Petrol engines dominate the world of the automobile, while electric propulsion races to take an ever larger market share. Despite this, some still hold a flame for steam power. Such aficionados would hold this build in high regard, from the recent past of 2014. In steampunk, finish is everything. The bike is of a recumbent
Read MoreHenry Chu / Variety: Netflix CEO warns of a “whole new world” when streaming services from Disney and Apple drop in November, reiterates that Netflix isn’t in “acquisition business” — After dominating the subscription streaming scene for so long, Netflix is girding for a new phase … Netflix CEO warns of a "whole new world"
Read MoreThe meme of the year culminated with a weird costume party at the gate to a famed national security site. Area 51 got stormed for aliens Friday … sort of – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFinancial Times: Amid rising competition and a dramatic fall in US subscribers during Q2, doubts arise over the sustainability of Netflix’s debt-driven business model — On a sunny midsummer weekend in Los Angeles, Netflix turned the Santa Monica Pier — one of the city’s busiest tourist destinations … Amid rising competition and a dramatic fall
Read MoreRaiders brought tents, tin foil hats and their best alien costumes to Rachel, Nevada, for a weekend celebrating all things ET. Alienstock: Scenes from the ground of the Area 51 raid – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAlienstock descended on Rachel, Nevada, and the crowds kept calm. Area 51 raid, Alienstock were more like music fest with tin foil hats – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreJulia Lee / Polygon: Minecraft’s latest beta update introduces a character creator that allows players to change body types and wear accessories — You can be a mermaid — Minecraft’s latest update has added a character creator to the game. After years of only using skins over the same model … Minecraft's latest beta update
Read MoreIt may have originated with the Church, but the salty snack takes center stage at the annual Bavarian beer festival. Google welcomes Oktoberfest with pretzel Doodle – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThere are plenty of “smart” toys out in the marketplace, some with more features than others. Nevertheless, most makers desire complete control over a platform, something that’s often lacking in any commercial offering. It was just this desire that motivated [MrDreamBot] to start hacking the Meccano Max. Meccano Max is a small-statured companion robot, at
Read MoreMike Butcher / TechCrunch: Lookiero, a Paris-based personal clothing and accessory shopping service, raises $19M, bringing its total raised to $23M — Lookiero, the online personal shopping service for clothes and accessories, has closed a $19 million funding round led by London-based VC MMC Ventures with support … Lookiero, a Paris-based personal clothing and accessory
Read MoreA towing company in Texas plans to use drones to assess situations before sending a truck. Drones could help during your next car breakdown – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreApple Arcade launched yesterday, alongside iOS 13, and while I’ve only used it for a short while, I think I can say this is the kind of mobile gaming I want, now and forever. For starters, this is a price I can actually stomach. I’m not a fan of subscription gaming, per se. But with
Read MoreHouse lawmakers asked the companies for information on how their businesses had been affected by Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google. Congress Asks More than 80 Companies for Big Tech Complaints Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreJason Schott / Fox Business: Roku study: 2M people in the US moved from traditional pay TV to streaming in 2019; up to 60M US households will exclusively use streaming in the next 5 years — Television viewing has gradually expanded into streaming, and a new study from Roku makes a dramatic prediction about how
Read MoreImmigration Silicon Valley When engineer Seth Vargo found that a company using his open-source code worked with US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, he pulled the code off Github. The company, enterprise software maker Chef, found that, without the code, its business ground to a halt. Vargo had worked for the Seattle-based company, but he didn’t
Read MoreA towing company in Texas plans to use drones to assess the situation before sending a truck. Drones might help you out the next time your car breaks down – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge PayPal is reinstating a controversial policy around its handling of fees in the event of a refund. Starting next month, PayPal will begin pocketing the initial 2.9 percent commission fee sellers forfeit during a transaction even when the seller is refunding a customer in full. The company initially
Read MoreAcross the globe today students led marches and rallies for action on the Climate Change crisis, agitating for radical change towards sustainability throughout society, from industry to government to farming practices to the military industrial complex. The march in NYC boasted upwards of 250,000 people, many of them children cutting school to participate, and culminated
Read MoreThe suspended apps were tied to 400 developers. Facebook suspends tens of thousands of apps following Cambridge Analytica scandal – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreTension has grown among a 6,000-person work force as it waits to sell company shares, people with knowledge of the situation said. Inside Airbnb, Employees Eager for Big Payouts Pushed It to Go Public Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe Micro:bit is a very neat piece of hardware that, frankly, we don’t see enough of. Which made us all the more interested when [Manoj Nathwani] wrote in to tell us about the gorgeous 3D printed RGB LED lamp he created that uses the BBC-endorsed microcontroller to perform basic gesture detection. Purists will likely point
Read MoreThe Google-owned site said it’s tightening verification restrictions, and creators are furious. YouTube CEO apologizes after verification uproar, softens policy changes – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreGoogle’s Chromebook laptops are no longer “cheap and cheerful” toys only good for light browsing. They can actually do serious stuff, like run Android applications, as well as run fully-fledged Linux distributions. But to make the most of that, you need a reasonably powerful machine, like this Samsung Chromebook Plus V2. This meaty device packs
Read MoreJanko Roettgers / Variety: YouTube reverses course, says channels with verification badges will keep them without appeal and channels that reach 100k subs can still apply for verification — A day after announcing significant changes to its verification program, YouTube announced Friday afternoon that it won’t be de-verifying existing creators after all. YouTube reverses course,
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube is almost completely backtracking on the verification system changes it announced yesterday. All YouTubers who are currently verified will get to keep their verification status, and YouTubers who are not yet verified will still be able to apply for it once they hit 100,000 subscribers, as creators
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