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XMotors denies receiving stolen Apple car project data
2018-07-11

An ex-Apple employee is alleged to have stolen hardware and software secrets from Apple shortly before resigning, with plans to move back to China to work for XMotors. The Chinese-owned electric vehicle company has denied receiving data about Apple’s Project Titan car project from a former Apple employee who...

Target has a secret app for superfans, and it looks like Instagram
2018-07-11

The invite-only app lets members collaborate with Target designers–and see their ideas in stores. I’m looking at an app, and I could swear it’s Instagram. I see large square photos in an endless feed. Avatars appear in round circles. You can tap a heart to like something. Inside any post, there...

Facebook receives maximum fine over Cambridge Analytical scandal
2018-07-11

But at only $660,000, it will take the company just 18 minutes to pay it off. The fine was levied by the United Kingdom’s data watchdog, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), reports CNBC. The ICO fined Facebook because they said the company failed to safeguard users’ data and it also was...

Digital Artist painstakingly recreates Childish Gambino’s ‘This is America’ on an ancient Macintosh SE
2018-07-10

As music videos go, Childish Gambino‘s “This is America” is an instant classic. The retired alter ego of actor Donald Glover really nailed the finer points of American social commentary, offering an behind-the-curtain view of what it’s like to live in the United States more than 50 years removed from the...

PayPal apologizes for telling woman her death violated account policies
2018-07-10

PayPal recently sent a woman a letter explaining that her death violated its account holder policies. When her grieving husband shared a copy on his social media accounts, it was hard to believe it was actually real. And just as shocking has been PayPal’s response, the company seems to be taking the matter...

Instagram’s new Questions stickers make it easy to get recommendations
2018-07-10

In the latest update on iOS and Android, Instagram has finally released the Questions sticker it started testing last month. Now you can not only hold live Q&As with your audience, you can also use the Questions to get recommendations on restaurants, music, or just about anything else you could want. Instagram...

Google introduces machine learning ad tools and brands are hot for them
2018-07-10

Responsive search ads, brand lift measurement on YouTube, smart shopping, and more dynamic local ads all announced at Google Marketing Live event. In the wake of consumer data scandals like Cambridge Analytica, heightened scrutiny for targeted advertising practices, and marketers’ concerns that their ads will...

Billionaire Elon Musk is offended that the media calls him a billionaire
2018-07-10

The Tesla and SpaceX CEO decided to share a hot take on his trigger word. Today, as on most days, billionaire CEO Elon Musk was perusing Twitter and decided to share a hot take on the media’s use of the term “billionaire.”Read Full Story

YouTube’s Android app is rolling out an incognito mode
2018-07-10

Every once in a while, I find something really weird on YouTube that I want to watch but would rather not have in my history, messing with my recommendations. Thankfully, Google finally has a solution on mobile devices, borrowed from Chrome: Incognito mode. The feature began testing back in May and, as spotted by...

Would Homer Simpson have voted for Trump? A deep investigation.
2018-07-10

We examine a question that has caused our writer multiple sleepless nights over the last 18 months. It’s a battle for a beloved cartoon character’s soul. On Sunday night, Donald Trump tweeted a self-congratulatory magnum troll-opus featuring the famous Simpsons “prediction” of his...

Hang on, you can @ people in Gmail?
2018-07-10

A significant chunk of my workday is spent in Gmail. It’s probably the single product I use the most, and with a product that big, it’s easy for features to pass under your nose. That’s exactly the case with this: it turns out you can “@” people in Gmail, just like Twitter and Instagram. Here’s how it...

Nvidia wants to use AI to fix all your grainy photos
2018-07-10

Goodbye, grainy Instagram images. Your Instagram feed is about to get a whole lot prettier thanks to artificial intelligence.Read Full Story

Why this robo-car startup does things differently from the big boys
2018-07-10

Hungary-based AImotive believes self-driving cars can navigate with regular cameras. It’s building a custom chip and virtual simulator to prove it. When I first visited autonomous car company AImotive in May 2017, I thought Google Maps had led me astray. Instead of an office building or warehouse, I faced a...

June in Africa: Google balloons, ICOs, and internet shutdowns
2018-07-10

Google is actively seeking partnerships to roll out Project Loon in Kenya, which will involve beaming internet in rural areas from hot air balloons. In a further connectivity boost for Kenya, the country’s government has set aside $30 million USD from taxes paid by the country’s mobile operators to roll out...

Microsoft unveils its $399 Surface Go tablet iPad competitor
2018-07-10

The company is positioning its new Surface Go as an alternative to both Apple’s iPad and Google’s Chromebooks. The sub-$400 tablet is the company’s cheapest and smallest. The Surface Go weighs just 1.15 lbs. and is 8.3 mm thin. It features a 10-inch custom-built high-resolution PixelSense...

WhatsApp begins its difficult battle against fake news in India
2018-07-10

Following a recent string of lynchings across India, largely fueled by misinformation spread via WhatsApp, the Facebook-owned messaging service is responding to the government’s demands to tackle the issue of fake news and rumors on its platform. RS Prasad, the country’s current Union Minister for Law and Justice,...

YouTube will fight fake news and conspiracy theorists by linking to reputable articles
2018-07-10

While blame for the spreading fake news has often fallen on social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter, they’re hardly alone. YouTube in particular is hugely influential, with five billion videos watched every day. Earlier this year, Chief Product Office Neal Mohan said the average mobile viewing session...

So long, sucker: Hyatt is also ditching straws and single-use plastics
2018-07-09

Hyatt is going straw-free. Hyatt hotels want to make sure guests have Instagram-worthy oceanfront views. The hotel group has announced that it will eliminate single-use plastic straws, drink picks, and other single-use plastics from its hotels around the world, helping to save the oceans from one of the sources of...

Jason Stein, digital innovator and Twitter gadfly, is leaving Cycle Media
2018-07-09

Stein departure from Cycle Media and Laundry Service coincides with reported lay-offs of dozens of employees. Jason Stein, CEO of Cycle Media–which includes the Laundry Service creative agency and Cycle, a digital media company responsible for the ESPN collaborations Buckets and Last Table–is...

Twitter suspended over 70M accounts since May. Here’s a better solution.
2018-07-09

Twitter has gone to war with fake and suspicious accounts — for real this time. According to a report from The Washington Post, the world’s most toxic social platform has suspended more than a million accounts per day — some 70 million in total — since the beginning of May. The pace, at least for now,...

Anti-ICE protesters descend on Salesforce Tower in San Francisco
2018-07-09

Tech workers say donations to charities don’t make up for contract work with U.S. immigration agencies. First Google, then Microsoft, and now Salesforce.Read Full Story

EOS block producers briefly crash due to RAM misconfiguration
2018-07-09

Fledgling cryptocurrency EOS can’t seem to catch a break. Over the weekend, top block producer, EOS New York, took to Twitter to notify users that several other block producers had crashed due to a RAM-related complication. It appears that shortly after the overall RAM usage on the platform passed the 1GB mark, the...

Starbucks will stop using single-use plastic straws by 2020
2018-07-09

The company has also introduced a new strawless lid. The world’s largest coffee chain has announced it plans to ditch single-use plastic straws in all of its shops by 2020, reports CNBC. And that’s not just in America–Starbucks will eliminate plastic stars in all its stores globally. In addition...

The secret to happy UX, according to a legendary game designer
2018-07-09

The famous rhythm game Lumines is back, and it’s a reminder of where things went wrong. I don’t remember the last time that I looked at a screen and smiled.Read Full Story

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