Sure you're not a robot? Solve this chess puzzle and prove it.

Check out the chess board above—looks wrong, right? If you’ve ever played chess, you know something's amiss, here. For one thing, someone chose to exchange a pawn for another bishop instead of a queen. For another, virtually all the action's moved to the left side of a board. It’ … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 7 years ago

Our first proper look at Mass Effect Andromeda multiplayer

BioWare has released a detailed look at Mass Effect Andromeda's four-player co-operative multiplayer mode.The five minute video shows the 25 character kits available at launch, including all of the major alien races - asari, krogan, turian, salarian, and Andromeda's new angarans. … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Zenefits founder Parker Conrad takes another crack at HR onboarding

 Parker Conrad’s last venture at Zenefits didn’t end so well with his departure as CEO and the company having to re-orient itself. But he’s once again starting a company that will figure out how to build an employee system of record and management, starting off with smoothing out … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Join us at the TC Include Pitch Practice on April 6 in Manhattan

 To everyone in the five boroughs and beyond, mark your calendars: TechCrunch is set to take Manhattan like so many tech-obsessed Muppets. On April 6, the team will be launching our first TC Takes Manhattan event for an all-day techstravaganza, starting with the TC Include Intera … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

The Future Cult Classics at South by Southwest

South by Southwest’s film festival used to be a place for indie cast-offs that didn’t make the cut for Sundance. But in keeping with the young, hip vibe of the ever-growing Austin conglomeration of concerts, screenings, and tech panels, SXSW’s film fest has evolved its own distin … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

V-Moda gets into the wireless speaker game with the Remix

V-Moda is a company best known for its good, bass-rich headphones. The Remix is the company’s newest product, and serves as a natural extension of the V-Moda pedigree into a new line of Bluetooth speakers. V-Moda is touting the Remix’s ability to output clear and accurate sound, … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Apple patent suggests an iPhone VR headset in your future

Will we ever be able to have Apple-designed virtual reality adventures using our iPhones? The tech giant's approach to VR has been cautious and quiet compared to peers like Google and Samsung, which are diving headlong into the development of practical consumer platforms. But tha … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 7 years ago

Pelicans shootaround presented by HUB International: New Orleans expresses urgency to stay in race

The head coach described his team's upcoming stretch as pivotal, saying, "This is it. Let's call it like it is – we've got to do well this week." The club's four-time All-Star echoed that sentiment after Tuesday's morning shootaround by adding, "We've got to play (every game) lik … | Continue reading


@nba.com | 7 years ago

Bitcoin Has Now Been Trading Over $1,000 For One Whole Month

The price of bitcoin passed another milestone today, as it has now been trading above $1,000 for a whole month.Source | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 7 years ago

Nintendo releases three-part video series about that insanely good Zelda game

 Nintendo shared three behind-the-scenes videos on its YouTube channel about Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Many thought the Nintendo Switch had a pretty thin launch lineup with Zelda: Breath of the Wild as the only big production. But anybody around you who owns a Switch will tell y … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Can Declining Productivity Be Reversed?

One of the greatest mysteries about the American economy right now is why workers don’t seem to be getting all that much better at their jobs over time. From 2007 to 2016, productivity in the U.S. grew at about 1 percent—a historically low rate. In other recent periods, it’s been … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

Gmail for Android now lets you send and request money

Google today announced an update to Gmail for Android that has been a long time coming: The ability to send and request money. You can download the latest version of the app now from Google Play. Google first added the functionality to Gmail for the web in May 2013, long before G … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

The Fall of 'Corrupt but Competent' Leadership in South Korea

A bizarre corruption scandal. Massive street protests. A president impeached and removed. On a cursory look, recent events in South Korea may appear to have plunged the country into turmoil. In fact, what the country is experiencing is a remarkable triumph of democracy.In 2012, S … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

Trump's War on Independent Analysis

The Trump administration declared its war against facts early, and with panache, with Press Secretary Sean Spicer striding to a podium the day after the inauguration to lay out a series of patently untrue assertions, and Kellyanne Conway christening them “alternative facts” the f … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

Nintendo releases Zelda: Breath of the Wild documentary video

Nintendo has published a half-hour documentary series on the making of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.The three videos, each 10 minutes long, follow on from Nintendo's revelatory Zelda panel held at GDC 2017. While many details have already been reported, this is the first time we've … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Will Norway Ever Beat the Winter Blues?

