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- Classic RPG 'Pillars of Eternity' is headed to consoles in August
- An iPhone is your only option on Virgin Mobile
- The Snap Map is another way to stalk your pals in real time
- Periscope adds a confusing way to support your favorite streamers
- Uber's future is still tied to its founder
- Etsy slashes almost a quarter of its staff in attempt to refocus
- Pinterest Lens makes fab outfits from clothes you already own
- Google gets closer to building its own city in San Jose
- The Olympics' VR aspirations will be powered by Intel tech
- Dabble in the murderous world of 'Hitman' for free
- Volvo launches a dedicated performance EV brand
- Airbus imagines a faster helicopter with wings
- Queen's Speech 2017: What it means for UK tech
- Sega Forever makes Genesis classics free on mobile
- Mayor of London wants a zero-emission transport system by 2050
- ISS will carry artificial organs in hope of medical breakthrough
- The Morning After: Wednesday, June 21st 2017
- Lenovo's pro workstation is as light as a MacBook Air
- Spotify hopes you'll create shared playlists in Facebook Messenger
- Uber CEO Travis Kalanick steps down
- Former Epix exec pleads guilty over $7 million fraud
- IBM supercomputers will power global weather forecasts
- Tesla reshuffles its Autopilot self-driving team
- ESA’s search for Earth’s ‘twin’ starts in 2026
- Tumblr's safe mode keeps racy material out of sight
| Classic RPG 'Pillars of Eternity' is headed to consoles in August Posted: 21 Jun 2017 10:01 AM PDT  Fans of classic role-playing games have had a lot to be happy about these past few years. The isometric genre has seen somewhat of a resurgence lately thanks to high-profile crowdfunded games like Wasteland 2 and the Divinity series -- both of which... |
| An iPhone is your only option on Virgin Mobile Posted: 21 Jun 2017 09:41 AM PDT |
| The Snap Map is another way to stalk your pals in real time Posted: 21 Jun 2017 09:21 AM PDT  In addition to being the place you share evidence of all the fun you're having and potentially where you land a job with McDonald's, Snapchat also wants to be the app you use to find cool stuff to do. Its latest feature, called the Snap Map, shows co... |
| Periscope adds a confusing way to support your favorite streamers Posted: 21 Jun 2017 09:00 AM PDT  While Facebook is currently winning the livestreaming wars, rival Periscope has its fair share of devotees. The Twitter-owned service hosted 200 million broadcasts in 2016 and close to 77 million hours of live video in the first quarter of this yea... |
| Uber's future is still tied to its founder Posted: 21 Jun 2017 08:41 AM PDT  It's said that those who don't pay heed to history are forever doomed to repeat it, but Silicon Valley prides itself on its short memory. It tells its denizens that only by unlearning received wisdom can you see clear to remake the world in your own... |
| Etsy slashes almost a quarter of its staff in attempt to refocus Posted: 21 Jun 2017 08:19 AM PDT  Etsy is widely recognized as perhaps the premiere place online to go for handmade goods from sellers big and small. But despite the company's ubiquity and influence, Etsy may have taken on too many projects that aren't relevant to its core business.... |
| Pinterest Lens makes fab outfits from clothes you already own Posted: 21 Jun 2017 08:00 AM PDT  Putting outfits together is fun, but it could also be irritating to do every single day. Something like Cher's virtual wardrobe in Clueless could help -- or Pinterest Lens, which the social network has just upgraded to be a much better stylist. The c... |
| Google gets closer to building its own city in San Jose Posted: 21 Jun 2017 07:43 AM PDT  Google has been making major development moves in downtown San Jose and yesterday the City Council agreed to negotiate a sale of 16 parcels of land owned by the city. The deal has been strongly supported by San Jose's mayor and vice mayor but the cit... |
| The Olympics' VR aspirations will be powered by Intel tech Posted: 21 Jun 2017 07:24 AM PDT |
