PayPal is shutting down its Windows Phone, BlackBerry, and Amazon apps
PayPal is thinning the number of mobile operating systems supported by the company's flagship app down to just two: Android and iOS. The PayPal mobile apps for Windows Phone, BlackBerry, and Amazon's Fire...
June 30th marks the end
How Genius annotations undermined web security
Until early May, when The Verge confidentially disclosed the results of my independent security tests, the “web annotator” service provided by the tech startup Genius had been routinely undermining a web...
There’s a strange sense that at its core, Genius is a security flaw
Walgreens brought Theranos to its stores without even testing the technology
Walgreens partnered with Silicon Valley blood-testing company Theranos in 2013 without ever testing the technology, reports The Wall Street Journal. Theranos wellness centers are currently in 40 Walgreens...
The paternship continues to sour
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The Star Wars Episode VII vinyl soundtrack has 3D holograms carved into the records
Star Wars fans looking to add The Force Awakens soundtrack to their collections have a special reason to buy it on vinyl. The latest records have special 3D holograms of the Millennium Falcon and a TIE...
For the die hard fans
Apple must sell locally sourced products to open retail stores in India
Apple is having a tough time breaking into India. If Apple wants to open up physical stores in the world's second-biggest country, it's going to have to sell locally sourced products, according to a report...
Apple reportedly lost out on an exemption to the rule
Why is there an iPhone in this 350-year-old painting?
When Tim Cook and StartUp Delta's Neelie Kroes presented a blurry photograph of this disturbing painting to a room full of journalists at Startup Fest Europe, Cook joked (?), "I always thought I knew when...
what makes tim cook so confident in the recorded events of history?
Angry customer files class action suit against Theranos
The blood-testing startup Theranos has been hit with a consumer fraud class action lawsuit, a week after the company voided two years’ worth of Edison blood test results.
"The lawsuit filed today against Theranos is without merit" Brooke Buchanan, Theranos spokesperson
Corsair's Lapdog confirms lapboards are the hottest thing in PC gaming
Hot trend alert: laps.
So, Razer just started shipping its Turret lapboard, which combines a wireless keyboard, mouse, and mousepad into one slick slab for gamers who like couches. Not to be outdone,...
Slouching is more fun with a keyboard and mouse on your lap
Reddit and other web companies ask FCC to reexamine free data programs
A group of companies and organizations that includes Kickstarter, Etsy, and Reddit have asked the Federal Communications Commission to take a stronger stance against "zero rating" programs that let...
"Zero rating profoundly affects internet users' choices."
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A new system can measure the hidden bias in otherwise secret algorithms
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a new system for detecting bias in otherwise opaque algorithms. In a paper presented today at the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, the...
A powerful tool for algorithmic transparency
Watch the first expandable habitat inflate on the International Space Station tomorrow
The International Space Station is ready to deploy its first expandable habitat. The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM), which was delivered last month by one of Space X's rockets, will finally be...
Inflation will begin at 5:30AM ET
These are the Chromebooks getting Android app support
Chromebooks are about to get far more capable with the addition of Android apps, but unfortunately, not all Chromebooks are going to get that capability. After announcing plans to roll out Android app...
Bad news, early adopters
The yachts of America’s Cup are faster and weirder than ever
When I think of yachts, there are billowing white sails helmed by a steady skipper from the stern, smart deck shoes, and Hemingway’s macho protagonists who toil under harsh conditions in briny sea air as...
Thanks to science (and a lot of money)
Magic Leap will let 10 developers build apps for its mysterious augmented reality tech
Augmented (or "mixed") reality startup Magic Leap is maybe, theoretically, possibly getting closer to showing off its nearly mythical but reportedly amazing technology. At a Q&A session that he attended...
A "good possibility" of more people seeing Magic Leap next year
The best and worst of the internet's uninspired Hodor jokes
On Sunday night, beloved Game of Thrones character Hodor valiantly sacrificed his life for two of his friends (because one of them was mind-controlling him and the other was repeatedly yelling at him to...
Foxconn cuts 60,000 factory jobs and replaces them with robots
Foxconn, the largest contract electronics manufacturer in the world, says it has automated away 60,000 jobs in one of its factories, according to the BBC. The cuts are part of an ongoing process to replace...
