You’re organizing a get-together, but getting input from your friends about where to go and when to meet feels like an exercise in herding cats. Enter Full Circle, an app built off a Twilio API that enables a host to text numerous contacts simultaneously and survey them via a sho … | Continue reading
The anti-muslim, anti-hispanic and increasingly xenophobic tenor of the debate – especially on the Republican side — is bound to scare smart entrepreneurs from coming to America. Innovation depends on tolerance and openness. Read More | Continue reading
Pepper, the humanoid robot, is coming up with all sorts of ways to serve its human overlords, including in eldercare. The little rolling robot took to the stage at the Disrupt SF Hackathon today to show how it could help our aging parents, should they fall and not be able to get … | Continue reading
There’s plenty of information online to help people figure out whether their plants are healthy and what they need to do to make them better. But they can be distributed far across the Internet and sometimes hard to find, and aren’t necessarily available on demand, according to M … | Continue reading
At the TechCrunch Hackathon today in San Francisco, Torrey Nommesen showed off Fake Number Club, the easiest way to someone down if they ask you for your number. If you call or text a particular number, a robot will explain that your hopes and dreams of a long, loving and meaning … | Continue reading
Tesla is preparing a significant upgrade to its autopilot technology for a future software update, the company announced today. The biggest change is in how the company uses its radar sensors. Previously, a camera and image processing system were the the primary sensors, backed u … | Continue reading
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is finally sharing the “major improvements” coming to Tesla’s Autopilot feature. In a press call this afternoon, Elon Musk described the changes coming with the 8.0 Autopilot software update, most prominently the elevation of radar as a primary source of infor … | Continue reading
Today, Tesla revealed Version 8 of its Autopilot software, going in one to two weeks. Version 8.0 includes updates to the signal processing tech used to interpret images received from the onboard radar. The update focuses primarily on the radar component of the Autopilot sensor s … | Continue reading
At the Disrupt SF Hackathon today in San Francisco, a team of seasoned software engineers unveiled Pepper the Inflight Service Bot, a robot flight attendant that doesn’t hate picking up barf bags, can circulate in a plane even when there’s turbulence, and can speak to passengers … | Continue reading
The Bitcoin community now has more worrying things on its plate. As if hacking incidents plaguing cryptocurrency exchanges aren’t enough, the number of malware and ransomware threats on the rise. In the past couple of weeks, a number of new malicious programs were detected by mul … | Continue reading
bisa fwf from nra - apols x posting| iainflett@hotmail.com |Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2016 11:52:19 -0500From: pakurilecz@GMAIL.COMSubject: Archive offers a backstage pass to six decades of Canadian music historyTo: ARCHIVES-NRA@JISCMAIL.AC.UKOn March 31, 2016, the University of Calgary … | Continue reading
bisa fwd from nra - apols x postingiainflett@hotmail.com |Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2016 12:04:45 -0500From: pakurilecz@GMAIL.COMSubject: Massive digital archiving project means these unique musical recordings will live foreverTo: ARCHIVES-NRA@JISCMAIL.AC.UKThe Montreux Jazz Festival has … | Continue reading
GUEST: The “venture recession” of 2016 is in full swing. Combined with the usual summer slowdown, some are already raising the spectre of 2001 or 2008. Recession or not, what is universal is the bewilderment of many entrepreneurs on how negative VCs have become over the past nine … | Continue reading
Last week, the FBI arrested a pair of Israeli teenagers who allegedly ran an online booter service called vDOS, as reported by Brian Krebs.vDOS was an online service that helped carry out distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against websites. The business allowed buyers t … | Continue reading
Japanese company Prodrone showed off a new drone his week called The PD6B-AW-ARM. Its main feature? Terrifying arms. The claws can grab anything up to 44 pounds and deliver it. It is very cool and very scary looking. I’ll never own this drone because it’s for commercial use, but … | Continue reading
GUEST: The bot revolution is upon us. They are taking over the majority of our conversations – whether fitting or not. Does this mean we should rejoice as the weight of tedious tasks is lifted off of our shoulders, or should we be worried of these software applications and what t … | Continue reading
Pretty Little Liars, the teen version of Desperate Housewives but with fewer Emmys for some reason, is coming to an end after seven seasons. "After seven seasons" is being used loosely here since every season was broken up into two half-seasons that were each 10 to 12 hours long. … | Continue reading
Should a 'trustless-ness' be a requirement for transacting safely in a free-market economy? | Continue reading
Amanda Knox found herself in the tabloids yet again this past weekend, when she arrived at the Toronto airport for TIFF, accompanied by her current boyfriend, author Christopher Robinson. Robinson was called out for his Riff Raff-esque appearance: cheetah-print pants, Terry Richa … | Continue reading
In this week's episode, we talk about a milestone for Pokemon Go, a big announcement from Nintendo, the latest Humble Bundle, and more Android apps news! | Continue reading
Leah Reich was one of the first internet advice columnists. Her column "Ask Leah" ran on IGN, where she gave advice to gamers for two and a half years. During the day, Leah is Slack’s user researcher, but her views here do not represent her employer. You can write to her at askle … | Continue reading
Provenance, a UK based blockchain supply chain traceability solution provider intends to fight illegal fishing and associated human rights violations. | Continue reading
On Thursday, the Dutch publisher of Playboy won a major legal victory concerning photographs that had been uploaded to the internet without its permission on a file sharing site. The ruling handed down by the European Union Court of Justice could have enormous consequences for us … | Continue reading
