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The best free Android apps of 2020

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There are way too many free Android apps out there, so we've trawled through and found the top ones to download.

Women’s Roller Derby Has a Plan for Covid, and It Kicks Ass

18KWired / 15h
While baseball, basketball, and other sports struggle to adapt, an international team of skater-experts has figured out a safer way to play.

Amazon is making a Fallout series with the creators of 'Westworld'

Bethesda Fallout Amazon
6KEngadget / 9h
Amazon’s latest sci-fi series will be a familiar one to gamers — the company is partnering with Bethesda to make a show based on the post-apocalyptic Fallout series. Tweets from both Bethesda and Amazon confirmed this, and Bethesda also confirmed that Westworld creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy are developing the show through their Kilter Films production company. The game series first started


E-waste becomes world’s fastest-growing domestic waste stream

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Higher consumption, short life cycles and few options for repair cited as reasons

Police arrest hundreds of criminals after infiltrating their encrypted phone system

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Law enforcement agencies joined forces to take down career criminals using EncroChat's encrypted messaging system.

Amazon Prime Video Windows app lets you download videos with a catch

SlashGear / 19min
Microsoft has long been trying to populate its app store, pushing every development framework, from UPWs to PWAs, to entice developers to jump in. There have been, however, some movement going in the opposite direction, with developers and brands exiting the Microsoft Store instead. That store just got one big addition to its list of apps but while the Amazon … Continue reading

This cheap HP laptop hides a surprising secret that barely anyone noticed

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AMD’s iconic Athlon brand makes a remarkable comeback.

macOS Big Sur could enable faster software updates

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Reports around the macOS announcement at the WWDC last month remained limited to the user interface that marked Apple's efforts to achieve consistency across its ecosystem.

LG B Project rollable phone may launch early next year

SlashGear / 33min
Although some may praise Samsung for innovations like the Galaxy Fold, LG perhaps deserves some commendation for launching more “experimental” smartphones in the market, even if they end up being a flop. From the misnamed curved LG G Flex to the modular LG G5 to its recent batch of the dual-screen accessories for its phones, LG seems to be less … Continue reading

George Floyd: Twitter drops 'master', 'slave' and 'blacklist'

400+BBC News - Technology / 43min
The social media platform along with JPMorgan are the latest firms to address their internal language.

Google needs the Pixel 4a to launch now more than ever

Google Pixel 3A 4A
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Now that the Pixel 3a is discontinued, Google needs the Pixel 4a to come out and dominate the mid-range landscape.

Fortnite Captain America outfit lets you be the First Avenger

Fortnite Captain America
SlashGear / 1h
Independence Day in the US this year is going to be a rather memorable one given the rather complex mix of situations there right now. Some might decide to just spend it indoors while still spending it with others in some good old Internet-based social experience. For some, that means competing with masses of other players to stay on top … Continue reading

Olympus software turns some OM-D cameras into webcams

Olympus OM 150-400Mm
SlashGear / 1h
Olympus might have called it quits making cameras themselves but it hasn’t exactly walked out of the camera market completely. In addition to focusing on interchangeable lenses, no pun intended, the company continues to support its existing cameras already out there in the wild. In fact, it has even announced a new feature that puts it on the same level … Continue reading

Ubisoft CEO lays out a plan to change the company's toxic culture

Ubisoft Ceo Editorial
93Engadget / 1h
A week after launching investigations into many claims of harassment and misconduct, Ubisoft’s CEO gave an update on what the company is doing to change things. In a letter posted on its website and emailed to employees, Yves Guillemot said “the types of inappropriate behavior we have recently learned about cannot and will not be tolerated.” That’s sharply in contrast to reports from employees an

Enrolling new devices with Windows Autopilot now works with a VPN

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Enterprise organizations can now provision Windows devices remotely without needing to be connected to a corporate network.

Breaking: Chicago institutes mandatory quarantine for some

The Points Guy / 1h
There’s some major travel news coming out of Chicago late on July 2. In a tweet, Mayor Lori Lightfoot issued an emergency travel order announcing the city would impose a mandatory 14-day quarantine beginning Monday July 6 for anyone arriving from 15 states that are seeing spikes in the coronavirus outbreak. For more travel tips and news, sign up for our daily newsletter EFFECTIVE MONDAY: To prese

EVO 2020 game tourney canceled, co-founder fired [Updated]

Evo NetherRealm Capcom
100+Ars Technica / 2h
Enlarge (credit: EVO ) EVO—the long-running video game tournament dedicated to fighting-game series like Street Fighter and Tekken —was rocked by departures on Thursday in the wake of startling allegations lodged against its co-founder. Shortly afterward, the man in question, Joey Cuellar, apparently acknowledged these accusations of sexual assault against a minor in a brief, frank post on social

Motorola One Fusion joins the mid-range Android fray

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SlashGear / 2h
Motorola is the new Samsung in the sense of flooding the smartphone market with nearly indistinguishable options. Barely a month after it announced the One Fusion+, the company is now revealing the base model for that already mid-range phone. The Motorola One Fusion probably won’t wow anyone with its specs but it can at least masquerade as its slightly more … Continue reading

Can an Algorithm Predict the Pandemic’s Next Moves?

200+NYT > Technology / 3h
Researchers have developed a model that uses social-media and search data to forecast outbreaks of Covid-19 well before they occur.

Some Verizon customers now get Hulu and Disney+ for free

SlashGear / 3h
Verizon is offering some of its customers free access to Hulu and Disney+, two of the three streaming services that Disney offers under its own Disney+ streaming bundle for $12.99/month. If someone signed up for Hulu and Disney+ as standalone services, they’d end up paying the same amount. Under this new Verizon promotion, however, the services are added to the … Continue reading

Festo’s latest biomimetic robots are a flying feathered bird and ball-bottomed helper arm

200+TechCrunch / 3h
You could be excused for thinking that German robotics company Festo does nothing but put together fabulous prototype robots built to resemble kangaroos, jellyfish, and other living things. They do in fact actually make real industrial robots, but it’s hard not to marvel at their biomimetic experiments; Case in point, the feathered BionicSwift and absurd BionicMobileAssistant motile arm. Festo al

Complete With Wireless Charging, EarFun Free True Wireless Buds Have a Lot to Offer for the Price

Gizmodo / 3h
15% off EarFun Free True Wireless Earbuds | Amazon | Clip Coupon Read more...

The Best Webcams for Zoom Meetings, According to Our Readers

24Lifehacker / 3h
Ever since we found ourselves hurling into the midst of a pandemic four long months ago, many of us have been working office jobs with no office in sight. I, for one, am working in a studio apartment with my fiancée, our monitors back to back in a never-ending game of “which one of us has to take our meeting in the… Read more...

TikTok's Boogaloo extremism problem

300+BBC News - Technology / 3h
Extremists have found a home on Tiktok, and the platform is working out what to do about it.

Travel Recovery Slows As COVID-19 Cases Grow

View from the Wing / 3h
The rate of growth in air travel has slowed. Forward bookings actually fell after 8 straight weeks of growth. And travel searches are down. Continue reading ...

Zuckerberg hits back at Facebook boycott

400+BBC News - Technology / 3h
An advertising boycott wants Facebook to do more about hate speech and misinformation.

Finding the 'invisible' millions who are not on maps

200+BBC News - Technology / 4h
How open map data is filling in the world's missing maps and helping trace the spread of disease.

Fortnite’s The Authority has a major glitch that is ruining matches

SlashGear / 4h
Epic Games has acknowledged a new bug that manifests in Fortnite‘s The Authority point of interest, one that has caused players to lose those matches without warning. The issue involves gliders and manifests in all occasions involving them, including times when the player is using items like a Grappler or Launch Pad. Though it’s listed as a priority, Epic hasn’t … Continue reading

VMware snaps up Datrium for hybrid cloud disaster recovery

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VMware will acquire Datrium to add a cost-optimized DRaaS solution to its VMware Site Recovery DRaaS.

Democrats’ Big Climate Plan Includes Studying the Risky Idea of Blocking Out the Sun

100+Gizmodo / 4h
This week, Democrats on the House Select Committee for the Climate Crisis put out their big ol’ climate plan . There’s plenty in the report to show Democrats’ priorities on climate should they retake the White House and Senate this fall, including how they would approach a controversial topic. Read more...

