While the fate of Gawker is still unclear – last-minute Hail Mary media saves are the norm when it comes to online properties (even if it does gut the site) – what is clear is that Gawker as we once knew it is dead. The current staff probably won’t stick around only to fall under … | Continue reading
Cards Against Humanity wants to get involved in the upcoming US presidential election. The game’s makers are selling two $4 expansion packs, each with 15 cards, that are Trump or Clinton-themed. The proceeds from both card packs goes toward Clinton’s campaign. Here are some sampl … | Continue reading
In his new piece on Medium, Ripple CTO Stefan Thomas has explained why he thinks blockchain is a complex technology when compared with the Interledger Protocol. In his recent post, he said: Blockchains are a pain to work with. Everyone who has done it knows what I’m talking about … | Continue reading
Google today announced that it plans to set up a new space for developers and startups at 301 Howard Street in San Francisco, just a few blocks from its main San Francisco office on Spear Street. The idea here is to provide a 14,000 square-foot space (which accounts for about one … | Continue reading
Every week it seems like another retailer, bank, or technology company launches a mobile payments solution. Apple Pay, Android Pay, CVS Pay, Walmart Pay…Pre Pay…Over Pay…Tai Pay…it’s all a bit much. Rather than money or hardware, the mobile payments battle is a fight for ownershi … | Continue reading
Here's a look at what we are focusing on in the bitcoin price this evening. | Continue reading
Twitter just unveiled a new feature that will let everyone filter low quality notifications from bots and spammers. Twitter has had bullying issues in the past, and the company is now taking actions to make it a more welcoming place.Twitter is wording this new quality filter as a … | Continue reading
Automotive brand Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) has partnered with experiential agency George P Johnson (GPJ) to develop an auto show booth experience. | Continue reading
Blizzard’s latest animated short for its team shooter Overwatch is out today, and it features the origin story of the convertible robot-turret hero Bastion. While other Overwatch shorts have done a stellar job providing world-building backstories, "The Last Bastion" — as it’s cal … | Continue reading
Five identical statues of a nude Donald Trump have appeared overnight on street corners in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Seattle, and New York City. So, we ran down to Union Square in NYC to see as much of fake nude Trump as our eyes could possibly tolerate (photos below … | Continue reading
Score another win for CRISPR. Scientists at MIT are using the ever-intriguing genome-editing system to engineer human cells capable of recording and reporting the intensity and duration past events. The analog memory storage system builds upon past work developed by scientists th … | Continue reading
If Nick Gregorio had directed the original Super Mario Bros movie, it may have actually been watchable. Instead, we ended up with a dumpster fire on the big screen that featured the likes of Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo — both of which would have made stellar mobsters if they’d … | Continue reading
Zebra finches program their offspring to prepare for global warming by singing to eggs before they hatch. In especially hot areas, finch parents make a special call to incubating eggs, basically telling them it’s really hot outside and they better not grow too big. The hatchlings … | Continue reading
The newest way to accurately predict poverty comes from satellite images and machine learning. This imaging technique could make it easier for aid organizations to know where and how to spend their money; it may also help governments develop better policy.We already know that the … | Continue reading
Coding bootcamps can be quite costly. In order to combat that, the U.S. Department of Education has launched a new experimental initiative in partnership with colleges and universities to enable students to pay for certain coding bootcamps using federal financial aid. Through the … | Continue reading
The second-oldest confirmed shipwreck in the Great Lakes was discovered below the surface of Lake Ontario in late June by a group of retirees who hunt for sunken ships in their spare time. Photo: Shipwreck World | Continue reading
5G networking is anticipated as the next major revolution for mobile technology, empowering customers with even faster data connections, opening up avenues to new industrial applications, and even helping to build widely connected “smart-cities”. It’s the crucial next step in bet … | Continue reading
The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 is the best phone I’ve ever reviewed. Unfortunately, there is one problem with I didn’t notice until recently: It scratches really easily. YouTuber JerryRigEverything puts phones through brutal durability tests, including scratches, bending, and… fire. T … | Continue reading
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) announced today that it has completed the first phase of a distributed ledger tech trial. | Continue reading
French startup Whyd started off as a social network for music lovers but recently announced that it would switch its focus for a hardware project. The company just unveiled this secret hardware project — it’s a high-fidelity connected speaker that combines voice recognition with … | Continue reading
Diageo Global Travel: Miami (ots/PRNewswire) - Der Kampf, einer der besten Barkeeper der Welt zu werden, ist im Gang. Auf einer glamourösen Veranstaltung in Miami schlug Andrej Malic von Celebrity Cruises die Konkurrenz Tausender Kreuzfahrt-Barkeeper aus drei der ... | Continue reading
Twitter is now offering some of its most critical anti-harassment tools to every user, not just those with blue checkmarks next to their name. Now, users will be able to limit the notifications they see to only people they follow. This effectively removes any tweets from random s … | Continue reading
The teardown team at iFixit have disassembled the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 and some interesting internal changes but a device that's still difficult to repair. | Continue reading
Apple won't be adding cellular connectivity to the Apple Watch this year, according to a new report from Bloomberg. The company had planned to incorporate the technology and uncouple the Apple Watch from the iPhone, but ran into issues related to battery life.According to the rep … | Continue reading
