Sony Interactive Entertainment reportedly filed a recent patent for what appears to be a new gaming console, complete with drawings indicating it will have a radical design featuring a V-shaped indent on top. The ‘leak’ comes to us from Let’s Go Digital, and the documents appear to be real. But don’t get too excited: this is almost
Read MoreMicrosoft’s speedy Chromium-based Edge browser has been available in both developer and canary builds (not mention leaked versions) for months. Now that the company has officially launched a more stable “beta” channel of the browser, you might want to finally take the plunge and give Edge a try. Read more… Now's the Best Time to
Read MorePeople who go to the gym every day tend to be happy with their habit—that’s why they keep coming back. But plenty of folks aspire to do that, and haven’t quite figured out how. Since I am one of those people (I even work out on vacation, sorry) I’d like to help you learn to
Read MoreRich Abernathy was filming a dive for YouTube when he found an old GoPro partly buried in the muck. “It’s like he’s right here,” said Robin McCrear of seeing the video footage of her son, Richard Lee Ragland III, who died in 2017. YouTuber’s Surprise Discovery Gives Parents Last Look at Son They Lost Source:
Read MoreNatalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: Big data analytics service Splunk to acquire cloud monitoring company SignalFx for $1.05B — The company announced the deal along with its second quarter financial results, which topped estimates. — Splunk delivered better-than-expected second quarter financial results and announced … Big data analytics service Splunk to acquire cloud monitoring company SignalFx
Read MoreThe Google Play Store is getting a fresh new look, which, like most of Google’s redesigns of late, nixes the colorful green header in favor of a brighter and whiter style. (The Gmail app similarly lost its red header earlier this year as part of the same Material Design revamp.) Bright and white Like the
Read MoreOn Monday, YouTube filed a lawsuit against one of its users for extorting others through false copyright strikes; after submitting unverified copyright claims on videos, the user in question would demand a payment (like $300 by Paypal or $200 in Bitcoin) or threaten a third copyright strike on their account, which… Read more… What to
Read MoreEarlier this week, Judd Apatow, Debra Messing, and Rick Perry—the Secretary of Energy and guy in control of all our nuclear weapons—fell for a lie that’s been circulating on Instagram: that Instagram changed its policies so that they could use all of your photos, messages, and other information at their disposal. Read more… Instagram Doesn't
Read MoreIn the latest development, Director Joi Ito apologized earlier this month for taking donations from the disgraced financier. MIT Media Lab under scrutiny for ties to Jeffrey Epstein – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBetter Business Bureau warns spammers are tricking assistants like Siri and Alexa into offering up phony numbers. Voice assistants might give you a fake customer service number, thanks to spammers – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreRose Eveleth / Slate: A look at the weird and wacky patents filed by tech companies, some seemingly unrelated to the industry, and the reasons behind filing for them — Companies are constantly patenting strange things they have no intention of developing. Here’s why. — Amazon is putting humans in cages to protect them from
Read MoreThe Russians were the first to send a dog into space, the first to send a man, and the first to send a woman. However, NASA sent the first humanoid robot to the International Space Station. The Russians, though, want to send FEDOR and proclaim that while Robonaut flew as cargo, a FEDOR model —
Read MoreTodd Bishop / GeekWire: Microsoft, Google, Alibaba, Baidu, IBM, ARM, Intel, Red Hat, and others form the Confidential Computing Consortium to promote better data security practices — A number of big-name tech companies — including Microsoft, Google, Alibaba, Red Hat, IBM, and Intel — are joining forces … Microsoft, Google, Alibaba, Baidu, IBM, ARM, Intel,
Read MoreWarning: This essay contains spoilers for Avengers: Endgame and Spider-Man: Far From Home. Interviews with the filmmakers behind the Marvel Cinematic Universe almost always get around to what seems to be the studio’s core creative ethos: paint yourself into a corner, then find a creative way to get out of it. That mission statement inspired
Read MoreDell has announced a refresh of its XPS 13 laptop ahead of IFA 2019, and each configuration will be built with Intel’s new U-series Comet Lake 10th Gen processors. The most affordable model starts at $899 and features the Intel Core i3-10110U. Dell will offer a high-end model with the souped-up hexacore Intel Core i7-10710U
Read MoreIt happens to all of us: You get down near the bottom of your Marmite jar, but you can’t reach that last bit. Eventually your fridge or cupboard, whichever is appropriate, is full of almost-empty jars of Marmite you can’t bear to throw out. Just like everyone’s! Thankfully the Marmite makers have built a “hack”
Read MoreI can’t believe it’s mostly water. Scientists create creamy butter-like spread that's 80% water – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIt’s been a month since the company’s CEO promised to reverse course on a controversial policy that pockets workers’ tips. Nothing appears to have changed. DoorDash still stalling on giving delivery workers their tips – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreScientists in Florida may have just saved the the third largest coral reef on the planet. Florida Aquarium Senior Coral Scientist Keri O’Neil, aka “The Coral Whisperer,” and her team of researchers today announced they’d successfully spawned Atlantic coral in a laboratory – the first time this has been accomplished. The implications for their work
Read MoreX-Box One S | Photo by Dieter Bohn / The Verge Microsoft contractors have listened to voice recordings captured by the Xbox One console, according to Motherboard. The practice dates back to the early days of the Xbox One when it could be controlled with voice commands directed at the optional Kinect camera accessory, and
Read MoreWhitney Kimball / Gizmodo: A look at the many failed social networks launched since 2002, including Friendster, Myspace, Bebo, ConnectU, Path, Yik Yak, Orkut, Google+, and Vine — This week, we look at the ways the internet could have been—and could be—different. — Sixteen years ago, the sun set on Web 1.0 … A look
Read MorePhoto by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images President Donald Trump is reportedly “enraged” that Ford, Volkswagen, BMW, and Honda struck a deal with California to steadily reduce the amount of pollution emitted by their new cars, according to The New York Times. The deal directly contradicts (and potentially threatens) one of the cornerstone efforts of his administration:
Read MoreTo prevent distractions, Conor Dougherty, an economics writer, dumped social media and anything fun — even his browser — from his smartphone. How to Turn an iPhone Into a Work-Only Tool Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreJoseph Cox / VICE: Microsoft contractors say they listened to recordings, including accidentally invoked ones, of Xbox users, many of them children, to improve voice command tech — Multiple contractors working for Microsoft explain how they listened to audio captured by Xbox consoles. Microsoft contractors say they listened to recordings, including accidentally invoked ones, of
Read MoreSamsung Samsung knows some people don’t buy its phones because doing so means committing themselves to becoming a green bubble person in their iPhone friends’ texts. Samsung feels for these people, so it launched an entire Giphy page filled with comeback GIFs they can send to self-righteous iPhone users. For the green bubble unacquainted, many
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