Let’s say you need to send a private message to a group of people, but you’re afraid one of them will leak the message elsewhere, and you won’t know who. Fast Forward Labs has a rough-and-ready solution that will expose anyone who publicly copies and pastes your message, without letting them know they’ve been caught.
Source: LifeHacker – The No-Frills Way to Watermark Memos and Track Leaks
The Radeon Vega Frontier Edition has begun shipping today as the Vega-based compute card geared to go up against the Titan Xp and P100 accelerators for compute/workstation workloads. This is the first Vega GPU card to market, but will come at a hefty cost…
Source: Phoronix – Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Begins Shipping, Costs ~00 USD
For just about his entire life, Ron Smith has been a subject of a scientific inquiry. At birth, in 1972, he was studied by scientists, and then assessed again at age three to document his physical fitness, mental health and intelligence. Every few years after that, he has returned to be poked, prodded and tested in…
Source: Gizmodo – Welcome to the Town That Is Trying to Cure Aging
Neckbud-style Bluetooth headphones certainly aren’t everyone’s cup of tea, but some people swear by them for their battery life and exercise-friendly design, and both of Anker’s models are on sale today.
Source: Gizmodo – Anker Makes Two Neckbud-Style Bluetooth Headphones Now, and They’re Both On Sale
The rumors were true: Pandora CEO Tim Westergren has announced that he’s stepping down from the company he co-founded 17 years ago. He’ll remain in the leadership position while the company searches for a replacement. President Mike Herring and mar…
Source: Engadget – Pandora’s CEO is stepping down as digital music evolves
By now we’ve all heard the biggest news of 2017, fated in the heavens for eons before humanity’s earliest ancestors walked the savannahs: There’s an eclipse this August 21st, and it’s carving a path right through these great United States of America. GO GET IT NERDS.
Source: Gizmodo – The Best Place to View the Total Solar Eclipse This Summer, According to Science
Assuming your computer can handle it, a 4K monitor is one of the best upgrades you can make to your computing experience, and it’s never been cheaper than it is today on Amazon.
Source: Gizmodo – Upgrade Your Workstation to 4K For Just 0, Today Only
Kevin Feige still has hope for Blade’s return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Stephen Amell wants a more socially-minded Oliver Queen on Arrow. Plus, one familiar face will not return to American Horror Story next season, and new pictures from the Doctor Who season finale. Spoilers, assemble!
Source: Gizmodo – Is Warner Bros. Really Considering a Live-Action Adaptation of Superman: Red Son?
Troy Baker has lent his voice and performances to some of the biggest games of the past decade. From six roles across Darksiders 2 to playing Booker DeWitt in BioShock Infinite or stepping into The Joker’s shoes in Batman: Arkham Origins, you might n…
Source: Engadget – How Troy Baker’s Naughty Dog work influenced ‘Shadow of War’
It was funny, it was educational, and it is at least for the moment, gone.
Source: TreeHugger – McMansion Hell website under attack by Zillow
The European Commission has fined Google 2.42 billion euro for breaching EU antitrust rules after determining the company abused its market dominance as a search engine by giving an illegal advantage to its comparison shopping service product: enforcers believe that the giant thwarted smaller shopping search services by presenting shopping results at the top of its search screen. This is the biggest fine that Google has faced yet, and it has 90 days to comply by giving equal treatment to rival sites.
Google’s lawyer Kent Walker said the company respectfully disagrees with the EU’s conclusions and will consider a court appeal, according to a blog post. “When you shop online, you want to find the products you’re looking for quickly and easily,” Walker said. “And advertisers want to promote those same products. That’s why Google shows shopping ads, connecting our users with thousands of advertisers, large and small, in ways that are useful for both. We think our current shopping results are useful and are a much-improved version of the text-only ads we showed a decade ago.”
