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Digg Top Stories |
Country Clubbers Call The Cops On Group Of Black Women Golfers For Playing Too Slowly
Even taking the men at their word that the women were playing too slowly for the course's pace of play rules, calling the cops in this situation is nuts.
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The Information |
Once-Hot Social Startup VSCO Finds Success With Subscriptions
VSCO, a hip photo-and-video-editing app popular with people younger than 25, captured attention as a startup riding the early mobile, social wave. Instagram tried to buy it at one point and VSCO later raised $70 million in venture funding. But finding a profitable business model was tougher. To cut costs, the Oakland, Calif.–based company closed its New York office last January.Now, 7-year-old VSCO has found new life selling subscriptions. VSCO says it has amassed more than one million sub...
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Boy Genius Report |
Save $10 on Anker’s first ever over-ear Bluetooth headphones, with 20-hour battery life
Anker just announced that it's spinning off all of its audio products into a new brand called Soundcore. It also announced a few new products that will be launching under the Soundcore brand, and the company's first ever over-ear Bluetooth headphones are among them. The Anker Soundcore Vortex Wireless Over-Ear Headphones are off the charts when it comes to bang for your buck. They offer professionally tuned 40 mm drivers for great sound quality, a convenient folding design, and impressive 20 hou...
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The Register |
TSB boss: We know everything's working, you just can't see that
Web banking still down for half of customers
In the latest update from TSB about its continued web wobbles, the British bank has told us that while it knows everything is working, punters might not realise that fact because... internet banking still isn't entirely working.…
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Mashable! |
Highly resourceful woman has the wildest birth story of all time
When Tia Freeman's son Xavier is old enough to need a party icebreaker, he'll have an excellent one about his incredible resourceful mother and his impromptu water birth.
In a wildly popular Twitter thread shared Tuesday, Freeman – a member of the U.S. Air Force – shared her son's incredible birth story, which starts on a flight from the U.S. to Turkey and ends with an unexpected newborn.
SEE ALSO: How 'returnships' help women in tech get back to work after a parenting br...
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TechCrunch |
Gfycat ramps up its focus on game clips and highlights as it hits 180M monthly users
Gfycat is already a pretty popular host for lots of content like short clips from shows and movies, but there’s also a pretty substantial store of content centered around gaming — which is why the company is starting to put some extra focus on it. Gfycat, which is centered around creator tools to make those […]
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VentureBeat |
Gfycat for gaming lets you share your greatest GIF moments
Gfycat has made a platform for creating short-form looping content, and today the company is making it easier to create imagery from games. The Gfycat for Gaming platform makes it easy to create, browse, and share game content, for both game studios and players alike. Palo Alto, California-based Gfycat provides a high-quality streaming and editing […]
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Digital Trends |
A recent leak says Windows 10’s next update has been pushed back to May 8
The next big update for Windows 10 may not launch for another couple of weeks. A leaked Chinese memo supposedly sent to retailers suggests that we won't see the update debut until May 8.
The post A recent leak says Windows 10’s next update has been pushed back to May 8 appeared first on Digital Trends.
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MakeUseOf |
The Definitive Guide to Backing Up Your iPhone or iPad
What would you do if you lost or broke your iPhone tomorrow? Assuming your iPhone is never coming back, you have two options: restore the backup you made, or start over from scratch. Nobody likes catastrophic data loss, but it happens. Fortunately, you can safeguard against the unthinkable by putting a backup plan into action. Protect your personal data, Camera Roll, contacts, and more with regular iPhone backups. Here’s what you need to know to do that. Why Back Up Your iPhone? Does the t...
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AnandTech |
Chinese DRAM Industry Spreading Its Wings: Two More DRAM Fabs Ready
Two more DRAM makers based in China, Innotron Memory and Fujian Jin Hua Integrated Circuit, are gearing up for volume production of computer memory in the coming month. Both manufacturers were founded with the help of the Chinese government, their output will initially be consumed locally.
Several years ago, the Chinese government announced plans to invest billions of U.S. dollars in the local semiconductor and adjacent high-tech industries and support appropriate companies directly and indirec...
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Reuters: Technology News |
U.S. probing Huawei for possible Iran sanctions violations: sources
NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors in New York have been investigating whether Chinese tech company Huawei [HWT.UL] violated U.S. sanctions in relation to Iran, according to sources familiar with the situation.
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Mashable! |
Student artist installs 'cry closet' at university library
Not into sobbing in the stacks of your school library? Perhaps a designated closet would do the trick.
