The ethics of Facebook, as a corporation, have come into question lately. Though criticisms of the platform have stretched back to its inception, the incident that inspired the most recent waves of ire seems to be the Cambridge Analytica data scandal of early 2018, in which it was revealed that a political consulting firm harvested
Read MoreErin Griffith / New York Times: Evernote CEO Ian Small talks about efforts to turn around the once hot unicorn, which now expects to reach a positive cash flow on ~$100M in revenue this year — Smiling cryptically, Ian Small, the chief executive of Evernote, handed me some socks. Nice ones: black in the calf
Read MoreMaybe you’ve already been to the library four times this summer. You’re still reading with your kid every night and they’re doing some independent reading of their own, so you’re doing just fine, but you want to shake things up and challenge them a little more. Here’s an idea: Memorize a poem together. Read more…
Read MoreApple’s new Mac Pro will be built in China, unlike the previous model that has been assembled in a plant in Austin, Texas, since 2013, according to The Wall Street Journal. The vast majority of Apple products are manufactured in China, so it’s not entirely surprising to see Apple shift its production overseas. But it
Read MoreWade Tyler Millward / EdSurge: Degreed raises $35M in equity and $40M in debt in a Series C2 round, bringing the total raised to ~$140M, to expand its corporate learning platform — During a recent trip to Bangalore to visit a prospective corporate client, Chris McCarthy didn’t know how many people to expect for a
Read MoreA team of researchers from Dartmouth say they’ve created a mobile-sensing system — consisting of fitness bracelets, sensors and a custom app — that can measure employee performance with about 80 percent accuracy. Wearable technology started by tracking steps. Soon, it may allow your boss to track your performance. Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreHackaday Editors Mike Szczys and Elliot Williams dish their favorite hacks from the past week. Seems like everyone is trying to mill their own Mac Pro grille and we love seeing how they go about it. Elliot is gaga over a quintet of power latching circuits, Mike goes crazy for a dough sheeter project, and
Read MoreKate Fazzini / CNBC: FDA says Medtronic is recalling some insulin pumps that connect wirelessly to other insulin equipment because they can’t be updated to address security flaws — KEY POINTS — “MiniMed 508” Medtronic insulin pumps have cybersecurity problems that can’t be updated or patched … FDA says Medtronic is recalling some insulin pumps
Read MoreEA Access will launch on the PlayStation 4 on July 24th, Electronic Arts announced today. The service — which has been available for Xbox One for nearly five years — gives players access to a massive library of Electronic Arts games. The subscription service is $4.99 per month and includes games such as Mass Effect:
Read MoreAt the risk of being reductive, there’s very little to say about Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night other than this: it is good. From the day this game hit Kickstarter more than four years ago, it’s always been clear what it was intended to achieve. If it managed that, it would be good. If not,
Read MoreWhile we all know that billionaires control a substantial amount of the world’s wealth – in fact, current projections see the richest 1% controlling 2/3 of it by 2030 – what they use their vast fortunes on may surprise you. When they aren’t investing in space shuttles, underground Hyperloops and sprawling tech campuses, the super-rich are looking at a
Read MoreThe ongoing US-China trade war under the Trump administration is threatening the livelihood of the last remaining television manufacturing factory in America, reports Reuters. Element Electronics, a South Carolina-based factory that assembles TVs for Walmart, is at risk of closure after a new proposal would impose a 25 percent import tax for all Chinese goods.
Read MoreYou can now try out a key new feature from Android Q by installing a new app. ActionDash, an app that more or less clones Google’s Digital Wellbeing features, has been updated to include a “focus mode” that works exactly like the focus mode that’s being built into the next version of Android. When you
Read MoreYou can now find T-Mobile’s 5G in six cities around the US. Here’s how it stacks up in one of them. T-Mobile's 5G network is live. Here's how fast it is – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIt issued an over-the-air update to further protect the battery, but details are scant. Tesla pins Shanghai fire on single battery module – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreIt’s a startling discovery that just about every new parent makes: When you change a baby’s diaper, you are in the splash zone. However, there are some ways to stay on guard, as I learned from the Offspring Facebook group. Here are four methods. Read more… How to Prevent Your Baby From Peeing on You
Read MoreTetris Royale, a 100-player battle royale game, is coming to mobile devices in a partnership between N3TWORK and The Tetris Company. It’ll essentially be a mobile version of the Nintendo Switch’s impossibly addicting Tetris 99. The game is the first Tetris game to come out of N3TWORK and The Tetris Company’s exclusive multiyear partnership, which
Read More{$inline_image} Erica Pandey / Axios: Rakuten: around 48% of Amazon packages in the US are now delivered by Amazon itself, up from 15% two years ago, when the Postal Service delivered 60%+ packages — Less than a decade after Amazon broke into the logistics industry, it has become its own biggest shipper. Rakuten: around 48%
Read MoreThe talk was reportedly held in one of those secret government meetings no one is supposed to know about. Trump officials want to outlaw unbreakable encryption, report says – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSpotify has 100 million subscribers. Apple Music's 60 million subscribers includes free trials (again) – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWhat a topical show we’ve got this week on The Vergecast. I’m going to be honest, there’s a little bit more editing than usual here. Initially, we began the episode with some overviews of the public beta software for Apple’s iPadOS, iOS 13, and macOS Catalina. The Verge’s Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, and Paul Miller
Read MoreListening to classical music is a bit different from listening to modern pop music. The music is built differently—most recordings aren’t performed by their composers, and there’s rarely one definitive recording of a piece. Multiple works are often released on the same album. Track titles are very long, including a… Read more… The Best Classical
Read MoreVancouver police have been accused of misleading a justice of the peace in a plot to seize $2.6 million (CAD$3.5 million) in Bitcoin owned by a dark web marijuana trafficker, CBC reports. Authorities believe the Bitcoin, found on hard drives seized in 2013, to be the proceeds of illegal activity — specifically the selling of
Read MoreIt’s almost time to flip the calendar page, which means it’s time to end our no-credit-card challenge. How did you do this month during Lifehacker’s most polarizing challenge ever? Did you find yourself planning to use cash instead of plastic? Did you cut down on spending altogether? Read more… How Did You Do on the
Read MoreDeadspin Megan Rapinoe Cannot Make This Any Clearer | The Slot Marianne Williamson Went Full Goop at the Democratic Debate | Splinter Kamala Harris Leaves a Steaming Pile of Rubble Where Joe Biden Used to Be | The Root Top Conservative Calls for Chief Justice’s Head Over High Court’s Ruling on the Census Citizenship… Read more… Deadspin Megan Rapinoe Cannot
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