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WIRED

VCs Are Pouring Money Into the Wrong Education Startups

The pandemic has proven the need for new technologies that can radically change online learning models. But investors are more interested in existing platforms.

8 hours ago

WIRED

VCs Are Pouring Money Into the Wrong Education Startups

WIRED

Geometry Reveals How the World Is Made of Cubes

An exercise in pure mathematics has led to a wide-ranging theory that unites Plato with geophysics.

9 hours ago

WIRED

Geometry Reveals How the World Is Made of Cubes

WIRED

What Is the Signal Encryption Protocol?

As the Signal protocol becomes the industry standard, it's worth understanding what sets it apart from other forms of end-to-end encrypted messaging.

10 hours ago

WIRED

What Is the Signal Encryption Protocol?

WIRED

It's Time to Stop Sharing Your Passwords With Your Partner

Go ahead, give them the keys to your heart?but anything more could make a cybersecurity mess.

1 day ago

WIRED

It's Time to Stop Sharing Your Passwords With Your Partner

WIRED

Endangered Vancouver Island Marmots Are Making a Comeback

Canada's most endangered mammal is back from the brink of extinction"and offers hope as an "ambassador" for the conservation of less adorable species.

1 day ago

WIRED

Endangered Vancouver Island Marmots Are Making a Comeback

WIRED

These Are Our Favorite Small Businesses and Shops

For Small Business Saturday?or any day'remember to shop local! Here are some stores we think you'll like too.

1 day ago

WIRED

These Are Our Favorite Small Businesses and Shops

TechCrunch

This Week in Apps: Snapchat clones TikTok, India bans 43 Chinese apps, more data on App Store commission changes

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications, and the overall app economy. The app industry is as hot as ever, with a record 204 billion downloads and $120 billion in consumer spending in 2019. People now spend three hours and ...

8 hours ago

TechCrunch

This Week in Apps: Snapchat clones TikTok, India bans 43 Chinese apps, more data on App Store commission changes

TechCrunch

The Supreme Court will hear its first big CFAA case

The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Monday in a case that could lead to sweeping changes to America's controversial computer hacking laws – and affecting how millions use their computers and access online services. The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act was signed into federal law in 1986 and predates ...

8 hours ago

TechCrunch

The Supreme Court will hear its first big CFAA case

TechCrunch

What to make of Stripe's possible $100B valuation

This is The TechCrunch Exchange, a newsletter that goes out on Saturdays, based on the column of the same name. You can sign up for the email here. Welcome to a special Thanksgiving edition of The Exchange. Today we will be brief. But not silent, as there is much to talk about. Up top, The Exchange noodled ...

1 day ago

TechCrunch

What to make of Stripe's possible $100B valuation

TechCrunch

How Ryan Reynolds and Mint Mobile worked without becoming the joke

In the past decade, celebrity interest and investment in tech companies has significantly increased. But not all celebrity investments are created equally. Some investors, like Ashton Kutcher, have prioritized the VC pursuits. Some have invested casually without getting overly involved. Others have used ...

1 day ago

TechCrunch

How Ryan Reynolds and Mint Mobile worked without becoming the joke

TechCrunch

Original Content podcast: Just don't watch Netflix's "Holidate" with your parents

You might think that a new Netflix film called "Holidate" offers holiday-themed romance that's perfect for a family watch party. You'd be wrong. The film stars Emma Roberts and Luke Bracey as a pair of strangers who agree (in classic romantic comedy style) to keep each other company on holidays. And ...

1 day ago

TechCrunch

Original Content podcast: Just don't watch Netflix's "Holidate" with your parents

TechCrunch

Tony Hsieh, iconic Las Vegas tech entrepreneur, dies aged 46

Tony Hsieh, the former head of Zappos who catapulted the shoe company into the big leagues with a sale to Amazon and then used the proceeds of his success in a huge project kickstarting regeneration of a run-down part of Las Vegas, Nevada, with tech and wider business investments, has died at the age ...

1 day ago

TechCrunch

Tony Hsieh, iconic Las Vegas tech entrepreneur, dies aged 46

The Verge

The mysterious Utah monolith has disappeared

A mysterious monolith appeared, then disappeared, in rural Utah | Utah Department of Public Safety The Utah monolith has now disappeared almost as abruptly as it was discovered. The Utah Bureau of Land Management released a statement that the "illegally installed structure" had ...

3 hours ago

The Verge

The mysterious Utah monolith has disappeared

Engadget

Hacker sells access to hundreds of corporate executives' email accounts

Hackers are fond of hijacking email accounts, and one of them may have obtained a motherlode of potential targets. ZDNet and Gizmodo report that a hacker is selling claimed access to "hundreds" of C-suite executives" Microsoft-based email accounts, i...

1 hour ago

Engadget

Hacker sells access to hundreds of corporate executives' email accounts

Engadget

India's new ride hailing rules cap driver hours and limit surge pricing

India is bringing app-based ride hailing services under dedicated regulation for the first time, and it might just set an example for other countries. TechCrunch reports the country has instituted guidelines that set expectations for both drivers and...

