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Inside Apple's High-Flying Bid to Become a Streaming Giant

With Ron Moore's space-race drama 'For All Mankind', Apple is betting on marquee names and lush production to get its TV+ service off the ground. Can it achieve orbit'

35 minutes ago

Wired

Inside Apple's High-Flying Bid to Become a Streaming Giant

Wired

These Startups Are Building Tools to Keep an Eye on AI

The software can help developers constrain their creations so they don't make bad decisions.

35 minutes ago

Wired

These Startups Are Building Tools to Keep an Eye on AI

Wired

So Long, Supply Drops: *Call of Duty* Ditches Loot Boxes

In the upcoming *Modern Warfare*, players will have to unlock all weapons and attachments through gameplay.

20 hours ago

Wired

So Long, Supply Drops: *Call of Duty* Ditches Loot Boxes

Wired

Cars Aren't Going Anywhere, and More Transportation News This Week

Plus, we investigate a new, tiny jet engine for cargo-touting drones, and check out Volvo's first electric car.

21 hours ago

Wired

Cars Aren't Going Anywhere, and More Transportation News This Week

Wired

Trump's Pelosi Tweet Tops This Week's Internet News Roundup

The president's attack didn't quite go over as planned. Also, Lady Gaga wants to know what Fortnite is.

21 hours ago

Wired

Trump's Pelosi Tweet Tops This Week's Internet News Roundup

Wired

How to Pick the Best Roku: A Guide to Each Model (2019)

There are 7 Rokus for sale, and the differences between them are confusing. We break down exactly which Roku is best for your TV.

22 hours ago

Wired

How to Pick the Best Roku: A Guide to Each Model (2019)

Techcrunch

Commercetools raises $145 M from Insight for Shopify-style e-commerce APIs for large enterprises

Global retail e-commerce is expected to be a $25 trillion business this year, and today one of the companies that has built a set of tools to help larger enterprises to sell to consumers online has raised a large growth round to meet that demand. Commercetools, a German startup that provides a set of ...

2 hours ago

Techcrunch

Commercetools raises $145 M from Insight for Shopify-style e-commerce APIs for large enterprises

Techcrunch

Gojek founder and CEO Nadiem Makarim resigns to join Indonesian cabinet; Soelistyo and Aluwi to be new co-CEOs

Nadiem Makarim, founder and CEO of Gojek, said on Monday he has stepped down from his role at the ride-hailing startup to join Indonesia president Joko Widodo's cabinet. The announcement, which has taken many by surprise, comes a day after Widodo was sworn in for a second term. Widodo has previously ...

4 hours ago

Techcrunch

Gojek founder and CEO Nadiem Makarim resigns to join Indonesian cabinet; Soelistyo and Aluwi to be new co-CEOs

Techcrunch

In a big reversal, Libra reportedly could peg its cryptocurrencies to national currencies

Facebook is willing to reverse course on its plans to tie its digital currency project to a synthetic currency tied to a basket of global currencies. Reuters is reporting that Facebook's head of the Libra project, David Marcus, told a group of bankers that the company's main goal was to create a better ...

11 hours ago

Techcrunch

In a big reversal, Libra reportedly could peg its cryptocurrencies to national currencies

Techcrunch

Should we rethink the politics of 'blocking''

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12 hours ago

Techcrunch

Should we rethink the politics of 'blocking''

Techcrunch

Original Content podcast: 'El Camino' provides a quiet coda to 'Breaking Bad'

When a TV show gets turned into a movie, it often represents a big change of pace, with a standalone plot, a bigger budget, all made for a bigger (or at least more casual) audience. "El Camino: A Breaking Bad Story" " which premiered a week ago on Netflix "doesn't take that approach at all. [&8230;]

13 hours ago

Techcrunch

Original Content podcast: 'El Camino' provides a quiet coda to 'Breaking Bad'

Techcrunch

The Los Angeles Fire Department wants more drones

As it looks to modernize its operations, the Los Angeles Fire Department is turning to a number of new technologies including expanding its fleet of drones for a slew of new deployments. One of the largest fire departments in the U.S. next to New York and Chicago, the LAFD has a budget of roughly $691 ...

15 hours ago

Techcrunch

The Los Angeles Fire Department wants more drones

Readwrite

How to CEO Podcast Interview – Agnes Kozera of Podcorn.fm

In this episode, I spoke with Podcorn.fm, co-founder and CEO, Agnes Kozera. Podcorn.fm is a marketplace for podcast sponsorships. The platform helps brands connect to the right podcasters to create authentic messages that resonate and engage listeners across audio platforms. In How-to-CEO, we are talking ...

18 hours ago

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How to CEO Podcast Interview – Agnes Kozera of Podcorn.fm

Readwrite

Is Cryptocurrency the New Target for Cyber Criminals?

Disruption is happening everywhere! It is the new world mantra. Everyone is thinking about new things, innovation as we come to know it. We are in an age where new technologies are replacing old ways of doing things; nothing is the same again. From self-driven cars to electric cars, from video marketing ...

