Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The popular horror story subreddit r/nosleep has set itself to private until Monday to protest YouTube creators stealing stories and turning them into videos without permission from their original creators (via Tubefilter). R/nosleep, which hosts an array of short stories and other horror-related writing, is in the top
Read MoreWhen [easyjo] picked up this late ’80s Marconi mil-spec keyboard for cheap, he knew it wouldn’t be easy to convert it to USB — just that it would be worth it. Spoiler alert: those LEDs aren’t a mod, they’re native. They get their interesting shape from the key traces, which are in the four corners.
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A coalition of some of the largest labor unions in the US have formally petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Amazon for anticompetitive practices. The petition, filed Thursday, is a 28-page document with nearly 150 footnotes, and it asks the FTC to conduct a study exploring Amazon’s
Read MoreThe retail giant has been testing the paid membership service for a year and a half, says a report. Amazon Prime competitor Walmart Plus in testing phase – CNET Source: CNet
Read More{$inline_image} Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: DocuSign acquires Seal Software, which develops AI-powered contract discovery and management software, for $188M in cash — Note: This article was updated post-publication with comments from DocuSign — Today, DocuSign announced it would acquire Seal Software, which develops AI-powered contract discovery … DocuSign acquires Seal Software, which develops
Read MoreEnough teasers already. Where are the new episodes? Rick and Morty season 4 promo has viewers demanding a return date – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe biggest games event of the year is under threat of being cancelled as Microsoft, Epic Games, Unity, Sony, EA, Facebook and Kojima all drop out. Microsoft, Sony, EA and others drop out of GDC due to coronavirus – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAvengers: Endgame directors Joe and Anthony Russo also show up to try to stop Bart from spoiling their movie. See Marvel head Kevin Feige play a Thanos-like villain on The Simpsons – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe global phone market will decline 2.3% in 2020, with just over 1.3 billion shipments, the firm estimates. Smartphone market expected to decline this year amid coronavirus outbreak, IDC says – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSo far, the Everything Store has dodged some of the scrutiny dogging Google and Facebook. Unions Push F.T.C. to Study if Amazon Warps the Economy Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreIllustration by James Bareham / The Verge US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Department of Justice, the FBI, Macy’s, and Best Buy are among the thousands of government agencies and private companies using the software of facial recognition company Clearview AI, according to a leaked client list obtained exclusively by BuzzFeed News. The controversial company’s
Read MoreThe code — up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, start — was a famous cheat for players who wanted to squeeze more lives out of their video game consoles. Kazuhisa Hashimoto, 61, Who Created the ‘Konami Code’ Video Game Cheat, Dies Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreImage: Hipster Whale The latest entry in Apple’s mobile game subscription service, Apple Arcade, is Crossy Road Castle, a brand-new endless runner-style game from developer Hipster Whale. The studio made its name creating the Frogger-inspired endless runner Crossy Road back in 2014, which has enjoyed a fair amount of success as both a mobile game
Read MoreImage: Alex Castro / The Verge More than 1.6TB worth of videos and images from OnlyFans has been leaked online. The data dump appears to be primarily comprised of women’s accounts, specifically those who use the site to share pornographic images. OnlyFans claims it’s not due to a hack, though. Steve Pym, OnlyFans’ marketing chief,
Read MoreGoogle has launched a few tools to make it a lot easier to find the right GIF for your conversation. The tools work like this: search for a celebrity or fictional character in the drop-down box, and it displays the type of emotions or reactions that are most associated with them, or vice versa. So
Read MoreThe University of California, Los Angeles has signed a two-year deal with gaming hardware company MSI to outfit UCLA Esports with computers and monitors for all training an tournaments. MSI Equips UCLA with Esports Hardware Source: Campus Technology
Read MoreAlfalfa sprouts, clover sprouts and bean sprouts are delicious, in my (and possibly only my) humble opinion. But, like lettuce, they are prone to contamination and served raw. Right now, we’re in the middle of a multi-state outbreak of E. coli linked to clover sprouts served at Jimmy John’s. Read more… You Should Probably Never
Read MoreYet another major firmware bug has been found that leaves billions of phones, routers, and other wireless devices from Apple, Google, Amazon open to spying. Read more… Check Your Asus and Huawei Routers to Fix This Wifi Vulnerability Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreA new survey from IT management software provider SolarWinds has outlined the top security threats for public sector organizations. Top Cyber Security Threats: Insiders, Hackers, Foreign Governments Source: Campus Technology
Read More{$inline_image} In the 1960s the Soviet Union began experimenting with what they called ekranoplans, ground effect vehicles (GEVs) that were something of a hybrid between a ship and a large airplane. Their stubby wings didn’t provide enough lift for the vehicle to fly in the traditional sense, the craft essentially rode on a cushion of
Read MoreApple CEO Tim Cook said today that factories in China that manufacture the company’s products are reopening as “China is getting the coronavirus under control.” The comments came from a preview of an upcoming interview with Fox Business. Here is a transcript of what Cook said in the snippet shared by Fox Business (Cook’s comments
Read MoreThe global coronavirus outbreak is a reminder that cars can be germ-filled places. Here are some precautions you can take now. New tech coming to rid your car of viruses – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreSales data shows buyers hadn’t flocked to the brand even before COVID-19 put the brakes on local car buying. Tesla China has more to worry about than coronavirus – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Federal Communications Commission plans to fine four mobile phone carriers a total of $200 million for making consumers’ real-time location data available to third parties, Reuters reported Thursday. The companies will be able to challenge the amount of the fines, expected to be announced Friday, before they
Read MoreWe’ve got a new Universal Champion. WWE Super ShowDown 2020: Results, Goldberg wins, match ratings and full recap – CNET Source: CNet
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