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'Minecraft' will finally support cross-platform play on PS4

Minecraft fans on PlayStation 4 will be able to play with their buddies on other platforms such as Xbox One, PCs and mobile devices starting Tuesday. Mojang is at last updating the PS4 version of its colossally successful title to the Bedrock version...

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Engadget

'Minecraft' will finally support cross-platform play on PS4

TechCrunch

Airbnb invests as Zeus corporate housing raises $55M at $205M

As Airbnb absorbs more and more of the demand for housing, it's exploring how to monetize opportunities beyond vacation rentals. A marketplace for longer term corporate housing could be a huge business, but rather than build that itself, Airbnb is making a strategic investment in one of the market leaders ...

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TechCrunch

Airbnb invests as Zeus corporate housing raises $55M at $205M

Ars Technica

Verizon reportedly blocks archivists from Yahoo Groups days before deletion

All content on Yahoo Groups since its 2001 launch is disappearing Saturday.

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Ars Technica

Verizon reportedly blocks archivists from Yahoo Groups days before deletion

TechCrunch

Roku to stream first season of HBO's "Game of Thrones" for free

Roku is unlocking premium content from HBO for the first time without a subscription, with its second-annual holiday streaming fest, Stream-a-thon. The promotion will see Roku offering the full first season of HBO's "Game of Thrones" for free to anyone with a Roku device. Also included during the event ...

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TechCrunch

Roku to stream first season of HBO's "Game of Thrones" for free

Engadget

First 'Ghostbusters: Afterlife' trailer entrusts Ecto-1 to Egon's grandkids

Nearly a year after audiences got a super short tease of the new Ghostbusters movie, we finally have a full trailer. Ghostbusters: Afterlife is a continuation of the original series -- unlike Paul Feig's 2016 reboot -- and is being directed by Jason...

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Engadget

First 'Ghostbusters: Afterlife' trailer entrusts Ecto-1 to Egon's grandkids

TechCrunch

US VC investment in female founders hits all-time high

Female founders raised 2.8% of venture capital this year.

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TechCrunch

US VC investment in female founders hits all-time high

TechCrunch

Effective ways to ensure your remote team feels like part of HQ

There are numerous benefits to building a team across varying offices and locations, but they come with substantial challenges.

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TechCrunch

Effective ways to ensure your remote team feels like part of HQ

TechCrunch

SignalFire, just six years old, has raised $500 million across two new funds

SignalfFire, a six-year-old, San Francisco-based venture firm that prides itself on mining what it says is more actionable data about, well, the world, has just raised a pair of funds that total $500 million in capital commitments. One of the vehicles is a $200 million "seed" fund that SignalFire will ...

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TechCrunch

SignalFire, just six years old, has raised $500 million across two new funds

The Verge

Amazon says Donald Trump sidestepped contract rules to block $10 billion Pentagon bid

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge In court documents released today, Amazon has formally outlined why it's challenging the government's decision to award a $10 billion Pentagon contract to rival Microsoft. The filings make clear that Amazon's case will focus largely on one person: President ...

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The Verge

Amazon says Donald Trump sidestepped contract rules to block $10 billion Pentagon bid

TechCrunch

Mindstrong Health hires leadership team with all-star tech product experience

Mindstrong Health is tackling one one of the most difficult challenges in healthcare: Severe mental illness, commonly referred to as SMI in the healthcare industry. The startup, founded in 2013 by Paul Dagum, Richard Klausner and Thomas Insel, recently brought on former Uber VP of Product Daniel Graf ...

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TechCrunch

Mindstrong Health hires leadership team with all-star tech product experience

The Verge

Amazon's Echo Flex is a smart speaker for very specific needs

The least expensive Echo speaker will only work for a select few Continue reading…

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The Verge

Amazon's Echo Flex is a smart speaker for very specific needs

Engadget

Master & Dynamic MW07 Plus review: Improved, but still pricey

In 2018, Master & Dynamic joined the true wireless fray. The company had been making headphones for years, including a number of wireless models, but it had yet to jump on the latest earbud bandwagon. With the MW07, M&D was able to bring its...

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Engadget

Master & Dynamic MW07 Plus review: Improved, but still pricey

WIRED

These Plastic Bunnies Got a DNA Upgrade. Next up, the World?

