Commentary: There are “only” 400 Pokemon in the games, a true example of less being more. In Pokemon Sword and Shield, new Pokemon are finally fun again – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreTwitter today released its data what’s proved the most popular on the site in 2019. If you’ve been on Twitter regularly for the past year, most of these probably won’t come as a shock. Still, it’s nice every once in a while to see what the social media site collectively obsessed over this year. The
Read MoreGizmodo says it found geographic coordinates hidden in posts on the app that can be traced to home addresses. Ring's Neighbors app is revealing device locations, report says – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreGregory Barber / Wired: Analysis shows five cities, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, San Diego, and Boston, gained the lion’s share of “innovation industry” US jobs from 2005 to 2017 — Five coastal cities—San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, San Diego, and Boston—gained the lion’s share of lucrative “innovation industry” jobs from 2005 to 2017. Analysis
Read MoreThe Space Launch System tank went through one hell of a torture test as NASA gears up to go to the moon with the Artemis program. Watch NASA blow a hole in the world's largest rocket fuel tank – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHere’s which one we think you should buy. iPhone 11 and 11 Pro, 2 months later: The ultrawide camera is still our favorite thing – CNET Source: CNet
Read More[Mr. Carlson] has a really beautiful old 1949-era radio to restore and you can watch him do it in a comprehensive video, below. We aren’t sure what we were more amused by: the odd speaker that looks like a ceiling air vent or the sticker on the back certifying that the radio produces the tone
Read MoreRisk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan. CL.Downloader!gen130 Source: Symantec lastest threats
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A social media influencer has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for concocting a scheme to violently coerce a stranger into giving up a web domain name, the US Department of Justice announced today. The influencer, Rossi Lorathio Adams II, went by the name “Polo,” and
Read MoreLGBTQ advocates want the social media sites to remove “inaccurate” ads. Facebook, Instagram filled with misinformation about HIV prevention drugs, advocates allege – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSeveral thousand audience ratings for Death Stranding have disappeared from Metacritic. The official reason for this is that these ratings were “suspicious,” and Metacritic doesn’t want to become another site for review bombing. This was first spotted by Reddit user Argandg, who reported the exact numbers to the r/Games subreddit. They said they’d noticed the user score
Read MoreMiles Kruppa / Financial Times: Dog walking startup Wag says SoftBank no longer has board seats; source: SoftBank has sold its stake back to Wag at a loss after investing $300M in January 2018 — SoftBank Group agreed to sell its nearly 50 per cent stake in Wag back to the dog walking company, ending
Read MoreScientists examine the unusual “tiger stripes” of Enceladus, offering an explanation for their formation. Mysterious, parallel cracks on Saturn's ice moon finally explained – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto by Sean O’Kane / The Verge Jaguar is issuing a software update to its first electric car, the I-Pace, which will gift the SUV 12 extra miles of range. The British automaker says it was able to squeeze the extra range out of the electric SUV’s 90kWh battery pack in part because of lessons
Read MoreCNBC: Dog walking startup Wag says SoftBank no longer has board seats; sources: SoftBank has sold its stake back to Wag after a major investment under two years ago — KEY POINTS — SoftBank is selling its stake back to Wag after investing in the struggling dog-walking start-up more than two years ago, sources say.
Read MoreApple’s senior director of privacy will be speaking at a privacy roundtable. It marks the first official time on the show’s stage in decades. Apple to talk at CES next year, though likely not to pitch new products – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Email chain hell on Gmail is getting an upgrade. The mailing system will soon allow its users to send emails as attachments without having to forward or download them first. Or as Google puts it, “You can now attach emails to other emails in Gmail.” Emailception, yo dawg
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Away CEO Steph Korey is stepping down, just four days after an investigation from The Verge highlighted the company’s toxic culture. Korey, one of the luggage brand’s co-founders, will be replaced with former Lululemon executive Stuart Haselden, though Korey will still continue on as executive chairman. The
Read MoreGoogle’s parent company makes more changes after its founders stepped down from leadership roles last week. Alphabet adds Nobel Prize-winning engineer Frances Arnold to its board – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIt’s been a long time coming, but Microsoft is finally preparing to shut down Wunderlist. Over four years after the company purchased the popular productivity app and 3 years after it said it would shut it down, Microsoft has set a date for Wunderlist’s end: May 6, 2020. If you haven’t been keeping up, Microsoft bought
Read MoreThe former college baseball player’s involvement in the viral trend helped raise more than $100 million toward fighting A.L.S. Pete Frates, Who Promoted the Ice Bucket Challenge, Dies at 34 Source: NY Times Tech
Read MorePurrfect Apawcalypse | Itch.io Chooseco, which publishes the famous Choose Your Own Adventure series, is apparently trying to stop indie game developers from using the phrase “choose your own adventure.” It’s sending trademark infringement notices to the Itch.io gaming storefront, and so far, they’ve resulted in four game pages being suspended. Itch.io founder Leaf Corcoran
Read MoreThere’s a whole world out there dedicated to car modifications and aftermarket parts designed to improve your vehicle’s performance. You could probably wax poetic about which mod is the best for days—but Wyatt Knox from Team O’Neil Rally School has a pretty hot take for y’all: it’s not about what you add. It’s about… Read
Read MoreYou may reliably tip your dog walker, hairstylist, or babysitter for their time and services. But do you remember to give those same people an end-of-year bonus tip or gift? It turns out, we may not all be as diligent about handing out holiday tips or gifts to service providers as we might have expected
Read More[Discrete Electronics Guy] sends in his short tutorial on building a high voltage power supply from simple things. The circuit is a classic, but we love the resourcefulness shown. The ignition coil comes from a three wheeler, the primary power supply is a ATX supply from a computer and the oscillator is powered by a
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