Security Robot Takes Its Own Life in DC Fountain Tragedy

Life became too painful for one of a handful of Knightscope K5 security robots today. It tragically took its own life in a DC water fountain, possibly thwarted from rescuing itself by its inability to navigate stairs or lift its own body. The post Security Robot Takes Its Own Lif … | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 7 years ago

Drohne überholt Formula-E-Flitzer - und stürzt ab

Dieses Rennen war als besondere Show-Einlage des Formula-E-Events in New York gedacht und ein Spektakel wurde den Zuschauern auch tatsächlich geboten, wenn auch ein unerwartetes: Das Rennen zwischen einem Formula-E-Rennwagen und der Renndrohne... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 7 years ago

SpotHero raises $30 million to help drivers find garages, lots, and valets

Parking inventory and booking startup SpotHero announced it has raised $30 million in a series C round of funding from investors such as Insight Venture Partners, Global Founders Capital, and Autotech Ventures. Founded out of Chicago in 2011, SpotHero offers an online platform th … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Your Favorite Jane Austen Lines

“There are too many favourites,” begins the very first response to my callout for favorite Jane Austen lines, from Gillian in Ontario. Readers shared an admirable assortment of them: wisecracks and ironic turns of phrase, expressions of affection, assertions of independence and s … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

Samsung Galaxy Note 8 launching late August, on sale September, confirms CEO

Samsung mobile chief DJ Koh confirmed the availability details at a recent event in Taiwan. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 7 years ago

Donald Trump and the Danger of 'Adhocracy'

“His favorite technique was to keep grants of authority incomplete, jurisdictions uncertain, charters overlapping. The result of this competitive theory of administration was often confusion and exasperation on the operating level.”You could be forgiven for assuming this comment … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

easyMINE: The First Intelligent Mine Management Platform

Managing a cryptocurrency mine is a complex and time-consuming endeavor. To ensure profitability, a delicate balance of performance, stability, and energy consumption must be maintained—a task which requires careful optimization of dozens of operating parameters. Thanks to easyMI … | Continue reading


@newsbtc.com | 7 years ago

Amazon is already selling some prepared ‘Amazon Meal Kits’

 Based just on trademark filings and reported plans, Amazon’s potential entry into the prepared meal kit market has had a significant impact on freshly-IPO’d Blue Apron’s stock price. Now, however, we know that Amazon is actually already testing its own “Amazon Meal Kits,” thanks … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Google Glass gets a second chance in factories, where it’s likely to remain

Google Glass, the smart heads-up display and camera that was supposed to become everyone’s next portable computer, isn’t dead. It’s gotten a job — multiple jobs, in fact. The second iteration of Google Glass has been tested and deployed across many factories in the United States … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

A Loft-Style House With an Interior Space That Feels Light, Airy and Spacious

A loft-style house designed by the architects for their own family, this budget-sensitive human-scaled project wove together the architects | Continue reading


@homeworlddesign.com | 7 years ago

Gallery view

How Artsy finally convinced galleries to sell fine art online Continue reading… | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

House GOP Budget Plan Cuts Medicare and Social Security

On Tuesday, House Republicans released a budget plan that would make cuts to Medicare and Social Security, despite President Trump’s pledge to keep entitlement programs intact.The proposal calls for more than $200 billion in cuts to mandatory programs. It also attempts to move ta … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

How 3D-Printing, Robotics and Mixed Reality created this HoloLens art piece

Transformation Mask is an experiential sculpture piece that brings art and technology together as it morphs from bird mask to human-merged-with-machine. It’s the result of a collaboration between Canadian artist Shawn Hunt and Microsoft Vancouver’s in-house maker space, The Garag … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago

The Summer of Misreading Thucydides

This year is the 50th anniversary of the “Summer of Love,” those months in 1967 when a hundred thousand hippies convened in Haight-Ashbury. Flower children held a Human Be-In in Golden Gate Park, and Timothy Leary coined the phrase “turn on, tune in, drop out.” It was the heyday … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

Syte.ai, a visual search startup just for fashion, closes $8M Series A

 Syte.ai, a visual search startup focused on fashion products, announced that it has raised an $8 million Series A. The lead investor is NHN Ventures (the investment arm of Korean internet services giant NHN), with participation from Naver Corp., messaging app Line Corp., Magma V … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

How Graphic Design Can Impact Your Business

Graphic design is an art that can be smartly used to influence customers and extract monitory benefits. | Continue reading


@orchestrate.com | 7 years ago

Will the U.S. Return Russia's Diplomatic Compounds?

