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Wired

Everything You Need to Know About the 'Avengers: Infinity War' Heroes

WIRED asked the Russo brothers themselves to offer up character profiles.

3 hours ago

Wired

Everything You Need to Know About the 'Avengers: Infinity War' Heroes

Wired

'Foreshadow' Flaw Undermines the Intel CPU Secure Enclave

In the spirit of Meltdown and Spectre, a new vulnerability called Foreshadow could expose Intel's secure enclave to attack.

3 hours ago

Wired

'Foreshadow' Flaw Undermines the Intel CPU Secure Enclave

Wired

Health Care Is Broken. Oscar Health Thinks Tech Can Fix It

Mario Schlosser, the CEO of Oscar Health, wants technology to cure what ails the health care industry. And now Alphabet, Google's parent company, is betting $375 million on this digital panacea.

5 hours ago

Wired

Health Care Is Broken. Oscar Health Thinks Tech Can Fix It

Wired

Best Nintendo Switch Deals and Console Bundles (Autumn 2018)

The best Nintendo Switch console deals, and all the essentials you'll need when you own one.

7 hours ago

Wired

Best Nintendo Switch Deals and Console Bundles (Autumn 2018)

Wired

Drone Swarms as You Know Them Are Just an Illusion?for Now

Networking isn't inherently evil. It's how teams of drones will one day be able to survey natural disasters, rescue survivors, and deliver your burritos.

7 hours ago

Wired

Drone Swarms as You Know Them Are Just an Illusion?for Now

Wired

How to Track Your Heart Rate With Wearables

The best fitness training tool might already be on your wrist.

8 hours ago

Wired

How to Track Your Heart Rate With Wearables

Techcrunch

"Unhackable" BitFi crypto wallet has been hacked

The BitFi crypto wallet was supposed to be unhackable and none other than famous weirdo John McAfee claimed that the device – essentially an Android-based mini tablet – would withstand any attack. Spoiler alert: it couldn’t. First, a bit of background. The $120 device launched at the ...

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Techcrunch

"Unhackable" BitFi crypto wallet has been hacked

Techcrunch

Bird and Lime are protesting Santa Monica's electric scooter recommendations

Lime and Bird are protesting recommendations in Santa Monica, Calif. that would prevent the electric scooter companies from operating in the Southern California city. We first saw the news over on Curbed LA, which reported both

37 minutes ago

Techcrunch

Bird and Lime are protesting Santa Monica's electric scooter recommendations

Techcrunch

Smart speaker sales on pace to increase 50 percent by 2019

It seems Amazon didn't know what it had on its hands when it released the first Echo in late-2014. The AI-powered speaker formed the foundation of the next been moment in consumer electronics. Those devices have helped mainstreaming consumer AI and open the door to wide scale adoption of connected home ...

1 hour ago

Techcrunch

Smart speaker sales on pace to increase 50 percent by 2019

Techcrunch

StarVR's One headset flaunts eye-tracking and a double-wide field of view

While the field of VR headsets used to be more or less limited to Oculus and Vive, numerous competitors have sprung up as the technology has matured – and some are out to beat the market leaders at their own game. StarVR's latest headset brings eye-tracking and a seriously expanded field of view to the ...

1 hour ago

Techcrunch

StarVR's One headset flaunts eye-tracking and a double-wide field of view

Techcrunch

Cytera Cellworks aims to bring cell culture automation to your dinner plate

Cytera Cellworks hopes to revolutionize the so-called ‘clean meat’ industry through the automation of cell cultures — and that could mean one day, if all goes to plan, the company’s products could be in every grocery store in America. Cytera is a ways off from that happening, ...

2 hours ago

Techcrunch

Cytera Cellworks aims to bring cell culture automation to your dinner plate

Techcrunch

Twitter is purging accounts that were trying to evade prior suspensions

Twitter announced this afternoon it will begin booting accounts off its service from those who have tried to evade their account suspension. The company says that the accounts in question are users who have been previously suspended on Twitter for their abusive behavior, or for trying to evade a prior ...

2 hours ago

Techcrunch

Twitter is purging accounts that were trying to evade prior suspensions

Readwrite

How Women Are Breaking Into the Tech World

It's no secret that tech has become a male-dominated industry. The press has discussed at length the gender discrimination prevalent throughout the tech sector, resulting in everything from pay inequities to sexual harassment. Study upon study has shown that women with the same educational backgrounds ...

