Pentagon Says ISIS Leader in Afghanistan Is Dead

U.S. troops killed the head of ISIS’s Afghanistan branch, known as Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K), during a June 11 airstrike on the group’s headquarters in the Kunar province, the Pentagon announced Friday. Abu Sayed took over as leader of the group after his predecessor, Abdul … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

TouchArcade Needs Your Help to Survive: Here's All the Ways You Can Support Us (Some for Free!)

Two years ago now we launched our Patreon and since then while support from our community has been encouraging, we're still only half way to our goal to get back to firing on all cylinders. As you've likely noticed, there haven't been any new names on the site since Brad Nicholso … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 7 years ago

TouchArcade Game of the Week: 'A Planet of Mine'

The idea behind the TouchArcade Game of the Week is that every Friday afternoon we post the one game that came out this week that we think is worth giving a special nod to. Now, before anyone goes over-thinking this, it doesn't necessarily mean our Game of the Week pick is the hi … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 7 years ago

Stephen Curry makes 'diving' catch from Aaron Rodgers on golf course

Put Stephen Curry and Aaron Rodgers in a room together and you have a pair of two-time league MVPs. | Continue reading


@nba.com | 7 years ago

Roborace showed off its electric, self-driving race car in the middle of Times Square

The robotic racing series Roborace is still somewhat of a pipe dream that aims to become the "world's first self-driving racing series." On Friday, we got our first in-person look at the 200-mph vehicle that will eventually race itself around the track: the Robocar.The sleek, bri … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 7 years ago

Parents, social media isn’t turning your kids into robots

Most parents have concerns about their kid’s social media usage, but they shouldn’t worry about their brain cells frying. Under the hoodー kids are using social to better themselves. Kids are running their own profitable slime businesses on Instagram, honing their dancing skills o … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago

Wargaming's 'World of Warships Blitz' has Soft Launched - Go Sink Battleships

I enjoy Wargaming's World of Tanks Blitz quite a bit, although I've always felt the fast maneuvering that's part of that game didn't translate to mobile that well, which is why I often find myself playing the PC version more. However, I always thought that World of Warships (pret … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 7 years ago

Dark Web drug marketplace AlphaBay was shut down by law enforcement

AlphaBay, a Dark Web marketplace for illegal drugs and other underground goods, has been down since early last week. Now, it appears the cause of the shutdown was an international effort from law enforcement that nabbed one of the site’s operators, a Canadian citizen named Alexan … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Soft Launched 'Nyjah Huston: #Skatelife' Uses Cards to Upgrade Tricks

It's pretty late in the afternoon here, and for a second I was worried a day would go by where I wouldn't get to write about a game with cards in it, but the soft launched Nyjah Huston: #Skatelife came to the rescue. In case you haven't figured it out from the title (or, like | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 7 years ago

Is Amazon working on a new messaging app called Anytime?

 Messaging apps today are one of the most popular ways consumers communicate today, not just with each other but, increasingly, with businesses and services. Now there are signs that we could see another big player enter the messaging fray, alongside more established services fro … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

This 32-year-old state senator is trying to get patent trolls out of Massachusetts

 When the internet security company Cloudflare decided to engage in all-out war with what it calls a “dangerous new breed of patent troll,” it found a receptive audience with Eric Lesser, who became the youngest state senator in Massachusetts when elected to office in 2014. Senat … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

The Atlantic Daily: Health Care and Hack-Backs

What We’re FollowingPolitical Problems: The latest revelations about Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting with the Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya—the first, that President Trump’s legal team was informed of the meeting three weeks ago, and the second, that six people attended the mee … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

Reports: Jonathon Simmons, Orlando Magic agree to 3-year, $20M deal

Free agent Jonathon Simmons has come to an agreement with the Orlando Magic on a three-year deal, his agent Cervando Tejeda tells ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. | Continue reading


@nba.com | 7 years ago

Turkey Dismisses Thousands of Police, Civil Servants, and Academics

More than 7,000 police officers, civil servants, and academics in Turkey have been dismissed from their jobs according to a new executive decree published on the government’s Official Gazette website. The decree was reportedly authorized on June 5, but did not become public until … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

Microsoft’s Path Guide is an unconventional approach to indoor navigation

 Indoor mapping is one of those problems that seems to only have solutions that involve a great deal of money and infrastructure: beacons, lasers, emitters, scanners… who wants to install those in malls across the world? Microsoft Research has produced an indoor navigation app th … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

'War Wings', the 3D Dogfighting Game, Soft Launching in the UK This Month

I've been playing the soft-launched War Wings for a while now, and it's a pretty fun 4v4 real-time dogfighting game that will remind you a lot of World of Tanks but in the air (I'm pretty sure the game is "inspired" by Wargaming's World of Warplanes). The game has been in soft la … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 7 years ago

