February 18, 2020 Wrenching Your Neck Is A, Well, Pain In The Neck. We Can Help. A funny thing happens when a group of commerce writers and editors get together: When one of us has a problem, all the others…
February 18, 2020 An Indian politician used AI to translate his speech into other languages to reach more voters As social media platforms move to crack down on deepfakes and misinformation in the US elections, an Indian politician has used artificial intelligence techniques…
February 18, 2020 Zombie HQ Trivia May Not Be Dead Just Yet Following earlier reports that beleaguered game app HQ Trivia was finally shutting down for good after failing to secure funding, founder Rus Yusupov says…
February 18, 2020 The Mandalorian Will Still Roll Out Weekly When Disney+ Comes to Europe, Which Seems Dumb The delayed international rollout of Disney+ means that The Mandalorian’s biggest twists and turns have already been plastered all over the internet, if only…
February 18, 2020 Influencer Offering ‘Legal’ Money in Insta Stories Arrested for Not-So-Legal $1.5 Million Scam A 22-year-old YouTuber and Instagram personality advertising “legal” money for “serious ppl only” with “no scams!” turned out to be a scammer, allegedly. Nothing…
February 18, 2020 SpaceX Plans to Send Tourists to ‘Twice the Altitude’ of Any Other Private Space Trip SpaceX will work with space tourism company Space Adventures to send up to four people into space onboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft, according to…
February 18, 2020 Bill Gates bought a Porsche, and then Elon Musk talked trash about him Photo by Ryan Manning / The Verge Bill Gates bought an electric car. But while he’s given Tesla credit for pushing other carmakers to…
February 18, 2020 Why Are HIV Drugs Being Used to Treat the New Coronavirus? On Tuesday, the Japanese government announced it will begin clinical trials to test treatments for the deadly new coronavirus that’s engulfed China and spread…
February 18, 2020 Facebook’s gigabit wireless rolls out in Puerto Rico Facebook's Terragraph WiFi technology is delivering high-speed broadband to San Juan, Puerto Rico. This week, AeroNet, Puerto Rico's internet service provider, announced a six-month…
February 18, 2020 Match.com’s Date Check-In sends an SOS to friends in case of creeps Going on a date with someone you met online can be scary — not just because of the pressure to be charming, but also…