Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds is one of the hottest games around, so maybe we shouldn’t be too surprised that its in-game items are becoming a big commodity the day that loot crates become buy-able. But it’s still shocking to see a digital trench coat up for sale in Steam’s marke … | Continue reading
Does no good deed truly go unpunished?The infosec community is scratching its head this morning following the news that Marcus Hutchins, the 23-year-old security researcher who singlehandedly stopped the spread of the global ransomware WannaCry, is reportedly being detained in an … | Continue reading
Playing games in 4K is already pretty awesome, but playing games in 16K is a whole other world of awesome.The YouTube channel Linus Tech Tips managed to rig up a 16K-resolution setup using a super-beefy computer and 16 4K-resolution monitors. The team tested it out on Minecraft, … | Continue reading
When President Donald Trump finally signed the new congressionally mandated Russia sanctions into law on Wednesday, Dmitry Peskov, Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, announced that the Kremlin wouldn’t implement any new retaliatory measures to mark the signing. “Retaliatory measures hav … | Continue reading
(Reuters) — A website launched on Wednesday seeks to track Russian-supported propaganda and disinformation on Twitter, part of a growing non-governmental effort to diminish Moscow’s ability to meddle in future elections in the United States and Europe. The “Hamilton 68” dashboard … | Continue reading
President Trump reportedly told his top advisers he thinks the U.S. is “losing” the war in Afghanistan, and is reportedly considering replacing his top general in the country with Lieutenant General H. R. McMaster, his national-security adviser.That Trump is skeptical about the n … | Continue reading
Last month during the San Diego Comic-Con, Telltale Games announced a second season for their interactive story adventure series based on Batman called Batman: The Enemy Within, and today they've released the first trailer showing the game in action ahead of its console and deskt … | Continue reading
Presidents normally decline to take credit for gains in the stock market. The Dow Jones and the Standard & Poor’s 500 are simple reflections of market sentiment and short-term profits, after all. And what goes up has a way of inevitably going sideways or crashing down.That has no … | Continue reading
Five teenage girls from Kenya are headed to California to make their dream of ending female genital mutilation (FGM) in their country a reality.The bright teens invented an app called i-Cut, which provides girls with easy access to legal and medical assistance before and after FG … | Continue reading
Originally noticed by Artnet, photographer Cindy Sherman suddenly has a public Instagram account with hundreds of posts. For fans of the photographer, it’s kind of like a surprise show of new material. The account has been active, but private, since October of last year. In the 5 … | Continue reading
Peter Levine has an interesting working theory. He believes cloud computing is going to take a back seat to edge computing — and we will soon see the majority of processing taking place at the device level. Levine says it’s based on sound analysis of where he sees computing goin … | Continue reading
Japan has a mascot for just about everything, and the newest addition is Kan-chan, an adorable pink penguin from Tokyo-based Ichijiku Pharmaceutical Co. If you’re having trouble trying to figure out what Kan-chan is, we’ll help you out: this perky, kawaii little creature is... an … | Continue reading
There’s a new app out today from iTranslate that teases the idea of real-time, universal translation better than almost anything before it. It’s called iTranslate Converse, and it’s available on both iOS and Android. I’ve had a few days to try a test version of iTranslate Convers … | Continue reading
Amazon announced today that it’s updating its Alexa voice assistant with the ability to play back music from the Amazon Music library based on specific activities, like meditation or running. “Alexa, play classical music for running.”Amazon says that over 500 activities are inclu … | Continue reading
When Zumper raised $18M in Series B funding last fall, the rental search engine explained that the funding would be used to grow the company beyond search – and assist renters with the entire leasing process. So today Zumper is announcing what they call Zumper Select, which is a … | Continue reading
ANALYSIS: Among the thousands of people from Hebron, Kentucky to Kent, Washington who stood in line yesterday to speak with recruiters at Amazon’s fulfillment centers, their thinking was clear: Amazon is their ticket to a good-paying, stable job. The long lines came courtesy of a … | Continue reading
Dolores Tersigni was hoping she would be taking a long-overdue vacation after leaving Netflix earlier this year — and instead, she was spending a lot of time talking to the team over at meditation app Headspace. Now she’s landed a job there as the chief people officer, starting … | Continue reading
Facebook today revealed it was escalating its battle against fake news using machine learning. Back in April, Facebook announced it’d be using Related Articles as a way of combating the influx of dubious articles. When you clicked on a post sharing an article, the Related Article … | Continue reading
The fight against President Trump’s border wall gained urgency this week when the Department of Homeland Security announced plans to fast-track construction. Photos are a particularly effective reminder of just what is at stake, and yesterday the American Society of Mammalogists … | Continue reading
Vector — a private spaceflight startup based out of Tucson, Arizona — just successfully pulled off another test flight of one of its micro-rockets, launching the 40-foot-tall vehicle this morning from a spaceport in Georgia. It’s the second flight of the vehicle: a full-scale pro … | Continue reading
Remix 3D is Microsoft’s community site for sharing 3D models from Paint 3D and other 3D modelling tools. Given the company’s focus on mixed and virtual reality, it’s no surprise that the company wants to get people to think about building the kind of 3D models that bring these n … | Continue reading
Google today announced it’s rolling out a change to its Play Store so that better-performing apps – meaning those that experience fewer crashes and those that don’t drain your smartphone battery – will be ranked higher than apps with bugs and other performance issues. The goal w … | Continue reading
Google has been getting more aggressive at promoting good Android apps in the Play Store lately, mainly by demoting bad apps in its search rankings. The latest way that’s happening, as Google puts it, is that the company is “incorporating app quality signals in our ranking algori … | Continue reading