A beginner’s guide to visiting Alaska’s Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve

The Points Guy / 4h
Editor’s note: While Glacier Bay National Park remains open, most visitor services within the park including all lodging, guided tours and dining facilities have closed for the year due to the coronavirus pandemic . Most cruise lines that operate voyages into the park have canceled all 2020 sailings . This guide is designed for those planning ahead for 2021 trips. Among North America ‘s best-know

Sprint 5G is no more, as T-Mobile focuses on its own network

Sprint T-Mobile Dish
100+TechCrunch / 4h
A day after formally completing the sale of Boost, Virgin and other Sprint prepaid networks to Dish , T-Mobile is pulling the plug on Sprint 5G. The move is one in a long list of issues that need sorting out in the wake of April’s $26.5 billion merger. And like a number of other moves, it’s set to leave some customers in the lurch. The end of Sprint’s 2.5 GHz 5G comes as T-Mobile opts to focus on

Study details the best materials for homemade COVID-19 face masks

SlashGear / 4h
Though mask supplies have slowly increased in the US, many people are still turning to homemade masks for their daily needs. Multiple mask style patterns are freely available online, but questions remain over which materials are ideal for slowing and, ideally, blocking the small respiratory droplets that carry the virus. A new study out of Florida Atlantic University used a … Continue reading

Verizon adds free Disney+, Hulu streaming to some Fios packages

100+Engadget / 5h
Verizon (Engadget's parent company) has launched a new deal to try to entice people to its Fios service. Building on the Disney+ promotion the telecom announced last year, new customers can get up to 12 months of Hulu free when they subscribe to Verizon’s more expensive home internet tiers. Currently, the company's $60 per month 400Mbps plan comes with six months of Hulu for free, in addition to

NY partygoers get subpoenas after stonewalling COVID-19 contact tracers

200+Ars Technica / 5h
Enlarge / This picture taken on April 5, 2019, shows nurses waiting for patients at the Rockland County Health Department in Haverstraw, Rockland County, New York, amid a measles outbreak. (credit: Getty | JOHANNES EISELE ) Test, isolate, trace, quarantine: these are the bedrock public health measures proven effective at stamping out an infectious disease before it flares to the point where the o

Senate Turns Shitty Orwellian Surveillance Bill Into Pointless Bill That Mostly Undermines Free Speech

200+Gizmodo / 5h
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted unanimously on Thursday to advance the EARN IT Act, a ruinous waste of bipartisanship that once threatened to destroy online platforms should they refuse to grant federal agencies unfettered access to the private communications of their users. The bill was designed to preclude… Read more...

Uber’s adds another director to its board: Flex CEO Revathi Advaithi

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Uber has a new, independent board member, shows a new SEC filing : CEO Revathi Advaithi of 51-year-old Flex, which is among the world’s largest electronic manufacturers and competes against Taiwan’s Foxconn Technology. Advaithi, a mechanical engineer who grew up in India with four sisters, was appointed to the top job in February of last year after spending roughly 10 years with the electronic ma

Here are the best gadgets of 2020 (so far)

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We're somehow more than halfway through 2020 and well, it's been a wild ride. While I thought the coronavirus outbreak would slow down product releases, it was actually the opposite. Let's just say there was no shortage of devices. In fact, I'm still working through a backlog of gadgets to review. But if there's anything this pandemic helped to solidify, it's that technology is crucial in helping

Ubisoft Announces Plans To Shake Up The Company’s All White Male Editorial Group

Ubisoft Ceo Editorial
300+Gizmodo / 5h
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot announced today in an email to employees that the game publisher will be revising the composition of its currently all white male Editorial Department which oversees creative decisions across all of its global studios. He also outlined other measures to try to address a recent wave of… Read more...

‘Westworld’ creators are developing a ‘Fallout’ TV series for Amazon

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200+TechCrunch / 5h
“Fallout,” the post-apocalyptic video game franchise published by Bethesda Softworks, is being turned into a TV series by Kilter Films, the production company of Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy. The series, which began in 1997, takes place in an alternate future with a retro tone, after a nuclear war has turned most of the world into a wasteland. The games have continued in the two decades since, mos

YouTube Will Let AI Suggest Replies to Video Comments

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Gizmodo / 5h
Google announced Wednesday that it had implemented its SmartReply system for YouTube creators, which will give those users access to suggested replies based on what someone has commented. Unlike the SmartReply system Google currently uses for Gmail, SmartReply on YouTube required some further tweaking because of the… Read more...

Pandora Brings Dark Mode to Android

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Good news, people who love dark mode and maybe Dark Side of the Moon. Pandora, the streaming service known for its intelligent radio-like platform, is rolling out dark mode to Android, starting today. But you’ll need to be on at least Android 10 to use it. Read This Article on Review Geek ›

GeForce NOW Adds More Games, Plus NVIDIA Freestyle Graphics Filters

NVIDIA GeForce GN 12
How-To Geek / 5h
NVIDIA continues to add weekly updates to its streaming games platform, GeForce NOW. In addition to a new crop of titles, this week’s update adds NVIDIA’s Freestyle filters. Freestyle is a set of post-processing graphics effects that the company offers on its graphics cards. It’s been described as “an Instagram filter for games,” and yeah, that sounds about right. Read This Article on Review Geek

Facebook's Lasso, a TikTok Clone, Meets Its Maker on July 10th

Facebook TikTok Lasso
25How-To Geek / 5h
Facebook is putting down Lasso on July 10th, according to notifications received by its users. Lasso, a blatant TikTok ripoff, failed to break into the mainstream and has less than 100,000 daily users in some markets. But Facebook still plans to launch Instagram Reels, another take on the TikTok format. Read This Article on Review Geek ›

PlayStation ditches Facebook and Instagram as boycott grows

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Sony’s PlayStation is the latest major company to ditch Facebook and Instagram, at least temporarily. The company has joined an ongoing boycott that will involve suspending advertisements on the platform during the month of July. In this case, PlayStation has confirmed that it will suspend all of its activity on both social media websites, including sharing non-paid content. Facebook is … Continu

Mozilla restarts Firefox 78 update after finding major bug

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Mozilla quickly released an updated version of Firefox 78 after a bug made it so that users couldn't access search engines.

Hamilton's hitting Disney+! Here are our top 5 moments

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That's right, "Hamilton" is hitting Disney+ on July 3rd and there's plenty to be excited about. Here are our top 5 favorite moments Read more... More about Mashable Video , Lin Manuel Miranda , Hamilton Musical , Broadway Musical , and Disney

Police roll up crime networks in Europe after infiltrating popular encrypted chat app

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Hundreds of alleged drug dealers and other criminals are in custody today after police in Europe infiltrated an encrypted chat system reportedly used by thousands to discuss illegal operations. The total failure of this ostensibly secure method of communication will likely have a chilling effect on the shadowy industry of crime-focused tech. “Operation Venetic” was reported by various police agen

Best of the nice internet in 2020, so far

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We're officially halfway through 2020 and it's, uh, not great, Bob ! Between the global pandemic and the massive social unrest, many of us are left anxious without much to do but...stare at our screens and become more anxious. In addition to being a hellscape, the internet is — thankfully — also always home to some wholesomeness, no matter what's going on IRL. Here's some niceness that'll keep yo

Amazon's Windows 10 Prime Video app brings offline viewing to PCs

100+Engadget / 6h
It's been a long wait, but Windows 10 users can finally download Amazon Prime Video to their computer. The UWP app’s most notable feature is that it allows you to download content for offline watching. That will be handy once it's safe to travel again. The settings menu includes three download quality presets: "Good," "Better" and "Best." With the highest quality setting, one hour of video takes

How to View 3D Dinosaurs in Your Own Home

400+Gizmodo / 6h
Remember when we told you that you could view 3D animals in your own home using Google and a smartphone? Well, now you can do the same thing with your favorite Jurassic World dinosaurs, such as the velociraptor above who visited my sun porch today. Read more...

American Airlines Bringing Back Snacks To 2.5 Hour Domestic First Class Flights

View from the Wing / 6h
When people (1) fly because they have to, and (2) don't have many competitive options because of reduced schedules, inflight product doesn't drive business. And airlines are looking to conserve cash. Even when business turns around, it'll take time for product to recover as carriers try to manage their debt burdens. In the near-term, airlines are restoring their schedules (somewhat) on domestic r

One Particular Spot on Earth Is Getting Colder Instead of Hotter

200+Futurism / 6h
Cold Shoulder Overall, the Earth is getting warmer at an ominous rate — which, according to an overwhelming majority of climate scientists , is probably a result of greenhouse gas emissions. That’s why it’s so interesting, as Mashable points out in a fascinating new story , that one spot in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean appears to be getting colder each year. The Blob A new paper in the journa

‘Covid Parties’ Are Not a Thing

7KWired / 6h
No, Alabama frat boys aren’t doing snot shots and betting on who can get sick first. Why does the media keep suggesting otherwise?

Comedian Jim Tews’ mountain landscape isn’t that bad — The Bob Ross Challenge

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In his return to painting, Jim Tews turns out one of the best paintings we have seen on The Bob Ross Challenge. Read more... More about Funny , Mashable Video , Podcast , Bob Ross , and Standup Comedy

Climate Change Threatens 60 Percent of the World’s Fish Species

200+Futurism / 6h
Slow Boil New research suggests that climate change threatens to wipe out significantly more species of fish than previously thought. If average global temperatures rise by five degrees Celsius — that’d be a global warming nightmare scenario — then New Scientist reports that 60 percent of all fish species could go extinct by the year 2100. It’s grim news, as previous studies predicted that fish w

The FDA says these hand sanitizers could kill you

FDA
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The US Food and Drug Administration has released a list of potentially fatal hand sanitizers, which if used could be toxic or worse. The COVID-19 crisis saw a rush on alcohol hand rub supplies, clearing store shelves as worried shoppers tried to find a backup for when traditional hand-washing with soap and water wasn’t available. Indeed, many companies not typically … Continue reading

Scientists drilled Antarctica’s largest ice shelf to get key climate data

SlashGear / 6h
As the climate warms, sea levels rise. This increase in water levels is caused by melting sea ice, something that includes melt that typically happens on the underside exposed to the ocean, at least when it comes to ice shelves. A new study has leveraged modern technologies to get new measurements from the center of the underside of Antarctica’s biggest … Continue reading

This $29 Smart Scale Connects With Lose It, My Favorite Weight Loss App

20Gizmodo / 6h
Health-o-Meter Lose It! Smart Scale | $29 | MorningSave Read more...

