Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Uber board member resigns after making a sexist remark

Are you familiar with David Bonderman? If not, you might now remember him as the Uber board member who resigned because he made sexist remark during a meeting meant to address the company's toxic, misogynistic culture. At the meeting, board member Ar...
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Crunch Report | Uber CEO Takes Leave of Absence

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick is taking a leave of absence, Verizon closes on its $4.5 billion acquisition of Yahoo and Marissa Mayer is leaving the company, Tim Cook discusses more of Apple’s car plans and Amazon launches Prime Reload. All this on Crunch Report. Read More

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Sony's fantastical Toio cubes combine robotics with papercraft

Sony's made some endearingly offbeat electronic toys over the years -- looking at you people who gave your Aibos funerals. The company's newest addition to its crowdfunding site, First Flight, is likely to evoke the same response. Say hello to the To...
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US Considers Chinese Investment in Artificial Intelligence a National Security Threat

The US Department of Defense is struggling to get its arms around all of the new security issues that have come with our current technological explosion. One unexpected consideration on the table is placing stricter limitations on investment capital from China flowing into American companies that are working on…

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Audi teases self-parking A8 ahead of launch

Audi will launch its next generation A8, which is expected to have level 3 autonomous, on July 11th. Ahead of that unveiling, the company released a video of the new vehicle parking itself.
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Atari 2600 fans get the revival console they deserve

If you want to play retro Atari 2600 games, you're not short of options. There's eBay for the original console of course. You can play some on mobile, or buy one of those "Flashback" all-in-ones, or splurge on the ultimate man/woman-cave table. But f...
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Sprint Is Secretly Offering Verizon Customers a Free Year of Service to Switch

Sprint has lagged behind its competitors in a dismal fourth place for quite a while and it appears that it’s getting desperate. Though the company isn’t advertising the offer, Sprint is willing to give Verizon customers a free year of service for abandoning the network.

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Joel Schumacher Explains How Batman & Robin's Bat-Nipples Came To Be

There’s no shortage of topics when discussing Joel Schumacher’s 1997 film Batman & Robin: its over-the-top villains, pun-laden dialogue, Bat-credit card, casting, the list goes on and on. But 20 years later, the number one topic still has to be the Bat-Nipples.

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Study: Students will trade their friends’ privacy for free pizza


Want to hack your way into someone’s network? Just offer their BFF some free pizza. 98-percent of students gave away their friends’ emails when promised free pizza, according to a recent study conducted by Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 74-percent of Americans have stated that it’s “very important” to them that they be in control of who can obtain their information. But throw a stuffed crust in the equation, and people will start dropping information. (Thank god they didn’t test social security numbers ー that would’ve been embarrassing) The study’s authors noted: “Whereas people say they care about privacy, they are…

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France and the UK pressure internet companies to fight extremism

The British and French have already made separate efforts to limit extremists' online presences, but they now believe they can accomplish more by working together. The two nations have unveiled a joint campaign to prevent extremists from using the in...
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Sheryl Sandberg on why you don’t need a personal brand


Sheryl Sandberg is many things — the COO of Facebook, a mother, a best-selling author, a widow. An advocate for personal branding, she is not. In an interview with renowned Wharton psychology professor and best-selling author Adam Grant, Sandberg discussed why the personal branding craze is overblown. If you think you are building your personal brand, please don’t. You don’t have a brand. Crest has a brand. Perrier has a brand. When I hear anyone talk about building their personal brands, I know that’s not right. The reason it’s not right is that products are marketed. “This is sparkling water, it is one…

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'Duck Season' on HTC Vive revives the NES blaster with a dark twist

Duck Season brings back the classic NES light gun that holds a special place in any Duck Hunt fan's heart -- but with a dark VR twist. Duck Season is heading to the HTC Vive "very soon," complete with an updated version of the NES blaster, turned int...
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How I Automated My Business Processes So I Can Work 2 Hours A Day


As a business owner, there’s no telling what type of issues you might run into in a day. From an employee quitting on the fly to equipment failures, numerous issues could potentially disrupt your process. It’s tedious, time-consuming, and mind-numbing. In looking at all the roadblocks I might face, I decided that in order to make my work day easier I had to start letting technology do the job for me. The world of automation is quickly taking over a lot of the once mundane tasks of our workflow and I started looking into how it could help my small…

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This co-working space is basically an adult daycare that takes away your phone for $40


Move over WeWork, CaveDay is the new co-working space on the block. CaveDay is a pop-up collective that only operates on Sunday. The Manhattan space is available to entrepreneurs, startups, freelancers or anyone with a short attention span. However, this isn’t just any co-working space 一 they take your phone away once you step in. According to the company website: “It’s a day of heads-down, facilitated, distraction-free productivity so you can treat yourself to prioritize YOU and getting your personal work done. We’ll help you learn how to focus better, ship faster, and accomplish more than you thought you could.”…

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