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Gadget Lab Podcast: Climate Change and Cognitive Dissonance

Climate change is real, and it's impacting us right now. How much of it can be fixed by personal responsibility versus policy?

1 hour ago

Wired

Gadget Lab Podcast: Climate Change and Cognitive Dissonance

Wired

Facebook Exposed 6.8 Million Users' Photos to Cap Off a Terrible 2018

In the latest in its long string of 2018 incidents, Facebook let developers access the private photos of millions of users.

2 hours ago

Wired

Facebook Exposed 6.8 Million Users' Photos to Cap Off a Terrible 2018

Wired

Hundreds of Photos Form a Single Portrait of Britain's Decline

In her latest work of digital collage, artist Emily Allchurch takes on economic inequality and the real estate bubble.

4 hours ago

Wired

Hundreds of Photos Form a Single Portrait of Britain's Decline

Wired

No GPS? A DIY Radio Transmitter Can Help You Navigate

The old-school way to navigate is with a clock and a sextant, but you can also hack together this alternative.

5 hours ago

Wired

No GPS? A DIY Radio Transmitter Can Help You Navigate

Wired

How to Cancel Subscriptions in Your Phone's Settings Menu

So you forgot to cancel your Hulu subscription after the free trial ended. Here's how to get out of it.

5 hours ago

Wired

How to Cancel Subscriptions in Your Phone's Settings Menu

Wired

Sonic the Hedgehog Is Ready For His Closeup?and It's Weird

Plus Epic's Steam-killing online store goes live, and the rest of the week in gaming news.

5 hours ago

Wired

Sonic the Hedgehog Is Ready For His Closeup?and It's Weird

Techcrunch

Disney invests $15M in educational gaming app Kahoot at a $360M valuation

When Kahoot, the startup that operates a popular platform for user-generated educational gaming, raised $15 million in October of this year, we mentioned that Disney might take a larger stake in the company, beyond the small investment it took after Kahoot passed through the Disney Accelerator. Now with ...

5 minutes ago

Techcrunch

Disney invests $15M in educational gaming app Kahoot at a $360M valuation

Techcrunch

Niantic reportedly raising $200M at $3.9B valuation

Pokémon Go creator Niantic is raising a $200 million Series C at a valuation of $3.9 billion according to a report from Katie Roof at the WSJ. The round is expected to be led by IVP with participation from Samsung and aXiomatic Gaming. The upcoming raise would bring the company’s total funding ...

27 minutes ago

Techcrunch

Niantic reportedly raising $200M at $3.9B valuation

Techcrunch

Existential education error: Failing to train students on software

Although many of the milestones of the digital revolution have sprung directly from the research output of America's colleges and universities, on the instructional side, American higher education has taken a laid-back approach.

1 hour ago

Techcrunch

Existential education error: Failing to train students on software

Techcrunch

Pimcore closes $3.5M for its open-source data platform to expand in the US

Pimcore, an open-source platform for data and customer experience management which has emerged out of Austria, has closed $3.5 million in a Series A funding led by German Auctus Capital Partners AG. The funding will be used for its US expansion. Pimcore is aimed at any channel, device, or industry that ...

1 hour ago

Techcrunch

Pimcore closes $3.5M for its open-source data platform to expand in the US

Techcrunch

Goldex raises $1M for its marketplace app for "ethical" physical gold trading

Goldex, a trading app that claims to power so-called ‘ethical pricing’ for retail gold investments, says it has now raised over £1M ($1.25M) in a pre-series A round led by a group of angels and institutional investors. Amongst those participating in the round are Prepaid Financial Services ...

1 hour ago

Techcrunch

Goldex raises $1M for its marketplace app for "ethical" physical gold trading

Techcrunch

Nvidia's limited China connections

Another round of followups on Nvidia, and then some short news analysis. TechCrunch is experimenting with new content forms. This is a rough draft of something new – provide your feedback directly to the author (Danny at danny@techcrunch.com) if you like or hate something here. Nvidia / TSMC questions ...

1 hour ago

Techcrunch

Nvidia's limited China connections

Readwrite

Top 9 Myth Busters to Trigger Your Social Media Engagement

As business marketers, we are all bored of those clichéd tips. Almost all of them have ceased to work for increasing the social media engagement for our brand. However, we do want something that can trigger our social media engagement. So, here are some myth busters to trigger your social media engagement. ...

34 minutes ago

Readwrite

Top 9 Myth Busters to Trigger Your Social Media Engagement

Readwrite

Zoom Video Communications Acquires Zoom.com

We are HUGE fans of Zoom Meetings at Readwrite. We use them for almost all our interviews. Today we noticed something very peculiar. Zoom.com redirects to Zoom.us (home for Zoom). We’ve reached out to Zoom to confirm the price. I’m guessing it was in the $1mm cash + $5-10mm stock range. ...

