AT&T is launching its first true 5G phone, the Samsung Galaxy S10 5G, on June 17th. Though, don’t get too excited; you’ll only be able to get your hands on one if you’re part of AT&T’s developer program, or are an AT&T Business customer. The 5G-ready phone, which first debuted last month for Verizon subscribers
Read MoreResearchers fear it is only a matter of time before the AI-generated fake videos are deployed for maximum damage — to sow confusion, fuel doubt or undermine an opponent, potentially on the eve of a White House vote. Top AI researchers race to detect ‘deepfake’ videos: ‘We are outgunned’ Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreTo fight congestion, the city council votes to indefinitely extend a cap on the number of ride-hailing vehicles on New York streets. Uber, Lyft must continue to limit size of fleets in New York City – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIt should simplify the uploading of pictures and videos. Google to remove auto-syncing between Google Drive and Google Photos – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNintendo’s eShop sale going on through June 18 has a lot of good games to get. Nintendo Switch and 3DS games on sale for E3 2019: Ones worth scooping up – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA price tag hike has CERN, one of the world’s leading scientific research organizations, moving from Microsoft programs for more affordable open-source software. CERN leaves Microsoft programs behind for open-source software Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreTonight, the Syfy Channel will premiere the second season of its Superman-related series Krypton, featuring a bunch of new villains, including one long-standing DC villain: Lobo. Ahead of that premiere, the Syfy Channel says that it is developing a spinoff series featuring the interstellar bounty hunter. Like Krypton, Lobo will be written and produced by
Read MoreAt an E3 panel, Netflix confirms its partnership with Fortnite won’t stop with the cameo that showed up in the game’s Season 9. Netflix's Stranger Things is officially coming to Fortnite… somehow – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe location-based game is expected to launch next year for Android and iOS. Netflix Stranger Things mobile game will reveal the Upside Down around you – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe IKEA DRÖMSYN is a wall mounted cloud night light that’s perfect for a kid’s room. For $10 USD, it’s just begging for somebody to cram some electronics in there and make it do something cool. Luckily for us, [Jodgson] decided to take on the challenge and turned this once simple lamp into a clever
Read More“Deepfakes” have changed the idea that seeing is believing – and could have a huge impact on how future political campaigns unfold. Inside the race to beat 'deepfakes' in 2020 Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreThe St. Louis Blues are taking on the Boston Bruins tonight in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals, with the winner of tonight’s game taking home the cup. Read more… How to Stream Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals Tonight Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreApache Kafka is a fascinating product that solves a problem that almost nobody has. If the Internet is a series of tubes (RIP Ted Stevens), Apache Kafka is the pipe that connects high-volume applications with their external components, like databases and third-party services. It’s frequently used by companies that operate at the most extreme of
Read MoreEarlier this week, noted phone sleuth Steve Hemmerstoffer (@onleaks on Twitter) teamed up with Pricebaba to create renders of the upcoming Pixel 4 based on leaked schematics. Naturally, this got the rumor mill riled up, but now in an unprecedented move, Google decided to one up the recent fan renders with the first… Read more…
Read MoreIn the midst of the rest of the news from E3, Microsoft quietly revealed it’d no longer be adding older games to its Backwards Compatibility program, but that it would be striving to make those games already part of its library capable of running on its next-gen console, codenamed Project Scarlett. It seems Microsoft‘s realized
Read MoreFinnish developer Next Games is partnering with Netflix for a Stranger Things mobile game that should appeal to Pokémon Go fans. Simply called Stranger Things, the ‘80s cartoon-inspired game is described as a location-based puzzle RPG. Players will be able to walk around the Upside Down and “work with fellow fans to fight back its
Read MoreFacebook wants to know as much about you as possible—if you let it. This week, the social giant launched a new app-based market research program called Study from Facebook. If you participate, you’ll get paid to run an app on their your phone that tracks what other apps you’ve installed and how you’re using them.
Read MoreDon’t throw away those old socks just yet. Read more… Reuse Your Old Socks to Make a Heating Pad or Dog Toy Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreGoogle is expanding the ability to use an Android phone as a physical two-factor authentication security key to include iOS devices (the feature previously launched in April, but only worked with Chrome OS, macOS, or Windows 10), as noted by 9to5Mac. Due to limitations on how iOS works, the process is slightly different here: instead
Read MoreSan Francisco is announcing a “bias mitigation tool” that uses basic AI techniques to automatically redact information from police reports that could identify a suspect’s race. It’s designed to be a way to keep prosecutors from being influenced by racial bias when deciding whether someone gets charged with a crime. The tool will be ready
Read MoreIn a surprise announcement, Google posted a tweet showing off the design of the upcoming Pixel 4. The tweet shows a square camera module on the back with two cameras, a depth sensor, and an LED flash. Well, since there seems to be some interest, here you go! Wait ’til you see what it can
Read MoreBuying in bulk can be an empowering experience. The combination of the cost-savings, plus the satisfaction of not needing to buy that again for a while, can leave you feeling like you’ve managed to really cheat the system. Until you get home and realize that, uh, you don’t have room for this many cans of
Read MoreMIDI has been around for nearly forty years, but what do you do if you have an old ‘toy’ keyboard without MIDI? Or really any way to make it sound good? You could turn it into a player piano, and that’s exactly what [Alessandro] did with an old toy keyboard. It’s The Pianist Octopus, and
Read MoreEarlier this month, one Rhode Island school district made headlines after giving some of its students—those with unpaid balances for school meals—cold sun butter and jelly sandwiches (along with milk and veggies) instead of hot meal items, available to all other students. Read more… How to Help Reduce School Lunch Debt Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreIt’s just trying to make extensions “safer.” Google says Chrome isn't killing ad blockers – CNET Source: CNet
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