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Hey Google, bring me a chalupa! Hangry people can now order food without a separate app
2019-05-24

Google integrates restaurant ordering, no apps required. Hey Google, what’s for dinner?Read Full Story

These are the top 10 programming languages in blockchain
2019-05-24

Okay, okay: we all know that blockchain and cryptocurrency developers are in demand these days, but what are the most popular programming languages in blockchain development? It turns out that Ethereum‘s Solidity takes the top spot, followed by JavaScript and Java in second and third spot respectively, according to...

Brave now lets you tip people on Twitter with cryptocurrency
2019-05-24

You can now tip your favorite Twitter users directly with cryptocurrency with the latest build of the Chromium-based open source browser Brave. The latest Nightly build of Brave will let users send digital tokens as a tip to tweeters of their choosing. Bear in mind though, the Nightly build is the latest beta of the...

Report: Facebook will launch “GlobalCoin” cryptocurrency in 2020
2019-05-24

The end game for Facebook in the cryptocurrency wars is to elevate its coin above all others and make it the de facto leader among cryptocurrencies that people turn to. Facebook is on the verge of launching its cryptocurrency next year, reports the BBC. Internally the currency is known as...

Leave your DSLR at home: The Huawei P30 Pro is the only camera a traveller needs
2019-05-24

A few weeks ago, when my colleagues were busy listening to Mark Zuckerberg yanking about a ‘Privacy-first future’ of Facebook, I was exploring the streets of Europe, drinking fresh beer. The iPhone Xs, with my main SIM card, was one of the phones I was carrying for the trip. But, I had to decide what my secondary...

Facebook is launching a ‘global’ cryptocurrency in 2020 – we’re all doomed
2019-05-24

Rumors that Facebook has been working on a cryptocurrency haven’t exactly flown under the radar. And with the latest revelation, the Facebook cryptocurrency machine looks set to step up a gear. Facebook says it will be launching its cryptocurrency – GlobalCoin –  “in about a dozen countries” by the first...

Meet Karen Wickre, the editor who helped Twitter and Google find their voice
2019-05-24

We often think of tech companies as faceless platforms; social networks where we imprint our personalities, empty documents we fill, and conduits for communicating. But tech giants do have their own voices, carefully crafted by editors, designers, and product developers. Karen Wickre is one such editor, and she’s...

Review: Brilliant’s smart home controllers are the antidote for smart-speaker hell
2019-05-24

My home is inundated with smart speakers. I’ve got Echo Dots aplenty, Google Minis to spare, and enough third-party voice-assistant devices to reproduce Plugged’s Bluetooth speaker symphony. And that’s not even getting into all the other “smart” gear I have. I need help. We were promised smart homes by...

Google data shows 2-factor authentication blocks 100% of automated bot hacks
2019-05-23

Two-factor authentication is annoying. Getting flustered because you have to find your phone and tap on a prompt every time you log into your accounts from a new device is peak first-world problems. But if you ever had any doubt whether it really made you that much safer, Google has the data to dispel that...

A peek at legendary architect John Storyk’s design process
2019-05-23

John Storyk, the founder of WSDG studios, is a legend in the music world. He’s a world-class architect and acoustic designer whose built recording studios for everyone from Jimi Hendrix to Jay-Z. As someone whose built more than 4,000 audio/video studios, he knows a thing or two about getting a project started,...

The dramatic moment when an Amazon worker asked Jeff Bezos to protect planet Earth
2019-05-23

The Amazon CEO stayed backstage as employees stood up to demand change in an unusual show of force. “Speed is everything,” Amazon employee Emily Cunningham said during a speech at the company’s annual shareholders meeting in Seattle on Wednesday. It sounded like a company motto or one of CEO Jeff...

Watch a plastic water bottle decompose over 450 years in the longest live stream ever
2019-05-23

This live stream is built to last until at least 2469. It’s pretty clear that humans cannot handle plastic water bottles responsibly. If they’re not leaving them in the finale of Game of Thrones, they’re leaving them in the bottom of the ocean, rivers, streams, and littered along the beaches...

