There are graveyards of mangled bicycles sitting in vacant lots throughout villages and major cities in China. Local governments have long struggled with what to do with the millions of abandoned bicycles—the result of an initial oversupply to support the country’s bike share program (that later fell apart after major… Read more… Don't Throw Your
Read MoreWithout the sound advice of meteorologists and geologists working behind the scenes, one of the most consequential battles in human history could have gone quite differently. Forecasting D-Day Source: NASA
Read MoreYesterday, the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) announced that Facebook will reconsider its nudity guidelines, which currently bans photographic nudity, and more controversially, “female nipples.” The news comes just days after activists stripped naked outside Facebook’s and Instagram’s New York headquarters to protest the platforms’ censorship regulations around artistic nudity. NCAC confirmed the social media
Read MoreRemember when software was eating the world? The trendy observation these days is that artificial intelligence (AI) is eating software. Even Google CEO Sundar Pichai has talked about software that “automatically writes itself.” And certainly if you consider software development to be little more than the creation of oft-repeated segments of code, then the rapid advances in
Read MoreThe industry’s upstarts are deeply intertwined with the behemoths. The Technology 202: Breaking up Big Tech won’t actually help start-ups, tech investors and entrepreneurs say Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreRest days are important, but how much do they matter for running? Beginner programs like couch to 5K often start you off with three days of running per week. If you get antsy on the days in between: Yes, it’s okay to run more. With some caveats. Read more… Is It Okay to Run Every
Read MoreThree incidents in the past week illustrate the sometimes unavoidable risks involved in relying on cloud providers. GitHub shocks top developer: Access to 5 years' work inexplicably blocked Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreWorkers at the some of the retail giant’s stores said they had long expected the robots would take their jobs one day. But they hadn’t expected this middle period, during which they have to work side by side with machines that can be brittle, clumsy and easily confused by the messy realities of big-box retail.
Read MoreGDPR and backup: What have we learned in one year? Source: Search Compliance
Read MoreThe 20H1 version of Windows 10 will let users set how fast Windows updates are downloaded in Mbps. Windows 10 will soon let you choose exact Windows update download speeds Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreA global sweep of cryptocurrency tax avoidance schemes is imminent, with the number of active lines of inquiry set to nearly double – or so says a coalition of money laundering investigators from the US, Australia, Britain, Canada, and the Netherlands J5, a team of five countries formed by the US Internal Revenue Service to
Read MoreAditi Shrivastava / The Economic Times: Pratilipi, a platform that enables users to read, write, and listen to stories in Indian languages, raises $15M Series B led by Qiming Venture Partners — Over the next 12-18 months, Pratilipi will focus on improving the technology infrastructure, including its recommendation and personalization engines … Pratilipi, a platform
Read MoreIt’ll work on next generation cellular networks with telecom MTS. Huawei agrees to develop 5G in Russia – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreShivani Vora / New York Times: Uber debuts Uber Copter, a helicopter service starting July 9 in New York, to ferry customers between Lower Manhattan and JFK for $200-$225 per person — For an 8-minute, one-way flight, the average ride will cost between $200 and $225 per person and include private ground transportation on both
Read MoreI got to play around with a prototype of Bose’s upcoming true wireless headphones, and they show a lot of potential. Bose Earbuds 500 are AirPods killers that are worth waiting for – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreRunning around like a maniac in Swift Strike shows how far augmented reality has come… and maybe it’s getting ready for a headset. What Apple's new AR bowling game taught us about the future – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWe compared affordable, full-featured AV receivers from Denon, Onkyo, Sony and Yamaha. Which one wins? Best AV receivers under 0 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreYou’d better believe iOS 13 isn’t revealing all its secrets yet. 5 new iPhone 11 features Apple didn't reveal at WWDC, but could still be coming – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreTwo years after their original introduction, Google is updating its SOS Alerts with more real-time information about areas affected by natural disasters, and new navigation warnings in Google Maps to help route you around danger. The changes will also show you more detailed visual information about earthquakes, hurricanes, and floods, with a visual overlay to
Read MoreStarting July 1, all electric vehicles with four or more wheels in the EU will be required to emit noise of at least 56 decibels if the car is going 20 km/h or slower, the New Atlas reports. This makes a ton of sense as electric cars don’t make any of the engine noises we’ve
Read More{$inline_image}Language is not gender-neutral, and it’s time to identify and challenge the societal structure that systematically stops all women from thriving — one of these structures is gendered language and the patriarchal ideas built into it. One project hoping to change perceptions around everyday, gender-biased language is the Samsung-backed app created by Plan International Finland,
Read MoreAustin Carr / Bloomberg: Profile of UK-based Graphcore, which makes “Intelligence Processing Units”, AI chips designed to be better at guesswork and have high energy efficiency — Simon Knowles, chief technology officer of Graphcore Ltd., is smiling at a whiteboard as he maps out his vision for the future of machine learning. Profile of UK-based
Read MoreThe fourth version of Android Q’s developer beta includes a new “Face Authentication” entry in its settings menu, suggesting Google is planning to include native support for face unlock in the operating system. 9to5Google reports that the feature will support using your face to unlock the device, sign into apps, and make payments, similar to
Read MoreGiven its history of managing our data, it shouldn’t take much to convince you that Facebook managing our money is probably a terrible idea. That said, it seems the social media giant is actually aware of that particular challenge. Facebook plans to relinquish control of its upcoming cryptocurrency GlobalCoin to external companies, The Information reports.
Read MoreSecurity experts warn that time is running out for campaigns to create protections against the cyberattacks and disinformation seen in recent elections. Election Rules Are an Obstacle to Cybersecurity of Presidential Campaigns Source: NY Times Tech
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