Visual artist Nemo Miller has installed a "cry closet" in a library at the University of Utah, where she is a student. The piece is designed to allow students 10-minute secluded crying sessions — a must for anyone even remotely close to taking a final.
SEE ALSO: Why you love reading other people's money diaries
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Hacker News |
NYSE suspends trading in Amazon, Alphabet due to pricing issue
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Business Insider |
The former head of JPMorgan's crypto efforts says blockchain today is a lot like the internet in 1969
Amber Baldet was the face of JPMorgan's blockchain efforts before she left the bank earlier this month.
Business Insider spoke with Baldet before her departure about blockchain tech, her career, and her advice for young professionals.
Amber Baldet was the face of JPMorgan's blockchain initiatives before she left the bank earlier this month to start her own venture.
Baldet, the former head of the bank's blockchain unit, has been described as a personified bridge between the nascent world of blo...
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Business Insider |
Alaska Airlines is scrapping the Virgin America brand — here's what else is going to change (ALK)
The Virgin America brand is no more.
Virgin America's branding and presence at airports around the country have been replaced with Alaska Airlines livery.
Starting Wednesday, Virgin America and Alaska will have a unified reservation system, website, mobile app, and call center.
Virgin America is no more.
Flight 1947, the last to carry the Virgin America name, capped off the airline's decade in operation Tuesday night with a short hop from Los Angeles to its former headquarters in San Francisco...
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SlashGear |
PlayStation Plus free games for May revealed
As alarming as it may be to realize that we’ve arrived at the end of April, the fact that May is right around the corner means that it’s time for Sony to reveal a new slate of PlayStation Plus games. Those who are planning to pick up Detroit: Become Human when it launches later on in May might want to … Continue reading
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Digital Trends |
Hunt down collectibles in ‘God of War’ with this treasure maps guide
Secreted across Midgard in God of War are 12 different treasure maps detailing the locations of a dozen secret batches of buried booty. Our detailed guide will help you find each and every one.
The post Hunt down collectibles in ‘God of War’ with this treasure maps guide appeared first on Digital Trends.
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Mashable! |
The 'big story coming' tweets need to end
There are tweets that warm the heart, and those that rip it out.
Twitter anthropologists have inventoried dozens of inferior tweet formats. Some of the lowliest genres include: Eric Garland tweets, tweets that pull the "You're, not your" defense, and threaded tweets about the Mueller investigation written by the dude-splaining randos of the internet.
Near the bottom of everyone's list has to be the "Big story coming" tweet genre favored by reporters and those with close proximity to breaking new...
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BleepingComputer.com |
6 Alternative Browsers That Aren't Chrome or Firefox
Although Chrome and Firefox are very popular, it doesn't mean you have to use them. Depending on your needs and browsing habits, there may very well be another browser that's a better fit. In this article we take a look at six alternative browsers that have different strengths & features. [...]
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CNET News |
Snapchat launches Snappables AR experiences - CNET
Snapchat users will soon be able to invite friends to augmented-reality games and experiences via Lenses called Snappables.
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TechCrunch |
Apple TV and Android see increase in streaming video viewership in Q1
Conviva, a video AI platform with visibility into the streaming market through clients like HBO, Turner, Hulu, CBS, NBC, ESPN, BT and Sky, is reporting today 114 percent year-over-year growth in streaming video hours in Q1 2018, to reach nearly 5 billion hours of video viewing. Even though streaming is growing worldwide, North America saw […]
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Digital Trends |
Automatic game posts will disappear as Facebook makes more app changes
Facebook is unleashing a second round of new limitations for third-party apps using the platform's API. This time, Facebook is preventing apps from posting to a timeline on a user's behalf, instead of requiring a publish prompt.
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CNET News |
Europol shuts down largest cyberattack-for-hire website - CNET
Webstresser.org was allegedly behind 4 million distributed denial-of-service attacks before police in Europe arrested its administrators.
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Motherboard RSS Feed |
Police Appear to Have Seized Revenge Porn Site Anon-IB
"Cybercrime teams from the Dutch police have seized the Anon-IB forum in an ongoing investigation concerning criminal offenses."
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Business Insider |
A lending site where you can rent anything from tampons to expensive drones and cameras just scored millions in venture capital
Fat Lama, a lending site that lets users rent and lease goods, just raised $10 million for its Series A.
The site, which kicked off in the UK two years ago, recently launched its first stateside offering in New York.
