Music publishing company Wixen has sued Pandora for displaying lyrics from Wixen artists — who include Tom Petty, Rage Against the Machine, and Weezer. Wixen’s suit claims that the internet radio service knowingly used the lyrics “without any valid license or authorization.” It’s the second major lawsuit that Wixen has recently filed against a streaming
Read MoreIs the era of making a weekly trek to the grocery store over? Grocery delivery services might make you think so. Every time you turn around, there’s another truck barreling down your street crammed full of everything from kale to candy bars. Read more… Which Grocery Delivery Subscription Is the Best Deal? Source: Life Hacker
Read More“The affected users are unable to access Google Calendar,” Google said of the outage, which began Tuesday morning. Google Calendar is down — go home Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreIs the advertising model that allows our use of Facebook to be free actually the thing that’s wrong with Facebook? If we all just paid a subscription fee each month, would that solve some of the issues and concerns with privacy, data, and so on? Here is a lightly edited excerpt of Verge senior editor
Read MoreShould your Twitter account reflect your personal life, or your professional expertise? Arguably, the answer is “both”—but it isn’t always easy to figure out how to balance the two identities. Read more… How to Write a Professional Twitter Bio Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreFake meat discourse tends to center around burgers, with their seemingly impossible meat-like texture and pink centers. But patties aren’t the only shape available from the makers of uncanny meat—it also comes in tubes, complete with sausage-like casing. Read more… The Best Fake Sausage for Grilling Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreFor the past few years, game developers have increasingly sought to unionize amid growing concerns over layoffs and burnout in the industry — and, today, Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders applauded their efforts. “The video game industry made $43 billion in revenue last year. The workers responsible for that profit deserve to collectively bargain as
Read MoreTwo esports lawyers discuss the complexities of esports contracts and why a “fair” deal is all relative in a constantly evolving industry. Debate: What does a fair esports contract look like? It’s complicated. Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreThe Trump administration is using new authority to take more aggressive digital action in a warning to Moscow and in a demonstration of its abilities. U.S. Escalates Online Attacks on Russia’s Power Grid Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreAugmented and virtual reality will see explosive growth in the next five years, driving in large part by education — both K–12 and post-secondary. Education Helping to Drive Surge in AR & VR Source: Campus Technology
Read MoreMicrosoft is adding more ‘AI’ features to PowerPoint to help customers design and rehearse their PowerPoint presentations. Microsoft to add more smarts, plus a presentation coach, to PowerPoint Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreMicrosoft is adding an artificial intelligence-powered assistant to PowerPoint, to help improve people’s presentations. The new feature, dubbed Presenter Coach, will appear during a rehearsal mode for PowerPoint slides and offer feedback on your presentation skills by listening to audio from your computer’s microphone. Presenter Coach will pop up with tips about pacing and filler
Read MoreIt took a YouTube video, a walk-in freezer kept at negative 20 degrees Celsius, and some very cold-tolerant engineering students for researchers to finally figure out why freezing soap bubbles resemble glitter in a snow globe. The trick itself is a popular winter science experiment when temperatures dip below freezing: head outside, blow a soap
Read MoreSimone Giertz was tired of waiting for Elon Musk to unveil his new Tesla pickup truck, so she decided to make one herself. The popular YouTuber and self-described “queen of shitty robots” transformed a Model 3 into an honest-to-god pickup truck, which she dubs “Truckla” — and naturally you can watch all the cutting and
Read MoreThe earth has been warming for decades, but year-to-year changes are hard to watch in real time. Was this winter really less snowy than usual? Now there’s a handy way to see how your area’s average yearly temperature has varied over time. Read more… See How Climate Change Has Affected Your Area With 'Warming Stripes'
Read MoreGoogle Calendar is down for users around the world. Currently, trying to access the calendar generates a 404 error message through a browser. When contacted for comment, a spokesperson from Google pointed us toward the service’s dashboard, which contains a message from Google posted at 10:22AM ET confirming that users are unable to access Google
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Read MoreBest of all, you don’t have to die in a Viking battle to get one. Aston Martin Valhalla is a much cooler name for the AM-RB 003 'baby Valkyrie' – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreSome users are getting 404 messages instead of meeting times. Google Calendar is down and we're hopelessly lost – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe discount applies to lithium and hearing-aid batteries as well. Plus: Improve your Roku or Fire TV remote for $20. Stock up on batteries with 25% off AmazonBasics alkalines – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA J.Crew Factory sale, Diablo III: Eternal Edition, GoodThreads sale, and an Anker dash cam lead off a Tuesday’s best deals. Read more… Tuesday's Best Deals: The Last Jedi, Puma, Philips Hue, Cat and Dog Gold Box, and More Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreChrome: Sometimes you just never want to see a certain site in your Google results. Maybe you want to block a sketchy news source, or you don’t want Pinterest in your image search results, or there’s a really gross forum that keeps appearing in searches. Some sites like Yahoo Answers and Quora have a way
Read MoreIt’s an old SUV with some new tricks. 2020 Lexus GX 460 updates kick the can down the road – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreVerizon is getting another 5G phone for its fledging network: LG’s V50 ThinQ, which will launch on June 20th, via Android Police. The V50 released in the US last month as Sprint’s first 5G phone, and while we’ve known since it was first announced that it would be making its way to Verizon at some
Read MoreWe’ve already talked about how the Huawei ban may affect business, but how will it affect security? Google has already warned of security threats should the company be unable to send updates to Huawei’s Android-powered devices. And even if Huawei responds with its own OS, will people trust it? In this episode of TECH(feed), Juliet
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