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| - | This is how Taco Bell, Starbucks, and other fast-food chains are using mobile to boost order values | Mobile has gained legitimacy as a commerce channel. Millions of retail locations in the US now accept mobile in-store payments and are also developing e-commerce businesses that support mobile payment options in apps and on mobile websites.... |
| - | Morgan Stanley: Some drivers may go too far with Tesla Autopilot (TSLA) | Morgan Stanley lead auto analyst — and somewhat repentant Tesla bull — Adam Jonas published a research note on Thursday in which he reviewed his stance on Autopilot, the semi-self-driving technology that was involved in the fatal crash of a... |
| - | How drones will change the world in the next 5 years | Drones are one of the fastest-growing and most-exciting technologies anywhere in the world. Unmanned aerial vehicles directed by a pilot on the ground or flying completely autonomously are already beginning to transform fields as diverse as... |
| - | Google is hiring good drivers for its self-driving cars | same Google is looking for people with good driving records to become "vehicle operators" for Google's self-driving cars, according to this ad posted on
.
Oxymoron anyone?
The self-driving car driver is expected to be on the ro... |
| - | Hitman’s creator wants you to assassinate throughout 2016 | Are you ready for a world of assassination? Hitman debuts today as an episodic game where you can live out the fantasy of being Agent 47, a professional killer who goes to exotic places, dresses in tuxedos, drives fancy cars, and assassinat... |
| - | ‘Silicon Valley’ gets an unwanted new CEO in the season 3 trailer | Pied Piper is a full-on legitimate company on the third season of HBO comedy "Silicon Valley," which returns on April 24.
But the guys behind the company are about to find that legitimacy presents its own set of problems.
In a n... |
| - | 5 science-backed signs you might be smarter than average | Studies have shown that a person who exhibits one or more of these five traits might be smarter than average. |
| - | Here’s the email Cisco’s CEO just sent to the troops to announce a big reorg | On Monday, Cisco's new CEO Chuck Robbins announced that he is reorganizing the company's massive engineering unit into four new teams to match with the areas he sees as most critical.
The new units are:
All of the unit leaders will report... |
| - | Things are heating up between Facebook and Snapchat (FB) | When
earlier this week, it felt like the social network was hoping for a "third time's the charm" effect in its ongoing efforts to rival Snapchat.
Since 2012, Facebook has tried to play catch-up with features from wildly popular... |
| - | Microsoft alienates women with scantily clad ‘schoolgirl’ dancers at official party (MSFT) | Microsoft's efforts to address the "bro" culture that dominates the gaming industry took a stumble this week. To its credit, Microsoft immediately recognized the error and apologized for it.
Microsoft hired scantily clad "sc... |
| - | Hot LA startup founder reveals what startups you need to know about in the LA startup scene | A lot of founders and investors from the LA startup scene are in Austin, Texas this week for South by Southwest. A few years ago, the only startups people really knew about in southern California were Snapchat and Tinder.
But in the last f... |
| - | 500 rare Apple II programs and games are now preserved online at the Internet Archive |
In an industry that constantly lusts toward the future, the Internet Archive has once again helped retain tech’s past by announcing that it has saved more than 500 Apple II programs.
The San Francisco-based non-profit has been doing ye... |
| - | Internal email at the company Dell is buying for $67 billion shows fear of a ‘Blackberry moment’ (EMC, PSTG) | Newly surfaced emails from some of EMC's executives suggest the company was worried about a "Blackberry moment" in 2014, well before Dell agreed to buy it for $67 billion last October.