While Fat Lama typically offers equipment like drones, printers, and cameras, some more curious items sometimes crop up within the marketplace as well.
The sharing economy is redefining everything from how we commute to how we vacation, and now, if the CEO of lend...
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Slashdot |
Apple's Podcasts Just Topped 50 Billion All-time Downloads and Streams
Apple launched podcasts on iTunes way back in 2005, the same year that the Oxford Dictionary named "podcast" its word of the year. A lot has changed since the early days when iTunes was mostly populated with The Ricky Gervais Show and an assortment of news podcasts repackaged from radio shows. From a report: These days, according to Apple, it is home to over 525,000 active shows, with more than 18.5 million episodes available, including content in over 100 languages. Its podcasts span the globe,...
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News Tom's Guide US |
How to Get Your $29 iPhone Battery Replacement
If you’ve got an old iPhone, you should probably take advantage of Apple’s discounted $29 battery replacement program before the end of the year. Here's how.
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SuperSite for Windows |
American Cities Fight Losing Battle Over Wireless Internet
The results of an obscure, bureaucratic battle inside the U.S. communications regulator could decide not only which Americans get ultra-fast internet but how much it’ll cost and even what city streetlights will look like.
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The Huffington Post |
Lego Royal Family Gets New Lego Member At Legoland
He's got his father's bricks.
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9to5Mac |
Spectacles 2 reportedly coming this week as Snapchat takes second shot at wearables
We heard rumblings about Snapchat releasing a new version of its Spectacles two weeks ago as an FCC filing revealed a few details. Now, a new Wired interview with Snap Inc. CEO, Evan Spiegel reveals that the company will release a new version of its Spectacles this week.
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VentureBeat |
Fortnite is broadcasting an emergency alert
Epic Games continues to tease its massive Fortnite audience with in-game events and posts on social media. For weeks, a comet has hovered over the battle royale shooter’s map and threatened … something. Now, the in-game TVs have all turned on and are now showing an emergency-broadcast-like image with the Fortnite llama. They are also emitting […]
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V3 |
TSMC starts high volume production of 7nm chips
Claims to have "the most competitive logic density" in the industry
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Engadget |
Netflix's 'Follow This' chronicles the BuzzFeed news cycle
Netflix and BuzzFeed have teamed up to do short-form documentaries on BuzzFeed's own reporters. Follow This will consist of a 20-episode weekly series that will premiere on July 9th, according to Variety. Each episode will run about 15 minutes. A tra...
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SuperSite for Windows |
Gartner has named One Identity a Leader in its February 2018 MQ for Identity Governance and Administration
Each year, Gartner Inc. evaluates vendors in the Identity Governance and Administration market. We believe their research has particular significance because it often identifies the innovations that drive the market. As part of that report, Gartner a
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Ars Technica |
Verizon says Yahoo users must waive class-action rights—or stop using Yahoo
Yahoo, facing data breach lawsuits, starts enforcing mandatory arbitration.
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Boy Genius Report |
Amazon just quietly confirmed the Fire TV Cube, a next-gen streaming device
Last September, AFTVnews showed off two unreleased Fire TV streaming devices that Amazon had yet to announce. One appeared to dangle from the television by a USB cord, while the other looked like a miniaturized, square-shaped Echo. Amazon would go on to announce the 4K Fire TV later that month (the "pendant design" model), but the high-end streaming box that appeared alongside the pendant in the initial leak was nowhere to be found.
The wait may soon be over though, as Amazon quietly rolled...
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Digital Trends |
PlayStation Plus members get ‘Beyond: Two Souls’ for free in May
Sony revealed the free games PlayStation Plus members will be receiving in May, and they include the PlayStation 4 version of Quantic Dream's Beyond: Two Souls, as well as Ubisoft's Rayman Legends.
The post PlayStation Plus members get ‘Beyond: Two Souls’ for free in May appeared first on Digital Trends.
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MacRumors |
iOS 11 Now Installed on 76% of iOS Devices, While Android 8 is Installed on 4.6% of Android Devices
The iOS 11 operating system is installed on 76 percent of devices as of April 22, according to statistics Apple shared today on its App Store support page for developers.That's up 11 percentage points since January 18, when iOS 11 was installed on 65 percent of devices, and 24 percentage points since November 6, when iOS 11 was installed on 52 percent of devices.
19 percent of devices continue to use iOS 10, while 5 percent of devices use earlier versions of iOS, such as iOS 9. Many of ...