Wow: JetBlue Won’t Lay Off Any Pilots (At Least Through May 2021)

100+One Mile at a Time / 6h
JetBlue pilots have reached an agreement with management that just about any US airline employee would be happy with at this point… US airlines can lay off employees in October US airlines received around $50 billion worth of grants and loans through the CARES Act. This included payroll protection, whereby airlines had to agree to not involuntarily furlough any employees through at least Septembe

Facebook Confirms Ben Shapiro’s Daily Wire Has Been Very, Very Bad

27Gizmodo / 6h
Popular Information recently exposed how the Daily Wire, Ben Shapiro’s right-wing news aggregator, was able to get an unusually high engagement rate on Facebook, even though the website publishes far fewer articles than other major publications and does no original reporting of its own. Through a network of five large… Read more...

You Should Mute Your Smart Speaker's Mic More Often

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36Lifehacker / 6h
Does your voice assistant often seem a little too eager to chime in ? A recent study by Ruhr University Bochum and Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy found over 1,000 words and phrases that Alexa, Siri and Google Assistant frequently misidentified as activation commands (also known as “wake words”). Here are… Read more...

Goodbye to the Wild Wild Web

500+NYT > Technology / 6h
The internet is changing, and the freewheeling, anything-goes culture of social media is being replaced by something more accountable.

The TWA Hotel rooftop pool is now open — and rooms are 50% off the usual price

The Points Guy / 6h
Good news: Your favorite runway rooftop pool is now open for business. Yes, that’s right: The TWA Hotel ‘s Pool Bar at New York-JFK airport is back and better than ever, and it’s a great place to scratch your travel itch this summer. Want more insider travel secrets like this one? Stop what you’re doing and sign up for our daily newsletter . Since they’re limiting occupancy, only hotel guests wil

Boeing is ending production of the 747

200+The Points Guy / 6h
The last Boeing 747 will roll out of the Everett, Washington, plant in about two years, ending the more than five-decade production run of the legendary airplane known as the Queen of the Skies . It’s a momentous decision in the history of aviation: the airplane that made long-haul travel into a mass phenomenon is officially being terminated. According to Bloomberg News , which cited “wording cha

Walmart is turning some of its parking lots into drive-in theaters

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400+Engadget / 7h
Select Walmart parking lots around the US will soon be transformed into drive-in theaters, thanks to a partnership with the company behind the Tribeca Film Festival, according to The Hollywood Reporter . The “safe, socially distanced drive-in events,” as Walmart describes them on its website , will run from August through October at 160 locations across the country. The events will also feature “

Shiny Pokemon GO list leaked pre-GO Fest, with balloons!

SlashGear / 7h
A set of new Shiny Pokemon have appeared in the code for Pokemon GO, including a new floating Pikachu. There’ll be a set of celebratory Pokemon in the mix – all three starting Pokemon from Kanto will be ready to roll, in Shiny form, with Party hats. If you’re all about the most classic of Pokemon appearing in the game … Continue reading

NBA 2K21 will cost more on next-gen consoles – and you’ll have to pay to upgrade

NBA Kobe Bryant Mamba
SlashGear / 7h
With the end of the current console generation fast approaching, there are plenty of people wondering how publishers and developers will handle cross-generation games. On Xbox Series X, we’ll see Smart Delivery, a feature that lets customers buy a game on either Xbox One or Xbox Series X and own it on the other platform, but Microsoft isn’t forcing publishers … Continue reading

Fallout Is Getting a TV Show from the Team Behind Westworld

Bethesda Fallout Amazon
5KGizmodo / 7h
War may never change in the bleak, irradiated dystopia of the Fallout universe, but the way you’re going to experience it is: Amazon Studios is teaming up with Bethesda to bring the beloved RPG series to television, and it’s tapped the minds of Westworld to do so. Read more...

This $29 Smart Scale Connects With Lose It, My Favorite Weight Loss App

20Lifehacker / 7h
Health-o-Meter Lose It! Smart Scale | $29 | MorningSave Read more...

Velodyne becomes latest tech company to go public using a SPAC, eschewing the traditional IPO path

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Velodyne Lidar, the leading supplier of a sensor widely considered critical to the commercial deployment of autonomous vehicles, said Thursday it has struck a deal to merge with special-purpose acquisition company Graf Industrial Corp., with a market value of $1.8 billion. The company said it was able to raise $150 million in private investment in public equity, or PIPE, from new institutional in

PlayStation is the latest to join the Facebook ad boycott

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300+Engadget / 7h
Sony’s PlayStation brand is the latest to jump on board with other companies who have stopped running ads on Facebook and Instagram, reports GamesIndustry.biz. PlayStation is joining a host of other brands who’ve stopped running ads on the platforms to protest how the company handles hate speech and other hateful content. In a statement to GamesIndustry.biz , PlayStation said "In support of the #

The best apps for remembering that website you want to revisit

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Some people look to wipe their web history as soon as possible. (Can't have anyone stumble across those adult websites you visited!) But what if you're the opposite? What if you're looking to hold onto that history? Maybe you're trying to remember that really funny video you saw online but can’t remember what the heck it was called. You can’t find it online. Your browser history doesn’t go that f

Bizarre Medical Robot Grabs Your Face, Jabs You With a Nose Swab

100+Futurism / 7h
A team of engineers built a new robot that can automate one of the unsightlier parts of coronavirus medical work: jabbing a cotton swab as far as it can go up a patient’s nose. The robot, developed by the Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials (KIMM) under the Ministry of Science and ICT, braces itself against a patient’s face while a technician in the other room remote controls a disposable sw

Electronic waste levels hit a new high in 2019

TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 7h
The amount of e-waste grew by 21 percent over the last five years as more electronic devices are discarded instead of being recycled.

Cops Enter Oregon Coffee Shop, Prove to Be Absolute Assholes About Masks

2KGizmodo / 7h
It’s safe to say that white America’s general image of police officers has taken a bit of a nosedive. A role that some folks respected more than members of Congress just last year has, in the span of about a month or so, become one that they’re terrified of , if not actively fighting to abolish altogether . And rather… Read more...

BMW wants to sell subscriptions to in-car features

BMW Series Coupé Apple
1KEngadget / 7h
In an expansion of its ConnectedDrive Store , BMW wants to give owners of its cars the option to access specific hardware and software features through a subscription (via Autoblog ). BMW hasn't detailed exactly how the service will work, but the short version is that the automaker would offer select driver-assistance and comfort features in exchange for a reoccurring fee. All of the features the

Wait, Are We Going to Have Two Pandemics?

100+Lifehacker / 7h
Recently, headlines warned of a new flu virus with “pandemic potential,” based on a study of viruses on pig farms in China. There’s no need to immediately start freaking out, however: While it’s always a safe assumption there will be another pandemic someday , this one is not cause for concern just yet. Read more...

American will reduce staffing on flights to cut costs

100+The Points Guy / 7h
If you take a long-haul flight with American Airlines after Oct. 1, there will be fewer flight attendants on-hand to respond to your call button. In a memo to the airline’s employees distributed on Wednesday, Jill Surdek, American’s senior vice president of flight service said that the airline is expecting to have significantly more staff on the payroll than it needs to support its planned schedu

This leather is made out of cacti — Future Blink

48Mashable / 7h
Desserto was designed to change the world of leather by being made from cacti and being partially biodegradable. Read more... More about Mashable Video , Vegan , Leather , Environmental , and Future Blink

5G Was Going to Unite the World—Instead It’s Tearing Us Apart

100+Wired / 7h
Divisions over technical standards and the role of China’s Huawei are jeopardizing the rollout of superfast connections.

Full Pokemon GO Community Day July 2020 may cost you $1

21SlashGear / 7h
Today we’re taking a peek at July 2020’s Pokemon GO Community Day. This event will feature Gastly, a ghost type Pokemon that evolves into Haunter, then Gengar, one of the most powerful “glass cannon” Pokemon in the game. This Community Day will include a special Gengar that knows a move that cannot be learned at any other time! During the … Continue reading

This Zelda: Breath of the Wild Messenger Bag Holds a Nintendo Switch and All Your Accessories, Now $13 Off

21Gizmodo / 7h
PowerA Messenger Bag for Nintendo Switch (Zelda) | $27 | Amazon Read more...

Flash games site Kongregate will stop accepting submissions on July 22nd

Kongregate Flash Games
68Engadget / 8h
If you played Flash-based games in the 2000s, you probably remember Kongregate, a website that hosted over 100,000 browser games. Developers of any experience level could upload their creations, and users could find a host of oddball options that you weren’t likely to find elsewhere. Unfortunately, the site will soon take a step towards being more of an archive than an active part of the internet

This tiny cable can charge all of your devices — Future Blink

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The inCharge6 is designed for charging on the go and works like a Swiss knife. Read more... More about Tech , Iphone , Smartphone , Mashable Video , and Future Blink

Join Us For Today’s OMAAT Virtual Happy Hour!

