Minecraft's Better Together Update is a mess on console

When Microsoft announced Minecraft's Better Together update, fans cheered. Minecraft feels built for cross-network play. It's the world's biggest family game, an experience designed with collaborative play in mind, and now truly open to everyone regardless of device (except PlayS … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Free streaming TV service Pluto TV raises $8.3M, in new round led by Samsung

 Free streaming TV service Pluto TV announced today it has received a new $5 million investment from Samsung Venture Investment Corporation, the VC arm of the Samsung Group. Combined with other investors, the full round totaled $8.3 million, the company says.The round follows a $ … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Cisco using AI and machine learning to help IT predict failures

 We have known for some time that the number of signals coming from your IT systems surpassed the ability for humans to keep track of them years ago. Machines can help and have been for some time. The advent of artificial intelligence and machine learning has accelerated that abi … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Lab Report: Is Surge Pricing Too 'Morally Outrageous' to Work?

Services on demand: We know how “surge pricing” through Uber, planes, hotels, and concert tickets—at high-demand times, you pay more to ensure your spot. But as this trend leaks into more public uses, like electricity and traffic, what are the potential consequences? The New York … | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 8 years ago

In the Elevator With Jeffrey Katzenberg

Joanna Stern meets Jeffrey Katzenberg at WSJ's D.live technology conference for a short elevator ride. Photo: Andria Chamberlin for The Wall Street Journal | Continue reading


@live.wsj.com | 8 years ago

Steps you can take to help protect yourself from the next KRACK attack

So, by now, you’ve probably heard of the KRACK vulnerabilities and the announcement made through a website that credits Mathy Vanhoef of imec-DistriNet with the discovery. While, there is a lot of technical jargon, what is essentially happening with this vulnerability is that it … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Microsoft is bringing the IntelliMouse Explorer back

Microsoft’s original IntelliMouse became a status symbol and a mouse that lived on for what seemed like forever. While Microsoft discontinued the IntelliMouse Explorer 3.0 more than five years ago, fans of the mouse have been scrambling to stockpile them ever since. Microsoft is … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Twitter launches Video Website Card ads for businesses

Twitter is introducing a new video ad format today designed to help brands raise awareness and drive traffic to their websites and other online properties. The Video Website Card, which has been in limited beta with some advertisers for several months already, is an extension of … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

H2020 ICT-25 Interactive Technologies – Webinar presentation

Horizon 2020 is the European Union framework programme funding research and innovation. Within its future plan for 2018-2020, the part addressing information and communication technologies foresees funding to support the European research and industries in the fast moving domain … | Continue reading


@nem-initiative.org | 8 years ago

San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich again criticizes President Donald Trump

SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich has called President Donald Trump "a soulless coward who thinks that he can only become large by belittling others" in response to Trump | Continue reading


@nba.com | 8 years ago

Fluent City picks up $3 million to revolutionize language learning

 It’s a tale as old as time. Entrepreneur meets VC. VC shells out a bunch of dough. Entrepreneur operates under threat of failure to turn that cash into a profit. And the cycle repeats. But James Rohrbach, a serial founder who sold his previous company to Noodle in 2010, wanted t … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Trump's Nominee for Drug Czar Is Out

President Trump’s pick to be White House drug czar, Representative Tom Marino of Pennsylvania, withdrew his name from consideration on Tuesday following the publication of a critical news report. It detailed how a law he wrote at the behest of pharmaceutical distributors has made … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 8 years ago

Love Arduino? Then get lifetime access to fan hub Codebender for under $70

If you love Arduino and their host of multi-skill level electronics projects, then you’re probably also a big fan of Codebender, the web’s one-stop-shopping for all the coolest Arduino code, ideas, and discussion. Now, you can get a lifetime pass to Codebender, an over $1,200 val … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

92 Percent of Customers Will Call You Out on Your Poor Customer Service

New research from Sprout Social reveals what today's customers expect from social customer service, including why and how they hold brands accountable. | Continue reading


@convinceandconvert.com | 8 years ago

ET Deals: Save 42% on Luma Whole Home Wi-Fi Mesh Router Three-Pack

Tired of Wi-Fi dead spots in your home? Kick your old wireless router to the curb, and start using the Luma Whole Home Wi-Fi system to get complete coverage. For a limited time, you can save 42% on a three-pack from Amazon.The post ET Deals: Save 42% on Luma Whole Home Wi-Fi Mesh … | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Torch 3D raises $3.5 million for AR and VR prototyping platform

Torch 3D has raised $3.5 million to build its augmented and virtual reality prototyping platform. The idea, which came from a couple of Magic Leap alumni, is to make it fast and easy for teams to build, share, and iterate on 3D concepts. Portland, Oregon-based Torch 3D wants to m … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Twitter introduces a new video-centric ad format