19 hours ago

Readwrite

Is Cryptocurrency the New Target for Cyber Criminals?

Readwrite

How to Use Right Inbox to Supercharge Your Gmail

We spend a lot of time on email. A lot. Managers, professionals, and other high-skill workers spend, on average 28% of their working week managing their inbox. But there will always be more corporate innovation. For argument's sake, let's say it was possible to get all your emails out the way in one ...

1 day ago

Readwrite

How to Use Right Inbox to Supercharge Your Gmail

Readwrite

4 Mistakes of Machine Learning Startups

Have you heard of the Darwin Awards? Hop on You Tube and take a look. It's generally pretty funny stuff. It's a tongue-in-cheek honor that recognizes people for the most sophisticated attempts to do something they think is cool. One takes a selfie with a wounded bear, another one screws a jet engine ...

2 days ago

Readwrite

4 Mistakes of Machine Learning Startups

Readwrite

The New Technologies Keeping Real Estate Agents Safe

While it may not seem like a dangerous profession, the safety of real estate agents is often at risk. According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR) 2017 Member Safety Survey, 44% of female agents and one in four male agents have experienced a situation in the past year that made them fear ...

2 days ago

Readwrite

The New Technologies Keeping Real Estate Agents Safe

Readwrite

How Libra Will Change Social Media Marketing

Mark Zuckerberg has already changed the way we market. The rise of Facebook, with its mixture of detailed personal demographics and ongoing engagement, has forced marketers to create new ways of building relationships with leads and customers. As the platform has grown, we've all grown used to creating ...

2 days ago

Readwrite

How Libra Will Change Social Media Marketing

Fast Company

The city with the best fiber-optic network in America might surprise you

Which American city has the most sophisticated fiber network' San Francisco' Nope. New York' Nah. It&x2019;s Ammon, Idaho, population 16,500, which offers residents performance, pricing, and options that inhabitants of a metropolis dominated by one or two internet service providers can only dream of. ...

4 hours ago

Fast Company

The city with the best fiber-optic network in America might surprise you

Fast Company

Computers have an unlikely origin story: the 1890 census

The U.S. Constitution requires that a population count be conducted at the beginning of every decade. This census has always been charged with political significance and continues to be. That&x2019;s clear from the controversy over the conduct of the upcoming 2020 census. But it&x2019;s less widely known ...

1 day ago

Fast Company

Computers have an unlikely origin story: the 1890 census

Fast Company

Halloween costume ideas from the designers of Glow and Stranger Things

Let&x2019;s start this off strong: If you&x2019;re not excited about your Halloween costume, you&x2019;re not doing it right. &x201 C;The key to making a great Halloween costume is wear something or create something that you&x2019;re very passionate about,&x201 D; Beth Morgan, costume designer for Emmy-winning ...

1 day ago

Fast Company

Halloween costume ideas from the designers of Glow and Stranger Things

Fast Company

Why the world is much smaller than you think

Has this happened to you' You strike up a conversation with a complete stranger, only to discover that you share surprising connections. My own brush with this phenomenon took place recently at a conference in Canada. I was sharing a table with two strangers&x2014;one from Israel, the other from Baltimore, ...

1 day ago

Fast Company

Why the world is much smaller than you think

Fast Company

I study blockchain. It shouldn't be used to secure our elections

A developing technology called blockchain has gotten attention from election officials, startups, and even Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang as a potential way to boost voter turnout and public trust in election results. I study blockchain technology and its potential use in fighting fraud, ...

2 days ago

Fast Company

I study blockchain. It shouldn't be used to secure our elections

Fast Company

Here's what it feels like to sprout an extra pair of robot arms

Like many people, I&x2019;ve often wished for another pair of hands to juggle complex tasks. I&x2019;ve assumed I&x2019;d be in charge of them. But that was not the case when I strapped on a robotic assembly called Fusion at the CEATEC tech trade show&x2014;Japan&x2019;s equivalent of our CES. Instead, ...

2 days ago

Fast Company

Here's what it feels like to sprout an extra pair of robot arms

Engadget

Rocket Lab plans to send payloads to the Moon

Rocket Lab has been increasing the altitude of its missions in recent months, but now it wants to venture much, much farther. The private spaceflight firm now intends to help launch missions to higher Earth orbits, lunar orbit and even Lagrange poin...

35 minutes ago

Engadget

Rocket Lab plans to send payloads to the Moon

Engadget

Google will fix Pixel 4 face unlock issue with 'eyes open' update

Shortly after Google&039;s Pixel 4 launch last week, the BBC discovered that its Face Unlock biometric security system would unlock your phone, even if your eyes were closed. That would mean that someone could unlock your phone even if you were sleeping,...

