FUNKY GREEN: 05/01/19

Wednesday 1 May 2019

Facebook F8 2019 Liveblog: All the News as It Happens

When Facebook kicks off its annual developer conference with a keynote address on Tuesday morning, we'll be liveblogging it right here.

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What if Air Conditioners Could Help Save the Planet Instead of Destroying It?

Scientists propose a framework for modifying AC units to suck in carbon dioxide and spit out fuels for use in vehicles like cargo ships.

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The Grid Might Survive an Electromagnetic Pulse Just Fine

A new report enters the debate over whether an EMP from a nuclear blast or a solar flare would cripple the power grid and concludes that actually, we'll probably be OK.

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The Quiet Beauty of High-Octane Sports Cars

Ryan Young captured the drifting action in his series 'Home on the Grange'.

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Security Experts Unite Over the Right to Repair

Securepairs.org is pushing back against a tech industry that wants independent repair legislation to be scary.

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Women May Soon Start Using AI to Tell Good Eggs From Bad

Future Fertility, the first company to use artificial intelligence to grade the viability of women’s harvested eggs for use in IVF or for freezing, unveils its system.

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Kickstarter Celebrates 10 Years of Funding Your Crazy Ideas

The platform has helped artists and founders collectively raise over $4 billion for a variety of art projects, movies, hardware startups, and naughty board games.

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How to Fly a Plane in an Emergency Situation

Print this out and bring it with you on your next flight. Just in case.

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Instagram is testing several new anti-bullying features

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Unprotected server exposed data on 80 million U.S. households

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Mark Zuckerberg's cringey laugh was a slap in the face of Facebook's victims

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Everything Facebook announced at F8 2019

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Facebook wants you to forget about its Clear History feature

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Lyft program aims to combat 'food deserts'

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Facebook Dating is coming to the U.S. in 2019

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Facebook uses Mark Zuckerberg's privacy talk as a chance to gather data on its users

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YouTube will stream 13 MLB games this season

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Mark Zuckerberg says 'a private social platform' is the future at F8

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Heads up, fellow nerds: ThinkGeek's offering a whopping 75% off our favorite geeky collectibles

AMD upends GPU tradition by launching 'Navi' as a lower-end part

Nvidia hotfix curbs aggressive CPU usage by latest GeForce driver

Valve's $999 Index VR headset promises 'high-fidelity virtual reality' with revolutionary controls

Oculus Rift S review: The second generation of PC-based virtual reality comes with caveats

Oculus Quest review: Virtual reality with no wires, no PC, no headaches, and no boundaries

Facebook Messenger coming to Mac and Windows later this year

Zuckerberg unveiled the coming desktop app during its F8 developer conference keynote.

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Dell Latitude refresh banks on connectivity, battery life

These ambient smart bulbs from LiFX and TP-Link are just $15 each today

Anki is shutting down, but its adorable Cozmo and Vector robots deserve a new home

Recode reports that Anki and its family of robots will be shutting down, but let's hope it's not the end.

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Attention PC builders: Save big with a Ryzen 5 2600 and 250GB Samsung 970 Evo Plus for just $218

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How to stop your iPhone videos from turning into a blurry mess on Android phones (and vice versa)

If you’ve ever sent a video to an Android friend, it probably ended up as a blurry, unwatchable mess. Here’s how to stop that from happening next time.

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Android TV's ascent: 5,000 apps and counting

Android TV hits 5,000 apps as Google starts taking the streaming platform seriously.

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Hands on: MSI's GS65 Stealth Thin, our first look at a 9th-gen Core i7-9750H and GTX 1660 TI

Narwal Robotic Cleaner review: This self-cleaning robot mop/vacuum combo frees you from dirty work

This combination floor sweeper and wet mopper automates your hard floor cleaning.

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How to avoid spoilers without leaving Facebook or Twitter

Prep to certify your AWS know-how with this $49 course bundle

Train to earn a valuable certification from Cisco for just $19

Apple plays strong privacy card in battle with parental control apps, but offers few solutions

Apple defended tis decision to limit and remove some parental control and screen monitoring apps in a lengthy explanation, but it offers few solutions for developers.

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Our favorite 1TB budget SSD, Samsung's 860 QVO, is down to an all-time low of $108 at Amazon today

Mystery data breach reportedly exposes 80 million names, addresses, and income info in U.S.

AMD celebrates its 50th anniversary with blinged-out Ryzen 7 2700X and Radeon VII Gold Editions

Anker's awesome, affordable car chargers and dash cams are even cheaper, but only until midnight

Best Android phones 2019: What should you buy?

How to tell which iPad model you have

RevoNext QT5 review: This in-ear monitor offers tremendous bang for very few bucks

The sound quality is superb—as long as you use the right eartips for your specific ears.

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10 truly helpful Windows 10 tools you might not know about

A supermarket is being piloted which has no tills

A supermarket is being piloted in London which has no tills, with customers expected to pay by app.

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Social media: Facebook and Google roles in UK elections

Tech giants, such as Facebook and Google, are set to play a huge role in the next UK general election.

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As Artificial Intelligence Moves Into Medicine, The Human Touch Could Be A Casualty

Will computers alienate us from the healing touch?

