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Wired

Twitter's Dated Data Dump Doesn't Tell Us About Future Meddling

Twitter's release of more than 10 million tweets from Russia's Internet Research Agency and Iran sheds little light on those agencies' current tactics, researchers say.

9 hours ago

Wired

Twitter's Dated Data Dump Doesn't Tell Us About Future Meddling

Wired

An App Built for Hurricane Harvey Is Now Saving Lives in Florida

Crowdsource Rescue, a kind of "Uber for emergencies," has become the leading tool to coordinate volunteer rescuers, helping them check on hundreds of vulnerable individuals.

12 hours ago

Wired

An App Built for Hurricane Harvey Is Now Saving Lives in Florida

Wired

NCT 127 Answers All of the Internet's Questions About K-Pop

WIRED asked the group to answer a series of questions from Twitter.

15 hours ago

Wired

NCT 127 Answers All of the Internet's Questions About K-Pop

Wired

Funky Materials Give the Mantis Shrimp Its Powerful Punch

The legendary crustacean uses a hammer-like appendage made of ceramic and polymer to deliver its punishing blow.

16 hours ago

Wired

Funky Materials Give the Mantis Shrimp Its Powerful Punch

Wired

Tech Founders' Absolute Power Is Destroying Company Culture

Tech CEOs have wrestled greater control of their companies than ever?making it impossible to address bad behavior properly.

16 hours ago

Wired

Tech Founders' Absolute Power Is Destroying Company Culture

Wired

A 7-Year Search for Traces of Humanity Along the US-Mexico Border

Photographer Richard Misrach covered tens of thousands of miles while shooting 'Border Cantos'?and each one of them told a story.

17 hours ago

Wired

A 7-Year Search for Traces of Humanity Along the US-Mexico Border

Techcrunch

Jane VC, a new fund for female entrepreneurs, wants founders to cold email them

Want to pitch a venture capitalist" You’ll need a “warm introduction” first. At least that’s what most in the business will advise. Find a person, typically a man, who made the VC you’re interested in pitching a whole bunch of money at some point and have them introduce ...

2 hours ago

Techcrunch

Jane VC, a new fund for female entrepreneurs, wants founders to cold email them

Techcrunch

E-moto startup Alta Motors reportedly powers down

Brisbane, California based e-motorcycle startup Alta Motors has ceased operations, TechCrunch has confirmed. Earlier today Asphalt and Rubber — and several subsequent outlets — reported the company stopped operating this morning, fired its staff, and may be looking for a buyer. Alta has ...

6 hours ago

Techcrunch

E-moto startup Alta Motors reportedly powers down

Techcrunch

The space pen became the space pen 50 years ago

Everyone knows about the space pen. NASA spent millions on R&D to create the ultimate pen that would work in zero gravity and the result was this incredible machine. Well, no. In fact it was made by a pen manufacturer in 1966 – but it wasn't until October of 1968 that it went into orbit and fulfilled ...

7 hours ago

Techcrunch

The space pen became the space pen 50 years ago

Techcrunch

Knotch launches Blueprint to help marketers find the best publishers of sponsored content

When I last wrote about Knotch, the company had just patented its color-based feedback system that helps advertisers measure the effectiveness of their sponsored content. Since then, it’s added a competitive intelligence product and now Blueprint, a tool for marketers who want to find the best ...

9 hours ago

Techcrunch

Knotch launches Blueprint to help marketers find the best publishers of sponsored content

Techcrunch

Amazon says it will add 1,000 more employees in the UK, bringing the total to 28,500, bucking the Brexit chill

A lot of uncertainty hangs over the U.K. as it continues its slow march out of the European Union, but today one of the world’s biggest companies announced plans to expand its presence in the country. Amazon today said it would add another 1,000 workers in the U.K., including establishing its first ...

10 hours ago

Techcrunch

Amazon says it will add 1,000 more employees in the UK, bringing the total to 28,500, bucking the Brexit chill

Techcrunch

Disruptive technology and organized religion

At a recent Vatican-sponsored conference, I learned that disruptive technology and organized religion have more in common than not.

10 hours ago

Techcrunch

Disruptive technology and organized religion

Readwrite

Five Best Open-Source Antivirus’ for Carefree Cyber-Threat Protection

You can detect a lot of different types of malicious software by using open source antivirus products. Experienced developers in both fields will tell you this is the most secure way to connect to the internet today. These programs simply make their code available for free so you can modify and redistribute ...

9 hours ago

Readwrite

Five Best Open-Source Antivirus’ for Carefree Cyber-Threat Protection

Readwrite

Data Science Careers: From Fragmentation to Necessity

Over the past decade — the concept of being a data scientist has become a “normal” occupation title. It is no longer an unusual way to phrase the job description in data analytics. Now this to the industry standard term for a swath of data careers. Data Science. Like any career going ...

