Uber pilots program in California and Michigan that advances drivers up to $1,000

Uber has launched a new driver-focused program that provides cash advances when needed. The on-demand private car service has teamed with financial service provider Clearbanc on what’s being called Advance Pay. With it, drivers can opt to receive up to $1,000 with no interest, bu … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 9 years ago

For $5, you can find out if your S.O. is 'cheating' on Tinder

In a society where an affair is just a right-swipe away, snooping through your partner's phone can be tempting.While most people would argue that creating a dialogue around trust is preferable, a controversial new website makes snooping easier than memorizing their phone's passco … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 9 years ago

76ers president/general manager Sam Hinkie quits

Philadelphia 76ers general manager Sam Hinkie has quit after turning the organization into one of the worst teams in NBA history. | Continue reading


@nba.com | 9 years ago

Hinkie steps down as Sixers’ GM

He took over a franchise that needed a facelift and proceeded to make every plastic surgeon in Beverley Hills jealous. Sam Hinkie spared nothing, especially victories, as he gutted the Sixers, cleared the salary cap and stockpiled draft picks in an extreme search to land a star a … | Continue reading


@nba.com | 9 years ago

Hall of Famer Jerry Sloan has Parkinson's disease

Hall of Famer Jerry Sloan has Parkinson's disease | Continue reading


@nba.com | 9 years ago

Why Your List Post Isn’t Getting Any Traffic (And What To Do About It)

How to get more list post traffic. This is a step-by-step guide to choosing the right topic, number, and words, to make your list post sing | Continue reading


@allisonboyer.com | 9 years ago

Samsung predicts a third straight jump in profit

Samsung Electronics expects a third straight quarter of year-on-year profit growth following a two-year stretch in the doldrums. The company's earnings guidance for the first three months of 2016 estimates an operating profit of about 6.6 trillion won off 49 trillion won in reven … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 9 years ago

A fleet of self-driving trucks just spent a week cruising through Europe

Nearly a dozen trucks just completed a week of mostly-autonomous driving across Europe today. The trucks departed from one of three bases in European countries and completed their respective journeys in Rotterdam. One of the trucks, made by Volkswagen, traveled more than 2,000 ki … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 9 years ago

How to deal with IoT challenges through abstraction

The Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the fastest-growing sectors of the tech industry. Yet the way IoT is evolving raises serious concerns: There are too many complexities, moving parts, diversities and competing trends and technologies that must be managed when developing IoT … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 9 years ago

Amazon expands same-day Prime delivery in 11 new regions

Amazon has expanded its free same-day delivery service to 11 more metropolitan areas, bringing the total number of US regions served by the Prime feature to 27. Prime customers in Cincinnati, Milwaukee, Nashville, Tucson, among others, will now be able to get free same-day delive … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 9 years ago

Reddit launches new block tools to help temper harassment

Reddit users now have better blocking tools for dealing with harassment.The new “block user” feature was announced Wednesday and its the latest measure Reddit has implemented to change its reputation as a cesspool for harassment.Although Reddit has had a “block user” feature for … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 9 years ago

Tech imitates art in a 3D printed fake Rembrandt based on the old master’s style

To attempt to create a program that successfully imitates the style of one of the greatest painters of all time is hubristic and doomed to fail, but those characteristics are just like catnip to the men and women at the bleeding edge of tech — and the result of their labors is re … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 9 years ago

Best Android game controllers

Looking to take your Android gaming to the next level? We've rounded up the best Bluetooth gaming controllers on the market today! | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 9 years ago

Smartling acquires Jargon to help mobile developers ready their apps for international markets

Smartling, the translation tech company, has acquired TechStars alumni Jargon on Crunchbase which makes tools for mobile developers who want to “localize” their apps for different international markets, and the devices and app stores that are relevant in each one.New York-based S … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 9 years ago

Overwatch beta adds new season-spanning Competitive Play mode

There's a new Overwatch closed beta update and it adds an all new ranked mode.Dubbed Competitive Play, this new mode is "Designed for those seeking a more serious challenge," Blizzard wrote in its forum. The new mode lets players "rank up though a series divisions and tiers in mo … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 9 years ago

Scientists 3D print a robot that walks away when complete

You know what’s cooler than printing robot parts on a 3D printer? Printing the whole freaking robot.Scientists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory figured out how to hack a Stratasys 3D printer so that it not only pri … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 9 years ago

My first VR injury was painful and all my fault

If you get a booboo in virtual reality, you get a booboo in real life. During my 7.5-hour virtual reality livestream yesterday, I sustained my first injury while wearing a head-mounted display. I booted up the game Unseen Diplomacy, which is an excellent room-scale experiment tha … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 9 years ago

