Are driverless cars close to market, or is a full-fledged launch still well off in the future? eMarketer's Ezra Palmer and Marcus Johnson consider the regulatory, technical and psychological hurdles that must be cleared before autonomous vehicles become commonplace. Part thre … | Continue reading
eMarketer’s scan of the key developments of the day, plus data to make sense of it all. Today’s topics: Instagram wants influencers to better identify sponsored ads; Amazon to sell cars in Europe; and more. | Continue reading
A study by Tata Consultancy Services looking at students ages 12 to 18 in urban India found that a majority prefer WhatsApp over Facebook Messenger or Snapchat as their primary instant messaging app. | Continue reading
Early in the internet age, Hispanics were on the wrong side of the digital divide, lagging the general population in terms of internet access. Now, the majority are internet users, although Hispanics still underindex a bit for internet penetration. | Continue reading
While smart watches may have arrived in the Nordics later than other markets, adoption is rising fast throughout the region. In some countries, it’s even caught up to the US and UK. | Continue reading
That sweet reaction GIF finally has a place on Facebook.After a months-long test of the feature, the social network announced that it's finally rolling out support for GIFs in Facebook comments.SEE ALSO: Facebook's new Pride Month features celebrate the LGBTQ community with style … | Continue reading
Element AI raises $102 Millon, Another board member resigns from Uber and Chan Zukerberg Initiative invests $5 million into Landed to help teachers afford housing in Palo Alto. All this on Crunch Report. Read More | Continue reading
Key Highlights Dash price struggled to break the $190-200 resistance area once again versus the US Dollar, and moved down. There is a crucial support area at $150 and a major bullish trend line with support at $155 on the hourly chart of DASH/USD (data feed from Poloniex). As lon … | Continue reading
Bitcoin price is starting to break below key support levels, signaling that bearish pressure is picking up.The post Bitcoin Price Technical Analysis for 06/15/2017 – Bears Pushing for a Breakdown appeared first on NEWSBTC. | Continue reading
Leo Varadkar, Ireland’s first openly gay prime minister and the EU’s youngest national leader, was formally instated on Wednesday, less than two weeks after his election on June 2. Varadkar’s predecessor, Enda Kenny, announced his resignation in May after a 15-year reign as party … | Continue reading
To help give you a solid foundation, here are a list of techniques, tips and methods that will allow your social media visuals to stand out from the crowd, making a real impact with your target audience, consequently generating those potential sales leads, helping you drive your … | Continue reading
A federal judge ruled in favor of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe on Wednesday, handing the tribe its first legal victory in its year-long battle against the Dakota Access pipeline.James Boasberg, who sits on D.C. district court, said that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers failed to … | Continue reading
Samsung has announced two new mid-range phones, the Galaxy J7 Max and J7 Pro, in India. Both support Samsung Pay and feature a new "social camera". | Continue reading
Driving can already be stressful enough, and it's not helped by the plethora of aggressive-sounding horns standard in most cars.Fortunately, YouTuber Mark Rober has come up with the "nicest car horn ever," a higher-pitched honk that toots twice quickly. It's for situations where … | Continue reading
Ubisoft has unveiled loads of new details about Beyond Good & Evil 2 and it sounds like it's going to rival No Man's Sky as the most ambitious game of its era. Based on how close it comes to achieving its cosmic pitch, it will either be the greatest game ever or a massive disappo … | Continue reading
You no longer have to repeatedly hit the retry button when you’ve gone offline. Instead, Google Play Store will let you know when it’s working again. | Continue reading
Cativía , or Catibía (Cassava Flour, Tapioca), is one of the most ancient traditions of our cuisine, the base of a number of traditional dishes. | Continue reading
Throw out your cords, ladies and gentlemen, the iPhone is going wireless. Or so claims the CEO of iPhone manufacturer Wistron Corp, who noted that the next 5.5-inch iPhone would be both waterproof and set up for wireless charging. SEE ALSO: Forget cords. Apple might be planning t … | Continue reading
Those annoying colored posts on Facebook aren't going anywhere. In fact, they're getting an upgrade.Facebook has been quietly adding patterns, textures, illustration, and more to the status cards. Users around the world have been noticing a number of new background options in dif … | Continue reading
A couple of weeks ago, District 9 and Chappie director Neill Blomkamp unveiled Oats Studios, his new project focusing on experimental short films. At the time, Blomkamp described the studio as an attempt to remain creative in a film industry that rewards endless sequels and franc … | Continue reading
AHHH!!! This week has so many great games that I'm really not sure where I'm going to find time to play all of them before we record our podcast on Friday. The whole list includes a bunch of indie stuff that's been posted to our forums, but if you don't want to comb through all | Continue reading
Google has updated its ki-focused animation creation app Toontastic 3D to include content from Pixar's upcoming movie Cars 3, along with Fruit Ninja. | Continue reading
