Borderlands: The Handsome Collection is now Free on Epic Games Store
by By Bob Buskirk It looks like Epic is giving away another major AAA title on their games store, this time it is Borderlands: The Handsome …
DC Appeals Court Dumps Lawsuit Claiming Multiple Tech Companies Are Engaged In An Anti-Conservative Conspiracy
By Tim Cushing Early last year, a federal court dumped a lawsuit filed by alt-right figureheads Laura Loomer and Freedom Watch (Larry Klayman’s organization) alleging …
Case Mod Friday: Yuel Beast Atlas
By Bob Buskirk This week for Case Mod Friday we have another build from Mods By Benq! This time he has taken the Yuel Beast …
iPhone SE vs iPhone XR vs iPhone 11: How to get the most for your money
By Michael Simon Apple now sells three phones that can all be considered affordable. But even if you have enough to buy the most expensive …
Walmart Employees Are Out to Show Its Anti-Shoplifting AI Doesn’t Work
By Louise Matsakis The retailer denies there is any widespread issue with the software, but a group expressed frustration—and public health concerns. Source:: https://www.wired.com/story/walmart-shoplifting-artificial-intelligence-everseen
‘The Vast of Night’ Reboots the Glee of UFO Conspiracy Culture
By Emma Grey Ellis Amazon Studios’ new lo-fi, sci-fi flick, which is fittingly screening at select drive-ins, is a respite. Source:: https://www.wired.com/story/vast-of-night-essay
New Zealand Government Seeking To Expand Its Internet Censorship Powers
By Tim Cushing New Zealand has been in the censorship business for years, but the government appears to believe it’s still not doing enough censoring. …
11 classic games that deserve a Final Fantasy VII-style remake
By Hayden Dingman Forget remasters. Gone are the days where developers could stretch new textures over old games and call it a day. These days …
Electric ship sets sustainable tourism standard, eliminating noise and pollution
By Nikolay Nikolov Brim Explorer is a hybrid electric ship packed with 800 kilowatt hours of batteries, which means it can cruise the waters for …
Britain pushing US to form 5G club to cut out Huawei: report
Britain wants the United States to form a club of 10 nations that could develop its own 5G technology and reduce dependence on China’s Huawei, …
This is virtual therapy’s moment. Can it last?
By Rachel Kraus I open Instagram for the only glimpse I have of my friends in the outside world. As I scroll, ad after ad …
Coronavirus: South Korea closes schools again after biggest spike in weeks
Schools that had just re-opened days ago have now been forced shut again after a spike in cases. Source:: https://news.yahoo.com/coronavirus-south-korea-closes-schools-093316931.html
Twitter screens Trump’s Minneapolis threat-tweet for glorifying violence
By Natasha Lomas After applying a fact-checking label Tuesday to a misleading vote-by-mail tweet made by US president Donald Trump, Twitter is on a roll …
Dreaming of a Park Bench and a Book
By Gal Beckerman and Erica Ackerberg What we wouldn’t give to spend an afternoon reading in the sun. Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/29/books/review/dreaming-of-a-park-bench-and-a-book.html
A Novel Imagines the Fate of Twin Sisters, One Passing for White
By Ayana Mathis “The Vanishing Half,” by Brit Bennett, considers fraught questions of racial identity, personal freedom and community in a story that stretches from …
Minneapolis police precinct on fire as protests rage on
Gov. Tim Walz activated the state’s National Guard and lawmakers pleaded for peace as protests and looting continued in the Minneapolis and St. Paul area. …
Belvo scores $10M from Founders Fund and Kaszek to scale its API for financial services
By Anna Escher Belvo, a Latin American fintech startup which launched just 12 months ago, has already snagged funding from two of the biggest names …
7 of the best Squarespace templates for your blog
By Joseph Green There’s a good reason why Squarespace is an incredibly popular web building and hosting service: it allows people to build beautiful websites …
$51 million in bushfire donations reveals a big problem with viral Facebook fundraisers
By Amanda Yeo As Australia’s unprecedented bushfires destroyed over 31 million acres in early 2020, a Facebook fundraiser launched by comedian Celeste Barber went viral. …
Denuvo’s Anti-Cheat Software Now Getting Ripped From Games At Record Speed Too
By Timothy Geigner Remember Denuvo? Back in the far simpler times of 2016-2018, which somehow seem light years better than 2020 despite being veritable dumpster …
Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz is out
By Lucas Matney Magic Leap talked a big game, and few were more responsible for fostering a cult of hype and excitement around its vision …
First Latina U.S. senator withdraws name from Biden's running mate list
Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, the first Latina elected to the U.S. Senate, said on Thursday she is not interested in being Joe Biden’s …
SmileDirectClub Sues NBC For $2.85 Billion, Claims Factual Statements And Quotes From Customers Are Defamatory
