Country singer Trisha Yearwood, actress Rebecca Covington Webber and other professionals shared their advice at Zynga’s Women in Entertainment panel. Women in entertainment, tech tell young girls: You don't have to be perfect – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIf you read science fiction, you are probably familiar with the idea of a light or solar sail. A very large and lightweight sail catches solar “wind” that accelerates a payload connected to the sail. Some schemes replace the sun with a laser. Like most things, sails have pros and cons. They don’t require you
Read MoreWe round up the options from Amazon, Google and Facebook so you can pick the right one for your needs. Chasing the Google Nest Hub: The best smart displays of 2019 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHigh methane levels detected by the rover hinted at the possibility of life but follow up experiments show it was a transient plume. NASA confirms Curiosity rover's surprising Mars methane discovery – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreReddit has a very specific policy prohibiting people from threatening bodily harm or attempting to incite violence. It uses this policy as the basis for banning individual accounts, discussion threads, and whole subreddits. Basically if you cross the line, you’re gone. Unless you’re a member of the r/TheDonald subreddit, in which case the rules don’t
Read MoreSean Silcoff / Globe and Mail: Xanadu, which aims to make photonic chips that can operate at room temperature, raises CAN$32M Series A led by the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System — A Toronto startup aiming to build the world’s most powerful computer by harnessing the quantum properties of light … Xanadu, which aims to
Read MoreThe game is set to bring in $10 million within a month, data from Sensor Tower suggests. Harry Potter: Wizards Unite brings in M on opening weekend – CNET Source: CNet
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Read MoreSylvan Lane / The Hill: House committee to hold a hearing on Facebook’s Project Libra on July 17, one day after the Senate; sources: Libra lead David Marcus expected to testify at both — The chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee announced Monday that the panel will hold a hearing next month … House
Read MoreIn an emotional City Council hearing, lawmakers said New York officials could have stopped exploitative loans that have devastated thousands of cabdrivers. Taxi Officials Are Grilled Over Lending Crisis: ‘This Is a Moral Outrage’ Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreMonica Nickelsburg / GeekWire: Apple says it will employ 2,000 people in Seattle over the next five years, expanding upon an earlier promise to employ 1,000, will hire for engineering roles — In the heart of the neighborhood where Amazon has made its home, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan said Monday that she was interested in
Read MoreThe exclusion is good for 10,000 tons of Japanese aluminum but is only valid for a year. Tesla wins a tariff exemption on imported aluminum, for now – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreSteve O’Hear / TechCrunch: Monzo, a UK-based digital bank, raises ~$144M Series F led by Y Combinator’s Continuity fund at a ~$2.5B post-money valuation, about double from October — Monzo, the fast-growing U.K.-based challenger bank with more than two million account holders, has raised £113 million (~$144m) in additional funding. Monzo, a UK-based digital bank,
Read MoreA hacker illegally accessed NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 2018 by targeting an off-the-shelf micro-computer called a Raspberry Pi. The breach was discovered in 2018, but just disclosed to the public in a June 18 report. In it, NASA details an “unauthorized” Raspberry Pi that created a portal that allowed the unknown attacker access to
Read MoreIf you live somewhere cold, where the rain, snow and slush don’t abate for weeks at a time, you’ve probably dealt with wet boots. On top of the obvious discomfort, this can lead to problems with mold and cause blisters during extended wear. For this reason, boot dryers exist. [mark] had a MaxxDry model that
Read MoreThe New York man disappeared in 2015 after being charged with trying to extort billions of dollars from Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg. Facebook fugitive Paul Ceglia freed by Ecuador's president – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCanada isn’t an international police force, Huawei attorneys say. Huawei CFO’s attorneys ask for US extradition to be withdrawn – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThat’s despite the US ban of Huawei products. Huawei says it'll increase its 5G investment – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreRandy Nelson / Sensor Tower Blog: Sensor Tower says Harry Potter: Wizards Unite made ~$1.1M in its first weekend and is set for $10M+ in its first month vs. Pokemon Go’s $206M in its first month — Harry Potter: Wizards Unite generated an estimated $1.1 million in player spending over its first weekend of availability
Read MoreEmployees are allowed to peacefully protest YouTube or Google during the Pride parade — as long as they are not marching with Google in an official capacity. According to internal memos sent to employees, anyone who chooses to walk the parade as a representative of Google and voice any protest will be considered in violation
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