NASA opening ISS hatch to commercial businesses, private astronauts – CNET
Fancy a stay on the International Space Station? NASA is willing to talk. NASA opening ISS hatch to commercial businesses, private astronauts – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFancy a stay on the International Space Station? NASA is willing to talk. NASA opening ISS hatch to commercial businesses, private astronauts – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMegan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: Lyft is suing San Francisco, alleging exclusivity contract violations for bike-share programs; the city says exclusivity does not apply to dockless bike-share — Lyft is suing the city of San Francisco, claiming that the city is violating its ten-year contract with Lyft that would give … Lyft is suing San
Read MoreReview: The movie, a mix of heartbreak and hope, is also the most beautiful and authentic San Francisco has ever looked on film. The Last Black Man in San Francisco is a poetic explosion of love and home – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreUber’s second in command and head of marketing are leaving the company as CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says he wants to be “more hands on.” Uber loses two top execs one month after IPO – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe president’s tweet contradicts his administration’s Space Policy Directive 1, which is all about getting back to the moon. Trump tweet blasts NASA plans for moon return, despite his own policy – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCue up the [Christopher Walken] memes, it’s time for moped turn signals with more cowbell. Because moped turn signals with less cowbell are clearly the inferior among moped turn signals. It seems that [Joel Creates] suffers from the same rhythm recognition disorder that we do. The slightest similarity between a rhythmic sound such as turn
Read MoreThe decision, while not financially significant for either company, shows how the online retailer has gone from a sought-after customer to a direct competitor of FedEx. FedEx Says It’s Ending Express Shipping Service for Amazon Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreYouTube’s new policies designed to more aggressively tackle supremacist content have also led to some creators claiming their videos have been improperly removed or hidden in the process. They argue that YouTube is not distinguishing between actual hate content and videos that document hate groups for educational or journalistic purposes. YouTube announced on Wednesday that
Read MoreThere was so much news this week that we had to add another Vergecast episode to cover it all. Besides Apple’s WWDC, the most important story in The Verge’s coverage has been the various crises YouTube is facing over its moderation policies — problems with hate speech and harassment, pedophiles on the platform, and white
Read MoreThis week, a group of 17 automakers sent a letter to President Trump asking him to back down from his administration’s plan to roll back Obama-era vehicle emissions standards. But while the letter was framed as a rebuke, or a warning, it made something clear: many of the world’s biggest automakers still want to lower
Read MoreEarlier this week, Microsoft removed a database of more than 10 million faces, intended as a test and training dataset for facial recognition algorithms, according to a report by the Financial Times. Known as MS Celeb, the database contained more than 10 million images of roughly 100,000 people, largely scraped from publicly available online sources.
Read MoreClaire Goforth / The Daily Dot: Peter Bright, also known as @DrPizza, who was an Ars Technica contributing writer, has been arrested on charges of soliciting sex with children online — Warning: This article contains graphic sexual language. — Tech reporter Peter Bright has been arrested for soliciting sex with children online. Peter Bright, also
Read MoreThe ArduBoy, as you might have guessed from the name, was designed as a love letter to the Nintendo Game Boy that many a hacker spent their formative years squinting at. While the open source handheld is far smaller than the classic DMG-01, it retains the same general form factor, monochromatic display, and even the
Read MoreBloomberg: Online fashion retailer Revolve Group closes up 89% on its first day of trading after raising $212M in its IPO, is now valued at more than $2.3B — – Online fashion site rises as much as 86% in trading debut — Co-CEOs look to international expansion, more private labels Online fashion retailer Revolve Group
Read MoreIt’s not like any of us went to a store for unethical people and told the clerk to load us up with dozens of products and services developed by companies that have no regard for personal privacy, human rights, or the future of our planet. But here we sit. There’s a good chance that the
Read MoreWe’ve all been there at some point: anxiously trying to find a wall stud while you’re in the process of hanging a picture, shelf or TV mount. Most stud finders are inconsistent at best, and I’ve found the more I learn about how houses are built, the easier it is to find a stud through
Read MoreUber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi has announced that chief operating officer Barney Harford and chief marketing officer Rebecca Messina are both departing the company. In a Friday email to employees, Khosrowshahi said, “over the years, I’ve learned that at every critical milestone, it’s important to step back and think about how best to organize for the
Read MoreOriginally $130, the Chamberlain MyQ is compatible with most modern garage-door openers and now supports Amazon Key. Make your garage door smart for – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCEO Dara Khosrowshahi says he will assume command of company’s core business. Uber’s second-in-command, chief marketing officer depart in post-IPO shakeup Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreColin Lecher / The Verge: Judge declines Google’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit alleging hiring bias, first filed by James Damore, who exited the lawsuit and is in arbitration with Google — Suit is set to enter discovery — Google will have to face a California lawsuit accusing the company of bias … Judge declines
Read MoreThere are good deals on Samsung TVs and HP laptops, too. Best Buy's Dads and Grads sale: Savings on iPhones, MacBooks and more – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIt won’t be the same one you watched on HBO. Patriotic retelling of Chernobyl disaster will reportedly air on Russian TV soon – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWho you gonna call? Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd, apparently. Sigourney Weaver confirms return for new Ghostbusters – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDirecTV has been hemorrhaging customers, with AT&T reportedly considering selling off or merging the unit with Dish Network. AT&T DirecTV reportedly considering merger with Dish satellite – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreApple’s new Mac Pro is its most powerful computer ever, with performance specs catered toward creative professionals like visual effects artists, musicians, and filmmakers who need a lot of processing power. Creatives have been asking for a new professional-level computer from Apple since the disappointment of the un-upgradable trash can-looking Mac Pro from 2013, and
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