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WIRED

We Should Deescalate the War on the Coronavirus

Fear, finger-pointing, and militaristic action against the virus are predictable, but unproductive. We may be better off adjusting to a new normal of periodic outbreaks.

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WIRED

We Should Deescalate the War on the Coronavirus

WIRED

A Bionic Jellyfish Swims With Manic Speed (for a Jellyfish)

Researchers equip jellyfish with electronics to turbocharge their swimming pace. It's a fascinating new way to approach robotics.

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WIRED

A Bionic Jellyfish Swims With Manic Speed (for a Jellyfish)

WIRED

The US Is Losing Its Fight Against Huawei

The Trump administration has spent years pressuring the UK to ban Chinese giant Huawei. It didn't work.

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WIRED

The US Is Losing Its Fight Against Huawei

WIRED

How to Nail a Front Flip in a Monster Truck

Want to attempt this gravity-defying stunt in a 5-ton vehicle? Better know your physics.

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How to Nail a Front Flip in a Monster Truck

WIRED

The History of Food Photos, From Still Lifes to Brunch 'Grams

Humans have been snapping pics of their plates for over 160 years?and photos of meals have revealed a lot about the people gathered at the table.

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The History of Food Photos, From Still Lifes to Brunch 'Grams

WIRED

'Kingdom Hearts III Re: Mind' Is the Antidote to Bad Endings

In a cultural moment where franchises like Star Wars and Game of Thrones don't know how to end well, Kingdom Hearts says: Why end at all?

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WIRED

'Kingdom Hearts III Re: Mind' Is the Antidote to Bad Endings

TechCrunch

Verkada raises $80M at $1.6B to be every building's security OS

50 iPads were stolen from Verkada co-founder Hans Robertson's old company. Only when they checked the security system did they realize the video cameras hadn't been working for months. He was pissed. "The market lagged behind the progress seen in the consumer space, where someone could buy high-end cameras ...

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TechCrunch

Verkada raises $80M at $1.6B to be every building's security OS

TechCrunch

Google Nest begins testing HVAC alerts, partners with Handy for booking service calls

Google's Nest is testing a new feature that will alert you to potential HVAC issues and even help you book an HVAC professional to fix it, thanks to a partnership with Handy. The company says the HVAC alerts are only available in select cities during the testing period. If you're in one of the supported ...

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TechCrunch

Google Nest begins testing HVAC alerts, partners with Handy for booking service calls

TechCrunch

Xplore teams up with Nanoracks for commercial deep space exploration

Mostly when we talk about commercial space, and space startups, the focus is relatively close to home – stretching to orbit, and maybe the Moon. But Seattle-based startup Xplore wants to extend the privatization of space further still, through the development of spacecraft and a platform designed for ...

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TechCrunch

Xplore teams up with Nanoracks for commercial deep space exploration

TechCrunch

GoFundMe CEO Rob Solomon is stepping down, will be replaced by Tim Cadogan, CEO of OpenX

A significant changing of the guard is underway at GoFundMe, the popular charitable and causes-based online giving platform that has generated $9 billion from 120 million donations globally to date. The company is announcing that Rob Solomon, who has been the CEO of GoFundMe for the last five years, ...

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TechCrunch

GoFundMe CEO Rob Solomon is stepping down, will be replaced by Tim Cadogan, CEO of OpenX

TechCrunch

Coinbase poaches Google Shopping VP as CPO for cryptocommerce

"We're trying to shift cryptocurrency from this speculative asset class to driving real-world utility," Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong tells me. How? Through commerce and micropayments. But now Coinbase has the who to build it. Today the startup announced it has hired away former head of Product for Indian ...

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TechCrunch

Coinbase poaches Google Shopping VP as CPO for cryptocommerce

TechCrunch

Rivian is building Lincoln an all-electric vehicle

Lincoln Motor's first all-electric vehicle is coming from Rivian . Lincoln, the luxury brand under Ford, said Wednesday the two companies will work together to develop an "all-new" electric vehicle. This electric vehicle, or at least the intent to build it, was announced in April as part of Ford's $500 ...

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Rivian is building Lincoln an all-electric vehicle

The Verge

Grubhub is faking which restaurants it actually partners with

Grubhub has a new "growth hacking" strategy that includes creating a restaurant listing on its platform for places it doesn't even partner with. According to a new report by the San Francisco Chronicle and tweets by restaurant owner Pim Techamuanvivit, Grubhub has been allowing customers to order ...

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The Verge

Grubhub is faking which restaurants it actually partners with

The Verge

Robots learn to sweat to stop overheating

Sweat, robot, sweat, robot: a close-up of one of the soft robotic "fingers" sweating. | Image: Mishra et al For the roboticist who has everything, here's something new: a soft robot hand that sweats. Designed to handle scenarios where long operating hours might lead to a robot overheating and ...

