For decades, sports betting has been illegal in the US outside Nevada. With a Supreme Court ruling Monday, that’s about to change, likely before the upcoming NFL season kicks off. But don’t get too excited—or horrified, depending on your perspective—about the future of online sports […]
Day: May 16, 2018
That Chrome update that blocks autoplaying audio? It’s been delayed
It’s no secret that Google is on a mission to make intrusive ads a thing of the past, and while a recent Chrome update which aimed to prevent autoplaying audio in web pages seemed like step in the right direction, it unfortunately came with some […]
Watch a laser-powered RoboFly flap its tiny wings
Making something fly involves a lot of trade-offs. Bigger stuff can hold more fuel or batteries, but too big and the lift required is too much. Small stuff takes less lift to fly but might not hold a battery with enough energy to do so. […]
Verizon will turn on 5G in LA this year
The telecom had initially aimed to bring three to five cities online as part of its initial rollout. McAdam said his company has “locked in” four so far. This won’t be the most aggressive deployment in some respects — AT&T has vowed to launch mobile […]
New Fortaleza gateway shave hours off travel from Europe to Brazil
To celebrate the new hub, KLM arrived with an A330 and Air France's new Joon brand with an A340 almost at the same time on the same day. social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
Tesla is facing new pressure from shareholder advisers to do something about Steve Jurvetson
Tesla is facing new pressure to do something about its unwillingness to … of the car company's board, which some say is too closely aligned with Elon Musk, its CEO. … Tesla and Jurvetson both declined to comment Tuesday. … Amazon is questioning its future […]
California Bill Would Allow Elected Officials to Regulate and Veto Police Use of Military Spy Tech via /r/technology
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Twitter Will Begin Hiding All Tweets From Suspect Accounts
Twitter announced Tuesday that it will begin to hide all tweets from some accounts in conversations and search results. The goal is to identify and filter trolls and harmful users, based not on any specific tweet, but on how they use the social network holistically. […]
Super wearable WHOOP launches $30 subscription service — wearable totally included
WHOOP, the world’s most informative wearable, is launching a new $30 subscription service for the everyday consumer, so everyone can get the benefits of its activity monitoring and analytics tools. It’s the wearable that professional athletes and other performance-minded alpha-people use to find out how to […]
Robotic insect takes flight powered by frickin’ laser beams
The team is set to present its findings in a paper at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Brisbane, Australia on May 23rd. “Before now, the concept of wireless insect-sized flying robots was science fiction, said co-author and assistant professor Sawyer Fuller in […]