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The Verge - All Posts |
New galactic map shows the positions and brightness of 1.7 billion stars
This morning, the European Space Agency unveiled a new, highly detailed sky map of the Milky Way Galaxy that showcases the brightness and positions of nearly 1.7 billion stars. It’s the most comprehensive catalog of stars to date, and it includes precise details about many of the stars’ distances, movements, and colors as well. With the map’s release, astronomers are hoping to use this information to learn more about the structure of our galactic home and how it first formed billions of ye...
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The Verge - All Posts |
Incel, the misogynist ideology that inspired the deadly Toronto attack, explained
https://www.vox.com/world/2018/4/25/17277496/incel-toronto-attack-alek-minassian
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SlashGear |
Cut and Paste Emoji: Google Gun goes Watergun, a short history
Today Google bent the knee to the Emoji overlords, changing their people-killing-pistol into a lovely classic water gun. In the past, Google was seen as a bastion of gun-related freedom, keeping their 6-shooter at their side while the WEAK companies – only Apple, that is /s – went from gun to water gun. But let’s not get too excited about … Continue reading
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Motorola Moto G6 Play
The best sub-£200 phone right now? You betcha
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V3 |
Dell unveils Precision 5530 2-in-1 mobile workstation with Radeon Pro WX Vega M GL graphics
Dell's high-end mobile workstations upgraded with Intel Coffee Lake CPUs
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BuzzFeed partners with Netflix for documentary series
The series, which launches in July, will go behind-the-scenes as journalists pursue stories.
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Business Insider |
A Delta passenger with multiple sclerosis was tied to a wheelchair with a blanket for transport, family claims (DAL)
Delta Air Lines passenger Maria Saliagas was reportedly tied to a wheelchair with a blanket after the airline failed to provide the correct wheelchair, according to WSB-TV.
Her son, Nathan, said Delta did not fulfill his request for a wheelchair with extra straps during her April 1 flight from Atlanta to Amsterdam.
Instead, Nathan said airline employees tied Maria to a wheelchair with a blanket that caused her discomfort.
Delta Air Lines passenger Maria Saliagas was reportedly tied to a wheelc...
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Business Insider |
A single high school in India has produced the CEOs of Microsoft, Adobe, and Mastercard
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella went to Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet. So did the CEOs of Adobe and Mastercard.
It's a private school in southern India that was founded to teach the sons of aristocrats.
Nadella has said that his experience playing cricket there strongly influenced his professional career.
If you're looking to raise one of the most powerful business leaders in the world, you might want to send your kid to Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet, in India.
In an interview with Stephen...
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Techdirt |
Could The DOJ Be Violating SESTA/FOSTA?
Last week, Gizmodo's Dell Cameron has a great report on how the DOJ's Amber Alert site was configured so stupidly that it could be used to redirect people to any website (this was also true of weather.gov and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration). And it was being used. To redirect people to hardcore porn. Basically, the sites were designed such that just by knowing the right URL and adding a new URL to the end, it would redirect to those sites. Porn sites used this for a couple o...
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News Tom's Hardware US |
U.S. Supreme Court: Patent Office Allowed To Cancel Bad Patents
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Patent Office has the authority review and retract bad patents after they've already been issued.
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TechCrunch |
Check out these amazing demos at TC Sessions: Robotics May 11 at UC Berkeley
We’re a mere two and a half weeks out from TC Sessions: Robotics, and we couldn’t be more excited. We’ve got a full-day schedule packed to the brim with some of the greatest minds and machines the robotics industry has to offer. On the human side, we’ve already announced Andy Rubin, Laura Tyson, Marc Raibert, […]
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Business Insider |
DIGITAL HEALTH BRIEFING: Precision medicine is gaining momentum — AWS taps healthcare, finance for blockchain — Apps could solve medication adherence
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ASPIRE LAUNCHES PRECISION MEDICINE FUND TO ACCELERATE INNOVATION: US venture capital firm Aspire Universal and Penn Medicine Lancaster Genera...
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Business Insider |
Why you should never release your pet goldfish into the wild
Goldfish may look small and cute in your home, but in the wild, it’s a different story. Releasing them into your local stream or lake is a bad idea. Following is a transcript of the video.
Right now, Washington state is fighting of an invasion! The culprit? Goldfish. Yup, you heard right.
Thousands of goldfish have infested the West Medical Lake and are crowding out the native fish population. How did this happen? The Department of Fish and Wildlife thinks a few irresponsible pet owners ar...
