We’re watching tonight’s debate. The Technology 202: Democrats face litmus test on economic inequality with California gig economy bill Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreIf you’re on Spotify’s Premium Family plan, the music service will need your address starting Oct. 6. Spotify wants to know where you live, and will be checking in – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBetween restoring net neutrality, regulating the technology industry and adding housing in California, state Sen. Scott Wiener never stops moving. Net neutrality is far from dead for California's Sen. Scott Wiener – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNicole Kidman, Ansel Elgort and Finn Wolfhard star in an underwhelming adaptation that makes you want to go back to Donna Tartt’s 2013 Pulitzer winner. The Goldfinch review: Masterful book gets an unsatisfying movie adaptation – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreApple finally filled in the most glaring blanks about its streaming service: its launch date and price. But you may need more answers before you commit. Apple TV Plus: Our biggest unanswered questions – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCommentary: Apple Arcade’s library may get me off the never-ending treadmill of freemium games. Nintendo Switch changed my life. Apple Arcade may do the same – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMicrosoft is looking into new Windows Desktop Search problems, caused by its latest Windows 10 1903 patch. Windows 10 1903: Microsoft's CPU spike fix breaks search on Start menu, desktop Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read More{$inline_image} Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Healthy.io, which helps patients analyze urine samples with a testing kit and smartphone app, raises $60M Series C led by Corner Ventures — Roughly six years ago, former Israel chief technology officer Yonatan Adiri cofounded Healthy.io, a digital health care startup leveraging AI … Healthy.io, which helps patients analyze urine
Read MoreAnker Premium 5-Port Charger With USB-C PD | $35 | Amazon Read more… This Five-Port Anker Charger Can Power Your Switch and MacBook Too Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreMae Jemison, the first black woman in space, participated in crew egress training for Space Shuttle Endeavour’s STS-47 mission during the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test. Mae Jemison Trains for Her Space Shuttle Flight Source: NASA
Read MoreThe Symfonisk remote control now has an official product page showing a price of €14.99. First spotted on the French Ikea website by Tweakers, the remote is designed to control Ikea’s Sonos-compatible Symfonisk speakers and will begin shipping in the UK and beyond on October 1st, according to the reliable Dutch tech site. It’s not
Read MoreYakuza 7 — or to be precise, Ryu ga Gotoku 7, which means “Like a Dragon 7,” which will drop the “7” and go by Yakuza: Like a Dragon in the West for some reason — made its public debut today at Tokyo Game Show. It was my first chance to see how its controversial
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge In 2016, Facebook killed off a part of the service that highlighted trending news articles, following a hysterical overreaction to a Gizmodo piece that claimed, weakly, that the company was “routinely suppressing conservative news.” (It turns out that when human editors are told to pick the day’s most
Read MoreHTC is releasing its PC-powered Vive Cosmos VR headset next month. Originally unveiled earlier this year at CES, the Cosmos is HTC’s latest bid at a mainstream VR headset. Unlike the original HTC Vive, the Cosmos doesn’t require external sensors and uses fully tracked motion controllers. HTC has also upgraded the LCD panels, with a
Read MoreThe US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has expanded its partnership with Israeli digital forensics firm Cellebrite to unlock and extract data from mobile phones, reports The Daily Beast. According to a federal filing dated June 24, the ICE is expected to pay the company anywhere between $30 and $35 million for an order to
Read MoreIf you’ve been reading Hackaday for awhile, there’s an excellent chance you’ve seen a project or two powered by the Smoothieboard. The open source controller took Kickstarter by storm in 2013, promising to be the last word in CNC thanks to its powerful 32-bit ARM processor. Since then we’ve seen it put to use in
Read MoreDisney+ on Android and Apple TV (background). | Photo by Thomas Ricker / The Verge I just spent the last few minutes signing up for Disney+ and downloading apps for iOS, Android, and Apple TV. I then spent a few more minutes, several actually, streaming titles like Avengers Infinity War, Star Wars The Last Jedi,
Read MoreYet another salvo fired in the EV performance wars as Tesla claims it has secured a production lap record at the Laguna Seca Raceway. We’re not so sure. Tesla claims Laguna Seca lap record, but what's under the hood? – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreThe new Cosmos VR headset does away with Lighthouse base stations and the hassle of setup. Oh, and it’s modular, too. The HTC Vive Cosmos VR is a polished overdue upgrade – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe features aim to combat the opioid crisis. Google Maps adds tools to find drug addiction recovery resources – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google is launching a new website it’s calling “Recover Together” that collates resources for addiction recovery in the United States. The site includes Google Maps-based search for resources like recovery support meetings and pharmacies that offer Naloxone without a prescription — it’s a drug that can be used
Read MorePhoto by David Bush / The Verge Tesla teased a prototype Model S that Elon Musk says can go faster than the “Ludicrous” speed the company’s cars currently achieve. The new powertrain is dubbed “Plaid” and is “about a year away from production,” Musk tweeted Wednesday. (Both names are a reference to the Mel Brooks
Read MoreUber has said it has no plans to reclassify its vast army of drivers as employees, in light of the the gig workers’ rights bill passed in the California Senate yesterday. “We continue to believe drivers are properly classified as independent, and because we’ll continue to be responsive to what the vast majority of drivers
Read MoreBlake Montgomery / The Daily Beast: Filing: ICE will pay Cellebrite, an Israeli hacking tools vendor, between $30M to $35M over the next one to five years, more than ten times their 2017 contract — The agency’s previous contract with Cellebrite was worth $2.2 million. — ICE wants to hack more phones. A lot more.
Read MoreAlong with a bunch of devices announced at its events, the company has quietly made some changes to the payment plans for its AppleCare+ device warranty that’s worth knowing about: you can now pay for the company’s extended warranty plan on a monthly basis, for as long as you like. Apple rolled out a monthly
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