Bloomberg today reported that Palantir Technologies, a Peter Thiel-founded company that builds mass-surveillance solutions for law enforcement agencies, will delay its highly-anticipated IPO indefinitely. According to the report, CEO Alex Karp needs more time to woo foreign investors. Thiel‘s also reportedly sent a memo to employees indicating they shouldn’t expect the company to IPO within “the next
Read MoreSo much lingerie. Rihanna’s New York Fashion Week blowout hits Amazon Prime Video on Friday. Here’s a trailer and everything else you need to know. Rihanna's Savage X Fenty Show on Amazon: Your questions answered – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreJason D. Rowley / Crunchbase News: DCVC, which focuses on early-stage “deep” technology startups, closes a $725M fifth fund; the fourth DCVC fund, raised in 2016, topped out at $212M — Back in April, Crunchbase News spotted a filing by DCVC (formerly known as Data Collective) indicating that the Palo Alto-based … DCVC, which focuses
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge CBS and WarnerMedia have both decided to ban advertisements for Juul and other e-cigarette makers amid global health concerns over a mysterious vaping-related lung disease that has claimed the lives of seven people and hospitalized hundreds of others. The decision, reported first this afternoon by CNBC, follows a
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge India has banned e-cigarettes as US health inspectors investigate a series of deaths linked to vaping. Reuters reports that an executive order prohibits selling, producing, importing, or advertising e-cigarettes. First offenders could receive up to one year in prison and a 100,000 rupee ($1,400) fine; later violations
Read MoreWall Street Journal: Sources: AT&T is considering parting ways with its DirecTV unit, including spinning it off into a separate public company or combining assets with Dish — Telecom giant considers fate of DirecTV satellite unit — AT&T Inc. is exploring parting with its DirecTV satellite unit … Sources: AT&T is considering parting ways with
Read MoreFormer president Barack Obama appeared to lob a thinly veiled jab at President Trump during a technology event in San Francisco on Wednesday. Obama offers a thinly veiled critique of Trump’s penchant for social media and TV news Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreJay Peters / The Verge: Medium adds a “Save to Medium” bookmarking feature that lets users save articles to a reading list via sharing extensions on mobile and in Chrome — Most sites don’t load in reading mode — Medium’s “Save to Medium” bookmarking feature is now live, letting you save articles … Medium adds
Read MoreHave you ever found yourself totally immobilized in the face of a decision? Why is making choices so, difficult, whether it’s deciding what to have for dinner or whether we should move across the country? This week, we spoke with neuroscientist David Redish, author of The Mind Within the Brain: How We Make Decisions… Read
Read MoreThe University of Michigan’s Center for Academic Innovation is charged with leading the effort to integrate XR learning into residential and online curricula and create public-private partnerships to develop new XR educational technology. U Michigan Initiative to Explore Extended Reality Tech for Education and Research Source: Campus Technology
Read MoreThe ‘VerHideZon’ ad campaign has launched with billboards, a Twitter account and a website. T-Mobile lashes out against Verizon's 5G rollout – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreJust because a flavoring is safe to eat doesn’t mean it’s safe to inhale. But flavored vapes have become common, thanks to a loophole in regulations. Read more… Are Flavored Vapes Safe? Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreFacebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg is paying a rare visit to Washington this week, meeting with members of Congress to discuss the “future of Internet regulation.” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg pays rare D.C. visit to meet with lawmakers Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreMicrosoft plans to more tightly integrate Semmle’s security products with the GitHub product line. Microsoft acquires code-analysis platform vendor Semmle Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MorePodcasting software Descript uses AI to copy your voice and make audio edits without re-recording. Create a deepfake of your own voice with this podcast tool – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreOne of the optional missions in Borderlands 3, a cooperative sci-fi shooter that released last week, is to bring a minor character some coffee. The task seems easy enough: go to a cafe, fix a machine, and find a container to hold the brew. Choose to accept it, however, and you’ll meet resistance every step
Read More“The need to create lasting economic security for our workforce demands action. Assembly Bill 5 is an important step,” Gov. Gavin Newsom says. California Governor signs landmark gig-worker bill – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto by Jackal Pan / Visual China Group via Getty Images The Verge’s newsroom lights up every time a new WeWork story hits because it’s legitimately one of the wildest companies we’ve ever seen — and we’ve seen some wild ones. (We once went deep covering a company that made a $700 Wi-Fi-connected juicer, which
Read MoreAs far as electric propulsion is concerned, the vast majority of applications make use of some kind of rotational motor. Be it induction, universal, brushed or brushless, these are the most efficient ways we have to do mechanical work with electricity. There are other, arcane methods, though – ones which [Maker B] explores with this
Read MoreWalmart has two new credit cards launching next week, both promising big rewards for fans of the retailer. But the cash-back credit card scene is super competitive right now, and one big catch to Walmart’s rewards program makes it only a so-so choice if you’re considering opening a new card before the holiday shopping… Read
Read MoreImage: Medium Medium’s “Save to Medium” bookmarking feature is now live, letting you save articles from across the web to a single interface you can read whenever you want, roughly two weeks after app sleuth Jane Manchun Wong discovered the experimental Pocket- and Instapaper-like feature earlier this month. But in my brief testing this morning,
Read MoreThat means free streaming access to more than 10,000 movies and shows. Comcast's Xfinity Flex is now free for internet-only customers – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreLike scary movies? Dish might have the perfect job for you. The company is looking to hire someone to watch 13 movies based on Stephen King novels before Halloween. The salary? $1300. Read more… Get Paid 00 to Watch 13 Stephen King Movies Before Halloween Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreIt’s not quite a “Stairway to Heaven,” but scientists have come up with what appears to be a perfectly feasible plan to build an elevator to the Moon. Or, more accurately, a Spaceline from the Moon to the Earth. In a paper published in late August, astrophysicists Zephyr Penoyre and Emily Sandson of the University
Read MoreInstagram will restrict people under the age of 18 from seeing posts that promote weight loss products or types of cosmetic surgery as part of a new policy that targets a rapidly growing and controversial sect of influencer marketing. In some cases, posts may be removed entirely, too. Instagram will apply the age restriction in
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