2 hours ago

Readwrite

How Women Are Breaking Into the Tech World

Fast Company

A famous fake photo from the great 2003 Northeast Blackout is still claiming victims

Today marks the anniversary of not only the Great Northeast Blackout, but of one of the greatest fake photos in internet history—one that is still claiming victims today. In 2003, a series of unfortunate events turned out the lights for some 50 million people across the Northeast, including Cleveland, ...

5 hours ago

Fast Company

A famous fake photo from the great 2003 Northeast Blackout is still claiming victims

Fast Company

Omarosoa claims Betsy DeVos mocked the intellect of black students who booed her

As has been widely reported in recent days, Omarosa Manigault-Newman, the Apprentice star turned White House official turned Trump critic, spares no details when it comes to skewering her enemies and criticizing the administration in her new book, Unhinged. One of her biggest nemeses was Secretary of ...

5 hours ago

Fast Company

Omarosoa claims Betsy DeVos mocked the intellect of black students who booed her

Fast Company

Airbnb regulation pain hits Chicago as city threatens to reject 1,200 hosts

Regulation is causing trouble for Airbnb hosts in Chicago. Some 1,200 hosts have received letters from the city threatening to reject their short-term rental licenses if they don’t update their listings to the city’s specifications. Chicago’s Department of Business Affairs and Consumer ...

5 hours ago

Fast Company

Airbnb regulation pain hits Chicago as city threatens to reject 1,200 hosts

Fast Company

Rosé payola: The dirty industry secret behind your favorite restaurant’s crappy wine

We’re in the dog days of summer when there’s nothing better than a chilled glass of pink-ish wine. And for the last few years, rosé has been the go-to summer drink for many an alcohol imbiber. However, the choices offered by many popular restaurants are just plain bad, and it turns ...

6 hours ago

Fast Company

Rosé payola: The dirty industry secret behind your favorite restaurant’s crappy wine

Fast Company

How gambling distorts reality and hooks your brain

To call gambling a “game of chance” evokes fun, random luck and a sense of collective engagement. These playful connotations may be part of why almost 80% of American adults gamble at some point in their lifetime. When I ask my psychology students why they think people gamble, the most ...

6 hours ago

Fast Company

How gambling distorts reality and hooks your brain

Fast Company

Why Bill Gates Is Reading “Capitalism Without Capital”

Mid-2018 might seem like a strange time for Bill Gates to review a largely academic book that came out in late 2017. But as Gates writes on his GatesNotes blog about Capitalism Without Capital by Jonathan Haskel and Stian Westlake, the book covers “one of the biggest trends in the global economy ...

7 hours ago

Fast Company

Why Bill Gates Is Reading “Capitalism Without Capital”

Engadget

Tinder co-founders sue parent company for $2 billion over deception

Three of Tinder's co-founders and several other current and former senior executives are suing the dating company's parent organizations, Match Group and IAC. According to a complaint published online, the lawsuit seeks billions of dollars in damages...

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Engadget

Tinder co-founders sue parent company for $2 billion over deception

Engadget

Lawmakers ask Ajit Pai about false DDoS claims

A handful of Democratic lawmakers have some questions for FCC Chairman Ajit Pai regarding claims of a DDoS attack that the Inspector General recently concluded were false. Specifically, they want to know when Pai became aware that disruption to the a...

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Engadget

Lawmakers ask Ajit Pai about false DDoS claims

Engadget

Sprint and LG hope to launch the first 5G smartphone next year

Now that 5G has a complete standard for companies to use in rolling out new devices, Sprint and LG have announced their intentions to bring the "first 5G smartphone" to the US in the first half of 2019.

1 hour ago

Engadget

Sprint and LG hope to launch the first 5G smartphone next year

Engadget

SpaceX readies its spacecraft and astronauts for crewed missions

SpaceX's priority is to get humans into space. Eventually, some of those people will end up on Mars. For now, the rocket-launching company needs to work on getting astronauts to the ISS (International Space Station). To that end, it recently showed o...

1 hour ago

Engadget

SpaceX readies its spacecraft and astronauts for crewed missions

Engadget

Instagram's direct message polls give you private feedback

Instagram's polls are good for soliciting feedback (or just stroking your ego), but what if you'd rather not share the results with absolutely all of your followers? You now have that option. Poll stickers are now available for direct messages, mak...

