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September 20, 2019

Lookiero, a Paris-based personal clothing and accessory shopping service, raises $19M, bringing its total raised to $23M (Mike Butcher/TechCrunch)

Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: Lookiero, a Paris-based personal clothing and accessory shopping service, raises $19M, bringing its total raised to $23M — Lookiero, the online personal shopping service for clothes and accessories, has closed a $19 million funding round led by London-based VC MMC Ventures with support … Lookiero, a Paris-based personal clothing and accessory

Drones could help during your next car breakdown – CNET

A towing company in Texas plans to use drones to assess situations before sending a truck. Drones could help during your next car breakdown – CNET Source: CNet

September 20, 2019

Apple Arcade is everything I wanted for mobile gaming

Apple Arcade launched yesterday, alongside iOS 13, and while I’ve only used it for a short while, I think I can say this is the kind of mobile gaming I want, now and forever. For starters, this is a price I can actually stomach. I’m not a fan of subscription gaming, per se. But with

Congress Asks More than 80 Companies for Big Tech Complaints

House lawmakers asked the companies for information on how their businesses had been affected by Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google. Congress Asks More than 80 Companies for Big Tech Complaints Source: NY Times Tech

September 20, 2019

Roku study: 2M people in the US moved from traditional pay TV to streaming in 2019; up to 60M US households will exclusively use streaming in the next 5 years (Jason Schott/Fox Business)

Jason Schott / Fox Business: Roku study: 2M people in the US moved from traditional pay TV to streaming in 2019; up to 60M US households will exclusively use streaming in the next 5 years — Television viewing has gradually expanded into streaming, and a new study from Roku makes a dramatic prediction about how

September 20, 2019

To fight ‘evil’ ICE, an engineer pulled his code off Github

Immigration Silicon Valley When engineer Seth Vargo found that a company using his open-source code worked with US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, he pulled the code off Github. The company, enterprise software maker Chef, found that, without the code, its business ground to a halt. Vargo had worked for the Seattle-based company, but he didn’t

Drones might help you out the next time your car breaks down – CNET

A towing company in Texas plans to use drones to assess the situation before sending a truck. Drones might help you out the next time your car breaks down – CNET Source: CNet

September 20, 2019

PayPal reinstates controversial policy of pocketing fees from refunds

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge PayPal is reinstating a controversial policy around its handling of fees in the event of a refund. Starting next month, PayPal will begin pocketing the initial 2.9 percent commission fee sellers forfeit during a transaction even when the seller is refunding a customer in full. The company initially

All the best signs we saw at the Climate Strike in NYC – CNET

Across the globe today students led marches and rallies for action on the Climate Change crisis, agitating for radical change towards sustainability throughout society, from industry to government to farming practices to the military industrial complex. The march in NYC boasted upwards of 250,000 people, many of them children cutting school to participate, and culminated

Facebook suspends tens of thousands of apps following Cambridge Analytica scandal – CNET

The suspended apps were tied to 400 developers. Facebook suspends tens of thousands of apps following Cambridge Analytica scandal – CNET Source: CNet

Inside Airbnb, Employees Eager for Big Payouts Pushed It to Go Public

Tension has grown among a 6,000-person work force as it waits to sell company shares, people with knowledge of the situation said. Inside Airbnb, Employees Eager for Big Payouts Pushed It to Go Public Source: NY Times Tech

RGB Lamp With Micro:Bit Powered Gesture Control

The Micro:bit is a very neat piece of hardware that, frankly, we don’t see enough of. Which made us all the more interested when [Manoj Nathwani] wrote in to tell us about the gorgeous 3D printed RGB LED lamp he created that uses the BBC-endorsed microcontroller to perform basic gesture detection. Purists will likely point

YouTube CEO apologizes after verification uproar, softens policy changes – CNET

The Google-owned site said it’s tightening verification restrictions, and creators are furious. YouTube CEO apologizes after verification uproar, softens policy changes – CNET Source: CNet