Automation is accelerating in smartphone plants
Romanian hacker who revealed George W. Bush paintings pleads guilty
The Romanian hacker Marcel Lehel Lazar, better known as Guccifer, pleaded guilty today on hacking-related charges, prosecutors on the case announced in a statement. He faces seven years in prison.
Faces up to seven years in prison
True Detective might be dying, but its memes can live forever
The Hollywood Reporter published a profile of HBO's incoming head of programming Casey Bloys this morning, one that suggests Nic Pizzolatto's anthology series True Detective is unlikely to return for a...
#TrueDetectiveSeason3 lives on
The 2016 Toyota Prius is the most fuel-efficient car Consumer Reports has ever tested
The 2016 Toyota Prius has better fuel economy than any car Consumer Reports has tested, besting the 16-year-old Honda Insight by a single mile per gallon. CR found the new Prius scored an average of 52...
An average 52 mpg
A record player with a built-in whiskey bar is all you really need in life
The Luno EGB2 is a beautiful mid-century record player with AirPlay support. You can stream music from your favorite AirPlay-enabled app or throw on a record and enjoy the two-way speaker system with...
Don't drink in silence
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Neanderthals were building complex cave structures much longer ago than we thought
Ancient piles of broken stalagmites found deep inside a cave in France were made by Neanderthals about 176,000 years ago, way before modern humans were around. This is the first time archaeologists have...
The meaning of the structures is still a mystery
Canada's oil sands are a major source of air pollution, airplane study shows
Canada's oil sands are an important source of fossil fuels, but they also emit high levels of air pollutants, according to a study published today in Nature. The emissions equal what's produced by the...
The emissions equal what's produced by the entire city of Toronto
How to make clouds from pine trees: a recipe from physicists
Wanna make it rain? Try pine trees. It turns out that the delightful, Christmas tree scent may lead to precursors of clouds, according to two studies from CERN. And what’s more, it may mean that scientists...
The finding could lower temperature projections
Google is building a self-driving car R&D center near Detroit
Google's Self-Driving Car Project just announced on Google+ that it's building what it calls a "self-driving technology development center" in Novi, Michigan, about 30 miles northwest of Detroit. The...
Opening later this year
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Technology is changing how we live, but it needs to change how we work
What do you think of when you hear the word "technology"? Do you think of jet planes and laboratory equipment and underwater farming? Or do you think of smartphones and machine-learning algorithms?
Our definition of technology has narrowed
Apple is researching how to charge electric cars
Apple is exploring methods to charge electric cars, according to Reuters, adding more credence to ongoing reports that Apple is developing an electric car. The report says Apple "appears to be laying the...
the apple car is moving along
The 8 biggest new features in Android N
Android N may not yet have a name, but we already know a lot about it. Google has been iterating on its ubiquitous mobile OS far more publicly than usual, issuing a couple of developer preview versions...
Keyboard themes!
Clinton didn’t follow State Department email policy, watchdog report says
The State Department inspector general has released its report on email practices, and the result is harshly critical of former secretary of state and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary...
Bluesmart's redesigned smart luggage looks sharp but still weighs nine pounds
Bluesmart raised more than $2 million on Indiegogo in 2014 for its connected carry-on bag. Now, two years later, the company's improving upon that luggage with the release of its Bluesmart Black Edition,...
Engage with your luggage
BoJack Horseman is coming back on July 22nd
Raphael Bob-Waksberg's animated story of a boozed-up, down-and-out horse, BoJack Horseman, has a season three premiere date: July 22nd. The series stars Will Arnett as BoJack, a horse trying to figure out...
BoJack's back
Marvel is making a massive change to Captain America
Spoilers ahead
"There should be a feeling of horror or unsettledness at this idea." Tom Brevoort, Marvel executive editor
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Xbox One slim rumored for E3 and more powerful console expected in 2017
While Microsoft is rumored to be planning two new "Xbox TV" streaming devices at E3, it appears a slimmer and smaller Xbox One will be unveiled too. References to a new Xbox One wireless chip were d...
New Xbox hardware is on the way
Microsoft reportedly launching 'Xbox TV' devices next month
Microsoft is said to be planning to unveil new Xbox streaming devices at E3 next month. The software giant has been considering an "Xbox TV" device for at least three years, and it appears a variant of it...
New hardware on the way
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