Will AI in health care create a two-tiered system in which poorer people will be seen by a computer instead of a doctor? That's one concern about the burgeoning technology.

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What Is 8chan?

The suspected shooter at a San Diego-area synagogue posted a hateful screed on the platform before he fired.

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The Economy Is Thriving. But Are You?

"The economy has been good for my business but I've never felt more insecure about it," a listener told us.

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Drone Transports Human Kidney For Transplant

The drone was custom built to be able to monitor the payload while in the air. The kidney made it to the University of Maryland Medical Center. The woman who received the kidney called it "amazing."

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Even In The Robot Age, Manufacturers Need The Human Touch

A robotic arm works on the production line at Volvo

At modern auto plants, some tasks, like welding together a car's body, are entirely automated. But other essential jobs, including major portions of final assembly, are still best left to people.

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Facebook Unveils Redesign as It Tries to Move Past Privacy Scandals

The social network rolled out a redesign, in the most visible signal of how it is starting to emphasize private communications.

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Apple Plans to Buy $75 Billion More of Its Own Stock

The company said it would add to its record returns to shareholders, most likely fueling an intensifying debate over corporate spending.

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Sri Lanka’s President Lifts Ban on Social Media

The social media ban in the wake of the Easter attacks reflected global concern about the role the networks play in spreading hate speech and inciting communal violence.

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‘996’ Is China’s Version of Hustle Culture. Tech Workers Are Sick of It.

Chinese programmers once embraced working 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., six days a week. But online, discontent is brewing.

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Like ‘Uber for Organs’: Drone Delivers Kidney to Maryland Woman

A team at the University of Maryland is developing drone technology to deliver organs faster and give doctors timely updates on their transit.

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Trilobites: The Microbots Are on Their Way

Tiny sensors with tinier legs, stamped out of silicon wafers, could one day soon help fix your cellphone battery or study your brain.

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A Holocaust Story for the Social Media Generation

Eva Heyman kept a diary until she was sent to Auschwitz in 1944. An Instagram version of her story goes live this week, but some Israelis say it trivializes the Holocaust.

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Tesla Looks to Regain Its Luster in Solar Energy by Slashing Prices

The company said it would slash the cost of solar energy by up to 41 percent by standardizing systems and asking customers to take on more responsibilities.

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Alphabet Falls $1 Billion Short of Revenue Forecasts, Blaming Strong Dollar

The company said it expected foreign currency to be an issue again in the current quarter, and its stock slid.

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Which Tech Company Is Uber Most Like? Its Answer May Surprise You

It’s not Lyft or Didi Chuxing or another ride-hailing firm. Instead, Uber sees itself as the Amazon of transportation.

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The Raisin Situation

One man wanted to change the raisin industry for the better. He got more than he bargained for.

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Apple Cracks Down on Apps That Fight iPhone Addiction

Last year, with much fanfare, the tech giant unveiled a screen-time tracker of its own. Then it quietly began purging competitors from its store.

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Elon Musk and S.E.C. Reach New Accord, Lifting Cloud Over Tesla

Securities regulators and the chief executive of Tesla came up with a new agreement about when Mr. Musk’s social media posts must be reviewed by a lawyer.

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Chasing Growth, a Women’s Health Start-Up Cut Corners

Nurx, an online prescribing app, drew attention with its pitch about female empowerment. Former employees said it took a laissez-faire approach to women’s health.

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Slack Discloses $141 Million Loss as Messaging Start-Up Joins Tech Listing Rush

Unlike most other Silicon Valley darlings going public this year, Slack is not holding an initial public offering, where it sells shares to the public.

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The Week in Tech: Data Doesn’t Support Sri Lanka’s Social Media Blackout

Social media platforms have a role in inciting violence, but there’s little evidence to suggest that shutting them down prevents escalation.

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Uber Aims for Valuation of Up to $91 Billion in I.P.O.

The world’s largest ride-hailing company, which has not yet made a profit, kicked off the last stage of its journey to list on public stock markets.

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Magic Leap Raises $280 Million From NTT DoCoMo

The maker of augmented-reality goggles said it has garnered $280 million from NTT Docomo of Japan, as part of a new partnership with the telecommunications giant.

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Regulators Around the World Are Circling Facebook

Facebook revealed that it expected a record fine from the F.T.C. That could be one of many moves against the company by governments on four continents.

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Amazon Expanding One-Day Prime Shipping as Sales Growth Slows

Most revenue still comes from website sales, but other services, including cloud computing and advertising, provide an outsize chunk of profits.

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LG mobile continues to ride that sinking feeling

The mobile unit lost 790 billion won in 2018.

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Cartoon Network websites hacked to show Arabic memes and Brazilian male strippers

At least 16 regional Cartoon Network websites have been defaced by two Brazilian hackers.

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Commonwealth Bank expands Apple Pay to business cards

CBA praises the Cupertino system it long fought against that has seen mobile payments increase by 400%.

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Labor will invest AU$245m in regional telco programs if elected

Labor’s promises have mirrored the Coalition’s, with AU$160 million to go to the mobile blackspots program and AU$60 million to work on Connected Community Plans with state, territory, and local governments.

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