1 hour ago

Engadget

India's new ride hailing rules cap driver hours and limit surge pricing

Engadget

Volkswagen may release a small EV for as little as $24,000

In the future, Volkswagen may have a pretty affordable electric vehicle offering in its lineup. According to Reuters, the automaker is working on a pure electric car around the size of a Polo under a project that the company calls ?Small BEV (Battery...

2 hours ago

Engadget

Volkswagen may release a small EV for as little as $24,000

Engadget

Modified 'stealth' virus could fight advanced cancers

Scientists have long explored using viruses to fight cancer, but that doesn't work well for metastatic cancers (that is, those that have spread beyond the primary site) when your immune system will quickly neuter perceived threats. There might, howev...

2 hours ago

Engadget

Modified 'stealth' virus could fight advanced cancers

Engadget

Microsoft envisions 'scoring' meetings based on body language

You might not have to endure as many unnecessary company meetings in the future. GeekWire has found a Microsoft patent application for an "insight computer system" that would give meetings scores based on body language, facial expressions, the number...

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Engadget

Microsoft envisions 'scoring' meetings based on body language

Engadget

After Math: Deals on deals on deals

As we collectively recover from a day of too much turkey and another of too much (hopefully online) shopping, with our eyes ahead towards what is sure to be an unprecedented holiday season, let's take a look at some of the top headlines from this pas...

6 hours ago

Engadget

After Math: Deals on deals on deals

Fast Company

Feel like you never have enough time? Try these 5 ways to cope with the anxiety

How often do you feel like you just don't have enough time" Despite trying every time management technique and productivity strategy in the book, do you find it impossible to shake the feeling that time is slipping away" This is called time anxiety. Similar to productivity shame&x2013;the feeling ...

17 hours ago

Fast Company

Feel like you never have enough time? Try these 5 ways to cope with the anxiety

Fast Company

The end of unlimited Google Photos storage is part of a bigger pivot

There are two ways to look at Google's recent announcement that it will discontinue unlimited Google Photos storage starting next June. The first is Google's official explanation: People are uploading a lot more photos and videos than they used to, making the service harder to sustain for free. "When ...

1 day ago

Fast Company

The end of unlimited Google Photos storage is part of a bigger pivot

Fast Company

8 ways healthcare providers can build public trust about the COVID-19 vaccines

The pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and BioNtech announced November 20, 2020, that they will seek emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration for a vaccine to prevent COVID-19. On Nov. 16, Moderna announced that a vaccine it has been working on has been shown to be close to 95% ...

1 day ago

Fast Company

8 ways healthcare providers can build public trust about the COVID-19 vaccines

Fast Company

You too can be a great innovator, if you just learn to work with this

Madam C.J. Walker, born Sarah Breedlove, was America's first female self-made millionaire. She pioneered a line of haircare and beauty products for people of color early in the 20th century, and the recent Netflix series Self Made details the story of this talented innovator and the challenges she overcame ...

1 day ago

Fast Company

You too can be a great innovator, if you just learn to work with this

Fast Company

This one remote-work hack will make your virtual meetings more productive

Over the past months, how you manage your work, connections, and careers has changed dramatically. You're demonstrating value without being able to see your boss in person. You're managing your projects despite no central war room, and you're finding ways to get coaching from your mentor without the ...

2 days ago

Fast Company

This one remote-work hack will make your virtual meetings more productive

Fast Company

Crisis hotlines are bracing for the COVID-19 holiday season

Americans have suffered a cascade of instability, illness, death, job loss, and school closures this year. The added stressors could make for a rough holiday season. Crisis hotlines and text apps that counsel people under acute duress are optimistic that this season may be less chaotic than usual, as ...

2 days ago

Fast Company

Crisis hotlines are bracing for the COVID-19 holiday season

Ars Technica

WarGames for real: How one 1983 exercise nearly triggered WWIII

From the archives: Say hello to the KGB software model that forecasted mushroom clouds.

7 hours ago

Ars Technica

WarGames for real: How one 1983 exercise nearly triggered WWIII

Ars Technica

David Prowse, the original Darth Vader, is dead at 85

George Lucas dubbed in James Earl Jones to provide Vader's voice.

8 hours ago

Ars Technica

David Prowse, the original Darth Vader, is dead at 85

Ars Technica

Cretaceous birds were thought to have small bills?except this one

This creature lived long before modern birds evolved large beaks.

9 hours ago

Ars Technica

Cretaceous birds were thought to have small bills?except this one

Ars Technica

The ungentle joy of spider sex

Some spiders pair puny males with gigantic females, making mating both tricky and dangerous.

10 hours ago

Ars Technica

The ungentle joy of spider sex

Ars Technica

How to With John Wilson is the year's best nature documentary

New HBO docuseries is an observational marvel. It's also very funny.

11 hours ago

Ars Technica

How to With John Wilson is the year's best nature documentary

Ars Technica

How many turkey feathers does it take to make an ancient blanket? 11,500

You?d need the feathers from 4 to 10 turkeys, according to WSU anthropologists.

1 day ago

Ars Technica

How many turkey feathers does it take to make an ancient blanket? 11,500