10 AI startups blossoming beyond Silicon Valley

GUEST: As I was heading from Atlanta to San Francisco to talk about investing in artificial intelligence at MB 2017, it struck me how artificial intelligence may be the buzzword of this year. Every startup seems to need the “AI accessory” in their pitch. Alphabet declares itself … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

A Shake-up on the Trump Legal Teams

As the Russia investigation took center stage once again in the headlines, Jared Kushner reshuffled his legal team while his father-in-law added a new face to the battalion of lawyers representing him in the sprawling federal inquiry.Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and one of … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

Grab the Fantastic 'Ticket to Earth' For Two Bucks, Lowest Price Ever

Ticket to Earth [$1.99] has been received quite well, with its most important accolade being the highly coveted TouchArcade Game of the Week, and now you can get it for $1.99, its lowest price ever. Ticket to Earth plays out on a grid, with you and your opponents taking turns eit … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 7 years ago

Steve Mills named president, Scott Perry named general manager of New York Knicks

NEW YORK, July 14, 2017 – James L. Dolan, executive chairman of The Madison Square Garden Company, announced today that Steve Mills has been named president of the New York Knickerbockers. Mr. Mills announced that Scott Perry has been named the team's general manager. | Continue reading


@nba.com | 7 years ago

MIT creates an AI to predict urban decay

Facebook volunteers and work-at-home moms might be making city planning decisions, thanks to AI research conducted by MIT scientists. Researchers from MIT’s media lab have been feeding computers a steady stream of data for the last four years to build an AI capable of determining … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago

Netflix is bleeding millions because you’re too cheap to get your own account

According to an online poll conducted by Reuters this week, 12-percent of people who stream video content do so from someone else’s account — and that could be taking its toll on Netflix’s revenue. The report says that 12-percent of adults admit to logging into a streaming servic … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago

Gboard’s latest beta throw in incognito mode and changes up its looks a bit

Google's beta version of its Gboard keyboard received an update that brings redesigns and new features. The update is available now. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 7 years ago

US Congressman: Cryptocurrencies Need Tighter Rules

During a speech today, a Republican member of the US Congress called for tighter anti-money laundering controls for digital currencies.Source | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 7 years ago

'Telling Lies' Is 'Her Story' Developer's Next Project, Will Focus on Multiple Characters

Sam Barlow's Her Story [$3.99] was a remarkable game that made FMV (Full Motion Video) games cool again and received a ton of awards, and now Barlow is developing another FMV game called Telling Lies, which will take the original recipe and expand it in pretty much every way. In … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 7 years ago

ScoutItOut is a New York marketplace for arts spaces

 Anyone who’s tried to do anything  artistic in New York City knows that one of the toughest things to do is find a space to make the things they want to make or do the things they want to do. (Hello 2001-era-would-be-found-sculptor-me). Well, a new service called ScoutItOut has … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: A Room With a Few

Today in 5 LinesRinat Akhmetshin, a Russian-American lobbyist, said he attended the June 2016 meeting with Donald Trump Jr. Yahoo News reports that Jamie Gorelick, a lawyer representing Jared Kushner in the Russia probe, will hand over her responsibilities to Abbe Lowell, another … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

The Atlantic’s Week in Culture

Don’t MissAll the Brown Girls on TV—Mallika Rao profiles HBO’s latest web-series acquisition, which takes place in a queer, multiracial, multiethnic arts landscape in Chicago.CinebookFilmScience Fiction’s Under-Appreciated Feminist Icon—Gabrielle Bellot celebrates one of the genr … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

Light starts shipping the L16, its 16-camera pocket DSLR challenger

 Light’s L16 was a radical design concept when it was originally introduced in October, 2015 – but the concept has become a reality, as the company is now shipping the first production units out to its pre-order customers. The final design is quite similar to the concept it showe … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

'Egglia: Legend of the Redcap' is a Premium RPG that's Releasing Outside of Japan in August

Egglia: Legend of the Redcap is a mobile RPG created by a team with a tremendous pedigree in the gaming industry, comprised of members who have worked on the Mana series, Mother 3, and the Kingdom Hearts series. It released in Japan back in April and shot up the charts, and this … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 7 years ago

ET Deals: 20% Off Domain Renewals, Hosting, and More at NameCheap

If you're in the market for a website or domain name, check out NameCheap. They're currently running a sale on domain renewals, web hosting, SSL certificates, and email services, and you can save a whopping 20% when you use today's coupon.The post ET Deals: 20% Off Domain Renewal … | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 7 years ago

GDAX Plans to Suspend Bitcoin Withdrawals If UASF Activates

Digital currency exchange platform GDAX has revealed its contingency plans in the event a controversial bitcoin scaling proposal is activated.Source | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 7 years ago

Gordon Hayward signs 4-year, maximum deal with Boston Celtics

BOSTON (AP) -- Brad Stevens was just a week or so into his new job as Butler head coach when he met Gordon Hayward - his first recruit to visit. | Continue reading


@nba.com | 7 years ago

The most clichéd tech nerd gear – you’ve probably seen all these before!