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GeekWire |
Study estimates traveling with Uber and Lyft will be cheaper than owning a car in some cities by 2027
The cost of owning a car could be more than traveling exclusively with rideshare services in Seattle and Denver by 2027, according to a new study by QuoteWizard. Two commuters — one in Seattle and one in Denver — agreed to travel using only Uber and Lyft for a month to determine about how much it costs to get around that way. QuoteWizard compared that data with AAA’s estimated costs of personal car ownership and factored in the price reductions analysts expect to see when rideshare ser...
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Digital Trends |
Your Hogwarts education starts now in ‘Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery’
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, a free-to-play game from Warner Bros. new Harry Potter-dedicated label Portkey Games, lets you create your character and work your way through a full seven years of a Hogwarts education.
The post Your Hogwarts education starts now in ‘Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery’ appeared first on Digital Trends.
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Business Insider |
9 times the world was at the brink of nuclear war — and pulled back
The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August of 1945 marked the end of the World War II, and the beginning of the age of nuclear weapons.
During the Cold War, the policy of mutually assured destruction between the US and the Soviet Union — appropriately referred to as "MAD" — meant that if one nation used nuclear weapons on another, then an equal response would have been doled out as soon as possible.
Over the course of the Cold War, and several times after it, the ci...
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9to5Mac |
Lexus debuting CarPlay in latest ES sedan, 12.3-inch widescreen optional available, no touch
This is the year Toyota and Lexus — among the last major CarPlay holdouts — finally release new cars that work with Apple’s infotainment system.
Lexus announced today that its seventh generation ES luxury sedan will be its first model to include CarPlay, and customers will have an option for a 12.3-inch widescreen display that makes room for two extra apps on the Home screen.
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9to5Mac |
9to5Toys Last Call: Best Buy 4-day Apple sale, Anker deals from $8, Bose SoundSport Earbuds $179, more
Keep up with the best gear and deals on the web by signing up for the 9to5Toys Newsletter. Also, be sure to check us out on: Twitter, RSS Feed, Facebook, Google+ and Safari push notifications. more…
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Mashable! |
'Coco' and more of what's coming to Netflix in May
Spring can be a blessed time for the entertainment fan's TV and movie backlog. Sure, you can catch new stuff at the movies or go outside or whatever, but we say let's treat spring like any other season and relish it as an opportunity to bond with NetflixDear White People returns at the beginning of the month, as do several CW shows that just ended their on-air seasons. And come Memorial Day Weekend, there's a perfect family film waiting for you.
Here's what's coming to Netflix in May.
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Re/code |
Uber’s first diversity report under CEO Dara Khosrowshahi shows Uber is still mostly white and male
The company has zero Latinx or black employees in tech leadership roles, and it saw a drop in the number of black employees across the board. Uber, long opposed to reporting the demographics of its employees, has released its second diversity report ever and first public report under new CEO Dara Khosrowshahi. Little progress has been made, particularly with regard to representation from black and Latinx employees.
The company saw a drop in black employees, which now make up 8.1 percent of its ...
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Business Insider |
CRYPTO INSIDER: Cryptocurrencies are diving
Welcome to Crypto Insider, Business Insider’s roundup of all the bitcoin and cryptocurrency news you need to know today. Sign up here to get this email delivered direct to your inbox.
Most major cryptocurrencies are deep in the red Wednesday, with bitcoin down 7% while ethereum and Ripple's XRP are down more than 10%.
Here are the current crypto prices:
In the news:
The Winklevoss twins are teaming up with Nasdaq to sniff out bad actors ...
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VentureBeat |
Apple needs to double down on entry-level products, not discontinue them
OPINION: There’s no job as thankless as Apple punditry. Even if Apple listens to customer requests, it rarely acknowledges them, and its new engineering initiatives take so long that there’s no clear cause and effect relationship between what people ask for and what gets released. So under the best circumstances, making a suggestion to Apple feels […]
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Guru3d Latest Headlines |
Z390 and X399 Chipset Confirmed through Intel
A new leak, this time Intel itself has confirmed the existence of the Z390 chipset. We've talked and heard quite a bit about the Intel Z390 chipset, would it ever be released, and if so when? New in...
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Android Police - Andro... |
Google is rolling out email snooze to the Gmail app
You might have heard the news that Google finally launched the new Gmail today. It's appearing in browsers all over the world as we speak, but another Gmail implementation is getting some new goodies, too. The Gmail app on Android will get snooze functionality as part of this revamp, and it appears the feature is rolling out to phones.