 While there’s a larger debate swirling around Twitter’s problems with abuse and harassment, the business side of the business is still chugging along. Today, the company is unveiling a new ad format called the Video Website Card, which it describes as ” a creative format that co … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Microsoft joins the VR battle with Windows Mixed Reality today

Microsoft is launching its own answer to virtual reality today, taking on HTC and Oculus in the process. Windows Mixed Reality will be available in the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, and headsets are now available to buy. Here’s everything you need to know about Windows Mixed R … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

This Is The Most Intelligent Social Promotion Tool You’ll EVER Use

What makes ReQueue the most intelligent social media promotion tool on the market? See how it works and keep your calendar full with less effort now. | Continue reading


@coschedule.com | 8 years ago

Yes, Hitler is in Wolfenstein 2

Tucked away at the end of the Wolfenstein 2 launch trailer, below, is a brief glimpse at a coughing and spluttering Hitler himself. Well, the back of his head. So yes, Hitler is in Wolfenstein 2.Why is this interesting? MachineGames' previous two Wolfenstein titles, The New Order … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

New Radio Atlantic Episode: Derek Thompson Details His Exclusive View Into the World of X, Google’s Moonshot Factory

Washington, D.C. (October 17, 2017)–Few journalists have gotten a peek inside X, the secretive lab run by Google’s parent company Alphabet. Its scientists are researching cold fusion, hover boards, self-driving cars, among other potentially world-changing technologies. Derek Thom … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 8 years ago

Keep your Pixel 2 protected with these official Google cases

There are already a pretty good amount of official cases for the new Pixel 2 devices. Here's a list of them all! | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

Coca-Cola’s Alan Boehme is taking the CTO reins at Procter & Gamble

 The former global chief technology officer of Coca-Cola, Alan Boehme, is trading the effervescent world of soda pop for the day-to-day necessities of detergents, deodorants, daily cleansers, diapers, and dental hygiene at Procter & Gamble, TechCrunch has learned. Boehme will tak … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Apple has already fixed the KRACK Wi-Fi exploit in its latest iOS beta

Apple has already whipped up an antidote to the glaring WPA2 encryption protocol vulnerability affecting Wi-Fi routers across the board. But there is one catch: the solution is currently only available as part of the latest beta version for iOS, 11.1 Developer beta 3. This means … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Snap and NBCUniversal team up on Snapchat scripted shows

 Snapchat parent co. Snap is working with NBCUniversal on its first scripted series, with an initial effort led by the Duplass Brothers – Mark and Jay, to those in the know. The duo will create scripted programming for Snapchat through Donut, their own creative production venture … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Straßenbelag sollte Rossini spielen, macht Katzenmusik

Der britische Wissenschafts-Nerd Tom Scott ist für die YouTube-Reihe Amazing Places ins kalifornische Städtchen Lancaster gereist, um eine ganz besondere Lokalattraktion in Augen- bzw. Ohrenschein zu nehmen: Die Civic Musical Road ist ein... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 8 years ago

Bitcoin Price Cracks $5,700 but Ethereum Wanes after Byzantium

[…]The post Bitcoin Price Cracks $5,700 but Ethereum Wanes after Byzantium appeared first on CryptoCoinsNews. | Continue reading


@cryptocoinsnews.com | 8 years ago

Invoxia’s new Triby smart speaker works with Apple HomeKit and Amazon’s Alexa

Several years ago, France’s Invoxia introduced what seemed like a novel product: a little smart speaker called Triby that was one of the first third-party devices to have Amazon’s Alexa baked in. But the world of tech gadgets moves fast. And while having a voice-activated device … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Tokyo's VR Mario Kart is more rollercoaster than video game

An official virtual reality version of Mario Kart is a thing that exists for actual humans to play today. It’s true. Unfortunately, there are a few significant caveats. You must travel to Tokyo, Japan. You must pay about $40. You must wait in line for over an hour and a half, if … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Why Your Content Marketing Should Be Bite-Sized

When it comes to life tips, one of the more unique budget-minded suggestions for grocery shopping is to never go on an empty stomach. The idea behind this is that if you are sated, you can shop without hunger driving your decisions, thus avoiding impulse purchases. From a marketi … | Continue reading


@alltop | 8 years ago

When gun buyers have to wait for their guns, fewer people die from firearms

Making gun buyers wait a few days before receiving a newly purchased firearm could keep 910 people across the US from being killed with a gun each year, a new study says. The research supports enacting a nationwide waiting period between buying and receiving a gun; in the states … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Pholio is trying to make a personal, private Google Photos

A London-based startup has created a device that can back up your photos and videos and make them searchable, marketing it as a rival to Google Photos. Though the service is similar, Pholio keeps your stuff private and off some companies’ servers. The device has built-in algorith … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Your company will use blockchain in less than 10 years — here’s how