Scientists infused a 3D-printed rabbit with genetic material, the first step toward a potential "DNA of things" where biology makes gadgets smarter.

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WIRED

These Plastic Bunnies Got a DNA Upgrade. Next up, the World?

Ars Technica

Render shows OnePlus tackling the midrange market with OnePlus 8 Lite

A midrange device from the king of value smartphones? Yes, please.

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Ars Technica

Render shows OnePlus tackling the midrange market with OnePlus 8 Lite

The Verge

Google adds robocall screening and more to the Pixel 4 in first "feature drop"

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verg Google plans to start regularly releasing "feature drops" for its Pixel phones, bringing a number of new features to its phones all at once. The first starts rolling out today with a number of updates, including robocall screening and new portrait mode features. ...

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The Verge

Google adds robocall screening and more to the Pixel 4 in first "feature drop"

The Verge

The US, like China, has about one surveillance camera for every four people, says report

Surveillance is booming globally. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales/The Verge One billion surveillance cameras will be deployed globally by 2021, according to data compiled by IHS Markit and first reported by The Wall Street Journal. China's installed base is expected to rise to over 560 million ...

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The Verge

The US, like China, has about one surveillance camera for every four people, says report

Engadget

Netflix dominates Golden Globes nominations while Apple lands its first

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has announced the nominees for the 2020 Golden Globes, and this could be a milestone year for streaming. Netflix is even more of a frontrunner among streaming services than it was last year, with 17 TV network...

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Netflix dominates Golden Globes nominations while Apple lands its first

The Verge

Epic is accused of stealing a Fortnite dance from "Dancing Pumpkin Man"

Hollowhead, a pumpkin-headed Fortnite skin. | Epic Games Fortnite creator Epic Games is trying to avoid yet another lawsuit over dance emotes. The company preemptively filed a complaint against Matt Geiler, also known as the "Dancing Pumpkin Man" from a 2006 viral video. Geiler reportedly told ...

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The Verge

Epic is accused of stealing a Fortnite dance from "Dancing Pumpkin Man"

The Verge

Ghostbusters: Afterlife's first trailer channels Stranger Things

Ghostbusters is returning to the big screen once more " this time with a true sequel to the original films. The first trailer for Ghostbusters: Afterlife sets the stage for a small town haunting as a single mom and her two kids try to start a new life. While the family tries to settle down in their ...

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The Verge

Ghostbusters: Afterlife's first trailer channels Stranger Things

Engadget

Pixel 4 will automatically screen robocalls and center your Duo videos

To keep its phones from steadily getting worse over time, Google plans to roll out bigger updates, called feature drops, to its Pixel devices. The first feature drop, rolling out this month, will bring the latest Call Screen features and improved Duo...

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Pixel 4 will automatically screen robocalls and center your Duo videos

Ars Technica

BioShock will return, but without Ken Levine

Newly formed Cloud Chamber will work on the title "for the next several years."

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Ars Technica

BioShock will return, but without Ken Levine

Engadget

What we played in December: 'Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order' and 'FIFA 18'

Welcome back to Engadget's Gaming IRL, a monthly segment where we run down what our editors are playing. This month, we couldn't help but plow through Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and devote plenty of time to FIFA 18. And we made some time for classi...

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Engadget

What we played in December: 'Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order' and 'FIFA 18'

Ars Technica

Jaguar increases I-Pace range with update after one-make race series

Range increases by up to 12 miles, among other improvements.

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Ars Technica

Jaguar increases I-Pace range with update after one-make race series

Ars Technica

Watching a "language" develop when kids can't speak to each other

Study shows how kids could play a role in spontaneously emerging languages.

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Ars Technica

Watching a "language" develop when kids can't speak to each other

WIRED

The First *Wonder Woman 1984* Trailer Is Here

It's pretty epic. Oh, and after it's over, you might want to watch Ryan Reynolds in *Free Guy* too.

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WIRED

The First *Wonder Woman 1984* Trailer Is Here

WIRED

Lessons From a Teenage Cyborg

Kai Landre shows how technology can be both intimate and humane.

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WIRED

Lessons From a Teenage Cyborg

WIRED

Star Wars News: No, Finn and Poe Aren't Dating, Sorry

Also, there's a new Star Wars game show coming to Disney+ next year.