Plants, like humans, need food, water, beer, and television. What better way to tell if your plant is hungry or thirsty (or bored) than a little nubbin that sits inside its pot and send you notifications when things are amiss. That’s why you need a HelloPlant. The system lets yo … | Continue reading
Facebook Stories, one of several Facebook-made Snapchat clones, is coming to the desktop. TechCrunch says it’s confirmed with Facebook that a desktop version of Stories is currently in testing. But while it’s supposedly only a test for now, Facebook also said that it’s planning a … | Continue reading
Every great Disrupt debuts fantastic startups and this September 18-20 Disrupt SF will be no exception. TechCrunch has selected 30 outstanding early-stage companies that will be featured in specific category Pavilions in Startup Alley and will present their products on our Showc … | Continue reading
We’ve seen Star Wars experiment with VR, but the sci-fi brand is going to become a full virtual experience at Disneyland and Walt Disney World later this year. The Walt Disney Company is partnering with VR studio The Void to create Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire for its U.S. re … | Continue reading
A livestock farming cooperative in Arkansas is taking part in a blockchain supply chain trial. | Continue reading
Soundboks war schon mit seinem ersten Speaker eine der wenigen Firmen auf dem Markt, der die oberen Limits von Lautstärke bei batteriebetriebenen Lautsprechern austesten will. Der neue Soundboks 2 behauptet jetzt von sich mit 122dB der lauteste... | Continue reading
Larry Scott and Nick Potts worked at CoverMyMeds, a software solution for pharmacies. After connecting a bunch of pills with a bunch of pharmacists they started ScriptDrop, a service that helps pharmacists deliver those same prescriptions to your door. It’s active in New York no … | Continue reading
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The Minecraft Marketplace is where the open world, block-building game’s fans can sell their creations to other players. Today, Minecraft developer Mojang is releasing new content from notable Marketplace creators — Noxcrew, Eneija, Razzleberry Fox, and Jigarbov. This includes fo … | Continue reading
Last week, an early build of Apple’s HomePod firmware was shared on Apple’s developer website. Guilherme Rambo has been digging around the strings in a library file to find hints about the next iPhone. He found out that the next iPhone could automatically detect the type of scen … | Continue reading
I'll be the first to admit that I own way more gadgetry than any sane person needs. Just on my desk right now, I have two laptops, half a dozen smartphones, two tablets, three sets of headphones, and two cameras. But one of the best gadgets I own is a cheap, ugly piece of plastic … | Continue reading
Sign up for R&K Insider, our collection of the most compelling happenings in food, politics, and travel from across the web. It’s August, dear readers, when a young editor’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of getting the fuck out of town. Or at least it should; it would appear no … | Continue reading
The Chevy Bolt beat the Tesla Model S 75D by 15 miles in a new range test performed by Consumer Reports. GM’s all-electric crossover made it 250 miles before its battery was completely zapped, while the Tesla died out at 235 miles. It’s a shocking turn of events when you consider … | Continue reading
Amazon today is rolling out a new experience for Prime Photos, its photo backup and sharing app, on Fire TV and Fire TV Stick. With the update, you can now ask Alexa to display your photos, including those saved to your various albums, photos taken on a certain day, week or mont … | Continue reading
On August 2nd, Netflix announced a new list of anime and Japanese-influenced series that the service is picking up for streaming. On the list are typical strong performers in the science fiction, fantasy, and action genres. Even if the names are unfamiliar, the tropes and plot tw … | Continue reading
Ghost Recon: Wildlands now has a free five-hour trial on both PS4 and Xbox One.This new demo supports both single-player and online co-op, so you can get a proper feel for the tactical open-world shooter by hopping into a game with friends.This isn't the first time Ubisoft has of … | Continue reading
ANALYSIS: The world might be collapsing around Fitbit, but, by golly, these folks seem determined to take one last tilt at the windmill. Even before Fitbit released its earnings yesterday, the company had gained distinction for having one of the worst ever tech IPOs. A few weeks … | Continue reading
What goes on when heads of state chat? It’s highly unusual for the public to know. Both parties usually release a “readout” that crisply summarizes the call and smooths over the roughest spots. Sometimes, there are revealing differences in the readouts, but often they’re close—ne … | Continue reading
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Facebook announced this morning that it had completed its move to neural machine translation — a complicated way of saying that Facebook is now using convolutional neural networks (CNNs) and recurrent neural networks (RNNs) to automatically translate content across Facebook. Goo … | Continue reading
Research into gene editing to cure human diseases should continue and be supported with public funds, says an international group of organizations with genetics expertise. But embryos with DNA edits shouldn’t be developed into human beings just yet — there are too many unanswered … | Continue reading
In March 2011, a construction worker named Shawn Funk visited an impressive dinosaur collection at the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Alberta. As he walked through halls full of ancient bones, he had no idea that a week later, he’d add to their ranks by finding one of the most spectacul … | Continue reading
Xiaomi hat schon eine ganze Reihe von Überwachungskameras in diesem Jahr herausgebracht und auch wenn sie nur über Umwege hierzulande zu bekommen sind, haben sie etwas verlockendes, die neue um so mehr. Der Preis mit 20 Euro ist einfach unschlagbar... | Continue reading
Tesla’s Model 3 is unique in a lot of ways, but one that stood out among the early reviews and photos was the dashboard, which is essentially unbroken by instrumentation save for that single, large 15-inch touchscreen that sits in the middle next to the steering wheel. We have p … | Continue reading
Apple is the largest company on Earth by market cap, and its success is derived from selling brand-new high-end smartphones consistently month after month. At the peak of its iPhone business, back in 2015, Apple sold a staggering 231.5 million smartphones. Though sales have begun … | Continue reading