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Annalee Newitz and Charlie Jane Anders on the Intersection Between Writing About Science and Writing Science Fiction
io9 was founded as a website dedicated to both science journalism and science-fiction and cultural criticism. And although that mission has evolved over the years, that intersection between science and science fiction is something that still drives co-founders Charlie Jane Anders and Annalee Newitz’ work as authors.…Read more… Continue Reading at https://kotaku.com
Brits Are Pissed About Mercedes-Benz Tracking Down Customer Cars For Repossession: Report
British publication The Sun, a sometimes terrible and occasionally entertaining tabloid across the pond, is reporting that concerns are boiling among human rights groups, former government ministers, and some legal experts about Mercedes-Benz using vehicle location data to track down customers who default on their…Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
How to Record Your Phone Screen for Free
You don’t need a pricey app or fancy hardware. In the video above, I explain how to record high quality footage of your phone screen for free.Read more… Continue Reading at https://lifehacker.com
How to Record Your Phone Screen for Free
You don’t need a pricey app or fancy hardware. In the video above, I explain how to record high quality footage of your phone screen for free.Read more… Continue Reading at https://lifehacker.com
Lyft Yanks 1,000 Electric Bikes in San Francisco After Two Battery Fires
Lyft has yanked over a thousand electric bikes from rental availability in San Francisco after at least two e-bikes experienced battery fires in the past few days, according to the San Francisco Examiner.Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
The Lion King ‘Set’ Was a Bunch of VR Headsets in a Giant Warehouse
Long before Disney’s remake of The Lion King hit theaters, it was a beacon of curiosity. Obviously, director Jon Favreau and his team weren’t going to film real lions, they were going to use digital technology to create all the animals, as he did with great success in The Jungle Book. But The Jungle Book […]
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FAA Reportedly Delegated Oversight of Critical 737 Max Flight System to Boeing
A New York Times investigation into the Boeing 737 Max crisis—involving two crashes that killed a cumulative 346 people and the continued grounding of the entire line from global service—has found troubling signs that the Federal Aviation Administration process to guarantee the planes’ safety was fatally flawed and…Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
Galaxy Note 10 Comes Into Focus With Fresh Rumors
If rumors ahead of the Samsung Galaxy Note 10's likely August 7 launch are to be believed it looks like both versions of the Note 10 will be sporting Qualcomm’s most powerful mobile processor, the Snapdragon 855 Plus. That’s surprising because it was only announced earlier this month. Purported specs for the Note 10…Read more… […]
Galaxy Note 10 Comes Into Focus With Fresh Rumors
If rumors ahead of the Samsung Galaxy Note 10's likely August 7 launch are to be believed it looks like both versions of the Note 10 will be sporting Qualcomm’s most powerful mobile processor, the Snapdragon 855 Plus. That’s surprising because it was only announced earlier this month. Purported specs for the Note 10…Read more… […]
Vaughn Gittin Jr Tests Teleoperation by Drifting a Car He’s Not In
Portland-based tech startup Designated Driver wants to prove its remote driving technology by running what is clearly a Lincoln in a fancy wrap job up the hill at Goodwood without a driver inside. Pro drifter Vaughn Gittin, Jr. took to the steering wheel from a remote facility, operating the car with a complete VR…Read more… […]
Mercedes and BMW Set Ambitious Goals for Autonomy Team Up
In an effort to reduce the cost and lead time of autonomous driving technology, the two German titans, BMW and Mercedes-Benz, joined forces earlier this year. The two companies committed 1,200 autonomous technicians, built a trio of self-driving test centers in Germany, and are sharing a data storage center dedicated…Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
The Racist Nextdoor
If you had to pick between the ability to fly or the ability to become invisible, which would you choose?Read more… Continue Reading at https://kotaku.com
Report: Senators Are Suddenly Really Interested in UFOs
Three U.S. senators received a classified briefing on reported Navy encounters with unidentified flying objects, Politico reported on Wednesday, including vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee Senator Mark Warner.Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Takes Stunning Photo of Asteroid Bennu From Just 0.4 Miles Away
NASA’s asteroid-sampling OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, which is currently in position around the tiny, near-Earth asteroid 101955 Bennu, has transmitted its closest shot of the asteroid’s surface yet.Read more… Continue Reading at https://kotaku.com
When Will Quantum Computers Outperform Regular Computers?
Any day now, quantum computers will solve a problem too hard for a classical computer to take on. Or at least, that’s what we’ve been hoping. Scientists and companies are racing toward this computing milestone, dubbed quantum supremacy and seemingly just beyond our reach, and if you’ve been following the quantum…Read more… Continue Reading at […]
Having Your ID Scanned at Bars Sucks For Your Privacy
We’ve all been there—maybe you’ve had a little too much to drink and a bouncer is questioning your balance as they scan your ID. Unfortunately, at least in some cities in the U.S., a simple interaction with a bouncer gone wrong can mean you’re booted from bars all over town; as first reported by OneZero, […]
Microsoft And Sony Announce Vague Cloud Gaming Partnership
Microsoft said today that it will partner with Sony, its chief rival in the gameing console space, on “new cloud-based solutions for gaming experiences.” It’s unclear what exactly the new collaboration will ultimately lead to, but the move is still a surprising one given that the companies’ Xbox and PlayStation…Read more… Continue Reading at https://kotaku.com
Your Kid’s Echo Dot May Be Storing Data Even After You ‘Delete’ It
When Amazon launched its kid’s version of the Echo Dot smart speaker a year ago, we hoped it would be a technological blessing, rather than a curse. But as further proof that private information is no longer sacred, a complaint filed yesterday with the Federal Trade Commission alleges that the devices are unlawfully…Read more… Continue […]
Ford Wants Its Engineers to Work in VR
Imagine how much time a company could save if its employees could collaborate remotely with people around the world in real time. That’s the idea behind Ford’s collaboration with 3D VR tool Gravity Sketch, a first in the automotive industry.Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com