500+One Mile at a Time / 8h
We’ll be changing our YouTube livestream format a bit, but hope you guys will be able to join us for tonight’s OMAAT virtual happy hour. OMAAT Virtual Happy Hour details We’ll be having our weekly OMAAT virtual happy hour this evening at 6:30PM Eastern (just follow this link and you can be reminded when we go live) and hope you guys can join us. This evening we’ll once again be joined by the one-

Can’t afford to fly to space? Settle for smelling like it

Eau de NASA Space
62Ars Technica / 8h
Enlarge / "Listen—do you smell something?" (credit: QAI Publishing ) If you ask a US Navy submariner the most visceral part of the underwater and underway experience, you'll get the same answer almost every time—it's the smell. "Eau de Boat," as we sailors called it, is a unique combination of diesel fuel, machine oil, laundry hamper, and flatulence. To the best of my knowledge, nobody's ever att

This New Olympus App Turns Your Camera Into a Webcam

Olympus OM 150-400Mm
Gizmodo / 8h
With so many people now video-conferencing while working from home, webcams have suddenly become hard to find—a number of top models are sold out or have seen massive price hikes. So to help make video calls a little easier to setup, today Olympus is introducing a new app that can turn your mirrorless camera into a… Read more...

I Don't Care How Great These OneDrive Improvements Are, I'm Not Using It

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Gizmodo / 8h
Microsoft has struggled to convince people to use its cloud storage service, OneDrive, for quite some time. Whether that’s because of the cost or the feature set is unclear—which storage service you choose comes down to your personal needs, and OneDrive may not do it for you, especially if you don’t use Microsoft… Read more...

Amazon Studios will turn Fallout games into an original TV show

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51SlashGear / 8h
Amazon Studios and Bethesda have announced a new collaboration that will result in an original TV series based on the Fallout games. An official teaser for the upcoming show has been released, with Bethesda stating that it has spent the past decade looking for the best way to bring the games to television. Bethesda Game Studios, Bethesda Softworks, and Kilter … Continue reading

Ubisoft’s Hyper Scape battle royale official: How to get into the technical test

Ubisoft Hyper Scape
SlashGear / 8h
Just as the leaks and teases foretold, today Ubisoft revealed Hyper Scape, a new FPS battle royale game that aims to tap into the success of Fortnite, PUBG, and Apex Legends. The game isn’t live for all just yet, but Ubisoft is running a technical test for Hyper Scape throughout the next week. In order to get into the technical … Continue reading

Don't Trust Your Hotel's COVID-19 Cleaning Policy

200+Lifehacker / 8h
Hotels are gross. There, I said it. It’s something we often forget about, especially if we’re staying at a place that’s a bit classier than the Schitt’s Creek Motel, but anywhere you sleep where 1) other people have slept and 2) someone else has to clean is invariably going to fail you. That’s just the way it is, and… Read more...

Court Says Facebook has Been Wiretapping for Years

3KFuturism / 8h
Opt Out After a nine-year-long legal battle, a federal court just ruled that Facebook’s ubiquitous online tracking could be considered a violation of anti-wiretapping laws. You know those little “like” widgets that seem to punctuate just about every website? They actually gather information about everyone who visits the site, whether they have a Facebook account or not, Gizmodo reports . That on

Heated seats as a service? BMW wants to sell car features on demand

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400+Ars Technica / 8h
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson ) I'm all too aware that connected cars aren't a popular topic around these parts, and that's unlikely to change with today's news. BMW is planning to move some features of its new cars to a subscription model, something it announced on Wednesday during a briefing for the press on the company's digital plans. It's not an entirely new idea to the auto industry—Tesla

This 5-App Bundle Can Help You Reach Your Goals

Futurism / 8h
Between thriving at work, reaching your fitness goals, and pursuing the zillion other ambitions you have, life can get pretty busy. And, finding the time to do all those things and get to bed at a reasonable hour can seem like a superhuman feat. The key is equipping yourself with the right tools and know-how to do those things smarter and faster. That’s where The Superhuman Lifetime Subscription

TikTok and Other Apps Are Secretly Reading Your Clipboard

300+Lifehacker / 8h
A new privacy feature in iOS 14 has exposed a number of popular apps and raised concerns about clipboard privacy. In the video above, I explain why this is concerning, but not something to panic about. Read more...

How to Successfully Start a New Job Remotely

100+Gizmodo / 8h
It’s hard to think of any professions that haven’t been impacted by the COVID-19 global pandemic. Whether you lost your job, transitioned to working from home or have had to follow new protocols as an essential worker, most people have seen significant changes in their work lives in the past few months. And while the… Read more...

Boeing Just Powered Up NASA’s Most Powerful Rocket Ever

500+Futurism / 8h
Power Up Boeing staff in Mississippi just powered up the core stage of the super-heavy-duty Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that it’s building for NASA, which is intended to launch huge amounts of hardware to be used in the upcoming Artemis missions to the Moon, and after that possibly Mars. “It’s very rewarding,” Boeing director Mark Nappi told Space.com of the test. “It’s the first time that t

Police infiltrate encrypted phones, arrest hundreds in organized crime bust

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Enlarge / It is not specified if Encrochat users were required to stand in silhouette or otherwise apply film-noir style lighting while using their encrypted phones to do crime. (credit: Catherine Falls Commercial | Getty Images ) Almost 750 individuals in the UK have been arrested so far after an international coalition of law enforcement agencies infiltrated an encrypted chat platform in which

In Effort to Curb Party Houses, Airbnb Is Barring Some Rentals for Users Under 25

Gizmodo / 8h
In order to stop enterprising young people from using rented Airbnb properties to throw absolute ragers in their region, the company has announced new booking rules for some people under 25. Read more...

Project M acquires punk rock satire site The Hard Times

1KTechCrunch / 8h
Matt Saincome knows that compared to many of the startup acquisitions that we write about on TechCrunch, selling a website for a little over $1 million (mostly cash, with a little stock) isn’t a huge deal. “But in the world of punk comedy media? Whoo boy!” he said. Saincome is happy to poke fun at himself — he is the co-founder and CEO of a satirical punk news website, after all — but he also sou

Some Computers and Cellphones From the '90s

21Gizmodo / 8h
Nostalgia for the ‘90s is rampant online. You can’t escape it. Old shows from the ‘90s are making their way back to streaming platforms. BuzzFeed has an entire tag dedicated to quizzes and listicles about how only ‘90s kids will remember shit from 30 years ago. Apparently, chokers, bucket hats, and claw clips are also… Read more...

Grab Eight AAA Panasonic Eneloop Batteries for $14

Gizmodo / 8h
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How to View 3D Dinosaurs in Your Own Home

400+Lifehacker / 8h
Remember when we told you that you could view 3D animals in your own home using Google and a smartphone? Well, now you can do the same thing with your favorite Jurassic World dinosaurs, such as the velociraptor above who visited my sun porch today. Read more...

Can't Sleep? White Noise Machines Start at $13, Today Only

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Federation of American Scientists Blasts American And United For Filling Middle Seats During COVID Crisis

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A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips. Continue reading ...

'The Office' hairstylist Kim Ferry shares stories from her 'best job ever'

100+Mashable / 8h
Superfans of The Office should know the name Kim Ferry. Ferry is one of the great celebrity hair stylists in the entertainment industry, and for eight seasons she worked as a member of The Office's hair and makeup crew. She's the woman who perfected Pam's signature curls, the person who had the honor of massaging peanut butter all over Steve Carell’s head in Season 4's "Night Out" episode , the m

How to Combine Points and Cash to Purchase Fares on JetBlue

50Lifehacker / 8h
One of the most nerve-wracking moments of booking travel is realizing you have accrued points with your airline, but not enough to get you where you want to go. As travel starts reopening, airlines are figuring out different ways to encourage travelers to book travel. Typically you’d have a choice between buying a… Read more...

Extra Crunch Live: Join Jason Green of Emergence Capital for a live Q&A on July 9 at 2 pm EDT/11 am PDT

92TechCrunch / 8h
2020 may feel so far like the year of living dangerously, but for many of us it has also been the year of working remotely. Led by the stick of COVID-19 rather than the carrot of the benefits of more flexible work life, a lot of organizations, and the people who power them, have only relatively recently started to get to grips with this concept. But some have had their finger on the pulse of clou

15 Movies That Will Make You Feel Like a Kid Again

77Gizmodo / 8h
Being an adult is hard nowadays. There’s the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic , further escalated by bad behavior and even worse policy decisions. Sometimes, you just need to go back to the days when things weren’t nearly as complicated—even if it’s only for a couple of hours. Here are 15 movies that will help make… Read more...

Tesla shocks market with Q2 2020 electric car numbers

Tesla Model Elon Musk
SlashGear / 8h
Tesla has surprised stock-watchers with unexpectedly impressive vehicle deliveries in Q2 2020, despite COVID-19 putting production on hold for at least part of the quarter. Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who has been an outspoken skeptic regarding the severity of the coronavirus pandemic, had pushed aggressively to reopen the facilities in California, at times finding himself at loggerheads with officials

Grab an excellent Razer Viper gaming mouse for a new low of $50

28Ars Technica / 8h
Enlarge (credit: Ars Technica) Today's Dealmaster is headlined by a new low price on the Razer Viper , one of our favorite wired gaming mice for most players. Originally retailing for $80, it's currently available for $50. This is $10 cheaper than its previous best price, which we've seen the device hit on multiple occasions. We recommended the Razer Viper in our tech-enthusiast gift guide last h

Back to the Future Transformer toy revealed: Gigawatt!

