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Gadget Lab Podcast: Essential Wants to Get Into Your Pocket?and Your Smart Home

This week's podcast is all about the Essential Android phone.

8 hours ago

Wired

Gadget Lab Podcast: Essential Wants to Get Into Your Pocket?and Your Smart Home

Wired

Explore the Moon Using Augmented Reality

The sun's getting a lot of the spotlight these days. It's time to give the moon its due.

12 hours ago

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Explore the Moon Using Augmented Reality

Wired

Does the Star Wars Franchise Really Need an Obi-Wan Kenobi Movie?

The next Star Wars anthology movie will reportedly focus on Obi-Wan Kenobi. That's cool, but isn't it time for a film about a less well-known character?

14 hours ago

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Does the Star Wars Franchise Really Need an Obi-Wan Kenobi Movie?

Wired

Guntherwerks Revamps Porsche 993s for Just $525,000

A full revamp of a beloved car, from the engine to the headlights.

14 hours ago

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Guntherwerks Revamps Porsche 993s for Just $525,000

Wired

What a Solar Eclipse Taught Me About Love

Before social media, moments experienced collectively were very different"and maybe even better"but they still created connections.

16 hours ago

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What a Solar Eclipse Taught Me About Love

Wired

Breaking Down the HBO Hacks: From Game of Thrones To a Twitter Takeover

Four separate security incidents, including _Game of Thrones_ leaks, have turned HBO's August into a case study of hack attacks.

16 hours ago

Wired

Breaking Down the HBO Hacks: From Game of Thrones To a Twitter Takeover

Techcrunch

Crunch Report | Benchmark vs Kalanick Goes Sour

Reddit is rolling out its own video platform, VR adtech company Immersv raises $10.5 million and Benchmark versus Kalanick goes sour. All this on Crunch Report Read More

5 hours ago

Techcrunch

Crunch Report | Benchmark vs Kalanick Goes Sour

Techcrunch

These solar glass blocks would make great skylights for your solar roof

If you’re going to be decking your roof out with solar tiles, there’s a possibility that you may forgo what might be the best placement of a skylight in favor of more solar cell square footage. Luckily solar glass is fast becoming an option, and these clever glass blocks are the best option ...

6 hours ago

Techcrunch

These solar glass blocks would make great skylights for your solar roof

Techcrunch

New malware masquerades as a ride-sharing app

An update to the venerable Faketoken.q Android malware has made it easier for the program to steal your credit card information from ride-sharing apps. Faketoken attacks Russian ride-sharing apps by overlaying text boxes on the credit card information pages that can capture your credit number and other ...

7 hours ago

Techcrunch

New malware masquerades as a ride-sharing app

Techcrunch

Early-bird Disrupt SF ticket savings extended by one week

Want to attend Disrupt SF 2017 but missed the early-bird ticket deadline? You’re in luck! We’re giving you one extra week to get your hands on these deeply discounted Disrupt tickets, so you now have until Friday, August 25 to secure your spot at the best startup show in San Francisco. Read ...

8 hours ago

Techcrunch

Early-bird Disrupt SF ticket savings extended by one week

Techcrunch

YouTube starts delivering "breaking news" on its homepage across platforms

YouTube has started rolling out a “Breaking News” section in people’s feeds today across platforms as Alphabet continues to tailor custom content playlists to users logged into Google Accounts, Android Police reports. For most, YouTube is a place to hop from one video to the next and ...

8 hours ago

Techcrunch

YouTube starts delivering "breaking news" on its homepage across platforms

Techcrunch

Tracking viewer responses to media, Cinemmerse wants to set the stage for 'responsive? entertainment

Wendy Dent has a dream. The Australian founder, chief executive and sole employee of Cinemmerse wants to change the way folks think about how they watch everything from advertisements to art films. Read More

8 hours ago

Techcrunch

Tracking viewer responses to media, Cinemmerse wants to set the stage for 'responsive? entertainment

Readwrite

Tesla starts Australian “tiny house” tour to show off energy products

Tesla's fully renewable 'tiny house" has started its tour of Australia, aiming 'to educate the public on how to generate, store, and use renewable energy for their home." The tiny house is fitted with Tesla's solar panels and a Powerwall, the company's energy storage solution. A Model X will tow the ...

2 days ago

Readwrite

Tesla starts Australian “tiny house” tour to show off energy products

Readwrite

Fiat Chrysler joins BMW, Intel self-driving consortium

Fiat Chrysler has joined BMW's growing consortium of automakers, tech companies, and suppliers, all working together to accelerate the creation of semi-autonomous and driverless vehicles. Alongside Fiat and Chrysler, FCA owns the Jeep, Maserati, and Dodge car brands, covering almost all consumer vehicle ...

2 days ago

Readwrite

Fiat Chrysler joins BMW, Intel self-driving consortium

Readwrite

In an AI-powered world, what are potential jobs of the future?

With virtual assistants answering our emails and robots replacing humans on manufacturing assembly lines, mass unemployment due to widespread automation seems imminent. But it is easy to forget amid our growing unease that these systems are not 'all-knowing' and fully competent. As many of us have observed ...