September 20, 2019

CHEAP: Get 30% off this souped-up Samsung Chromebook Plus V2

Google’s Chromebook laptops are no longer “cheap and cheerful” toys only good for light browsing. They can actually do serious stuff, like run Android applications, as well as run fully-fledged Linux distributions. But to make the most of that, you need a reasonably powerful machine, like this Samsung Chromebook Plus V2. This meaty device packs

September 20, 2019

YouTube reverses course, says channels with verification badges will keep them without appeal and channels that reach 100k subs can still apply for verification (Janko Roettgers/Variety)

Janko Roettgers / Variety: YouTube reverses course, says channels with verification badges will keep them without appeal and channels that reach 100k subs can still apply for verification — A day after announcing significant changes to its verification program, YouTube announced Friday afternoon that it won’t be de-verifying existing creators after all. YouTube reverses course,

September 20, 2019

YouTube backtracks on taking badges away from creators after outcry

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube is almost completely backtracking on the verification system changes it announced yesterday. All YouTubers who are currently verified will get to keep their verification status, and YouTubers who are not yet verified will still be able to apply for it once they hit 100,000 subscribers, as creators

Twitter Suspends Account of Former Adviser to Saudi Crown Prince

The account was one of thousands with ties to governments in the Middle East that were taken down by the social media company. Twitter Suspends Account of Former Adviser to Saudi Crown Prince Source: NY Times Tech

September 20, 2019

Images from New York City’s Global Climate Strike

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge “I’m here because I care, and I think we need to make radical changes” Continue reading… Images from New York City’s Global Climate Strike Source: New feed

September 20, 2019

Apple's implementation of STIR/SHAKEN protocol in iOS 13 doesn't display "Caller Verified" notice on call screen, making it useless for identifying robocalls (Chaim Gartenberg/The Verge)

Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: Apple’s implementation of STIR/SHAKEN protocol in iOS 13 doesn’t display “Caller Verified” notice on call screen, making it useless for identifying robocalls — STIR/SHAKEN comes to iPhones, but not in a useful way — Robocalls are a scourge, but cellular networks … Apple's implementation of STIR/SHAKEN protocol in iOS 13

September 20, 2019

That Leaked List of Samsung Devices Getting Android 10 Is Bogus

Don’t believe everything you read on the internet. A screenshot made the rounds earlier this week that allegedly listed all the Samsung devices that were going to receive Android 10. The list caused an understandable excitement for some Samsung owners, hopeful that the latest version of Android would hit device of… Read more… That Leaked

September 20, 2019

Tech CEO tells employees he’s obligated to accept any government contract regardless of morality

“I do not believe that it is appropriate, practical, or within our mission to examine specific government projects with the purpose of selecting which U.S. agencies we should or should not do business.” Barry Crist, CEO of Chef, in an email to employees. “And to be clear: I also find policies such as separating families

September 20, 2019

Uber sues New York City to overturn limits on drivers cruising without passengers

Photo by James Bareham / The Verge Uber filed a lawsuit against New York City Friday in an effort to overturn rules limiting the amount of time ride-hail drivers can spend in busy parts of the city. It was the second time this year that Uber has sued New York City. The suit comes a

September 20, 2019

How Can You Tell If an App Is Malware?

There are a lot of apps you can download on Apple’s App Store and the Google Play Store. That’s obvious. What’s not so obvious is that even though both companies do a pretty good job of (mostly) catching bullshit apps, there are still plenty that sneak through because they just toe the line between scammy

Secretive FBI demands for information go far beyond tech companies, new documents reveal

The FBI has sent secretive written demands for information to more than 120 companies in recent years — including telecommunications providers, technology firms and credit agencies — according to documents released Friday, raising new questions about the government’s ability to quietly gather data on people. Secretive FBI demands for information go far beyond tech companies,

September 20, 2019

Minecraft’s new character creator lets players control how they look

The newest Minecraft beta update comes with the ability to make a customized version of yourself, as spotted by VentureBeat. Developer Mojang announced the feature in a blog post, noting the change alongside a slew of performance and gameplay fixes. The Minecraft Character Creator lets you personalize your avatar within the game, the first official

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