The inhabitants of Rjukan in southern Norway have a complex relationship with the sun. “More than other places I’ve lived, they like to talk about the sun: When it’s coming back, if it’s a long time since they’ve seen the sun,” says artist Martin Andersen. “They’re a little obses … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

Stephen Gold, cognitive computing, and taping up your webcam – VB Engage

In this week’s episode, Travis and Stewart interview the CMO of IBM Watson, Stephen Gold. We talk about cognitive computing, AI, machine learning, and more, discovering how long we have before the robots take over and kill us all (just kidding, kind of). In the news, we reveal fu … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Samsung’s iPad Pro competitor will cost $600

Samsung unveiled an iPad Pro competitor called the Galaxy Tab S3 last month. But while it showed off everything about the tablet, it declined to give details on pricing or availability — finally, we’re getting one of those.Best Buy currently has the Tab S3 listed for $599.99. Tha … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Uber announces API partnerships to help drivers file their taxes

Uber has announced a handful of API partnerships designed to help drivers file their taxes. The ride-hailing giant first announced its Driver API (application programming interface) last October, serving as a way for developers to create useful services for Uber drivers by connec … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

iruler.net: Website zaubert ein Lineal auf den Monitor

Die Site iruler.net hat genau eine Funktion: sie zaubert ein Lineal auf den Monitor. Kein smart Lineal und auch keines mit pfiffigen Extrafunktionen, eine simple 30-Zentimeter/12-Zoll-Anzeige in billiger Pseudo-Holz-Optik. Was natürlich den Büro-MacGyver... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 7 years ago

Siempo’s new phone is an ambitious idea in a deeply ironic device

Siempo wants you to rely less on your phone, but its offering – with an uninspiring design and a hefty price tag – seems neither innovative nor effective. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 7 years ago

VICE is the latest to produce original shows for Snapchat, starting with a dating series

 Like Twitter, Snapchat’s pitch is that it’s more than just a social sharing and messaging app – it’s a place to consume media, too. Today, the company is expanding its original content lineup via a new deal with VICE, which will see the media company producing original shows for … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Hearthstone warns of Un’Goro Crater’s hidden dangers in new video series

Get your best wide-brimmed hat ready, as Blizzard wants to take us on a video adventure. Hearthstone’s next expansion, Journey to Un’Goro, comes out in mid-April. It will add 135 new cards to the digital card game behemoth. Hearthstone earned $394.6 million earned in revenue, acc … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Should a B2B Copywriter Have a Voice?

Tell the truth but make truth fascinating. — David Ogilvy Except for Theresa McCulla , B2B copywriters have the best job ever. ... | Continue reading


@blog.themightycopywriter.com | 7 years ago

The Joys and Disappointments of Being a Supertaster

Taste is the oldest of our five senses, and yet perhaps the least understood. It’s far more complicated than salty versus sweet: New research is dramatically expanding our knowledge of taste, showing that it’s intimately connected to obesity, mood, immunity, and more. In this epi … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

Pegaswitch is an easy exploit toolkit for the Nintendo Switch

 A day after the world got confused whether or not the Switch was truly hacked a group of programmers have released Pegaswitch, a “toolkit” that allows for limited code execution, allowing users to execute some unsigned code on the Switch. To be clear, this is not a full jailbrea … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Lucid Motors and Local Motors will tell us how to make modern cars at Disrupt NY 2017

 The auto industry is one of the hardest to break into as a vehicle maker, so it’s great that we have two young companies working in that space on stage at Disrupt NY 2017 in May to talk us through the process of being new in a field where the dominant players haven’t changed muc … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

California's Plan to Eliminate Student Debt

While a national policy on higher education has yet to be decided, it’s clear where California stands. On Monday, the state’s Democrats released a financial-aid plan that covers both tuition and living expenses, with the end goal of eliminating student loans among 400,000 student … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

Bitcoin Core Supporter Threatens Zero Day Exploit if Bitcoin Unlimited Hardforks

[…]The post Bitcoin Core Supporter Threatens Zero Day Exploit if Bitcoin Unlimited Hardforks appeared first on CryptoCoinsNews. | Continue reading


@cryptocoinsnews.com | 7 years ago

'SpinnYwingS' is a One-Touch Flying Game from Strange Flavour that Hits this Thursday

One of the struggles of being an indie developer is that you don't always have the time or resources to work on your own projects. Enter: Contract work. Lots of developers take on contracts to do development for other companies' projects, and once they scrape enough savings toget … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 7 years ago

You’ll wish you could afford the TAG Heuer Connected Modular 45

Smart watches haven’t really caught on, but that hasn’t stopped Tag Heuer from doubling down and releasing a sequel to 2015’s TAG Heuer Connected. And boy, is it pretty. The TAG Heuer Connected Modular 45 was announced earlier today. As you’d expect for a product from the Swiss m … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago

The Bachelor: Fame Conquers All 

This post reveals “plot” points of episode 14 of The Bachelor season 21.“You guys all right?” Chris Harrison asked Nick Viall and Vanessa Grimaldi on Monday night. The couple—the Bachelor and the “winner” of the 21st season of The Bachelor—had just kissed each other for the first … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

