Scientists suggest staring down seagulls to protect your snacks – CNET
I’m watching you, bird. Leave my lunch alone. Scientists suggest staring down seagulls to protect your snacks – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreI’m watching you, bird. Leave my lunch alone. Scientists suggest staring down seagulls to protect your snacks – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCasey Newton / The Interface: TikTok’s ad-fueled popularity could wane unless it can add new features, court influencers, please regulators, and curtail the rate that new users abandon it — With Facebook under antitrust scrutiny around the world, the company is spending more time making the case that it is beset on all sides by
Read More“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.” [Carl Sagan]. If you wish to make preserved lemons the same way as [Uri Tuchman], you have to start with that mentality. Video also below. The recipe for [Uri]’s preserved lemons involves two ingredients see sea salt, and sliced
Read MoreIt impacts all Windows systems using Intel and AMD processors since 2012. Hardware vulnerability bypasses Spectre and Meltdown patches – CNET Source: CNet
Read More“I would like to be in charge of my own destiny.” Game of Thrones star Gwendoline Christie explains why she submitted herself for an Emmy – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSpaceX is getting good at this. Watch SpaceX's droneship catch a rocket part that fell from space – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA pair of indie developers became the targets of death threats and hate speech after they decided to make their game an Epic Store exclusive. It begs the question: has this Epic vs the greater PC gaming community thing gone a little too far? Husband and wife team Rebecca Cordingley and Ben Wasser have been developing a darling life sim game
Read MoreData collected without your permission may include information about ads you engaged with and assumptions about devices you use. Twitter may have shared your data with ad partners without consent – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAfter just five days of streaming, Tyler “Ninja” Blevins is boasting 1 million active subscribers on Mixer, the Microsoft-owned platform that made him jump ship from Twitch. “Thank you for all the incredible support,” Blevins tweeted when announcing the milestone. “I haven’t felt this good in a long time.” Whether Blevins’ fans would follow him
Read MoreIllustration by James Bareham / The Verge Facebook has sued two app developers for click injection fraud, claiming the developers made Google Play apps that installed malware on a user’s phone for the purpose of generating fake clicks on Facebook ads. That fraudulent ad revenue in turn went to the app developers, Hong Kong-based LionMobi
Read MoreA team of researchers in Canada and China are working on a revolutionary new way to track blood pressure: a selfie. The teams, based at the University of Toronto and the Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, just published a proof of concept that allows smartphone users to track blood pressure by taking a short
Read MoreThe anonymous message board remained offline Tuesday as its leadership faced new fire on multiple fronts. In wake of shootings, Congress summons 8chan owner to testify Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreThe Golf will only be offered in a single trim, for example, while the Atlas gets seven. Volkswagen's adding tech and ditching some trim levels for 2020 – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreApple accounts for nearly half the 12 million smartwatches shipped during the second quarter, Strategy Analytics reports. Apple still tops growing global smartwatch market – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThat would save you $5 monthly. Also, Disney may reboot Home Alone. Disney+ will discount a bundle with Hulu and ESPN Plus for a month – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWhen will your favorite Marvel and Star Wars movie arrive on the $7-a-month service? What should you expect from Marvel original shows? Here’s what we know. Disney Plus: Every show and movie you'll be able to stream — and when – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreResearchers from BitDefender have uncovered a concerning security vulnerability present in all modern Intel processors. If executed, the flaw could permit an adversary to access the computer’s kernel memory, which could potentially result in them gaining access to sensitive information, like passwords, tokens, and private conversations. The flaw affects all machines using Intel processors that
Read MoreAn animation of how Rocket Lab’s recovery process will work | Image: Rocket Lab Small satellite launcher Rocket Lab is following in the footsteps of rocket behemoth SpaceX with plans to make its rockets reusable. But Rocket Lab won’t be landing its vehicles in the same fashion as SpaceX’s Falcon 9. Instead, the company plans
Read MoreThe photographic hire company Lensrentals had a $2k Sony FE 135mm f1.8 GM camera lens returned with a problem: it was having issues focusing. So, they decided to do the obvious thing and take it apart. It’s a fascinating insight into some of the engineering that goes into a high-end camera lens. That is perhaps
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple plans to restrict how apps implement internet voice call functionality, which currently could allow mobile software to collect data while running in the background, according to a new report from The Information. Going forward, Apple will require that background access be used for VoIP calls and nothing
Read MoreSamsung’s Note 10 is due to be revealed tomorrow, but that isn’t stopping the leaks from coming. Though we already seem to know every aspect of the devices, a new leak shared by Droid Life comes from very official-looking promotional materials, confirming much of the hardware changes we’ve heard so far and highlighting some new
Read MoreSoftware algorithms are meant to catch and eliminate banned goods, but some items such as shotgun rounds slip through. Google and Amazon list gun accessories for sale, in apparent violation of their own policies Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitch has partnered with the National Basketball Association to stream USA Basketball games globally through 2020, according to Reuters. USA Basketball is a nonprofit organization that’s the governing body for basketball in America; it’s the outfit that organizes the men’s and women’s teams that compete internationally. (This year,
Read MorePhoto by Gabriella Demczuk/Getty Images Congressional leaders are requesting that the owner of 8chan, Jim Watkins, testify before the House Homeland Security Committee to inform the body on what the fringe forum is doing to combat the proliferation of extremist content. “Regrettably, this is at least the third act of white supremacist extremist violence linked
Read MorePhoto by Sean O’Kane / The Verge Chinese EV startup NIO has sold the majority stake in its Formula E all-electric racing series team, according to longtime motorsports journalist Sam Smith. The company will remain a sponsor, a person familiar with the sale tells The Verge, but Chinese motorsports promotion company Lisheng Racing bought the
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