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Instagram is testing geo-restriction for stories and posts
2018-09-20

Instagram is testing a geofencing feature for stories and posts. This will allow the creators to post their content to selected countries, instead of being universally available. App researcher Jane Manchun Wong pointed out on Twitter that while creating posts, users will be able to choose specific countries where...

Leak: Amazon’s Echo Sub will turn Alexa into a 2.1 stereo system
2018-09-20

The sound output on Amazon’s Echo is fine for casual background music, but it’s not worth much for any critical listening. But now that both Google and Apple have speakers that can pump out some serious tunes, it seems Amazon is starting to take sound seriously. Pocket-Lint caught an Amazon UK listing showing off...

Walmart and Kroger stocks sink on wild Amazon Go report
2018-09-19

Amazon could be planning to open as many as 3,000 cashier-free Amazon Go stores. Amazon could be planning to open as many as 3,000 cashier-free Amazon Go stores over the next few years, according to a new report from Bloomberg. Such a move would mark a significant ramping up of a concept that Amazon opened to the...

Jeff Bezos may meet his match in Margrethe Vestager
2018-09-19

EU regulators are looking into Amazon’s data practices. Amazon has faced some raucous critics in recent months—Bernie Sanders and President Trump among them—but somehow their bark always seems worse than their bite. Not so with Margrethe Vestager, the EU’s competition commissioner, who has...

PUBG rumored to drop on PS4 soon
2018-09-19

The Korean game ratings board dropped a listing for a PS4 version of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, indicating a long-awaited release is on the horizon — and not a moment too soon for the floundering battle royale game. The listing was spotted earlier today by Twitter user @Nibellion, and clearly shows...

Google’s 3 secrets for startups struggling with hiring
2018-09-19

At one point or another, the bane of every startup founder’s existence is hiring. Not only do most startup teams have little to no professional hiring experience, but the process also takes a huge amount of time and effort most startups don’t have. Cutting corners and careless decisions, however, can lead to bad...

ACLU says Facebook ads allow employers to favor men over women
2018-09-19

On Tuesday, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) submitted a complaint to the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against Facebook. It claims the platform’s ad options have allowed employers to post adverts that allow discrimination based on gender. “Facebook has created and profited from a...

Here is Jack Dorsey’s first sketch of Twitter’s platform from 2005
2018-09-19

The company has posted a sketch that Twitter cofounder Jack Dorsey made on a legal pad back in 2005 when conceptualizing the idea of what Twitter’s UI might look like. The company has posted a sketch that Twitter cofounder Jack Dorsey made on a legal pad back in 2005 when conceptualizing the idea of what...

Amazon is now the third largest digital ad platform in the U.S.
2018-09-19

It’s taking share from Google and Facebook. That’s according to the latest market research report from eMarketer. The firm says that Amazon’s ad sales will double this year, vaulting the company to the third-ranked spot among all ad platforms in the U.S.Read Full Story

Judge allows e-voting in Georgia despite hacking fears
2018-09-19

There is not enough time to switch to a more secure, paper-based alternative before the midterms. The judge has approved the use of electronic voting machines in the state for the upcoming midterm elections because there is not enough time to switch to a more secure, paper-based alternative, the BBC reports. The judge...

As Inbox fades away, here’s how to give Gmail its best features
2018-09-19

Google’s Inbox app may be on its way out, but the features that made it great don’t have to die. When Google launched Inbox in 2014, the company embarked on a bold mission: to reinvent the very way we think about email.Read Full Story

YouTube merges Gaming with main site after standalone app fails to impress
2018-09-18

Google today announced it’s shuttering YouTube Gaming, replacing it with a page on the main site. The company is hoping that the Gaming page, while not very dissimilar to the Gaming site, will help bring more viewers and content creators together now that they aren’t being forced to shuffle between two sites. With...

