Those interested in Disney’s upcoming streaming service, Disney+, can sign up for the pre-order now. Disney is offering customers the option to sign up for a monthly subscription pass at $6.99 a month, or an annual fee of $69.99. Those who want to purchase the bundle — which includes Disney+, the sports streaming service ESPN+,
Read MoreQueenie Wong / CNET: Facebook will sunset its group stories feature, available globally since December of last year, on September 26 — Facebook is killing a feature that allows administrators and members who’re part of the social network’s groups to post videos and photos that vanish within 24 hours, the company said on Friday. Facebook
Read MoreDid Game of Thrones win best drama? We watch as the envelopes open on TVs biggest night. Emmys 2019: Live updates, winners, reactions – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreConnie Loizos / TechCrunch: Legalist, which funds lawsuits for a cut of settlements based on algorithmically calculated chances of winning, raises a $100M legal fund, ~10x its first one — If you haven’t heard much about litigation finance, that may change soon. The practice dates back decades … Legalist, which funds lawsuits for a cut
Read MoreRisk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan. ISB.Downloader!gen308 Source: Symantec lastest threats
Read MoreWency Chen / KrASIA: JD.com launches Jingxi, its online group-buying service focused on China’s lower-tier cities and rural areas, to compete with Pinduoduo — Beijing-based JD.com has launched its online group-buying service Thursday in a move to catch up with China’s social e-commerce tide that gave rise … JD.com launches Jingxi, its online group-buying service
Read MoreWill Game of Thrones win absolutely everything? The 71st Primetime Emmy Awards air tonight and cord cutters don’t have to miss any of the action. Emmys 2019: Start time, how to watch or stream online and winner predictions – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWe compared affordable, full-featured AV receivers from Denon, Onkyo, Sony and Yamaha. Which one wins? Best AV receivers under 0 in 2019 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreGwendoline Christie arrived to the Emmys 2019 cosplaying as Jesus Christ and it made perfect sense in every possible way. Emmys 2019 red carpet: Twitter reacts to Gwendoline Christie, our lord and savior – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreOf all the stories we’d expect to hit our little corner of the world, we never thought that the seedy doings of a now-deceased accused pedophile billionaire would have impacted the intellectual home of the open-source software movement. But it did, and this week Richard Stallman resigned from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab
Read MoreSteven Zeitchik / Washington Post: Streaming services are gambling big on old shows, like AT&T’s $1B for Big Bang Theory and Netflix’s $500M for Seinfeld, with no way to know their actual worth — The numbers are enough to make you think it’s 1995 and George is first getting mad at Jerry for breaking their
Read MoreIn a few weeks, I’m traveling to Denver. Instead of buying a round-trip flight; however, I instead opted to buy two one-way flights on two different airlines. The reason? It was cheaper. A lot cheaper. And I managed to get great seats on both flights. Read more… Always Look at One-Way Flight Options When You
Read MoreVittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images Google Images was partially born out a need to serve people’s interest in looking up the iconic green Versace dress Jennifer Lopez wore to the Grammy Awards in 2000. To celebrate the anniversary of the moment, Google partnered with the Italian fashion designer to recreate the dress — and show off
Read MoreTodd Martens / Los Angeles Times: Apple Arcade may break the iOS game industry’s risk-averse focus on in-app purchases, promoting games with higher quality than free-to-play games — The iPhone and its App Store changed gaming. And not always for the better. — Yet now with Apple Arcade, a game subscription service launching this week
Read MoreHe played Nog, the first Ferengi to join Starfleet. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine actor Aron Eisenberg has died at 50 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNeed a quick way to tell your temperature before work tomorrow? Student maker [The Marpe] recently fashioned a sleek home-use thermal camera that even looks like a point and shoot. It works as an Android hardware add-on by integrating the readings from a MLX90640 far-infrared (FIR) thermal sensor with a STM32F042F6Px microcontroller. All this connects
Read MoreReleased in July of this year, the MacBook Air is the newest laptop in Apple’s computing lineup. It’s designed to be an affordable (at least by the standards of Cupertino) entry-level introduction to the Mac world, incorporating some of the features of its more expensive brethren, like TouchID and a slim Retina display. The MacBook
Read MoreReuters: Der Spiegel: US dollar could make up 50% of the basket of currencies backing Libra, followed by 18% of euro, 14% yen, 11% British pound, and 7% Singapore dollar — BERLIN (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar will make up 50% of the basket of currencies backing Facebook’s planned digital coin Libra … Der Spiegel:
Read MoreBeijing hopes its social credit system will use vast troves of data to quickly punish companies accused of wrongdoing. U.S. firms could get hit, too. China’s Big Brother Targets Business Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreSome major money managers have reportedly said they wouldn’t invest unless an experienced operator was brought in to replace Adam Neumann. Some on WeWork’s Board Are Said to Be Discussing Replacing Its C.E.O. Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreWhenever you sign up for a new app or service you probably are also agreeing to a new privacy policy. You know, that incredibly long block of text you scroll quickly by without reading? Read more… This Site Uses AI to Find Issues in Privacy Policies Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreA new GameSpot series on YouTube links pop culture and historic events. True Fiction: The real deaths that inspired Twin Peaks, Nightmare on Elm Street – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWall Street Journal: Sources: several WeWork directors, including SoftBank members, plan to push for Adam Neumann to step down as CEO — SoftBank officials are among those expected to push for Neumann ouster — A bloc of WeWork directors is planning to push Adam Neumann to step down as chief executive … Sources: several WeWork
Read MoreDirector James Gray also shares how the movie tackled moon myths and Trump’s Space Command. Ad Astra: How Brad Pitt helped nail the space epic's ending – CNET Source: CNet
Read More[Ben Katz] posted about bringing the Mini Cheetah (center, above) robot to the 2019 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) held in Montréal, where it shared the floor with others for a workshop focusing on real-world deployment of legged robots. Those of you who haven’t been keeping up with legged robots may find yourselves
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