Twitter knows it has an ad problem. On Tuesday, the company announced a series of reforms aimed at disclosing more information about its ads. This new policy followed reports that the social media behemoth's own tools were used by Russia-linked groups in an attempt to influence t … | Continue reading
Four days ago, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky let employees know that Hong Ge, the company’s VP of China, who’d taken on the role just four months ago, is leaving the company to pursue opportunities outside of Airbnb. We reached out to Ge last night for more information and have yet to … | Continue reading
Russian President Vladimir Putin has laid out a timeline within which regulation should be drawn up by Moscow lawmakers covering both initial coin offerings and cryptocurrency mining. According to domestic newspaper RNS, Putin made the announcement on Tuesday following a meeting … | Continue reading
On Tuesday, reports surfaced that a new kind of malware was spreading around Europe. The apparent ransomware which researchers are calling Bad Rabbit bubbled up in Russia and Ukraine and appears to also be affecting Turkey and Germany, though spread isn’t fully known at this tim … | Continue reading
Apple has acquired a little-known wireless charging company called PowerbyProxi for an undisclosed sum, according to a report from New Zealand-based news site Stuff.co.nz. The company, founded in 2007 by entrepreneur Fady Mishriki as a spin-out venture from the University of Auck … | Continue reading
One of the biggest impediments to your success is self doubt. It will stop you from taking risks and going for your dreams and it will cause you all sorts of heartache and pain. The enemy is our chattering brain, which, if we give it so much as a nanosecond, will start producing … | Continue reading
Minnesota Timberwolves guard Jimmy Butler will not play tonight due to illness. Shabazz Muhammad will get the start against the Indiana Pacers. | Continue reading
Datorama revealed today that its customers have deployed more than 100,000 bots to analyze information about their marketing outcomes, as part of the AI Innovation Showcase at VB Summit 2017. When people think about marketing, they think of Don Draper on TV,” said Nate Sandford, … | Continue reading
A new ransomware attack named BadRabbit is spreading through Russia, Ukraine, and other Eastern European countries. Targeting corporate networks, computer systems for the Kiev Metro, Ukraine’s Odessa International Airport, several Russian media outlets, and others have been affec … | Continue reading
The day Apple fans have been waiting for is almost upon us. Preorders for the iPhone X begin on October 27. At 12:01 am PDT, Apple enthusiasts from all around the globe will rush Apple.com/iPhone in a frenzied attempt to get their hands on the newest flagship device. Luckily, the … | Continue reading
For all its investment in video, Facebook is still very much behind many other platforms in one important way: 4K.That may be sloooowly starting to change as the social network is finally beginning to experiment with 4K video uploads — more than seven years after YouTube first be … | Continue reading
Jeff Bezos is on the hunt for a location to build a second headquarters (HQ2) in, which means a ton of money for whatever city wins the Amazon sweepstakes. Experts are predicting Atlanta, Chicago, and even Austin, are leading the pack of 280 proposals — but maybe the company shou … | Continue reading
The spell of sexual harassment accusations against powerful men in Hollywood and media intensified on Tuesday with allegations of “workplace misconduct” against Leon Wieseltier, the legendary former literary editor of The New Republic, a contributing editor to The Atlantic, and a … | Continue reading
Destiny 2 is out on PC, but some players may have to upgrade before they can play it if they are running older AMD Phenom II-generation CPUs. A number of people on forums reported that they bought Bungie’s sci-fi cooperative online shooter after trying it during the beta, but the … | Continue reading
It's time to pour one out for the Alto email app, which came out of left field to become one of the better email apps available on Android. | Continue reading
A lot of startups have been raising money for credit cards and other financing businesses lately.Now Jiko has debit card technology that has convinced Upfront Ventures, Radical Impact, Social Capital and others to invest $7.7 million in a Series A. The Oakland, California-based … | Continue reading
If you're one of many anxiously waiting to get their hands on Magic: The Gathering Arena beta (even if it's a PC beta at the moment), you might want to watch the upcoming developer stream tomorrow at 1PM PDT. This is the stream where the developers will share with us what's in st … | Continue reading
The mayors from 12 big cities around the world have joined together to make a pledge: Starting in 2025, they'll only add all-electric buses to their public transport fleets. The promise is an extension of the C40 Clean Bus Declaration Act, a 2015 initiative from C40, an internati … | Continue reading
The new Echo is a no-brainer. It’s smaller, sounds and looks better and, most importantly, it’s significantly cheaper than its predecessor. It was a long-awaited and much welcomed update to the line. The Echo Plus, on the other hand, is more baffling at first glance. Read More | Continue reading
What We’re FollowingSenate Defections: Jeff Flake, the senator from Arizona, announced he won’t run for reelection next year in a speech that condemned “the degradation of our politics” and “the regular and casual undermining of our democratic norms and ideals” by President Trump … | Continue reading
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Los Angeles Lakers have exercised their contract options on forwards Brandon Ingram and Larry Nance Jr. for the 2018-19 season. | Continue reading
HDR smartphones are becoming increasingly common, but should you prioritise it as a feature when making your next handset purchase? | Continue reading
Nintendo's Halloween sale has begun in Europe, and it brings with it a range of loosely-spookily-themed discounts on Switch, 3DS, and Wii U.It will run for a week, and marks the first proper seasonal eShop sale for Switch. The range of discounts on the console is, admittedly, sma … | Continue reading
