Piscopia, a scholar, prodigy and trail blazer, would have been 373 years old today. Google Doodle honors Elena Cornaro Piscopia, first woman with a doctorate – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA gay reporter says he finally decided to do something after years of harassment by a right-wing YouTuber. But the company A right-wing YouTuber hurled racist, homophobic taunts at a gay reporter. The company did nothing. Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreJake Kanter / Business Insider: At Facebook’s annual shareholder meeting last week, 68% of outside shareholders voted in favor of ousting Mark Zuckerberg as chairman, up from 51% last year — – It’s now clear that independent Facebook investors voted overwhelmingly in support of proposals last week to fire Mark Zuckerberg … At Facebook's annual
Read MoreExplaining the positive void coefficient and how it contributed to the reactor explosion on April 26, 1986. Chernobyl: How did the RBMK nuclear reactor explode and could it happen again? – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNick Statt / The Verge: YouTube investigation finds that the flagged Steven Crowder videos, which include homophobic slurs aimed at Vox’s Carlos Maza, do not violate its policies — The company sides with edgy commentator Steven Crowder — YouTube has at last formally responded to an explosive … YouTube investigation finds that the flagged Steven
Read MoreRocket Raccoon may not have liked Iron Man’s insult, but the toy store is loving it. Avengers: Endgame joke helps power Build-a-Bear Workshop sales – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAfter the immense failure of the 2013-era Apple Pro trash can Mac, Apple has been hard at work at the next generation of workstation desktops. This week, the new Mac Pro has been announced, and the specs are amazing: We finally can buy a professional, desktop Mac with half the storage of an iPhone. The
Read MoreApple updated its App Store Review Guidelines this week at WWDC 2019 — and many of those changes appear to be aimed squarely at the kinds of controversies that recently led us to ask whether Apple can be trusted with the App Store to begin with. Most prominently, as The New York Times points out,
Read MoreAR magic gets the Mac Pro on your desk for free. Apple lets you use AR to see what the ,999 Mac Pro looks like on your desk – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreData exposed could include names, credit card information and medical providers, among other things. Collections firm breach exposes data on 7.7M LabCorp customers – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWho’s your daddy in this creepy horror remake? Hint: Not Darth Vader. Try to recognize Mark Hamill as Chucky in new Child's Play movie clip – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreApple’s under-the-radar battery optimizer is iOS 13’s most unheralded feature While we debate the merits of a $1,000 monitor stand, one of the coolest things to come from yesterday’s WWDC event was an iOS 13 feature that didn’t even get mentioned. According to Apple’s own list of what’s to come in iOS 13, its new
Read MoreEmployees at the electric-car maker can’t use their company email to validate Blind accounts, the anonymous chat app says. Tesla bars staff from anonymous chat app after leaks – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreYouTube has at last formally responded to an explosive and controversial feud between Vox writer and video host Carlos Maza and conservative YouTuber Steven Crowder. The verdict: YouTube says Crowder did not violate any of its policies, and that Crowder’s YouTube channel will stay up, despite his repeated homophobic slurs directed at Maza in videos
Read MoreDuring its WWDC keynote yesterday, Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed that Apple‘s tvOS would now support third-party controllers such as the PS4‘s Dualshock and the Xbox One S gamepad. Later, game companies confirmed iOS 13 would also support said controllers — meaning Apple‘s upcoming game service, Arcade, just got a whole lot easier to play.
Read MoreMelanie Ehrenkranz / Gizmodo: Blind, an anonymous chat app used by tech workers to share workplace grievances, says Tesla is blocking employees from accessing or being verified for the app — Blind is an anonymous social network that has been used by tech workers to speak freely about grievances related to the workplace, among other
Read MoreSamsung says the service will ‘pioneer 5G gaming’ in the US. Samsung launches 5G gaming service with Hatch – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDan Goodin / Ars Technica: Report: hidden adware in 238 Play Store apps with 440M+ installs by China-based CooTek made phones nearly unusable; apps now pulled or updated to remove adware — Carefully concealed plugin bombarded users with ads during inopportune times. — If the prevalence of abusive Google Play apps … Report: hidden adware
Read MoreApple is sorry not sorry. iOS 13 compatible with iPhone 6S and later, but iPhone 6 and 5S owners are out of luck – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCalling the manipulated Pelosi video a “cheap fake,” House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff has reportedly said Congress will investigate deepfakes ahead of the 2020 presidential election. Congress investigating deepfakes after doctored Pelosi video, report says – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNick Statt / The Verge: Apple’s Dashboard has reportedly been removed from macOS Catalina; the feature has been disabled by default since OS X 10.10 Yosemite — Goodbye widgets, you were always sort of useful — Apple’s Dashboard is getting quietly removed from the company’s upcoming macOS Catalina update … Apple's Dashboard has reportedly been
Read MoreAnother price drop! The smart hub is now exactly 50% off its list price. Father's Day gift win: The Google Home Hub for – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreLearn about the new software Apple will deliver to your iPhone this fall. iOS 13: Every new feature iPhone you need to know about now – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreOn Tuesday, the photo platform announced that advertisers could promote influencer-created content in people’s feeds, even if those people do not follow the influencer. Your Instagram Feed Is About to Have More Ads From Influencers Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreJason Del Rey / Vox: Source: the FTC has been questioning Amazon’s competitors about Amazon Prime’s bundling of services and how Amazon competes with its own marketplace sellers — The government regulator has been questioning Amazon’s competitors about its Prime service and how it competes with its own marketplace sellers. Source: the FTC has been
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