Apple has registered seven unreleased Mac models with the Eurasian Economic Commission today. These models, first spotted by MacRumors, are all described as “portable” computers, making it increasingly likely that each belongs to a new MacBook that could arrive in the next couple of months. The filings contain no information about the new models, beyond
Read MoreWall Street Journal: Sources: Facebook has signed up 12+ companies, including Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, and Uber, to back the cryptocurrency it plans to unveil next week — Visa, Mastercard, PayPal and Uber are among firms that will invest around $10 million each in consortium that will govern digital coin Sources: Facebook has signed up 12+
Read MoreAnalysts and industry observers say they could see the automaker being sold or relegated to the status of a “niche” automaker. Tesla wants everyone to drive an electric car. Now it risks becoming a niche brand. Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreDeadspin Report: Kellen Winslow II Couldn’t Stop Masturbating In Front Of His Teammates | The Slot Holy Shit, Sarah Huckabee Sanders Is Out | Splinter Republican Leader Insists Trump Definitely Didn’t Say the Thing He Definitely Said | The Root When Karma Has GPS: Linda Fairstein Dropped By Literary Agency Amid… Read more… Deadspin Report: Kellen Winslow II Couldn’t Stop
Read MoreNick Statt / The Verge: Hands-on with Microsoft’s xCloud and Google Stadia: they both work and they’re both impressive, but they have different aims, so they are hard to compare — xCloud and Stadia are at vastly different stages of development, and aren’t even directly competing right now Hands-on with Microsoft's xCloud and Google Stadia:
Read MoreRon Miller / TechCrunch: VMware says it is buying Avi Networks, a startup that helps companies with application delivery in the cloud, which has raised $115M, per Crunchbase — VMware has been trying to reinvent itself from a company that helps you build and manage virtual machines in your data center to one that helps
Read MoreWith the first details coming out around the next Xbox and PlayStation, you might expect those upcoming consoles to be the buzz of this year’s E3. But instead, subscription services have become the talk of the show, as seemingly every console maker and game publisher looks to shift the way that games are sold. Every
Read MoreHands up if you’ve killed a succulent. Yeah, me too. Succulents and cacti are great beginner plants in theory because they can survive a little neglect. But that’s actually what makes them terrible for brown thumbs like me and (perhaps) you. Read more… Low Maintenance Plants Are Actually Terrible for Beginners Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreCloud gaming is the undeniably industry-altering shadow looming over this year’s E3 video game conference. Paired with the rise of subscription services, the idea of running games from remote servers could not only change how they’re are played, distributed and sold, but even how games are developed, thanks to the promise of running software off
Read MoreA number of Huawei phone owners have noticed that their devices have suddenly begun displaying ads in their lockscreens, according to Android Police. Users began complaining yesterday that ads from Booking.com have appeared on their phones. 9to5Google notes that a variety of phones appear to be displaying them, and that Huawei appears to have slipped
Read MoreSupermassive Games has a unique problem. As with its horror game Until Dawn, where every character could die a horrific death, Man of Medan — the first in its Dark Pictures Anthology — will carry on that tradition. Keeping those deaths fresh, however, keeps the team on its toes. “It’s s a real big problem
Read MoreWhile traditional personal computers and tablets are continuing to lose their luster worldwide, other types of computing devices are holding strong. Gaming Computers and 2-in-1 Devices on the Rise as Overall Computing Market Slides Source: Campus Technology
Read MoreOnline institution Capella University is opening its first brick-and-mortar Campus Center. Capella University Opens Brick-and-Mortar Campus Center Source: Campus Technology
Read MoreValve has just announced Underlords: its own version of the popular Auto Chess mod for Dota 2. Underlords will be a standalone game for Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, and Android. Valve says it has been running a “friends and family” beta of the game for the past few weeks, and will be expanding the test
Read MoreEmily McCormick / Yahoo Finance: Freelance services marketplace Fiverr closes up 89% on its first day of trading after raising $111M in its IPO — FVRR) stock rose above its initial public offering price after opening for trading Thursday, as investors scooped up shares of the latest gig-economy tech firm to hit the public markets.
Read MoreTarget announced today that US customers — with some geographic exceptions — can now select same-day delivery for orders placed directly through its website that total more than $35 for a flat fee of $9.99, or for free if they’re already a member of shopping app Shipt. It’s part of the company’s integration with Shipt
Read MoreThe Guardian published a list of advice from children’s laureates on how to raise bookworms. One of my favorite ideas comes from Julia Donaldson, an author I love. (I’ve read The Gruffalo and Room on the Broom to my daughter dozens of times—they are perfection.) Donaldson writes that she used to record herself reading… Read
Read MoreApple has released an updated version of Logic Pro X, its professional music production software. The software is now souped up to show off the capabilities of the new Mac Pro, with improved responsiveness and a huge increase in the amount of tracks it can support in a project file. This is a significant upgrade
Read MoreNew App Store rules geared toward protecting children’s privacy will deal a blow to the Public Broadcasting Service, which uses data to make its apps more effective educational tools, says PBS’ CEO. Apple's restrictions on kids apps will hurt PBS, the broadcaster says – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIf CD Projekt Red pulls this off, Cyberpunk 2077 could set a new bar for video games as a medium. Cyberpunk 2077 delivers with Keanu Reeves and its next-gen open-world vision – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe new hypernaked bike from Ducati is looking to take a big bite out of the Aprilia Tuono’s lunch once it debuts at Pikes Peak. Ducati's Streetfighter V4 prototype looks like it wants to steal your lunch money – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreA survey of sex and music habits says some smooth operators are rocking out with their wireless headphones in. Can you hear me now? Please stop leaving Apple AirPods in while having sex, people – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNew additions! Apple Watches, drones, games, tools, escape rooms, wine clubs and lots of other cool stuff you still have time to get. Great last-minute Father's Day gifts for 2019 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFinding the game bewildering at first is a testament to how well the game succeeds on its own terms. It might take a while to warm up to, but once you do ‘Outer Wilds’ is quite an adventure Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreA trio of researchers have developed an experimental machine learning method that allows AI to listen for the early whispers of psychotic break that humans can’t hear. The team, consisting of Neguine Rezaii of Harvard Medical School and Emory School of Medicine, and Elaine Walker and Philipp Wolff from Emory University’s Department of Psychology, set
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