Transformers Gigawatt
100+SlashGear / 9h
Hasbro and Universal Brand Development collaborated to bring to life a true oddity. This is the Back to the Future branded Transformer called Gigawatt. Alongside the release of this transforming plastic toy, IDW will release at least one issue of a crossover Transformers x Back to the Future adventure, also in collaboration with Amblin Entertainment. If you’re a fan of … Continue reading

'Cyberpunk 2077' ditches its wall-running mechanic

100+Engadget / 9h
Cyberpunk 2077 will no longer have one of its more intriguing movement mechanics that have been showcased in demos over the last couple of years. CD Projekt Red says it has ditched the wall-running ability. "[Wall-running] is something that we removed due to design reasons, but there's still going to be a lot of flexibility in how you move, that's for sure,” level designer Max Pears told Gamereac

'Hyper Scape' brings satisfying parkour to the battle royale genre

Ubisoft Hyper Scape
21Mashable / 9h
Out of all the big battle royale games that have been released over the past few years, Hyper Scape is the most fluid. After playing a few hours of Hyper Scape during a closed preview on Tuesday ahead of the game’s reveal on Thursday, I was surprised not only with how easy the game was to grasp as a brand new player, but also with how the parkour-like traversal weaved into this futuristic, metrop

Google’s Fitbit buy sees serious advocacy resistance

Advocacy Google Fitbit EU
SlashGear / 9h
Advocacy groups in the United States and the European Union issued a statement on Wednesday rallying against Google’s acquisition of Fitbit. The statement was signed by twenty advocacy groups from countries around the world, primarily in the USA and Europe. Google currently has a bid in place to acquire the fitness wearable company Fitbit – but the deal’s not quite … Continue reading

For a 'free speech social network,' Parler isn't that free

100+Engadget / 9h
Twitter conservatives, long frustrated by the site’s supposed “anti-conservative bias” have a new platform of choice: Parler . The app, which bills itself as the “free speech social network,” has become a kind of social media haven for the right in recent weeks, thanks to high-profile endorsements from Republican lawmakers and other influential conservatives. The app was launched in 2018, but has

Time to Take an Epic Flight Over This Frozen Martian Crater

100+Gizmodo / 9h
Korolev crater on Mars—the largest ice skating rink in the solar system, basically—has never looked more enthralling than it does in this impressive new visualization. Read more...

Butter Your Corn the 'War Games' Way

100+Lifehacker / 9h
I have a summer tradition that involves yelling about raw corn on the internet . Raw corn is good and I think more people should eat it, so every summer I just start shouting and resharing this little blog I wrote a few years ago. This inevitably leads to a lot of corn discourse, and this year that included someone… Read more...

Let’s stop COVID-19 from undoing diversity gains

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Rachel Sheppard Contributor Rachel Sheppard is the director of global marketing at global pre-seed accelerator Founder Institute and co-founder of the Female Founder Initiative . Any disaster will have its harshest repercussions on people who were already marginalized. It’s unsurprising, then, that when it comes to jobs and businesses, the COVID-19 lockdown is impacting women and ethnic minoritie

College Kids Are Apparently Playing a Game Where They Try to Catch COVID

1KFuturism / 9h
The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 can be deadly, even to young people , with estimates of its overall mortality rate often hovering around one percent . But according to a city official in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, that isn’t stopping college students from arranging “COVID-19 parties.” She says that infected students attend the parties, which charge an entry fee, and then the first attendee to be d

TrickBot malware returns with some devious new tools

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The developers of the TrickBot malware have added a new feature which looks for lower screen resolutions on infected machines.

The Great Barrier Reef Is Bleaching—but These Striking Deep-Sea Coral Gardens Near It Are Hanging on

Gizmodo / 9h
The Great Barrier Reef has been having a rough year. Warm waters have led to record coral bleaching this year and could hasten the reef’s die-off. But while surface corals are suffering, nearly a mile beneath the surface, deep-sea corals near the Great Barrier Reef are thriving. Read more...

Undulating their bodies keeps flying snakes from tumbling out of control

200+Ars Technica / 9h
How flying snakes glide by swimming through the air. Flying snakes can glide as far as 78 feet (24 meters) without tumbling out of control because they undulate their bodies mid-flight, as if they were swimming through the air. This seems to be a specialized strategy to stabilize their flight rather than an evolutionary remnant of general snake behavior, according to a new paper in the journal Na

How to Successfully Start a New Job Remotely

100+Lifehacker / 9h
It’s hard to think of any professions that haven’t been impacted by the COVID-19 global pandemic. Whether you lost your job, transitioned to working from home or have had to follow new protocols as an essential worker, most people have seen significant changes in their work lives in the past few months. And while the… Read more...

Put the Broom Away and Grab a Refurbished Roomba 860 $200, Today Only

28Gizmodo / 9h
Roomba 860 (Refurbished) | $200 | Amazon Gold Box Read more...

Study: Horror Movie Fans Were Better Prepared For the Pandemic

2KFuturism / 9h
A team of psychologists sought out to learn who was coping well during the coronavirus pandemic, and found that an unusual group rose to the top: horror movie aficionados. Horror movie fans — and those who were deemed more “morbidly curious” by a personality test — seem to be less psychologically distressed by COVID-19, New Scientist reports . The study, which was shared online this week, doesn’t

The Umbrella Academy season 2: release date, trailer, cast and what we know

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What we know about The Umbrella Academy season 2, including its trailer and release date.

India’s richest man takes on Zoom

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India’s Reliance Jio Platforms, which recently concluded a $15.2 billion fundraise run , is ready to enter a new business: Video conferencing. On Thursday evening, the firm — backed by Mukesh Ambani, India’s richest man — formally launched JioMeet , its video-conference service that looks uncannily like Zoom. Like Zoom and Google Meet, JioMeet offers unlimited number of free calls in high definit

Your Federal Student Loan Servicer May Be Changing

100+Lifehacker / 9h
If you have federal student loans, you may know that while the government owns the loans, they enlist another company—a servicer—to handle the day to day business of collecting payments from borrowers. But soon, the way you pay your monthly student loan bill will be changing, and you may even find that you have a new… Read more...

Put the Broom Away and Grab a Refurbished Roomba 860 $200, Today Only

28Lifehacker / 9h
Roomba 860 (Refurbished) | $200 | Amazon Gold Box Read more...

House OKs $100B broadband plan with $50 monthly discounts for poor people

100+Ars Technica / 9h
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Bonilla1879 ) The US House of Representatives yesterday approved $100 billion worth of broadband funding as part of a $1.5 trillion infrastructure bill. The broadband portion is modeled on the Democrats' "universal fiber" plan we wrote about last week . The plan includes $80 billion in fiscal year 2021, money that the Federal Communications Commission would use to

Hilton Faces Lawsuit Over Hampton Inn Racism

56One Mile at a Time / 9h
A few days ago I posted about an incident that occurred at a Hampton Inn in North Carolina, where a Black family had the cops called on them for using the pool . Well, a lawsuit has just been filed over a Black family having the cops called on them at a Hampton Inn in North Carolina… except this is a different incident involving a different family. Basics of the Hampton Inn lawsuit A lawsuit has

345 flights, 218 award nights, 132 cities: How I spent 3 years as a global digital nomad

The Points Guy / 9h
Three years ago today, my husband JT and I left for a gap year. But, we didn’t return to our normal lives after one year . Instead, we continued traveling and working as digital nomads . Now, three years in, I’ve lived at 243 different addresses, slept in 39 countries and flown 684,152 miles. Granted, I’ve been grounded for over three months now due to coronavirus effectively halting travel. But,

Canon announces livestream for 'biggest product launch yet' – here's how to register

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Canon has announced a livestream of its 'biggest product launch yet', here's how to tune in.

Facebook Is Biased Against Black Workers, New Complaint Says

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100+Gizmodo / 9h
Facebook is facing new allegations of racial discrimination by an African American manager and two Black job applicants whose qualifications reportedly exceeded the requirements but were nevertheless rejected, according to the Washington Post. Read more...

Apple throws in another Mac Pro GPU configuration: The AMD Radeon Pro W5500X

Apple Radeon Mac Pro
48Ars Technica / 9h
The Mac Pro. [credit: Samuel Axon ] Apple has added a new GPU configuration option for its Mac Pro desktop tower: AMD's Radeon Pro 5500X. It's a mid-range pick amid the other configurations available on this machine. The W5500X adds $200 over the base config (which has the Radeon Pro 580X, the same found in some high-end iMacs) and comes with 8GB of GDDR6 memory. Other options include the Radeon

'Hyper Scape' brings fresh ideas to a crowded battle royale arena

Ubisoft Hyper Scape
65Engadget / 9h
Ubisoft is jumping into the battle royale arena with Hyper Scape, its futuristic, first-person take on the genre. You can try it on PC today as part of a technical test, as long as you’re lucky enough to receive a Twitch Drop (more on that in a bit). It’ll be available on PS4 and Xbox One at a later date. You can play solo (in a limited-time mode) or in teams of three, and there’ll be up to 100 p

2021 Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat is 710 horsepower of American SUV

SlashGear / 9h
Families in an extreme hurry have a new option, with the 2021 Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat promising 710 horsepower from the automaker’s now-legendary 6.2-liter V8. Though it may be bigger – and seat more – than a Challenger or Charger SRT Hellcat, this hefty SUV can definitely hustle. 0-60 mph comes in 3.5 seconds, Dodge says, while the quarter-mile takes … Continue reading

Animal Crossing: New Horizons just hit a very unexpected milestone

SlashGear / 9h
It’s no secret that Animal Crossing: New Horizons has been a big success for Nintendo. Not only is New Horizons the latest game in a long-running and much-loved series, but it also landed right around the time that many countries around the world were going into lock down and people were looking for things to help them pass the time. … Continue reading

You're Probably Using Sunscreen All Wrong

58Lifehacker / 10h
Nothing says summertime like going out in the sun and getting horribly burned, right? Wrong! Read more...