2 days ago

Readwrite

In an AI-powered world, what are potential jobs of the future?

Readwrite

Apple Watch to be sold alongside Aetna health insurance plans

The Apple Watch could soon be sold discounted or free to Aetna's 23 million members, as a way to improve health outcomes and lower insurance costs, according to a CNBC report. Apple held a series of meetings with Aetna executives and hospital chief medical information officers, discussing the possibility ...

3 days ago

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Apple Watch to be sold alongside Aetna health insurance plans

Readwrite

This smart lock fiasco proves the Internet of Stupid is alive and well

As anyone who’s traveled widely before the days of connected smart phones and GPS knows the pain when travel plans go awry and you end up at your place of accommodation only to find yourself locked out in the middle of the night. It’s the stuff nightmares are made of and a thing of the past... ...

3 days ago

Readwrite

This smart lock fiasco proves the Internet of Stupid is alive and well

Readwrite

Toyota to unveil self-driving cars at 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo

Toyota plans to show of its self-driving cars at the 2020 Summer Olympic games in Tokyo, a similar timeframe to most automakers. The Japanese government is hoping to have autonomous cars driving before that time, to help with the influx of visitors to the country. Demonstrations will be held at the ...

3 days ago

Readwrite

Toyota to unveil self-driving cars at 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo

Fast Company

Some of the ridiculously long and weird company names just banned by China

After banning “bizarre” buildings last year, China’s State Administration for Industry and Commerce launched a campaign this week against a not-uncommon phenomenon in the country: weird and long company names. Monikers that are paragraphs, long sentences, or entire ...

14 hours ago

Fast Company

Some of the ridiculously long and weird company names just banned by China

Fast Company

After Charlottesville, It’s Up To Cities To Lead on Inclusion

This story reflects the views of this author, but not necessarily the editorial position of Fast Company. Divisions are roiling America. Walls–both real and imagined–are being erected as Nazis and bigots flagrantly march on our streets, leadership lacks at the top, and unease permeates ...

15 hours ago

Fast Company

After Charlottesville, It’s Up To Cities To Lead on Inclusion

Fast Company

How Trump’s Climate Report Dismissal Would Put Americans In Harm’s Way

A scientific report done every four years has been thrust into the spotlight because its findings directly contradict statements from the president and various Cabinet officials. If the Trump administration chooses to reject the pending national Climate Science Special Report, it would ...

16 hours ago

Fast Company

How Trump’s Climate Report Dismissal Would Put Americans In Harm’s Way

Fast Company

Can We All Agree That Plastic Straws Are Totally Unnecessary?

We suck. Some of us suck more than others, but really, we all do, or have at sometime. We suck because collectively, we toss 28 billion pounds of plastic into the oceans each year. We suck because those bits of floating trash, like six-pack rings and soda bottles, are strangling fish and sea creatures ...

16 hours ago

Fast Company

Can We All Agree That Plastic Straws Are Totally Unnecessary?

Fast Company

How A Pop Song Could “Watch” You Through Your TV

Forget your classic listening device: Researchers at the University of Washington have demonstrated that phones, smart TVs, Amazon Echo-like assistants, and other devices equipped with speakers and microphones could be used by hackers as clandestine sonar “bugs” capable of ...

16 hours ago

Fast Company

How A Pop Song Could “Watch” You Through Your TV

Fast Company

Donald Trump’s Arts Council just resigned, and they want him to do the same

Artist Chuck Close, author Jhumpa Lahiri, musician Paula Boggs, and actor Kal Penn were among the 16 members of the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities who resigned today in the wake of President Trump’s response to the events in Charlottesville, Virginia. They ...

17 hours ago

Fast Company

Donald Trump’s Arts Council just resigned, and they want him to do the same

Engadget

Mercedes uses art deco inspiration for electric car concept

Luxury vehicles from the 1930s were nearly aircraft carrier-long. It was the art deco era dominated by seemingly never ending clean lines. So it's no surprise that the Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6 Cabriolet is over six meters long (about 20 feet) and ha...

2 hours ago

Engadget

Mercedes uses art deco inspiration for electric car concept

Engadget

Fighting classic 'Tekken' debuts on mobile

Fighting game Tekken is coming to your smartphone screens, joining the likes of Final Fantasy, The Legend of Zelda, South Park and some Sega Genesis titles in the ring. Maker Bandai Namco announced the Tekken Mobile game is open for pre-registration...

5 hours ago

Engadget

Fighting classic 'Tekken' debuts on mobile

Engadget

"Secret World Legends" expands into disaster-ridden Tokyo

The Secret World was rebooted in June as the free-to-play, shared-world RPG Secret World Legends and it just received the first of three updates that will expand the game into a "disaster-ridden and monster-infested" Tokyo. Tokyo: Back to the Beginni...