Snooze for Gmail works just like it does with Inbox. Simply tap snooze (in the overflow menu) when viewing an email, and you can pick a time for the email to pin...
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This E-Waste Recycler Is Going to Prison for Selling Windows Restore Discs to Put on Refurbished Computers
Eric Lundgren was sentenced to 15 months in prison and a $50,000 fine for creating ‘restore disks’ to extend the life of computers using Microsoft.
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Business Insider |
Snap is sinking after saying its looking into rolling back part of its redesign (SNAP)
Snap is testing a rollback of part of its unpopular redesign, Business Insider confirmed.
Shares are down more than 7% Wednesday.
Watch Snap trade in real time here.
Snap shares tumbled as much as 9.4% Wednesday following a Recode report, confirmed by Business Insider, that the company was testing a rollback of part of its Snapchat app redesign. They are currently down 7.74% at $14.42 apiece.
The December app redesign spurred controversy by splitting up celebrity stories from the us...
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The Digital Reader |
Publisher eBook Sales Fell 10% in 2017
NPD reported on Wednesday what everyone already knew from the past few years of AAP monthly revenue reports: publisher ebook sales are down. From PW: Unit sales of traditionally published e-books fell 10% in 2017, compared to 2016, according to figures released by PubTrack Digital, part of the NPD book group. The service, which tracks sales from about 450 publishers, said e-book unit sales hit 162 million last year, down from 180 million units in 2016. NPD reported that combining print sales fro...
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The Huffington Post |
The Difference Between Social Anxiety And Introversion, In 4 Comics
Loving alone time is different from a mental health condition.
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TechCrunch |
The DOJ is investigating potential Huawei violations of Iran sanctions
Another shoe, so to speak, may be about to drop for Huawei. According to new reporting from The Wall Street Journal, the Justice Department has been investigating a potential violation of U.S. sanctions on Iran by the Chinese smartphone maker. The probe reflects a similar one into ZTE that landed that device maker in serious […]
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GeekWire |
Announcing the GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit: Top tech leaders from Microsoft and Amazon added to agenda, early-bird tickets on sale
Our biggest technical conference of the year — the GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit — is coming up on June 26-27 at Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue, Wash. Today, we’re excited to announce early-bird ticket sales, as well as some of the amazing speakers who’ll be joining us on stage for in-depth conversations and technical talks about everything from artificial intelligence to serverless to hybrid cloud. If you’re a developer looking to hone your skills, a founder looking for funding, ...
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Amazon Alexa to reward kids who say: 'Please'
A good manners feature will praise children if they ask questions politely.
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VentureBeat |
Can AI and chatbots really transform customer support? (VB Live)
VB LIVE: Chatbots are changing the way companies and customers interact: two billion-plus customer-company conversations in Facebook messenger can’t be wrong. Join this FB Live event to find out how to create engaging human-to-AI agent experiences, and leave with actionable ideas on implementing AI-powered customer support. Register here for free. Here’s a wild, off-the-cuff guess: You might […]
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Digg Top Stories |
How K-Pop Became A Propaganda Tool
Ahead of Friday's intra-Korean summit, the South put an end to its pop music assault at the border. But the country's catchy music is a potent psychological weapon.
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Digg Top Stories |
Peter Thiel Agrees Not To Buy Gawker
In a settlement, Thiel also won't provide third-party funding to anyone wishing to sue Gawker over archives.
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Digg Top Stories |
Unearthed Video Of 'Smallville'-Star-Turned-Sex-Cult-Evangelist Allison Mack Raving About Her 'Self-Help Group'
A recent New York Times exposé revealed that the group "NXIVM" (of which "JNess" is a subsidiary) called female recruits "slaves" and subjected them to "ritual humiliations and brandings."
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Digg Top Stories |
Why Are We So Thirsty For #MeToo Comeback Stories?
I'm sure the likes of Matt Lauer and these other men would very much like to "restart their lives," but we all need to exercise greater sensitivity to the lives of those harmed by their actions. We owe it to them, and to all the other women that have endured abuse.
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The Next Web |
Amazon teases ‘Fire TV Cube’ that might double as an Echo
What is it? Amazon is teasing the release of a mysterious new ‘Fire TV Cube‘ on its very website. Well, maybe not that mysterious; based on previous leaks, it appears the device is a small set-top box that combines Amazon’s TV offerings with the Echo’s voice assistant capabilities. The context: Way back in September, we wrote up a leak indicating Amazon was working on a new Fire TV module that could double as an Echo. The devices were originally rumored to be announced by the end of 20...