Almost a decade ago, Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin, silently disrupted trust-providing organizations, like banks, with an eight-page long research paper describing how money can be decentralized (through Bitcoin). At the time, not many people understood the potential t … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Massive Methane Leak in 2015 Left California Residents With Elevated Uranium, Styrene Levels

Two years after a well blowout dumped over 100,000 tons of methane into Southern California, residents are still suffering significant health problems and are showing elevated levels of various heavy metals and benzene-related chemicals.The post Massive Methane Leak in 2015 Left … | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Endless Shadow Wars confirmed for first Shadow of War DLC

Developer Monolith has confirmed infinite Shadow Wars will arrive with Shadow of War's first DLC - the Slaughter Tribe.The news was confirmed during a Monoloith Shadow of War live stream. You can watch a clip of the announcement below: Read more… | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Credit giant Experian leads $30M investment in India’s BankBazaar

 Indian credit marketplace BankBazaar has pulled in $30 million in fresh funding led by Experian, the London-headquartered credit giant with a £14 billion ($18 billion) market cap. BankBazaar seems to have a penchant for big name backers. Amazon led its $60 million Series C fundi … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Ludwig: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern wird Tourismusbotschafter für ganz Deutschland

CDU/CSU - Bundestagsfraktion: Berlin (ots) - Mit Mecklenburg-Vorpommern wird erstmals ein deutsches Bundesland Partner der ITB Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ist das Partnerland der Internationalen Tourismus-Börse (ITB) 2018. Am 12. Oktober 2017 wurde der Partnervertrag zwischen dem ... | Continue reading


@presseportal.de | 8 years ago

Big Tech Ought to Step Up for Cities

Dynamic entrepreneurial companies have long been the drivers of America’s economic growth, and innovators like Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and Steve Jobs held up as heroes. But today, high-tech companies are increasingly cast as villains. Uber was recently thrown … | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 8 years ago

Let’s talk about that Pixel 2 contrast color button though

 The Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL have one of the best features introduced on a smartphone in recent memory: That button. Admittedly, it’s just a superficial design decision, but it’s actually one of the most interesting, and most bold design decisions make in smartphones by a m … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Google Pixel 2 XL unboxing and first impressions

Josh unboxes the Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL and shares some first impressions, including that contentious dongle and the missing 3.5mm headphone port. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

Why Microsoft turned the Surface Book into a 15-inch 'beast'

Read more...{"player":{"description":"This is one powerful laptop.","image":"https://i.amz.mshcdn.com/jDwjeV1-8mHp89ZpmsjlVFvSOlU=/https%3A%2F%2Fvdist.aws.mashable.com%2Fcms%2F2017%2F10%2Fdf303bbd-992f-5bab%2Fthumb%2F00001.jpg","mediaid":"qGo5xMmlW9","preload":false,"title":"Hand … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

Überraschung im Pixel 2: Eine eigener Bild-Chip!

Google hat am 4. Oktober nicht alles über das Pixel 2 und Pixel 2 XL verraten. Zwar war schon bekannt, dass in den neuen Geräten Googles selbstentwickelter Bild-Chip verbaut ist, der Pixel Visual Core. Der 8-Kern-Prozessor arbeitet eng mit... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 8 years ago

Watch the first four episodes of the Silicon Valley mockumentary ‘Bubbleproof’

 We’re excited to be premiering a new mockumentary series about the startup world; watch the first four episodes of Bubbleproof right here on TechCrunch.  Read More | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Google looks to prove VR is more than a toy with updated Daydream View headset

 Google’s latest Daydream View build is by no means a major departure from the previous iteration. While it’s sturdier, more thought-out and a bit more expensive, it encapsulates much of the same features of the headset from last year. This View looks almost identical to its prev … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Microsoft appeals to power users with the Surface Precision Mouse

 Once upon a time, Microsoft had a whole line of gaming hardware under the Sidewinder brand, and while they never really put a dent in Razer or Logitech, they put out some decent mice (the X3 “might serve as a good introduction to multiple DPI settings for your mom or dad,” I wro … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Pixel 2 review: Still the best Android phone money can buy

In our review one year ago, VentureBeat called the Pixel “the best Android phone money can buy.” The Pixel 2, unveiled two weeks ago, boasts some marked improvements over its predecessor: among them a better camera, visual searches, and on-the-spot translation of 40 languages. Wi … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

A dormant chip in the Pixel 2 will soon let developers write better camera and AI apps

Here’s a surprise: Google’s Pixel 2 phones include a custom system-on-a-chip (SoC) that’s optimized for image processing — but it currently just sits there, doing nothing. Google says it’ll turn this chip on in the coming weeks as a developer option in the preview of Android Oreo … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Two sizes really do fit all with Google’s Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL

 Google’s Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL have a number of strengths to recommend them, but what makes them really unique is that they offer two versions of phone that finally, for Android, will provide everything anyone really needs in a smartphone. Other device makers have realized that … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago