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Hundreds Turn Out to Picket Against Uber Amid 25-Hour Driver Strike
Gizmodo - 25 Mar 2019 22:29
In an outpouring of long-simmering tensions between rideshare companies and drivers whose wages have been on the decline, hundreds affiliated or acting in solidarity with grassroots group Drivers United turned out on Mon...
Lyft Drivers Protest Falling Wages as Execs Drum Up Investor Money for $25 Billion IPO
Gizmodo - 25 Mar 2019 22:00
Inside the luxury Omni Hotel in downtown San Francisco on Monday morning, Lyft executives and investors wheeled and dealed about the company's upcoming IPO as the firm's valuation hit a whopping an estimated $25 billion ...
Creepy Airport Face Scans Like China's Aren't Just Coming to America--They're Already Here
Gizmodo - 25 Mar 2019 21:15
On Sunday, tech analyst Matthew Brennan tweeted an unsettling video of a facial recognition kiosk at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport. The kiosk seemed to give Brennan minutely personalized flight information as h...
NASA, ESA will study how artificial gravity can keep astronauts healthy
Engadget - 25 Mar 2019 01:53
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have to exercise and alter their diet to endure extended stays in microgravity, but NASA and the ESA hope to find a better way. They're about to start a study that will e...
Apple Finally Jumps Into Games with Subscription Service Featuring 100+ Exclusives
Gizmodo - 25 Mar 2019 20:14
Smashed in alongside announcements about updates to Apple News and a new payment system and Apple credit card, Apple also shared info on a new service to help people more easily discover new games: Apple Arcade. The subs...
ASUS update utility hack may have delivered malware to 1 million users
Slash Gear - 25 Mar 2019 18:01
Kasperky Labs today announced the discovery of a wide-ranging supply-chain attack that was used to install a backdoor onto hundreds of thousands of ASUS computers. The hackers responsible for the attack, which Kaspersky ...
Telegram Goes Nuclear With New Message Deletion Feature
Gizmodo - 25 Mar 2019 16:46
Messaging apps increasingly allow for some form of implicit privacy. But a backlog of sometimes years-old chats can still present a vulnerability. In its most recent update, Russia-based Telegram believes it has solved t...
Two new Nintendo Switch models might be released in 2019
Slash Gear - 25 Mar 2019 16:35
Pretty much since the day the Nintendo Switch released, consumers and media outlets have been speculating that Nintendo may refine the console by releasing additional models. Nintendo does this frequently with its handhe...
Sony Xperia 1 screen will be in 4K almost all the time
Slash Gear - 25 Mar 2019 05:59
The Xperia 1 is perhaps one of Sony’s strangest handsets yet. As if its still identifiable Sony design weren’t enough to set it apart from the crowd, its ultra wide, or ultra tall, CinemaWide 21:9 display makes it st...
Boeing 737 Max stall-prevention to be less aggressive with new fix
Slash Gear - 25 Mar 2019 04:27
You’d think that, after all this time, we’d get the flying thing down to a “T”. The Boeing 737 Max proved that isn’t the case. The development of new aviation technologies might be a natural part of progress bu...
HMD Global clarifies privacy policy after Nokia 7 plus fiasco
Slash Gear - 25 Mar 2019 03:49
After having become the new darling of the Android community, HMD Global’s pristine reputation was almost completely tarnished by what may have been just a simple error. Not everyone, however, might have been satisfied...
Uber May Sign $3.1 Billion Deal to Buy Middle Eastern Rival Careem as Soon as Monday
Gizmodo - 25 Mar 2019 02:15
In a move that goes against its recent trend of pulling out of foreign markets, ride-sharing giant Uber is preparing to purchase Dubai-based competitor Careem in a $3.1 billion deal, according to reports in Bloomberg and...
FAA 'tentatively' approves software fix for 737 Max jets
Engadget - 25 Mar 2019 00:24
Boeing may be close to delivering its fix for the 737 Max's anti-stall system and preventing future tragedies. The Wall Street Journal has learned through documents and sources that the FAA has "tentatively" greenlit sof...
Best media streaming devices
TechHive - 25 Mar 2019 23:50
Whether you've just gotten rid of cable or want to supplement your TV package with online video, now's an excellent time to buy a media streaming device. Compared to the typical smart TV, standalone streamers such as the...
Powerbeats Pro leaked, looking like sporty AirPods
Slash Gear - 25 Mar 2019 23:48
Inside the software iOS 12.2 was a hidden bit of hardware, a pair of earbuds made by Apple in the Beats brand. These are called Powerbeats Pro, and they won’t likely be cheap. It would appear like these headphones are ...
Apple releases iOS 12.2 with support for News+ service, new AirPods [Updated]
Ars Technica - 25 Mar 2019 23:47
Apple also updated macOS today to support its news and magazine service.
Formation of Dark Vortex on Neptune Captured For the Very First Time
Gizmodo - 25 Mar 2019 23:42
Late last year, astronomers detected the sixth known dark vortex on Neptune. This time, however, scientists were able to chronicle the formation of this swirling storm over the course of several years, offering new insig...
Apple's New Genre Shows Are Still Mysterious, But Here's What We Learned Today
Gizmodo - 25 Mar 2019 23:30
You know what people say--always leave them wanting more. Well, in Apple's case, the much-anticipated announcement of its first crop of original TV shows for Apple TV+ left us wanting to know what the hell was going on.
Apple Card: The fine print Tim Cook didn't mention
Slash Gear - 25 Mar 2019 23:21
Apple Card is a credit card that exists as a physical card with details on an iPhone. Today Apple showed the Apple Card for the first time ever – and made a pretty convincing case for how the card could be better than ...
'No Man's Sky VR' puts the universe on your headset for free
Engadget - 25 Mar 2019 23:18
No Man's Sky studio Hello Games has rolled out a steady stream of updates to take its stargazing simulator from "cautionary indie tale" to "Best Ongoing Game award nominee" in just two years. No Man's Sky is a sprawling ...
iOS 12.2 arrives with Apple News+, AirPods 2 support, new Animoji
Slash Gear - 25 Mar 2019 22:51
Apple has released iOS 12.2, bringing its users the company’s newly unveiled Apple News+ subscription service, as well as a new Siri ability for playing content on Apple TV from mobile, a few new Animoji, support for s...
The 10 Best Deals of March 25, 2019
Gizmodo - 25 Mar 2019 22:45
We see a lot of deals around the web over on Kinja Deals, but these were our ten favorites today.