Russia said two Russian diplomatic compounds in New York and Maryland seized by the Obama administration in retaliation for Moscow’s interference in the 2016 election are no closer to being returned after talks Monday in Washington—and warned of a strong response.“We came up with … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

Taavet Hinrikus hands over CEO reins TransferWise to cofounder Kristo Kaarmann

 A changing of the guard at TransferWise, the unicorn startup based out of London that specialises in providing money-transfer services, typically with better rates than banks and other incumbent providers. The company’s CEO and co-founder Taavet Hinrikus announced that he is ste … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Self-driving truck startup Embark raises $15M, partners with Peterbilt

 Self-driving trucking startup Embark has raised $15 million in Series A financing, the company announced on Tuesday. Embark first broke cover back in February, when it revealed trucks equipped with its neural net-based deep learning approach to autonomous trucking. The startup’s … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Daimler's €100 Million Ethereum Bond Is Bigger Than Mercedes-Benz

Daimler AG's blockchain-based "Schuldschein" bond signals the first step in a much larger plan to explore the technology.Source | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 7 years ago

Doggie DNA startup Embark raises $4.5 million in seed to find your puppy’s breed

 Ever wanted to know the genetic mix of your mutt? Embark, a doggie DNA startup has raised $4.5 million in seed to expand its offering of genetic kits for your pup’s pedigree. Embark launched in Austin, Texas two years ago with its “Embark Dog DNA Test Kit” that tell dog owners t … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Float0: Videos Bild für Bild im AR-Raum aufgehangen

Dan Monaghan entwickelt gerade eine iOS-App, die Fotos aufnimmt und dort lässt, wo sie aufgenommen wurden. Nimmt man mit ihr ein Video auf und bewegt sich durch den Raum, kann man durch sie hindurch die einzelnen Frames des Videos in einem Augmented-Reality-Modus... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 7 years ago

Xiaomi Mi 5X to be revealed on July 26 along with MIUI 9

The Xiaomi Mi 5X will feature a dual-camera setup, a metal body, and run Android Nougat with the new MIUI 9 user interface on top. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 7 years ago

Watch: We followed real world coordinates we found in Get Even

Recently I had some minor surgery done and should, by rights, have been resting. Instead of doing that though, I couldn't stop obsessing over some map coordinates I found hidden in Get Even.Out of a handful of fake coordinates listed in the game this one specific coordinate point … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Global: HBO creates Ballers pop-up shop in LA

To mark the new season of HBO's comedy programme Ballers, the brand will open a fashion-focused pop-up store in Los Angeles, California. | Continue reading


@eventmagazine.co.uk | 7 years ago

OnePlus 5 bug reportedly reboots your phone anytime you try calling 911

You might have difficulties getting through to the 911 emergency hotline if you happen to use the all-new OnePlus 5 as your daily drive. Concerned OnePlus 5 owners are flocking to Reddit to report a troubling glitch that is causing their devices to abruptly reboot anytime they ca … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago

Sportello del Cittadino a Palazzo Leonetti Luparini – Le agevolazioni per l’accesso allo sportello

Da oggi, martedì 18 luglio, lo sportello del Cittadino è ospitato a Palazzo Leonetti Luparini, nel cuore del centro storico di Spoleto, sotto la nuova denominazione Centro Servizi al cittadino (fornisce attività di servizi demografici, certificazioni, cambi di indirizzo e immigra … | Continue reading


@comunespoleto.gov.it | 7 years ago

Intel May Respond to AMD Ryzen With Six-Core i5, i7 CPUs

New rumors indicate Intel will respond to AMD in the consumer space, possibly with new Core i7 and i5 offerings that add six-core CPUs to Intel's desktop lines.The post Intel May Respond to AMD Ryzen With Six-Core i5, i7 CPUs appeared first on ExtremeTech. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 7 years ago

NewStore raises $50 million for mobile commerce

 Demandware founder Stephen Schambach has moved on to his next startup and investors are betting $50 million. NewStore, an enterprise platform for mobile commerce, has raised a Series B from Activant Capital, General Catalyst and Schambach’s own money. The company previously rais … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

After relaunching its accounting platform, FreshBooks has raised another $43 million

 For a decade and a half, FreshBooks has worked to establish itself as one of the most popular accounting software platforms for small businesses and the self-employed around the world. To accelerate growth, the company has raised $43 million in Series B funding led by existing i … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Why I love PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds despite hating online shooters

If ever there were any doubt that PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is one of the biggest hits of the year, some new numbers last night confirmed it. The breakout shooter reached number 4 in Steam’s ranking of most concurrent players ever, its figure of 382,561 beating out Grand Thef … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

This Australian Breakfast Is “Like Sucking Mucus Out of a Corpse” AND IT’S NOT EVEN VEGEMITE

Weet-Bix in Sydney I have vague memories of an ad campaign that ran during the lead-up to the Sydney Olympics. Buffed and toothy athletes in their green-and-gold tracksuits stood, backdropped by an Australian flag, talking about how many Weet-Bix they ate each morning. “Five,” br … | Continue reading