Fallout TV show announced from Amazon Prime and the Westworld creators

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Amazon Prime Video is teaming up with Bethesda and Westworld's creators for a Fallout TV series.

Harry Potter RPG release date, news and rumors

1KTechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 10h
We've gathered all the news and rumors surrounding the Harry Potter RPG.

Ford taps Disney Media Works to mark the return of the Bronco SUV

Disney Ford Bronco
100+TechCrunch / 10h
Ford is teaming up with Disney Media Networks to mark the return of its iconic Bronco SUV through a series of short films that will be broadcast across a number of cable and digital properties including ABC, ESPN, National Geographic and Hulu. The strategy — prompted by COVID-19 shutdowns — is a departure for Ford, which has traditionally revealed new vehicles at auto shows or other in-person med

Court Rules Facebook Widgets Can Be Considered Wiretaps

500+Gizmodo / 10h
For a long time, different people would typically give you different answers about which Silicon Valley giant is, definitively, The Worst. Recently though, Facebook seems to be the name that comes up first in a lot of people’s minds, for any number of reasons. Maybe it’s the way the company’s CEO just stood there … Read more...

RIP to the Google Pixel 3a, which is officially discontinued

Google Pixel 3A 4A
61Ars Technica / 10h
The Pixel 3A XL. [credit: Ron Amadeo ] Google is no longer selling cheap phones. At least, that's the temporary situation the company is in now, thanks to the (probably planned) discontinuation of the Pixel 3a and the (definitely unplanned) delays of its successor, the Pixel 4a. 9to5Google first noticed that the phone was pulled from the Google Store yesterday, and Google confirmed to several out

New ‘TV’ Is a Lot Like TV

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100+NYT > Technology / 10h
Home entertainment today isn’t all that different from the time of VHS tapes.

Apple launches an online portal for Apple Card account holders

Launches Apple Card
100+TechCrunch / 10h
Apple today has launched an online portal for its Apple Card credit card, allowing account holders to manage their balances, view statements, schedule payments and more. The portal, card.apple.com , will be particularly useful in case you lose or misplace your iPhone and need to manage your card or pay your bill. In the past, you would have had to contact Goldman Sachs directly to do so. The new

Economy class on the cheap: getting the best points deals with all three alliances

The Points Guy / 10h
At TPG, we paused traveling to help slow the spread of COVID-19. Local and federal governments around the globe are now debating the appropriate levels of isolation and distancing. Before booking that next trip, we recommend you talk to your doctor, follow health officials’ guidance and research local travel restrictions . TPG is continuing to publish deals, reviews and general travel news to inf

Dark Sky Won’t Be Disappearing From Android Just Yet

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Gizmodo / 10h
When news broke earlier this year that Apple had snapped up Dark Sky, the weather app said at the time that while the app would continue working for iOS users, it would be shut down for Android and Wear OS users and subscribers beginning July 1. Read more...

These 7 camping stoves are on sale just in time for your weekend trip

28Mashable / 10h
Everyone knows food tastes better when it's cooked outside . But despite what you might've learned as a Boy or Girl Scout, a campfire can be a complicated endeavor — it blows smoke in your face, its open flame doesn't always cook evenly, and it can be difficult to light and maintain in windy weather. (And then there's the issue of finding dry-enough firewood from a convenient local source — don't

Brie Larson takes the 'Hot Ones' challenge from the comfort of her own home

Mashable / 10h
The pandemic may have halted most TV and film production these past few months, but Hot Ones is making it work remotely. After kicking off season 12 with comedian Tom Segura last week, host Sean Evans walked actress Brie Larson through the hot sauce lineup from the comfort of their respective homes. While it's not the same as Evans sitting across from his guest to share wings, he still managed to

EARN IT Act amendments transfer the fight over Section 230 to the states

93Engadget / 10h
Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed an amended version of the EARN IT Act. The controversial legislation will now head to the full Senate floor for debate. While the amendments include substantial changes, groups like the ACLU and Free Press Action are still concerned about the ramifications the bill could have for freedom of speech and marginalized groups. On the surface, the EARN IT Ac

Plusnet and Shell Energy are dominating the world of cheap broadband deals

TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 10h
Plusnet and Shell Energy are leading the market for broadband deals with low prices and big rewards...but which is cheaper?

Lemonade and Accolade open sharply higher as public markets rally

200+TechCrunch / 10h
Despite today’s bucket of plus-and-minus economic data , stocks are heading higher in regular trading. And among the shares rising the most are today’s two venture-backed IPOs: Lemonade and Accolade. TechCrunch wrote this morning that the firms’ aggressive IPO pricing arcs boded well for the IPO market itself, that investors were willing to price growth-y shares of unprofitable companies with vig

The great stink in software pipelines

200+TechCrunch / 10h
Greg Law Contributor Greg Law is the co-founder and CTO at Undo.io , a software failure replay platform provider. It’s the summer of 1858. London. The River Thames is overflowing with the smell of human and industrial waste. The exceptionally hot summer months have exacerbated the problem. But this did not just happen overnight. Failure to upkeep an aging sewer system and a growing population tha

Cut out distractions with Sony noise-canceling headphones on sale

68Mashable / 10h
TL;DR: Buy the comfy Sony WH-CH700N wireless noise-canceling headphones on sale for $108 at Best Buy, as of July 2. It also comes with three free months of Tidal music streaming. While we might not spend any time soon in crowded offices or airplanes, there's still plenty of noise that can distract us while trying to focus at home. Noisy roommates or construction across the street is still a pain,

Best upcoming games 2020: the biggest games coming to console and PC

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We've put together a list of the best games coming to consoles and PC in 2020 and beyond.

This $14 Webcam is Perfect for Zoom Meetings

Gizmodo / 10h
Kingslim 720p Webcam | $14 | Amazon | Use code 6PF2T4RY Read more...

Tape Storage Could Soon Crush Hard Drives With 400TB Capacities

400+Gizmodo / 10h
If you’ve got a mountain of digital data to store but don’t necessarily need to access it every day, tape cartridges are the way to go. Twelve terabytes of storage will set you back about $100 these days, but in the coming years, Fujifilm believes it can push the technology to 400TB capacities in a single cartridge. Read more...

Doctors Find Brain Damage in Children With Mystery Syndrome Connected to Covid-19

1KGizmodo / 10h
New research this week describes some of the harrowing and possibly long-term neurological complications that can happen in children who develop a mysterious condition linked to covid-19. They can suffer everything from headaches to muscle weakness, along with visible signs of damage to the brain. Read more...

Best email service 2020: paid, free and business providers

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Our run-down of the best email service providers around today.

Berkeley’s Innovative Genomics Institute is rolling out a spit test for COVID-19 testing

200+TechCrunch / 10h
Scientists from the University of California, Berkeley, have begun trials of a new spit test for COVID-19 infections developed by the university’s Innovative Genomics Institute. Since the disease was first identified on U.S. shores, the Berkeley research institute led by the trailblazing CRISPR researcher Jennifer Doudna has worked tirelessly to bring innovative methods to diagnose and process vi

How to Clean Your Electric Waffle Maker

58Lifehacker / 10h
I have made an actual waffle in my waffle maker exactly once, but I have waffled many other foods, some of which were quite greasy , sticky , or otherwise aggressively messy . An electric waffle maker cannot be washed in the sink, and it’s not something you can just wipe down, thanks to its many grooves, valleys, and… Read more...

Pioneering CRISPR researcher Jennifer Doudna is coming to Disrupt

200+TechCrunch / 10h
Jennifer Doudna, a woman whose work has triggered the explosion in innovation in the field of synthetic biology and has given researchers around the world a way to program and reprogram the living world, will be speaking at Disrupt in September . From her positions as the Chancellor’s Chair Professor in the University of California, Berkeley’s Chemistry and Molecular and Cell Biology Departments

Are virtual concerts here to stay?

100+TechCrunch / 10h
The COVID-19 pandemic pushed the music industry to experiment seriously with virtual concerts. Historically, musicians and their managers have been careful about challenging the traditional concert model that became their main source of income as revenue from album sales disappeared. Is the current surge of virtual concerts here to stay or will it be abandoned as soon as large in-person gathering

artist-kmakovsky: The Muse of Poesie, 1886, Konstantin...

Music, Arts & Literature / 10h
artist-kmakovsky : The Muse of Poesie, 1886 , Konstantin Makovsky Medium: oil,canvas https://www.wikiart.org/en/konstantin-makovsky/the-muse-of-poesie

fordarkmornings: Details from The Language of Flowers,...

