Hours after Facebook announced its plans for a global cryptocurrency project, a top House Democrat is calling for Facebook to halt its plans until Congress and regulators have had a chance to investigate potential risks. “With the announcement that it plans to create a cryptocurrency, Facebook is continuing its unchecked expansion and extending its reach
Read MoreGoogle today responded to an ongoing controversy involving lyrics provider and annotator Genius Media, which has accused Google of copying its song lyrics and reposting them as part of a feature in its search engine. Now, Google is claiming it receives all of its song lyrics through third-party providers, and its asked the provider in
Read MoreAs the mother of an infant, I have come across various onesie storage hacks and they all sound good in theory. Snap them on a clothesline! Hang them up with clothing dividers! Fold them Kond0-style and place them upright in beautiful, joy-sparking boxes! I’ve been tempted to implement such a system in my baby’s… Read
Read MoreOn June 18, Facebook announced the debut of its digital currency Libra. Here’s some background on how the initiative works. Libra, Facebook’s new cryptocurrency, explained Source: Washington Post Tech
Read More{$inline_image}On June 18, Facebook announced the debut of its digital currency Libra. Here’s some background on how the initiative works. Libra, Facebook’s new cryptocurrency, explained Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreSleep: We all need it, but most of us aren’t getting nearly enough of it. What are we doing wrong? Why is the perfect night’s sleep so elusive? And how can we start getting the rest we need and deserve? Read more… How to Get to Sleep Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreDish is negotiating a deal to buy wireless spectrum and Boost Mobile from T-Mobile and Sprint, as the latter two companies look to finally receive approval for their huge, industry-reshaping merger. According to Bloomberg, Dish has emerged as the company most likely to purchase the assets that T-Mobile and Sprint are currently trying to offload
Read MoreGoogle will end its partner agreements if it finds its third parties are scraping the web for lyrics. Google is investigating claims it steals lyrics from Genius – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA group of MIT researchers recently developed an AI model that takes a list of instructions and generates a finished product. The future implications for the fields of construction and domestic robotics are huge, but the team decided to start with something we all need right now: pizza. PizzaGAN, the newest neural network from the
Read MoreDame is suing New York’s public transit agency for refusing to run subway ads for its women-focused sex toys. The lawsuit, filed today, points out that New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority has regularly approved ads focused on sexuality in recent years, including erectile disfunction drug ads from Hims and Roman, posters for the Museum of
Read MoreDigital clocks are extremely useful and generally considered pretty easy to read. However, they can sometimes have rather arcane interfaces for setting the time and alarms. For [Michael Wessel], he noted that in the 1980s he had to routinely help his grandparents set their clocks for this very reason. That inspired his most recent project
Read MoreFirefox users recently pulled up their browsers to find that all their saved passwords went missing. If this happened to you, don’t worry: Your passwords haven’t gone anywhere, despite what it seems. Read more… How to Recover Your Missing Firefox Passwords Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreIf you never wake up feeling refreshed, you might have this dangerous condition. Sleep apnea: Why you feel tired after a full night of sleep – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe game will be playable with the car’s controls while the vehicle is charging. Tesla rolls out Beach Buggy Racing 2 game to its cars – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreBattle royale has come for Mario. The winner-takes-all genre, popularized by the likes of Fortnite and PUBG, is now also a free web game starring Nintendo’s famous plumber. The aptly titled Mario Royale has a pretty simple premise: 75 people, all playing as Mario, try to make their way to the end of a classic
Read MoreClif Bar Chocolate Brownie, 12 Count | $6 | Amazon Read more… Snack On Chocolate Brownie Clif Energy Bars For Only . a Bar Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreAnyone can learn to play the piano, but it takes dedication. People tend to give up not because it’s too difficult, but because they get bored practicing so much they don’t actually get to make any music. Roli wants to change that with the latest entry in its family of modular ‘Blocks‘ instruments, a light-up
Read MoreMicrosoft’s newest Azure service, Bastion, is now in public preview and is meant to bring another level of security to remotely accessing virtual machines. Microsoft delivers public preview of Azure Bastion service for remotely accessing VMs more securely Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreThe top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee blasted Facebook’s Tuesday announcement that it would be launching a new cryptocurrency. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) warned the company that any new plans should be subject to strict oversight. “Facebook is already too big and too powerful, and it has used that power to exploit users’ data
Read MoreMany of the best parenting hacks originate in Lifehacker’s Offspring Facebook parenting group, usually with a member asking, “Would it be weird if … ?” That’s how we came to recommend you buy your toddler a dog bed and use your kid’s artwork as greeting cards. It is now where we’re applauding another parent’s genius…
Read MoreSignificant spoilers ahead for season 1 of Jessica Jones. The horror and superhero genres approach the world from opposite directions. Horror is meant to make the audience feel disempowered and terrorized. Superhero stories, by contrast, make viewers feel empowered and triumphant. Both genres often set out to give the audience the same thing — a
Read MoreGoogle is the latest technology company to address the housing problems caused by the tech industry’s success. Google Pledges Billion to Ease Bay Area Housing Crisis Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreMicrosoft’s first test build of Windows Server 20H1 includes some new VM tool and Azure integration functionality, plus more updates to the Windows Admin Center. Microsoft releases first test build of Windows Server 20H1 Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreIf you’ve got some drone or FPV part lying around, this is the build for you. It’s a remote controlled tank, with a camera and video transmitter, that’s only 65 mm x 40 mm x 30 mm in size. Why on Earth would you ever build something so small? You can look around in your
Read More{$inline_image} If you’ve got some drone or FPV part lying around, this is the build for you. It’s a remote controlled tank, with a camera and video transmitter, that’s only 65 mm x 40 mm x 30 mm in size. Why on Earth would you ever build something so small? You can look around in
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