder dating app is *not* what you think it is
Making friends as an adult is just as nerve-wracking as it was in middle school, and moving to a new city or working at a new job where you don't know anybody can seriously be depressing. What are you supposed to do? Go sit at the bar by yourself? And talk to strangers?
Then comes the lightbulb idea: You can make friends online! If online dating is so popular and successful, there's no way that there aren't a few legit sites where you can make adult friends in your area with similar interests. H...
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Mashable! |
Volvo docks a yacht without any help from the captain
Even if parking your yacht is the last thing you're worried abut, it's pretty cool to see the vessel wedge into a tight space on its own.
Volvo Penta's self-docking technology did just that at a demo at the Volvo Ocean Race in Sweden this weekend. The 68-foot yacht did the work itself while the captain kept his hands off the wheel.
A boatload of sensors (alright, just four), a computer system, and GPS navigation helped calculate and steer the boat into the narrow berth.
SEE ALSO: The...
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Reuters: Technology News |
Mellanox, Starboard settle on new board members
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chipmaker Mellanox Technologies Ltd struck a settlement with activist investor Starboard Value LP to appoint new board members and name a director if the company fails to meet certain operating goals.
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Motherboard RSS Feed |
American Girl Dolls Play Xbox Now
The Xbox gaming set just launched this week. Start ‘em early.
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The Next Web |
Steam’s new tool shows how much money you’ve blown on games
Valve recently added a new feature to Steam that shows how much money you’ve thrown down the black hole that is gaming — on the Steam store, anyway. The “External Funds Used” tool has existed for a few weeks, but was only spotted by VentureBeat this week. It’s a simple enough tool. Just follow this link and make sure you’re logged in to your account. So let’s see what the damage is in my case: Not too bad considering I’ve had the account for about six or seven years. Notice the p...
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Gizmodo |
Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint Pledge to Stop Selling Your Real-Time Location to Data Brokers
AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon say they won’t provide their customers’ location data to third-party data brokers, AP reported on Tuesday. A New York Times report in May touched off a major scandal by describing the ways location data, which all four major carriers in the U.S. share with data brokers like…Read more...
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The Telegraph - Techno... |
Dialog in talks to buy touchscreen maker to protect against Apple risks
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Digg Top Stories |
US Withdraws From UN Human Rights Council
Haley blasted the UN body as a "hypocritical and self-serving organization that makes a mockery of human rights" and "is not worthy of its name." She said that after repeated warnings by the Trump administration, "Regrettably, it is now clear that our call for reform was not heeded."
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Engadget |
The Weather Channel's mixed reality broadcasts debut tomorrow
In April, the Weather Channel announced that it would be incorporating immersive, mixed reality content into its broadcasts that will give viewers a realistic look at weather events. Well it's ready to debut that content and tomorrow morning, you'll...
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TechCrunch |
Keepsafe launches a privacy-focused mobile browser
Keepsafe, the company behind the private photo app of the same name, is expanding its product lineup today with the release of a mobile web browser. Co-founder and CEO Zouhair Belkoura argued that all of Keepsafe’s products (which also include a VPN app and a private phone number generator) are united not just by a […]
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Android Police - Andro... |
OnePlus Camera v2.7.19 adds Google Lens shortcut [APK Download]
Earlier this year at I/O, it was revealed that Google Lens would soon arrive in camera apps by other manufacturers, including Motorola, LG, HMD/Nokia, and OnePlus. In the last case, the wait is unofficially over, as version 2.7.19 of the OnePlus Camera app brings a convenient Google Lens shortcut to the camera app for OnePlus devices.
OnePlus Camera app v2.6.108 (left) and v 2.7.19 (right), note the extra Google Lens shortcut at bottom left. Read MoreOnePlus Camera v2.7.19 adds Google ...
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Business Insider |
Here's how many Model 3 cars Tesla has made so far this year (TSLA)
Tesla has completed about 30,000 of its Model 3 sedans in 2018, according to internal documents viewed by Business Insider and two Tesla employees.
The company is trying to ramp up its output of the car to 5,000 a week, but that effort has been beset by challenges.
Tesla has made about 6,000 Model 3 cars in June, so far, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Tesla has made about 30,000 Model 3 vehicles in 2018, according to internal documents viewed by Business Insider and confirmed ...
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Business Insider |
The positive Rotten Tomatoes audience score for 'Gotti' has raised suspicions after the movie's thrashing by critics
The Rotten Tomatoes critic and audience scores for "Gotti" are drastically different — the film has a 0% critic score but a 71% audience score.
Many of the user accounts that positively reviewed the film were created this month and have only reviewed "Gotti," leading to suspicions that the audience score could be manufactured.
The film also has almost as many user ratings as "Incredibles 2," which is hard to believe considering the two films' box office performances over the weekend.
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Boy Genius Report |
T-Mobile might offer a cheap TV streaming bundle real soon, but it all depends on the merger
Late last year, T-Mobile announced that it had acquired TV company Layer3, a slightly oddball TV distributor that offers an expensive cable-esque TV bundle in a handful of markets. T-Mobile debuted the acquisition in its usual splashy way, saying that "we’re gonna fix the pain points and bring real choice to consumers across the country," with some vague plan to have a cheap service with 250 channels.
