Kids are finding more and more troubling material on YouTube and YouTube Kids. Sex, drugs and Peppa Pig? How big a problem is disturbing kids’ content on YouTube? Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreChristine Kim / CoinDesk: Cosmos, a highly anticipated blockchain designed to provide interoperability between other blockchains like Bitcoin and Ethereum, goes live — Cosmos, a highly anticipated blockchain itself designed to improve the interoperability between any number of other blockchains, has officially released a live software. Cosmos, a highly anticipated blockchain designed to provide interoperability
Read MoreAfter years of promising to control inappropriate content, YouTube is still delivering violent and sexually charged videos to young children, an indication that the platform’s growth far exceeds its ability to police itself. YouTube says it bans preteens from its site. But it’s still delivering troubling content to young children. Source: Washington Post Tech
Read More[Ignacio]’s VIRK I is a robot arm of SCARA design with a very memorable wooden body, and its new gripper allows it to do a simple pick and place demo. Designing a robot arm is a daunting task, and the fundamental mechanical design is only part of the whole. Even if the basic framework for
Read MoreTurtle Rock Studios, the development team behind co-op zombie shooter Left 4 Dead, today announced they’re developing a new game in partnership with Warner Bros. The game is — hold onto your butts — a co-op zombie shooter called Back 4 Blood. Back 4 Blood? More like Back 4 More, am I right? Neither company has released much
Read MoreMicrosoft is open-sourcing and releasing to the Open Compute Project its ‘Project Zipline’ data-compression algorithm, plus related hardware specs and source code. Microsoft open sources algorithm, hardware and source code for Azure data compression Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreMegan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: Twitter appoints a VP of People Experience and Head of Diversity and Inclusion, says its current workforce is now 40.2% female, 4.5% black, and 3.9% Latinx — Twitter unveiled its latest diversity report and announced a new vice president of people experience and head of diversity and inclusion. Twitter appoints
Read MoreDean Takahashi / VentureBeat: Valve announces an early beta of Steam Link Anywhere, a Steam Link extension that allows users to connect to their computers and play games from anywhere — Ahead of the Game Developers Conference, Valve is adding a couple of new features for its Steam digital game distribution platform. Valve announces an
Read MoreNick Statt / The Verge: Slack says it has removed 28 accounts for having a “clear affiliation with known hate groups” — Chat competitor Discord has faced similar issues — Workplace chat company Slack said today it’s removed 28 accounts for having a “clear affiliation with known hate groups.” Slack says it has removed 28
Read MoreNowadays, an app bug can even break your shoes. It’s a reminder: When your product is on the Internet, you’re not really in control of it. Nike’s self-lacing shoes stopped lacing. Blame the Internet. Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreIn the surprise new trailer, we hear from an old friend, and Thor tries his hammer moves Captain Marvel. Avengers: Endgame new trailer calls back to MCU's beginnings, hints at future – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBest Buy has slashed prices on Dell, HP and Lenovo two-in-one Chromebooks. Save 0: Chromebooks are on sale today at Best Buy – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreKevin Feige, Marvel Studios president says, “We’re gonna release the movie at the exact right running time.” Avengers: Endgame looks like a three-hour bladder-buster, so make a plan – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe tablet is designed to be kid-friendly, according to Bloomberg. Walmart is reportedly preparing its own cheap iPad rival – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFriends want to hop on your Wi-Fi network? Now you can send them a QR code instead of your password. Android Q beta brings a Notification Bell, and Wi-Fi sharing with QR codes – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBuilding a thriving company is never easy, which is why it’s great for entrepreneurs to learn from those who have done it before. Hearing the success stories of leaders in our industries can be really inspiring – but tapping into the knowledge of CEOs and founders of successful companies is a tough thing to do.
Read MoreI was a little surprised to see a news report about Andreas Schleicher, the director of education and skills at OECD — the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Speaking at the World Innovation Summit for Education in Paris, Schleicher thinks that teaching kids to code is a waste of time. In particular, he seems
Read MoreBitcoin has always been shrouded in mystery, and to this day, not much is known about its origins or the identity of its creator. The uncertainty of Satoshi Nakamoto‘s identity has spawned a host of conspiracy theories, and a lack of unequivocal proof means some are plausible, while others are obviously outright ridiculous. Think about
Read MoreThomas Ricker / The Verge: Facebook says all of its services are now operational, attributes the downtime to a “server configuration change” — Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook all appear to be operating normally — Facebook is reporting all services operational after a prolonged outage that impacted all of the company’s most popular apps. Facebook says
Read MoreFacebook has not fully restored its service as of Thursday morning, but Instagram is back online. Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp suffered a global outage. What happened? Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreIBM‘s figured out how to ignore noisy qubits and run machine learning algorithms in quantum feature spaces. Eureka-cadabra! The age of quantum algorithms is upon us. A team of IBM researchers, alongside scientists from MIT and Oxford, created a pair of quantum classification algorithms and then experimentally implemented them on a hybrid system utilizing a
Read MoreZac Hall / 9to5Mac: Apple announces WWDC 2019 will be held June 3-7 at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose — Apple has officially announced dates and opened registration for its annual developer conference where it will likely unveil iOS 13, macOS 10.15, watchOS 6, and tvOS 13. Apple announces WWDC 2019 will be
Read MoreWhite hat hackers have found more than 40 bugs in blockchain and cryptocurrency platforms in the past 30 days, according to an investigation by Hard Fork. There is a silver lining though: none of the vulnerabilities appear to be particularly serious at first glance. Thirteen companies dealing with cryptocurrency and blockchain tech received a total
Read MoreJust two months after allegations of sexual abuse against Hollywood film mogul Harvey Weinstein came to light in a 2017 New York Times article, women in at least 85 countries began using the the hashtag #MeToo, to speak against sexual harassment. In China, sexual misconduct accusations led to the firing of a professor at a
Read MoreDrilling holes is easy; humans have been doing it in one form or another for almost 40,000 years. Drilling really tiny holes in hard materials is more challenging, but still doable. Drilling deep, straight holes in hard materials is another thing altogether. Luckily, these days we have electric discharge machining (EDM), a technique that opens
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