One of the most talked about things this week was a strange video of a man who appeared to have a real life jet-powered hoverboard. The video was published by Zapata Racing, which has made water-powered versions of these flying machines for a few years now. The difference is that … | Continue reading
ClassDojo has raised $21 million in Series B round of venture funding for tech that connects educators to students’ parents, and helps them communicate consistently about student’s activities, social and behavioral development at school. Communicating throughout the year, and eve … | Continue reading
Leap of Fate, a fast-paced cyberpunk roguelite that mixes magic and technology, has released on PC and its on its way (guns and magic blazing) to mobile. The game popped up on our forums in 2014, but then went silent (possibly in an attempt to keep the PC version and the mobile v … | Continue reading
Sprint announced today that it has enabled its LTE Plus service in New York City, making it one of the last major metropolitan areas to get access to the service. Initially launched in 77 markets last November, LTE Plus is Sprint's version of LTE Advanced, and is now available in … | Continue reading
VIDEO: Spurs vs. Grizzlies: By The Numbers HANG TIME NEW JERSEY — The San Antonio Spurs had the best season in franchise history. They’ve made 39 trips to the playoffs in their 43 seasons in the NBA and they had never won more than 63 games before. No team had ever won 67 games a … | Continue reading
Google is getting into the restaurant business – but only for four days. The company has opened up a pop-up eatery in New York City’s Lower East Side, in something of a promotion for Google Translate. It seems customers will be able to translate menu items using Google Translate … | Continue reading
What’s interesting about this launch isn’t so much the app itself, but rather what it seems to foreshadow for Huawei. | Continue reading
As a journalist, I've learned never to assume anything. Don't assume a fact you've read comes from a reliable source. Don't assume that your readers know all the details of a complicated topic you're writing. And today I learned you shouldn't just assume that the leader of your c … | Continue reading
In the latest Android N Developer Preview, there’s code that alludes to a 3D Touch-like feature coming for Android. A developer has spoofed the functionality, giving us a preview of what Google may be thinking. Because there’s no existing Android device with physical 3D Touch cap … | Continue reading
Aston Martin has released a stripped-down, track-focused, limited edition version of its V8 Vantage sports car. It's called the Vantage GT8 and its heavily inspired by the V8 Vantage GTE race car that Aston runs in the World Endurance Championship.Aston's special projects divisio … | Continue reading
Jeff Garzik, a bitcoin code veteran, offered some insight into his purpose for launching Bloq a code-for-hire service to develop features for blockchain software and provide access to blockchain support. In a podcast interview on Bitcoin Uncensored co-hosted by Chris DeRose, a se … | Continue reading
The Rift Herald is an experimental joint venture that will cover the massively popular multiplayer game League of Legends at both the amateur and professional levels. Continue reading… | Continue reading
Some day, cars will drive themselves and the most you'll have to worry about during your commute is which Netflix show you're going to watch. Until then, though, drivers can use all the help they can get.SEE ALSO: The world's fastest convertible just did 265.6 mphAccordingly, we … | Continue reading
I love silly, strange games. I have an entire folder dedicated to games like Enviro-Bear 2010 [appprice url="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/enviro-bear-2010/id321414903?mt=8"], So Long, Oregon! [appprice url="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/so-long-oregon!/id384238167?mt=8"], Wr … | Continue reading
The combined gross of Marvel's superhero movies is in the billions of dollars. The Russian film industry wants to replicate that success, but money isn't the only goal of such a film. A Russian superhero film has the power to speak to its nation's values and history, the way Marv … | Continue reading
As much ink has been spilled over the Tesla Model 3 in the past two weeks, we actually don't know much about it. In fact, we know shockingly little! That's exactly how Elon Musk likes it, I think. Mystery feeds hype, after all — and having attended the Model X and Model 3 launch … | Continue reading
Alphabet's Craig Barratt explained that Alphabet is planning on providing fixed wireless internet to places where Fiber would be too expensive to roll out. | Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: T-Mobile is poised to add a number of entry-level and mid-range Android smartphones to its portfolio in the coming months, from a range of manufacturers, according to a product roadmap seen by VentureBeat. However, save for the most budget-friendly handset of the bunch … | Continue reading
Imagine having a fitness tracker that doubles as a temporary tattoo. Or a monitoring device that doctors can paste straight onto an ailing organ. Or a watch so unobtrusive that it looks like it's built right into your wrist. These are all long-term possibilities for electronic sk … | Continue reading
Another handset maker is getting into the headset game. Huawei announced its entry into the world of mobile virtual reality today with a Gear VR-like headset simply called “Huawei VR,” Engadget reports. Huawei unveiled Huawei VR at a Shanghai launch event for the P9 and P9 Plus s … | Continue reading
Tattoos are becoming more common in the work place. Thanks to tech and startup culture, which is much more lax than traditional places, it's now acceptable to show off your permanent ink in the wild.SEE ALSO: Inspired by Kylie Jenner's lip kit, one guy tattooed the swatches on hi … | Continue reading
Our forums have been going gaga over a recent release this year, Planar Conquest [$12.99], a big 4X game that was released earlier this year. While its $12.99 price point and IAP (including a $19.99 "complete pack") might scare some people off, this is intended to be a massive, d … | Continue reading
Google is cleaning up its Chrome Web Store – the marketplace where you can browse for extensions and apps for its Chrome web browser. The company says it’s making changes to browser’s User Data Policy, which will now require developers to be more transparent about how they handle … | Continue reading
