The horror: Indian doctors remove 6-foot tapeworm through a patient’s mouth

In a video of the surgery, two hands in latex gloves are seen pulling what looks like a white fettuccine out of a man’s mouth. Except, that never-ending white string is not pasta, it’s a tapeworm. It’s a 6-foot tapeworm. The surgery occurred at the Institute of Liver and Biliary … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

O chlebie i bułkach od początku, część 2: zakwas

„Zakwas…”, „Pieczesz na zakwasie?”, „Skąd wziąć zakwas?” Wiele razy spotkałam się z tym, że to słowo jest wymawiane jak „marcepany” w moim dzieciństwie. Jak coś absolutnie nieosiągalnego i tajemniczego. Tymczasem naprawdę bardzo łatwo go zrobić w domu i korzystać z jego dobrodzie … | Continue reading


@whiteplate.com | 7 years ago

The Accounting Equation And Fundamental Math Ideas

I completed my last class of the semester about 18 hours ago. It was my 45th year in the classroom. I believe that I taught most of my students a lot of accounting. I would hope, even though, that I helped them see far more about life than just my subject matter. Maybe I am wrong … | Continue reading


@talefoundry.com | 7 years ago

Plex users can now play their movies, TV shows and music just by asking Alexa

 Plex is getting voice-activated. The popular media player software maker just launched voice control through a new Plex Skill for Alexa-powered devices. That means you can ask Alexa via your connected Echo speaker, Fire tablet or Fire TV to play your favorite content from your P … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Irish Fund Managers Investigate Blockchain-Powered Data Reporting

A trade group for investment funds in Ireland has announced it is developing a new blockchain proof-of-concept focused on regulatory reporting. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 7 years ago

More than 1,000 Comcast employees nationwide are protesting Trump’s immigration ban

An estimated 1,200 Comcast employees walked off the job with their employers’ support on Thursday afternoon, marching through downtown Philadelphia in protest of Donald Trump’s executive order banning immigration from seven majority-Muslim countries. “Love, not hate, is what make … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Small mistakes led to a $500 million verdict against Oculus

ANALYSIS: Mistakes in doing everyday business led to a $500 million verdict against Facebook’s Oculus division in a legal battle with ZeniMax. ZeniMax sued Oculus, Facebook, and well-known virtual reality leaders John Carmack and Palmer Luckey for misappropriating trade secrets a … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

'Clash Royale' Challenge Lets You Unlock Battle Ram Early

Clash Royale [Free] has a pretty fun challenge this time around, and it's one that's doing something new. The Battle Ram Challenge allows you to build a deck with Battle Ram, even though the card isn't out yet, and any other card you want. That means you can play around with card … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 7 years ago

This neural network-based software will automatically color in your line art

 Maybe you enjoy sketching as a hobby, but you’re not so crazy about the work that goes into colouring in your work, or you’re just lacking in the talent department when it comes to that side of the digital art equation. Check out this tool based on Chainer, a flexible neural net … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Does Android use more memory than iOS? – Gary explains

Android flagship devices tend to have more memory than their iPhone equivalents. Why is that? Is it because Android uses more RAM than iOS? Gary explains! | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 7 years ago

Plex can now be controlled with your voice via Amazon Alexa

Plex has added support for controlling the media server with your voice, if you own a device that uses Amazon's Alexa digital assistant. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 7 years ago

Cuban: “Just plain stupid” to not go public

 Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban spoke on stage at the Upfront Summit in Los Angeles on Thursday, where he voiced concern about the lack of tech IPOs recently. “I don’t understand the reticence to going public,” he said. “It’s just plain stupid.” After a slow 2016, there have … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Liverpool Gets Its Own Digital Currency

[…]The post Liverpool Gets Its Own Digital Currency appeared first on CryptoCoinsNews. | Continue reading


@cryptocoinsnews.com | 7 years ago

Magic Johnson returns to Lakers as adviser

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) -- Magic Johnson is returning to the Los Angeles Lakers organization as an adviser to owner Jeanie Buss. | Continue reading


@nba.com | 7 years ago

Google lets you specify recipe searches with suggested flavors and ingredients

In an effort to help narrow down food recipe searches to get you away from the smartphone and into the kitchen, Google is updating its algorithm to help you find the exact recipe you need based on cooking method, flavors, and ingredients. A search for “Thai curry,” fo … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Disrupt NY Startup Battlefield applications are due in two weeks

 Applications for Startup Battlefield at Disrupt NY are now open and due on February 18. That’s just over two weeks away. We’re searching for new, up-and-coming startups to launch and compete on the TechCrunch Disrupt NY stage. Why Apply? Your team will get to pitch for six minut … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Facebook's Friends Day reactions monster is here to terrify us all