EMC has long been the leader in the data sto... |
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| - | This gadget from Amazon’s new movie is crazy, but something like it could exist sooner than you think | Google had just launched its ill-fated Glass headset when Benjamin Dickinson started writing the script for "Creative Control," his film about a new augmented-reality device, in 2012. Amazon Studios, the e-commerce giant's content... |
| - | Startup bank Mondo raised a crazy £1 million in just 96 seconds in its crowdfunding campaign | App-only bank Mondo has raised £1 million in just 96 seconds, days
,
Mondo had to "pause" the launch of its crowdfunding campaign on Monday after demand from punters looking to buy shares in the company crashed Crowdcube's platf... |
| - | Take a tour of the world’s biggest truck stop | Drivers moving west across Interstate 80 into Iowa experience the first undulations in terrain felt since Pennsylvania.
At night, numbed from hours on the road, its easy to confuse the sensation with flying.
Less than ten miles after cros... |
| - | Dropbox is falling for a common mistake called ‘Stack Fallacy’ | Dropbox made a number of headline-grabbing moves over the past few weeks, but Storm Ventures partner Anshu Sharma's more concerned than impressed.
He sees a company that's failing to figure out what customers truly need — falling for what ... |
| - | Xbox Live is down: Microsoft is investigating why users can’t sign in (Update: Fixed) | Microsoft’s Xbox Live service is once again experiencing issues. Users are unable to sign in, and Microsoft is investigating what the problem might be.
Ironically, we first spotted the issue without even being on an Xbox. At 9:23 a.m. Paci... |
| - | Here’s how payments companies are using digital technology to reach the un- and underbanked | More than 2 billion adults worldwide, in both developed and developing countries, lack adequate access to banking services. Of this group, the majority isn’t excluded by choice; rather, cost, distance, need, and other variables make it chal... |
| - | Here’s how letters get printed on your keyboard | Laser marking uses powerful, focused laser beams to put letters, numbers, punctuation, and other shapes on other materials. Depending on the machine, the lasers can melt, char, or change the other material's chemical composition.
Thanks to... |
| - | Facebook uses a poll to pick which questions Zuck answers at weekly all-hands meetings (FB) | For Facebook employees, Friday afternoons mean an opportunity to pick the brains of company leaders.
Every Friday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his executive team hold an all-hands meeting where employees are encouraged to ask candid questions.... |
| - | Apple thinks about TV like a tech company, and that could be a big mistake (AAPL) | In an interview published Thursday, Apple SVP Eddy Cue talked to
about Apple's ambitions in TV. His answers made it clear that Apple thinks about TV very much like a tech company.
This isn't necessarily a good thing.
When Cue talked abou... |
| - | The iPhone 8 could have a next-generation selfie camera (AAPL) | Apple's next iPhone will likely have a next-generation front-facing camera that can sense 3D space as well as enable applications like facial recognition, KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo wrote in a recent note to investors.
One applica... |
| - | THE BLOCKCHAIN REPORT: Why the technology behind Bitcoin is seeing widespread investment and early application across the finance industry | Blockchain technology, which is best known for powering Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, is gaining steam among finance firms because of its potential to streamline processes and increase efficiency. The technology could cut costs by up ... |
| - | Making money is cool again for young Silicon Valley startups | Investors packed Y Combinator's prestigious Demo Day on Tuesday to listen to startups pitch their business. But those pitches had a different tone than they did six months ago.
Suddenly startups are talking about profitability and highligh... |
| - | The sale of Intel’s VC unit could trigger another avalanche in startup valuations (INTC) | Intel is shopping around its in-house venture-capital business,
The move to sell part of Intel Capital, which comes two months after the retirement of the group's president, is an abrupt change of plans at the world's largest chip maker. I... |
| - | The websites of candidates running for president 20 years ago are unbelievably bad | Original story
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| - | This virtual reality company wants to change the way content is developed | Virtual reality can be overwhelming for some, but one company wants to make it easier.
Los Angeles-based software company Visionary VR, which focuses on story creation, has raised $5.3 million a round of funding led by DFJ Ventures. Bubba ... |
| - | This award-winning underwater photographer makes stunning images on a point-and-shoot camera | Anuar Patjane Floriuk won a prestigious
award for the stunning image above, and he made it on a point-and-shoot camera.
The annual World Press Photo awards honor the most amazing photojournalists, sports photographers, and nature photogra... |
| - | The US government may have caught the man who stole naked celebrity photos — but one key person is still on the run | The US Department of Justice
of dozens of celebrities, including Kate Upton, Jennifer Lawrence, and Ariana Grande.
There's no denying this is big news — the people behind the iCloud hack caused upset and embarrassment when private photos ... |
| - | Inside the video game roots of Slack, everyone’s favorite workplace messaging app | If you spend your days coordinating projects with your colleagues at work — like we do at Tech Insider — Slack is a huge deal. Instead of wading through emails and instant messaging apps, Slack lets workplaces easily handle group convos, pr... |
| - | How Startup Valuation Works | How would you measure the value of a company? Especially, a company that you started a month ago – how do you determine startup valuation? That is the question you will be asking yourself when you look for money for your company.
Let’s lay... |
| - | Here’s how Fallout 4’s latest update affects Xbox One and PlayStation 4 | Sometimes, as games grow older, they begin to change and grow hair in strange places … or I think that’s what my health teacher said — I wasn’t paying attention.
Fallout 4’s 1.4 update is live on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and you can dow... |
| - | Google’s Tilt Brush on the HTC Vive VR headset will make you feel like a 3D artist |
One of my favorite apps on the HTC Vive Pre virtual reality headset is Google’s
, a 3D painting program that lets your turn the virtual world into your canvas.
This kind of VR experience could very well be one of the killer apps for v... |
| - | ‘The dice were loaded in Hulk Hogan’s favor,’ lawyers say of the Gawker trial | A Florida jury decided on Friday evening that Gawker Media must pay Hulk Hogan, aka Terry Bollea,
in damages after running a portion of sex tape of the famous wrestler on its site.
The case centers on a
by former Gawker editor A.J. Daule... |
| - | If you want to make video games for a living, get ready for a lot of unpaid overtime | Lots of people want to work in the games industry. But few realize how much it can grind you down.
According to a new study from the International Game Developers Association (IDGA), 38% of game developers worked unpaid overtime during the... |
| - | Google is selling its robot company to Toyota | Google is selling Boston Dynamics, the robotics startup it bought in 2013, to Toyota,
A source says that the "ink is nearly dry" on the deal, but didn't disclose the price.
The robotics division has been a
within the company si... |
| - | Here’s why you shouldn’t freak out about that ‘cell phones cause cancer’ study | It's scary to hear that cellphones — devices that most of us have with us all the time — have been linked to cancer
.
But despite any headlines you may have seen, there's still not enough information or evidence for the average person to ... |
| - | This one chart explains why cybersecurity is so important | New hacking threats have emerged in the past two years, and with it has come an large increase in worldwide concern about cybersecurity.
In 2014, 69% of executives expressed concerned about cyber threats, including a lack of data security,... |
| - | Scientists will eavesdrop on New York whales to help save them | The Wildlife Conservation Society’s (
) New York Aquarium and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (
) will be working together to listen to whales near New York.
To do this, they are deploying an acoustic monitoring buoy to the New ... |
| - | The big new buzz in smartphone photography turned out to be a major disappointment | LG built a brilliant little device for its not-yet-released
called the Cam Plus, but in my hands-on test with a pre-production model, I consider it a huge disappointment.
Smartphone photography is better than ever, with Apple and Samsung ... |
| - | People are raving about the world’s first approved birth control app — but there’s a big reason it might not work for you | Elina Berglund's app will be the first in the world to be government approved as a contraceptive, putting it alongside the pill, IUDs, and condoms — in Europe, at least.
"It feels incredibly exciting that there is now an approved alte... |
| - | People can’t figure out how many girls are in this picture | Thousands have commented on an Instagram post that is confusing the internet. People cannot seem to agree on just how many girls are in the picture Swiss photographer
posted a week ago as part of the site's Weekend Hashtag Project. After t... |
| - | Email marketing: How to stay out of the spam folder and increase open rates by 500% (webinar) | VB WEBINAR:
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With 43 percent year-over-year growth and up to 50 million unique visitors a month, Realtor.com is the fastest growing online real estate company in the category. For Nate Johnson, CMO of Realtor.com, email marketing is cent... |
| - | Jawbone has stopped making its UP fitness trackers and sold remaining inventory to a third party | Jawbone has stopped making its UP fitness trackers and sold its remaining inventory to a third-party reseller, sources familiar with the matter told Tech Insider.
Jawbone has three major fitness trackers: The UP2, UP3, and UP4. The company... |
| - | This helpful tool makes Netflix an easy way to learn a new language (NFLX) | Netflix can be a great tool for learning a new language, as can watching foreign movies and TV shows in general. Comparing the subtitles and the audio can help supersize your vocabulary.
But it’s not a perfect system. Let’s say you're an E... |
| - | Sony’s Future Lab unveils Project N hands-free headphone prototype | Sony’s
has unveiled the first of many concept prototypes that it wants your feedback on. At the South by Southwest interactive conference, the company touted its first project — called “N” — a hands-free headphone that may remind you of LG... |
| - | Bitcoin Is Splitting In Two. Now What? | your checking account and seeing that you now also have a second account, stocked with an equal amount of a newly created currency. It could happen this morning to many people who hold the cryptocurrency bitcoin.
Not long after 8 am EDT, a... |
| - | Microsoft changes its mind and re-invites the startup it was planning to boot from its conference | Microsoft has changed its mind and is now asking startup Okta to come back and be a sponsor for Microsoft's upcoming Ignite tech conference after all.
The change of heart comes
was booted from its long-time spot as a sponsor.
"We ha... |
| - | VW is facing the nightmare scenario that terrifies every car company | to the US government to settle claims related to its emissions-cheating scandal.
That figure dwarfs the $900 million that General Motors paid in connection with its massive ignition-switch recall. The total cost for the automaker was much ... |
| - | Microsoft launches OneNote importer tool for Evernote users | Microsoft today
a OneNote importer tool that lets Evernote users bring their content to Microsoft’s note-taking tool. You can download the OneNote Importer for Windows now from
(a Mac version will follow “in the coming months”). Once your... |
| - | Nintendo just introduced a mini $60 version of its first major game console, NES | Remember the 1980s? Everyone had big hair and cassette players and a bunch of stuff I can't properly reference because I wasn't born yet. Anyway, that was when video games were
, man. You blew on your "Castlevania" cartridge, plo... |
| - | Ex-Barclays CEO Antony Jenkins thinks technology could undermine a fundamental principle of banking | Former Barclays CEO Antony Jenkins thinks technology could do away with maturity transformation — a core part of retail banking —
.
The paper reports that Jenkins made the comments in a speech to the Institute of Chartered Accountants in ... |
| - | The clock is ticking for investors who want Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer fired — what’s next? (YHOO) | The deadline to nominate new Yahoo board members is only a week away, but it's unclear where talks stand between Yahoo and activist investor Starboard Value.
The two sides met last week, right after Yahoo announced the addition of two new ... |
| - | Soon you’ll be able to shop by taking photos of the stuff you want | If you've ever wanted to instantly buy a pair of shoes you spotted on the subway, or a piece of furniture you saw at your friend's house, Pinterest is creating a new feature that will let you do just that.
Pinterest is experimenting with c... |
| - | One angry programmer almost broke the internet by deleting 11 lines of code (MSFT) | This week, one angry programmer broke a whole mess of the software the internet runs on with the simple deletion of one simple program consisting of 11 lines of code.
Everything is OK now. But it's a strange case that involves copyright la... |
| - | Bubbles, chasms and ‘dreaming the dream’ ― a top tech investor reveals its unconventional approach to picking winners | Coatue Management, the $10 billion long/short equity hedge fund led by "Tiger Cub" Philippe Laffont, is one of the most prolific investors in technology companies.
Speaking at the MIT Sloan Investment Conference on Friday, David ... |
| - | How luxury shoppers are changing the face of retail | Luxury shoppers are highly coveted customers for brands and retailers. The top 10% of US household earners (those taking home $120,000 or more annually) account for approximately half of all consumer expenditures.
This demographic’s growin... |
| - | Audi unveiled a topless R8 at New York Auto Show | Audi unveiled the new R8 Spyder, an open-top version of its flagship sports car, at a packed event at the New York Auto Show on Wednesday.
The R8 Spyder, which has already made several unintentional appearances being driven across Africa
... |
| - | Your iPhone has a new feature to help you read at night — here’s how to use it (AAPL) | Your iPhone's bright blue display doesn't have to hurt your eyes at night anymore.
Apple has
for the iPhone and iPad that automatically makes the display's color palette warmer as the sun sets. It's available in iOS 9.3, a software update... |
| - | This giant floating solar panel is saving a water company millions of dollars | Thames Water built a massive floating solar farm situated in the middle of an English reservoir. The company needs a huge amount of energy to supply England with drinking water. It spends $144 million a year on power alone, and this farm co... |
| - | The cofounder of the huge SXSW trade show has died | Louis Meyers, co-founder of the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival and former director of the North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance, has died
, according to Austin 360.
Meyer's death comes on the day this year's South by Southwest ... |
| - | Photos of Amazon’s secret invitation-only conference, where Jeff Bezos showed up in a robotic suit (AMZN) | Earlier this week, Amazon held a secret, invitation-only event for the machine-learning and robotics community.
The three-day event, at the Parker Palm Springs resort in California, had hundreds of guests from the business, entertainment, ... |
| - | These are the people helping Oracle take on Amazon | Like all huge software companies, Oracle is in the midst of a major transformation as it moves from selling old-school software licenses to next-generation tech.
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| - | Publishers reveal what it’s really like using Facebook’s Instant Articles so far (FB) | 10 months ago, Facebook launched the first trial of “
,” its bid to have publishers put their articles directly into the Facebook app instead of first on their websites.
The pitch was that Facebook hosting these articles would provide a m... |
| - | There’s been a shakeup at the trading venue made famous by ‘Flash Boys’ | IEX, the upstart trading venue made famous by Michael Lewis' book "Flash Boys," has made some changes.
The firm has appointed Ronan Ryan, who was previously chief strategy officer, as president — a new role at the firm.
He will ... |
| - | Tesla has finally fixed a huge problem with one of its most important features (tsla) | Generally speaking, Tesla makes impressive vehicles.
The Roadster redefined what an electric car could be, the Model S redefined what an electric luxury sedan could be, and the recently arrived Model X is trying to redefine what an electri... |
| - | 13 ways to fix your iPhone or Mac with common household items (AAPL) | Usually, when something goes wrong with your iPhone or Mac, the first move is to an Apple Store to get it looked at by a professional.
But the Apple store can be expensive for repairs, and often, minor problems can be solved at home with s... |
| - | This startup is connecting superfans who are hiding away in isolated corners of the Internet | When 20th Century Fox paid to take over Snapchat's filters before the release of the movie "X-Men: Apocalypse," some Snapchat users
into their social space.
But the exact opposite happened when 20th Century Fox
. X-Men superfan... |
| - | A pro-ISIS account is giving its Belgian followers specific instructions on how to evade authorities | An ISIS-affiliated channel on the secure messaging app Telegram is advising its followers on how to evade detection by authorities after the terrorist attacks in Belgium on Tuesday.
The channel, called "Information Security," enc... |
| - | Scientists are using Rorschach inkblots to help build better bionic eyes for the blind | Hermann Rorschach's famous inkblots are now helping fix blindness. He made 10 of them in 1921, and for a long time they were used to examine someone's personality traits and emotional capacity by analyzing what that person saw in each inkbl... |
| - | Eating these fruits and vegetables can help whiten your teeth — here’s how | that are high in fiber can help make your teeth whiter.
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| - | NASA is sending a probe to explore a strange object a billion miles beyond Pluto | Even as the Juno mission made history by successfully coming into
, NASA had its eyes on other ways to push the boundaries of our knowledge about the universe around us.
The agency has approved a proposal from the New Horizons team to sen... |
| - | Business Insider is hiring a science editor | Are you obsessed with science? Do you have a knack for translating complex ideas into stories for a general audience? Do you find yourself full of story ideas, ranging from photo features on the latest consumer genetics test to deep dives i... |
| - | San Francisco lawmakers use a secret messaging app to keep chats from prying public eyes | Telegram, a self-destructing messaging app, has become popular among San Francisco public officials as a way to evade public records laws, says a report in
.
California law says that texts and emails are considered part of the public reco... |
| - | A new ‘Game of Thrones’ video clip shown behind closed doors suggests Jon Snow is still alive | An exclusive new "Game of Thrones" teaser was shown behind closed doors at HBO's exhibit at the SXSW trade show in Austin, Texas, and it suggests that Jon Snow will be revived from death in Season 6.
In the video clip, which pres... |
| - | Biggest Obstacle in Becoming an Entrepreneur Is You | What if I told you that the number-one thing standing in your way to launching and / or expanding your business was something you can control 100 percent? What if I also told you that the moment you conquer it, your whole life and business ... |
| - | How Dragon Age’s David Gaider joined the old-school role-playing game renaissance | FEATURE:
David Gaider is now part of the renaissance.
The acclaimed writer for the blockbuster Dragon Age role-playing game series left EA-owned studio BioWare in January. It didn’t take long for him to return to his roots — the Infinity ... |
| - | Demand for the iPhone 7 is healthy (AAPL) | Sales of the impending iPhone 7 may be almost 10% higher in Q4 2016 than sales of the iPhone 6s were over the same period last year, according to a recent
by Piper Jaffray cited by 9to5Mac.
About 15% of the US iPhone users who responded t... |
| - | The iPhone just got its first real price cut (AAPL) | Apple revealed a new phone on Monday:
. It's not a cutting edge phone.
It takes Apple's current-generation technology and sticks in a case that first went on sale in 2013. The iPhone SE can't do anything previous iPhones haven't been able... |
| - | How subscription video on-demand services like Netflix are contributing to the demise of pay-TV | The way viewers are watching TV is rapidly evolving.
Every year, more viewers are ditching their expensive pay-TV subscriptions and opting instead for subscription video on-demand (SVOD) services like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Video, as we... |
| - | President Obama is making a historic trip to Cuba — here’s what every American should know before booking a flight | President Obama left Andrews Air Force Base on Sunday for a historic three-day trip to Cuba — the first visit by an American president since Calvin Coolidge in 1928.
Over the summer, Business Insider
, Cuba, to see what it's like to visit... |
| - | Astronomers peered deeper into the Orion Nebula than ever before — here’s what they saw | Astronomers working at the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile have captured the deepest, most detailed image of the Orion Nebula to date.
The team used an infrared instrument called HAWK-I, which is mounted to the VLT, to capture this and... |
| - | The 12 video games you shouldn’t miss this summer | Let's be honest: The sun is trying to kill you. Me too! It's coming for all of us, really.
But there's good news too! One simple trick for avoiding the sun's murderous rays is to stay inside and play all the great video games coming out th... |
| - | The untreatable Zika virus just reached another island nation — here’s a map of all the places it has spread so far | A mountainous Caribbean island nation has become the latest to be hit with a Zika travel advisory.
