A few months ago during a layover in Atlanta, I came across an unusual sight: facial recognition being used in the boarding process. Read more… You Can Opt Out Using Facial Recognition to Board a Flight Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreWhen AMD announced its next-gen Navi-based Radeon RX 5700 and 5700 XT graphics cards last month, the news was just slightly underwhelming because the prices didn’t necessarily make them the obvious alternative to Nvidia’s rival chips. But just two days before their July 7th launch date, AMD has taken the drastic step of dropping the
Read MoreMary Loritz / EU-Startups: Antwerp-based Unifly raises €17 million Series B for its software that enables drone tracking and management alongside commercial aviation traffic — By 2020, there will be about 20 million drones in circulation – compared to around 30,000 planes today. Antwerp-based Unifly raises €17 million Series B for its software that enables
Read MoreAfter a recent earthquake in Los Angeles, some residents were left wondering why their ShakeAlert LA app hadn’t notified them. After all, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake rocked Ridgecrest, California, about 150 miles away, and that quake was the first test of ShakeAlert since the app was released in 2018. The system was working exactly as
Read MoreThe US Army wants its soldiers to begin listening to its training materials, which, surprisingly, has never been an option before. In recent weeks, the Training and Doctrine Command’s Combined Arms Doctrine Directorate (CADD) has released audiobook versions of a pair of training manuals for the first time as part of an experiment to see
Read MoreNext time you want to return something to Amazon, you don’t necessarily have to pack everything up again and head to the post office. Starting this month, Amazon is allowing items to be returned via the mail as well as in person at any Kohl’s location, with the exception of stores in Anchorage, Alaska. Read
Read More{$inline_image} Benjamin Pimentel / Business Insider: Application performance monitoring company Dynatrace files for IPO, posts $431M revenue for the fiscal year ending March 31, up 8% YoY, and a net loss of $116M — – Dynatrace filed papers for an IPO on Friday. The company aims to raise $300 million with Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan
Read MoreToday, BuzzFeed News posted a reminder of exactly how enormous and inescapable Amazon is. In a single list, reporter Leticia Miranda went through all of Amazon’s various subsidiaries and sub-brands, many of which you probably haven’t heard of. The usual suspects are all there — Mechanical Turk, Twitch, Audible — but there are also dozens
Read MoreLego’s official Apollo 11 anniversary set is pretty slick already, but aerospace engineer Adam Woodworth has made it even cooler by adding a set of propellers so that the lunar lander can actually fly, as spotted by Gizmodo. Woodworth detailed the build in an Imgur gallery, and it’s seriously impressive. He hollowed out the inside
Read MoreOne New York viewer tried to buy cocaine at the theater to get her through the movie. Midsommar horror movie is so scary it's keeping people up at night – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNot that there’s anything wrong with that. Hulu adds a 'Yada, yada' button so you can shuffle Seinfeld as show turns 30 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSmart speakers have proliferated since their initial launch earlier this decade. The devices combine voice recognition and assistant functionality with a foreboding sense that paying corporations for the privilege of having your conversations eavesdropped upon could come back to bite one day. For this reason, [Yihui] is attempting to build an open-source smart speaker from
Read MoreThe Pentagon last week unveiled a long-range laser device capable of detecting a person’s unique heart-signature. It was designed to thwart terrorism, but could lead to the Holy Grail of civilian surveillance: an ethical, non-invasive method of conducting biometric identification from afar. Science fiction has long told us that wars in the future would be
Read MoreIf you’ve been watching Microsoft’s social media accounts on Twitter and Instagram this week, you probably noticed a teaser campaign for Microsoft’s original Windows 1.0 operating system, which was first released in 1985. It starts out like a one-off joke or maybe a poor attempt at a nostalgic throwback for an OS that never really
Read MoreBeing able to read things quickly is great, but only if you’re able to comprehend what you’re reading. Blazing through 200 pages of reading in an hour or two is certainly impressive, but if you don’t remember anything you’ve read then it’s also kind of pointless. Read more… Train Yourself to Read Faster (And Comprehend
Read More{$inline_image} Last week, we asked you to fill us in on your favorite password managers. After combing through your responses, testing out a few new ones, and getting a sense for what other popular picks may be out there, we’ve come up with a list of the five best password managers available. Read more… The
Read MoreLast week, we asked you to fill us in on your favorite password managers. After combing through your responses, testing out a few new ones, and getting a sense for what other popular picks may be out there, we’ve come up with a list of the five best password managers available. Read more… The Best
Read MoreMost people who spend money on car-sharing services do so because they have a destination in mind. They need transportation, and driving a car is an incredibly popular and efficient method of travel between two locations. (It’s true!) But occasionally, a car is not a mode of travel, but an indoor space in a world
Read MoreThe elusive sthenaster emmae sea star makes an appearance during a NOAA ocean exploration mission. Scientists thrilled to see rare starfish spotted alive, chowing on coral – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreGiven that Spider-Man: Far From Home is a Sony film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, rather than the usual Disney film (because Sony currently holds the film development rights to Spider-Man and his rogues’ gallery), it’s natural enough to wonder whether Far From Home sticks with the by-now-standard Disney MCU pattern of adding extra scenes
Read MoreAn agreement to be formalized next week is the latest example of how rivals in the auto industry are sharing the enormous cost of new technologies. Ford and VW Are Set to Cooperate on Self-Driving and Electric Cars Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreIf anything, the appetite for material connected to the Christchurch massacre is growing, even as New Zealand tries to deny the accused gunman a platform for his views. As New Zealand Fights Online Hate, the Internet’s Darkest Corners Resist Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreWhen you think of what it costs to get fast delivery through Amazon Prime, you probably think of the annual membership for $119. And that might just be too high for you. I know that annual fee made me stop and think about whether the service was worth it as soon as it inched up
Read MoreWe get an exclusive, up-close-and-personal look at Lamborghini’s wild creation at the 2019 Goodwood Festival of Speed. The Lamborghini SC18 Alston is an 800-hp, one-off wonder – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreSurely you learned about the Battle of Baggage Claim back in US history class. Trump's Revolutionary War airport quote creates high-flying meme – CNET Source: CNet
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