According to a report from LiveSafe, mass shooting incidents can be prevented when people who are part of those communities detect “deviations” from the norm — “when something appears dangerous, when a person is acting suspicious, or when a friend or colleague is in crisis.” Report: Community-Based Threat Intelligence Can Help Prevent Violent Events Source:
Read MoreWalmart, the nation’s largest employer, announced a partnership with Nuro, a Silicon Valley startup called this week. The two companies will begin delivering groceries to customers in Houston this year using autonomous vehicles. Walmart teams with Nuro’s robot cars to deliver groceries in Houston Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreWe’re told to trust our gut when it comes to decision-making—but we also know that our gut can lead us astray. Read more… Improve Your Decision Making With These Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Techniques Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreNext month on Netflix, Bojack Horseman and Anne with an E both wrap up. Sabrina, Sex Education, Hip-Hop Evolution, The Inbestigators, and Grace and Frankie return. There’s a new Tyler Perry movie, and comedy specials from Alex Fernández, Fortune Feimster, and Vir Das. Germany gets its own Nailed It! Read more… What to Watch on
Read MoreNever mind. I take that back. It’s totally tacky. This gold and diamond iPhone 11 with a nativity scene isn't tacky at all – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePerhaps the most annoying response to “I don’t like that” is “You’d like mine,” but that’s exactly what Jeffrey Morgenthaler said to me when I told him I hated eggnog. Even more annoying? He was correct. Jeff’s nog is the only good nog, and it is made with tequila. Read more… The Best Eggnog Is
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Tinder is the swipe, and the swipe is Tinder. But as we close out the decade, it might be time to retire the swipe we once knew. Tinder’s introduction in 2012 ushered in not only the beginning of an era in which seemingly everyone dates online, but also
Read MoreA new bar for flying cameras, but it needs to reach even higher Continue reading… Skydio 2 review: a drone that flies itself Source: New feed
Read MoreIf you weren’t able to pick up a Google Home Mini for someone on your holiday shopping list, don’t fret—Google and Spotify are giving them away for free to all Spotify subscribers. Read more… How to Get a Free Google Home Mini From Spotify Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreIf you’ve always wanted an iPod click wheel on your iPhone, a new app is helping to bring Apple’s iconic music player back into the modern touchscreen era. Rewound is a basic music player app that’s available in Apple’s App Store. It uses downloadable skins to transform the app into an iPod or more, and
Read MoreAt $249, Apple’s noise-canceling wireless earbuds are a strong contender in the high-end earphones market. Apple AirPods Pro Review: The ‘Hearable’ at Its Best Source: NY Times Tech
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Twitter is funding a small team of researchers to build an “open and decentralized standard for social media,” with the goal of making Twitter a client for that standard. CEO Jack Dorsey announced the news and laid out his reasoning in a tweet thread this morning, although
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge BMW is finally going to start integrating Android Auto into its cars starting in July 2020, the automaker announced Wednesday. And not only that, but it will be wireless Android Auto, making BMW one of the few automakers to offer Google’s smartphone-powered in-car infotainment option without requiring
Read MoreI came across an advice column in The Guardian recently that weighed on my heart. A mother wrote in to ask for advice because her 10-year-old son had been talking about how nobody cared about him, he wished he’d never been born and his life wasn’t worth living. He had also, she said, mentioned suicide
Read MoreThis image of North and South America at night is a composite assembled from data acquired by the Suomi NPP satellite in April and October 2012. Brilliance at Night: The Americas in Darkness Source: NASA
Read MoreMark Di Stefano / BuzzFeed: YouTube bans videos that “maliciously insult” people based on their race, gender, or sex, will remove some Steven Crowder’s videos targeting Vox’s Carlos Maza — The change comes after controversy around a right-wing comedian’s homophobic slurs aimed at a gay Latino journalist. YouTube bans videos that "maliciously insult" people based
Read MoreA $100 discount on the 2019 iPad Air, now available at its lowest price ever. On sale today at Best Buy: The 10.2-inch iPad for 0 plus deals on Nintendo Switch and Xbox One S – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreGoogle’s massive video site says it will also ratchet up its treatment of veiled threats and repeat offenders. YouTube new harassment policies bans racial, gender or LGBTQ insults – CNET Source: CNet
Read More@jack: Twitter to fund bluesky, an independent effort to develop an open and decentralized standard for social media, with the goal of Twitter using it as a client — Twitter is funding a small independent team of up to five open source architects, engineers, and designers to develop an open and decentralized standard for social
Read MoreAt 16, Thunberg is the youngest person to be named Time’s Person of the Year. Time names climate activist Greta Thunberg its Person of the Year – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreiOS 13.3 is here. While you wait for it to download and install onto your device, you have two options. You can scan through Apple’s list of fixes and changes—which only eat up a fraction of the time it takes to just download iOS 13.3—or you can stick with us, and we’ll show you how
Read MoreAnnie Musgrove / Tech.eu: Secure Code Warrior, which offers gamified coding security training for developers, raises $47.6M led by Goldman Sachs — Secure Code Warrior, the global cybersecurity training company with a base in Belgium, has raised a Series B funding round of $47.6 million led by Goldman Sachs. Secure Code Warrior, which offers gamified
Read MoreThe company says it’s developing other ways to detect abuse on its platform. The Technology 202: Facebook defends encryption push as lawmakers raise child exploitation concerns Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreThe online seller will let last-minute shoppers use its stores, same-day deliveries and grocery shipments on Dec. 24. Amazon extends its holiday shopping window with one-day shipping and new stores – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA new policy is a response to criticism that the video service hasn’t done enough to curb bad behavior by users. YouTube Takes Tougher Stance on Harassment Source: NY Times Tech
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