While International Friendship Day was popularized by greeting card companies, Facebook went a step forward and coined its own birthday, Feb. 4 as Friends Day a few years ago.  Facebook, which has finally turned old enough to be a user on its own site, is marking the made-up holi … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 7 years ago

Titanfall 2 is getting a new pilot-only multiplayer mode

Esteemed first-person shooter Titanfall 2 is getting a new mode and some new maps as part of its next free update.The new mode will be a 6vs6 pilot-only affair entitled Live Fire. Set to a strict timer of only a minute, Live Fire doesn't allow respawns. Whichever team survives or … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

This iPhone 8 concept video imagines a touchscreen in the home button

I just saw this iPhone 8 concept made by Thadeu Brandão, and I have to say I'm intrigued. The phone looks almost exactly like the iPhone 7 from the back, but in front there's one of those bezel-less screens I've been dreaming about. To make room for all that LCD (or OLED?), Thade … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Layoffs hit Mozilla as it shifts attentions away from commercial products

 Mozilla’s push to grow beyond browsers hit a major hurdle this week as the Firefox-maker dissolved its Connected Devices initiative, laying off what CNET reports as around 50 people in the process.The nonprofit org confirmed the layoffs with TechCrunch, though won’t comment on s … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Bitcoin's Privacy Gets 'Failing Grade' in 2016 Threat Report

A new report highlights some of the key privacy threats faced by bitcoin users in 2016.Source | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 7 years ago

'She Never Sleeps' Will Have You Killing Horrific Bosses

If you like horror movies, then you'll definitely recognize one of the characters in the trailer for She Never Sleeps; she's dressed in all white, has long black hair, and crawls out of a TV, so yes, pretty similar to that spooky girl from Ring. The upcoming game has you defendin … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 7 years ago

Microsoft asks White House for US business exception to travel ban

Microsoft has asked the Trump administration to set up a formal exemption process for its recent immigration ban. President and chief legal officer Brad Smith laid out the company’s request in an open letter, proposing what Microsoft calls an exemption for “responsible known trav … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Index-backed Hutch puts $5.5M in the tank to rev up its mobile gaming engines

 UK-based indie free-to-play mobile games developer studio, Hutch, is gearing up to step on the gas and strap a bunch more players into its clutch of racing themed titles, fueled by a $5.5M expansion round of seed funding… The cash injection is co-led by Index Ventures and early … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Hey Moto, how does it take 9 months to roll out Android Nougat?

Motorola Germany has said the Nougat update for the Moto X family will be delayed until May: nine months after it first arrived. How is this even possible? | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 7 years ago

How Twitter took on Trump's bot army—and won

Just around dawn, on Tuesday, at 6:21 a.m., President Donald Trump tweeted.He mocked Congressional Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and New York Senator Chuck Schumer's protests against his recent executive order on immigration, which banned citizens from Muslim-majority countries fr … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 7 years ago

Sources: Spotify may delay IPO to 2018 as it rethinks licensing deals

 Spotify — the music streaming company with over 100 million users (40 million of them paying) — has long been seen as one of the more likely candidates among larger tech startups to go public in 2017, but it looks like this plan may be shifting.TechCrunch has heard from multiple … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Suicide d’une mineure | actu33: Information et Actualité @actu33 https://s.staraffaires.com/kj/

Actu33 a partagé un lien | staraffaires : Social et Affaires. Premier réseau social Algérien. Créer votre compte staraffaires mainatenant et commecez a publier | Continue reading


@staraffaires.com | 7 years ago

Google cooks up advanced recipe search

Google’s cooking up a new skill: advanced recipe search. While the search engine already provided recipe suggestions in its regular search results, now it’s helping you narrow down your options with different options available in carousel at the top of your results. For example, … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago

Outlook for iOS adds support for third-party extensions

 Microsoft launched a major update to Outlook for iOS today that, for the first time, brings add-ins to a mobile version of Outlook. While Microsoft prefers the word “add-ins,” these are essentially third-party extensions for Outlook. Microsoft worked with the likes of Evernote, … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Apple shareholders make another push to increase diversity at the senior and board levels

 Apple shareholder Tony Maldonado is calling on Apple again to implement an “accelerated recruitment policy” in order to increase diversity at the senior management level and board of directors, according to Apple’s latest proxy statement. The proposal, co-written by shareholder … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Visual search startup Clarifai beefs up its AI team with a new San Francisco office

 Clarifai — a startup that gives companies and developers a way to implement visual search into their products — said today it was hiring former Google Brain developer Andrea Frome as the company’s new head of research. Frome received her Ph. D. from Berkeley and worked at Google … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Snapchat reportedly hit 160M daily users and $400M revenue in 2016

