January 29, 2020 Facebook to pay $550 million to settle privacy lawsuit over facial recognition tech Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Facebook says it has agreed to pay $550 million to settle a class-action lawsuit regarding its use…
January 29, 2020 Blizzard Owns Your Custom Warcraft 3: Reforged Games It is a fact somewhat lost to time—though certainly not one Blizzard will ever forget—that the eternally enduring MOBA genre got its start in…
January 29, 2020 Great Outdoor Gear That Costs Less Than $50 There are three universal truths: we have to pay taxes, Facebook will never die, and outdoor gear is perpetually pricey. Read more… via Gizmodo…
January 29, 2020 Apple must pay $837 million for infringing Wi-Fi patents from Caltech, jury decides Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Nearly four years after the California Institute of Technology sued Apple and Broadcom for allegedly infringing four…
January 29, 2020 LastPass is discontinuing its native Mac app and replacing it with a more universal web app The original native LastPass Mac app Password management app LastPass has announced it will be discontinuing its native macOS app on February 29th, directing…
January 29, 2020 Nest thermostats can alert homeowners of potential heating or cooling problems Google is testing a feature that can send Nest owners alerts about their furnaces when “unusual or unexpected patterns” are detected. The HVAC alerts…
January 29, 2020 Santa Cruz Is the Latest U.S. City to Decriminalize Magic Mushrooms As cannabis becomes widely decriminalized, another drug-legalization movement in the U.S. is picking up steam. On Tuesday, the city council of Santa Cruz, California…
January 29, 2020 These Soft Robots ‘Sweat’ to Keep Cool An international team of scientists has developed a soft robotic hand that literally perspires in response to excess heat. This innovative concept could improve…
January 29, 2020 What Does the New Emoji Sign Say? More than 100 new emoji were officially announced on Wednesday, among them more inclusive emoji, a “pinched fingers emoji,” and a dodo bird. But…