1 hour ago

Engadget

Instagram's direct message polls give you private feedback

Engadget

Google Assistant can play songs from Pandora Premium

Pandora's Plus and ad-supported users have been able to listen using Google Home for almost two years, and the streaming service is now meshing more tightly with Google Assistant. Starting today, Premium listeners can use their voice to play on-deman...

2 hours ago

Engadget

Google Assistant can play songs from Pandora Premium

Venturebeat

NASA announces the first winners of the crowdsourced contest to design its next robot

NASA's crowdsourced robotics program is coming to a head. The agency has announced the first few winners who'll see their contributions launch into orbit in 2019.

1 hour ago

Venturebeat

NASA announces the first winners of the crowdsourced contest to design its next robot

Venturebeat

Call of Duty's Blackout battle royale mode gets a beta September 10

We’ve known since May that Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 will have a battle royale mode similar to PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds and Fortnite, and now developer Treyarch has confirmed when the prerelease beta test will go live for players to get a taste of that action. The mode, called Blackout, ...

2 hours ago

Venturebeat

Call of Duty's Blackout battle royale mode gets a beta September 10

Venturebeat

VentureBeat is looking for a Director of Events Content

VentureBeat is seeking a Director of Events Content to report directly to the CEO. The role will oversee speaker recruitment for

3 hours ago

Venturebeat

VentureBeat is looking for a Director of Events Content

Venturebeat

Fortnite Android beta expands beyond Samsung phones

After launching for Samsung Galaxy phones with the debut of the Note 9, Epic Games is now bringing its popular last-player-standing shooter Fortnite to other Android devices. The developer is sending invites out to people who signed up on its website. If you’ve already done so, check your inbox ...

3 hours ago

Venturebeat

Fortnite Android beta expands beyond Samsung phones

Venturebeat

The Midwest's best-kept secret is its vibrant cybersecurity community

GUEST: Cisco’s announcement this month that it intends to acquire Ann Arbor-based cybersecurity startup Duo Security for a whopping $2.35 billion shines a light on the Midwest’s increasing strength in the cybersecurity space. Given that Ann Arbor is relatively small compared to cities like ...

3 hours ago

Venturebeat

The Midwest's best-kept secret is its vibrant cybersecurity community

Venturebeat

What Alexa can and cannot do on a PC

REVIEW: Among the many vectors for talking to Alexa today, there are differences both glaring and subtle. Alexa in personal computers comes with advantages and drawbacks. Here's a closer look at what Alexa can and cannot do on an Acer Spin 5, the first laptop with Alexa inside.

4 hours ago

Venturebeat

What Alexa can and cannot do on a PC

Ars Technica

Intel's SGX blown wide open by, you guessed it, a speculative execution attack

Speculative execution attacks truly are the gift that keeps on giving.

1 hour ago

Ars Technica

Intel's SGX blown wide open by, you guessed it, a speculative execution attack

Ars Technica

Ajit Pai grilled by lawmakers on why FCC spread "myth" of DDoS attack

When did Ajit Pai know FCC's DDoS claim was false? Democrats demand answers.

2 hours ago

Ars Technica

Ajit Pai grilled by lawmakers on why FCC spread "myth" of DDoS attack

Ars Technica

Dealmaster: Take $50 off Bose's flagship noise-cancelling headphones

Plus deals on Roku streamers, back to school laptops, AirPods, and more.

2 hours ago

Ars Technica

Dealmaster: Take $50 off Bose's flagship noise-cancelling headphones

Ars Technica

FCC says court made error in approval of AT&T/Time Warner merger

AT&T's statements to FCC shouldn't have been dismissed by judge, FCC says.

4 hours ago

Ars Technica

FCC says court made error in approval of AT&T/Time Warner merger

Ars Technica

Honoring the ?80s, Def Con's badge is also a text adventure

A masterpiece of tech nostalgia and hardware hackery, this year's badge elevates the game.

4 hours ago

Ars Technica

Honoring the ?80s, Def Con's badge is also a text adventure

Ars Technica

New law bans US from buying tech from Chinese giants ZTE and Huawei

The final bill dropped an export ban that could have put ZTE out of business.

5 hours ago

Ars Technica

New law bans US from buying tech from Chinese giants ZTE and Huawei