@roadsandkingdoms.com | 7 years ago

Xiaomi’s tablet-sized Mi-Max 2 desperately wants to be a phone

I simply don’t get Xiaomi’s sales pitch for its Mi Max 2 – a 6.44-inch successor to its well-received ‘phablet’ from last year – in which it’s billed as a handset for just about anyone who wants great battery life. That last bit might be true, but why you’d want to use a larger-t … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago

Autonome Kunst im MoMA PS1

Läuft schon ein bisschen, aber weil es hier noch nicht erwähnt wurde: Im Museum of Modern Art läuft noch bis Ende September Emissaries: Eine sich weiterentwickelnde virtuelle Welt, die sich selbst spielt wie ein Computerspiel.Technisch... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 7 years ago

Why It's a Bad Idea to Tell Students Words Are Violence

Of all the ideas percolating on college campuses these days, the most dangerous one might be that speech is sometimes violence. We’re not talking about verbal threats of violence, which are used to coerce and intimidate, and which are illegal and not protected by the First Amendm … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

Brink dev Splash Damage making games in the "Wargaming universe"

UK developer Splash Damage is working on multiplayer games for World of Tanks maker Wargaming.Splash Damage, developer of Brink, Dirty Bomb, the multiplayer portion of Batman: Arkham Oranges and parts of Gears of War: Ultimate Edition and Gears of War 4, is developing games in "t … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

ObEN raises $5M from Tencent to create AI celebrities for AR

 The worlds of VR and AR may deeply change how we interact with computers but it may also change how we follow celebrities as well. ObEN, which uses artificial intelligence-powered tools to create avatars that look and sound like the real deal, announced today that it has raised … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

A Chinese Bitcoin Tycoon and His Record-Breaking ICO

An initial coin offering led by noted bitcoin investor Li Xiaolai has set a record in China, but has also received criticisms.Source | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 7 years ago

Samsung Galaxy Note 8 is coming sooner than you think

We already sort of knew, but now we really know: Samsung will launch its next flagship, the Samsung Galaxy Note 8, in late August. According to ePrice, Samsung Mobile chief DJ Koh recently confirmed as much at a meeting with journalists in Taiwan, saying the announcement will com … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 7 years ago

The Atlantic Promotes Matt Thompson to Executive Editor and Adrienne LaFrance to Editor of TheAtlantic.com

The Atlantic announced today the promotions of Matt Thompson and Adrienne LaFrance to two of the company’s top editorial positions. Matt Thompson, the deputy editor of TheAtlantic.com, moves into a new role as executive editor overseeing all cross-platform projects, and staff wri … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

How To Use Fiverr to Make Money Online?

Want to know the way to make money through the Fiverr? Well, here I am with this article to show you an easy way to make money using Fiverr. | Continue reading


@bforblogging.com | 7 years ago

Google Play Music on Android is now playable from search results

Google Play Music is debuting a useful feature in its Android app that lets you play music straight from search results. The update spotted by 9to5Google comes several months after the same feature rolled out on Play Music’s web interface, and appears to be enabled server side — … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

John McAfee Claims one Bitcoin Will be Worth US$500,000 in Three Years

Price predictions in the Bitcoin world are always rather interesting. Especially considering how the price turned very bearish over the weekend. It now appears the Bitcoin price is slowly rebounding, which is a positive sign. John McAfee feels one Bitcoin can become worth as much … | Continue reading


@newsbtc.com | 7 years ago

4 Marketing Lessons I Learned from Building a Bustling Baseball Fan Community

Creating genuine engagement is a daunting proposition. One content marketer found valuable community-building tips in his baseball blogging passion project. | Continue reading


@toprankblog.com | 7 years ago

Google Home and Google Wifi launching in Australia in two days

Both devices will go on sale for AUD$199, and the Google Home will even include some Australia-specific surprises. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 7 years ago

Blade Runner 2049: Neuer Trailer, alte Probleme

Der zweite Trailer zur Fortsetzung des Kinoklassikers Blade Runner zeigt auf den den ersten Blick vor allem mehr von der bereits angeteasten Remake-Soße aus aufwendigem aber im Grunde genommen kreuzbravem Setdesign und sattsam bekannter Action-Hektik,... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 7 years ago

Reminescencje działkowe

Spaliłam ciasto. Miało być z jagodami, wyszperanymi z zamrażarki na początek nowego sezonu. Adios wszystkie mrożonki, robimy miejsce na nowe. Ale nastawiłam piekarnik na 70 minut, nie wiem, co mnie podkusiło, miało być 35 góra czterdzieści. No i poszłam lulać to najmniejsze, któr … | Continue reading


@whiteplate.com | 7 years ago

1830 Farmhouse Transformed into a Rustic Modern Retreat in Hyde Park, New York

An existing 1830 farmhouse located in historic Hyde Park, NY underwent a full-gut renovation to transform into a Rustic Modern retreat. | Continue reading


@homeworlddesign.com | 7 years ago