The Lion King remake has already beaten the original Lion King at the box office – CNET
Long live the King. The Lion King remake has already beaten the original Lion King at the box office – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreLong live the King. The Lion King remake has already beaten the original Lion King at the box office – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBanking institution Capital One has just revealed that it’s suffered a data breach that exposed the names, addresses, phone numbers, emails, dates of birth, and self-reported incomes of approximately 100 million Americans, and 6 million in Canada, due to a “configuration vulnerability” in the servers of an unnamed cloud computing company hosting the bank’s data.
Read MorePhoto by James Bareham / The Verge The Nintendo Switch can now run Android, giving the hybrid game console access to Netflix, YouTube, Spotify, Twitch, a wide array of Android apps, and loads of classic game emulators, of course. Specifically, it’s an unofficial port of LineageOS 15.1 based on Nvidia’s own builds for the Nvidia
Read MoreIt’s always sunny in Wisconsin. Scientists build a 'mini-sun' at a university campus to study solar wind – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreYour job’s a joke, you’re broke, but now you can make like Monica and Rachel this fall. Friends 25th anniversary pop-up lets fans visit Central Perk and more – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreYet another hero from the graphic novel is crossing over to the small screen. HBO's Watchmen TV series: Jean Smart playing Silk Spectre, trailer, release date, plot – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreProviding third-parties with data is a necessary cost of living in the 21st century. Whether it’s securing auto insurance, undergoing a routine examination at the dentist, or chatting up friends and relatives on Facebook, each of us will hand over about 1.7MB of data per second next year, according to one recent report. While our anxiety
Read MoreLaptops across Georgia State Patrol, Capitol Police and the Motor Carrier Compliance Division went offline Friday. Georgia police hit with ransomware infection – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWhile Cuba went online in the 1990s, it has lagged behind much of the world in the race toward greater connectivity. For years, access remained prohibitively expensive and tightly controlled. Cuba Expands Internet Access to Private Homes and Businesses Source: NY Times Tech
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple’s latest iOS 13 beta version was released earlier today, and with it came a few surprises. The most notable is that the company is planning a previously unannounced feature that will let users, for the first time, resize app icons on the home screen. At least,
Read MoreJust two months after going public, the ride-hailing giant has lost three board members, two top execs and is reportedly laying off one third of its marketing department. Uber reportedly lays off 400 people to 'get its edge back' – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreTo the uninitiated an electric guitar seems fairly simple: you pluck a string and the electronics send the corresponding audio signal on the 6.3 mm jack output, all ready for for the amplifier to work its magic. Much of what makes a guitar like that sound good depends on the pickups, however. These are the
Read MorePhoto by Chris Welch / The Verge Days after outlining how it plans to rise from out of nowhere as a major wireless provider in the United States and launch 5G service by the end of next year, Dish today reported its second quarter earnings — and they’re another reminder of exactly why the satellite
Read MoreTouchdown! Watch Japan's Hayabusa2 wild smash and grab landing on asteroid Ryugu – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreGoogle is beginning to hype its next Pixel with two new key features. Pixel 4 will have a face unlock like Apple’s FaceID – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreImage: Tesla Tesla announced a new massive battery today called Megapack that could replace so-called “peaker” power plants, which provide energy when a local electrical grid gets overloaded. Tesla says that Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) will deploy several Megapacks at Moss Landing on Monterrey Bay in California, which is one of four locations where
Read MoreNASA’s TESS mission found a super-Earth and two sub-Neptunes in our cosmic neighborhood. NASA telescope discovers three intriguing planets hiding around nearby star – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto by Dan Seifert / The Verge Amazon’s surveillance camera brand Ring has partnered with more than 200 police departments across the country, according to a new report by Motherboard. The news shows the scope of the relationship It’s been widely known that Ring has worked with law enforcement: Motherboard recently reported on a contract
Read MoreRecent reporting by Class Central shed light on a new initiative in Europe among MOOC providers and the universities they work with to launch a program for creating portable credentials for learners. The European MOOC Consortium announced its Common Microcredential Framework in April. European Framework Offers Promise of Portable University Credentials Source: Campus Technology
Read MorePhoto by James Bareham / The Verge We’re still a few months away from Apple announcing its 2019 iPhones, but rumors have already started for next year’s models, with the ever-reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claiming in his latest report that two of the 2020 iPhones will feature a rear time-of-flight (ToF) 3D depth sensor
Read MoreThe ride-hailing company’s cuts follow an internal reorganization and questions about whether it can make money. Uber Lays Off 400 as Profitability Doubts Linger After I.P.O. Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreWelcome to Camp Redwood. Good luck leaving alive. New American Horror Story: 1984 trailer shows killer stalking camping teens – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreYou’ll soon be able to watch your favorite Hulu exclusives while flying Delta. Hulu Originals are coming to Delta's in-flight entertainment – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWe’ve been waitin’ for this one. Turn it up! Lizzo is the best NPR Tiny Desk concert ever, Twitter says – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA British think tank has revealed in a new study that Rockstar Games has apparently ducked taxes in the UK and received millions of pounds in subsidies — the latter by claiming at least one of its games, Grand Theft Auto V, to be a British game. Tax Watch UK this week published a report titled
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