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Digital Trends |
Senators craft bill to tame social media with privacy requirements
Lawmakers in the U.S. will consider a bi-partisan bill that creates requirements for social media companies to protect the data of its users. The bill would require companies to notify users of a privacy breach within three days.
The post Senators craft bill to tame social media with privacy requirements appeared first on Digital Trends.
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Boy Genius Report |
Report: Huawei is now under criminal investigation in the US
So far, 2018 has been a bad year for Chinese technology companies in the US. January started with the news that the US government had intervened to kill deals that Huawei was making with Verizon and AT&T, which would have helped the Chinese company sell its flagship Android phones in the US. Then just two weeks ago, ZTE was hit with an export ban that will prevent it from using any US-made technology in its devices, which will create all kinds of problems.
According to a report this morning...
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The Huffington Post |
Scott Pruitt Is Either A Liar Or Grossly Incompetent
Time and again his explanations for wasteful spending have proven to be less than true.
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Engadget |
Snapchat's latest AR trick turns Lenses into games
Snapchat's augmented reality Lenses are clever, but not particularly engaging. You probably won't use them outside of the occasional moment when they help express what you're feeling. Snap may have a clever way to keep you coming back, though: add...
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Digital Trends |
Could Bosch’s groundbreaking pollution control system save the diesel engine?
Many predict diesel will die, but Bosch might have found a way to save it. It uses readily available, off-the-shelf components it has improved to reign in NOx emission to levels well below the legal requirements.
The post Could Bosch’s groundbreaking pollution control system save the diesel engine? appeared first on Digital Trends.
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Business Insider |
Some tech startups in China are hiring women who are taller than 5'2'' and wear makeup to socialize with male programmers and give them massages
The New York Times reports that Chinese startups are hiring women to be "programming motivators."
The job requirements include socializing with male workers and giving them massages, and employees are chosen based on their physical attributes.
The practice has drawn criticism in a country where beliefs about gender roles are rigidly ingrained.
Tech startups in China are trying to lure more female employees. But they're not looking for women to work as coders, engineers, and designers.
Instead,...
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The Huffington Post |
This Pill Protects Against HIV. It Isn’t Reaching The Men Who Need It Most.
A failure of outreach and a legacy of racism in medicine are preventing queer black men from using PrEP, experts say.
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VentureBeat |
Diablo co-creator’s It Lurks Below enters Steam Early Access
Graybeard Games is a one-man developer that Diablo co-creator David Brevik founded, and it announced today that It Lurks Below has entered Steam Early Access. It Lurks Below is a 2D action-survival game that takes inspiration from the likes of Terraria, Minecraft, and (yes) Diablo. Releasing the game in Early Access gives Brevik a way to make […]
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Gizmodo |
Chinese Police Confiscate 600 Bitcoin Mining Rigs in 'Largest Power Theft Case' in Years
Earlier this year, the Chinese government reportedly outlined plans to limit energy use by cryptocurrency miners and encourage their “orderly” exit from the industry. In the wake of intensified crackdown efforts, some of China’s largest miners opened operations abroad, but it seems at least one mining group tried to…Read more...
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CNET News |
ESA's new Milky Way map shines with 1.7 billion stars - CNET
The stars of our Milky Way are giving up their secrets to the European Space Agency's Gaia spacecraft and its stunning new star catalog.
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The Verge - All Posts |
BMW’s iX3 is the company’s first normal-looking all-electric car
BMW kicked off this week’s Beijing Motor Show with two announcements today. The company unveiled a concept version of the forthcoming iX3 SUV, which is arguably going to be the company’s first serious effort at a mass-produced fully electric car meant for the global market. The other announcement is that the iX3 will be made in China.
The iX3, due out in 2020, is not all that differently styled from the X3 compact SUV that it’s based on (though BMW has toyed with its famous kidney grille ...
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GeekWire |
DocuSign ups IPO target, now seeks to raise $450M on stock price of $26 to $28
DocuSign raised its forecasted stock price as it gears up to go public, indicating excitement on Wall Street about the digital signature giant. In a new filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Wednesday, DocuSign listed an anticipated stock price of $26 to $28, up from a range of $24 to $26 listed in a separate filing last week. With the increased stock price, DocuSign now seeks to raise up to just under $450 million. DocuSign plans to offer 16.06 million shares to the public an...
