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The UK's porn license plan remains a mess
Engadget - 26 Mar 2019 14:00
It's April in the UK, and you'd quite like to enjoy some online adult content. But before you can, you need to walk to your nearest retailer. You shuffle, hesitantly, toward the cashier, mindful of the other patrons, and...
Google's AMP tech makes Gmail more interactive
Engadget - 26 Mar 2019 18:00
Google is finally ready to bring its fast-loading AMP tech to Gmail after more than a year of testing. Now widely available on the web, "dynamic email" (as Google calls it) gives you web-based interactions that would nor...
Iron Man VR flies into PlayStation VR exclusivity
Slash Gear - 26 Mar 2019 04:44
With Avengers: Endgame just a month away, you can expect all the related merchandise to start popping up left and right. That, of course, includes games that will try to tie in with the film or try to fulfill the desire ...
Uber is acquiring Middle Eastern rival Careem for $3.1 billion
Engadget - 26 Mar 2019 17:23
Uber has confirmed it's acquiring its main rival in the Middle East, Careem, for $3.1 billion. The deal is the region's largest ever tech transaction, outside of Israel, according to the Associated Press. It gives Uber s...
Scientists Gave Mice a Psychedelic Drug to Figure Out How We Hallucinate
Gizmodo - 26 Mar 2019 17:00
Seeing something that isn't there can be one of the strangest, frightening, and baffling experiences a person can have. But scientists at the University of Oregon say they've come a bit closer to understanding what happe...
Microsoft's Brad Smith Calls for 'Industrywide' Plan to Fight Extremist Content After Christchurch
Gizmodo - 26 Mar 2019 07:45
Microsoft has called for the tech industry to set a uniform approach to violent, extremist content following the sickening massacre of Muslims attending mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand by a white supremacist earlier ...
NBA's Magic Leap app lets you watch basketball in augmented reality
Engadget - 26 Mar 2019 04:14
Basketball fans can now experience the game in augmented reality. The NBA now has a mixed-reality app for the Magic Leap One headset that will allow for a wide range of immersive features. Fans with the mixed-reality hea...
Bethesda says DOOM Eternal and other games will arrive on Steam
Slash Gear - 26 Mar 2019 03:35
If you’re a fan of both Bethesda titles and Steam, the company has good news for you: DOOM Eternal and a number of other games will be available on the latter company’s game store. This will give PC players an altern...
Galaxy A70 breaks cover but Galaxy A90 could steal the show
Slash Gear - 26 Mar 2019 02:59
With the Galaxy S10 well on its way into consumers’ hands and pockets, the manufacturer its attention to the less expensive members of its mobile family. Almost out of the blue, Samsung just announced the Galaxy A70, w...
'Doom Eternal' and other Bethesda games are coming to Steam
Engadget - 26 Mar 2019 02:13
The rise of proprietary game launchers appears to be getting worse, but there's at least one company headed in the opposite direction. Bethesda has announced that its upcoming games will be available through Steam, inclu...
Five Nights at Freddy's VR: Help Wanted arrives on PS VR this spring
Slash Gear - 26 Mar 2019 01:36
Five Nights at Freddy’s, the point-and-click survival horror game that exploded in popularity a few years ago, is coming to PlayStation VR. Sony revealed the plan as part of its PlayStation announcements today, explain...
Hackers Snuck Backdoors Into ASUS Software Updates, Infecting Thousands
Gizmodo - 26 Mar 2019 00:49
On Monday, we saw once again how criminals can exploit trust and use it as a weakness.
PS4 exclusive 'Concrete Genie' is delayed again, this time to fall 2019
Engadget - 26 Mar 2019 00:06
PixelOpus hasn't said much about Concrete Genie since its 2017 reveal and last year's gameplay clip, but the studio is nearly ready to show its hand... hopefully. The PS4 title is now slated to launch in fall 2019, or co...
Gene-Editing Record Smashed With Over 13,000 Changes Made to a Single Human Cell
Gizmodo - 26 Mar 2019 23:40
Using a modified version of CRISPR, a team of geneticists has successfully triggered 13,200 genetic changes to a single human cell. That's a new record, by a long shot. This sweeping new editing process could eventually ...
County Bans Unvaccinated Minors from Entering Public Spaces, a First in the U.S.
Gizmodo - 26 Mar 2019 23:30
Rockland County, New York is taking a drastic step to curtail its ongoing outbreak of measles. On Tuesday, Rockland County executive Ed Day announced a ban on minors unvaccinated for measles from entering public spaces l...
FTC will examine privacy policies at major internet providers
Engadget - 26 Mar 2019 23:30
Just because American internet providers are facing looser privacy regulations doesn't mean they're avoiding all scrutiny. The Federal Trade Commission has ordered AT&T, Comcast, Google Fiber, T-Mobile and Verizon (Engad...
Earth Day with Pokemon GO: A chat with Niantic about Civic & Social Impact
Slash Gear - 26 Mar 2019 23:19
In 2019, Niantic’s got another Earth Day campaign planned. In a manner similar to 2018, Niantic and masses of gamers – Pokemon GO and Ingress included – will head out and clean up the planet. In 68 events and with ...
PlayStation Plus subscribers get exclusive free Fortnite Carbon skin
Slash Gear - 26 Mar 2019 23:18
Sony has a special treat for PlayStation Plus subscribers right now: a free Fortnite skin and back bling called ‘Carbon.’ The offer is exclusive to PlayStation Plus, the company’s subscription plan for PS4 owners w...
Google forms an external council to foster 'responsible' AI
Engadget - 26 Mar 2019 22:58
Google is joining Facebook, Stanford and other outfits setting up institutions to support ethical AI. The company has created an Advanced Technology External Advisory Council that will shape the "responsible development ...
Juul Is Trying to Bust People Selling Vapes to Kids as It Fends Off Regulators
Gizmodo - 26 Mar 2019 22:54
Months after beefing up its secret shopper program here in the U.S., Juul is launching a similar effort in Canada in an effort to keep its products out of the hands of vaping teens.
7 Perfectly Fine Songs Made Scary by Horror Films
Gizmodo - 26 Mar 2019 22:45
If you've seen Us, you've had Luniz's "I've Got 5 on It" stuck in your head ever since. Though it's initially framed in a lighthearted context, the song becomes a crucial component in the movie's escalating dread. Using ...
HTML email reborn, as Google brings AMP to your inbox
Ars Technica - 26 Mar 2019 22:42
With AMP embeds, email can now contain rich interactivity, not just text and pictures.