1 hour ago

Engadget

Google will fix Pixel 4 face unlock issue with 'eyes open' update

Engadget

Test shows dark mode really can save battery life on OLED i Phones

Dark mode is a key feature on i OS 13, but can it really extend your i Phone&039;s battery life? If it&039;s an OLED model, the answer seems to be a firm yes, according to tests done by Phone Buff. They used robotic devices to perform identical tasks on two i Ph...

4 hours ago

Engadget

Test shows dark mode really can save battery life on OLED i Phones

Engadget

Los Angeles Fire Department wants to double its drone fleet

It&039;s not just law enforcement finding success with drones. The Los Angeles Fire Department&039;s Battalion Chief Richard Field told Tech Crunch that he intended to double the drone fleet just five months after a partnership with DJI began. On top of the...

6 hours ago

Engadget

Los Angeles Fire Department wants to double its drone fleet

Engadget

Sonar drone helps find a WWII Japanese aircraft carrier

The late Paul Allen&039;s underwater robotics are still achieving firsts in discovering long-lost warships. Vulcan&039;s research vessel Petrel and its two robotic vehicles have discovered the Kaga, a Japanese aircraft carrier sunk during WWII&039;s pivotal Bat...

8 hours ago

Engadget

Sonar drone helps find a WWII Japanese aircraft carrier

Engadget

Next-gen hearing implants could overcome inner ear damage

Many hearing implants won&039;t help people with inner ear damage or auditory nerve problems, but the brainstem implants that do frequently do an incomplete job. Soon, however, there might be a far better solution. Researchers have designed a conformab...

9 hours ago

Engadget

Next-gen hearing implants could overcome inner ear damage

Venturebeat

Upstream Security raises $30 million to protect connected cars from cyberattacks

Upstream Security has raised $30 million in a round of funding led by the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance to protect connected cars from cyberattacks.

27 minutes ago

Venturebeat

Upstream Security raises $30 million to protect connected cars from cyberattacks

Venturebeat

Super League Gaming and gg Circuit create global amateur Fortnite Chapter 2 tournament with $130,000 in prizes

Super League Gaming has teamed up with gg Circuit to stage a Fortnite 2 global amateur tournament with $130,000 in prizes.

35 minutes ago

Venturebeat

Super League Gaming and gg Circuit create global amateur Fortnite Chapter 2 tournament with $130,000 in prizes

Venturebeat

Xiaomi plans to launch more than 10 5 G phones in 2020

Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi said that it plans to launch more than 10 5 G phones in 2020, according to CEO Lei Jun.

2 hours ago

Venturebeat

Xiaomi plans to launch more than 10 5 G phones in 2020

Venturebeat

Tobii's eye-tracking I-Series has a second screen for face-to-face communication

Tobii's fifth-generation eye-tracking I-Series devices pack a second screen that's intended to encourage face-to-face communication.

3 hours ago

Venturebeat

Tobii's eye-tracking I-Series has a second screen for face-to-face communication

Venturebeat

Reiko's Fragments will arrive just in time for Halloween VR social scares

Reiko's Fragments is a new VR game entering early access for Halloween that lets you send jump scares from a simple webpage to a friend wearing a headset.

8 hours ago

Venturebeat

Reiko's Fragments will arrive just in time for Halloween VR social scares

Venturebeat

Adjust panel: The state of user acquisition for mobile games

Acquiring users for mobile games isn't the sexiest part of the game industry. But it's a critical one. And so I was happy to get caught up on the subject of the highly automated and strategic process of acquiring new users through mobile advertising campaigns. I moderated a panel on the subject at Adjust's ...

13 hours ago

Venturebeat

Adjust panel: The state of user acquisition for mobile games

Ars Technica

Rocket Lab"yep, Rocket Lab"has a plan to deliver satellites to the Moon

"We'll be bringing previously impossible missions within reach at attainable prices."

34 minutes ago

Ars Technica

Rocket Lab"yep, Rocket Lab"has a plan to deliver satellites to the Moon

Ars Technica

Alexa and Google Home abused to eavesdrop and phish passwords

Amazon- and Google-approved apps turned both voice-controlled devices into "smart spies."

11 hours ago

Ars Technica

Alexa and Google Home abused to eavesdrop and phish passwords

Ars Technica

Accessibility, the future, and why Domino's matters

Is the Web subject to the ADA? "Of course," says congressman who wrote the ADA.

20 hours ago

Ars Technica

Accessibility, the future, and why Domino's matters

Ars Technica

Neurons hide their memories in their imaginary fluctuations

Noisy brain hides memory-like structures in the noise.

21 hours ago

Ars Technica

Neurons hide their memories in their imaginary fluctuations

Ars Technica

How meme culture changed the PSAT

Stopping the proliferation of test-related memes with... more memes?

23 hours ago

Ars Technica

How meme culture changed the PSAT

Ars Technica

Redemption not guaranteed: El Camino is a fitting coda to Jesse Pinkman's story

Aaron Paul's strong performance anchors this epilogue to Breaking Bad.

1 day ago

Ars Technica

Redemption not guaranteed: El Camino is a fitting coda to Jesse Pinkman's story