6 hours ago

Engadget

"Secret World Legends" expands into disaster-ridden Tokyo

Engadget

Bundesliga is the latest soccer league to use video referees

MLS began using video assistant referees (VAR) earlier this month, and when the top German league began its season today, it too employed the tech. Bundesliga announced back in January that it would use the video review tech during the 2017-18 season...

8 hours ago

Engadget

Bundesliga is the latest soccer league to use video referees

Engadget

Fisker's luxury EV will debut in January at CES 2018

Legendary car designer Henrik Fisker has announced when we'll finally get to lay eyes on his electric luxury EMotion sedan in person. The car will debut in January at CES 2018. As Fisker told TheStreet, the team behind the vehicle will also introduce...

9 hours ago

Engadget

Fisker's luxury EV will debut in January at CES 2018

Engadget

Google mobile search shows 6-second video previews

If you've searched for videos often enough on Google, you've probably had that moment where you tapped the wrong video because you weren't quite sure it was what you were looking for. No more: Google has added 6-second video previews to its mobile s...

10 hours ago

Engadget

Google mobile search shows 6-second video previews

Venturebeat

The PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Family Dinner continues tonight

Crime Time? is back at 8 p.m. Pacific tonight. That’s when the Games Industry Family Chicken Dinner Invitational Tournament returns to GamesBeat’s Twitch channel. Like last week, this is a silly night of custom PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds matches where folks that work in and around ...

10 hours ago

Venturebeat

The PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Family Dinner continues tonight

Venturebeat

Roofr uses satellite imagery to evaluate the state of your roof

EXCLUSIVE: Roofing may not be the sexiest thing to think about, but having a solid roof over your head is vital, especially in earthquake-prone places like San Francisco. Roofr, which will be graduating from Y Combinator (YC) next week, developed a satellite imagery software that analyzes the state of ...

10 hours ago

Venturebeat

Roofr uses satellite imagery to evaluate the state of your roof

Venturebeat

Bandai Namco is taking Tekken into the fight on iOS and Android

Bandai Namco is bringing its hit fighting game franchise Tekken to iOS and Android. The mobile version of Tekken soft launches in Canada today, although the publisher plans for a global launch at an unspecified date. Tekken on mobile will feature a single-player story mode and online versus matches. ...

11 hours ago

Venturebeat

Bandai Namco is taking Tekken into the fight on iOS and Android

Venturebeat

Vantiv's acquisition of Paymetric is an endorsement of Atlanta's fintech sector

It’s no secret that Atlanta is an epicenter for payment processing companies — they don’t call it Transaction Alley for nothing. That designation, along with the prospect of growing its partnerships, joining a thriving ecosystem, and receiving support from organizations like the Atlanta ...

11 hours ago

Venturebeat

Vantiv's acquisition of Paymetric is an endorsement of Atlanta's fintech sector

Venturebeat

Biotech startups ditch New York and Boston over rising rent prices

(Reuters) — The biotech industry is facing high rents and tight lab space in Boston, New York and San Francisco, forcing companies into the suburbs in a sign the “live, work and play” movement into big cities may have hit a roadblock. For example, Modern Meadow, a biotech start-up poised ...

13 hours ago

Venturebeat

Biotech startups ditch New York and Boston over rising rent prices

Venturebeat

Hyper-personalization: Marketing to a segment of one (VB Live)

VB LIVE: Customers expect you to know what they want, and then deliver it. In other words, hyper-personalization. Learn how to trigger interest, engage, and drive sales with hyper-personalized one-on-one marketing when you join our latest VB Live event! Don't miss out! Register now. Forget the Internet ...

14 hours ago

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Hyper-personalization: Marketing to a segment of one (VB Live)

Ars Technica

Code chunk in Kronos malware used long before MalwareTech published it

Marcus Hutchins, the researcher who stopped WCry, complained his code was lifted.

11 hours ago

Ars Technica

Code chunk in Kronos malware used long before MalwareTech published it

Ars Technica

Tor "can't build free and open source tools" and stop racists from using them

"We are everything they claim to despise," but Tor won't prevent vile usage of its tools.

11 hours ago

Ars Technica

Tor "can't build free and open source tools" and stop racists from using them

Ars Technica

Google explains why it banned the app for Gab, a right-wing Twitter rival

Gab's free-speech stance makes it popular with right-wing trolls and racists. [Updated]

13 hours ago

Ars Technica

Google explains why it banned the app for Gab, a right-wing Twitter rival

Ars Technica

Wisconsin lawmakers vote to pay Foxconn $3 billion to get new factory

State taxpayers could end up paying Foxconn $500,000 per job, or more.

14 hours ago

Ars Technica

Wisconsin lawmakers vote to pay Foxconn $3 billion to get new factory

Ars Technica

Agents of Mayhem review: Destroying a really dull open world

Saturday morning cartoon style struggles against a fatiguing open world.

15 hours ago

Ars Technica

Agents of Mayhem review: Destroying a really dull open world

Ars Technica

Android O is O-fficially launching August 21

Google teases an eclipse-themed Android O launch event in just a few days!

15 hours ago

Ars Technica

Android O is O-fficially launching August 21