Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge As of its latest beta release, Valve’s SteamVR software can add floating desktop windows inside VR games, letting you keep an eye on other apps without leaving VR. It’s a helpful addition, allowing players to keep an eye on anything from Discord, to a Twitch chat, or Netflix
Read MoreA home is surrounded by floodwater after torrential rains pounded Southeast Texas following Hurricane and Tropical Storm Harvey on August 31, 2017 near Orange, Texas. Researchers later determined that climate change supercharged the storm, and was was responsible for up to $67 billion of the $90 billion in damage caused by Harvey. | Photo by
Read MoreThe once-clubby world of start-up deal making known as “angel investing” has had an influx of new participants. It’s part of a wider boom in ever-riskier investments. Even Your Allergist Is Now Investing in Start-Ups Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreJulie Steinberg / Wall Street Journal: Moody’s to buy RMS, which sells data that analyzes changing climate patterns caused by global warming to the insurance industry, for ~$2B — The $2 billion deal is a sign of the money to be made from selling data that analyzes changing climate patterns — Moody’s Corp. … Moody's
Read MoreSamsung is set to host its Galaxy Unpacked event this week on August 11. Unlike past Samsung events hosted around this time of the year, there will be no new Galaxy Note phone. Instead, we’ll expectedly see two foldable phones, a watch, and a pair of wireless buds. The event will kick off at 7AM
Read MoreAirliners have become an unremarkable part of modern life, but unless you happen to be an aircraft enthusiast, you’d be forgiven for thinking the latest Airbus model looks more or less the same as the Boeing 707 that ushered in the Jet Age. But that might soon change, with blended wing airliners looking like the next
Read MoreSpoiler incoming! How does the mid-credits scene tie into DCEU’s future? What happened in The Suicide Squad post-credits scene? – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHow the 2021 Suicide Squad reaches its climax (spoilers, obvs). The Suicide Squad: That ending explained – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBloomberg: Alibaba fires manager who is accused of rape by a female employee, after the allegation led to a police investigation; two execs also resigned for mismanagement — – Female staff accused boss of rape after drinking with client — Two executives who mishandled allegation have also resigned Alibaba fires manager who is accused of
Read MoreTwo senior managers also resigned for failing to respond appropriately after the woman reported the incident, the company’s chief executive said in a memo. Alibaba Will Fire Employee After Rape Accusation Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreAugust brings a trio of free games for PS4 and PS5 owners, along with the impressive PS Plus Collection games for PS5 owners. PlayStation Plus: All the free games subscribers can download now – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreEven the most punctual among us are content to synchronize their clocks to external time sources like navigation satellite constellations, network time servers, frequency-controlled AC mains, or signals broadcast by radio stations such as WWV, CHU, and DFC77 — but not [zaphod]. After building a couple of more traditional clocks over the years, he set
Read MoreKia Kokalitcheva / Axios: CB Insights: global corporate venture capital-backed funding reached $79B across 2,099 deals in H1 2021, up from $74B in all of 2020; GV had most deals with 64 — With everything going up and to the right, it’s only fitting that corporate venture capital investments did too during the past quarter.
Read MoreCommentary: If you’re looking for something watch, choose Dark. I’m begging you. More people need to watch the best TV show on Netflix – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe next Marvel series hits Disney Plus this week. Marvel's What If…? release dates: When does episode 1 hit Disney Plus? – CNET Source: CNet
Read More“When we found it we got goosebumps and just started jumping around” Scientists discover tiny chameleon once feared extinct, but its future is uncertain – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreLong before Pythagoras and his triangles, an ancient Babylonian was etching geometry in clay. 3,700-year-old Babylonian clay tablet upends history of mathematics – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA few days ago, Microsoft hype man Panos Panay tweeted an interesting new feature coming to Windows 11 that wasn’t part of the official announcement (nor was it present in any of the preview builds so far). The OS will come with a feature called Focus Sessions, which is basically a Pomodoro-style timer with Spotify
Read MoreDo you have burning opinions about GitHub Copilot, the AI pair programmer that Microsoft introduced a few months ago? Are you worried about the future of free and open software? The Free Software Foundation is funding a call for white papers of 3,000 or fewer words that address either Copilot itself or the subjects of
Read MoreOnly Wonder Woman 1984, released during the height of the pandemic, was lower. The Suicide Squad's opening box office is the second lowest in DCEU history – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreRachel Metz / CNN: A look at Metaphysic, a company which uses deepfake tech to create ads and restore old film; its founder went viral on TikTok for deepfaking Tom Cruise — (CNN Business)Earlier this year, videos of Tom Cruise started popping up on TikTok of the actor doing some surprisingly un-Tom-Cruise-like stuff … A
Read MoreThank you, Japan. Thank you, Dean Boxall. The Olympics no one wanted was the Olympics we all needed – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWoody Harrelson and Tom Hardy star in Venom: Let There Be Carnage | Sony So in addition to watching Ted Lasso, missing Loki on Wednesdays, and keeping my Paramount Plus subscription current so I can watch the extremely underappreciated show The Good Fight, I’m still slogging through Manifest. I’m halfway through Season 2, and the
Read MoreFrom Starro the Conqueror to a post-credits scene, this is how the 2021 Suicide Squad reaches a climax (spoilers, obvs). The Suicide Squad ending, broken down – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreOlivia Solon / NBC News: Call center operator Teleperformance, which counts Apple, Amazon, and Uber as clients, wants to monitor staff working from home in Colombia, via AI-powered cams — Colombia-based call center workers who provide outsourced customer service to some of the nation’s largest companies … Call center operator Teleperformance, which counts Apple, Amazon,
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