It’s that time again, chickadees: Time to ask all those questions about your health that you’ve been putting off (or let’s be honest, forgetting) for months now. Read more… Are You Dying? Ask Two Doctors Your Health Questions at 1 PM EDT Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreSaritha Rai / Bloomberg: Uniphore Software Systems, which aims to use AI in call centers for faster and more personalized customer support, raises $51M — An Indian startup that aims to use artificial intelligence to deliver faster and more personalized customer support for corporate clients is raising $51 million … Uniphore Software Systems, which aims
Read MoreStudents at St. Louis University are headed back to school with Alexa in their dorm rooms to help with everything from weather to campus bus schedules. Alexa, time for class: How one university put an Echo Dot in every dorm room – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreLucas Matney / TechCrunch: Singularity 6, a stealthy gaming startup developing an AI-powered “virtual society”, raises $16.5M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz — When Fortnite reached stratospheric popularity early last year, there were undoubtedly an awful lot of VCs on the sidelines looking enviously … Singularity 6, a stealthy gaming startup developing an AI-powered
Read MoreWaking up with bedbug bites can be a nightmare. It’s also a costly and traumatic problem for Airbnb guests and hosts. Bedbugs are giving Airbnb users headaches… and itchy bites – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge We’re back with more exclusive deals for readers of The Verge. If you weren’t following along yesterday, we debuted a bunch of hand-picked deals on tech products. To sum it up, several deals on laptops, fast-charging wall chargers, and Ring smart home tech are still happening. Today, we’re
Read MoreA group of job search sites claimed the search giant is abusing its dominant position, Reuters reported. Google job search service draws antitrust complaint – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNitasha Tiku / Wired: Interviews with 47 former and current employees about the past three years at Google reveal fear of the far right, activist awakening, weaponized leaks, more — ON A BRIGHT Monday in January 2017, at 2:30 in the afternoon, about a thousand Google employees—horrified, alarmed, and a little giddy … Interviews with
Read MoreLucas Matney / TechCrunch: Blade, a cryptocurrency derivatives exchange launching in three weeks, raises $4.3M seed funding from investors including Coinbase and SV Angel — Exchanges like Coinbase have ballooned in size by taking the mechanics of equity markets and fitting them to cryptocurrency markets … Blade, a cryptocurrency derivatives exchange launching in three weeks,
Read MoreImage: Parallels Parallels Desktop, the virtualization software that allows you to run Windows on a Mac alongside macOS, now offers DirectX 11 support using Apple Metal, meaning it can render 3D graphics up to 15 percent faster. The new functionality comes as part of version 15 of the software, which MacRumors notes will also add
Read MoreIn a letter seen by Reuters, 23 job search websites in Europe are calling for an antitrust investigation into Google’s job searching tool. The letter, which will be sent to EU Competition Commissioner Margarethe Vestager today, demands the EU stop the company’s its unfair practices until the it has concluded a full investigation. 23 job
Read MoreTheodore Schleifer / Vox: A look at Jeff Bezos’ radical approach of giving nonprofits millions from his Day One Fund to provide shelter for homeless families without any restrictions — Is that good? Is that bad? It’s definitely unusual. — When starting Amazon more than two decades ago … A look at Jeff Bezos' radical
Read MoreEvery model in Apple’s tablet lineup is on sale. Here are the best prices we’ve found for each. The best iPad deals right now – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNintendo appears to be preparing to launch SNES wireless controllers for the Switch. In a FCC filing spotted by forum posters at Resetera, photos of the new SNES controller have been marked as confidential until next year. However, a label location reveals that there could be ZL and ZR buttons on the top or this
Read More{$inline_image} How many of you plan to build a wind-powered generator in the next year? Okay, both of you can put your hands down. Even if you don’t want to wind your coils manually, learning about the principles in an electric generator might spark your interest. There is a lot of math to engineering a
Read MoreCryptocurrency exchange Poloniex has announced a new scheme to reimburse users affected by an unexpected “flash crash” that saw 1,800 BTC ($20 million) wiped from its margin trading lending pool in May. An official blog post promises to return trading fees (in Bitcoin) to impacted lenders until all losses have been repaid. “Every time you
Read MoreGoogle takes a step towards cutting out passwords for some parts of authenticating to online services. Google to Android users: No passwords, you get fingerprint login to some sites Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreYesterday, Automattic, the creator of WordPress, announced it had acquired Tumblr for “less than $3 million” from its previous owner, Yahoo. It’s an inauspicious fall from grace for the site, which was previously sold to the search giant for $1.1 billion. Why did Yahoo sell one of its prized possessions for a mere 0.27 percent
Read MorePhoto by Michele Doying / The Verge By now you’ve probably read enough about the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, his death in a Manhattan jail, and the attendant conspiracy theories that consumed social networks over the weekend. President Trump led the charge, retweeting a conspiracy theory that sought to implicate former President Bill Clinton. While
Read MoreWelcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! You’re doing some important work on your laptop as you torrent some crappy blockbuster movie you anticipate will be too disappointing to watch in the cinema, and boom – you’re hit with the dreadful warning: “Your disk is almost full.” Look,
Read MoreCryptocurrency scammers continued to swindle funds throughout Q2 2019, netting approximately $4.26 billion so far this year. According to CipherTrace latest report, insider thefts were by far the largest offenders, netting massive loses on investors and cryptocurrency exchange users. If things carry on the way they are, 2019 could go down in cryptocurrency history as
Read MoreA United Nations (UN) report has disclosed how the intergovernmental organization is investigating at least 35 cyberattacks led by North Korea, South China Morning Post reports. The attacks include cryptocurrency exchange hacks and crypto-jacking campaigns. South Korea was the most affected being victim to 10 attacks from its northern neighbor. India witnessed three attacks, Bangladesh
Read MoreFrom Android to iOS, and from Twitter to Slack, almost every app now has a dark mode. The only app that hasn’t joined the dark side is Facebook’s main app. However, according to reliable app leaker Jane Manchun Wong, the social network giant is now testing dark mode on its Android app Wong also took
Read Morehttps://www.polygon.com/2019/8/12/20802061/no-mans-sky-replicant-city-glitch-building-cyberpunk Continue reading… No Man’s Sky players build wild cyberpunk city that you gotta see Source: New feed
Read MoreBeginning metalworkers are often surprised at just how cheap steel can be. It’s a commodity made by the gigaton, and there are always plenty of extra pieces and scraps left over from big projects that are available for pennies a pound. But what you’ve got is often not what you need, especially when it’s steel
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