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Pokemon GO News: the Unlimited Coins Gym Exploit
Slash Gear - 17 Jul 2017 16:59
Today we’ll be discussing the infinite coin Gym Exploit in Pokemon GO, and how it affects the world at large. First – like most cheats in Pokemon GO – this isn’t having a giant effect of most players. It’s just...
There's Growing Evidence That Pluto's Largest Moon Had a Massive Ocean
Gizmodo - 17 Jul 2017 21:00
Pluto's moon Charon is the best sidekick a dwarf planet could hope for: unwavering in its loyalty, content to be a minor character in somebody else's narrative. But two years after the New Horizons flyby, the largest of ...
This iOS app makes creating and editing guitar tabs a breeze
Engadget - 17 Jul 2017 17:00
One of the more tedious tasks of playing in a cover band is managing lyric and chord sheets. When you play a typical four-hour gig in a local bar, memorizing all that music is not always going to happen. You've got to st...
Fly over Pluto and Charon in the latest NASA footage
Engadget - 17 Jul 2017 16:23
The New Horizons spacecraft may have moved on from Pluto, making a long march to the Kuiper Belt, but we're still deep in the process of analyzing the data it sent back. Now, for the spacecraft's one-year anniversary of ...
Blanca Li dances with robots to better understand them
Engadget - 17 Jul 2017 16:00
Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Stephen Hawking are deeply concerned about AI, but the tech and its ramifications are poorly understood by the public. That disconnect prompted Blanca Li and her dance company to create a choreo...
Google Maps now shows you the best time to leave
Slash Gear - 17 Jul 2017 10:21
It’s one thing to know that your next commute might take an hour. But it’s another thing to know when it might take 30 minutes. Travel times aren’t always fixed and they ebb and flow with the rise and setting of th...
Flat microscope for the brain could help restore lost eyesight
Engadget - 17 Jul 2017 01:57
You'd probably prefer that doctors restore lost sight or hearing by directly repairing your eyes and ears, but Rice University is one step closer to the next best thing: transmitting info directly to your brain. It's dev...
Porsche installs its first high-speed electric car chargers
Engadget - 17 Jul 2017 00:29
Porsche knows that electric vehicles are the future, and it just took a big step to prepare for that future. The performance car brand just opened a new office in Berlin, and the new facility includes the company's first...
MySpace security hijack: How your old account can haunt you
Slash Gear - 17 Jul 2017 23:59
MySpace accounts can be hijacked with only three pieces of easy-to-attain information. Once the attacker has the URL for the account they want to break into, they need only head to the Account Recovery page. While this w...
The Root Wait, NBC Sports Announcer Mike Tirico Isn't Black?
Gizmodo - 17 Jul 2017 23:45
The Root Wait, NBC Sports Announcer Mike Tirico Isn't Black? | Jezebel Some Tea About the Man Who Voiced Kermit the Frog | Fusion The Democrats Have Absolutely No Idea About What They're Going to Do in 2018 | The Concour...
This Is How Inception Ends in 2017
Gizmodo - 17 Jul 2017 23:45
Regardless of what you think of Inception's ambiguous ending, if the film were released in 2017, it's safe to assume that the final scene with the spinning top would have played out a bit differently--with a much, much m...
Emojipedia founder talks the past, present and future of emoji
Engadget - 17 Jul 2017 23:45
We've been a little surprised by the outpouring of enthusiasm for World Emoji Day so far: Apple released a sneak peeks of its new emoji designs, Google signaled the end of its blobs, and the Empire State Building will be...
Fake Obama lipsync has terrifying implications for video evidence
Slash Gear - 17 Jul 2017 23:44
“The camera never lies” may not have ever been especially true, but new research into lip-sync for computer-generated mouths could one day leave all videos suspect. The research, by a group at the University of Washi...
As "hacker" steals $7.4M in Ethereum, $ETH price rises
Slash Gear - 17 Jul 2017 23:09
This morning an incident occurred that sent an apparent $7.4-million USD worth of cryptocurrency Ethereum to a malicious entity. This was more than likely a hacker who laid dormant with backend control over the website f...
Here's Our Best Look at Star Trek: Discovery's New Ship
Gizmodo - 17 Jul 2017 23:00
When it comes to Star Trek, the ship is vital. We've had the Enterprise. Then the Enterprise. Then a change with a space station in Deep Space Nine. And the Voyager. And then, oh look, Enterprise. And now we can add Disc...
In a fragmented VR market, one company wants to unite them all
Engadget - 17 Jul 2017 23:00
Virtual reality is a mainstream phenomenon these days, with major headsets like the Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive now increasingly in consumer hands. There's even a flourishing market in the lower-end, with Samsung's Gear...
Netflix: We can save movies (but not movie theaters)
Slash Gear - 17 Jul 2017 22:59
Netflix has more than 100 million subscribers, and has taken aim at the movie industry, warning that what’s good for films may not be so great for the traditional ways they’re watched. The on-demand media service ann...
Ataribox doubts: Crowdfunding raises vapor questions about retro console
Slash Gear - 17 Jul 2017 22:55
Earlier today, Atari officially unveiled its new Ataribox console. What seems to be Atari’s take on retro consoles like the NES Classic Edition was first teased back in June during CES, but today we got to see what the...
DC security robot says everything is fine, throws itself into pool
Engadget - 17 Jul 2017 22:44
Don't read too much into this, but a security robot face-planted into an indoor fountain inside of a Washington, DC office building today. It's a coincidence, we're sure, but maybe this robot just knows what everyone els...
Japan's space robot will steal your heart from the ISS
Slash Gear - 17 Jul 2017 22:35
Japan’s space agency has an adorable ball-shaped camera that looks like something from Wall-E, and it is live on the International Space Station right now. The camera, which is called Int-Ball, comes from the Japan Aer...
Netflix blows past 100 million subscribers
Engadget - 17 Jul 2017 22:30
A year after subscriber growth slowed due to price hikes, Netflix says (PDF) it added more US customers in the last quarter than it has since 2011. The company is now up to 103.95 million subscribers worldwide, up 5.2 mi...
Twitter porn bots drew in over 30 million clicks
Engadget - 17 Jul 2017 22:02
For the past few months ZeroFOX, a social media-focused digital security company, has been looking into a massive pornography botnet targeting Twitter. Dubbed SIREN, after the mythical Greek creatures said to lure sailor...