Yik Yak, the once universally recognized anonymous social network that virally took over college campuses back in 2014, is planning to lay off a “significant” number of employees, according to The Verge. The company is said to be retaining mostly engineers as it notified its team … | Continue reading
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In 2009, Britain’s GCHQ spying agency was actively targeting the CEO of one of Europe’s largest cloud hosting. A new report published by Le Monde (in partnership with The Intercept) found OVH CEO Octave Klaba’s name on a list of “interesting names” used as part of a metadata test … | Continue reading
One more meetup in Poland! I’ll see you all tomorrow in Wroclaw and it’s going to be a hoot! Tomorrow’s meetup is after the In-Ference conference on Friday, December 9 and it’s part of the IN-FERENCE conference. We’ll be talking medtech, biotech, and anything non-fintech related. … | Continue reading
We've seen plenty of birds-eye views of the humongous new Apple Campus 2 as it nears completion near its current headquarters in Cupertino, California.SEE ALSO: Apple's 'spaceship' campus looks like a futuristic, solar-powered fortress in new drone videoIn March, Mashable brought … | Continue reading
If you like your mobile games with a digital comic book on the side, then Dark Horse has just the thing for you. Dark Horse has partnered up with Deep Silver FISHLABS and have perfectly timed the release of the digital comic Galaxy on Fire 3 - Manticore: Glowing Embers to coincid … | Continue reading
Last month Sea of Thieves developer Rare launched an Insider Programme allowing excited fans the chance to partake in early alpha and beta tests for the in-development pirate game. Now Rare has confirmed that the first "Technical Alpha" will go live from 16th-18th December.Only a … | Continue reading
President-elect Donald Trump picked CKE Restaurants CEO Andy Puzder to head the Department of Labor. Puzder, who runs restaurant chains Hardee's and Carl's Jr., could influence issues surrounding minimum wage and overtime pay. WSJ's Shelby Holliday reports. Photo: Jack Plunkett/A … | Continue reading
Hillary Clinton has called for Congress and Silicon Valley to counter an “epidemic” of fake online news, after a conspiracy theorist fired a gun inside a Washington, DC pizza parlor he believed was part of a child sex trafficking ring linked to Clinton. Clinton raised the subject … | Continue reading
Three tables based on popular Bethesda games have just been added to Zen Pinball [Free]. As has been teased for a few weeks, Fallout, Doom, and Skyrim tables are now available for the pinballing. The Fallout table has some cool elements to it, such as a "character creator" when y … | Continue reading
Zen Studios has launched Bethesda Pinball, featuring tables based on the Doom, Fallout and Skyrim game franchises from Bethesda Softworks. | Continue reading
After four months of the Xbox One outselling Sony’s console, the PlayStation 4 is back on top. The PS4 was the best-selling home gaming system in the United States in November, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. Sony Interactive Entertainment’s box got a boost fro … | Continue reading
Sometimes Facebook comment threads can grow to be so long, they’re basically their own chat rooms. It turns out Facebook is testing a change to basically turn them into exactly that. Back in November, our Content Direct, Matt Navarra, noticed an odd change. Facebook had begun to … | Continue reading
Today, Tinder is launching a new M&A branch of the company called Swipe Ventures, which will be led by Sean Rad.As part of the launch, Rad will step down as Tinder CEO and become Chairman of both Tinder and Swipe Ventures, with Match CEO and Chairman Greg Blatt swapping out as Ti … | Continue reading
Samsung appears to be planning to permanently disable Galaxy Note 7 units in the US with an update that would prevent the recalled phone from charging.According to an image obtained by The Verge, an alert went out to at least one Note 7 owner on US Cellular today stating that, “A … | Continue reading
YouTube’s most popular channel, PewDiePie, hit a new milestone today, crossing 50 million subscribers. Earlier this week, in a rant about how changes to the service were costing him views, PewDiePie promised to delete his channel when he hit this milestone. In a tweet today, he s … | Continue reading
What does President-Elect Donald Trump want from the tech community and what does that community want from him? We’re about to get some answers to those two very pressing questions.On December 14, somewhere inside New York City's gold-laden Trump Tower, Trump adviser, venture cap … | Continue reading
Nothing gets my motor humming quite like a pitch perfect parody of Street Fighter II, and being a fan of blackjack as well, the announcement of Super Blackjack Battle II Turbo Edition couldn't be any more up my alley. Coming from Headup Games and Stage Clear Studios, Super Blackj … | Continue reading
the Internet provides a wealth of do-follow and no-follow backlink strategy opportunities. Here are some of the best of them. | Continue reading
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- The Memphis Grizzlies have signed general manager Chris Wallace and a pair of executive vice presidents in the front office to multi-year extensions. | Continue reading
Tough week for Breitbart, losing advertisers, left right and centre. A nightmare scenario for retargeters whose ads aren't blacklisting. But so, it's that time of year for wraps, trends and looking ahead to 2017. This week we have IAB members predictions for the year ahead. Keep … | Continue reading
YouTube has revealed its top ten trending videos of 2016, and Facebook has, for the first time, revealed its top global Live videos of the year. | Continue reading
I often find myself into a bit of a bind when I review a game that's well done in terms of design but also has major technical issues. How do you separate the plot and design ideas in the first episode of BATMAN - The Telltale Series [$4.99] from the engine's obvious shortcomings … | Continue reading