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The Huffington Post |
Supreme Court Leans Toward Upholding Trump’s Travel Ban
Roberts and Kennedy indicated an unwillingness to second-guess the justifications offered for the policy.
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CIO.com Feed - Articles |
BrandPost: Making It Real: Taking HPC to a New Level with Zenuity
In the race to bring new driver-assistance and autonomous-driving technologies to market, a young company called Zenuity is emerging as a leader. Zenuity is a joint venture launched by Volvo Cars and Autoliv, Inc., a global leader in automotive safety systems. From the day it hit the road in April 2017, Zenuity has been on a mission to develop leading advanced driver assist systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving (AD) technologies that will take vehicle safety systems to a new level.[1]To fulfill ...
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V3 |
Europol coordinates close down of 'world's biggest' DDoS-for-hire service
Webstresser admins were also arrested in the UK, Croatia, Canada and Serbia
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The Next Web |
Google swaps revolver for water gun in its emoji armory
Today Google became the latest company to replace its gun emoji with a non-lethal alternative — namely, a water pistol. I’ve been an iOS user for as long as I’ve owned a smartphone, but I admit one look at this cute squirt gun had me thinking, “You know, there are perfectly good Android phones that are much cheaper than the next iPhone will be…and I’d get to use the new water pistol.” For context: Over the last five years, several companies have quietly switched their firearm emoji...
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Mashable! |
Watch space dust shoot around a comet as it tumbles through our solar system
The Rosetta spacecraft chased down the nearly three-mile-long Churyumov–Gerasimenko comet in 2014. It then spent almost two years capturing detailed images of the comet's dust-ridden surface.
The images are publicly available, which allowed Twitter user landru79 to compile a brilliant animation of images shot over a 25-minute period. Taken together, it gives us an idea of what it's like on that rapidly spinning, oddly-shaped ball of dust and ice.
SEE ALSO: Rosetta Spacecraft Now Has ...
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Business Insider |
Manhattan is building a massive $1 billion wall and park to guard against the next inevitable superstorm
Today, more than five years after Hurricane Sandy hit New York City, the five boroughs are still recovering from the storm.
Sandy did $19 billion in damage to NYC, and the rate of development along the city's coastlines has only increased. New York now has more residents living in high-risk flood zones than any other city in the nation.
Local city-planning experts have worried how NYC will cope when the next superstorm inevitably hits the city.
So in 2013, the Department of Housing an...
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The Verge - All Posts |
New Snap Spectacles will be announced later this week
No details yet though
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Resources | ZDNet |
Google Tasks launches for Android and iOS: Basic list manager with potential for more
Like many Google products, we have the ability to create task list in Google Keep, Google Calendar, Gmail, and more. Google finally launched a product called Tasks and maybe it will serve as that central repository.
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Hacker News |
One Giant Leap for SQL: MySQL 8.0 Released
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Slashdot |
Europol Shuts Down World's Largest DDoS-for-Hire Service
In what is being seen as a major hit against cybercriminals, Europol, an international police operation, has taken down the world's biggest provider of potentially crippling Distributed Denial of Service attacks. From a report: Europol officials have shut down WebStresser, a website where users could register and launch DDoS attacks after paying for a monthly plan, with prices starting as low as $18.25. The website, considered the largest DDoS-for-hire service online, had over 136,000 users at t...
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Mashable! |
It's National DNA Day, which means AncestryDNA, 23andMe, Living DNA, and more are on sale
In case you didn't know, National DNA Day is a thing. And it's today.
On April 25, 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick published an article in the journal Nature about the structure of DNA, which was a huge deal back then.
Celebrate the anniversary of this discovery and their publication by — what else — testing your own DNA.
SEE ALSO: Which DNA test kit should you get? This guide can help.
AncestryDNA, 23andMe, LivingDNA, and Geno 2.0 Next Generation by National Geograp...
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The Huffington Post |
Emmanuel Macron Takes Aim At Trump On Climate Change In Congressional Address
Some people care more about job growth than the survival of future generations, he said.
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VentureBeat |
Futuur’s prediction market makes forecasting into a game
Futuur is announcing a prediction market that is equal parts a forecasting tool, a virtual wagering platform, and a game. The Rio de Janeiro, Brazil-based company taps the “wisdom of crowds,” or using crowdsourcing to arrive at the best predictions. The company is launching an app and web site allowing anyone access to a forecasting […]
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Country Clubbers Call The Cops On Group Of Black Women ...
