Climbing sea temperatures along the coast of Australia has led to massive deterioration of underwater kelp forests, New Scientist reports. In a study published in Science this week, researchers at University of Western Australia in Perth found a correlation between rising tempera … | Continue reading
UPDATE 25TH JULY: Starbound 1.0 has launched on Steam and costs £11.99. There's a launch trailer to mark the occasion. ORIGINAL STORY 8TH JULY: After roughl… | Continue reading
This week saw the release of Out There Chronicles [$2.99], a gamebook-style narrative prequel to the excellent space exploration roguelike Out There: Omega Edition [$0.99]. Well, if you missed the original Out There during any of its previous sales, it's once again on sale for a … | Continue reading
For a little while now, YouTube has been working on an online TV service for people who aren't interested in subscribing to cable — and now The Information reports that deals are starting to come together. While it sounds like nothing is finalized, ESPN, ABC, and CBS are "firmly … | Continue reading
DIY Co., the education tech startup led by Vimeo designer and co-founder Zach Klein, has launched a new online learning platform for kids called JAM.com. The company also quietly closed a $4 million round of venture funding led by Learn Capital, and joined by Spark Capital, at th … | Continue reading
Netflix-Kunden dürften die witzige und sehenswerte Animationsserie Bojack Horseman kennen. Wenn nicht, unbedingt nachholen. Wieso das hier steht? Weil der Macher des Cartoons Raphael Bob-Waksberg beauftragt wurde, das Skript zum Sequel des durchaus... | Continue reading
A team lead by astronomers at University of California-Santa Cruz has found strong evidence of water clouds outside of the solar system for the first time."Our spectrum shows that WISE 0855 is dominated by water vapor and clouds, with an overall appearance that is strikingly simi … | Continue reading
In anticipation of future quantum computing machines, Google is creating encryption algorithms robust enough to defend against quantum decryption. | Continue reading
In the early hours of Friday morning, police officers in Texas took what is thought to have been unprecedented action for US law enforcement. Using a bomb disposal robot, they killed the suspect in last night's shooting in Dallas after negotiations with the individual broke down. … | Continue reading
Pocket monster are capable of amazing feats, like rallying investment in a game publisher. Nintendo’s stock price is up 9 percent on the Tokyo Stock Exchange following the release of the location-based mobile game Pokémon Go. The iOS and Android app debuted Wednesday evening in t … | Continue reading
The Golden State Warriors laid it on pretty thick for Kevin Durant during their successful free-agent pitch to the NBA superstar last week. On top of having two-time MVP Stephen Curry and fellow Warriors’ All-Stars, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green, attend the meeting, the team a … | Continue reading
Delightful co-op abomination Push Me Pull You is coming to PC, Mac and Linux on 14th July.The 2v2 multiplayer game launched on PS4 in May and now it's bringing its horrific humour to Steam, the Humble Store, and itch.io beginning next Thursday at 6pm UK time.For those unfamiliar … | Continue reading
Here’s a thing I didn’t really expect to write: I’m finding that I enjoy Google’s apps more on iOS than I do on Android. Or more specifically: I think that there’s more interesting innovation coming out of Google’s iOS app teams than on Android — at least for the moment.Back in M … | Continue reading
What will happen when bitcoin's mining reward declines this weekend? CoinDesk surveys market experts for their predictions. | Continue reading
Last week, Dell announced it will no longer sell Android tablets and will focus on developing Windows-powered 2-in-1 machines — a category that includes the Microsoft Surface and Lenovo Yoga — instead."The slate tablet market is over-saturated and is experiencing declining demand … | Continue reading
Displaying an author bio at the end of your WordPress blog posts is one way in which you can: Build credibility and authority. Mentioning career achievements, general background and anything that builds your authority with your visitors can boost shares and opt-in levels. Help bu … | Continue reading
Vergangene Woche fand im französischen Marmande das Garorock Festival statt. Der Bühnen- und Lichttechniker Nico Terraner machte in der Umbaupause das, was er sonst auch machen würde. Er checkte mit seinem Team die Lichtanlage. Seine Moves... | Continue reading
This week on The Vergecast, the Wall Street Journal's Joanna Stern joins Nilay, Paul, and Dieter to talk about the iOS 10 beta. How many ways can you send iMessages? All the ways. Every. Single. Way. Plus, we discuss Siri, Sierra, Alexa, and make a heroic attempt to talk about Bl … | Continue reading
High-quality local sports coverage isn’t dead. At least that’s the premise that The Athletic is building its business on. The young startup, part of Y Combinator’s Summer 2016 class, is trying to reinvent local sports media – an industry that has been on the decline ever since ne … | Continue reading
Happy Friday, everyone! For our Fast & Easy column, we try to spotlight a variety of different articles that touch on content marketing strategies and best practices that you can implement at any time. But what happens once you have a solid content strategy in place? You continue … | Continue reading
This week: Google reiterates an old warning about URLs, a new test removes the estimated number of search results, and Penguin 4.0 still hasn’t launched. | Continue reading
Red Dead Redemption is back thanks to a much-awaited Xbox One backwards compatibility update - now letting us play the game at smoother frame-rates than was ever possible on Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3. If you still have your original Xbox 360 disc (or have it bought from the Xbox … | Continue reading
Tidal will now stream music and videos to your Chromecast devices. Tidal Rejoice! Congrats to the people in this Reddit thread,The Verge’s Vlad Savov, and the thousands of people who re-subscribe every time Kanye, Beyoncé, or Rihanna drop an album. I’m happy for y … | Continue reading