Music, Arts & Literature / 10h
fordarkmornings : Details from The Language of Flowers , 1885. George Dunlop Leslie (British, 1835–1921) Oil on canvas

Congrats, Humanity, We Trashed a Record Number of Electronics Last Year

300+Gizmodo / 11h
The world keeps producing more headphones, microwaves, laptops, air conditioners, and other pieces of electronics even as a record amount ends up as e-waste. A new report concluded that in 2019, humanity generated its highest ever total of e-waste globally, underscoring a rapidly growing problem. Read more...

Daily Crunch: Apple and Google block banned apps in India

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100+TechCrunch / 11h
Banned Chinese apps are beginning to disappear from India’s app stores, Palantir is raising more funding and Venmo starts testing Business Profiles. Here’s your Daily Crunch for July 2, 2020. 1. Apple and Google block dozens of Chinese apps in India Two days after India blocked 59 apps developed by Chinese firms, Google and Apple have started to comply with the government’s order and are preventi

Best e-commerce platforms in 2020: website software for an online store

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Do you launch your business on eBay or do you choose a dedicated e-commerce package? We help you decide.

Aeroflot Flying Passengers To U.S. And Europe Despite Russia’s COVID Travel Ban

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Aeroflot has been circumventing the Russian government’s ban on international passenger flights, according to media reports, by selling tickets to passengers on flights officially labeled as cargo-only. This has included "flights to New York, Paris, London, Frankfurt, Seoul and Tel Aviv since at least early June" according to airline sources. Continue reading ...

How to Host a 'Hamilton' Watch Party

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400+Gizmodo / 11h
Whether you were willing to wait for it or not, you’ll no longer have to after today: On July 3, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s revolutionary, Tony Award-winning Broadway musical blockbuster Hamilton is coming to Disney+ . I can’t think of a better way to kick off the Fourth of July weekend than by hosting a virtual Hamilton … Read more...

Facebook info sharing “issue”: Another reason to delete Facebook

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24SlashGear / 11h
This week Facebook admitted to wrongly sharing the personal data of thousands of app users with thousands of developers. The issue here isn’t as simple as Facebook selling your personal information to advertisers, or Facebook allowing political advertisers to publish inaccuracies and lies on their platforms. Instead, it’s more like a little mistake. A little mistake that lends more evidence … Con

2K breaks gaming’s de facto $60 ceiling, asks $70 for next-gen NBA 2K21

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100+Ars Technica / 11h
NBA 2K21 Enlarge / Artist's conception of consumer reactions to NBA 2K21 's $70 asking price. A new generation of video game consoles may come with a new standard price point for big-budget games. That's the impression 2K Games is giving, at least, with today's announcement that the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 versions of NBA 2K21 will come in at an MSRP of $69.99. That price point is $10 hig

To Find Out if Your Potential Boss Will Be Any Good, Ask This Question

100+Lifehacker / 11h
Job interviews are a delicate balance between selling yourself and your skills, while also evaluating the company and your potential new boss. As many people have found out, even if you land what you thought was your “dream job,” if you work for someone who turns out to be a terrible boss and/or manager, your… Read more...

Lowe's 4th of July sale 2020: 5 of the best appliance, home and tech deals

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Lowe's of 4th July sale can save you up to 40% off on a range of appliances, tools, furniture, and more.

Qatar Airways Makes Face Shields Mandatory (In Addition To Face Masks)

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Qatar Airways is currently one of the largest airlines in the world, as the airline has continued to operate throughout the pandemic, and has expanded its route network significantly in recent weeks. While the Doha-based airline already had safety protocols in place , some changes have been announced, including additional measures for passengers, and new uniforms for cabin crew. Let’s take a look

United improves onboard beverage service, trims Saks amenities

65The Points Guy / 11h
Earlier in the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. airlines began scaling back their service offerings , limiting alcoholic beverages in some cases, and eliminating inflight service entirely in others. This week, Delta announced that beer and wine would return on certain routes, and now United is expanding its alcohol service, including in economy on international flights. Sign up for the free daily TPG n

Facebook Axes TikTok Clone to Focus on Its Other TikTok Clone

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Cue up “Mad World” and reflect on the folly of having more money than sense: Facebook confirmed today that it’s shitcanning Lasso and Hobbi, two sad products you’ve probably never heard of. Read more...

Send Help, I Can't Stop Acquiring Babies Yoda

3KGizmodo / 11h
Hello. My name is James. I am ostensibly an adult. And, like The Mandalorian ’s Din Djarin before me , I am the proud adoptive father of Baby Yoda. And Baby Yoda. And the other Baby Yoda. In fact, I have seven of them so far and have no intention of stopping. Read more...

iPhone 11 deals: this Three plan comes with 100GB of data at a market-leading price

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Score this iPhone 11 deal with a large 100GB of data package at an excellent price point. One of the best iPhone deals around.

Silicon Valley Educators Quarantine After In-Person Meeting About Schools Reopening

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At least 40 school administrators in Santa Clara County, California—the heart of Silicon Valley—have been forced to self-quarantine following an in-person meeting last month attended by someone who later tested positive for covid-19. Ironically, the subject of the meeting was how to safely reopen K-12 schools in the… Read more...

I Built These DIY Squat Stands and They Actually Work

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I’ve got a barbell, but for the first three months of pandemic life I had no place to put it except on the ground. That’s fine if you want to deadlift, or do olympic lifts, or pick it up and curl it or press it. And I did all of those. But you can’t squat without a rack. Read more...

Tesla Is Now Worth More Than ExxonMobil

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Just a few years ago, electric cars were a niche market, and it was difficult to imagine how they could ever go truly mainstream. Now, in a striking reversal, the market valuation of electric automaker Tesla now exceeds that of ExxonMobil, one of the planet’s largest fossil fuel megacorporations. CNN drew attention to the turnabout in a story drawing attention to Tesla’s meteoric stock price, whi

Virgin Galactic will livestream its SpaceShipTwo cabin reveal on July 28th

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We’ve seen photos of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo in flight , and we know what its Under Armour spacesuits will look like. Next, Virgin Galactic will offer a glimpse of the spaceship’s cabin. On July 28th, at 1pm ET, the company will host a live-streamed unveiling of the cabin, complete with a virtual walkthrough. According to Virgin Galactic, the cabin interior is “the design centerpiece” of t

Get things done hands-free with a Google Nest Hub Smart Display

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TL;DR: Take control of your day without lifting a finger with the Google Nest Hub Smart Display for $89.99 at Lowe's a $40 savings. (But hurry: This sale only lasts through July 2.) If you are slowly but surely tranforming your house into a smart home, it won't really be complete without some help from Google . They've grown to master much more than just the search bar and are bringing us helpful

Get your pitchdeck critiqued by Accel’s Amy Saper and Bessemer’s Talia Goldberg at Early Stage

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The art of the pitchdeck. Few things are more critical to the success of startups seeding capital. And make no mistake, it is an art. At TechCrunch Early Stage, our two-day virtual event focused on giving entrepreneurs all the resources they need to build incredible, high-growth early stage companies, we have plenty of content dedicated to the pitchdeck. From a session on how to think like a PM f

NVIDIA brings its Instagram-style game filters to GeForce Now

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72Engadget / 11h
The next time you fire up NVIDIA’s GeForce Now , you’ll be able to drastically change up the look of whatever game you’re playing. The company is rolling out its Freestyle tech across the service, through which players can slap Instagram-style filters onto their games . NVIDIA is integrating the tech at driver level for what it says is “seamless compatibility” with a long list of supported titles

How to Know if Someone Blocked You on WhatsApp

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If you’re sending someone WhatsApp messages, but you’re not getting any replies, you might be wondering if you’ve been blocked. Well, WhatsApp doesn’t come outright and say it, but there are a couple of ways to figure it out. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›

Walmart Will Open Drive-In Theaters in Its Parking Lots This Summer

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With the ongoing pandemic, heading to the movie theater may seem like a risky proposition. Drive-in theaters are the perfect solution, except that they’re a rare beast to find. That may change, though, as Walmart plans to open up drive-in theaters in its parking lots. Read This Article on Review Geek ›

Dark Sky Delays Shutting Down Android App Until August 1st

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27How-To Geek / 11h
Earlier this year, Apple bought the Dark Sky weather app and announced that it would shut down Dark Sky for Android on July 1st. But in a surprise blog post, Dark Sky announced that its Android and Wear OS apps will continue working until August 1st. Read This Article on Review Geek ›

Google Ends Sales of the Pixel 3a and 3a XL as Fans Look Forward

How-To Geek / 11h
The Pixel 3a and its bigger variant the 3a XL have been a smash hit for Google, overshadowing the earlier and less budget-friendly Pixel 3. Yesterday Google stopped selling the phones on its official store, and confirmed to Android Police that both of them are out of production. It’s been just over a year since they were first sold. Read This Article on Review Geek ›

This CPSC's 2020 Fireworks Safety Video Is like a Wacky 1980s Montage

How-To Geek / 11h
Look, fireworks safety is important and we really do hope you make it to next week with all your fingers. But if you don’t, at least wear a GoPro like these fireworks crash test dummies. Read This Article on LifeSavvy ›

The Pixel 3a Is Dead

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60Gizmodo / 11h
The Pixel 3a has been one of our favorite phones over the past year, but it seems its time has come to an end as Google has confirmed that the Pixel 3a has been officially discontinued. Read more...