Yik Yak’s CTO drops out as the hyped anonymous app stagnates

Is Yik Yak a thing anymore? Not so much, according to download stats, traffic charts, surveys, and a source that says the college app’s monthly user count has been declining. That source with intimate knowledge of the company also tipped me off that Yik Yak‘s original CTO Tom Che … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 9 years ago

Missing the Defender? Land Rover can now sell you a factory-restored 1948 Series I

Land Rover discontinued the production of its iconic Defender model in late January. However, you can now buy one of its factory-restored predecessors, the Series I, from the British company.SEE ALSO: You can now rent an Aston Martin DB9 from EnterpriseAt the same time Land Rover … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 9 years ago

Apple is basically sold out of the iPhone SE in stores across the US

As it turns out, making a new 4-inch smartphone was actually a brilliant move on Apple’s part. It’s new iPhone SE is sold out in many stores across the US, and shipping estimates have slipped into the end of April. As first pointed out by Apple Insider, the SE is widely unavailab … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 9 years ago

Productivity Pack returns: $500 worth of subscriptions only $69.99

While it’s true that the Productivity Pack might not be for everyone, if your business has been needing an extra kick of order and organization, the perfect solution might have just fallen into your lap. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 9 years ago

Volvo is sending 100 self-driving cars to China for testing

Swedish automaker Volvo will send up to 100 self-driving cars to China for testing on public roads in a variety of conditions, the company's CEO announced at a seminar in Beijing today. The company will hold discussions with Chinese officials to see which cities can accommodate i … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 9 years ago

Baldur's Gate: SoD head of studio addresses political backlash

Yesterday Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear suffered a lot of backlash at launch over the game's numerous bugs and some concerns that its inclusion of a t… | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 9 years ago

Chrome is starting to support native OS X notifications

Google is building support for OS X's Notification Center into Chrome, meaning that the browser's own pop-ups could be going away on the Mac. Chrome has supported notifications for a few years, but they've always been done entirely through the browser, with a big ugly box popping … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 9 years ago

The first teaser for Star Wars: Rogue One is coming tomorrow

Yesterday The Force Awakens landed on Blu-ray and DVD, so it's time to start up the hype machine for this year's Star Wars movie: Rogue One. According to this brief clip posted today, the first teaser for the film will be featured tomorrow, Thursday, April 7th, on Good Morning Am … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 9 years ago

'Magic Duels' Gets Another Massive Update

If you follow the various Magic Duels [Free] communities on the internet, it's plainly obvious that the game has been rife with issues, effectively since it launched almost a year ago now. Wizards has been trying to fix the game, but previous updates have reminded me of those old … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 9 years ago

Get Minecraft: Story Mode for about the cost of a gumball from a gumball machine

Right now, you can get in on Minecraft: Story Mode for just $0.49. That’s the equivalent of about two Google Opinion Rewards questions. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 9 years ago

Jerry Sloan says he has Parkinson’s disease

Sad news from the NBA family: Jerry Sloan, the longtime Jazz coach, revealed Wednesday he has Parkinson’s disease. Sloan to the Salt Lake Tribune that he learned he had the illness last fall. At first he kept the diagnose a secret outside of his family, then decided to go public, … | Continue reading


@nba.com | 9 years ago

This Raspberry Pi-enabled Game Boy is a retro gamer’s dream

Oh, the original Gameboy. How I long for that green-screened brick of a handheld to play another round of ‘Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening.’ Retro gaming can be a hard thing to do authentically, though, especially when you’re used to the comforts of modern graphics. YouTuber we … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 9 years ago

Cool vape congressman narcs out son who spent $1,300 of campaign money on Steam

After making headlines for vaping in the House of Representatives to protest anti-vaping legislation, Congressman Duncan Hunter is in the news again. This time, it's for his use of campaign funds to pay for video games.The Federal Election Commission is questioning the California … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 9 years ago

Domino’s Zero Click pizza ordering app is a butt dialer’s nightmare

Domino’s has unveiled a new app called Zero Click, which lets you design your favorite pizza and order it any time you open the app. Oh boy. Where do we even start with this one? We could start with the fact that technically, you don’t click on a smartphone, you tap. TNW Stylegui … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 9 years ago

NBC's newest Law & Order spinoff is a true crime anthology series

NBC and Law & Order creator Dick Wolf are getting in on the true crime gold rush with Law & Order: True Crime, an anthology series that's currently being developed. The show's first installment will focus on Lyle and Eric Menendez, the brothers who were tried three times (and ult … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 9 years ago