A team of four MIT researchers has developed a new wearable sensor that can detect toxic gases and talk to smartphones or other wireless devices to warn users when they are in danger. Using these sensors, the researchers hope to design badges that weigh less than a credit card an … | Continue reading
Assuming you're in the US, Japan, or New Zealand, chances are you've probably downloaded Pokemon Go and have been since made fully aware of what a ridiculous battery suck the game is. It's sort of incredible how quickly it drains your phone, almost putting Nintendo's Miitomo to s … | Continue reading
Bitcoin price rebounds to the upside, but the block reward halving waiting game continues (amid growing suspense). This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3-hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Not a member? Join now. Bitcoin Price Analysis Time of analysis: 15h00 UTC … | Continue reading
Free-to-play augmented-reality scavenger hunt Pokémon GO isn't just the most downloaded app in the countries its premiered - the US, Australia and New Zealand - but also the top-grossing iOS app in these territories.According to App Annie, Pokémon GO has bested the likes of Mobil … | Continue reading
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After being announced last month, Fruit Ninja VR has finally arrived to the HTC Vive. Support for other platforms is set to arrive a bit later. | Continue reading
ESPN is planning to skip TV providers and sell "a package of live programming" directly to consumers over the web, according to a new report from The Information. But the over-the-top offering won't include NBA, NFL, or any other big-league content; rather, ESPN will stick to "ni … | Continue reading
Die Londoner Westminster Abbey ist die vielleicht bekannteste Kirche im britischen Königreich. Ein architektonisches Meisterwerk und eines der touristischen Hauptattraktionen der englischen Hauptstadt. Nun wurde die Kirche von Google Street View... | Continue reading
Gears of War, as a series, has just never appealed to me. Nothing personal Marcus Fenix, but although I can totally get behind a gun that can also be used t… | Continue reading
Twitter isn’t satisfied with streaming 10 Thursday Night Football games this upcoming NFL season. According to Recode, the social media network is also reportedly in talks with the NBA, Major League Soccer and cable television giant Turner about acquiring digital rights to stream … | Continue reading
Hey, it's HighScalability time: Juno : 165,000mph, 1.7 billion miles, missed orbit by 10 miles... | Continue reading
Word arrived yesterday of a major change to the Star Trek universe: John Cho’s character Hikaru Sulu will be gay in the upcoming film, Star Trek Beyond. The news excited fans, eager to see a new progressive milestone for a franchise built atop social consciousness. Just as quickl … | Continue reading
Facebook has announced it has begun testing its own end-to-end encryption service for Messenger that it is formally dubbing as “secret conversations”. | Continue reading
The week has now completed, and it’s time to take one last look at the bitcoin price before things draw to a close. Action, as we have said on a number of occasions this week, has been pretty flat, and we’ve not really had that many opportunities to get into the market on the bac … | Continue reading
Vogogo Inc., an Alberta, Canada-based company that provided payment processing and transaction risk services, announced in a press release it will close its payment processing operation and sell off assets after struggling to find ways to enhance shareholder value. The company … | Continue reading
Early into the investigations behind the shooting of Philando Castile, a black man who was killed by a Minnesota cop during a traffic stop, many speculated that the responsible policeman was Asian American. In the viral video shot by Castile’s girlfriend Diamond Reynolds, she des … | Continue reading
An organization tasked with regulating brokerages and exchanges is seeking to obtain information about how its members are using bitcoin. | Continue reading
I’ll just be upfront about it and say that I adore the Uncharted series. There are plenty of design decisions that I can and do criticize, from overuse of long climbing/platforming sessions that don’t provide much challenge to certain narrative criticisms. But the games are alway … | Continue reading
If it weren’t for a panic attack, the title track of Shura’s debut full-length album, Nothing’s Real (out today), wouldn’t have been written. In a recent interview with The Fader, the British musician said she was inspired to write "Nothing’s Real" — a synthy, "Like a Prayer"-ish … | Continue reading
The Dallas police force used a bomb defusing robot equipped with an explosive device to kill a shooting suspect, police chief David Brown revealed today at a press conference. An explosive was affixed to the extension arm on the robot, Brown said at the press conference, in order … | Continue reading
For all of its promises to help and enrich our lives, wearable tech is often very needy. Smartwatches constantly ping us asking for our attention; fitness trackers want us to get up and move around; and everything needs to be charged all the time. It’s no surprise many fitness tr … | Continue reading
We've heard a lot this week about how Counter-Strike gambling sites can rig their bets for high profile YouTubers.Well, here's how it looks.Sites offer to fix results so that high profile YouTubers profit from the process. It makes for a more exciting video, and entices fans to t … | Continue reading
We heard rumors earlier this month that Samsung’s Galaxy J2 would have a glowing notification ring around its camera, and now we can confirm that yes, it's happening. Samsung unveiled its J2 and J Max today. Only the J2 has the glowing ring. Here are the J2’s phone specs, if you … | Continue reading
Is personalization effective or just plain creepy? Why are so many companies failing to get real results from personalization? We break it down for you. | Continue reading