Image: Adidas Adidas will halt production at its two robotic “Speedfactories” in the US and Germany, the company has announced. The Ansbach and Atlanta factories, which opened in 2016 and 2017 respectively, will end production by April 2020. Adidas says that the Speedfactory technologies developed will now be used by two of its suppliers in
Read MorePhoto by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge As long as mobile phones remain our primary computing devices, the balance of power between social networks seems unlikely to shift too much in any direction. New devices have now been in development for several years, but so far nobody has been able to deliver something akin to
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Intel revealed a new set of security problems with its processors earlier this year, and issued fixes to resolve them. While the chip maker may have implied the problems were solved, that couldn’t be further from the truth. The New York Times reports that the fixes earlier this
Read MoreThe 3D-printed “Liberator” gun designed by Defense Distributed. A federal judge has struck down a decision by the Trump administration to allow blueprints for 3D-printed guns to be shared online. In a ruling published Tuesday, Judge Robert Lasnik said the deal made in July last year was “arbitrary and capricious” and thus a violation of
Read MoreThe industry has evolved from pencils and inks to computers and tablets. Superhero or Supervillain? Technology’s Role Changes Comic Books Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe Lincoln brand is back in a big way thanks to excellent new products like the three-row Aviator utility vehicle. Lincoln brand set to take flight with new Aviator SUV – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreAn open-air two-seater, this is the lightest roadgoing car McLaren has ever built. McLaren Elva roadster is a worthy successor to the Senna – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreYou might think The Mandalorian is on a weekly schedule. Not exactly… When is episode 2 of The Mandalorian released on Disney Plus? – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSome great game bundles are coming to Xbox One, PS4 and even the Switch. Black Friday 2019: Best upcoming deals on PS4, Switch and Xbox One – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreApple yesterday released iOS 13.3 beta to developers and public beta testers. But it comes with a new nifty feature that allows Safari users to use hardware security keys for two-factor authentication. According to the release notes: [Safari] now supports NFC, USB, and Lightning FIDO2-compliant security keys in Safari, SFSafariViewController, and ASWebAuthenticationSession using the WebAuthn
Read MoreKaitlyn Tiffany / The Atlantic: A profile of wikiHow, which draws an estimated 125M visitors each month and views its commitment to the principles of the open web as a key differentiator — While there’s no telling exactly how many people have learned to French-kiss from wikiHow, we know for sure that more than 22
Read MorePowtawche Valerino is a guidance engineer who works for Aerodyne Industries at the NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, supporting the agency’s Space Launch System program. Powtawche Valerino: Supporting NASA’s Space Launch System Program Source: NASA
Read MoreLast night, Facebook launched its new payment service called Facebook Pay in the US. The service will let you pay other people and businesses across Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram. You can add your debit or credit card to Facebook Pay and choose if you want it available in certain apps or all Facebook apps.
Read MoreHave you ever looked around your city’s layout and thought you could do better? Maybe you’ve always wanted to see how she’d run on nuclear or wind power, or just play around with civic amenities and see how your choices affect the citizens. [Robbe Nagel] made this physical-digital simulator for a Creative Programming class within
Read MoreFrederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Mozilla, Intel, Red Hat, and Fastly announce the launch of Bytecode Alliance, which aims to take WebAssembly and other related open standards beyond the browser — Mozilla, Intel, Red Hat and Fast today announced the launch of the Bytecode Alliance, a new open-source group that focuses on … Mozilla, Intel, Red
Read MoreTechnology Startups News: GuRu raises $15M Series A for developing products that can safely deliver electric power through the air for powering devices using millimeter-wave technology — GuRu, a wireless power startup formerly known as Auspion, Inc., has raised $15 million in Series A funding to deliver electric power through … GuRu raises M Series
Read MoreAmanda Perelli / Business Insider: The average price Instagram influencers are paid for sponsored posts has been $1,643 in 2019, up from $1,144 in 2018, says a study from marketing firm Izea — – The average cost of sponsored content on social media has increased as influencers have become more valuable to brands. The average
Read MoreThe schedule is a little weird. When does episode 2 of The Mandalorian come out on Disney Plus? – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMatthew Boyle / Bloomberg: A look at Walmart’s attempt to unify its legacy and online store units, causing an internal culture clash, as e-commerce investments pinch the company’s margins — Not long ago, a Walmart Inc. store manager asked the company’s e-commerce department if it could send over the details … A look at Walmart's
Read MoreFrom accoutrements to actual bar carts, these are the perfect presents for your drinking buddies. Chic home bar gifts under 0 in 2019 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMilitary hackers had little success attracting attention to the documents they had stolen. Russian hackers who stole DNC emails failed at social media. WikiLeaks helped. Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreThe jailbreaking cat of Houston known as Quilty is on his way to internet stardom — and a new home. 'Door Ninja' shelter cat busted setting other cats free – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWhat is ‘Beskar’, what’s happening with the Empire, and what’s the deal with *that* baby? The Mandalorian: Our biggest questions from episode 1 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreRyan Mac / BuzzFeed News: A look at Facebook’s past views on China and how they changed as TikTok became popular; sources: Facebook held serious acquisition talks with Musical.ly in 2016 — Four years ago, Mark Zuckerberg failed to buy the Chinese company that became the basis of TikTok. A look at Facebook's past views
Read MoreProbably the most efficient way to convert solar energy into electricity is the old fashioned way, heating water into steam and turning a turbine. This remains a messy affair though and you don’t really want a steam boiler on your roof, so solar cells are popular. However, there’s some new research showing how a molecule
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