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Melania Trump's 'I Really Don't Care' Jacket Tops This Week's Internet News Roundup

The First Lady wore a "I really don't care. Do U?" jacket on her visit to the southern border.

9 hours ago

Wired

Melania Trump's 'I Really Don't Care' Jacket Tops This Week's Internet News Roundup

Wired

Ford's Train Station, Elon's Angry Emails, and More Car News

Plus, VW builds an electric racer for a mountain climb, and Colorado sticks it to the EPA.

9 hours ago

Wired

Ford's Train Station, Elon's Angry Emails, and More Car News

Wired

Let's Use Physics to Model a Curving Soccer Ball

You could practice out on the pitch, or you could use a numerical calculation.

10 hours ago

Wired

Let's Use Physics to Model a Curving Soccer Ball

Wired

How to Use a Google Clips Camera

Google's clever new AI-powered camera is designed to grab stellar 7-second snippets of family shenanigans. Here's how to get started.

10 hours ago

Wired

How to Use a Google Clips Camera

Wired

Finally, a Problem Only Quantum Computers Will Ever Be Able to Solve

Computer scientists have been searching for years for a type of problem that a quantum computer can solve but that any possible future classical computer cannot. Now they've found one.

11 hours ago

Wired

Finally, a Problem Only Quantum Computers Will Ever Be Able to Solve

Wired

Westworld's Real Villain Has Always Been Its Privacy Policy

Those rich people really should have read the Delos terms of service.

11 hours ago

Wired

Westworld's Real Villain Has Always Been Its Privacy Policy

Techcrunch

Zcash: life on the crypto roller coaster

Suppressed in Japan. Championed in New York. Accused of betraying the billion-dollar community he created with an arcane and byzantine ritual, while accidentally solving — maybe — a transnational clandestine mining mystery. All this while leading the rollout of some of the world’s most ...

9 hours ago

Techcrunch

Zcash: life on the crypto roller coaster

Techcrunch

Snag your super early-bird passes for Disrupt Berlin 2018

Der frühe vogel fängt den wurm! Yikes, if we're trotting out our tortured German to say 'the early bird catches the worm," it can mean only one thing, folks. It's time for all you European startup fans to go catch super early-bird tickets to TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin 2018 on November 29-30. Our pricing ...

13 hours ago

Techcrunch

Snag your super early-bird passes for Disrupt Berlin 2018

Techcrunch

In Army of None, a field guide to the coming world of autonomous warfare

The Silicon Valley-military industrial complex is increasingly in the crosshairs of artificial intelligence engineers. A few weeks ago, Google was reported to be backing out of a Pentagon contract around Project Maven, which would use image recognition to automatically evaluate photos. Earlier this year, ...

21 hours ago

Techcrunch

In Army of None, a field guide to the coming world of autonomous warfare

Techcrunch

Open source sustainability

Open source sustainability has been nothing short of an oxymoron. Engineers around the world pour their sweat and frankly, their hearts into these passion projects that undergird all software in the modern internet economy. In exchange, they ask for nothing in return except for recognition and help in ...

1 day ago

Techcrunch

Open source sustainability

Techcrunch

Are scooter startups really worth billions?

It’s been hard to miss the scooter startup wars opening fresh, techno-fueled rifts in Valley society in recent months. Another flavor of ride-sharing steed which sprouted seemingly overnight to clutter up sidewalks — drawing rapid-fire ire from city regulators apparently far more forgiving ...

1 day ago

Techcrunch

Are scooter startups really worth billions?

Techcrunch

How backups, backups, backups protect NYC's cellular infrastructure

The infrastructure that underpins our lives is not something we ever want to think about. Nothing good has come from suddenly needing to wonder 'where does my water come from'' or 'how does electricity connect into my home'' That pondering gets even more intense when we talk about cellular infrastructure, ...

1 day ago

Techcrunch

How backups, backups, backups protect NYC's cellular infrastructure

Readwrite

Enterprise App Design: Does iOS Fare with Android in terms of Security?

More enterprises are investing in mobile applications on platforms preferably iOS. The 2016 enterprise mobile apps report brought out by Adobe reinforces the growing need for enterprises to invest in mobile apps. With Apple constituting a major share of the world smartphone market, iOS tend to be the ...

7 hours ago

Readwrite

Enterprise App Design: Does iOS Fare with Android in terms of Security?

Readwrite

5 Tips for Protecting Your FinTech Data Assets

Nasdaq's automated quotations in the mid-seventies and online shopping in the mid-eighties were disruptive technologies for financial field. The latest disruptive fintech innovation, cryptocurrency, is gaining popularity with consumers, businesses and governmental bodies. Large corporations and governments ...