There are some examples of cliche tech that you just see everywhere - particularly across YouTube. Lets take a look at some of the most common gadgets. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 7 years ago

Point Lonsdale Beach House by InForm Design

Point Lonsdale beach house includes three bedrooms and a lounge retreat on the lower level, a large open plan living area and master bedroom. | Continue reading


@homeworlddesign.com | 7 years ago

Game of Thrones Hope Chest: what do you want to see happen to Cersei Lannister?

Game of Thrones has never been about giving readers or viewers what they most want. It’s more about creating fan expectations, then overturning them for narrative impact — and sometimes for pure shock value. But as long as the series is running, we can all live in hope that at le … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Planet of the Apes movement coach Terry Notary on the secret to the films' stunning performances

Planet of the Apes movement choreographer and actor Terry Notary says playing an ape takes strong legs and an ability to reach a kind of effortless, meditative state. If performers consciously try too hard to take on ape-like qualities, Notary says, it “makes the performance look … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Google’s life sciences unit is releasing 20 million bacteria-infected mosquitoes in Fresno

 Verily, the life science’s arm of Google’s parent company Alphabet, has hatched a plan to release about 20 million lab-made, bacteria-infected mosquitos upon Fresno, California — and that’s a good thing! You see, the Zika-carrying Aedes aegypti mosquito is prevalent in the area. … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

'Sailcraft' Will Add Customizable Ships to the Classic 'Battleship' Recipe

I remember playing Battleship when I was a kid and always getting bored very quickly, and perhaps that's what the developers of the upcoming Sailcraft felt too, which might be why they've decided to add some interesting new ingredients to the classic formula. While the game is st … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 7 years ago

AdQuick raises $1.1M to bring online tools to outdoor advertising

 AdQuick is looking to billboard advertising easier and more transparent. The startup is announcing that it has raised $1.1 million in seed funding from Initialized Capital (founded by former Y Combinator partners Gerry Tan and Alexis Ohanian),  VTF Capital (founded by Tony Hsieh … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Creation and consumption

It's common to say that PCs are for creation and mobile only for consumption, but both parts of this are wrong: most people never created on PCs, and far more is created on mobile.  | Continue reading


@ben-evans.com | 7 years ago

What happens after Net Neutrality falls?

The internet five years from now could look a lot different than what it is today.Building an online business might be harder than ever thanks to the FCC throwing out the rules surrounding Net Neutrality — the premise that all data on the net should be treated equally regardless … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 7 years ago

Spider-Man: Homecoming’s VFX lead unpacks the secrets of the Staten Island Ferry scene

Spider-Man: Homecoming is a great little movie, thanks to its small focus and deeply personal stakes. Peter Parker is one of the greatest comic book characters ever created, because where heroes like Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne face huge conflicts, Peter’s a regular teenager with … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Warner Music Group buys concert discovery service Songkick

 Warner Music Group announced today it’s acquiring the selected assets of the music platform Songkick, including its app for finding concerts and the company’s trademark. The deal will not include Songkick’s ticketing business, however, nor the pending litigation Songkick has aga … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Refresh your memory of Game of Thrones’ tangled story with this five-minute recap

Game of Thrones returns on Sunday, and oh dear has a lot happened since the show first aired in 2011. If you haven’t made time or had the emotional fortitude to sit through six seasons of gut-wrenching deaths, shocks, and scheming, again, HBO has you covered. The show’s official … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Apple’s building an old wooden barn at its ‘Spaceship’ campus — here’s why

Adorned with wood, glass, and polished metal, Apple’s new ‘spaceship’ campus has an aesthetic straight out of a Jony Ive sketch. It’s high-tech and futuristic, and set to span 2.8-million square feet and house 13,000 employees — and perhaps some farm animals. In a recent drone fl … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago

Small Studio Apartment Designed by the Mexican Studio Palma on the Roof of a House

In this case, the client was looking to expand a small extra room to be used as a small studio apartment with an independent access. | Continue reading


@homeworlddesign.com | 7 years ago

I’m running Windows 10 S as my main OS, and I kind of like it

Last week, I argued in favor of giving Windows 10 S a chance. Now I’m putting my money where my mouth is. For the past couple of weeks I’ve been using the new Surface Laptop as my primary computer. Given there’s no way to roll back from Windows 10 Pro once you use the free upgrad … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago