HANG TIME, N.J. — Good news for the Boston Celtics: The Brooklyn Nets are trading one of the only legit NBA players they have left on their roster. The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports Thursday afternoon that the Nets and Indiana Pacers have reached a deal on a trade that wo … | Continue reading
Steam's annual Summer Sale is now live, offering plenty of sales and daily deals between now and 4th July at 6pm UK time.Some current highlights include:There's hundreds, maybe thousands, of other deals on offer. What, if anything, are you picking up?Read more… | Continue reading
Imagine this scenario: You’re driving down the road when suddenly, out of nowhere, a lone pedestrian jumps into your path. The road is narrow and walled in by a barrier on either side, so your options are limited. You can either keep driving straight ahead and hit the pedestrian, … | Continue reading
Vancouver, B.C. — Professional services firm Vanbex Group is expanding operations to blockchain-based products, according to company founder Lisa Cheng and CEO Kevin Hobbs. The Vancouver company operating in the digital currency and blockchain technology space will launch two pr … | Continue reading
How do you teach a car when to self-destruct? As engineers develop and refine the algorithms of autonomous vehicles that are coming in the not-so-distant future, an ethical debate is brewing on what happens in extreme situations — situations where a crash and injury or death are … | Continue reading
If you have a device like the Samsung Galaxy S7, which has a 3,000 mAh battery, how much capacity do you need in an external battery pack? 3,000 mAh, right? Wrong! Let me explain. | Continue reading
In an old-school approach to adult education, senior citizens in northeastern Thailand don the kind of uniforms they wore back in high school to attend weekly life-skills classes. Photo: Wilawan Watcharasakwet/The Wall Street Journal | Continue reading
The American Kennel Club introduced the 190th dog breed this week: a whimsical, hard-working herding pooch called the Pumi.The Pumi comes to us all the way from Hungary, and will be eligible to compete at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show next February.Just look at this floppy … | Continue reading
Here’s a fun biological fact: men pass on less DNA to their children than women do. The reason for this has been a long-standing mystery, though a study published today leads us closer to understanding.When humans reproduce, women are the only ones who pass on a type of DNA calle … | Continue reading
A senior official for the central bank of The Netherlands recently presented the results of two internal cryptocurrency tests. | Continue reading
EventsThe Barcelona Cognition, Brain and Technology summer school addresses students and researchers involved in research at the interface between brains and technology. The 2016 edition is supported by the FET Proactive project socSMCs (Socializing Sensorimotor Contingencies).Da … | Continue reading
I'm really glad that fighting games are still alive and well. They're a classic old school genre that has withstood the test of time, and many franchises that were started so long ago in arcades are still with us. Although it's not nearly as old as Street Fighter, Arc System Work … | Continue reading
Don’t blink, because there’s another new pair of earbuds promising the dream of true wireless on the market: the Motorola VerveOnes. Debuted at Mobile World Congress and on sale this month, they start at $200, and they skip things like heart rate monitoring and fitness tracking. … | Continue reading
Part of its ‘Road to Tomorrow Initiative,’ Missouri’s Department of Transportation is teaming with Solar Roadways, an Idaho-based startup (seriously, what’s going on in Idaho?) to cover an undetermined length of Historic Route 66 with road-ready solar panels. “We expect them to b … | Continue reading
On June 23rd, 1991, Sonic the Hedgehog made its debut on the Sega Genesis. A blaze of speed and attitude, Sonic proved to be just what Sega needed in order to keep pace with Nintendo in the earliest iteration of the game console wars. But 25 years later, Sonic’s legacy is mixed a … | Continue reading
With the Columbus Dispatch (and many possible runner-up cities) reporting two days ago that Columbus was the winner of the Smart City Challenge, official word was silent until this afternoon. Today in Columbus, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx was present to official … | Continue reading
President Obama expressed his frustration over a 4-4 Supreme Court tie Thursday blocking his plan to shield millions of illegal immigrants from deportation, and blamed Republicans for failing to hold hearings on justice nominee Merrick Garland. Photo: AP | Continue reading
Feminism's greatest ally, Fall Out Boy, has released a rerecording of the Ghostbusters theme song specifically designed to make you realize what could actually retroactively ruin a 30-year-old movie. Are you happy?This is what America deserves, if I'm honest.Do you remember Fall … | Continue reading
Since Apple insists on continuing to sell a 16GB iPhone in 2016 like its totally okay, mobile storage will continue to be an issue for millions of people for some time. SanDisk is trying to alleviate that problem with its iXpand Memory Case, an iPhone case with flash storage buil … | Continue reading
American Express today unveiled plans to introduce an Amex bot to Facebook Messenger that would let customers receive real-time purchase alerts and key information about benefits related to their purchases. The finance giant was at the Cannes-Lions Innovation festival in France t … | Continue reading
The days are getting warmer, which can only mean one thing: it's time to stay indoors and play lots of cheap games on Steam. Valve's digital PC game store just kicked off its annual summer sale, and it includes some great deals on both new and classic titles.You can get the fanta … | Continue reading
Instagram is adding “picked for you” video channels under its Explore section to keep you entertained. Next time you go to the ‘Explore’ section, you’ll see recommendations based on your interests. Some examples include comedians, cake decorating and skateboarders. Instagram says … | Continue reading
Matt Cutts, a 16-year Google veteran who authored the company's SafeSearch content filter, is taking a leave from the search giant to work on the Pentagon's Defense Digital Service. The division, formed last fall, is responsible for improving the Department of Defense's ability t … | Continue reading
Dynasty Warriors developer Omega Force recently revealed its upcoming Warriors spin-off based on the popular pulpy manga series Berserk. Now we have a trailer showing brief snippets of gameplay.Publisher Koei Tecmo described Bersek - which is just a working title - as "the most l … | Continue reading
Whether you're planning a short get away or a long road trip, here are 10 essential Android travel apps, gadgets and tricks that you should take with you. | Continue reading
As the country holds its breath in anticipation of who will take Barack Obama’s chair in the Oval Office, the president is considering how to get his résumé into the right hands after his eight-year lease on the White House expires (tenant laws in DC are brutal). In a recent inte … | Continue reading
Who says you can’t have pizza while you camp? Who says preparing that camper pizza has to be hard? BioLite, the maker of the BaseCamp and BaseLantern, is now making all your camping pizza dreams come true with the public launch of its PizzaDome. The dome sits on top of the BaseCa … | Continue reading
If iTunes has been giving you fits when playing tracks, you’re not alone. In the latest release, version 12.4, tracks shorter than 60 seconds seem to be in a continuous state of buffering. Via MacRumors, a forum post suggests that streaming music queues the next track when the cu … | Continue reading
Snapchat Discover, meet Instagram “Picked For You”. Today Instagram is launching a new way to see the best videos from topics you personally love. “Picked for You” lives in the Explore tab, and each day will show you a ream of videos from one of over 20 channels based on topics … | Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: Facebook today is publishing an academic paper and a blog post detailing Torchnet, a new piece of open-source software that’s designed to streamline deep learning, a type of artificial intelligence. Deep learning is a trendy approach that involves training artificial n … | Continue reading
Tony Award-winner Leslie Odom Jr. tells WSJ’s Christopher John Farley about his plans for after he leaves the hit Broadway show "Hamilton," at WSJ Cafe. Image: Jeff Bush/The Wall Street Journal | Continue reading
Next time you're looking for something to watch on Instagram, you might have better luck: Instagram is rolling out an update to its Explore section so that it'll start recommending video collections it thinks you'll be interested in. These collections won't just be a big stream o … | Continue reading
Instagram wants you to watch more video.The company is adding new topic-based video channels to the "explore" section of the app. The channels, which will be labeled as "picked for you," will surface based on topics you may be interested in.SEE ALSO: Instagram now has more than a … | Continue reading
If Boston Dynamics’ ‘Big Dog’ was a bit too terrifying for you, you should give ‘SpotMini’ a go. The all-electric robot (no hydraulics) weighs 55 pounds and runs for about 90 minutes on a charge — roughly the equivalent of most dogs. It’s also the quietest robot Boston Dynamics h … | Continue reading
Tel Aviv, Israel-based Dapulse has come a long way since it was an internal communications tool at website builder Wix.com. Read More | Continue reading
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, the Castlevania spiritual successor by Castlevania: Symphony of the Night producer and co-director Koji Igarashi, now has a demo for folks who pledged $60 or more to the game's Kickstarter.As stated in a Kickstarter update, the demo is currently … | Continue reading
In a 4-3 ruling the Supreme Court upholds affirmative action in higher education. WSJ Law Deputy Bureau Chief Ashby Jones joins Lunch Break with Tanya Rivero to discuss. Photo: AP | Continue reading
Boston Dynamics, the company behind some of the most impressively terrifying and terrifyingly impressive robots of the past decade, is demonstrating its softer side with a video showcasing the Alphabet-owned firm’s latest creation. The SpotMini is a sort or tiny robot giraffe cap … | Continue reading
We need to see the world in these three phases: before a full immersion of digital communications technology; when such technologies have faded into the background; and the mess between the two. Read More | Continue reading
One of the early startups in the app discovery space, Homescreen.me, is relaunching its service that lets you browse what apps others have installed on their iPhone, and now, Apple Watch, too. Despite valiant efforts at creating social networks around apps and app recommendations … | Continue reading
BlackBerry has reported a $670 million net loss for the first quarter of 2016, although the company has exceeded some expectations and has plans for new Android hardware this year. | Continue reading
Two patent applications filed by Apple and published to the US Patent and Trademark Office have shed some light on what the company could have in store for users of future generations of the iPhone and iPad. The first is a stylus with multi-touch sensors along the body, which can … | Continue reading
Want to simplify your writing process? Wondering why your blog post titles are falling flat? Henneke Duistermaat's shares her favorite sales writing secrets. Read more! | Continue reading
During last week's E3 extravaganza, Nintendo finally dove deep on The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. The upcoming installment in the 30-year-old franchise rejects much of Nintendo's recent history, and embraces a massive scope with complex gameplay systems. | Continue reading
If choosing between a 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch iPhone was tough, your decision-making process ay be even more complex this Fall. A new rumor suggests the iPhone will follow the iPad model, and have three different models to choose from. Specifically, there could be an iPhone 7, 7 Pl … | Continue reading
WhatsApp users are now making more than 100 million voice calls every single day – over 1,100 calls per second. That’s an impressive number, given the feature only finished rolling out to Android and iOS in April of last year. Of course, plenty of those calls are from individuals … | Continue reading
Mighty No. 9's end credits are an incredible three hours and 48 minutes long. This is because developer Comcept needed to thank all 71,493 backers who pledg… | Continue reading
U.K.-based publisher Future Publishing today announced it is in the process of acquiring Imagine Publishing for $21 million worth of shares, continuing the trend of media consolidation in the world of magazine publishing. Imagine publishes a series of magazines that operate in th … | Continue reading