Since then, we have heard precisely nothing about T-Mobile's TV plans, or what Layer3 might ...
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Resources | ZDNet |
PayPal to acquire Hyperwallet for $400 million
The deal will give PayPal and Braintree merchants access to localized, multi-currency payment capabilities in more than 200 markets.
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Gizmodo |
Scientists Find Stronger Evidence for New Kind of Black Hole
We’ve seen supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies tearing stars to shreds. We’ve detected the energy wave from relatively tiny black holes slamming together to create a wobble in space-time a billion light-years away. But what about the medium-sized black holes in between these extremes?Read more...
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Hacker News |
Partnership between Unity and Google
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CNET News |
GameStop is up for sale as video game market shifts online - CNET
It's because you're buying your games online.
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Mashable! |
This supercut of 300 dancing scenes from movies is the perfect mood booster
The internet can be a pretty bleak place. From the 24-hour news cycle to online arguments, it can be daunting to find some positivity online. But if you're in need of some eyebleach after a rough day, here's some wholesome content for you.
Someone edited the dancing scenes from almost 300 movies together into a cheerful seven minute montage of partying. You can watch Shrek jam back to back with Mary Poppins, to the tune of "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" and "99 Red Balloons."
From My Fair Lady to...
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Techradar - All the la... |
Facebook's AI can take your blinking selfies and digitally open your eyes
Facebook researchers want to salvage all of your bad Instagram selfies using cutting-edge machine learning.
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WSJ.com: Technology |
PayPal Agrees to Buy Payments Firm Hyperwallet for $400 Million
PayPal said it agreed to acquire fintech company Hyperwallet for about $400 million, augmenting its offerings at a time when the company is facing increased competition from banks, startups and tech companies.
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Slashdot |
China-based Campaign Breached Satellite Operators, Defense Contractors and Telecommunications Companies in US: Symantec
A sophisticated hacking campaign launched from computers in China burrowed deeply into satellite operators, defense contractors and telecommunications companies in the United States and southeast Asia, security researchers at Symantec Corp said on Tuesday. Reuters: Symantec said the effort appeared to be driven by national espionage goals, such as the interception of military and civilian communications. Such interception capabilities are rare but not unheard of, and the researchers could not sa...
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Digital Trends |
You won’t just survive in an open world in ‘Dying Light 2,’ you can change it
Techland's 'Dying Light' sequel is improving everything, from parkour to enemies, and is going hard on creating a non-linear story in which player choices have a major impact on the makeup of its fictional, zombie-filled metropolis.
The post You won’t just survive in an open world in ‘Dying Light 2,’ you can change it appeared first on Digital Trends.
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Gizmodo |
The 10 Best Deals of June 19, 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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SlashGear |
Virtual reality headsets make it easier to give kids shots
Children aren’t the most receptive when it comes to needles, but virtual reality is helping change that. A new study details research into the use of VR headsets in the doctor’s office, specifically as a tool to distract kids from the mild pain associated with getting a shot or blood drawn. Turns out, the majority of kids stop caring about … Continue reading
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The Register |
Microsoft Azure Europe embraced the other GDPR: Generally Down, Possibly Recovering
'To save the data centre, we had to shut it down' is the gist of the explanation
Updated Microsoft Azure tumbled over in northern Europe – and services have effectively stayed down for unlucky customers for around five hours.…
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The Register |
Microsoft Azure Europe embraces the other GDPR: Generally Down, Recovery Progressing
We're three hours and counting into outage
Microsoft Azure has tumbled over in northern Europe, and services have effectively stayed down for unlucky customers for at least three hours today.…
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Techradar - All the la... |
MacBook Pro 2018: what we want to see
Between new co-processors and iOS apps, the MacBook Pro 2018 should be a crowd pleaser.
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SlashGear |
Oppo Find X: Everything you need to know
Smartphone buyers want full-screen phones but they don’t like notches, and so the Oppo Find X takes a different route. Its slide-out camera array delivers both practicality and drama to the new Android handset, unveiled officially today in Paris, France. It’s all about the slide At first glance, you’d be forgiven for thinking that the Oppo Find X did without … Continue reading
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9to5Mac |
Apple orders ‘Little America’ series from Alan Yang, ‘Big Sick’ stars, and The Office’s Lee Eisenberg
Apple has been quietly working on several original TV series behind the scenes, but has yet to announce anything officially. Today, that list continues to grow as Apple has placed another series order.
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Digital Trends |
Could thermal-imaging sensors help make self-driving cars safer?
FLIR Systems thinks one way to make self-driving cars safer would be for them to use thermal imaging tech to better deal with challenging conditions. And they're doing their bit to help.
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Hacker News |
Encyclopedia Hounds
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Digital Trends |
Meet the Italian composer who conducts the world’s biggest all-robot orchestra
For his next album, Italian electronic music producer Leonardo Barbadoro is skipping synthesizers in favor of robots capable of playing real instruments, ranging from piano to percussion. Here's why.
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Digital Trends |
Apple v. Pepper: The Supreme Court could rule the App Store is a monopoly
The Supreme Court has decided to hear an interesting case that could decide whether or not Apple has a monopoly on app distribution. The case could have far-reaching implications for a number of tech companies.
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Matt Hancock: schools across the UK should ban mobile p...