13 hours ago

Readwrite

Data Science Careers: From Fragmentation to Necessity

Readwrite

Your Swag is an Extension of Your Brand, So Don't Neglect It

The true origins of the word swag are unknown. Swag means a few different things, but in the corporate world it typically refers to promotional products. You know, that stuff you get handed when you walk around the expo hall at conferences. All those pens, flash drives, stickers, and cheap sunglasses ...

19 hours ago

Readwrite

Your Swag is an Extension of Your Brand, So Don't Neglect It

Readwrite

How Blockchain Brings Innovation in Staffing?

Frequently related to the term bitcoin — blockchain can be an unquiet technology. Blockchain is currently creating a grand entry in all of the major market domains. Blockchain technology collects and stores the knowledge of inbound blocks — and time stamps it on a distributed and encrypted ...

1 day ago

Readwrite

How Blockchain Brings Innovation in Staffing?

Readwrite

File Recovery and Other Innovative Solutions to Save Your Small Business Day

Murphy’s Law states, “If anything can go wrong, it will.” That seems to be an adage that many small business owners often face. There is never a convenient time for “things to go wrong.” These always seem to happen at the worst possible moments. Typically, it involves some ...

2 days ago

Readwrite

File Recovery and Other Innovative Solutions to Save Your Small Business Day

Readwrite

It's 2018, and We Still Have No Idea If Mobile Healthcare Apps Work

What was the promise of reduced admissions and improved health outcomes in patients? This goal has not been achieved and is not happening how we thought it would. Usage of mobile devices in healthcare is basically what mHealth is. App development for healthcare. Using the continuous mHealth-powered, ...

2 days ago

Readwrite

It's 2018, and We Still Have No Idea If Mobile Healthcare Apps Work

Fast Company

To turn docs into apps, Coda had to rethink productivity from scratch

When you think about it, the history of productivity software is surprisingly short on disruptive moments. Google Sheets, for instance, may be web-based and collaborative, but its conceptual bones are the same as those of Microsoft Excel (established 1985), which itself followed the lead of Lotus 1-2-3 ...

13 hours ago

Fast Company

To turn docs into apps, Coda had to rethink productivity from scratch

Fast Company

Bryan Cranston wants you to yell at him

Bryan Cranston has a job for you. The acclaimed actor is starring in a stage adaptation of the 1976 movie Network, which is moving to Broadway this month after a successful run on the West End. Cranston stars as Howard Beale, the cantankerous fictional news anchor whose famous “mad as hell” ...

13 hours ago

Fast Company

Bryan Cranston wants you to yell at him

Fast Company

Are you smarter than Bill Gates about climate change? Take this quiz to find out

Bill Gates knows a lot about climate change. The Microsoft cofounder launched the Breakthrough Energy Coalition two years ago, and they just signed a $115 million clean energy investment fund in the EU. Plus, Gates has joined an international coalition determined to figure out how to protect ...

16 hours ago

Fast Company

Are you smarter than Bill Gates about climate change? Take this quiz to find out

Fast Company

22 Halloween costume ideas that won’t get you in trouble at work

Halloween is coming, and in some offices, that means the office Halloween party is fast approaching, too. While you may think your sexy Handmaid’s costume or Steve Jobs costume is hilarious, you don’t want to be the kind of person who alienates all the women and Apple fans in ...

16 hours ago

Fast Company

22 Halloween costume ideas that won’t get you in trouble at work

Fast Company

Bill Gates is investing in European companies that solve the less obvious parts of climate change

Bill Gates has coined a new way to think about climate change, and is leading a team of investors to help solve it. The concept is called “the 75% problem”–a nod to the idea many people think investing in clean energy alternatives like solar panels and wind turbines will curb greenhouse ...

16 hours ago

Fast Company

Bill Gates is investing in European companies that solve the less obvious parts of climate change

Fast Company

Get ready for a future in which your favorite products act like helicopter parents

The next time you head outdoors, imagine that the tube of sunscreen in your bag urged you to slap some of it on your skin, or that the pack of pills the doctor prescribed reminded you to take your medication. Or that you could subscribe to your favorite laundry detergent, which would monitor the supply ...

16 hours ago

Fast Company

Get ready for a future in which your favorite products act like helicopter parents

Engadget

Scoot brings electric scooter rentals to Santiago, Chile

Scoot is expanding into its third city and it's bringing electric scooters to Santiago, Chile. As part of a pilot program, Scoot will be allowed to launch a fleet of its electric kick scooters in the business district of Las Condes, and up to 500 of...

32 minutes ago

Engadget

Scoot brings electric scooter rentals to Santiago, Chile

Engadget

Twitter suspends bots spreading pro-Saudi tweets about missing journalist

Twitter has suspended hundreds of accounts suspected to be bots, which had been tweeting pro-Saudi sentiments regarding the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. According to NBC News, it presented the company with a spreadsheet of hundreds of...

