Snapchat is getting into the game, literally. Rumor has it an in-app gaming platform, along with a handful of games, are coming to the social network. While we don’t yet know which titles Snap has snapped up, there are some games that we think will work best within the app — and a few things
Read MoreYou can finally know exactly what your friends are responding to. Facebook Messenger rolls out threaded replies to help you follow conversations – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAccording to the game’s chief designer, grappling-hooks and white-knuckle fighting will highlight one of the year’s most anticipated releases. ‘Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice’ Q&A: A glimpse into the stunning world of the one-armed ninja Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreCNBC: Walmart’s CTO Jeremy King is leaving the company to start a “new adventure”, to be replaced by Senior VP of Customer Technology Fiona Tan — Walmart’s chief technology officer Jeremy King is leaving the company, according to a memo obtained by CNBC. Walmart's CTO Jeremy King is leaving the company to start a "new
Read MoreAt its GDC 2019 keynote, Epic announced you’ll be able to buy game keys from the charity-focused Humble Store. Epic, Humble Store partner for game sales, including exclusives – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCaroline Haskins / Motherboard: Interviews detail the ongoing battle on YouTube between children-focused channels making animated videos and those featuring humans — Animated videos dominate the kids YouTube space. Humans are fighting against YouTube’s algorithm to try and compete. — Last month, news feeds were saturated with distressing headlines about Momo. Interviews detail the ongoing
Read MoreHackers absolutely love building clocks. Seriously, there are few other devices for which we’ve seen such an incredible number of variations. But while the clocks that hackers build might blink out the time in binary, or write it out in words, they generally don’t feature hands. Apparently in 2019 it’s more reasonable to read binary
Read MoreThis will really only affect African, Asian and European markets. Toyota will lend Suzuki EV know-how in exchange for compact-car expertise – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreThat’s enough danger noodles to make a whole plate of danger spaghetti. See snake catchers remove 45 rattlesnakes under one house – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAmazon today updated its entry-level Kindle, making it at once a bit more useful and a bit more expensive – the starting price has gone from $79.99 to $89.99 . It’s a welcome update, but you should probably buy the Kindle Paperwhite instead. The biggest change is the addition of an adjustable front light, meaning
Read MoreVlad Savov / The Verge: By integrating Stadia into YouTube, Google plans to cement YouTube’s dominance, as 200M users already watch gaming content there every day — Google’s starting a revolution just to keep things as they are — Yesterday, Google announced plans for a new game-streaming service called Stadia. By integrating Stadia into YouTube,
Read MoreDecentralized betting protocol Augur is dealing with a situation: fraudsters can illegitimately profit by gaming the system, and there’s not much its devs can do about it (for now). Augur co-founder Joey Krug recently addressed community concerns about scammers taking over the platform. They’re alleged to be intentionally creating invalid markets en masse, which fool the
Read MoreBen Fox Rubin / CNET: Case reports shed light on how deputies in the Washington County Sheriff’s Office in Oregon are using Amazon’s facial recognition software to investigate crimes — On a Saturday afternoon in late November 2017, a woman walked into a Wilco Farm store in Oregon, stuffed a $130 pair of Georgia Boots
Read MoreAt its 2019 “Cloud Summit” industry conference in Hong Kong, Huawei unveiled a new blockchain-based cloud service. Huawei Cloud now offers blockchain oriented services designed to help Hong Kong-based businesses make use of the decentralized platform’s typical characteristics. These being, decentralization, immutability, and traceability (transparency). Huawei hopes this will aid the Chinese province’s mission to
Read MoreIt turns out that Shanghai is a very long way from my home in Wisconsin. I’ve traveled here for Electronica China, and although it made for an incredibly long travel “day”, it turned out to be quite enjoyable. I hacked some hardware on the plane ride, I took a maglev to my hotel, met up
Read MoreParis Martineau / Wired: Inside Airbnb’s “guerrilla war” against US local governments, which often face a slew of lawsuits from the company when they try to collect occupancy taxes — “READ MY LIPS: We want to pay taxes,” Chris Lehane, Airbnb’s global head of public policy, told the nation’s mayors in 2016. Inside Airbnb's "guerrilla
Read MoreScooters and bikeshare, self-driving promises and lawsuits requiring better treatment of drivers could all stand in the way. Lyft outlines all the reasons ridesharing could fail, in its IPO documents Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreKirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: Uber says Freight, which connects truck drivers to shipping companies, is expanding to Europe, starting in the Netherlands — Uber Freight, the newly spun out Uber business unit that helps truck drivers connect with shipping companies, is kicking off its global expansion plans. Uber says Freight, which connects truck drivers to
Read MoreIn the college admissions scheme that captured the public’s attention last week prison consultants saw an opportunity. Part fixer and part therapist, their jobs range from soothing exaggerated fears about sexual assault and answering the basic questions about hygiene (i.e. “How do I use the bathroom federal prison?”) to strategies for how a client might
Read MoreMr. Yang’s presidential campaign has catapulted out of obscurity thanks in part to a devoted online following, including some fans he’d rather not have. In Andrew Yang, Internet Finds a Meme-Worthy Candidate. That Cuts 2 Ways Source: NY Times Tech
Read MorePatrick Howell O’Neill / Gizmodo: AT&T and Comcast say they successfully tested anti-robocall protocol SHAKEN/STIR, which adds a verified status to calls authenticated across networks — We live in a robocall hell with an epidemic of 26.3 billion fraudulent calls made to U.S. numbers in 2018. AT&T and Comcast say they successfully tested anti-robocall protocol
Read MoreAfter the company’s plans for a big New York presence ran into labor issues, a union says that an employee was fired for speaking out about working conditions. Amazon and Union at Odds Over Firing of Staten Island Warehouse Worker Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreWith the Galaxy Fold a month away and the Mate X arriving this summer, the foldable phone war is about to begin. Galaxy Fold vs. Mate X: Battle of the foldable phones – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe head of Fortnite developer Epic has drawn criticism for his new game store, which competes with Valve’s Steam. He sees it as necessary. Epic's Tim Sweeney isn't worried about game store criticism – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDespite increasing competition from games like Apex Legends, Fortnite’s popularity shows little sign of letting up. Fortnite seems unstoppable with nearly 250 million registered players – CNET Source: CNet
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