This week, a group of 17 automakers sent a letter to President Trump asking him to back down from his administration’s plan to roll back Obama-era vehicle emissions standards. But while the letter was framed as a rebuke, or a warning, it made something clear: many of the world’s biggest automakers still want to lower
Read MoreEarlier this week, Microsoft removed a database of more than 10 million faces, intended as a test and training dataset for facial recognition algorithms, according to a report by the Financial Times. Known as MS Celeb, the database contained more than 10 million images of roughly 100,000 people, largely scraped from publicly available online sources.
Read MoreClaire Goforth / The Daily Dot: Peter Bright, also known as @DrPizza, who was an Ars Technica contributing writer, has been arrested on charges of soliciting sex with children online — Warning: This article contains graphic sexual language. — Tech reporter Peter Bright has been arrested for soliciting sex with children online. Peter Bright, also
Read MoreThe ArduBoy, as you might have guessed from the name, was designed as a love letter to the Nintendo Game Boy that many a hacker spent their formative years squinting at. While the open source handheld is far smaller than the classic DMG-01, it retains the same general form factor, monochromatic display, and even the
Read MoreBloomberg: Online fashion retailer Revolve Group closes up 89% on its first day of trading after raising $212M in its IPO, is now valued at more than $2.3B — – Online fashion site rises as much as 86% in trading debut — Co-CEOs look to international expansion, more private labels Online fashion retailer Revolve Group
Read MoreIt’s not like any of us went to a store for unethical people and told the clerk to load us up with dozens of products and services developed by companies that have no regard for personal privacy, human rights, or the future of our planet. But here we sit. There’s a good chance that the
Read MoreWe’ve all been there at some point: anxiously trying to find a wall stud while you’re in the process of hanging a picture, shelf or TV mount. Most stud finders are inconsistent at best, and I’ve found the more I learn about how houses are built, the easier it is to find a stud through
Read MoreUber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi has announced that chief operating officer Barney Harford and chief marketing officer Rebecca Messina are both departing the company. In a Friday email to employees, Khosrowshahi said, “over the years, I’ve learned that at every critical milestone, it’s important to step back and think about how best to organize for the
Read MoreOriginally $130, the Chamberlain MyQ is compatible with most modern garage-door openers and now supports Amazon Key. Make your garage door smart for – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCEO Dara Khosrowshahi says he will assume command of company’s core business. Uber’s second-in-command, chief marketing officer depart in post-IPO shakeup Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreColin Lecher / The Verge: Judge declines Google’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit alleging hiring bias, first filed by James Damore, who exited the lawsuit and is in arbitration with Google — Suit is set to enter discovery — Google will have to face a California lawsuit accusing the company of bias … Judge declines
Read MoreThere are good deals on Samsung TVs and HP laptops, too. Best Buy's Dads and Grads sale: Savings on iPhones, MacBooks and more – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIt won’t be the same one you watched on HBO. Patriotic retelling of Chernobyl disaster will reportedly air on Russian TV soon – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWho you gonna call? Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd, apparently. Sigourney Weaver confirms return for new Ghostbusters – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDirecTV has been hemorrhaging customers, with AT&T reportedly considering selling off or merging the unit with Dish Network. AT&T DirecTV reportedly considering merger with Dish satellite – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreApple’s new Mac Pro is its most powerful computer ever, with performance specs catered toward creative professionals like visual effects artists, musicians, and filmmakers who need a lot of processing power. Creatives have been asking for a new professional-level computer from Apple since the disappointment of the un-upgradable trash can-looking Mac Pro from 2013, and
Read MoreBloomberg: Uber COO Barney Harford and CMO Rebecca Messina are leaving the company — Uber Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi is parting ways with two top lieutenants in a major leadership overhaul. Barney Harford, the chief operating officer, and Rebecca Messina … Uber COO Barney Harford and CMO Rebecca Messina are leaving the
Read MoreThe lighting in a room isn’t just part of the decor; it can affect everything from your sleep schedule to your brain power. So it’s understandable that you want your home, the place you presumably spend a big chunk of your life, to be lit nicely. But there are so many different options to choose
Read MoreMargaret Harding McGill / Politico: Source: the FTC’s recently launched technology task force held private meetings in May in Silicon Valley to seek evidence of big tech’s anticompetitive behavior — The FTC has sent top antitrust officials into the heart of Silicon Valley to seek out complaints about anti-competitive behavior … Source: the FTC's recently
Read MoreThe shipping giant’s decision reflects long-simmering tension with the online retailer, which has its own logistics operation that’s taken the most lucrative delivery routes for itself. FedEx declines to renew Amazon’s U.S. air-delivery contract Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreYou wake up in the morning, and check Hackaday over breakfast. Then it’s off to work or school, where you’ve already had to explain the Jolly Wrencher to your shoulder-surfing colleagues. And then to a hackspace or back to your home lab, stopping by the skull-and-cross-wrenches while commuting, naturally. You don’t bleed red, but rather
Read MoreYou know you’re supposed to store your electronics in a dry spot after you’ve removed the batteries, right? You don’t always do that, though, do you? You just haphazardly toss those decorative, battery-operated holiday candles into the storage bin, and you pile those musical toys your kid once loved into an old toy… Read more…
Read MoreSony may be skipping this year’s E3 expo in Los Angeles, but it does have some good news to satiate fans in the form of its annual Days of Play sale. Starting today and lasting 11 days until Monday, June 17th, the sale has some spectacular deals across both Sony’s exclusive lineup of best-selling hits
Read MoreConsidering Samsung usually reveals its Galaxy Note devices in the fall or late summer, it was about time we started to see some proper leaks of the upcoming Note 10. But while I was expecting essentially a Galaxy S10 with a bigger screen and a stylus, the first renders of the Note 10 and Note
Read More{$inline_image} Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: Cabify founders and early investors in Brazil’s 99, who met at Stanford and are compared to the PayPal Mafia, reflect on Latin America’s startup revival — Key figures at ridesharing firms 99 and Cabify reflect new era of promise in the region — The houses along the tree-lined blocks …
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