2 hours ago

Engadget

Twitter suspends bots spreading pro-Saudi tweets about missing journalist

Engadget

Shaper's AR-equipped Origin power cutter is going on sale for $2,500

If you've been itching to add AR to your DIY with a handheld CNC, you'll be happy to know that Shaper's Origin augmented reality power cutter will once again be available for purchase. Originally launched in 2016, Origin scans visual markers and then...

4 hours ago

Engadget

Shaper's AR-equipped Origin power cutter is going on sale for $2,500

Engadget

Uber is testing an on-demand staffing service

Uber is seemingly on a quest to become the Amazon of services, having expanded beyond ride-hailing to freight hauling, food delivery and electric scooters. Now, it is testing an on-demand staffing service. Uber Works will let companies recruit short-...

5 hours ago

Engadget

Uber is testing an on-demand staffing service

Engadget

'Papers, Please' creator debuts 'Return of the Obra Dinn'

Return of the Obra Dinn, the first-person mystery from Papers, Please creator Lucas Pope, is now available. The game has been in the works for some time, with Pope revealing the project and releasing an early demo back in 2014, and it features a rath...

6 hours ago

Engadget

'Papers, Please' creator debuts 'Return of the Obra Dinn'

Engadget

Now you can buy a Model 3 for $45,000 before incentives

The Tesla Model 3 was originally announced with a promise that the car could be purchased for as little as $35,000 before federal and state tax incentives were applied, but until now, the cheapest model started at $49,000. Now, Elon Musk announced th...

7 hours ago

Engadget

Now you can buy a Model 3 for $45,000 before incentives

Venturebeat

MapleStory 2 hits 1 million downloads

MapleStory 2 is one of the most played games on Steam right now, and that makes it one of the most-played MMOs on the platform by default.

8 hours ago

Venturebeat

MapleStory 2 hits 1 million downloads

Venturebeat

University of Central Florida's AI finds early lung cancer with up to 97% sensitivity

Researchers at the University of Central Florida have developed AI that can accurately detect cancerous nodules in CT scans.

10 hours ago

Venturebeat

University of Central Florida's AI finds early lung cancer with up to 97% sensitivity

Venturebeat

Nvidia RTX 2070 is the $500 GPU to get

The RTX 2070 is about as powerful as the GTX 1080. That's disappointing because they are both $500. Does that mean you should skip the 2070? Definitely not.

10 hours ago

Venturebeat

Nvidia RTX 2070 is the $500 GPU to get

Venturebeat

Apple yanks subscription scam apps, but leaves a bigger problem intact

Some particularly scammy apps were ripping off App Store users for hundreds or thousands of dollars. But the app subscription model is generally a scam.

11 hours ago

Venturebeat

Apple yanks subscription scam apps, but leaves a bigger problem intact

Venturebeat

Got It enables teams to bring external experts into company Slack conversations

Via its new Excelchat app, Got It is providing on-demand experts for Slack, the popular company communications platform. The aim is to boost real-time collaboration and productivity for spreadsheet users.

12 hours ago

Venturebeat

Got It enables teams to bring external experts into company Slack conversations

Venturebeat

ParkWhiz's Arrive Network automates parking payments with wireless technology

ParkWhiz's new Arrive Network leverages wireless sensors to automatically charge parking reservations to drivers. It's rolling out in cities across the U.S.

14 hours ago

Venturebeat

ParkWhiz's Arrive Network automates parking payments with wireless technology

Ars Technica

Ajit Pai killed rules that could have helped Florida recover from hurricane

Pai blames carriers, but he killed rules that were spurred by Hurricane Sandy.

10 hours ago

Ars Technica

Ajit Pai killed rules that could have helped Florida recover from hurricane

Ars Technica

Twitter publishes dump of accounts tied to Russian, Iranian influence campaigns

Archive for researchers provides picture of Internet Research Agency's influence ops.

10 hours ago

Ars Technica

Twitter publishes dump of accounts tied to Russian, Iranian influence campaigns

Ars Technica

Why figuring out what's behind a big gender paradox won't be easy

But historical relationships between countries haven't been taken into account.

11 hours ago

Ars Technica

Why figuring out what's behind a big gender paradox won't be easy

Ars Technica

Orkney Islands routes are front-runners for first commercial electric flights

The eight-seat passenger aircraft could be retrofitted to go all-electric.

12 hours ago

Ars Technica

Orkney Islands routes are front-runners for first commercial electric flights

Ars Technica

New study argues against some of the oldest evidence for life

Are these 3.7 billion-year-old fossils or just messed-up bedrock?

12 hours ago

Ars Technica

New study argues against some of the oldest evidence for life

Ars Technica

Dealmaster: Hot deals on an Asus ROG gaming laptop and more

Plus deals for Tiles, the new Intel i9-9900K CPU, and Audible.

13 hours ago

Ars Technica

Dealmaster: Hot deals on an Asus ROG gaming laptop and more