An immense star left behind from a huge explosion just blasted the Earth with extremely energetic photons. The Crab Nebula slammed Earth with highest-energy gamma rays ever seen – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCho Mu-Hyun / ZDNet: Samsung posts Q2 operating profit of ~$5.6B, down 56% YoY, on revenue of ~$47.4B, down 4% YoY, after profits from its chip and mobile businesses declined YoY — Samsung expects “persistent uncertainties” in the memory business for the remainder of the year but will pursue an aggressive investment plan in the
Read MoreLG has announced an updated version of its 27-inch UltraFine 5K Display, the monitor that Apple endorsed as the best option for the current generation of MacBook Pros but which has been unavailable for some months. The new model boosts power delivery to 94 watts and now offers USB-C connectivity as well as Thunderbolt 3.
Read MoreAnd there was yelling. Oh yes, there was yelling. Here’s what social media is buzzing about from the second round of debates. Democratic debate 2019 memes: Bernie Sanders wrote the damn bill – CNET Source: CNet
Read More“They can’t stop us all.” 2 million want to raid Area 51 to 'see them aliens' – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePaul Sawers / VentureBeat: Waze now lets Carpool drivers invite up to four other riders to join a carpool; previously, riders beyond the first had to initiate requests to join a carpool — Waze, the community navigation app owned by Google, now allows Carpool users to invite multiple people to join a ride. Waze now
Read MoreThe ESP8266 is a great processor for a lot of projects needing a small microcontroller and Wi-Fi, all for a reasonable price and in some pretty small form factors. [Simon] used one to build a garage door opener. This project isn’t really about his garage door opener based on a cheap WiFi-enabled chip, though. It’s
Read MoreLong live the King. The Lion King remake closes in on B, beats original at the box office – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe Russo brothers and screenwriters share secrets about Ben & Jerry’s, sauerkraut, Stan Lee’s cameo and more. Avengers: Endgame is streaming. Here are the directors' best reveals – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreEarlier this year we told you about the Roller Coaster Tycoon fan who built the world’s most masochistic theme park ride. The coaster, called “Wild Mouse,” was a near-endless loop that circled a virtual theme park some 600 times, a 12-year ride. Marcel Vos, the creator of the coaster from hell just one-upped himself, building
Read MoreA Twitch streamer named Craig “NBDxWilliams” Williams was recently banned from the streaming platform and then reinstated today. His struggles with the platform, and Twitch staff’s confusion over Williams’ streaming setup, shine a light on how Twitch flags potential problems — and how anyone who’s not streaming strictly games or podcasts might run into similar
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter suspended an account that peddled conspiracy-laden content on Tuesday after President Donald Trump retweeted it earlier in the day, according to The Daily Beast. The account, which operated under the display name “LYNN THOMAS,” was reportedly suspended for breaking Twitter’s rules against “using multiple accounts to artificially
Read MoreAn engineer in Seattle was charged with stealing the information of millions of customers from Capital One. The incident was surprisingly common. For Big Banks, It’s an Endless Fight With Hackers Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe carrier partners with Adfone to roll out a rewards app and program called Ad It Up. Cricket Wireless customers can earn bill credits by viewing ads – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe company’s rosier outlook is largely prompted by wearables and a raft of new services like Apple Arcade and Apple TV Plus. Apple aims for iPhone 11 services-fueled rebound even as current iPhone sales dip – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWhile we’re certainly not denying that smoke detectors are useful, there’s a certain kind of tragedy to the fact that most of them will never realize their true purpose of detecting smoke, and alerting us to a dangerous fire. On the other hand, [Ben] really unlocks the potential hidden deep in every smoke detector with
Read MoreDon’t expect this vision to become reality anytime soon, though. A Facebook mind-reading device wants you to type with your brain – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThat’s why Apple asked for tariff exclusion on parts. Apple CEO Tim Cook says he wants to make Mac Pro in the US – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto by Nilay Patel / The Verge During this afternoon’s call with investors, Apple CEO Tim Cook said that the company aims to assemble the 2019 Mac Pro in the United States — just as it did with the previous “trash can” design of the high-end desktop. Apple highlighted the US assembly of that device
Read MoreSony has warned that PlayStation consoles will become more expensive if the Trump administration goes ahead with higher tariffs on more Chinese exports, the WSJ reports. The Trump administration, which raised tariffs from 10 percent to 25 percent on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods this past May, is now threatening to expand tariffs to
Read MoreAs NASA forges ahead to the Moon — and eventually to Mars — the agency is hoping to get some help from the commercial space industry. Today, NASA announced new partnerships with various aerospace organizations, aimed at advancing technologies related to landing on other planets, navigating the lunar surface, transferring propellant in space, and more
Read MoreA prototype of a non-invasive headset design — which wasn’t used in the typing experiment. | Facebook Reality Labs Facebook has released an update on its ambitious plans for a brain-reading computer interface, thanks to a team of Facebook Reality Labs-backed scientists at the University of California, San Francisco. The UCSF researchers just published the
Read MoreThe Apple Card, the company’s credit card that was announced at its services event this past spring, will begin accepting applications in August, the company confirmed during its 2019 third fiscal quarter earnings call. “Thousands of Apple employees are using the Apple Card every day in a beta test and we will begin to roll
Read MoreWe’re a month into summer, which means it’s already time to start thinking about vacation-planning for the fall if you want to grab a good deal on a flight. Fortunately, JetBlue is having a major two-day sale on trips departing between August and November—with some one-way tickets costing as little as $44. Read more… JetBlue
Read MoreDavid Dobrik is celebrating four years on YouTube this week. It’s an odd anniversary, but the celebration happening right now on Twitter and Instagram is an acknowledgment of how much influence Dobrik’s videos have had on YouTube culture. Dobrik, who has more than 13 million subscribers, started his career on Vine. When he came to
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