1 day ago

Readwrite

5 Tips for Protecting Your FinTech Data Assets

Readwrite

Technology and FIFA World Cup 2018 – How will the Internet of Things impact football?

Technology in Football: Yes or No' It's one of the biggest talking points today. While supporters of the tech innovations suggest that technology would significantly reduce referees' errors, thus stopping injustices, some people believe that it would ruin the charm of the game. 'It'll kill the football ...

2 days ago

Readwrite

Technology and FIFA World Cup 2018 – How will the Internet of Things impact football?

Readwrite

The XaaS Economy is Here: How Well Are You Serving Your Customers?

We recently commissioned an independent global study of senior management and C-suite executives that looked at the business model changes services organizations are making in the Everything as a Service (XaaS) economy. The XaaS economy is where products and services are delivered in a continuous relationship ...

2 days ago

Readwrite

The XaaS Economy is Here: How Well Are You Serving Your Customers?

Fast Company

BET Awards 2018 live stream: How to watch the red carpet and ceremony without a TV

Raise a glass to the perpetuity of awards season, because the BET Awards are happening tonight at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles. Viacom-owned BET Networks will broadcast the event, with red carpet coverage beginning at 6 p.m. ET (3 p.m. Los Angeles time). Oscar-winning actor Jamie Foxx will ...

9 hours ago

Fast Company

BET Awards 2018 live stream: How to watch the red carpet and ceremony without a TV

Fast Company

These Red Hen restaurants settle it: Online mistaken identity is out of control

Imagine this scenario for a moment: You own a restaurant called the Red Hen, you’re minding your own business, and you wake up one day to a torrent of vicious online rants directed against your establishment—not because of something it did, but because it happens to share the same name ...

9 hours ago

Fast Company

These Red Hen restaurants settle it: Online mistaken identity is out of control

Fast Company

Everyone suffers when you apologize for asking questions

I was teaching a class recently when somebody raised his hand to ask a question. After I answered it, then he asked a follow-up, which I responded to as well. Both times, he apologized for asking those questions, despite my assurances that questions are important. How often do bosses and managers ...

17 hours ago

Fast Company

Everyone suffers when you apologize for asking questions

Fast Company

The case against teaching kids to be polite to Alexa

Should children be polite to virtual assistants' It’s a simple question. And for most parents and child development experts, the answer is simple, too: Yes, of course they should. Nobody wants to hear children rudely barking orders at, or verbally abusing, an adult voice. But teaching kids to ...

22 hours ago

Fast Company

The case against teaching kids to be polite to Alexa

Fast Company

Five ways consumer brands can become more queer-friendly

Pride started as a radical protest in New York City to assert the dignity, humanity, and equality of LGBTQ people. Since then, however, it’s been commodified–especially by brands–as a monthlong festival that gives companies a chance to appear inclusive and diverse each June, simply ...

1 day ago

Fast Company

Five ways consumer brands can become more queer-friendly

Fast Company

Coming soon to cities: one transit app to rule them all

If someone living in Logan Square, the hip Chicago neighborhood in the northwest side of the city, wants to head out to the suburb of Naperville one day to pay a visit to her family without taking a car, she has a multi-step journey ahead of her. She could get on the Chicago L’s Blue Line, which ...

1 day ago

Fast Company

Coming soon to cities: one transit app to rule them all

Engadget

Domestic abusers are exploiting smart home devices

Smart home devices are supposed to make life easier, but it's now apparent that their convenience carries unintended consequences for domestic abuse survivors. The New York Times has conducted interviews showing that abusers are exploiting smart spe...

1 hour ago

Engadget

Domestic abusers are exploiting smart home devices

Engadget

VW electric racer smashes Pikes Peak's overall record

VW may have been overly cautious when it hoped to beat Pikes Peak's electric vehicle record with its purpose-built racer. Official lap time data has confirmed that Romain Dumas' I.D. R Pikes Peak made it up the legendary hill in just over 7 minutes...

2 hours ago

Engadget

VW electric racer smashes Pikes Peak's overall record

Engadget

Tesla will charge for 'premium' internet on new cars starting July 1st

Ever since Tesla started offering cellular data access in its cars, there's been the implication that it would eventually charge for service. In 2014, it indicated that would start charging in 2018. Four years later, that moment is at hand... altho...

4 hours ago

Engadget

Tesla will charge for 'premium' internet on new cars starting July 1st

Engadget

What's the best blender for smoothies?

By Lesley Stockton This post was done in partnership with Wirecutter. When readers choose to buy Wirecutter's independently chosen editorial picks, it may earn affiliate commissions that support its work. Read the full article here. A thick and vel...

5 hours ago

Engadget

What's the best blender for smoothies?