Nintendo’s retro NES controllers are the best thing about its Online service
2018-09-14

Nintendo had its delayed Direct last night, and revealed new details about its Online subscription. One of its more interesting announcements was a pair of add-on controllers for the Switch which look and feel exactly like the old Nintendo Entertainment System controllers — all the better to play the retro classics...

This is why recruiters are failing at hiring diverse tech candidates
2018-09-14

When it comes to hiring diverse candidates, tech recruiters are often caught between a rock and a hard place. Diversity in the tech industry is a well-known problem–from the number of women and underrepresented minorities in tech companies, to the toxic culture and environment that tends to occur as a result....

This company is asking teens their opinions on private jets
2018-09-14

The Rich Kids of Instagram, but IRL. Private jet luxury tour operator TCS World Travel has launched a first-of-its-kind Teen Advisory Panel, just in case you’ve ever wanted to take travel tips from teenagers who are cooler, richer, and more well-traveled than you. It’s like if the Rich Kids of Instagram...

GM’s Mary Barra on 4 trends that will shape the future of transportation
2018-09-14

General Motors is bulking up on software and battery engineers as it races toward the future. General Motors has invested heavily in electric vehicles, created a digital in-car marketplace for finding everything from gas to coffee, has an affordable electric vehicle with nearly as much range as a Tesla, bought a...

This blockchain-based company got $30 million to build a ‘new internet’
2018-09-14

Cloud computing has quickly become one of the biggest innovations introduced by the internet. Cloud storage has allowed many businesses to streamline their operations, while it lets families share photos and videos with the people they care about. And when proper security measures are used, it can also reduce the risk...

Top 5 ads of the week: Nike’s still running, Ikea makes a sequel
2018-09-14

KFC explains the tranquility of deep-frying, Google wants you to do more than just browse, and an incredibly powerful domestic abuse PSA sends a strong message. It’s rare that a sequel can match the sheer excitement, surprise, and emotional impact of a popular original. For every Godfather Part 2, Aliens, or...

Google should be sent to email jail for murdering Inbox
2018-09-14

For the majority of its existence, email has been boring. Companies like Slack have tried to replace it and failed. Google’s app Inbox, on the other hand, made me like emails suck less. But the company has decided to kill this beautiful product and become a murderer of good-looking email. The...

Facebook is building an AI tool to help devs fix buggy code
2018-09-14

Facebook has built an artificial intelligence tool to help programmers patch buggy code. It’s called SapFix, and it’s currently being used internally to automatically detect anomalies in code and suggest relevant fixes to coders. SapFix has already helped the company with shipping more robust code for its Android...

WTF? Amy Schumer voted for Cynthia Nixon after telling fans to vote for Andrew Cuomo
2018-09-13

The comedian’s flip flop illustrates the problem with celebrity political endorsements People are still mad at Susan Sarandon. It’s been two extremely long years since she endorsed Jill Stein for president over Hillary Clinton, and a lot of people are still disproportionately upset with her. However...

Banned from Facebook, Myanmar military finds a voice on Russian social media
2018-09-13

The Russian social network doesn’t have the same reach in Myanmar as Facebook. After Facebook banned a number of Myanmar military officials in August, citing evidence of human rights violations, the head of the country’s army found a new social media home: Russian social network VKontakte, reports Global...

Google Cloud’s new AI head comes with his own ties to the Pentagon’s Project Maven
2018-09-13

Google Cloud’s soon-to-be head of AI will have his work cut out for him if he wants to convince disgruntled employees he won’t follow in his predecessors footsteps and develop AI for the military. He’s the co-chair of a defense and security think-tank alongside one of the people responsible for the creation of...

Hurricane Florence looks terrifying from space
2018-09-13

A spinning, watery nightmare. Hurricane Florence has been downgraded to a Category 2 storm, but that doesn’t mean it is not dangerous. In a tweet, the National Hurricane Center urged people to “not focus on the wind speed category,” as the storm poses serious threats in the form of...

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