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Netflix Just Canceled 'Jessica Jones' and 'The Punisher'

The final two shows of the streaming service's Marvel partnership got the axe.

3 hours ago

Wired

Netflix Just Canceled 'Jessica Jones' and 'The Punisher'

Wired

Is That Dagobah? No, Just a Real-Life Magical Forest

Neil Burnell's photographs of Wistman's Wood in Devon, England evoke comparisons to 'Star Wars' and 'The Lord of the Rings'.

4 hours ago

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Is That Dagobah? No, Just a Real-Life Magical Forest

Wired

Would You Pay $6,000 For Vision-Quality VR?

The VR-1, from Finnish company Varjo, isn't exactly cheap, but its resolution is so high that many companies are eager to get it.

5 hours ago

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Would You Pay $6,000 For Vision-Quality VR?

Wired

The Government's New Weather Model Faces a Storm of Protest

The National Weather Service will soon introduce a new forecasting model, but meteorologists are saying it's worse than its predecessor.

6 hours ago

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The Government's New Weather Model Faces a Storm of Protest

Wired

Evenflo Gold Smart Convertible Car Seat Review: Safety First

We know you would never leave your child unattended in the car. But if you did, this seat would tell you?over and over again.

6 hours ago

Wired

Evenflo Gold Smart Convertible Car Seat Review: Safety First

Wired

Will AI Achieve Consciousness? Wrong Question

We should not be creating conscious, humanoid agents but an entirely new sort of entity, rather like oracles, with no conscience, no fear of death, no distracting loves and hates.

7 hours ago

Wired

Will AI Achieve Consciousness? Wrong Question

Techcrunch

Amazon's Audible expands its original programming with new comedy series

Over the past few years, Amazon -owned Audible has been expanded beyond audiobooks to include more original content, like the short-form audio programming offered through Audible Channels, for example. Today, the company announced a new partnership for original comedy projects, in collaboration with ...

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Techcrunch

Amazon's Audible expands its original programming with new comedy series

Techcrunch

Watch the historic first private mission to the Moon launch Thursday night

For the first time later this week, a privately developed moon lander will launch aboard a privately built rocket, organized by a private launch coordinator. It’s an historic moment in space and the Israeli mission stands to make history again if it touches down on the Moon’s surface as planned ...

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Techcrunch

Watch the historic first private mission to the Moon launch Thursday night

Techcrunch

Audi's new V2I feature helps drivers hit every green light

Audi has added a new feature to the vehicle-to-infrastructure technology embedded in its newer models that’s designed to help drivers catch every green light. The tech, called GLOSA or Green Light Optimized Speed Advisory, is part of the automaker’s built-in traffic light-reading technology. ...

40 minutes ago

Techcrunch

Audi's new V2I feature helps drivers hit every green light

Techcrunch

Macquarie Capital Venture Studio adds three new companies to infrastructure tech portfolio

Macquarie Capital Venture Studio, the infrastructure-focused accelerator affiliated with the nearly $500 billion-dollar investment firm, Macquarie Group, has added three companies to its portfolio. The companies, AirMap, Envoy Technologies, and Teralytic, provide services in airspace management for drones; ...

45 minutes ago

Techcrunch

Macquarie Capital Venture Studio adds three new companies to infrastructure tech portfolio

Techcrunch

Samsung's foldable phone? Meet the Galaxy Fold

Samsung's promised a much better look at its foldable phone at tomorrow's big S10 event. We already caught a glimpse of the product late last year at the company's developer conference, but among the many uncertainties with the product is what the hell the company will name the thing. After all, the ...

1 hour ago

Techcrunch

Samsung's foldable phone? Meet the Galaxy Fold

Techcrunch

Why can't we build anything?

Last week, California governor Gavin Newsom announced that he was intending to aggressively scale back plans for the state's high-speed rail system, which in its most ambitious routing would have connected Sacramento to San Diego. The immediate cause was ballooning costs, which have risen from $33 billion ...

1 hour ago

Techcrunch

Why can't we build anything?

Readwrite

Is Your Parental Leave Policy Stuck in the "90s"

In recent years, paid parental leave has become a hot-button issue. It's no wonder that news on this topic is making headlines: The United States is ranked last in the world, one of only three countries that doesn't guarantee paid parental leave. The nation's policy is 25 years old, which is why California ...