It’s our first ever Brand Newsroom Facebook Live Stream event and, unfortunately, we had some sound quality issues. So we apologise for the awkward audio. But please bear with us, because the content is fantastic. James, Nic and Sarah were joined in the studio by Edith Cowan Univ … | Continue reading
Still in search of the elusive miniature Super Nintendo? Toys R Us is the latest retailer to get a re-up on its SNES Classic supply. The company today announced that all of its US stores will have Nintendo’s $80 mini console available on Friday. “Since quantities are limited, we … | Continue reading
One of the key developers to work on Bitcoin in its earliest days, Jeff Garzik, has announced plans to launch a new “cross-blockchain” cryptocurrency. The move comes as a response to the perceived shortcomings of existing fixed-blockchain coins. Announced Tuesday at the Money 20/ … | Continue reading
Instagram now allows users to broadcast a live Story with a friend. The feature was tested with select users in the past few months, and it’s finally out for everyone to use. Shared Stories allows users to pick anyone who’s currently watching their live broadcast to join in. Once … | Continue reading
So, remember when we wrote that Blizzard was being a bit vague about its Hearthstone [Free] plans for this month? And remember when we thought the vagueness might have to do with the upcoming expansion? Well, it seems like we might have been somewhat right. Today, Blizzard announ … | Continue reading
Persado announced a new feature of its AI-powered marketing software today that’s designed to help companies create personalized marketing campaigns for individual customers based on their past engagements. Called Persado One, the feature builds on the company’s existing software … | Continue reading
Identifier: ISFP-2017-AG-THBXPillar: Organised crime and human traffickingOpening Date: Deadline: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 17:00:00 (Brussels local time) | Continue reading
Overkill Software has offered a progress report on the development of Payday 2 for Nintendo Switch, and a brief look at some gameplay running in portable mode.Payday 2 was announced for Switch during a Nintendo Direct back in April. At the time, Overkill said that its heist-theme … | Continue reading
I have a love/hate relationship with regular expressions. I love them because they’re great for examining text to find useful information and, often, to change the text in some way. I hate them because once you get beyond basic matching, they descend into bizarre write-only code … | Continue reading
VB EVENT: Amplero, a marketing technology company using artificial intelligence to fuel one-on-one customer interactions, is updating its software to let companies bring their own machine learning models. This way, companies with their own data science teams will be able to impor … | Continue reading
HTC took to Twitter to tease a brand new device for a November 2 event. But which device is the company teasing? | Continue reading
It’s becoming increasingly easier to accomplish tasks with your voice, but voice computing won’t replace the graphical user interface, said Alexa Engine VP Al Lindsay. “Both the [Echo] Show and the Spot have screens, and the Fire TV for that matter which has Alexa in it. When I t … | Continue reading
When the Nest Cam — or the Dropcam, as it was known back then — was first introduced, it was something of a game changer. A security camera that just… worked. Plug it in, get it on WiFi, and you’re set. Nowadays, the Nest Cam stands in a more crowded arena. Logitech, Netgear, Sa … | Continue reading
Amazon’s Kindle app isn’t the only mobile app from the company getting a makeover today. Amazon has also now quietly introduced a new version of its Appstore app for Fire TV, Fire tablets, and Android devices. The new store features a visual redesign and an increased focus on Am … | Continue reading
DENVER (AP) -- Denver Nuggets forward Juancho Hernangomez will be sidelined for an undetermined amount of time because of mononucleosis. | Continue reading
MIAMI (AP) -- The waiting for Kawhi Leonard's season debut continues. | Continue reading
Elon Musk announced Tesla would provide aid for Puerto Rico as the island recovers from Hurricane Maria. Now we've seen the how the company's renewable energy systems are being implemented. The company's Twitter account shared a set of new photos showing off a new solar panel ins … | Continue reading
Subsurface Circular is a short, text-based adventure from Bithell Games, an indie studio that Mike Bithell (Thomas Was Alone, Volume) founded. Though most of the gameplay is through dialogue, it features slick visuals of mechanical denizens in a futuristic city as you play a robo … | Continue reading
Today in 5 LinesArizona Senator Jeff Flake announced that he will not seek reelection in 2018, saying in a speech that he “will not be complicit” in the “reckless, outrageous, and undignified behavior” coming from the White House. The ongoing feud between Senator Bob Corker and P … | Continue reading
In honor of Stranger Things’ upcoming second season, which premieres this Friday on Netflix, Spotify has hidden a spooky little gem in its web player: a re-skin that turns the black-and-green media player into The Upside Down. It won’t affect the music you’re playing, but it will … | Continue reading
Even the boss can get hacked. And a new F-Secure study CEO Email Exposure: Passwords and Pwnage finds that 3 in 10 CEO’s have had their passwords “pwned.” What does “pwned” mean? Pwn (verb): To own or dominate an opponent; to compromise, control or illegally gain access to a devi … | Continue reading
Lobbyists for Google and Amazon today appeared in Washington to caution lawmakers against legislation, taxation, or regulation that could hamper the develop of AI in America. The concern over AI has been largely fueled by speculation. When Elon Musk expressed his concerns that AI … | Continue reading
Kickstarter-funded Z-Arm is a tabletop robot that can be programmed to perform precision tasks like 3D printing, soldering, or even making you breakfast. Read more...More about Video, Kickstarter, Robots, Mashable Video, and Robot | Continue reading