Maureen Dowd / New York Times: Disney’s Bob Iger says he pulled the plug on Disney buying Twitter at the last minute because the nastiness on the platform is “extraordinary” — Hollywood’s nicest C.E.O. on the great family dramas of Hollywood — and why he, too, is disturbed by Twitter. Disney's Bob Iger says he
Read MoreThe space agency plans to drop at least $4.6 billion on six new spaceships. NASA orders up fresh batch of Orion moon mission spacecraft – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHarvard’s Operation Impact initiative will provide student entrepreneurs with dollars and support to create “impact-focused” startups that focus on issues that educators face around the world. Harvard Initiative to Fund Student Ed Tech Ideas Source: Campus Technology
Read MoreWelp, that didn’t take long. Within days of Apple launching its Arcade game subscription services, Google’s responded with a rough Android equivalent called Play Pass. Still, while the two seem similar on the surface, they’re actually quite different — and that’s to Google’s benefit. The similarities between the two are obvious: for starters, they have
Read MorePhoto by James Bareham / The Verge Google’s big hardware event in October will likely focus a lot on the excessively leaked Pixel 4. But the company apparently has some other products to announce, too, including its newest Chromebook: a 13.3-inch, 4K new Pixelbook, according to 9to5Google. The Chromebook, officially to be called the Pixelbook
Read MoreAlex Castro When I tuned into the Grand Theft Auto V role-playing server earlier today, the first thing I saw was a hostage situation. Kyle Pred, a cadet in the Los Santos Police Department, was talking a gangster out of killing a random hostage in a bank. The gangster, Speedy, was yelling questions at Pred.
Read MoreStudents are increasingly turning to social media to learn more about colleges and universities. And Instagram specifically is driving that growth, according to a recent survey by EAB Enrollment Services. Instagram Leads for Student Recruitment Outreach Source: Campus Technology
Read MoreDonie O’Sullivan / CNN: After founding the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism in 2017, Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, and YouTube say it will become an independent organization — New York (CNN)Some of Silicon Valley’s biggest companies announced Monday that they’re revamping an organization they established … After founding the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge In California, federal prosecutors have launched a criminal probe into Juul Labs, the immensely popular e-cigarette manufacturer, according to The Wall Street Journal. The focus of the probe is unclear, but the investigation is being led by the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California, according
Read More{$inline_image}Non-profit technology company Chef has finally decided having a relationship with the US government isn’t worth alienating the developer’s community it thrives on. After spending nearly a week defending its decision to continue working with ICE and CBP, CEO Barry Crist today announced the company would not renew those contracts in the future. This comes
Read MoreYou can buy just about anything on Amazon. But just because you can get a product quickly via the ecommerce retailer doesn’t mean the product is guaranteed to be safe. Read more… How to Ensure Your Amazon Purchase Isn't Dangerous Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreThe University of Pennsylvania, IBM and the Linux Foundation are developing an open source starter kit to help any institution in the world launch its own data science program. New Resource to Provide Starter Kit for Teaching Data Science Source: Campus Technology
Read MoreChaim Gartenberg / The Verge: After testing it in June, Twitter now lets all users add up to five lists as alternative timelines in the main iOS Twitter app, to quickly swipe between them — Twitter finally noticed what lists are for — Twitter is now letting users add up to five lists as alternative
Read MoreApple’s announcement ended a monthslong public dance with the White House over tariffs and the company’s ability to build products in the United States. Apple Keeps Making Computer in Texas After Tariff Waivers Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThis week we chat with productivity legend David Allen about GTD, or “Getting Things Done,” his gold-standard time management philosophy. Lifehacker staffers share their productivity secrets as well. Find out what old-school device Two Cents writer Lisa Rowan uses to keep herself on track, how social media editor Tim… Read more… How to Get Things
Read MoreYun Li / CNBC: Netflix, which has faced new streaming rivals and disappointed on subscriber numbers recently, has seen its stock drop from $380+ in early July to $265.92 today — – Shares of Netflix erased all of its 46% gain for the year at its peak and officially entered negative territory on Monday. Netflix,
Read MoreAftermarket glass company Hyperformance is offering Gorilla Glass windshields in partnership with Corning. You can now get a Gorilla Glass windshield for your F-150 – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreCroatian engineers [Slaven Damjanovic] and [Marko Čalić] have developed a wireless system for farmers to monitor plant conditions and weather along their agricultural fields. The system uses an RFM95W module for LoRa communication, and devices are designed to be plug-and-play, battery-powered, and have long-range communication (up to 10km from the gateway). It uses an ATMega328 microprocessor,
Read MoreTwitter is now letting users add up to five lists as alternative timelines in the main Twitter app, allowing you to quickly swipe between different groups of accounts directly from your home screen. The company tested the feature back in June, but it’s rolling it out to everyone on iOS starting today. Check the tweet
Read MoreWelp, there seems to be another reason to hold off on updating to iOS 13: Users have discovered that the “Location” privacy setting—which requests access to your device’s geographical location data—is being automatically reset from “Never” to “Ask Next Time” in certain apps. Read more… How to Fix iOS 13's Location Privacy Bug Source: Life
Read MoreIt’s more than nicotine that keeps you coming back for more. Why vaping is so addictive, according to doctors – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIt’s not concrete evidence, but boy, does this seem like it’s intended for a sports car. Mazda patent application suggests it may have RX-9 in mind – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreSarah Perez / TechCrunch: Twitter says it is expanding its policies to explicitly prohibit financial scams on the platform and details the kind of scams it’s banning — Twitter today says it’s expanding its policies to prohibit financial scams on its platform — something you’d think would have already been banned … Twitter says it
Read MoreLinguist and Because Internet author Gretchen McCulloch asked her Twitter followers to share the words that they can’t actually spell without relying on spellcheck. The answers she got will comfort and edify you. Read more… These Are the Words Smart People Can't Spell Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreJoe Fedewa / XDA Developers: Samsung Galaxy S10 gets the Galaxy Note 10’s camera features like AR Doodle and DeX for PC support with an update — Some companies can be stingy with what new features they bring to older devices. Samsung is generally good about this, launching devices with features that eventually trickle down
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