 Some Snap Inc stats have leaked ahead of its expected IPO filing today, and they show strong progress in earning money, but slowed user growth. The Information (paywalled) reports that Snapchat has 160 million daily users, up from 130 million at the end of Q1 2016, and the 150 m … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Snapchat’s Smarter Lenses Bring Real-World Connectivity To Events

A rumoured update to Snapchat, dubbed “Smarter Lenses” will bring a new layer of augmented reality data to the app. The update, believed to be part of the World Lenses feature added last fall, will recognize and allow AR tagging of real-world objects. Smarter Lenses According to … | Continue reading


@eventmanagerblog.com | 7 years ago

Man busted for arson after his pacemaker snitched on him

A story out of small-town Ohio currently making the rounds online should serve as a cautionary tale for would-be crooks: if you're gonna lie to the cops, make sure you're not wearing any tracking devices that could throw off your alibi. A 59-year-old man from Middletown, Ohio was … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 7 years ago

Mozilla is shutting down the group behind Firefox OS

Mozilla is shutting down its “connected devices” group, which was responsible for the failed smartphone operating system Firefox OS and, more recently, attempts to build the OS into devices like routers, streaming boxes, and even basic computers.CNET first reported the news, sayi … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

10 games that deserve a PS4 Pro upgrade

Now that we've seen the first few waves of patches roll out, we've been pondering which classic PS4 titles deserve a proper update for the half-step hardware. After much consideration, we came up with these 10 games worthy of an upgrade.The post 10 games that deserve a PS4 Pro up … | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 7 years ago

Final Fantasy is getting its own escape room game later this year

The fantastical realms of Final Fantasy will soon be a real-world escape room game. Today Square Enix announced a new partnership with Scrap, the same design studio behind the Legend of Zelda-themed “Defenders of the Triforce” game.Called “Trials of Bahamut,” the new escape room … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Inside the GOP's unpopular plan to sell off public wilderness

Republicans in Congress are quietly carrying out a plan that’s long been part of the GOP platform: giving away public lands to the states. But when lands Americans use to hunt, fish, and camp are transferred to states, these public areas are often developed or sold — because stat … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Amazfit PACE review

With a built-in GPS, heart rate monitor, and a beautiful touchscreen display, is the Amazfit PACE the perfect fitness tracker/smartwatch hybrid? Find out, in our full Amazfit PACE review! | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 7 years ago

Samsung said to be looking to get on Trump’s good side by mulling a new US plant

 What’s the best way to get on the new president’s good side if you’re tech company? Open a manufacturing plant in the States. Or at the very least, have someone report that you’re considering to do so. Samsung’s pretty noncommittal about a new Reuters report stating that the Sou … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Scientists invented a hydrogel which could be used to create artificial skin

Researchers at MIT have enhanced a hydrogel with a coating to prevent it from drying out. This polymer could be used in the future for various types of wearable electronics. Read more...More about Real Time Video, Real Time, Medical Equipment, Biotechnology, and Electronics | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 7 years ago

Spurs' Aldridge out against 76ers with sore knee

SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Spurs power forward LaMarcus Aldridge will not play against the Philadelphia 76ers because of a sore right knee. | Continue reading


@nba.com | 7 years ago

Galactic Civilizations III’s next expansion is a Crusade

It’s time to join an intergalactic damn fool idealistic crusade. Stardock today announced Crusade, its second expansion for the 4X turn-based strategy game (the 4X means explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate) set among the stars. It comes out this spring. Galactic Civilizatio … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Moody Norse-Themed Point-and-Click Adventure 'The Frostrune' is Now Available

Just barely slipping past our normal weekly list of new releases was Grimnir and Snow Cannon Games moody new point-and-click adventure game The Frostrune [$4.99]. The game is heavily inspired by Viking legends and ancient Norse culture, and the gorgeous artwork does an amazing jo … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 7 years ago

Trying to find the dividing line between “travel writing” and “writing about place”

It all started with a dusty photo album and a torn children’s map of the world. After countless hours spent sitting cross-legged on the cold concrete floor of our unfinished basement, my 10-year-old self fell in love with the concept of travel. I would gently turn the yellowing p … | Continue reading


@niemanstoryboard.org | 7 years ago

Facebook’s AI now lets you search for photos by describing them

Facebook is updating its search feature today with the help of its computer vision platform. Now, you can search for photos on Facebook using any keyword that describes the contents of the image.For example, you can search for “pictures of pizza” or “orange shirt photos” and the … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Propulse employs deep learning to power product recommendations for retailers

 Propulse Analytics is launching today with $1.4 million in seed financing to equip retailers with deep learning for product recommendations. Backed by Wobemail Online Services LLP and Stradigi Ventures, the Canadian startup is leveraging the features of product images to better … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago