Perhaps you’ve played a flight simulator before, using something like a mouse and keyboard. That’s a fine experience, but like any other activity you can get a lot more out of it if you put a little more effort into the experience. Some will upgrade to a joystick for a modest improvement, and others will
Read MoreWe often think of tech companies as faceless platforms; social networks where we imprint our personalities, empty documents we fill, and conduits for communicating. But tech giants do have their own voices, carefully crafted by editors, designers, and product developers. Karen Wickre is one such editor, and she’s helped define the voices of some of
Read MoreRandy Nelson / Sensor Tower Blog: Sensor Tower: Valve’s Steam Link reaches 2M+ installs on Android and iOS, with 330K+ downloads on iOS in its first week, 71% of which were from China and Japan — A year after it was initially rejected for release on the App Store, Valve’s Steam Link app, which enables
Read MoreFind out if you have what it takes to be a Star Wars Stormtrooper. Work as a Stormtrooper at Disneyland's Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA landmark launch and deploy puts the first 60 satellites into orbit, beginning the master plan of delivering internet to the world. SpaceX Starlink success kicks off Elon Musk's satellite internet aspirations – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreUltraChess is a vintage chess game for the 8-bit MSX platform, running on the Z80. [flok] wondered just how capable the game really was, and set forth to test it against a variety of other chess engines. Having been designed in the 1980s, UltraChess is far from up-to-date as far as the chess software world
Read MoreNASA and Northrop Grumman technicians in Promontory, Utah, have applied insulation to the final booster motor segment for the second flight of NASA’s deep space rocket, the Space Launch System, and NASA’s Orion spacecraft. SLS Begins Insulation Process for Booster Segments for Second Flight Source: NASA
Read MoreThe payload of 60 satellites could be an important new line of business for the private rocket company. SpaceX Launches Starlink Satellites, Aiming for Internet From Orbit Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe rocket company is taking a major step toward realizing its broadband satellite aspirations, flinging a hefty payload into orbit this evening. Watch live: SpaceX launches its first 60 Starlink satellites tonight – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreRomain Dillet / TechCrunch: Automattic acquires Prospress, the company behind WooCommerce Subscriptions and other automated tools; the 20-person Prospress team will join Automattic — Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Longreads, Simplenote and a bunch of other cool things, is acquiring a small startup called Prospress. Automattic acquires Prospress, the company behind WooCommerce Subscriptions and
Read MoreBrad Bao is taking over as CEO of the scooter company for fellow cofounder Toby Sun Lime shuffles executive lineup, swapping cofounders as CEO – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreRumored Star Wars movie based on the video game will be penned by Altered Carbon show creator Laeta Kalogridis. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic could be getting the movie treatment – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreGeckos are amazing creatures, with the ability to walk on and stick to all manner of surfaces. If you’ve ever woken up to see lizards on your ceiling, you’re already familiar with their capabilities. The mechanisms behind this have been an area of much research in recent times, and [The Thought Emporium] decided to try
Read MoreNASA’s rocket ship on its way to Mars is having a good time. Mars 2020 spacecraft subjected to brutal tests as it prepares for launch – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWill Sommer / The Daily Beast: Twitter permanently bans Brian and Ed Krassenstein, who frequently shared anti-Trump sentiments, alleging they ran fake accounts and purchased fake interactions — Ed and Brian Krassenstein are banned for life after ‘operating multiple fake accounts and purchasing account interactions,’ a Twitter spokesman said. Twitter permanently bans Brian and Ed
Read MoreBiz Carson / Forbes: Lime shuffles leadership, with co-founder Brad Bao taking over as CEO from co-founder Toby Sun, who will now focus on R&D; COO Joe Kraus promoted to president — Lime cofounder Brad Bao is stepping in as CEO, replacing his cofounder Toby Sun.LIME — Scooter startup Lime is shuffling … Lime shuffles
Read MoreNow that’s what I call high-quality H2O. NASA scientists find Earth-like water in passing comet – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDrew Harwell / Washington Post: A distorted video of Speaker Pelosi, in which her speech is made to appear slurred, has 2M+ views on Facebook; YouTube says it has removed uploads of the video — Distorted videos of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), altered to make her sound as if she’s drunkenly slurring her words
Read MoreSometimes it’s hard to describe what a weird day is for me anymore. Shouting encouragement to my first robot vacuum named after a Jetsons character? Routine. Scripting a back-and-forth dialogue between two voices in my head over the merits of a PC gaming store? Yawn. Playing a demon-killing badass in a sequel game I’ve waited
Read MoreIngrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Shopify quietly acquired Handshake, an e-commerce platform for B2B wholesale purchasing, source says for less than $100M; Handshake was last valued at ~$54M — E-commerce platform Shopify has quietly made an acquisition to continue its expansion of the services and products that merchants can sell and purchase through its platform. Shopify
Read MoreMy home is inundated with smart speakers. I’ve got Echo Dots aplenty, Google Minis to spare, and enough third-party voice-assistant devices to reproduce Plugged’s Bluetooth speaker symphony. And that’s not even getting into all the other “smart” gear I have. I need help. We were promised smart homes by science fiction, and then guaranteed they
Read MoreRisk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan. Backdoor.Tavroigu Source: Symantec lastest threats
Read MoreTrump’s Huawei ban was bad news for China, as it effectively crippled the world’s second-largest smartphone maker from its largest source of income. But China is also very much in a position to retaliate, and Apple – the world’s third-largest smartphone maker – could be among the ones to suffer. Goldman Sachs analysts estimated in a
Read MoreSpeaker of the House appears to slur her words in a speech about Donald Trump. Videos doctored to make Pelosi appear drunk spread across social media – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreOver the past week, the US government has taken extreme and unprecedented steps against Huawei, cutting it off from every US partner at the risk of a long-term rupture in trade between the US and China. But while the impact of the order is clear, it’s still not entirely clear why it was put in
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