If you’re trying to furnish your home for little-to-no money, you quickly learn (maybe while using a plastic storage bin as a coffee table) that it can be a hassle. But you don’t always have money to throw at the problem to quickly get decent furniture in your new place. So you play the back-and-forth
Read MoreRussell Brandom / The Verge: After many years in the lab, Boston Dynamics will begin selectively leasing its four-legged robot Spot, which can keep its balance under extreme circumstances — A new leasing program is putting dozens of robots to work in the real world — Boston Dynamics is letting its first major robot out
Read MoreThe long-awaited sequel to The Last of Us finally has a release date. Today, Sony revealed that The Last of Us Part II will be launching on the PS4 on February 21st, 2020. Sony also announced that the original game will be available to PlayStation Plus subscribers in October. Meanwhile, a new trailer provided a
Read MoreIngrid Lunden / TechCrunch: AI-based accounts payable platform Tipalti raises $76M Series D led by Zeev Ventures and joined by Dick Costolo and Adam Bain’s 01 Advisors, among others — Accounting is one of the cornerstones to building a business, but for most companies, getting it right is more of a necessity than it is
Read MorePhoto by Mike Pont/Getty Images for AWXII Comscore, the influential analytics firm that measures web traffic, has been formally accused of falsely reporting its own revenue and customer numbers. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Comscore and its former CEO Serge Matta with fraud today. Matta and Comscore agreed to settle the case
Read MoreDan Seifert / The Verge: What to expect from Amazon’s hardware event tomorrow: new Echo devices, Alexa-powered earbuds, updates to the Fire TV and Fire tablet lines, more — New Echo devices? New Fire TV things? We’ll find out — Amazon is hosting an event in Seattle on Wednesday, September 25th … What to expect
Read MoreAbout 80 workers will join the United Steelworkers Union. Google contractors in Pittsburgh vote to join union – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWhen you’re following a recipe, you’ll probably notice that it provides two pieces of guiding information: how long you should cook an ingredient, and what that ingredient should look like before moving on to the next step (or plating). For the best-tasting food, you should (mostly) ignore that first bit, and focus on… Read more…
Read MoreBob Iger’s memoir reveals how Lucas really felt about the first in the franchise’s sequel trilogy. Disney CEO: Star Wars creator George Lucas 'felt betrayed' by sequel approach – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAnother remake for 2019. Modern Warfare leaked campaign trailer, release date and everything else we know – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe ability to duplicate keys with a 3D printer is certainly nothing new, but so far we’ve only seen the technique used against relatively low hanging fruit. It’s one thing to print a key that will open a $15 Kwikset deadbolt from the hardware store or a TSA-approved “lock” that’s little more than a toy,
Read MoreiOS 13's launch was, frankly, a bit of a mess—so much so that we, and plenty of others, even recommended iOS users wait a bit before upgrading. Thankfully, you don’t have to hold out any longer: Apple began rolling out the iOS 13.1 patch, meaning the time to upgrade is finally here. And for those
Read MoreToday’s release of iOS 13.1 doesn’t just have bug fixes and some features that missed iOS 13.0 — it also brings updates to the designs of 24 emoji, according to Emojipedia, including changes to make a few of the animals anatomically accurate. The most significant change is probably the squid emoji. Last December, the Monterey
Read MoreE-bikes can be roughly placed along two sides of a spectrum. On one end, you have models that are basically normal bicycles with motors, encouraging you to pedal while providing you with a boost when you need it. Others are more like modern mopeds, encouraging you to pump the throttle and cruise comfortably at city
Read MoreBoston Dynamics today launched its first commercial robot. Well, sort of. A select list of developers will be given the opportunity to lease one or more of the company’s ‘Spot’ units as part of an ongoing development plan. While that means you can’t purchase your own 4-legged robot to keep as a pet (this thing
Read MoreRecently, Northcentral Technical College in Wisconsin said it was launching a varsity team that would compete as a member of the National Association of Collegiate Esports (NACE), a governing body for college esports. 6 Colleges Launch or Expand Esports Programs Source: Campus Technology
Read MoreWhen Kenyan engineer [Aloise] found out about the health risks of household air pollution, they knew there had to be a smart solution to combatting the problem while still providing a reasonable source of energy for families cooking without the luxury of cleaner fuels. Enter OpenHAP, a DIY household air pollution monitor that provides citizen
Read MoreMicrosoft is joining Sony on the efforts to combat climate change by switching things up on the console front. In the former’s case, it’s starting a pilot project to make 825,000 Xboxes carbon neutral. As part of the UN’s Playing for the Planet alliance, Microsoft joins several other game companies pledging to do what they
Read MoreJosh Constine / TechCrunch: Meme editor Kapwing, which has grown from ~100,000 to ~1M since launching a year ago, raises $11M Series A led by CRV — Kapwing is a laymen’s Adobe Creative Suite built for what people actually do on the internet: make memes and remix media. Need to resize a video? Add text
Read MoreWhen my first foster son lived with us for a year, he was my constant shadow. That sweet boy followed close behind me wherever I went, especially when it was time to prep dinner. He was never interested in watching a show while I cooked; he’d rather be with me—as close as physically possible—as I
Read MoreNeumann’s leadership has come under fire in recent weeks after a WeWork bid to go public was postponed as the company’s valuation plummeted. He will stay in leadership as nonexecutive chairman of the board. WeWork’s chief financial officer and vice chairman will become co-CEOs. This is a developing story. It will be updated. WeWork’s embattled
Read MoreImage: Apple The new entry-level iPad, now with a 10.2-inch display, will start shipping out tomorrow. In a press release coinciding with the release of iPadOS, Apple noted that the iPad will also be available at the company’s retail stores later this week. Apple had previously indicated a September 30th release date, so this is
Read MorePhoto by Dan Seifert / The Verge Amazon’s Ring was working on a feature that would automatically activate cameras on nearby Ring doorbells so that they would begin recording and streaming video when someone called 911, according to emails seen by CNET. These recordings could, in theory, then be used by law enforcement to help
Read MoreLaunched in 2005, Webkinz was one of the first children’s toys to bridge the physical and digital world. The stuffed animals were sold with codes that allowed you to bring your pet to life and care for it in the cartoon-style Webkinz World online. The half-physical, half-virtual pets lined the shelves at Target and Limited
Read MoreIt’s been a few days since iOS 13 arrived and brought its system-wide dark theme to iPhones, and already the list of apps that support the new dark UI has expanded beyond the initial batch. While more apps have been updated to support iOS 13's system-wide dark mode, there are still plenty of holdouts. No
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