EventsThis one-day event will showcase how innovative technology is being applied to the humanities and natural sciences. The conference speakers will demonstrate how researchers, curators and enthusiasts can use digital tools to explore historical and scientific material in new … | Continue reading
Sleep startup Casper has made a splash in the very unsexy mattress industry by selling high-end mattresses without the infamous mattress store markups. And now they’ve zeroed in on a new customer who deserves a good night’s sleep as much as you do: your pup!Casper’s latest produc … | Continue reading
The pay gap between public school teachers and similar professionals expanded to 17% last year, compared with a 4% gap in 1996. WSJ's Melanie Trottman has details on Lunch Break with Tanya Rivero. Photo: AP | Continue reading
The drug Flakka is suspected as being connected to a 19-year-old Florida State University man who was part of a 'Zombie' killing in Florida in which he tried to bite off the face of a victim after a double homicide. Addiction medicine expert Dr. Indra Cidambi explains the dangers … | Continue reading
CNN has been using drones to gather video for a some time now, having employed aerial vehicles to cover such recent key stories as the Flint water crisis and the floods that ravaged Louisiana. Unmanned aerial vehicles were also put to work during the Republican and Democratic Nat … | Continue reading
The Bitcoin Core website, has warned users to be vigilant downloading binaries for the upcoming 0.13.0 Bitcoin Core release. | Continue reading
Gawker.com, one of the oldest and highest-profile media and culture blogs, is shutting down next week. The closure of Gawker Media’s flagship blog follows Univision’s acquisition of the company for $135 million at a bankruptcy auction earlier this week.Nick Denton, Gawker Media’s … | Continue reading
Gawker.com is shutting down for good. In a post on its website, the publiscation had the following to say: After nearly fourteen years of operation, Gawker.com will be shutting down next week. The decision to close Gawker comes days after Univision successfully bid $135 million f … | Continue reading
Gawker.com, pioneering web publication and the brainchild of Nick Denton, will be shut down as of next week, according to Gawker itself. The closure of the site comes after Univision’s winning bid for the Gawker Media company, which was forced into bankruptcy following a successf … | Continue reading
B2B marketing and PR departments feel increasing pressure to justify their activities and results. According to a Forrester Research survey, 56% of marketers said connecting spending to revenue is their top challenge — up from 45% last year. More marketers understand that if they … | Continue reading
Facebook wants to show you how the sausage is made. Facebook is open-sourcing its AI bot-building research. Part of its Facebook AI Research (FAIR) lab’s mission, the plan is to provide better access to researchers and engineers to they, in turn, can build better bots. The code l … | Continue reading
Twitter has suspended 235,000 accounts since February for promoting terrorism, the company said in a blog post today. Continue reading… | Continue reading
EE has unveiled a selection of new monthly handset contracts that offer customers free EU data and call roaming, along with free BT Sport. | Continue reading
Android should-have-been-Nutella will almost definitely arrive on Augsut 22. We already knew it would arrive in August, and there are two big clues pointing to that specific release date. Android Central points to Canadian operator flat-out listing an ‘Android N Update’ for the N … | Continue reading
In den vergangenen Tagen wurde in der Presse an einigen Beispielen aus Tirol und dem angrenzenden Südtirol die Schicksalsgemeinschaften zwischen Bauern, Hoteliers und Seilbahnern dargestellt. Sie ist oft sehr eng vor allem dann, wenn der Tourismus alles ist, was eine entlegene B … | Continue reading
Before there were Apple Stores in Williamsburg, Grand Central Station and the World Trade Center – heck, before there were Apple Stores at all – there was Tekserve. For nearly 30 years, the Mac specialist dutifully served Manhattan, before throwing in the towel earlier this week. … | Continue reading
Over the last year, Twitter has been suspending accounts for promoting terrorism. The social network had already made it public that 125,000 accounts were suspended between mid-2015 and early 2016. Today we learned that Twitter has added an additional 235,000 suspensions, brining … | Continue reading
Dish Network’s Sling TV has so far offered a different way for cord cutters to subscribe to the “best of TV” via its online streaming TV service. However, that hasn’t included access to local channels that you receive over-the-air. But that may be changing, according to an Amazon … | Continue reading
I am sympathetic to the pressure of making Madden games. The creators of the football franchise are dually burdened by reality and expectations. Fans demand an increasingly lifelike simulation of professional football, while also wanting each entry to be garnished with uniqueness … | Continue reading
Deus Ex Go, the mobile turn-based puzzler by Hitman Go and Tomb Raider Go developer Square Enix Montréal, is out today on iOS and Android. Priced at £3.99 / $4.99, Deus Ex Go puts players in the role of ungrateful cyborg agent Adam Jensen as he infiltrates various corrupt corpora … | Continue reading
You’re saying it wrong. MacRumors noticed Apple is no longer calling its retail locations ‘Apple Store.’ They are now simply known as – wait for it – ‘Apple.’ So instead of ‘Apple Store, Soho,’ the location is now just listed as ‘Apple Soho.’ ‘Apple Store, Ridge Hill,’ is now jus … | Continue reading
Canadian carrier Telus claims to know the Android 7.0 Nougat release date: Monday, August 22 for the Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P, according to its update schedule. | Continue reading
One of the advantages to owning the larger ‘Plus’ series iPhone is optical image stabilization (OIS) for the camera. A new leak suggests that feature will be made available on the 4.7-inch iPhone 7. Via nowherelese.fr, an alleged camera module for the iPhone 7 shows off four area … | Continue reading
John Maeda is leaving VC firm KPCB where he was a design partner to join Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com and a bunch of other things. Maeda will have a long, elaborate title at Automattic — he’s the company’s new Global Head, Computational Design and Inclusion. Befor … | Continue reading