Engadget

DNA synthesis breakthrough could lead to faster medical discoveries

For all of the advancements in genetic research, DNA synthesis hasn't changed much in over four decades. That could make it a serious obstacle to scientists who are otherwise racing to develop a new drug or understand the human body. It might final...

7 hours ago

Engadget

DNA synthesis breakthrough could lead to faster medical discoveries

Engadget

Ben Heck's Alexa clock crane

While the element14 Community is running a design challenge to help those with mental and physical impairments (which you can join in on), Sean and Connor Miller work with Ben, Felix and Karen to help a family member with multiple sclerosis. Watc...

9 hours ago

Engadget

Ben Heck's Alexa clock crane

Venturebeat

GungHo aims for broader audience with Ninjala bubblegum game

GungHo Online Entertainment has been printing money with its Puzzle & Dragons mobile game in Japan. But the Tokyo company is trying different strategies to make its games more popular on the global stage. And its latest attempt is Ninjala, an online and local multiplayer game for the Nintendo Switch. ...

3 hours ago

Venturebeat

GungHo aims for broader audience with Ninjala bubblegum game

Venturebeat

Hiring for the blockchain revolution: How to create an expert team

GUEST: As head of human resources for a rapidly-expanding company within the blockchain industry, I am constantly faced with a variety of challenges that are unlike any I've encountered in my nearly 10 years of experience working in the corporate and financial sectors. Very early on, I realized that ...

4 hours ago

Venturebeat

Hiring for the blockchain revolution: How to create an expert team

Venturebeat

Tencent drums up an audience for its mobile esports game in the West

For the first time, Tencent, the world’s largest game company, had a big presence at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the big game trade show recently held in Los Angeles. The Shenzhen, China-based company teamed up with ESL to create a booth where the stars of its Arena of Valor mobile ...

6 hours ago

Venturebeat

Tencent drums up an audience for its mobile esports game in the West

Venturebeat

When anyone can make games, 'soul? will make some rise to the top

OPINION: As exciting as the democratization of game development may sound, it's problematic in practice. Pretty soon, it's going to be easier than ever to make a game, but harder than ever to convince people to give it a chance.

9 hours ago

Venturebeat

When anyone can make games, 'soul? will make some rise to the top

Venturebeat

Game Boy emulator Gearboy has an Oculus Go port

Nintendo's Game Boy was one of the first all-in-one portable gaming systems in the world, and now you can play its huge line-up of games on one of the first all-in-one portable VR systems in the world. Reddit user CidVonHighwind has ported Gearboy, a Game Boy and Game Boy Color emulator, to the new Oculus ...

11 hours ago

Venturebeat

Game Boy emulator Gearboy has an Oculus Go port

Venturebeat

HTC Vive's Libraries Program will bring VR headsets to 110 libraries

Almost a year ago to the date Oculus announced an initiative to bring VR headsets to 90 different California libraries. Now, HTC has announced the Vive Libraries Program, which is set to bring VR headsets to 110 different libraries in California and Nevada. It's hard to know how similar the programs ...

20 hours ago

Venturebeat

HTC Vive's Libraries Program will bring VR headsets to 110 libraries

Ars Technica

Supreme Court surveillance opinion nudges us to think nationally, act locally

Op-ed: Think police have gone too far? Tell your city council. Seriously.

8 hours ago

Ars Technica

Supreme Court surveillance opinion nudges us to think nationally, act locally

Ars Technica

India eyeing a new monster 100GW solar-capacity goal

Country still working to meet its current solar goals and staggering under pollution.

9 hours ago

Ars Technica

India eyeing a new monster 100GW solar-capacity goal

Ars Technica

Acer Chromebook Tab 10 review: Chrome OS revives Google's tablet future

Acer made a capable tablet, but Google still has to work out kinks in Chrome OS.

1 day ago

Ars Technica

Acer Chromebook Tab 10 review: Chrome OS revives Google's tablet future

Ars Technica

How American Vandal expertly crafted a doc (that just happened to be fiction)

It takes more than 30 iPhones and access to Nana's house to make a fake doc this realistic.

1 day ago

Ars Technica

How American Vandal expertly crafted a doc (that just happened to be fiction)

Ars Technica

Tesla fires back against alleged whistleblower: "He is nothing of the sort"

Martin Tripp, who has yet to secure a lawyer, tells Ars he stands by his comments.

1 day ago

Ars Technica

Tesla fires back against alleged whistleblower: "He is nothing of the sort"

Ars Technica

Buzz Aldrin returns to Twitter, sues his son and former manager

"I told him to finish well. He doesn't listen at all."

1 day ago

Ars Technica

Buzz Aldrin returns to Twitter, sues his son and former manager