By Tim Cushing SmileDirectClub — maker of in-home dental appliances — is back in the lawsuit business. A couple of years ago, the company sued …
The Chinese CDC now says the coronavirus didn't jump to people at the Wuhan wet market — instead, it was the site of a super-spreader event
The origin of the new coronavirus still isn’t known. But according to the Chinese CDC, it isn’t the wet market in Wuhan. Source:: https://news.yahoo.com/chinese-cdc-now-says-coronavirus-224900090.html
Tesla board certifies Elon Musk’s payday worth more than $700 million
By Kirsten Korosec Tesla’s board certified a financial milestone that unlocks the first tranche — worth more than $700 million — of an unprecedented multi-billion-dollar …
YouTube rolls out Video Chapters so you can find exactly what you want in a video
By (Deleted account) For the past few weeks, you may have noticed something new on videos from some of your favorite YouTubers. If you hovered …
Trump signs social media executive order while bragging about his follower count
By Jack Morse Donald Trump has had it up to HERE with all these doggone rotten social media companies enabling him to reach hundreds of …
Moderation v. Discretion v. Censorship: They’re Not The Same
By Stephen T. Stone Moderation is a platform operator saying “we don’t do that here”. Discretion is you saying “I won’t do that there”. Censorship …
Trump’s Social Media Executive Order Is Purely for Show
By Gilad Edelman The president has targeted Twitter, Facebook, and other platforms, but has little actual power over how they operate. Source:: https://www.wired.com/story/trump-social-media-executive-order
‘Big Tech’ Blinders Let Other Privacy Violators Off The Hook
By Lindsey Barrett After over a decade of largely uncritical admiration from journalists, policymakers, and the public, the United States’ biggest tech companies have experienced …
Amazon expands use of SNAP benefits for online grocery to 11 more states
By Sarah Perez Amazon customers in nearly a dozen more U.S. states are now able to use their SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits to …
TechCrunch’s Early Stage, Mobility and Space events will be virtual, too
By Matthew Panzarino You may have heard the news: We’re taking Disrupt virtual. As you would expect, we are taking three of our other events …
This weird, lickable gadget tries to recreate your favorite food flavors — Future Blink
By Erica Bahrenburg The Norimaki Synthesizer claims to recreate the five basic tastes: sweet, salty, bitter, acidic, and umami. … More about Tech, Mashable Video, …
English court to weigh recognition of Maduro, Guaido in Venezuela gold case
An English court on Thursday said it would need to decide which of Venezuela’s dueling political factions to recognize before ruling on President Nicolas Maduro’s …
Keep your home office neat with this modular organizing kit — Future Blink
By Erica Bahrenburg MagEasy helps organize your office space with magnetic modules, allowing users to attach their items to MagEasy’s board. … More about Tech, …
Daily Deal: The Accredited Agile Project Management Bundle by SPOCE
By Daily Deal The Accredited Agile Project Management Bundle by SPOCE is designed to equip users with the know-how they need to master Agile project …
COVID-19 infects more than 3,000 U.S. meatpacking workers: union
More than 3,000 U.S. meatpacking workers have tested positive for COVID-19 and at least 44 workers have died, the country’s largest meatpacking union said on …
Hulu, Plex roll out group watch party features
By Ben Patterson Both Hulu and Plex have started testing features that let far-flung friends and loved ones stream videos together. Source:: https://www.techhive.com/article/3545975/hulu-plex-roll-out-group-watch-party-features.html#tk.rss_all
11 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/28/books/review/11-new-books-to-read-this-week.html
BeeHero smartens up hives to provide ‘pollination as a service’ with $4M seed round
By Devin Coldewey Vast monoculture farms outstripped the ability of bee populations to pollinate them naturally long ago, but the techniques that have arisen to …
The Two Things To Understand About Trump’s Executive Order On Social Media: (1) It’s A Distraction (2) It’s Legally Meaningless
By Mike Masnick We’ve officially reached pure silly season when it comes to internet regulations. For the past two years now, every so often, reports …
NSA: Russia’s Sandworm Hackers Have Hijacked Mail Servers
By Andy Greenberg In a rare public warning, the US spy agency says the notorious arm of Russian military intelligence is targeting a known vulnerability …
Tidal adds Dolby Atmos Music support to its HiFi service tier
By Michael Brown The Atmos experience will be delivered via Dolby Digital Plus. Source:: https://www.techhive.com/article/3545992/tidal-adds-dolby-atmos-music-support-to-its-hifi-service-tier.html#tk.rss_all
The HP Reverb G2 upgrades Windows Mixed Reality with Valve’s VR design smarts and 4 cameras
By Hayden Dingman The HP Reverb G2 might be the savior Windows Mixed Reality (MR) so desperately needs. Hopefully. Announced Thursday but not available until …
Simon & Schuster Names Jonathan Karp C.E.O.
By Elizabeth A. Harris Previously the president of the company’s adult publishing division, he succeeds Carolyn Reidy, who died earlier this month. Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/28/books/simon-schuster-jonathan-karp-ceo.html
Researchers use biometrics, including data from the Oura Ring, to predict COVID-19 symptoms in advance
By Darrell Etherington A team of researchers from the West Virginia University (WVU) Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (RNI), along with WVU’s Medicine department and staff from …
How to Clean and Care for Wood Cutting Boards
By Sara Bir A wooden cutting board will last for years with proper care and conditioning. Here’s how to care for it! Continue reading “How …
Is Minced Garlic in a Jar as Good as Fresh?
By Summer Miller Jars of minced garlic are so convenient, but is the garlic as good as fresh? Can you use pre-minced garlic just like …
Audient’s EVO 4 is a sleek, modern USB audio interface with useful smart features
By Darrell Etherington The USB audio interface is a fairly standardized device – for those who might not know, that’s the hardware you use to …
How to overclock your PC’s CPU
By Terry Walsh If you think that overclocking is solely for performance-obsessed geeks armed with bottles of liquid nitrogen, it’s time to reconsider! Even a …
Local Broadcasters Forget Journalism Ethics, Air Amazon PR Fluff Instead
By Karl Bode While US journalism is certainly in crisis mode, it’s particularly bad on the local level, where most local newspapers and broadcasters have …
Tom Cruise Is Making a Movie in Space With SpaceX and NASA
By Angela Watercutter The actor is reportedly working with director Doug Liman on the film. Source:: https://www.wired.com/story/tom-cruise-space-movie
You can now buy a Raspberry Pi 4 with as much RAM as a Mac mini
By Michael Simon When the Raspberry Pi 4 launched last June, it delivered an impressive amount of computing power for such a tiny package. But …
5 Compelling Reasons To Use Compression Garments For Running
By Angela Brennan Weight loss, better sleep, strong bones – these are just some of the health benefits of running. But when it comes to …
Covid-19 Creates Long, Anxious Waits for Fertility Treatments
By Monique Brouillette As fertility clinics gradually reopen, patients and doctors must weigh the risks of seeking pregnancy during a pandemic—or waiting too long to …
Everything coming to HBO Max in June 2020
By Alison Foreman … More about Streaming Services, June, Hbo Max, Entertainment, and Streaming Services Source:: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Mashable/~3/UtIUT42UY3E/
All the best deals from Bose’s summer sale
By Joseph Green TL;DR: Save on headphones, speakers, sound systems, and more in the Bose summer sale. We know you probably have more important things …
German Constitutional Court Says Unjustified Surveillance Of Foreign Citizens Is Illegal
By Tim Cushing The German government pretended to be bothered by the NSA’s spying when the Snowden leaks began, claiming surveillance of overseas allies was …
13 Books to Watch For in June
By Joumana Khatib An important gay civil rights history, the story of human migration and summery, juicy new novels from Kevin Kwan, J. Courtney Sullivan, …
Lights. Camera. Makeup. And a Carefully Placed 1,246-Page Book.
By Dana Rubinstein ‘The Power Broker,’ a biography by Robert Caro has become a must-have prop for numerous politicians and reporters appearing on camera from …