August 5, 2019 Study suggests that e-scooter fleets aren’t as green as they seem Love them or hate them, e-scooters are an increasingly common sight in cities around the world. Even New York City, a long-time holdout against…
August 5, 2019 Cloudflare cuts off extremist site 8chan after multiple shootings Cloudflare has announced that it will no longer provide security services to the far-right site 8chan following the deadly, mass shooting by a white…
August 5, 2019 Huawei’s Hongmeng OS could be revealed this week Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A new report claims that Hongmeng OS, Huawei’s alternative operating system that may or may not be…
August 5, 2019 AI knitting system designs and creates garments If you've ever wanted a custom bobble hat but your knitting skills aren't up to par, let the robots do it. Researchers at MIT's…
August 4, 2019 ‘Star Trek: Picard’ will have its own prequel comic and novel Streaming shows have had literary tie-ins before, but not quite like this. CBS All Access' upcoming Star Trek: Picard will have two works that…
August 4, 2019 Cloudflare to revoke 8chan’s service, opening the fringe website up for DDoS attacks Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images Cloudflare, an online infrastructure service that helps websites mitigate DDoS attacks, will be terminating its service for 8chan following…
August 4, 2019 Google Assistant now reads replies from third-party messaging apps Google Assistant has long had the option to read your SMS messages aloud, but that hasn't done much good if your conversations lived in…
August 4, 2019 Meteor impact may have started a ‘mega-tsunami’ on early Mars There appears to be stronger evidence of a possible ocean on ancient Mars. A recent study indicates that the meteor that created the 75-mile…
August 4, 2019 This Sonic the Hedgehog & OK K.O Crossover Clip is Pure Nostalgic Joy In another nostalgic reminder today, I’m thinking about how much I used to love the awful, terrible, absolutely egregiously bad Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon….
August 4, 2019 E-Commerce Site StockX Confirms It Was Hacked, Exposing Data From 6.8 Million Customers It looks like this week is dead set on proving that old superstition about bad omens: They always come in threes. Read more… via…