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With the rise of the Internet and all of the content that comes with that, it can be difficult to justify the time, effort, planning, and expense it takes to travel to a conference. If you can video chat with prospective clients, look up industry information online, and log into … | Continue reading
Dentists and patients alike want to know how to make dental work less traumatic — and one possible solution may be to combine it with virtual reality. That’s why researchers in the UK enlisted 80 people who needed a cavity filled or a tooth pulled, and separated them into three g … | Continue reading
Dramatic footage shows the full exchange of gun fire between the gunman and Capitol Police as Republican lawmakers were attacked at baseball practice. Take a look at what happened, minute-by-minute. Photo: Getty | Continue reading
North Korea increasingly appears to have been behind the ransomware attack that infected hundreds of thousands of computers last month and shut down hospitals, businesses, and other systems in the process.The Washington Post is now reporting that the US National Security Agency b … | Continue reading
The Samsung Gear 360 ー a 360-degree camera that shoots in 4k — is now in BuzzFeed’s hands. Here’s what BuzzFeed’s Head of Development had to say: “We’re excited to partner with Samsung to give our audience engaging, social 360-degree video content. Samsung’s 360-degree technology … | Continue reading
A key link in the Apple supply chain is reportedly looking to build its next plant in the heart of dairy country. According to an Associated Press report, Wisconsin officials are hashing out the details with Foxconn representatives, although no further details were reported. Appl … | Continue reading
[appicon]After a soft launch in a couple of countries last week to make sure everything worked well, Flat Black Films' Lowlander 2: Lowerlander [appprice url="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/apple-store/id1211784030?mt=8"], is out now, and officially in competition for the best g … | Continue reading
In an overwhelming vote of 97-2, the U.S. Senate approved a new round of sanctions on Russia in response to the nation’s likely interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as its involvement in the Syrian civil war. The deal also prevents President Trump from loo … | Continue reading
I've repeatedly written about the crazy amount of content Sentinels of the Multiverse [$6.99] has received in recent years, and on June 22nd the game is about to get another mega-expansion called Villains of the Multiverse, which is part of Season 2. This expansion brings 10 new … | Continue reading
Special Counsel Robert Mueller is reportedly investigating whether President Trump tried to obstruct justice by firing former FBI Director James Comey last month, placing the Trump administration in a legally perilous situation less than six months into office.The Washington Post … | Continue reading
Popular Grand Theft Auto modding software OpenIV has been taken offline after its developer received a cease and desist letter from publisher Take-Two Interactive.According to OpenIV's lead developer GooD-NTS on the GTA forums, Take-Two said OpenIV would "allow third parties to d … | Continue reading
RareSloth Games has found themselves a nice hit with King Rabbit [appprice url="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/king-rabbit/id1073389796?mt=8"], the sequel to Furdemption [appprice url="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/furdemption-a-quest-for-wings/id952929696?mt=8"], which wound … | Continue reading
The iPhone doesn't have any physical keys. We all know this. But according to a forthcoming book from Motherboard editor Brian Merchant on the creation of the genre-defining smartphone, it would have if Apple senior vice president Phil Schiller had his way. There's only one probl … | Continue reading
Welcome to the future, Grammys! Great to have you.For the first time in the show's history, it's doing away with traditional ballots and switching over to online voting.Very hip, Grammys. Nice move.SEE ALSO: Is James Corden trying to usurp Ryan Seacrest as the busiest man in show … | Continue reading
Last year an inspirational entrepreneur hit the headlines for all the right reasons after delivering a slice of poetic justice to her potential employers. The story began when Maria De La Croix failed to secure a role at her local Starbucks because her hair was too blue. Inspired … | Continue reading
I love the original Blade Runner movie for many, many reasons, so I'm really looking forward to the upcoming Blade Runner 2049, the sequel to the classic Harrison Ford movie coming to a movie theater near you October 6th, 2017. And it looks like Blade Runner is coming to your dev … | Continue reading
Anybody wanna see a Ms. Pac-Man kill screen? Okay, so the game doesn’t have a kill screen, but thanks to Microsoft we’re able to see what happens when someone, in this case something, scores one million points. Zero is what happens, as in the game flips over to a nil score. While … | Continue reading
Killer Instinct Season 2 developer Iron Galaxy recently revealed its upcoming fantasy game Extinction, which bore more than a passing resemblance to Attack on Titan with its player character fighting giants in a village full of crumbling buildings. Now publisher Maximum Games has … | Continue reading
Google has announced plans to release a new Backup and Sync app for PC and Mac users for backing up files, replacing the current Google Drive app. | Continue reading
At least 17 people have been killed and 20 held hostage Wednesday in an attack claimed by Islamist militant group al-Shabaab on a popular restaurant in Mogadishu.The attack began Wednesday evening local time after a car bomb was detonated outside Pizza House, a popular restaurant … | Continue reading