3 hours ago

Readwrite

Is Your Parental Leave Policy Stuck in the "90s"

Readwrite

Trying to Make Your Company the Best It Can Be? Stop Overlooking Culture

Unicorns aren't exactly a dime a dozen, but they're not quite as rare as they once were. Today, private companies with a valuation in excess of $1 billion number more than 300, prompting some analysts to look for a more precise indicator of unicorn potential. According to a report from Comparably, that ...

3 hours ago

Readwrite

Trying to Make Your Company the Best It Can Be? Stop Overlooking Culture

Readwrite

Stop Focusing on Cryptocurrencies Problems. Consider its Future.

While critics and proponents trade jabs, cryptocurrency continues its steady march forward. Individual cryptocurrency coins will remain volatile in 2019. The individual cryptocurrencies will remain volatile in 2019 and beyond, but the game-changing power of the technology as a whole can’t be denied. ...

3 hours ago

Readwrite

Stop Focusing on Cryptocurrencies Problems. Consider its Future.

Readwrite

Rapid Experiments are Key to Making AI Technology Buy vs Build Decisions

As enterprises embrace AI and work towards integrating it increasingly into their business processes, one of the key decisions they are all having to make is whether to buy or build the AI components that will drive their enterprises into the future. More than 61 percent of businesses said they have ...

1 day ago

Readwrite

Rapid Experiments are Key to Making AI Technology Buy vs Build Decisions

Fast Company

How my productivity improved when I stopped using a to-do list

When it comes to getting things done, the to-do list is the holy grail. We’ve uncovered Leonardo DaVinci’s, and we know Benjamin Franklin had one, too. Really, who’s to argue with the original Renaissance man and a Founding Father' Me. I love my to-do list. But recently, something ...

5 hours ago

Fast Company

How my productivity improved when I stopped using a to-do list

Fast Company

Elizabeth Warren has a plan to bring universal childcare to the U.S.

Elizabeth Warren, the senator from Massachusetts who is running to be the Democratic nominee for president, just unveiled her plan to bring universal, affordable, reliable childcare to the nation—if she’s elected. “My plan will guarantee high-quality child care and early education ...

6 hours ago

Fast Company

Elizabeth Warren has a plan to bring universal childcare to the U.S.

Fast Company

Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke on how Amazon is zigging where Netflix is zagging

A year into her tenure at Amazon, and on the heels of a record-breaking spending spree at the Sundance Film Festival, Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke finally gave a peek behind the curtain at Amazon’s film strategy. The key message: We’re zigging where Netflix is zagging. In ...

6 hours ago

Fast Company

Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke on how Amazon is zigging where Netflix is zagging

Fast Company

5 tips to help you convert your company to a four-day workweek

Last April, a company in New Zealand launched an experiment: For eight weeks, employees would work only four days each week, but would keep getting full-time salaries. Not surprisingly, university researchers who studied the trial found that workers reported less stress and more satisfaction with their ...

6 hours ago

Fast Company

5 tips to help you convert your company to a four-day workweek

Fast Company

Trump is signing Space Force into reality. The cost is still TBD

Space Force is creeping one step closer to reality. While it sounds like the title of the next Justice League movie or a crossover with Space Ghost or a reboot of Space Jam, instead it is a sixth branch of the military with the mission of protecting the United States from space attacks. President Donald ...

6 hours ago

Fast Company

Trump is signing Space Force into reality. The cost is still TBD

Fast Company

This grantmaker wants to break white men’s stranglehold on philanthropic donations

Of the billions of philanthropic dollars that foundations give to nonprofits, virtually all of it–an estimated 95%–goes to organizations run by white people. Up to 80% of those are men. That imbalance is reflected both in grantmaking as a whole and in the realm of funding for climate change, ...

7 hours ago

Fast Company

This grantmaker wants to break white men’s stranglehold on philanthropic donations

Engadget

Google Keep puts notes on your Apple Watch

It's been more than a year since Google, Amazon and eBay apps were removed from the Apple Watch. Now, Google is making a comeback with an updated version of Google Keep, its note-taking app.

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Engadget

Google Keep puts notes on your Apple Watch

Engadget

Part two of 'Arrested Development' season five arrives March 15th

After a nearly year-long hiatus, Arrested Development will be back on Netflix with new episodes on March 15th. The streaming service announced the return of the Bluths for the second and final part of season five. The run will include eight episodes...

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Engadget

Part two of 'Arrested Development' season five arrives March 15th

Engadget

Logitech resurrects its classic MX518 gaming mouse

Long-time PC gamers have fond memories of the MX518 for a reason: the 2005-era mouse combined a comfortable shape, convenient buttons and brisk performance at a fairly reasonable price. Even its 2011 replacement was ultimately a spin on a successful...

