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Tesla on autopilot crashes into parked Laguna Beach police car
Slash Gear - 30 May 2018 04:02
It seems that the evidence against self-driving technology are slowly piling up. Coincidentally, the biggest number of them are coming from the car company that isn’t actually pushing for self-driving cars that much. T...
Hulu Scrambles to Pull All Reruns of Roseanne After Star's Racist Tweet
Gizmodo - 30 May 2018 02:45
The torturous situation caused by TV star and far-right conspiracy theorist Roseanne Barr, whose 90s-era show Roseanne was revived for 2018 in some kind of horribly misguided effort to appeal to Donald Trump supporters, ...
Google Assistant users can preview YouTube's 'Impulse' for free
Engadget - 30 May 2018 16:21
With its paid Premium streaming service, YouTube has a steep climb to even compete against entrenched services like Netflix. First it has to get our attention, so for one of its most-anticipated series, Impulse, it came ...
Study finds popular vitamin and mineral supplements are useless
Slash Gear - 30 May 2018 02:32
A new study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology reveals that you may be wasting your money on vitamin and mineral supplements. According to the study, most of these supplements provide neither ...
Nokia 2.1, 3.1, and 5.1 budget Android phones arrive this summer
Slash Gear - 30 May 2018 01:24
HMD has unveiled the new Nokia 5.1, 3.1, and 2.1 Android smartphone models, the first two of which are Android One devices. The company plans to launch the phones this summer starting with the Nokia 3.1 next month. All t...
Yes, the Maleficent Sequel Is Officially Happening
Gizmodo - 30 May 2018 01:00
The first Maleficent movie was a surprise smash, raking in a ton of money and inspiring Disney to dive headfirst into creating a slew of live-action adaptations of its beloved animated films. Now, four years after the po...
Police Are More Likely to Arrest You at a Protest Where People Actually Give a Shit, Study Finds
Gizmodo - 30 May 2018 00:55
A new study from the University of Southern California (USC) suggests that there is a correlation between an increase in violence at protests and tweets with "moral content" concerning what the protest is about--like, sa...
Netgear Arlo customers warned to change account passwords
Slash Gear - 30 May 2018 00:40
Netgear is asking its home security customers to change their passwords due to suspicious activity that may have left users exposed. The company posted its advisement on the Netgear forums, where it warns customers that ...
San Francisco demands Uber and Lyft reveal driver pay
Engadget - 30 May 2018 00:06
Ridesharing companies have been repeatedly been accused of paying meager wages to drivers, and San Francisco has had enough. City Attorney Dennis Herrera has sent subpoenas to Uber and Lyft demanding that the companies h...
Activists Are Using Robots to Send Abortion Pills to Northern Ireland
Gizmodo - 30 May 2018 23:50
Activists say they will use robots to deliver abortion pills to Northern Ireland, where abortion is only legal if the life of the woman is endangered. While it's illegal in the region for a pregnant woman to have a medic...
Google's Pixel 3 XL might have a notch and edge-to-edge screen
Engadget - 30 May 2018 23:42
We've been impressed with Google's Pixel phones, but their terrible sales haven't lived up to their critical reputation. The Pixel 2 replaced the first model after just a year, so it was a good bet that the Pixel 3 would...
Drunk YouTuber's Fake Shooter 'Experiment' Sent Disney Resort Into Lockdown, Cops Say
Gizmodo - 30 May 2018 23:40
YouTube has spawned a lot of egregiously dumb shit: Everything from a high-profile scandal over a video gawking at a suicide victim in a Japanese forest to a vlogger wearing a Nazi armband at a Donald Trump rally as part...
The Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL won't settle the notch war
Slash Gear - 30 May 2018 23:31Astronaut ordered pizza in space before returning to Earth
Slash Gear - 30 May 2018 23:27
When far away from home, it’s not unusual to crave familiar foods you can’t get at the moment. That experience isn’t limited to Earth travel, but also includes astronauts in space, particularly those living in the ...
Sixers president accused of leaking info with burner Twitter accounts
Engadget - 30 May 2018 23:27
More than a few people have burner Twitter accounts to track news, comment anonymously or even make in-jokes between friends. For Philadelphia 76ers basketball operations president Bryan Colangelo, however, those disposa...
California Is Halfway to Restoring Net Neutrality
Gizmodo - 30 May 2018 23:20
A California bill that would hold internet service providers accountable for violating net neutrality has passed the State Senate, meaning it is halfway to becoming law. The legislation, first introduced in January, is c...
Thousands Call on Amazon to Stop Forcing Contractors to Settle Complaints in Secret
Gizmodo - 30 May 2018 23:09
Thousands of activists delivered an open letter to Amazon on Wednesday urging the company to free its contractors from forced arbitration.
Judge dismisses Kaspersky lawsuits over government ban
Engadget - 30 May 2018 23:09
Last year, the US government made moves to ban the use of Kaspersky security software in federal agencies, claiming the company's ties to the Russian government represented a security risk. In September, the Department o...
Apple HomePod stereo pairing: Hands-on
Slash Gear - 30 May 2018 22:59
If one HomePod sounds great, how about two of Apple’s speakers set up as a stereo pair? With the arrival of AirPlay 2 this week, right on the cusp of WWDC 2018, Apple finally delivers on music promises it made back whe...
Food delivery drones take flight in China
Engadget - 30 May 2018 22:39
You don't have to wait for food delivery drones... if you live in the right part of China. Alibaba's online meal giant Ele.me has been cleared to use drones for delivering orders in Shanghai's Jinshan Industrial Park. Th...
New Evidence Reveals a 17,000-Year-Old Coastal Route Into North America
Gizmodo - 30 May 2018 22:38
The first people to cross into North America from Eurasia did so by traveling through the Bering Strait, or so the theory goes. A new theory has emerged proposing a coastal route into the continent, but evidence has been...
Just a Line AR doodle app arrives for iOS with cross-platform support
Slash Gear - 30 May 2018 22:30
Earlier this year, Google launched an augmented reality app for Android called “Just a Line.” The app enables users to draw virtual doodles in the air using just their smartphone, a fun AR experiment free for anyone ...