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The social network is trying to offer more videos as a way to better engage its 1 billion plus members. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe social network is trying to offer more videos as a way to better engage its 1 billion plus members. Source: CNet
Read MoreSpoilers ahead, but let’s just say that in Westeros, sometimes a straight line isn’t the best path to survival. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe best $.99 I’ve ever spent Source: CNet
Read MoreSerenity now! Become the master of your domain with this map that lets you combine the shoot-’em-up video game with the show about nothing. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe social media site often called the “YouTube for audio” has a new algorithm to help users find tracks and artists that might otherwise go unnoticed. Source: CNet
Read MoreCNET’s Danny Gallagher buries himself under digital blocks while battling some of the top players in the country, and himself, to qualify for the Classic Tetris World Championship. Source: CNet
Read MoreWe discuss Facebook obsessing over live video, Playstation Vue making it easier to cut the cord, and Amazon Video catching up with Netflix. Source: CNet
Read MoreYouTuber Mark Rober and the hosts of the “Eclectical Engineering” webseries build a gigantic Nerf gun to impress and intimidate family members in the ultimate toy battle. Source: CNet
Read MoreAcura’s suite of safety tech comes standard, and a three-motor hybrid variant will be on sale later in the year. Source: CNet
Read MoreMicrosoft’s latest WIndows 10 ‘Redstone’ test build includes a new Activation Troubleshooter feature for PC users. Source: Microsoft
Read MoreThe CEO of the Taiwanese smartphone maker, who was ousted more than a year ago, quietly retired from the company in September, ending more than a decade at the company. Source: CNet
Read MoreWe’ve seen Runcible around for the past year, and now, the company is taking to Indiegogo for funding. Source: CNet
Read MoreCODE2040 seeks to bring qualified, diverse talent to some of Silicon Valley’s top tech companies. Source: CNet
Read MoreAlmost a week after her murder and on what would have been her 42nd birthday birthday, Google invites users to donate to a GoFundMe page set up in Cox’s honor. Source: CNet
Read MoreIn a world where any new software project is built in large part on existing third-party code, finding and patching vulnerabilities in popular open-source libraries is vital to creating reliable and secure applications. For example, three severe flaws in libarchive, recently found by researchers from Cisco Systems’ Talos group, could affect a large number of
Read MoreA deal signed with Hyperloop One could bring the futuristic transportation system not just to the Russian capital, but also to the vast expanse of central Asia. Source: CNet
Read MoreMicrosoft will launch a public preview in July of its Azure Information Protection service, which builds on technology from its November 2015 Secure Islands acquisition. Source: Microsoft
Read MoreFan films: the final frontier. These are the fan-made voyages of the starship Enterprise (and some other ships). Their mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new plot lines, to boldly go where no fan has gone before. Source: DIY IT
Read MoreNo. 1 Netflix’s share of traffic dwindles, likely thanks to better video compression — and not because you’ve scaled back any binge watching Source: CNet
Read MoreThe artificial intelligence company wants to develop a robot that can be flexible, helpful and intelligent enough to do all your boring housework. Source: CNet
Read MoreDon’t be surprised if you see spam coming from the top websites in the world. Lax security standards are allowing anyone to “spoof” emails from some of the most-visited domains, according to new research. Email spoofing — a common tactic of spammers — basically involves forging the sender’s address. Messages can appear as if they came
Read MoreIn a protest against the country’s abortion laws, women’s advocacy groups airdrop medicine using a remote-controlled aircraft. Source: CNet
Read MoreIf you’re wondering what IT skill sets to acquire, security and devops are doing well in the job market. Pay for cloud skills, however, is eroding. Research firm Foote Partners’ latest quarterly IT Skills and Certifications Pay Index determined that the market value for 404 of the 450 IT certifications it tracks had increased for 12
Read MoreThe fast food chain is reportedly packing in a 6,100mAh power bank into select meals as part of the Watt a Box campaign. Source: CNet
Read MoreGoogle Research goes Asimov, spelling out concrete, real-world questions to ask in order to develop non-apocalyptic artificial intelligence. Source: CNet
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