On Tuesday, March 22, the CDC added Dominica to its list of countries and territories with local transmission of the virus. The agency added... |
| - | Customer service experiences are more important than ever in the age of e-commerce | The quality of customer service consumers experience can significantly impact a retailer's bottom line. In fact, 66% of US consumers are willing to spend more money with a company that provides them with excellent customer service, accordin... |
| - | Hillary Clinton is proposing debt forgiveness to young entrepreneurs in a sweeping technology agenda | Hillary Clinton will propose allowing entrepreneurs to defer making student loan payments, as part of a sweeping technology agenda she plans to introduce on Tuesday.
Clinton's campaign says she would permit start-up founders and early empl... |
| - | Why leaving the EU would put London’s booming fintech sector at risk | OPINION:
The stage has been set for a decision that will impact the U.K.’s business community for years to come. The EU referendum — confirmed for June 23rd — will determine whether Britain remains a member of one of the world’s most influ... |
| - | The logos of these 19 huge companies have changed beyond recognition since they launched | Every few years, major brands will make a small or large adjustment to the design of its logo.
By comparing the original logo to its most recent version, we can learn important lessons about a brand's roots and its arc of progression.
We ... |
| - | Snapchat’s new Memories feature lets you save snaps | Snapchat has begun to roll out a new feature called "Memories" that will allow users to save snaps with the option to add them to their Snapchat Stories, the company
The move marks a further shift away from the app's early focus ... |
| - | A top product designer reveals the one kitchen tool he can’t live without | Take away Dan Formosa's knives and pans, but spare him his Microplane.
The veteran product designer, who worked on IBM's original home computer and invented OXO's line of Good Grips kitchen tools, says the bladed, nail-file-like implement ... |
| - | The inside story of why Masquerade sold to Facebook, even though it had 2 other offers (FB) | When the small team behind MSQRD,
that Facebook bought earlier this month, saw that CEO Mark Zuckerberg had
on his timeline, it sparked a frenzy of joy.
"We didn't know if there would be any public welcome or anything," Nikolay... |
| - | Go board game champion Lee Sedol finally beats Google’s AI | – South Korean Lee Sedol won his first match against a computer program developed by a Google subsidiary on Sunday in the ancient board game Go, denying a clean sweep for the artificial intelligence in a five-match series.
Lee, one of the ... |
| - | There’s a surprisingly good reason a canned bacon sandwich costs tens of millions of dollars to eat | For the past two years, British celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal has been preparing food he would never consider serving in his restaurant.
These latest dishes, Blumenthal says, are also some of the most difficult he's ever made. And the m... |
| - | Apple’s plan to dominate apps is wildly successful even though it still has a major flaw (AAPL) | The latest version of Apple's young programming language, Swift, will be one of the stars of the show at Apple's World Wide Developers conference (WWDC) which begins June 13.
The programming world has never seen anything like Swift. Apple ... |
| - | Valve enables gamers to play non-VR games on the HTC Vive | Valve just announced that it has launched an early beta test for the SteamVR Desktop Theater Mode, which enables gamers to play non-virtual-reality games with VR systems.
The new mode will work with the upcoming HTC Vive virtual reality he... |
| - | 30 big tech predictions for 2017 | Technology is disrupting nearly every part of our daily lives.
Smartphones have allowed us to stay connected to each other at literally every moment of our lives, whether it's on our daily commutes or on faraway vacations.
The Internet of... |
| - | 10 insights from Google’s head of HR that describe what it’s like to get hired at the tech giant | Last year, Google's senior vice president of People Operations, Laszlo Bock, peeled back the curtain on Google's management style and culture with the publication of his book "
"
The bestseller is chock-full of insights that exp... |
| - | Astronaut Scott Kelly’s mind-blowing photos from his record-breaking year in space will make you fall in love with Earth all over again | Right before Astronaut Scott Kelly took off to spend a year in space,
,"Good luck Captain. Make sure to Instagram it."
And he did.
From tracking storms to catching all the colors of the Earth, here are some of the best shots fr... |