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Source: [H]ardOCP – Google Gets Record .7 Billion EU Fine for Skewing Searches
Here is your first real look at the Galaxy Note 8. The most conspicuous differences in the phone also happen to be the most jarring: there is a thick bezel on top and a big bump on the back due to the dual camera setup. It is still unclear what exact resolution the Infinity Display is, although if it was actually 4K, we should have heard more about that by now. The phone is also expected in blue and gold, in addition to the black shown here.
While Samsung is expected to board the dual-camera bandwagon with the upcoming Galaxy C10, the Note8 is also expected to sport this feature. As indicated by the renders, the Note8’s dual cameras will be configured horizontally, and in fact, come placed on a reasonably large camera bump. The tipped dimensions say the phablet will measure 162.4 x 74.5 x 8.4mm, and that thickness will go up to 9.5mm when the camera bump is included.
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Source: [H]ardOCP – Galaxy Note 8 Renders and 360 Video
After Amazon announced it would buy Whole Foods Market for $13.7 billion earlier this month, John Mackey, Whole Foods’ chief executive officer, rejoiced and reportedly gushed about Amazon’s technological innovation. “We will be joining a company that’s visionary,” Mackey said. “I think we’re gonna get a lot of those innovations in our stores. I think we’re gonna see a lot of technology. I think you’re gonna see Whole Foods Market evolve in leaps and bounds.” Specifically, Mackey is talking about the thousands of delivery robots Amazon uses in its facilities. Bloomberg reports: In negotiations, Amazon spent a lot of time analyzing Whole Foods’ distribution technology, pointing to a possible way in which the company sees the most immediate opportunities to reduce costs, said a person familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified because the issue was private. Experts say the most immediate changes would likely be in warehouses that customers never see. That suggests the jobs that could be affected the earliest would be in the warehouses, where products from suppliers await transport to store shelves, said Gary Hawkins, CEO of the Center for Advancing Retail and Technology, a Los Angeles nonprofit that helps retailers and brands innovate. As Amazon looks to automate distribution, cashiers will be safe — for now. Amazon sees automation as a key strategic advantage in its overall grocery strategy, according to company documents reviewed by Bloomberg before the Whole Foods acquisition was announced. Whole Foods has 11 distribution centers specializing in perishable foods that serve its stores. It also has seafood processing plants, kitchens and bakeries that supply prepared food to each location. Those are the places where Amazon could initially focus, according to experts. While the company said it has no current plans to automate the jobs of cashiers in Whole Foods stores after it finishes acquiring the grocery chain, it’s likely only a matter of time before cashier positions become automated. According to Bloomberg’s report, Amazon may bring the robots to the stores after automating Whole Foods’ warehouses. “The first ones will likely navigate aisles to check inventory and alert employees when items run low, said Austin Bohlig, an advisor at Loup Ventures, which invests in robotics startups,” reports Bloomberg.
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Source: Slashdot – Amazon Robots Poised To Revamp How Whole Foods Runs Warehouses
When it comes to AI, Sony isn’t mentioned in the conversation like Google, Amazon and Apple are. However, let’s remember that it was on the forefront of deep learning with products like the Aibo robot dog, and has used it recently in the Echo-like Xp…
Source: Engadget – Sony’s unorthodox take on AI is now open source
Amazon seems to be keen on growing its ad-subsidized “Prime Exclusive” lineup, because the tech titan has added five more unlocked smartphones to the list. One of them is the Nokia 6, HMD Global’s first Android device in the US, which you can get for…
Source: Engadget – Amazon is selling Nokia 6 and Moto E4 with lock-screen ads
Fresh figs are luxury items: they’re so delicious, so expensive (in my neck of the woods, Peapod.com is selling them for $1.17 a piece) and so tragically short-lived. All too often, in my experience (Is it me? My refrigerator?) after I’ve decided yes, I will plop down the cash for a tiny basket of these purply…
Source: LifeHacker – How to Store Fresh Figs So They Really Last
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While the Nintendo Switch is quickly becoming the handheld of choice—thanks in part to the likes of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey—the 3DS still has some life left in it yet. Kirby’s Blowout Blast, Hey! PIKMIN, Metroid: Samus Returns, Fire Emblem Warriors, Layton’s Mystery Journey, and Dragon Quest XI are all due for release in 2017 alongside updated (and cheaper) hardware in the form of the £130 New 2DS XL, which goes on sale July 28 (pre-order here).