Watch 'Hamilton' on Disney+ with one of these smart TVs on sale

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The Cubii Pro seated elliptical is on sale for the first time in a while

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56Mashable / 12h
TL;DR: As of July 2, the Cubii Pro seated elliptical is only $299, a savings of $50. Home fitness equipment has been in fiercely high demand since gyms have been closed. But for folks whose home workouts only need to replace staircases at the office, battling other online customers for the last $1,000 rowing machine probably isn't a priority. Seated ellipticals keep you moving and working muscles

Siberian Fires Have Released a Record Amount of Carbon This Year

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The wildfire crisis in Siberia continues unabated. This year’s blazes have smashed records, including the northernmost fires on record and the highest total of Siberian carbon emissions. If you want to know what a climate emergency looks like, this is it. Read more...

Share your favorite memories of the original Walkman

100+Engadget / 12h
This week marks the 41st anniversary of the very first Walkman: the TPS-L2, a metal-cased, blue-and-silver box that sold more than 30,000 units in the first two months of its release. It led the way for Sony to sell over 200 million cassette-based players by the time production ended in 2010 . I can still recall my dad’s horror at seeing me pack a full box of cassette tapes into the car for a roa

How to Safely Take Kids to the Playground

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I cannot tell you that by going to a playground right now, you or your child aren’t exposing yourselves to at least some risk of contracting COVID-19. But I see you out there, parents of little kids who are desperate to get them out of the house and burn off some of their energy . If you’ve been debating whether or not … Read more...

American Airlines Has 20K+ More Employees Than It Needs

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It looks like a lot of American Airlines employees may be furloughed come October 1… Airline employees may be laid off come October 1 This is going to be a tough fall for airline employees. The CARES Act has provided US airlines with around $50 billion in support. Part of this funding includes payroll protection, and a condition of that has been that airlines can’t involuntarily furlough any empl

My Friend Died From This. How Can You Take This So Lightly?

1KGizmodo / 12h
Are you a frontline worker dealing with new stresses or irresponsible management? Is working (or not working) from home starting to take a psychological toll? How are you coping with reopening? Submit a story using this Google form or send me an email with the subject line “My Covid Story” and provide as … Read more...

A ‘Viral’ New Bird Song in Canada Is Causing Sparrows to Change Their Tune

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2KGizmodo / 12h
A new bird song is spreading like wildfire among Canadian white-throated sparrows, at a scale not seen before by scientists. Read more...

Drown Out the Noise in Your Home Office With 77% off These Noise-Cancelling Headphones From Audio-Technica

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Audio-Technica ANC Wired Headphones ATH-ANC9 | $45 | Newegg Read more...

Transformers and 'Back to the Future' collide in a new toy and comic crossover

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Back to the Future turns 35 on July 3. And as part of the celebration, we're getting an epic crossover. There's a new Transformers action figure coming, appropriately named Gigawatt , and its vehicle form is none other than Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown's flying DeLorean time machine. There are some fun details on this thing, so let's take a closer look. Image: hasbo Image: Hasbro In the image on the le

Motorola Razr 5G release date level leak drops all specs

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SlashGear / 12h
The second-generation Motorola Razr (with foldable display) was leaked in a big way this week in a set of insider tips that essentially spill all the beans. The Motorola Razr 5G, as it’s expected to be called, will come in at least one color: Mercury Silver – with a 6.2-inch display inside. This device will likely be launched with a … Continue reading

MIT Takes Down Popular AI Dataset Due to Racist, Misogynistic Content

300+Gizmodo / 12h
Earlier this week, MIT permanently pulled its 80 Million Tiny Images dataset—a popular image database used to train machine learning systems to identify people and objects in an environment. The reason? It used racist, misogynistic, and other offensive terms to label photos. Read more...

Why I flip-flopped on opposing remote work

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David Cancel Contributor David Cancel, a five-time entrepreneur and author of the book "Conversational Marketing," is CEO and founder of Drift . More posts by this contributor Video and messaging enable remote work. But is it right for your company? 3 key secrets to building extraordinary teams Most people would agree that a chief revenue officer is a pretty significant hire, but I have yet to me

European police hacked encrypted phones used by thousands of criminals

100+Engadget / 12h
In one of the largest law enforcement busts ever, European police and crime agencies hacked an encrypted communications platform used by thousands of criminals and drug traffickers. By infiltrating the platform, Encrochat, police across Europe gained access to a hundred million encrypted messages. In the UK, those messages helped officials arrest 746 suspects, seize £54 million (about $67 million

Video game loot boxes now in the UK crosshairs

SlashGear / 12h
Loot boxes have been in the news a lot in recent years, as the controversial form of in-game monetization has come under fire from pretty much all sides. For a lot of people, EA’s Star Wars: Battlefront 2 seemed to be the tipping point when it launched at the tail end of 2017 with overreaching loot boxes, prompting multiple governments … Continue reading

Venmo targets small and micro businesses with new payment service

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Mobile payments giant Venmo reveals new service allowing smaller businesses to beef up their presence online.

Microsoft is finally making one of Windows 10’s most unloved features actually useful

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If you use Windows 10, you’ve probably felt forced to use OneDrive, its cloud storage feature, However, Microsoft has now tweaked it to make you actually want to use it.

Facebook discovers it shared user data with at least 5,000 app developers after a cutoff date

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400+TechCrunch / 12h
Facebook says it accidentally allowed around 5,000 developers to access data from their app’s inactive users, even though that access should have been cut off. The company explained on Wednesday it recently discovered an issue that had allowed app developers to continue receiving this information beyond the 90 days of inactivity that is meant to cut off data access until the user returns to the a

MIT Deletes Database That Taught AI to Be Racist, Sexist

500+Futurism / 12h
Data Regression A machine learning algorithm is only as good as the data it’s trained on. Unfortunately, a massive and popular training dataset from MIT taught a bunch of algorithms to use racist and misogynistic slurs. MIT just took down the offending database, 80 Million Tiny Images, for some much-needed sanitation, The Register reports . The dataset has been used to train image-recognition AI

OnePlus launches a series of affordable smart TVs in India

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OnePlus has finally unveiled its next range of TVs in India, delivering on the promise of affordable smart TVs.

4th of July deal alert: Sony's noise canceling headphones get a $92 price cut at Best Buy

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The Sony WH-CH700N noise canceling headphones get a $92 price cut at Best Buy's 4th of July sale.

Is Spotify Duo Premium Worth It?

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56Lifehacker / 12h
My girlfriend and I share a single account for every subscription service we use. Most of these services are cool with us using the same account simultaneously, but a few of them aren’t. Spotify used to be one of those more restrictive apps, but the company has just added a new “Premium Duo” subscription plan for US… Read more...

Getting a coronavirus test for travel sounds great — but here, it’s virtually impossible

The Points Guy / 12h
The good news for those of us in the U.S. is that even though we really aren’t included in any international “travel bubbles” right now, there are still a number of countries we can visit if we pack a negative coronavirus test taken within the last 72 hours. In fact, that’s precisely how TPG’s founder and CEO, Brian Kelly , recently pulled off a weekend getaway to Antigua with no quarantine . But

Walmart partners with Tribeca to turn 160 store parking lots into drive-in theaters

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500+TechCrunch / 12h
Just ahead of the Fourth of July weekend, Walmart announced a partnership with Tribeca Enterprises (most notably the purveyors of the film festival of the same name) that’s set to convert 160 store locations into makeshift drive-in movie theaters. The move is an extension of the existing Tribeca-led Drive-In program that has already announced events for a handful of cities, including Los Angeles,

QuestDB nabs $2.3M seed to build open source time series database

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QuestDB , a member of the Y Combinator summer 2020 cohort, is building an open source time series database with speed top of mind. Today the startup announced a $2.3 million seed round. Episode1 Ventures led the round with assistance from Seedcamp, 7percent Ventures, YCombinator, Kima Ventures and several unnamed angel investors. The database was originally conceived in 2013 when current CTO Vlad

How to Use Safari Private Browsing on an iPhone or iPad

40How-To Geek / 12h
Sometimes, you’d like to check a website without leaving a record of it on your iPhone or iPad. Luckily, Safari includes a Private Browsing mode just for this purpose. Here’s how to use it. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›

Logitech G915 TKL Review: Skinny but Solid

28How-To Geek / 12h
It’s been about 10 months since the original Logitech G915 was released, and it’s been positively received since then for its impressive low-profile design, dedicated media controls, and incorporation of Logitech’s “Lightspeed” wireless tech. Logitech’s back at it again with the G915 TKL—a tenkeyless version of the G915. This compact and thin board seems ideal for those with limited desk space, b

Get a free Nest Hub when you buy a Nest Hub Max

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A July 4th sale makes it tempting to outfit your home with Google smart displays. Best Buy , Home Depot and B&H Photo will throw in a free Nest Hub when you buy a Nest Hub Max for $229. That means you’ll pay $229 for a bundle valued at about $318, which is a great discount on two of Google’s most capable smart displays. Buy Nest Hub Max bundle at Best Buy - $229 Buy Nest Hub Max bundle at Home De

Zuckerberg: Advertisers will be back to Facebook 'soon enough'

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Facebook's chief dismisses claims in leaked comments that the ads boycott poses a financial threat.