In June, the Federal Communications Commission ruled that carriers could block robocalls for their customers by default — without requiring the customers opt in first. Now, AT&T is following through on the ruling, enabling its Call Protect service by default for new and existing lines. New customers will automatically have Call Protect enabled going forward,
Read MoreGiven the sheer volume of science going on as the International Space Station circles above our heads every 90 minutes or so, it would be hard for any one experiment to stand out. ISS expeditions conduct experiments on everything from space medicine to astrophysics and beyond, and the instruments needed to do the science have
Read MoreUnless your job involves playing with puppies and eating ice cream all day while being massaged and told how great you are, you’ve probably experienced some level of stress at work. Technically, even the puppy-ice cream-massage job could get stressful at times, thanks to incessant barking and peeing, and brain freeze. Read more… How to
Read MoreNASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this view of an area within a Jovian jet stream showing a vortex that has an intensely dark center. Jupiter Abyss Source: NASA
Read MoreI almost lost my high school diary this weekend. Thankfully my old filing cabinet was so heavy, the Craigslist user taking it away had to pull all the drawers out before she could carry it downstairs. That’s how she noticed the diary, some childhood photos, and assorted papers, all of which had slid behind the
Read MoreThere is a Russian restaurant here in Portland, Oregon that makes the most incredible infused vodka. It is both a very good and very bad thing. The flavors—which range from horseradish to sweet pea—are fresh and clean, and the vodka, which is served ice cold, comes in grams. These two factors, when combined, make it…
Read MoreThe Atlanta University Center Consortium is getting a major investment from the UnitedHealth Group to prepare students for jobs in the data analytics field. Atlanta HBCUs Join Forces for Data Science Initiative Source: Campus Technology
Read MoreThe update on hate speech is an attempt to curb abusive tweets that don’t include a direct target or engage in threats of violence. Twitter bans dehumanizing posts about religious groups Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreAnthony Ha / TechCrunch: Facebook will start taking 30% cut from fan subscriptions via desktop starting 2020 and 15% fee for second year subscriptions via mobile platforms — Facebook will take a cut of up to 30% on fan subscriptions, beginning on January 1, 2020. — The social network is revealing its plans … Facebook
Read MoreAn effort to forbid “dehumanizing” tweets was scaled back after criticism and debate, and for now focuses only on those directed at religious groups. A Year Later, Twitter’s New Banned Speech Policy Adds Little to the Old One Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreTwitter is announcing updates to its policies today to address hateful language directed at religious groups, a significant in how the platform moderates against hate speech. The policy will go into effect starting today, with moderation practices immediately updated to enforce the new rules. If the new policy is successful, Twitter said it could apply
Read MoreThe search giant’s voice assistant blew its competition out of the water in a new voice study. Google Assistant again outpaces Amazon Alexa and Apple Siri in voice results – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe e-commerce giant’s Indian site is teasing the new color’s July 15 launch. Amazon Prime Day 2019: OnePlus 7 comes in Mirror Blue hue – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreApple just raised the starting price of buying a Mac. Apple kills 9 MacBook Air and 12-inch MacBook – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreGDPR strikes again: 339 million guest records were exposed in a security incident. UK privacy watchdog proposes fining Marriott 4M over data breach – CNET Source: CNet
Read More{$inline_image} Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: UK’s regulator ICO to fine Marriott ~$123M over GDPR violations related to the Starwood Hotels breach, disclosed in 2018, that affected 380M+ guests — The intent to fine Marriott comes a day after the ICO announced a $230 million GDPR fine against British Airways. UK's regulator ICO to fine Marriott
Read MoreDr. Mario World is available now for iOS. Nintendo’s latest smartphone game was originally slated to come out on July 10th, but Twitter user @Wario64 notes that the download has gone live a day early for Apple devices. As of time of publication, the game is not yet available for Android via the Google Play
Read MoreThe company is keeping the butterfly switch keyboards in its line of MacBooks. Apple cuts MacBook Air price by 0, gives MacBook Pro chip upgrade – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAfter over a decade of Intel dominance in the desktop CPU market, AMD’s newly released Ryzen 3000 CPUs have provided the competition the market so desperately needs. With its new Zen 2 CPUs, AMD has increased the number of cores, upped the power efficiency, and introduced new features like support for PCIe 4.0. The result,
Read MoreA couple of months after announcing a strategic partnership with Google Cloud, ServiceNow is expanding its cloud commitments with Microsoft. ServiceNow says it will run its full SaaS platform on Microsoft's Azure plus its own cloud Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreIf you’ve ever taken a long road trip, you’ve likely experienced the rite of stopping at a gas station to squeegee bug guts off your windshield. It’s disgusting, but it paints a remarkably vibrant picture of insect life in the region. Over the years, though, you may have also noticed that there are fewer bug
Read MoreThe Zoom video conferencing app contains two big security issues for Mac users. First, uninstalling the app the regular way doesn’t actually remove it from your system; instead, by installing Zoom, you’ve actually installed a persistent web server on your system that can be used to reinstall the app without your… Read more… Remove Zoom
Read MoreCuphead’s beautiful, award-winning animation is getting a new cartoon series from Netflix. Developer Studio MDHR announced the series, The Cuphead Show, on its Twitter account this morning. The show is currently in development at Netflix, and it’s being handled by the company’s in-house animation team, according to Studio MDHR’s tweet. The developer also suggested that
Read MoreEventually, you will die. We all will. But are you dying right now? Probably not, but it never hurts to ask, right? Read more… Are You Dying?! Ask Two Doctors All Your Health Questions at 1 PM EDT Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreTypical study methods like lectures, cramming, and re-reading are ineffective. According to scientific research, they don’t help students retain information over the long term. What works is spaced repetition: “You test yourself on a fact repeatedly, spacing out your repetitions over time.” Coder and writer Nicky Case… Read more… Learn How to Memorize Anything Source:
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