Tetris Royale, a 100-player battle royale game, is coming to mobile devices in a partnership between N3TWORK and The Tetris Company. It’ll essentially be a mobile version of the Nintendo Switch’s impossibly addicting Tetris 99. The game is the first Tetris game to come out of N3TWORK and The Tetris Company’s exclusive multiyear partnership, which
Read More{$inline_image} Erica Pandey / Axios: Rakuten: around 48% of Amazon packages in the US are now delivered by Amazon itself, up from 15% two years ago, when the Postal Service delivered 60%+ packages — Less than a decade after Amazon broke into the logistics industry, it has become its own biggest shipper. Rakuten: around 48%
Read MoreThe talk was reportedly held in one of those secret government meetings no one is supposed to know about. Trump officials want to outlaw unbreakable encryption, report says – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSpotify has 100 million subscribers. Apple Music's 60 million subscribers includes free trials (again) – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWhat a topical show we’ve got this week on The Vergecast. I’m going to be honest, there’s a little bit more editing than usual here. Initially, we began the episode with some overviews of the public beta software for Apple’s iPadOS, iOS 13, and macOS Catalina. The Verge’s Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, and Paul Miller
Read MoreListening to classical music is a bit different from listening to modern pop music. The music is built differently—most recordings aren’t performed by their composers, and there’s rarely one definitive recording of a piece. Multiple works are often released on the same album. Track titles are very long, including a… Read more… The Best Classical
Read MoreVancouver police have been accused of misleading a justice of the peace in a plot to seize $2.6 million (CAD$3.5 million) in Bitcoin owned by a dark web marijuana trafficker, CBC reports. Authorities believe the Bitcoin, found on hard drives seized in 2013, to be the proceeds of illegal activity — specifically the selling of
Read MoreDeadspin Megan Rapinoe Cannot Make This Any Clearer | The Slot Marianne Williamson Went Full Goop at the Democratic Debate | Splinter Kamala Harris Leaves a Steaming Pile of Rubble Where Joe Biden Used to Be | The Root Top Conservative Calls for Chief Justice’s Head Over High Court’s Ruling on the Census Citizenship… Read more… Deadspin Megan Rapinoe Cannot
Read MoreIt’s almost time to flip the calendar page, which means it’s time to end our no-credit-card challenge. How did you do this month during Lifehacker’s most polarizing challenge ever? Did you find yourself planning to use cash instead of plastic? Did you cut down on spending altogether? Read more… How Did You Do on the
Read MoreGerman police have busted Chemical Revolution, a dark web marketplace, which allowed consumers to buy narcotics with Bitcoin. According to a press release issued by Germany‘s Federal Criminal Police Office, officers have made 11 arrests in connection with the operation. Additionally, the statement says the site’s servers were seized by German police officials and the French
Read MoreAmazon is debuting five Amazon Original series and one Amazon Original movie in July, including Season 4 of All of Nothing focusing on Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton, and season 1 of The Boy, an Amazon Original Series that it describes as “a fun and irreverent take on what happens when superheroes – who are…
Read MoreTrustbusters are circling all the tech giants but one: Microsoft. Its battles with regulators offer clues for survival. Trustbusters are bypassing the biggest tech company of them all Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreIts supernatural elements aren’t unnerving and its noirish elements rest on characters who are simply shady. ‘The Sinking City’ sets a mood but struggles to go anywhere from there Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreNew legislation could tell you how much your data is worth. But you might be disappointed by the price tag. The Week in Tech: Can You Put a Price on Your Personal Data? Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreMIT claims a win with probabilistic-programming system Gen in democratizing AI and spreading innovation for all. MIT: We're building on Julia programming language to open up AI coding to novices Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreThose in charge of hypersonic missiles are focused on building them, not imagining the reactions they might inspire in others. The Growing Threat of Hypersonic Missiles Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe last of four structural test articles for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) was loaded onto NASA’s barge Pegasus Wednesday, June 26, 2019, at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. Last Test Article for NASA’s SLS Rocket Departs Michoud Assembly Facility Source: NASA
Read MoreAs the news about Jony Ive leaving Apple sinks in, you’ll be seeing a lot of people weighing in on what the Ive era of Apple meant and what’s next. That’s all for the good, because Ive was remarkably influential — a singular person who drove the design not just for Apple’s products, but for
Read MoreThere wasn’t a lot of tech talk in last night’s debate. The Technology 202: Andrew Yang’s tie-less debate performance makes a statement Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreThe nifty smart screen, now known as the Nest Hub, continues its slow and steady march toward the dollar store. How low can it go? The Google Home Hub is now just .94 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe Raspberry Pi 4 has been in the hands of consumers for a few days now, and while everyone seems happy with their new boards there are some reports of certain USB-C power supplies not powering them. It has been speculated that the cause may lie in the use of pulldown resistors on the configuration
Read MoreSo many things to collect. So little free space to hold them all. Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is great till you start paying – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWhen asked about Nintendo 64 and GameCube retro games on Switch, Shuntaro Furukawa reportedly said the company is looking into “providing an extension of the online service.” Nintendo president hints Switch Online could move beyond NES classics – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMicrosoft might be working on making Cortana better at holding conversations, but the software maker is also increasingly separating its digital assistant from Windows 10. This first started with the decoupling of Cortana from search in the recent Windows 10 May 2019 Update, and now Microsoft is bringing Cortana to the Microsoft Store as a
Read MoreIrish cryptocurrency exchange Bitsane has reportedly pulled an exit scam and disappeared with hundreds of thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency belonging to its users, reports Forbes. Bitsane’s website, which reportedly boasted 246,000 registered users, has been offline since (at least) June 17, when its Facebook and Twitter accounts were noted to be offline. LinkedIn accounts
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