There are no flashbacks in HBO’s Confirmation. There is no point where Supreme Court justice candidate Clarence Thomas (played by Wendell Pierce, of The Wire and Treme) actually approaches his assistant Anita Hill (Scandal star Kerry Washington) to ask who put pubic hair in his C … | Continue reading
Fox Searchlight just released the first trailer for Sundance darling The Birth of a Nation ahead of its October release. Here, those who couldn't attend the festival this year can see director Nate Parker's searing depiction of Nat Turner's slave rebellion of 1831. Nina Simone's … | Continue reading
Apps and extensions for Chrome are a lot of fun, but they can also be mysterious little black holes in your browser that grab personal information. Now, Google is bringing its Chrome Web Store rules more in line with the Play Store, at least where privacy is concerned. In a blog … | Continue reading
Recently, I decided buy an iPhone 6S and turn on iMessage.1 iPhones are great! But in the process of setting it up, I ran into some hassles that reminded me that for all the advancements that Apple has made with iOS over the years, it still can feel like it's stuck in an old era … | Continue reading
What do Barack Obama and Uber have in common? The answer is David Plouffe. In 2008, Plouffe was Barack Obama’s campaign manager. He then became a White House adviser. As Washington and Silicon Valley are getting closer, Plouffe joined Uber in 2014 as Senior Vice President of Poli … | Continue reading
Lekka i delikatna w smaku zapiekanka z mielonego mięsa indyka, dużej ilości warzyw oraz warstwy ziemniaków i pietruszki rozgniecionych na purée. Oprócz zeszklonej cebuli zawiera seler naciowy, marchewkę (zarówno startą jak i pokrojoną w kosteczkę), groszek i kukurydzę. Ze względu … | Continue reading
In February, the FCC voted in favor of loosening cable’s grip on set-top boxes. Today, President Obama offered a show of support to the initiative that sought to give consumers greater control of how they access their favorite channels. The “Unlock the Box” initiative sought to e … | Continue reading
Bloomberg published an interesting article last night surrounding Apple potentially pursuing building a "secret team" to explore various potential App Store changes. It doesn't seem that far fetched, as it's not hard to find both iOS developers and iOS gamers who have something t … | Continue reading
Wall Street’s clearing and settlement house, the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has increasingly made rapid strides in blockchain research | Continue reading
Fear the Walking Dead is coming back for a third season. AMC announced its renewal of the popular spinoff this afternoon, just under a week after the show's second season premiered on April 10th. It's a little too early to predict an exact premiere date for the new batch of episo … | Continue reading
If you’re a driver for Lyft and/or Uber, and drive in San Francisco seven or more days a year, the city requires you to obtain a business license, the SF Chronicle reported today.“We have serious concerns with the City’s plan to collect and display Lyft drivers’ personal informat … | Continue reading
Anyone who has spent the last several months squinting at poorly-lit Game of Thrones trailers knows that we have a very gory summer of television ahead. Knees will be sliced! Heads will be plucked from their bodies! Someone will say "spill blood," and blood, I suspect, will be sp … | Continue reading
At this point, no one who watches John Carney’s movies is likely to mistake his feelings about the transformative power of music. His debut film, the raw and aching Once, features Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová as two lonely people making music together to express the emotions … | Continue reading
Apple is teaming up with the World Wildlife Fund to raise money for the conservation organization through in-app purchases. Already started, the initiative will last until April 24, during which time users will have access to exclusive in-app content created specifically for the … | Continue reading
Google today updated its User Data Policy for the Chrome Web Store to “ensure transparent use of the data in a way that is consistent with the wishes and expectations of users.” The company is giving developers three months to comply: Starting on July 15, 2016, apps and extension … | Continue reading
Multiplayer is coming to the mobile version of Crossy Road [Free]. The game's Android publisher, Yodo1, has announced on Twitter that 4-player multiplayer is coming to the Android version of the game, with the iOS version to follow. However, there will a bit of an exclusivity per … | Continue reading
Apple's recycling program is doing very well. As part of its annual environmental report that the company released yesterday, Apple declared that it had recovered nearly 90 million pounds of materials from Apple devices recycled through is program in 2015. Sixty-one million pound … | Continue reading
The old LG Rolly Keyboard had only four rows of keys. We can't even believe we lived through such primitive times. Because of math, the old keyboard rolled up into a square, but the new keyboard rolls up into a pentagon. Finally we can live all our cyberpunk fantasies of having f … | Continue reading
Cult Pokémon … I mean, Camp Pokémon … is now out on a new platform. The Pokémon Company International announced today that the free app — designed to introduce young children to the franchise — is out now for Android. It originally came out for iOS devices back in 2014. At its he … | Continue reading
You’re back! If you liked last week’s edition and are back for more, this week we’ve been reading a lot about business and economics – including how a certain alcoholic drink might boost your ability to be better at it (or life, in general). For the uninitiated (go back and start … | Continue reading
When rumors started to fly around that Apple might abandoning headphone jack on the iPhone 7, Audeze was the first company to build a headphone that could work solely out of Apple’s Lightning connector. Meanwhile, the company’s new Sine headphones were also one of very few portab … | Continue reading
Six Automatticians recently traveled to Kampala, Uganda, to attend the CMS Africa Summit. Happiness Engineer Marjorie R. Asturias reports back from this memorable event. | Continue reading
A member of the US Federal Reserve's board of governors issued new remarks this week on the potential of blockchain technology. | Continue reading