Perhaps no other company has profited more from the Trump administration’s treatment of undocumented immigrants — and US citizens of similar appearance — than Peter Thiel‘s Palantir. A recent investigation, conducted by Mijente, revealed the US government has at least 29 active contracts with the company worth approximately $1.5 billion. This covers Palantir’s work with
Read MoreResearchers believe the material could be used to charge a phone in seconds. Samsung rumored to have phone with graphene battery next year – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe LG G8 may have landed with more of a whimper than a bang when it came out earlier this year, but LG isn’t letting that get it down, with a successor — the G8X — set to be revealed next month at the annual IFA show in Germany. And it’ll apparently offer an in-display
Read MoreAt Lifehacker, it’s no secret that we’re pretty big fans of public libraries. Not only do they give you access to all varieties of media for free (or close to it) but living near one can actually make you happier. And get ready, because it gets better. Did you know that if there’s a book
Read MoreSarah Krouse / Wall Street Journal: Verizon to Sell Tumblr to WordPress Owner — Carrier sheds blogging site for nominal amount as part of media unit revamp — Verizon Communications Inc. VZ -.20% has agreed to sell its blogging website Tumblr to the owner of popular online-publishing tool WordPress, unloading for a nominal amount …
Read MoreBuyers will also get standard auto stop/start for improved fuel economy. The 2020 Honda Odyssey gets a 10-speed auto for its 25th birthday – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreThis particular e-cigarette is a little bigger than a typical cigarette, with a matching battery. E-cigarettes use electrical power to rapidly heat and vaporize a base liquid such as propylene glycol, and that power comes from a battery. These devices are functionally straightforward but it can be a messy process on the inside. Thankfully though
Read MoreI may be a messy bitch, but I am not a messy eater, and I absolutely hate it when toppings—be they on pizza or burgers—slide off prematurely. Forgoing lettuce or pickles simply to avoid a shirt stain is a little too precious, but you can greatly decrease your chances of slippage by dicing and shredding
Read MoreStewart Clarke / Variety: French regulators approve a plan by the country’s heavyweight broadcasters to launch Salto, a joint streaming service expected in Q1 2020, to battle Netflix — Amazon and Netflix are soon to get some Gallic competition from Team France. French regulators gave the green light Monday to plans … French regulators approve
Read MoreAfter serving its life as a development vehicle, the eCOPO is off to find a new home. The one and only Chevy eCOPO Camaro electric drag-racer is for sale – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreAfter nearly eight months of knowledge-gathering street tests and thousands of successful deliveries, Amazon has announced that its delivery robots have begun delivering packages to customers in Irvine, Calif. Amazon’s autonomous robots have started delivering packages in a new location: Southern California Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreHardware hacks might not get as much attention as the latest security breaches, but they can be just as devastating. You’re probably picturing an attacker sneakily using a dummy USB key to infiltrate a computer, but as a recent report from Vice describes, even innocuous tech like Apple’s Lightning cables can be… Read more… These
Read MoreAnthony Ha / TechCrunch: Attentive raises $40M Series B led by Sequoia for its mobile messaging tools for retailers — Attentive, a startup helping retailers personalize their mobile messages, is announcing that it has raised $40 million in Series B funding. — The startup was founded by Brian Long and Andrew Jones … Attentive raises
Read MoreTwitch has not had the best August, to put it lightly. First the world’s biggest streamer fully defects to its heretofore-niche competitor, Mixer, and now, over the weekend, it’s apparently been busted for letting pornography through its filters — and promoting it on said streamer’s channel. How in the heck did we get here? When Tyler “Ninja”
Read More{$inline_image}Ask many a photographer about resolution, and they’ll tell you “megapixels don’t matter.” For most people 8 megapixels or so is enough. But that line of thinking isn’t stopping Samsung and Xiaomi from teaming up to create a massive 108-megapixel meant for your smartphone. The ‘Isocell Bright HMX‘ is not just massive in terms of
Read MoreFor a long time it seemed like e-ink displays were outside the reach of us lowly hackers, as beyond the handful of repurposed Kindles that graced these pages, we saw precious few projects utilizing this relatively exotic display. But that’s changed over the last couple of years, and we’re thrilled to start seeing hackers bend
Read MoreNew York Times: How YouTube radicalized Brazil, diverting users to conspiracy and far-right channels, elevating Bolsonaro’s party, and possibly creating a public health crisis — NITERÓI, Brazil — When Matheus Dominguez was 16, YouTube recommended a video that changed his life. How YouTube radicalized Brazil, diverting users to conspiracy and far-right channels, elevating Bolsonaro's party,
Read MoreTop tech companies are rallying around the flag. How opportunistic of them. The Phony Patriots of Silicon Valley Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe streaming service has a name and megawatt stars, but the most important details are still under wraps. Here’s what we know — and don’t. Apple TV Plus: Everything to know about Apple's coming streaming service – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWhat is this world coming to when a weather satellite that was designed for a two-year mission starts to fail 21 years after launch? I mean, really — where’s the pride these days? All kidding aside, it seems like NOAA-15, a satellite launched in 1998 to monitor surface temperatures and other meteorologic and climatologic parameters,
Read MoreA top cookware brand on major discount is just a few clicks away. Fan favorite All-Clad cookware is slashed up to 80% right now – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMaybe it was only a matter of time. Fortnite world champion 'swatted' while streaming on Twitch – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThat didn’t take very long at all. Someone has already crashed a 2020 Chevy C8 Corvette – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreEurope and Russia’s joint robotic mission to Mars has hit a snag after the parachutes needed for landing the spacecraft on the Red Planet failed in two back-to-back tests. There isn’t much time left to fix and test the issue before its scheduled launch in the summer of 2020. If the mission team cannot meet
Read MorePhoto by Al Seib/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Google, Apple, Microsoft, and other tech companies have ignored recommendations from federal safety authorities to add rail crossings to their respective digital maps, according to a report in Politico. The initial request was made in 2016, after a commuter train crashed into a truck in California,
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