August 31, 2018 A conservative Facebook would probably fail — but Facebook should worry about it anyway In the days after the 2016 election, Gizmodo published a much-discussed story that predicted our current moment. The story, written by Michael F. Nuñez,…
August 31, 2018 Uber wants to make its own electric scooters Uber is working on its own scooter to compete with Lime, Bird, Scoot and others, according to Bloomberg. The project is being overseen by…
August 31, 2018 Sony’s tiny HX99 camera comes with a 30x zoom lens There are a lot of impressive superzooms out there, but Sony's new HX99 and HX95 models might the smallest. They squeeze a 30x, 24-720mm…
August 31, 2018 Apple blocks its gay pride watch face in Russia Apple first introduced its pride Apple Watch face during the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June. Inspired by the rainbow flag, it’s designed…
August 31, 2018 YouTube makes it easier for non-profits to raise funds YouTube has launched a handful of fundraising tools non-profits can use to collect donations from their kind-hearted followers. You'll now be able to catch…
August 31, 2018 aptX Adaptive Bluetooth audio delivers low latency and high quality As headphone jacks continue to disappear, wireless options for audio are becoming more important than ever. In 2015, Qualcomm acquired the aptX codec for…
August 31, 2018 AptX Adaptive is Qualcomm’s latest solution to bad Bluetooth audio If you stream music from an Android phone to a pair of wireless headphones, there’s a very good chance your devices are relying on…
August 31, 2018 Senator misses the point of ‘beerbot’ demo, tries to ban DoD funding Sorry, beerbot developers, you probably won't be able to get Pentagon funding for your alcohol-serving machines. Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona has introduced a…
August 31, 2018 California’s net neutrality bill is a step closer to becoming law Now that the FCC has undone net neutrality protections implemented under the Obama Administration, one response has been to implement tight regulation at the…
August 31, 2018 Google and Harvard use AI to predict earthquake aftershocks Scientists from Harvard and Google have devised a method to predict where earthquake aftershocks may occur, using a trained neural network. The researchers fed…