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WIRED

Star Wars News: No, Finn and Poe Aren't Dating, Sorry

Ars Technica

Cloudy with a chance of neurons: The tools that make neural networks work

If you want to get your own hands dirty with machine learning, start here.

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Ars Technica

Cloudy with a chance of neurons: The tools that make neural networks work

WIRED

9 Lazy-Ass Gifts for Couch Potatoes (2019): Blankets, Socks, and More

From weighted blankets to Roku streaming boxes, these gifts will ensure couch potatoes won't change their habits.

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WIRED

9 Lazy-Ass Gifts for Couch Potatoes (2019): Blankets, Socks, and More

WIRED

It's Coders Versus Human Pilots in This Drone Race

A drone directed by artificial intelligence takes on a leading pro racer, in a contest that may help shape future humanitarian efforts.

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WIRED

It's Coders Versus Human Pilots in This Drone Race

Fast Company

Netflix dominates Golden Globes with 34 nominations, while women directors are shut out?again

What a difference six years can make. Back in 2014, Netflix bum-rushed awards season for the first time with five Golden Globe nominations for its first major original series House of Cards and Orange Is the New Black. (Including a best actress win for the former's Robin Wright.) With the just-announced ...

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Fast Company

Netflix dominates Golden Globes with 34 nominations, while women directors are shut out?again

Fast Company

How to find an emotionally intelligent mentor

Everyone wants a good mentor. They can help you get ahead at work, and provide an important sounding board when you're trying to make a tough decision or deal with a tricky coworker. But finding the right person can be easier said than done. A 2019 study found that while 76% of people believe that mentoring ...

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Fast Company

How to find an emotionally intelligent mentor

Fast Company

This is the world's most beautiful outhouse

2019 was a year in which illusions were shattered and nothing was as it seemed. Fittingly, trends in design have reflected this: Mirrored facades have popped up everywhere. For instance, Pezo von Ellrichshausen debuted a mirrored installation at Milan Design Week. Artist Doug Aitken unveiled a new ...

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Fast Company

This is the world's most beautiful outhouse

Fast Company

Is it possible to draw the internet? This 22-year-old illustrator gets close

I don't know what I just looked at. It involved a Nintendo 64 controller, that much is for certain. But then, what else" I believe there were dinosaurs" Gadgets" Disembodied breasts" I can't say for certain. I just remember a psychedelic fever dream, one seen through a 13-year-old male gaze. Or perhaps ...

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Fast Company

Is it possible to draw the internet? This 22-year-old illustrator gets close

Fast Company

Intel says this breakthrough will make quantum computing more practical

In October, Google claimed the milestone of quantum supremacy&xA0;using the bizarre physics of quantum mechanics to solve a mathematical task that would be impossible–or at least damn near impossible–with even the biggest traditional supercomputers. (Rival IBM quickly disputed this.) Google achieved ...

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Fast Company

Intel says this breakthrough will make quantum computing more practical

Fast Company

Your website needs to be accessible?anything else is just bad business

Accessibility has become one of the newest buzzwords in innovation. Businesses promote their commitment to accessibility by throwing around a lot of altruistic terms such as inclusion and equality when they talk about how they're making it easier for individuals with disabilities to navigate their ...

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Fast Company

Your website needs to be accessible?anything else is just bad business

Recode

90 percent of growth in high-tech jobs happened in just 5 metro areas

Boston: one of five cities where most of the growth in innovation jobs is happening | Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images As a result, wealth is also being concentrated in those areas. Technology jobs and the economic prosperity they bring are being concentrated in fewer US cities, according ...

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90 percent of growth in high-tech jobs happened in just 5 metro areas

Recode

It's not just passengers being assaulted in Ubers. Drivers are at risk, too.

According to Uber, 99.9 percent of its trips are safe. | NurPhoto via Getty Images Ride-share drivers lack employment protections that could keep them safer. More than 3,000 people were sexually assaulted during Uber rides last year. The disturbing numbers, released by the company on Thursday, ...

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It's not just passengers being assaulted in Ubers. Drivers are at risk, too.

Recode

Uber's sexual assault report won't hurt it as badly as other incidents

Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images The company documented nearly 6,000 sexual assaults in two years. Uber released its long-awaited security report yesterday, revealing the company documented nearly 6,000 reports of sexual assault " both by drivers and passengers " in 2017 and 2018, as well ...

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Recode

Uber's sexual assault report won't hurt it as badly as other incidents