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The Verge

Robots learn to sweat to stop overheating

The Verge

The US just showed it still believes Chinese-made drones are a security risk

The US Department of the Interior said today it would continue to keep its entire drone fleet grounded, except when used for emergencies like firefighting, as the department reviews if the drones are a threat to national security. The Department of the Interior first grounded its more than 800 drones ...

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The Verge

The US just showed it still believes Chinese-made drones are a security risk

The Verge

Spotify will give you all of Gimlet Media's secrets to making a good podcast

Spotify Spotify's going all-in on podcasting, which means it needs more people to make shows. In an effort to demystify the podcasting industry and encourage people to pursue their own, Spotify today released a new five-part series about how Gimlet Media, the maker of shows like Reply All and ...

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The Verge

Spotify will give you all of Gimlet Media's secrets to making a good podcast

The Verge

How to use your Fitbit to monitor your blood oxygen levels

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Earlier this month, Fitbit quietly rolled out blood oxygen monitoring to five of its devices: the Versa, Versa 2, Versa Lite, Ionic, and Charge 3. (Interestingly, this is a feature that Apple said its Apple Watch is capable of doing, but which has yet ...

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The Verge

How to use your Fitbit to monitor your blood oxygen levels

The Verge

Apple reportedly working on tracking tags, high-end headphones, a new wireless charger, and more

Image: 9to5Mac Apple may have a busy few months up ahead, with the company reportedly planning to release its rumored Tag trackers; a new high-end set of headphones; updated iPad Pro, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air devices; a 4.7-inch LCD iPhone; and another attempt at a wireless charger (after ...

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The Verge

Apple reportedly working on tracking tags, high-end headphones, a new wireless charger, and more

Engadget

Play the arcade classic 'Tecmo Bowl' on PS4 and Switch tomorrow

Ahead of Super Bowl LIV on Sunday, you'll be able to replay the original 1987 release of Tecmo Bowl when it comes out on PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch tomorrow. Not to be confused with the NES version most people associate with the game, the $8 A...

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Engadget

Play the arcade classic 'Tecmo Bowl' on PS4 and Switch tomorrow

Engadget

Facebook may be cutting its budget for original Watch content

Facebook is reportedly reducing its budget for original programming on Watch. The company plans to spend less on originals and more on talk shows and licensing clips from TV networks and sports leagues, The Information reports. Facebook's investment...

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Engadget

Facebook may be cutting its budget for original Watch content

Engadget

MoviePass declares bankruptcy

You knew MoviePass wasn't long for this world when it shut down service in September, and now it's ready to bow out completely. MoviePass and its parent company Helios and Matheson Analytics have declared Chapter 7 bankruptcy -- that is, they're dis...

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Engadget

MoviePass declares bankruptcy

Engadget

KFC expands its Beyond Meat test to Charlotte and Nashville

You knew KFC would expand its test of plant-based "chicken" when the Atlanta pilot sold out in five hours, and that expansion is close at hand. The fast food chain has announced that it'll widen the Beyond Fried Chicken test to restaurants in the Ch...

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Engadget

KFC expands its Beyond Meat test to Charlotte and Nashville

Engadget

Calendar app Fantastical switches to a subscription for its Mac and iOS apps

Fantastical, one of the oldest and most loved calendar apps on Apple devices, just received its biggest update in years. The most significant change is that Fantastical is now a universal app you pay for through a subscription. As such, you don't nee...

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Engadget

Calendar app Fantastical switches to a subscription for its Mac and iOS apps

Engadget

Lawsuits claim Amazon, Apple and more are streaming unlicensed music

When you walk into a bar, hotel or store, you probably hear music. The same goes for when you tune into a TV channel or radio station. Those businesses are supposed to pay royalties to the artists for using their music. Collection firms like Pro Musi...

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Engadget

Lawsuits claim Amazon, Apple and more are streaming unlicensed music

Fast Company

This new organization wants to help cities create a broader idea of what resilience means

Founded in 2013, the Rockefeller Foundation's 100 Resilient Cities program worked with a network of cities from New Orleans to Dakar, Senegal, helping them prepare for future disasters, by doing things such as launching storm management projects, creating chief resilience officer positions, and generally ...

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Fast Company

This new organization wants to help cities create a broader idea of what resilience means

Fast Company

Forget what you think you know about the differences between male and female spacial skills

We were firmly under the impression that men's spatial abilities are, on average, superior to women's, thanks to decades of research indicating this, and many news reports. Not so! A new study in Nature Scientific Reports finds no difference between male and female spatial abilities, joining a number ...

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Fast Company

Forget what you think you know about the differences between male and female spacial skills

Fast Company

This poetic exhibition entreats us to work with nature, not disrupt it

Human technological advancement often seems to be at odds with the natural world. In the U.S., we nearly drove animals like the buffalo extinct due to unsustainable hunting. The industrial revolution brought factories that put smog in the air and chemicals in the water. Clear-cutting, deforestation, ...