3 hours ago

Readwrite

Zoom Video Communications Acquires Zoom.com

Readwrite

QA Testing – Manual vs Automated vs Crowdsourced

When working on a software development team, no matter which part of the team your are on, there is a common belief that all the people on the team should have. This belief is that testing is extremely important and should be executed in the most accurate manner. You want your software to be reliable, ...

3 hours ago

Readwrite

QA Testing – Manual vs Automated vs Crowdsourced

Readwrite

Attendees Broadcast Personal Experiences Easily with Event Management Software

Companies have begun the usage of event management software as it helps in improving the efficiency of the events business. The significant features of this software helps in powering successful events for industries as well as organizations of all sizes. Technologies such as Periscope and Facebook ...

24 hours ago

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Attendees Broadcast Personal Experiences Easily with Event Management Software

Readwrite

What are the IoT Applications in the Transportation Industry?

The internet of things (IoT) is a popular term these days that are used to interrelate computing devices, digital machines, and mechanical objects. IoT technology is used to transfer data over a network without any human interaction. A plenty of organizations are using IoT to improve their efficiency ...

1 day ago

Readwrite

What are the IoT Applications in the Transportation Industry?

Readwrite

Can Brick-and-Mortar Retailers Compete With E-commerce Stores?

E-commerce is experiencing massive growth year after year, shattering records while doing so. There was a time when brick-and-mortar stores were not merely profitable, but also highly influential. Take, for example, Sears. If there were ever a legacy brand that defined American capitalism, it would ...

1 day ago

Readwrite

Can Brick-and-Mortar Retailers Compete With E-commerce Stores?

Fast Company

This interactive map shows how wrong we picture the world

The maps we use to navigate planet Earth, to tell us what’s what, lie to us all the time. Take New York City’s transit map, for example. Manhattan is wildly out of scale. The warping of reality is best illustrated by comparing the world famous Central Park to Prospect Park: the former (843 ...

5 hours ago

Fast Company

This interactive map shows how wrong we picture the world

Fast Company

California just decided to move to 100% electric city buses

A decade from now, city transit agencies in California will no longer be able to buy a bus that runs on diesel or natural gas. The California Air Resources Board, the state’s clean air agency, just voted on a new rule that will require cities to shift to 100% electric buses over time. It’s ...

5 hours ago

Fast Company

California just decided to move to 100% electric city buses

Fast Company

Report: Johnson & Johnson knew its baby powder had asbestos for decades

Last year, a jury awarded a California woman $417 million when she developed ovarian cancer after almost a lifetime of using Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder. The award included $70 million in compensatory damages and a whopping $347 million in punitive damages. If a new Reuters report is accurate, ...

6 hours ago

Fast Company

Report: Johnson & Johnson knew its baby powder had asbestos for decades

Fast Company

Kevin Reilly will oversee content at WarnerMedia’s new streaming app

WarnerMedia’s upcoming streaming service has a new face: Kevin Reilly, the veteran TV exec, most recently at Turner Broadcasting, has been hired to head content strategy at the service that is launching later next year. The service is at the core of the digital strategy that WarnerMedia ...

6 hours ago

Fast Company

Kevin Reilly will oversee content at WarnerMedia’s new streaming app

Fast Company

Prada made blackface monkey trinkets and didn’t know they were racist

I want to know who was in the room at Prada when they decided to launch little monkey keychains with black faces and red lips. Did the executives who greenlit these products think these monkeys were just adorable, in a kind of Paul Frank circa early-2000s way" Was there no one in that gorgeously decorated ...

6 hours ago

Fast Company

Prada made blackface monkey trinkets and didn’t know they were racist

Fast Company

CBS gives a whopping 1/6th of Moonves’ severance to anti-sexual harassment groups

As news breaks about CBS’s secret $9.5M settlement with Eliza Dushku over charges of sexual harassment, the network has offered some good news as counterprogramming. CBS is reportedly allocating $20M from ousted CEO Les Moonves’ severance package to go to 18 organizations that fight against ...

6 hours ago

Fast Company

CBS gives a whopping 1/6th of Moonves’ severance to anti-sexual harassment groups

Engadget

Epic removes 'overpowered' Infinity Blade from 'Fortnite'

Fortnite fans got a taste of the game's mythic items this week with the Infinity Blade (as in Epic's games of the same name). Only one such sword was available in a match, and the player who wielded it received a health and shield boost, HP regenerat...

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Engadget

Epic removes 'overpowered' Infinity Blade from 'Fortnite'

Engadget

Gift cards and subscriptions to give as last-minute gifts

Sometimes it's better to pick out a gift for someone yourself and other times it's a good idea to let that picky loved one choose their own. (And if you've waited this long to buy gifts, that might be your easiest course of action.) This is where gif...

