The latest installment of the game can’t compare to the gold standard set by Spike Lee in 2016, despite an accomplished cast. NBA 2K20’s flat story mode blunts an otherwise sharp game Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreWhen I was in middle school, one of my homework assignments was to follow the price of a single stock for one week. Other than that, I don’t remember having any formal education about money. Read more… What Do You Wish You'd Learned About Money in School? Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreThe California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is, in some ways, similar to Europe’s GDPR. This rule, which goes into effect in 2020, gives individual users more ownership over their own data. Users can even refuse to allow companies to sell their online data. As the compliance deadline approaches, CSO Online contributor Maria Kolokov and senior
Read MoreOver 200 people, many of them teens, have fallen ill with a respiratory condition that seems to be linked to vaping. Two people have died. Yesterday, the Washington Post reported that health officials are investigating one specific chemical from cannabis samples: vitamin E acetate. Read more… What Might Be Causing the Vaping Illness Source: Life
Read MoreSome early adopters have run into a pretty problematic bug with Android 10 on their Pixels. It’s unclear what specifically triggers the bug, but bumping up to Android 10 has, for some users, killed the sensors in their Pixel devices. And as of the time of this publication, there appears to be no way to
Read MorePhoto by Tom Brenner/Getty Images Last week, the Knight First Amendment Institute urged Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) to unblock critics on Twitter. The Knight Institute has led a push to treat politicians’ social media accounts as public forums, filing a successful lawsuit against President Donald Trump for his Twitter-blocking habits. Ocasio-Cortez argued that the issue
Read MoreWhat you need to know about the mission and how to follow it. Chandrayaan-2: How to Follow India’s Moon Landing Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreWe’ve done running and swimming, so let’s turn September’s fitness challenge focus on cycling. If you don’t have a bike, don’t worry—indoor cycling is very much allowed. Today, we have a few tips for beginners. Read more… This September, Let's Ride Our Bikes Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreEarlier this week, Porsche released its first all-electric sports car, the Taycan, at an event that was simulcasted from three different locations around the world: Canada, Germany, and China. Leading up the announcement, the German automaker boasted that a prototype version of the Taycan “conquered” the legendary Nürburgring-Nordschleife racetrack in Germany with a record time
Read MoreThe trackers, advertised for children and the elderly, are being used in the US, Europe and elsewhere. And they’ve got some serious security issues. Over 600,000 China-made GPS trackers have '123456' as default password – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAn Anker projector Gold Box, FURmintor grooming tools, 128GB microSD card, and an Express sale lead off Friday’s best deals from around the web. Read more… Friday's Best Deals: Bitsbox, Ni no Kuni, Space Pen, Giant TV, and More Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreAttorneys general from eight states and Washington DC are coming together to investigate Facebook’s dominance. Facebook hit by antitrust probe from multiple states – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThere are so many streaming options available these days, and so many conflicting recommendations, that it’s hard to see through all the crap you could be watching. Each Friday, The Verge’s Cut the Crap column simplifies the choice by sorting through the overwhelming multitude of movies and TV shows on subscription services and recommending a
Read MoreNew research shows at least 30 GPS trackers leak real-time location coordinates from the cloud and allow hackers to access microphones. GPS trackers are leaking info on your kids: What to do – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto by Daniel Knighton/Getty Images Nu metal band Korn loves podcasts just like everybody else. It’s putting out a new single today, and it’s also announcing a new, six-episode podcast series it helped create. The Nothing, the name of the podcast series as well as the forthcoming album, is a fictional show about a journalist
Read MoreOnce upon a time, I worked for a newspaper. And that newspaper was looking for ways to cut costs, which meant a combination of layoffs, buyouts and mandatory unpaid time off. In order to create the same amount of content with fewer people, we would need to get creative. We should all, management told us,
Read MoreTHE TOXIC WATER SERIES | Tom Hegen ‘I am fascinated by the abstraction that comes with the change of perspective.’ Continue reading… Tom Hegen’s aerial photography captures the human impact on natural landscapes Source: New feed
Read MoreOriginally $250, this Google-savvy screen makes a great addition to the kitchen. Plus: Sleep better for just $20. Get the Lenovo Smart Display 10 for 5 – CNET Source: CNet
Read More“No one offers encouragement quite like Alex Trebek,” says designer and 30-year Jeopardy! watcher Rex Sorgatz. Inspired by Trebek’s fight with pancreatic cancer, and to fight the myth that Trebek is a “smug snob,” Sorgatz built the Trebek Affirmation Soundboard. Read more… Cheer Up With the Trebek Affirmation Soundboard Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreThe companies are unveiling a new challenge to counter the threat The Technology 202: Facebook, Microsoft team up with academics in race to thwart deepfakes Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreFacebook will create its own deepfake videos to help build a system that can detect them. Facebook, Microsoft: We'll pay out m for tech to spot deepfake videos Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreA settlement is about 1.7 percent of the parent company Alphabet’s profit in its most recent quarter. The Week in Tech: YouTube Fined 0 Million Over Child Privacy Violations Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreScientists with NASA’s Mars 2020 mission and the European-Russian ExoMars mission traveled to the Australian Outback to hone their research techniques. Clues for Mars in the Australian Outback Source: NASA
Read MoreAll Slow Ring insiders will now get the same build of Windows 10 update due this fall with features on by default. Windows 10 1909: Microsoft ends 19H2 confusion, puts all testers on same builds Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read More‘A concept that was universally strange for men and women.’ Continue reading… Seaman creator Yoot Saito on the fishy Dreamcast AI that was way ahead of its time Source: New feed
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