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Fast Company

This poetic exhibition entreats us to work with nature, not disrupt it

Fast Company

Trump spokesperson goes silent during interview about sexual assault

Sometimes, not saying a word can speak volumes. This week,&xA0;Fortune published a&xA0;set of interviews&xA0;with top 2020 presidential candidates, in partnership with&xA0;Time's Up,&xA0;a nonprofit organization founded in the wake of the MeToo movement to combat America's epidemic of sexual assault. ...

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Fast Company

Trump spokesperson goes silent during interview about sexual assault

Fast Company

Video: President of Citigroup on empowering women in banking

Jane Fraser, President of Citigroup and CEO of Global Consumer Banking, in conversation with Stephanie Mehta. Davos Dialogues, a series of editorial panels, videos, and news coverage, is produced in partnership with HCL Technologies.

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Fast Company

Video: President of Citigroup on empowering women in banking

Fast Company

Video: Vice Chairman of Bank of America on accountable sustainability

Anne Finucane of Bank of America in conversation with Stephanie Mehta. Davos Dialogues, a series of editorial panels, videos, and news coverage, is produced in partnership with HCL Technologies.

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Fast Company

Video: Vice Chairman of Bank of America on accountable sustainability

Ars Technica

Cruise's autonomous Origin hints at a "McDonald's of mobility"

Being affordable, inoffensive, and homogeneous could be a plus for the startup.

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Ars Technica

Cruise's autonomous Origin hints at a "McDonald's of mobility"

Ars Technica

Skimming heist that hit convenience chain may have compromised 30 million cards

Point-of-sale machines at ~850 Wawa locations were infected for 9 months.

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Ars Technica

Skimming heist that hit convenience chain may have compromised 30 million cards

Ars Technica

Linus Torvalds pulled WireGuard VPN into the 5.6 kernel source tree

The last likely hurdle to inclusion in the Linux kernel itself is cleared.

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Ars Technica

Linus Torvalds pulled WireGuard VPN into the 5.6 kernel source tree

Ars Technica

AT&T loses another 1.2 million TV subscribers as DirecTV keeps tanking

AT&T began 2019 with 24.5 million premium-TV customers, ended with 20.4 million.

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Ars Technica

AT&T loses another 1.2 million TV subscribers as DirecTV keeps tanking

Ars Technica

Google's tenth messaging service will "unify" Gmail, Drive, Hangouts Chat

The GSuite team already has a Slack clone, but now it's making a second Slack clone.

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Ars Technica

Google's tenth messaging service will "unify" Gmail, Drive, Hangouts Chat

Ars Technica

The cheapest climate target to hit? Around 2°C

Action costs money, but so do the consequences of inaction.

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Ars Technica

The cheapest climate target to hit? Around 2°C

Recode

Why you see online ads for stuff you buy in the real world

Shoppers purchase items at Toys R Us store in New York City on December 24, 2015. | Kena Betancur/Getty Images Facebook isn't following you around the mall, but the stores might be. Stop me if you've heard this before: You go to a store, browse its wares, consider or even make ...

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Why you see online ads for stuff you buy in the real world

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Why your free software is never free

Attendees look at the new Apple iPhone 11 Pro in Cupertino, California, on September 10, 2019. | Justin Sullivan/Getty Images If you're not paying for the product, you are the product. Facebook made a gesture toward transparency this week with the launch of its Off-Facebook Activity ...

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Why your free software is never free

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A casino company is buying Barstool Sports in a $450 million deal

Paras Griffin/Getty Images for E11EVEN Penn National Gaming is buying the online publisher " which can thank sports betting and the Supreme Court for the deal. A media company has become a sports betting company: The owner of Barstool Sports has agreed to sell the popular and controversial digital ...

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A casino company is buying Barstool Sports in a $450 million deal

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The New York Times used to be afraid of BuzzFeed. Now it's hired its biggest star.

BuzzFeed editor-in-chief Ben Smith in 2019. | Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile via Getty Images What Ben Smith's move to the paper of record says about digital media in 2020. Ben Smith spent eight years building BuzzFeed's news operation into a place that could compete with the New York Times. Now he's ...

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The New York Times used to be afraid of BuzzFeed. Now it's hired its biggest star.

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How to delete what Facebook knows about your life outside of Facebook

The Facebook logo reflected in a window looking out over a smoggy city. | Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images The "Off-Facebook Activity" tool lets you see " and somewhat control " what other sites and apps tell Facebook about you. Facebook users just got a new glimpse into " and a ...

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How to delete what Facebook knows about your life outside of Facebook

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The Washington Post sure bungled its Kobe Bryant tweet controversy

The Post suspended a reporter after she tweeted about Kobe Bryant. | Eric Baradat/AFP via Getty Images If media companies can't handle complaints about their reporters" tweets, they should take Twitter away from their reporters. It's 2020. How come the Washington Post is screwing up at Twitter" ...

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The Washington Post sure bungled its Kobe Bryant tweet controversy