At the Toronto International Film Festival on Friday night, two back-to-back screenings of Nate Parker’s The Birth Of A Nation were met with standing ovations from both audiences. The crowd was there to see the first festival screening of the lightning-rod film since its Sundance … | Continue reading
Thrustmaster launched a flight throttle that brought back memories for me this week. The Thrust Master Weapon Control System Throttle is aimed at virtual pilots who enjoy flight simulator games. This new throttle controls your speed and has buttons so you can fire a variety of we … | Continue reading
A philanthropist asked a racecar designer to make an all-terrain vehicle suitable for humanitarian missions in Africa. The result was the Ox, “the world’s first flatpack truck” — meaning it can be packed up into a flat box and shipped like Ikea furniture. The truck is absurdly si … | Continue reading
If you can't explain something in a few words, try fewer. ― Robert Brault When Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage appeared i... | Continue reading
Getting your site to rank in Google can be a tough slog. It requires knowledge of current ranking factors, as well as the time and ability to optimize your content for those factors. Any SEO hacks or “secrets” you can figure out can also go a long toward helping you. While Google … | Continue reading
If the Sundance Film Festival is the germinating seed of the year in film, a place where indie films make their first stop before slowly finding their way to audiences over the ensuing months, TIFF is its polar opposite. Every year Toronto plays host to a showcase of star-studded … | Continue reading
President Barack Obama on Sunday paid tribute to the relatives and friends of the victims of the 9/11 attacks. Photo: AP | Continue reading
All the rest from IFA, the LG V20 in many ways, and more - here are the Android and computing-related videos you don't want to miss this week. | Continue reading
Empty Google docs. Empty editorial calendars. Empty WordPress posts. Sometimes content marketers have to deal with a lot of emptiness, and turn all that blank space into content that attracts, and engages, and converts. But no pressure, right? How do you keep the ideas and creati … | Continue reading
It’s actually unfortunate that The Birth Of A Nation was received with so much enthusiasm when it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2016. Eight months before its intended release date, the hype machine embraced Nate Parker’s biopic as an Oscar front-runner. Its s … | Continue reading
GUEST: One is a mobile game app. One is a discount shopping site. For all their differences, Pokémon Go and Groupon may share a similar fate: a rocketlike takeoff that burns through fuel without a plan to keep the company aloft. Pokémon Go and Groupon share other similarities. Bo … | Continue reading
NEWS OF THE MORNING Next up for HOF consideration | LeBron continues Hollywood expansion | Brooks sees no chemistry issues for Wizards No. 1: Next up for HOF consideration? — Now that the star-studded Hall of Fame class of 2016 has been praised and inducted, it’s time to look for … | Continue reading
If you’ve never had to edit a PDF, consider yourself lucky. It’s usually a painful task involving multiple third party apps, clenched fists, and crushed dreams. Until now. PDF Expert 2.0 for Mac has changed the game, and for its efforts it’s even received the Apple Editors’ Choic … | Continue reading
Cyber security is becoming a huge industry. After all, the data breaches, cyber espionage, and ransomware infections you read about the news are hardly good things. Companies are now making big investments in putting a stop to these problems. That means jobs. And cyber security j … | Continue reading
George Samman, former CMO of Fuzo, looks at how solutions like zero knowledge proofs could preserve privacy on blockchain platforms. | Continue reading
Es ist mal wieder soweit. Android hat gleich zwei große Android-Sicherheitslücken gestopft. Die Lücken sollen eine ähnliche Gefahr bergen wie damals Stagefright und sind mit dem Security-Update vom 6.9.2016 endgültig dicht.Ein... | Continue reading
Fire up the Bat Signal; we now have VR’s first official 3D, 360 degree comic book. Oniride today launches the first issue of Magnetique, a new comic series for Gear VR (Oculus Store). This isn’t your traditional book simply digitized like some sort of VR e-reader. It’s a complete … | Continue reading
For a quarter of a century, I willfully deceived myself into believing that hair care was simple. I’d used the same Pantene 2-in-1 for a decade, didn’t own a blow dryer, and until two months ago thought Drybar — a fancy salon that does "blowouts" — was a place that sold Dippin’ … | Continue reading
The concept was designed for a young couple who has recently purchased a mezzanine apartment in the renowned London spot. | Continue reading
Motorola macht sich in einer Werbung für das Moto Z Droid über die Konkurrenz (gemeint ist wohl Samsung) lustig."Bei Motorola ist unsere Priorität: Sicherheit zuerst. Anders als andere Hersteller halten wir uns an die höchsten... | Continue reading
If anyone needed more validation of Bitcoin being useful in the remittance sector, look no further. A new post on Quartz goes to show a lot of money is flowing through Bitcoin right now. KakaoTalk, a company with 93% market penetration in South Korea, invested in SCI not too long … | Continue reading
Marine Parade House is a single-family house renovated and expanded by Auckland-based Dorrington Atcheson Architects. | Continue reading
Just weeks after Sports Illustrated partnered with GameOn to make a bot for the final days of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, SI announced the launch of new bots to help NFL fans stay up to date, follow their favorite teams, and, oh yes, talk trash to friends and family. The Sports I … | Continue reading
Mazzini House is a vacation home renovated by Chicago-based Studio F Design. Mazzini House 31 is a truly unique vacation destination | Continue reading
Throughout the years, there have been a few people in the Bitcoin world who generate a lot of negative friction. Even though their intentions may be good, the way they go about things leaves much to be desired. Censorship in the Bitcoin world is unacceptable, and many people see … | Continue reading