Pi Day Sale: Learn Raspberry Pi 3 for 91% off

The most affordable way to build robots, learn coding, and customize your smarthome. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 7 years ago

Microsoft Teams has a dark theme, unlike Slack

Microsoft Teams, the team communication app that Microsoft launched out of preview today, could be a better bet than Slack for certain groups for several reasons. For one thing, it integrates with Office 365. But there’s one feature of Microsoft Teams that really gets me excited, … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

The secretary of state used an alias email to talk climate change

On a scale of one-to-please-don't-do-this-to-me, how absolutely pumped are you to read about yet another sketchy government email scandal? And yet, here we are.This time, it ensnares newly-appointed Secretary of State Rex Wayne Tillerson, who used an alias email account back whil … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 7 years ago

Overwatch launches its latest hero, Orisa, on March 21

Overwatch’s next hero is set to make her debut. Blizzard revealed today that the newest character for its team-based shooter is going live on March 21. Orisa is a tank, meaning she protect her team from damage. She’s a robot made by a young African inventor, and she can also use … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

ProducePay raises $77 million in debt and equity to revolutionize farm financing

 When Carlo Borquez Schwarzbeck was growing up he always loved the work he saw going on around his family’s farm. But without the aptitude for it, Schwarzbeck chose to go the business school route. Now, with his Los Angeles-based startup ProducePay, Schwarzbeck says he’s giving b … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Nintendo Switch’s secret browser has a flaw that could lead to a jailbreak

The Nintendo Switch launched as a closed system without a preloaded web browser, which means hackers are definitely trying to find a way to jailbreak the device. Two hackers — @liveoverflow and @qwertyoruiopz — have published their work to break into the Switch and execute their … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Coinbase Says Bye to Hawaii Due to New Regulations

Coinbase decides to pull out of the State of Hawaii following the recently introduced cryptocurrency regulations. Read more... | Continue reading


@newsbtc.com | 7 years ago

You can now send and request money in Gmail on Android

 Google Wallet has been integrated into Gmail on the web since 2013, but today Google is rolling out a new integration on mobile. Starting today, users of the Gmail app on Android will be able to send or request money with anyone, including those who don’t have a Gmail address, w … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

EU Law Enforcement: Digital Currency is Impeding Investigations

Law enforcement agencies in the EU have said that the growing use of digital currencies is impairing their efforts.Source | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 7 years ago

Gmail for Android now lets you send people money right in the app

It’s unlikely to put a dent or even a slight ding in the popularity of Venmo, but today Google is making it easier to send cash using its Gmail app for Android. You can already send people payments via Google Wallet through Gmail on the desktop. Now, that same feature is coming t … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

No more dodging your IOUs: Gmail lets you send money on Android now

Sending money to your friends just got a whole lot easier.Gmail is bringing the ability to send and receive money as an email attachment to your Android phone via Google Wallet, the company announced on Tuesday.  This feature is already available on Gmail's web version, but bring … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 7 years ago

Sponsored Post: Aerospike, Loupe, Clubhouse, GoCardless, Auth0, InnoGames, Contentful, Stream, Scalyr, VividCortex, MemSQL, InMemory.Net

Who's Hiring? GoCardless is building the payments network for the internet. We’... | Continue reading


@highscalability.com | 7 years ago

Stephen Colbert, Anxiety Translator

In a story for Vulture published yesterday, titled “How Stephen Colbert Got His Groove Back,” Josef Adalian has an intriguing and detailed analysis of all the factors that have contributed to Colbert’s recent resurgence in the ratings. These include: learning not to micromanage, … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

The Bachelor Fantasy League, finale: love is gross, and it wins

Love’s a game and this year we’re playing. For the full rules and intellectual justification of The Verge Bachelor Fantasy League please see this explanatory post.Kaitlyn: Good morning and oh my god. The 21st season of The Bachelor has come to a close, after a mere 1,100 hours of … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Why Dyson is investing in AI and robotics to make better vacuum cleaners

When Dyson unveiled its new hair dryer last year, the UK firm emphasized over and over again the amount of research it had done to develop the product. A thousand miles of “virgin hair” was purchased for testing the $400 Supersonic, four years were dedicated to development, and t … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Gulasz drobiowy z piersi kurczaka

Prosty do przygotowania gulasz drobiowy z piersi kurczaka z dodatkiem papryki, czosnku i suszonego oregano. Można podać z bagietką, chlebem, makaronem, ryżem a nawet z ziemniakami - tak jak lubimy :-) Polecam na szybki obiad po pracy! | Continue reading


@kwestiasmaku.com | 7 years ago