35 minutes ago

Engadget

Gift cards and subscriptions to give as last-minute gifts

Engadget

Starbucks will offer Uber Eats delivery from more than 2,000 US stores

It might be almost too easy to get a Starbucks fix in the near future. In the wake of trials, the coffee giant will offer delivery through Uber Eats from over 2,000 US stores (roughly a quarter of its footprint in the country) in early 2019. The co...

1 hour ago

Engadget

Starbucks will offer Uber Eats delivery from more than 2,000 US stores

Engadget

Chinese hackers reportedly hit Navy contractors with multiple attacks

Chinese hackers have been targeting US Navy contractors, and were reportedly successful on several occasions over the last 18 months. The infiltrators stole information including missile plans and ship maintenance data, according to a Wall Street Jou...

1 hour ago

Engadget

Chinese hackers reportedly hit Navy contractors with multiple attacks

Engadget

"Travis Strikes Again" is an indie-sized comeback for Suda51

In 2010, Goichi Suda seemed unstoppable. The Japanese game developer, known by his nickname 'Suda51,' had just released No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle, a vibrant clash of stylized decapitations and eccentric, oftentimes sexually-charged humor....

2 hours ago

Engadget

"Travis Strikes Again" is an indie-sized comeback for Suda51

Engadget

Signal says it can't allow government access to users' chats

Last week, the Australian government passed the country's controversial Access and Assistance Bill 2018 into law, legislation that allows government agencies to demand access to encrypted communications. Companies that don't comply with the new law c...

2 hours ago

Engadget

Signal says it can't allow government access to users' chats

Venturebeat

Google's Music Transformer can generate piano melodies that don't sound half bad

Google's progressing toward AI that can compose decent-sounding -- albeit not entirely coherent -- piano tunes and melodies.

25 minutes ago

Venturebeat

Google's Music Transformer can generate piano melodies that don't sound half bad

Venturebeat

K-Swiss launches Immortals esports lifestyle sneaker

The age of the esports lifestyle brand has arrived. K-Swiss is launching its Immortals Icon sneaker, tapping into the popularity of the Immortals esports group.

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Venturebeat

K-Swiss launches Immortals esports lifestyle sneaker

Venturebeat

Facial recognition remains tempting but toxic for tech companies

Facial recognition algorithms remain at least as controversial as ever. Some companies have made more progress than others toward less biased AI.

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Venturebeat

Facial recognition remains tempting but toxic for tech companies

Venturebeat

Twitch takes a look back at great moments in livestreaming in 2018

Twitch is looking back on the great moments of livestreaming in 2018 with its livestreamed Twitch Holiday Spectacular, which is a special edition of Twitch Weekly.

1 hour ago

Venturebeat

Twitch takes a look back at great moments in livestreaming in 2018

Venturebeat

ProBeat: Google+ is better off shut down

Google should shut down Google+ immediately. The social network is only resulting in security breaches and hurting the company's brand.

1 hour ago

Venturebeat

ProBeat: Google+ is better off shut down

Venturebeat

Deutsche Telekom may ditch Huawei to win T-Mobile/Sprint merger approval

Following a decision by French carrier Orange to avoid Huawei 5G gear, a leading German carrier is rethinking plans in hopes of aiding its US arm's merger.

1 hour ago

Venturebeat

Deutsche Telekom may ditch Huawei to win T-Mobile/Sprint merger approval

Ars Technica

Formula E starts season 5 in Saudi Arabia with a faster electric race car

Formula E begins a new chapter this weekend?here's what to expect.

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Ars Technica

Formula E starts season 5 in Saudi Arabia with a faster electric race car

Ars Technica

'We're sorry,' Facebook says, again'new photo bug affects millions

"This may have affected up to 6.8 million users and up to 1,500 apps?"

1 hour ago

Ars Technica

'We're sorry,' Facebook says, again'new photo bug affects millions

Ars Technica

Get your binge on: Season 3 of sci-fi gem Travelers is out now

Agent 001, the Director, and the Faction are all still battling to save (or not) the future.

1 hour ago

Ars Technica

Get your binge on: Season 3 of sci-fi gem Travelers is out now

Ars Technica

Discord Store to offer developers 90 percent of game revenues

Move puts additional pressure on Steam's de facto 70% rev-share standard.

2 hours ago

Ars Technica

Discord Store to offer developers 90 percent of game revenues

Ars Technica

Blizzard shifts developers away from Heroes of the Storm

Plans for HotS esports cancelled, suggesting slow decline.

3 hours ago

Ars Technica

Blizzard shifts developers away from Heroes of the Storm

Ars Technica

Apple says iOS update will avoid Qualcomm patents, China iPhone ban

Apple is appealing Qualcomm's China-wide ban on older iPhone models.

4 hours ago

Ars Technica

Apple says iOS update will avoid Qualcomm patents, China iPhone ban