Microsoft has closed its remaining specialty stores, or in-mall kiosks, and appears to be consolidating its retail presence around full-fledged brick-and-mortar stores. Microsoft closes its 'specialty stores' in mall kiosks Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreIf you’ve ever had an overdue bill at a Quest Diagnostics office, it’s time to be more vigilant about your financial records. Yep: there’s been yet another data breach. Read more… How to Protect Your Data After the Quest Diagnostics Breach Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreRecently, a friend of mine tried to print his boarding pass for a return trip home from San Francisco and had some issues. No matter how many times he reloaded Delta’s site or tried checking in on his phone, he kept getting a message that he wouldn’t be able to print his boarding pass. At
Read MoreBlade Runner showed us a dystopian megatropolis vision of Los Angeles in the far-off future. What was a distant dream for the 1982 theater-goes (2019) is now our everyday. We know Los Angeles is not perpetually overcast, flying cars are not cruising those skies, and replicants are not hiding among the population. Or… are they?
Read MoreThe University of Houston’s Cullen College of Engineering has unveiled a new robotics laboratory designed to prepare students for real-world engineering challenges. New University of Houston Robotics Lab Provides Students with Hands-on STEM Skills Source: Campus Technology
Read MoreIkea is launching a new robotic furniture system called Rognan, developed in collaboration with American furniture startup Ori Living. The large storage unit, controlled by a touchpad, can slide across a room to divide a small room into two living spaces, and contains a bed, desk, and a couch for people to pull out when
Read MoreI had some brief time actually using an iPad Pro running iPadOS yesterday, and one of the first things I did was open up a Safari tab Apple had waiting for me: a Google Doc. Google Docs has long been a huge problem on the iPad, for two reasons. First, Google’s own iPad app is
Read MoreThese jaw-dropping settings inspire awe even when viewed through the eyes of an avatar. From Ancestor Glade to Hyrule Castle, these are the eight wonders of the virtual world Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreWelcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. One of the best parts of buying an ebook from Amazon is the syncing. You can read on your Kindle Paperwhite, then open the Kindle app on your phone
Read MoreMany of us have had the experience of viewing an artwork in a gallery, in which the eyes appear to follow one around the room. In our high-technology work, this no longer need be achieved with artistic skill. You can just build something that actually moves instead. Chartreuse is the creation of [alynton], and has
Read MorePre-motherhood, I was never prone to depression (anxiety is more my jam). But there have been several times since becoming a parent that I have wondered: Am I depressed? Days when I’ve wanted to get back into bed after school drop-off or weekends when I’ve secretly wished that my family would go off without me
Read MoreIn case two-day shipping wasn’t quick enough for some customers, Amazon just rolled out free, one-day shipping on millions of items. The company announced Monday that the perk is now available to Prime members in the continental U.S. on more than 10 million items. Read more… How to Get One-Day Free Shipping From Amazon Source:
Read MoreAnother WWDC, another set of apps, products, and services that may have just been “Sherlocked” by Apple. The term, used as a colloquial way to refer to when Apple builds a native feature that effectively renders a third-party app or product useless, comes up every year as the company grows its OS offerings and introduces
Read MoreEmil Protalinski / VentureBeat: Firefox starts blocking third-party cookies by default and brings its Lockbox password manager to the desktop, rebranding it as Lockwise — Mozilla today announced a slew of privacy improvements. The company has turned on Enhanced Tracking Protection, which blocks cookies from third-party trackers in Firefox, by default. Firefox starts blocking third-party
Read MoreA Ninja airfryer, discounted Netgear Switch, Fossil smartwatches and Exploding Kittens lead off Tuesday’s best deals. Read more… Tuesday's Best Deals: Wayfair, Amazon Fire TVs, Electric Lighters, Anker Gold Box and More Source: Life Hacker
Read More“Alexa, are you ready to have a body?” Steady advances in artificial intelligence and natural language processing have made digital assistants such as Amazon’s Alexa increasingly capable of performing complicated voice commands under different circumstances. But does it mean that our digital assistants are ready to escape the confines of smartphones, smart speakers and computers (and a bunch
Read MoreBefore WWDC 2019, Apple was rumored to be working on a new, Tile-esque Bluetooth tracking tag that would work with the company’s newly updated Find My app that it showcased. And while Apple didn’t announce any new tracking hardware, the iOS 13 developer beta reportedly references a device called “Apple Tag” that appears to be
Read MoreIt’s National Cheese Day, apparently. And in the proud tradition of such holidays as National Pizza Day and National Burrito Day, Jack in the Box is choosing to celebrate the day with everyone’s favorite gift: free food. Read more… Get a Free Cheeseburger From Jack in the Box Today Source: Life Hacker
Read MorePreorders for Volkswagen’s ID 3 electric hatchback are running ahead of company expectations. VW's first electric car already has over 20,000 reservations – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreDeadspin Blues Honor Rent-A-Car Company With Color Guard Flag, Then Quietly Dishonor It | Jezebel Abby Lee Miller Warns Aunt Becky That ‘Fame Is a Curse in Prison!’ | Splinter Pete Buttigieg Has Some Very Bad Opinions About Al Franken | The Root Raymond Santana Supports Boycott of Central Park Five Prosecutor Linda… Read more… Deadspin Blues Honor Rent-A-Car Company
Read MoreThe Feminist Internet, a non-profit working to prevent biases creeping into AI, has created F’xa — a feminist voice assistant that teaches users about AI bias and suggests how they can avoid reinforcing harmful stereotypes. Judging by a recent UNESCO report, it’s not a moment too soon. In the report “I’d blush if I could,” (titled after
Read MoreDespite calls to break up Silicon Valley giants, Apple’s CEO says the company isn’t too big. Apple isn't a monopoly, Tim Cook says at WWDC – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThis time you’re hacking people, not computers. Watch Dogs Legion leaks on Amazon ahead of E3 – CNET Source: CNet
Read More“Ocean Cube,” an exhibition of five Instagramable dreamlike rooms, offers commentary on pollution. Come for the Deep-Sea Selfies. Stay to Learn About Sustainability. Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is ready to take on tech companies, saying in a tweet Monday night that “the era of self-regulation is over.” The tweet comes only a few days after a distorted video of the Speaker caught fire on social media causing an uproar amongst lawmakers who requested platforms, like Facebook, take
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