For those keeping track, the New 2DS XL (the “New” is important) is the sixth revision of the 3DS hardware, which started with the original (and smallest) 3DS. That was followed by the 3DS XL, which sported a 90 percent larger screen along with improved battery life. Following developer demand for a second analogue stick—a problem Nintendo initially solved with the bulky Circle Pad Pro add-on—Nintendo released the New 3DS and New 3DS XL, which not only integrated a second analogue stick, but also incorporated more powerful hardware.
This lead to the a confusing state of affairs where games like Xenoblade Chronicles requires the New 3DS XL hardware, and won’t play on an original 3DS or 3DS XL. Then came the 2DS, a stripped back version of the console aimed at a younger audience. It ditched the clamshell design, second analogue stick, and more powerful hardware, instead only playing games compatible with the original 3DS. The 2DS doesn’t feature the glasses-free 3D screen of the 3DS either, although given the feature ended up being more of a novelty than a necessity, it was hardly missed.
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Source: Ars Technica – Nintendo New 2DS XL mini-review: The best version of the 3DS hardware yet
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Ten years ago this week—on June 29, 2007—many waited (in line or online) for the first iPhone’s formal release. Steve Jobs revealed what he promised would be a game-changing device months earlier, providing plenty of time for the lofty dreams, predictions, and excitement to build. The decade since has largely justified the hype. Apple’s now-signature product has made a lasting mark not only on our communications, but on many unexpected walks of life. So this week as the iPhone celebrates its 10th anniversary, we’ll be examining its impact and revisiting the device that changed it all.
In the heart of Stockholm, Sweden, mobile games developer King has built its own forest. Alongside Earth-toned carpeting and plywood trees are walls coated in Norwegian lichen. Instead of the harsh glow of a fluorescent strip, there are ambient lights that change hue with the seasons. Instead of chairs there are ceiling-hung wicker baskets and long maple desks with multicoloured stools. Along the floor is an artificial stream that scans the footsteps of employees, allowing them to interact with virtual fish and insects. In the winter, the stream freezes over, lending an audible crunch to each footstep.
Such extravagance is hardly extraordinary for the startups and venture capitalists that have spread across California’s so-called Silicon Valley (Airbnb has its own makeshift forest, complete with taxidermied raccoon). But for the companies that build their fortunes on the fickle market of mobile games, success is far from guaranteed. King is one of the lucky ones. It has, in its finer moments, raked in profits of half a billion dollars in a single year. So compelling were its profits that publishing giant Activision Blizzard swallowed it up for $5.9 billion in 2015.
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Source: Ars Technica – iPhone at 10: How Apple changed gaming for the better and the worse
The RoboVac 11 from Eufy (a division of Anker) is one of your favorite robotic vacuums, and in my own testing, it’s every bit as good—and far quieter—than my Roomba. So if it’s been on your radar, our readers can save $20 today with promo code KINJA627.
Source: Gizmodo – Here’s Another Chance to Save On Anker’s Ridiculously Popular Robotic Vacuum
Following last month’s WannaCry attack, it looks as though another ransomware outbreak is quickly spreading around the globe. The attack seems to be centered in the Ukraine, where the ransomware has crippled the country’s central bank and power utilities like Ukrenego and Kyivenergo.
Kiev’s Borispol airport has also come under attack according
Source: Hot Hardware – Massive Petya Ransomware Attack Cripples European IT Systems, Seeks Global Infestation
