Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge More than 1,080 people have come down with a serious lung injury related to vaping, as government researchers continue to investigate the cause of the outbreak. That’s an increase of 275 reported cases since last week. “We are concerned — with hundreds of new cases reported each week
Read MoreThe search giant signs the White House’s Pledge to America’s Workers. Google CEO and Ivanka Trump announce plan to teach workers tech skills – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto by Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images On Thursday, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer and confidant, Rudy Giuliani, was locked out of his Twitter account for a brief period of time after posting a Ukrainian official’s phone number. A Twitter spokesperson told The Verge that Giuliani’s tweets, which included screenshots of text conversations with Andriy Yermak,
Read MoreGoogle has launched a redesign of Google Shopping in the US across both the online and mobile sites, featuring a new personalized homepage, price tracking, and new Google Lens features for building outfits. The new homepage is now more personalized to your specific shopping preferences, and will automatically suggest reordering products you’ve previously bought and
Read MoreTony Romm / Washington Post: Facebook’s team for fighting fraudulent app developers and advertisers scores an early win after settling with a New Zealand firm selling fake Instagram likes — The tech giant reached a settlement with a New Zealand company that had peddled fake likes on Instagram Facebook's team for fighting fraudulent app developers
Read MoreScientists hope to stop wildfires before they turn destructive and deadly. This sprayable gel could prevent wildfires from catching hold – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMicrosoft is launching a bunch of new Surface products over the next few weeks: The Surface Pro X, Surface Pro 7, and new Surface Laptop 3. Each device comes in multiple models with varying specs, prices, and release dates, but all of them can be pre-ordered right now. Read more… How to Pre-order Microsoft's Surface
Read MoreMarvel Studios Avengers: Endgame gave Marvel Cinematic Universe diehards plenty of reasons to not want to be Tony Stark, but that film can’t entirely dispel the fantasy of taking on the Iron Man role. Avengers: Damage Control is a new VR experience from ILMxLAB and Marvel Studios that was produced for The Void, a high-powered
Read MoreJoaquin Phoenix rises, but Batman is missed in this intense, visceral experience. Joker movie review: No one's laughing in bleak, violent Batman spin-off – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Earlier this week, a District of Columbia appeals court said the Federal Communications Commission could legally repeal net neutrality — removing rules that prevented internet service providers from throttling specific sites or services. The ruling was a blow to activists who have been fighting to preserve the internet’s
Read MoreThe site removed a video posted by the president that showed a meme of the rock band’s lead singer, edited as an attack on Joe Biden. Even Trump Can’t Turn Down a Nickelback Joke (but Twitter Did) Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreAn international team of researchers recently placed an entire molecule into a state of quantum superposition. This huge breakthrough represents the largest object to ever be observed in such a state – essentially occupying two places at once. And it may just be the eureka moment that defines our species’ far-future technology. Quantum physics is
Read MoreWith the new services, users can shop and add money from the Samsung Pay app, as well as send payments in most major currencies. Samsung Pay launches virtual cash card, international money transfer – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreImage: Dell Ahead of IFA 2019 in August, Dell announced a refresh of its XPS 13 laptop with Intel’s 10th Gen Core processors — and now the Intel Core i7 model with six cores is available for purchase starting at $999. With those six cores, you can likely expect to see better performance while multitasking,
Read MoreThe production-based Mazda3 TCR racer will get its on-track debut in January at Daytona. The Mazda3 TCR race car is too good looking for its own good – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreStay calm and don’t call the bomb squad. There’s a good reason your EV may be packed with fuses ready to go off in the event of a crash. Your electric car may be packed with explosives – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto by Andreas Hoenig/picture alliance via Getty Images Self-driving startup Zoox announced it is testing its fleet of autonomous vehicles in Las Vegas. It’s the second test city for the five-year-old company, which has been testing its self-driving cars exclusively in San Francisco and the surrounding communities. Zoox, which is based in the Silicon Valley
Read MoreGIF: Hulu Today, Hulu announced that it’s adjusting the text opacity and backgrounds of its app to make everything easier to read and navigate. The company says these changes are part of its focus on accessibility, but the text legibility improvements will probably be appreciated by just about everyone who subscribes to the service. The
Read MorePreviously, the Blackline trimmings were exclusive to the IS 300 F Sport. 2020 Lexus IS 350 F Sport gets the Blackline Edition treatment – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreAn icon buried in the next iteration of iOS 13 suggests we might be getting a radical new generation of AirPods. If the info is correct, they’ll have a new design and some new features to go along with them. Guilherme Rambo of 9to5Mac discovered a glyph in the iOS 13.2 beta that looks uncannily
Read MoreYoolim Lee / Bloomberg: Google and Temasek report: Southeast Asia’s internet economy is on track to cross $100B this year before tripling to $300B by 2025 — – Online business transactions could triple by 2025, study shows — Google, Temasek, Bain report looks at fintech for first time Google and Temasek report: Southeast Asia's internet
Read More{$inline_image}If I were to rank my personal favorite Surface products, the Surface Laptop would be near the bottom of the list. This isn’t to say the Laptop is bad; it’s one of the first products I recommend for people looking for a new laptop. It’s just not what I like about Surface hardware, which is
Read MoreThe harsh reality of keeping historical airplanes airworthy and flying is that from time to time one will crash. Thus it was that on October 2nd a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash-landed after technical troubles. Incidentally, this is the very same airplane which we covered only a number of days ago. Painted to look like
Read MoreHello, you electric manatees of damnation, and welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only dating advice column to help you critical path your way through the Dark Souls of Love. Read more… Ask Dr. NerdLove: How Do I Care For My Partner With PTSD? Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreThe body of Tushar Atre, the owner of AtreNet, was discovered hours after he was taken from his California home, the authorities said, and more than one suspect has been identified. Body of Kidnapped Tech Entrepreneur Found, Police Say Source: NY Times Tech
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