Toyota's Setsuna is an amazing wooden concept car designed to last generations

Debuting at Milan Design Week next Monday, Toyota's Setsuna is probably the most unique concept car to debut from a major automaker this year. If it's not obvious from looking at it, this adorable little roadster is made almost entirely of wood — Japanese cedar and birch, to be s … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 9 years ago

Deal: 70″ Sharp Android TV $1600 ($250 cheaper than Amazon)

When the 70" Sharp LC-70UE30U Aquos 4K Ultra HD Smart LED TV first hit the market in 2015, it would have cost you $2,300 to take home. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 9 years ago

Honda accidentally charges many customers twice for single car payment

Many Honda owners woke up this morning to discover that their monthly car payment had been deducted twice from their bank account. In a statement, the car company said the double-billing was a "payment processing error.” Nonetheless, the glitch caused many customers to overdraft … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 9 years ago

Here’s the one big reason so many corporate videos fail

How often have you watched a corporate video only to find yourself bored by the 30-second mark? You’re not alone. Corporate videos are a big investment — it’s insane how many of them completely fail to engage their intended audience. Surely it’s not that hard to tell an engaging, … | Continue reading


@lushthecontentagency.com | 9 years ago

Gutenacht-Video: Conan O'Brien löst das Smartphone-Problem

Mindestens die halbe Welt hat eine Smartphone-Obsession, was dann leider auch das eine oder andere, im Zweifelsfall tödliche Problem mit sich bringt, zum Beispiel im Straßenverkehr. Conan O'Brien zaubert in einem Einspieler für sein... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 9 years ago

Why you’re better off waiting a few more months to upgrade your GPU

If you're considering a new GPU in the near future you may want to hold off that purchase. Current cards offer solid performance, but the next generation of 14/16nm cards is looking exceptional. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 9 years ago

Apple should rename its confusing iPad lineup to mimic the iPhone’s

The iPad is a confusing device. Sales figures suggest there’s no energy for the platform, yet Apple is pushing forward with tablets. Part of the confusion is brand identity, and it’s about time Apple tighten its naming scheme. The problem There are three sizes of iPad for sale ri … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 9 years ago

Turkey is investigating leak of 50 million citizens’ data

Reuters (Can Sezer) — Turkey is investigating how hackers have posted online the identity data of some 50 million Turks, including what they said were details about the president and prime minister, after what is believed to be the biggest data breach seen in the country. While n … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 9 years ago

10 best RSS reader apps for Android

RSS is still a good way to stay up to date on the latest news.. Here are the best RSS reader apps for Android that still work! | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 9 years ago

Taco Bell is making a bot to let you order meals from Slack

The Taco Bell gods keep on giving.The chain announced Wednesday it's testing TacoBot, a bot for Slack that allows users to order meals from within the chat application. The company is currently testing with a handful of teams but plans to roll it out more broadly in the future.SE … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 9 years ago

SoundCloud works best if you treat it like Tumblr

SoundCloud is confusing. There’s a lot to look at, it’s hard to know where to click, and the search function out-and-out sucks. I love it, though, because that’s where the new-new is: the mixtapes, the experimental tracks, the self-released. I am an enthusiastic user of the stre … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 9 years ago

Sharethrough grades your headlines with its new Hemingway tool

Ask most writers and editors and I’ll bet they agree: Writing headlines is hard. It’s not easy to come up with something exciting and attention-grabbing that also conveys the important information about a story in just a few words. Meanwhile, brands and marketers are creating mor … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 9 years ago

HTC's hands-free VR phone tool is as clever and frustrating as the Vive itself

One of the coolest things about the HTC Vive is that it helps you keep track of the real world while playing in a virtual one. But during our time reviewing it, a key element of this was missing: a phone-pairing system that would let you get calls and messages inside your headset … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 9 years ago

Want to get rid of VR sickness? A zap to the head may help

If you’ve experienced the thrill of playing around in VR, you also know that it comes with a significant bit of nausea. As the sights around you mimic motion and speed, your inner ear gets tricked into thinking you’re moving when you’re actually not. You try to push past it, but … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 9 years ago

Olejek z oregano [olejek miesiąca]

Dzień dobry, Jak zapewne wiesz, od kilku lat fascynuję się aromaterapią i od niedawna jestem właścicielką sklepu ze świetnymi olejkami eterycznymi. W związku z... | Continue reading


@klaudynahebda.pl | 9 years ago

Congressman blames son for spending $1,300 in state funds on Steam

The Federal Election Commission (FEC) sent a letter to vaping congressman Duncan Hunter, asking that he explain some $1,300 in charges from the Steam gaming platform. The charges — more than four dozen of them — were documented on his expense report as “Personal Expense — to be p … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 9 years ago