Facebook stops paying employees commissions for political ad sales
2019-05-23

Facebook now reportedly views political ads on its platform as a civic duty rather than a revenue driver. Political ads on Facebook have been an albatross around the company’s neck since 2016 after it became known that Russia was buying up political ads to try to influence elections in the United States and...

Yelp fights to combat an anti-Yelp documentary with Google ads and a domain name
2019-05-23

Yelp is using Google ads to redirect users who may be searching for a movie that accuses it of extortion. Yelp is still hoping to avoid a Blackfish-style takedown after the recent release of a long-gestating documentary in which business owners take aim at the review platform for what they say is an extortion...

The problem with aspirational design (and what designers should do instead)
2019-05-23

Design often exploits people’s anxieties about who they think they should be. Instead, it should focus on who they actually are, says sex-tech designer Ada-Rhodes Short. Ada-Rhodes Short is the senior mechatronics design engineer at the sex-tech company Lora DiCarlo. She spoke to Doreen Lorenzo...

Here’s a first look at Ikea’s utopian urban gardening project
2019-05-23

The Swedish company, alongside British designer Tom Dixon, is now turning its ambitious vision for local farming into a series of real products, coming to stores in 2021. The title of Ikea and the designer Tom Dixon’s urban farming experiment, which has opened at the Chelsea Flower Show in...

Huawei’s next big challenge is building its own OS
2019-05-23

After a bunch of companies stopped trading with Huawei, the company is preparing for life after that. Most important of them all was Google, whose ban means the Chinese tech giant can’t use Android, Google Play Store, Play Services, and apps like Gmail for its upcoming devices. As Ars Technica’s breakdown...

Thailand’s oldest bank hints at new blockchain app powered by Ripple
2019-05-23

Thailand‘s oldest bank, Siam Commerical Bank (SCM), has hinted it will be experimenting with blockchain technology powered by Ripple. Earlier this week, rumors of its blockchain pilot surfaced online after eagle-eyed users took to Twitter to share images of what appears to be a Ripple-based app for cross-border...

As Bitcoin surges, hackers rush to spread cryptocurrency malware on Google Play
2019-05-23

An unfortunate consequence of Bitcoin’s price revival in recent weeks is the resurgence of cryptocurrency malware on Google Play. ESET security researchers, have verified that there were at least two apps on Google Play specifically designed to steal users’ coins. One such app, called Trezor Mobile Wallet, was...

Google and Facebook are gonna hate Apple’s new privacy-preserving online ads
2019-05-23

Apple has outlined a new plan to make online ads private. A new Safari feature, called Privacy Preserving Ad Click Attribution, aims to stop ads from tracking you across the web. The company says the proposed solution will allow advertisers to measure the effectiveness of their ad campaigns on the web without...

The Best Phones for Creatives in 2019
2019-05-23

Looking for the best phones available today? We've ranked the top mobile smartphones for creatives & designers including the best Apple & Android phones.

The Best Apple MacBooks for Designers & Creatives in 2019
2019-05-23

Looking for Apple's best Macbooks & their cheapest deals? We list the best Apple laptops inc. Macbook Pro, Macbook Air & Macbook models from 2018 and 2019.

Gen Z’s 20 most-loved brands, ranked
2019-05-22

Morning Consult Brand Intelligence, a brand tracking platform that surveys thousands of brands daily, announced which companies are favorited by Gen Z. Google is a hit with Gen Z. In a new poll, those born between 1995 and 2015 ranked it as their generation’s most beloved brand.Read Full Story

Google Search has a new design — see if you can spot the difference
2019-05-22

Google today announced it’s making a visual change to Search on mobile devices. Behold: Can you spot the difference? The “visual refresh,” as Google calls it, is a small one. But it’s also an important one: It makes sure the first thing you see in a search result is where information is coming from, including...

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