1 hour ago

Engadget

Logitech resurrects its classic MX518 gaming mouse

Engadget

Germany may use Huawei hardware for its 5G networks

The UK isn't the only country skeptical of American hostility toward Huawei over spying fears. German officials talking to the Wall Street Journal say the country has made a "preliminary decision" to let Huawei bid on contracts for 5G networking desp...

2 hours ago

Engadget

Germany may use Huawei hardware for its 5G networks

Engadget

Latest Samsung leak shows new watch and earbuds from every angle

With all the leaks in advance of Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked event tomorrow, we can practically forecast the whole launch. The company started taking S10 reservations in the US earlier this month, and it seemed all but certain earbuds and a smartwatch...

2 hours ago

Engadget

Latest Samsung leak shows new watch and earbuds from every angle

Engadget

Google teases a big gaming announcement for March 19th

Google isn't normally the sort to break news at big video game events, but it's making an exception to that rule this year. The company plans to unveil a mysterious gaming project at a Game Developers Conference presentation on March 19th at 1PM East...

2 hours ago

Engadget

Google teases a big gaming announcement for March 19th

Venturebeat

Simcoach Games CEO Jessica Trybus will discuss how to gamify career training at Blueprint York

At Blueprint York, speakers including Simcoach Games' Jessica Trybus will discuss what advancements in AI mean for the future of American workers.

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Venturebeat

Simcoach Games CEO Jessica Trybus will discuss how to gamify career training at Blueprint York

Venturebeat

OpenAI: Social science, not just computer science, is critical for AI

In a newly published paper, OpenAI suggests that social science holds the key to ensuring AI systems perform as intended.

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Venturebeat

OpenAI: Social science, not just computer science, is critical for AI

Venturebeat

ILMxLAB launches Star Wars: Project Porg on Magic Leap One

Disney's ILMxLAB has released Star Wars: Project Porg as an exclusive experience on the Magic Leap One Creator Edition augmented reality glasses.

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Venturebeat

ILMxLAB launches Star Wars: Project Porg on Magic Leap One

Venturebeat

"History of the Future" book chronicles Palmer Luckey, Oculus, and the rebirth of VR

'The History of the Future' is a new book by Blake Harris that chronicles the life of Palmer Luckey, the creation of the Oculus Rift, and the revival of VR.

2 hours ago

Venturebeat

"History of the Future" book chronicles Palmer Luckey, Oculus, and the rebirth of VR

Venturebeat

Google schedules GDC event, reportedly for cloud gaming service

Google has scheduled an event for March 19 at 10 a.m. Pacific time at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, where it may unveil Project Stream.

2 hours ago

Venturebeat

Google schedules GDC event, reportedly for cloud gaming service

Venturebeat

GitHub expands bug bounty program and removes maximum award limit

GitHub today beefed up its bug bounty program by expanding its scope, increasing the reward amounts, and adding Legal Safe Harbor terms to its policy.

2 hours ago

Venturebeat

GitHub expands bug bounty program and removes maximum award limit

Ars Technica

Anthem review: BioWare's sky-high gaming ambition crashes back to Earth

It's out, finally. But maybe it shouldn't be.

2 hours ago

Ars Technica

Anthem review: BioWare's sky-high gaming ambition crashes back to Earth

Ars Technica

Vox lawyers briefly censored YouTubers who mocked The Verge's bad PC build advice

We talked to a copyright expert about The Verge's anti-fair use stance.

2 hours ago

Ars Technica

Vox lawyers briefly censored YouTubers who mocked The Verge's bad PC build advice

Ars Technica

Mandatory update coming to Windows 7, 2008 to kill off weak update hashes

Microsoft is phasing out SHA-1 hashes on its patches.

2 hours ago

Ars Technica

Mandatory update coming to Windows 7, 2008 to kill off weak update hashes

Ars Technica

After nearly $50 billion, NASA's deep-space plans remain grounded

"As far as I'm concerned, SLS and Orion are doing their jobs of providing work."

3 hours ago

Ars Technica

After nearly $50 billion, NASA's deep-space plans remain grounded

Ars Technica

Gene editing still has a few bugs in the system

Gene editing to treat genetic diseases in mice highlights some considerable problems.

3 hours ago

Ars Technica

Gene editing still has a few bugs in the system

Ars Technica

New carbon capture solvent is another stab at optimism in a stagnant industry

Tax credits could spur investment; so far there's little movement to capture carbon.

4 hours ago

Ars Technica

New carbon capture solvent is another stab at optimism in a stagnant industry