Our fascination with the stars began many centuries ago. Who doesn't remember the words made famous by Tom Hanks as James Lovell in Apollo 13? “Houston, we have a problem.” On April 11, 1970 at 13:13 CST, Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert took off for a lunar mission on bo … | Continue reading
NieR: Automata, Platinum Games' sequel to Square Enix's delightfully bonkers action-adventure Nier, is getting a PS4 demo on 22nd December.The demo will be set in an abandoned factory as android 2B and their companions seek to destroy a massive weapon within. My guess is that it … | Continue reading
Spotify is no longer considering to buy SoundCloud, according to reports from the Financial Times and TechCrunch. Today's news comes after earlier reports in September that Spotify was in advanced talks to acquire SoundCloud in an effort to both boost its streaming catalog and el … | Continue reading
John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth and the oldest human to travel into space, died today at 95 years old. Today, we join the world in mourning the passing of legendary astronaut, senator and Ohioan John Glenn. https://t.co/L66WmMJgHi pic.twitter.com/ny3NPpm0nk — Oh … | Continue reading
Storybrooke Cottage is a modern rustic project recently completed by ACM Design. Carriage House is located in Asheville, North Carolina, US. | Continue reading
The interior design of this rural hotel was conceived by IDEO arquitectura. The oil-tourism will step on strong in the near future. | Continue reading
This edwardian house was initially 130sqm and has been extended to 285sqm in 10 months building work. The project completed by EMR Home Design | Continue reading
This retro apartment was renovated by architect Cristiana Vannini for a German artist. A German artist naturalized Milanese and her apartment | Continue reading
Microsoft wants to merge x86 and ARM support on to future devices running Qualcomm processors. The company has a fair shot of pulling it off this time around, thanks to 32-bit Win32 emulation and support for x86 applications. The post Microsoft announces Windows-on-ARM partnershi … | Continue reading
Ether classic's (ETC) trading volume has fallen more than 99% from its all-time peak earlier this summer.Source | Continue reading
We've seen quite a few celebrity-based games in recent years, from Kim Kardashian: Hollywood to Katy Perry Pop and Britney Spears: American Dream, and all of them were nothing but the same mechanics dressed in each celebrity's brand. Nicki Minaj: The Empire [Free] has joined the … | Continue reading
China-based smartphone maker LeEco halted trading of its stock this week, as the company says it is "planning major matters" while financial woes continue. | Continue reading
BuzzFeed has a new vice president leading its data science team.Gilad Lotan has a long résumé in the field, having most recently served as chief data scientist at New York-based startup studio Betaworks, and before that working in data-related roles at SocialFlow, Microsoft and E … | Continue reading
Sometimes, the best tech is simple.While 2016 was littered with futuristic gadgets — mind-melting virtual reality headsets, an iPhone without a headphone jack — we'd wager most of the technology you use day to day is a bit less amazing. Maybe you have a really good keyboard, or a … | Continue reading
As the year slowly winds down, I take time to reflect on what matters, and adventures with loved ones; travel beyond the pavement. | Continue reading
Just in time for that cross country holiday trip, Apple’s bringing so key electric vehicle charging info to its ecosystem, courtesy of ChargePoint. The partnership brings location info for 30,000 charging stations, which will pop up in Maps as badges, along with available pricing … | Continue reading
I know you all complain about too many card games, but I also know many of you are glad Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links is getting closer to releasing globally. We knew it was coming in 2017, but now we know the worldwide release will be in January, so not too far into the future. Based on … | Continue reading
There is a huge difference between fiat and cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. The decentralized nature of Bitcoin makes it immune to whims and fancies of governments, while fiat currencies fall victim to it. Whenever a government decides to make reforms to its monetary system, for b … | Continue reading
Famed astronaut and former US Senator John Glenn has died at the age of 95, according to The Columbus Dispatch. Glenn had been hospitalized for the past week at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus.Glenn is known for his February 1962 Friendship 7 mission, duri … | Continue reading
This small business guide is the perfect reference for small business owners who must navigate marketing, accounting, sales, and customer service. Don’t waste time toggling between tabs when everything you need to know is in one convenient location! Business Writing Resources It’ … | Continue reading
Today on “Today,” Sheryl Sandberg dismissed Facebook’s role in the 2016 presidential election. Still, she didn’t want you to forget that Facebook plays a relevant part in political and social movements, just not in a way that went on to influence the results of the most divisive … | Continue reading
SpaceX is nearly done with its investigation into the recent launchpad explosion, but not soon enough for one major customer.The post SpaceX loses major contract as launch schedule slips to 2017 appeared first on ExtremeTech. | Continue reading
Last night (or more likely today), you probably watched Jimmy Fallon sprint through Mushroom Kingdom as he demoed the upcoming Nintendo iOS debut, Super Mario Run. It's nice to see the game on TV, but how about giving some fans out in the real world a shot?If you were really payi … | Continue reading
As part of Microsoft’s finalized acquisition of LinkedIn, the Windows maker this morning outlined a series of goals it has for its new social network. One of those goals includes the implementation of LinkedIn notifications in the Windows 10 Action Center, so you will never again … | Continue reading
The Crimson and Snow Daydream View VR headset colors have started shipping in the US, UK and Australia. Also, new Daydream apps are available. | Continue reading