| Dabble in the murderous world of 'Hitman' for free Posted: 21 Jun 2017 07:20 AM PDT  Since it was announced that publisher Square Enix was selling off Hitman developer IO Interactive, the studio's fate has been uncertain. With last week's news that IO bought the Hitman license, things have been looking up, though. And now, in an effo... |
| Volvo launches a dedicated performance EV brand Posted: 21 Jun 2017 06:55 AM PDT  Car manufacturers are focusing more and more on electric cars, and now Volvo is making its EV intentions even clearer. It's announced that Polestar, its performance brand, will become a standalone line focused exclusively on electric cars. |
| Airbus imagines a faster helicopter with wings Posted: 21 Jun 2017 06:25 AM PDT  Airbus has showed off a new helicopter concept at the Paris Airshow that could give operators everything they want: speed, versatility and economy. The Racer (rapid and cost-effective rotorcraft) features a main rotor like a regular helicopter, but u... |
| Queen's Speech 2017: What it means for UK tech Posted: 21 Jun 2017 06:10 AM PDT  The General Election has been and gone, but questions remain regarding the suitability of Theresa May as Britain's premier. Nonetheless, as part of traditional ritual, MPs have once again descended upon the House of Lords for the reading of the Queen... |
| Sega Forever makes Genesis classics free on mobile Posted: 21 Jun 2017 06:00 AM PDT  We have no shortage of shiny, life-like HD games these days, but if you'd like to revisit older titles from a bygone era, Sega has got your back. The video game company has just officially launched the first wave of the Sega Forever collection with f... |
| Mayor of London wants a zero-emission transport system by 2050 Posted: 21 Jun 2017 04:50 AM PDT  London mayor Sadiq Khan has a wildly ambitious plan to make the English capital more environmentally friendly. In a draft "Transport Strategy," which is now subject to public consultation, he suggests making London's entire transport system zero emis... |
| ISS will carry artificial organs in hope of medical breakthrough Posted: 21 Jun 2017 04:01 AM PDT  In the near future, the International Space Station (ISS) will serve as home to five organs-on-chips research experiments. Each one will tackle a different issue, but all of them are expected to shed light on the effects of microgravity on the human... |
| The Morning After: Wednesday, June 21st 2017 Posted: 21 Jun 2017 03:00 AM PDT  Hey, good morning! It's the middle of the week and we're discussing the source of those Apple leaks, review the new OnePlus 5, and report on some big changes at Uber. |
| Lenovo's pro workstation is as light as a MacBook Air Posted: 21 Jun 2017 02:07 AM PDT  It's not just laptops that are getting downsized thanks to next-gen graphics chips and processors. Lenovo has unveiled a new workstation, the P320 Tiny, with a discreet professional GPU and Intel Core i7 chip, all in a box that weighs the same as a M... |
| Spotify hopes you'll create shared playlists in Facebook Messenger Posted: 21 Jun 2017 12:30 AM PDT  It can be fun to create shared playlists on streaming music services -- it's a window into your friends' tastes. You don't necessarily want to wade through an app to add tracks, though, and they usually shut out pals who can't use the service. That... |
| Uber CEO Travis Kalanick steps down Posted: 20 Jun 2017 10:31 PM PDT  The New York Times reports that, under heavy pressure from a large group of company shareholders, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick is stepping down. Despite a reputation for scandals that appeared to be accelerating -- sexual assaults by drivers, "greyballin... |
| Former Epix exec pleads guilty over $7 million fraud Posted: 20 Jun 2017 10:27 PM PDT |
| IBM supercomputers will power global weather forecasts Posted: 20 Jun 2017 09:01 PM PDT  IBM's supercomputers might soon power the weather-predicting systems of tomorrow. Through its subsidiary The Weather Company, the computing titan has partnered with the University Corporation for Academic Research (UCAR) and the National Center for A... |
| Tesla reshuffles its Autopilot self-driving team Posted: 20 Jun 2017 08:21 PM PDT  Earlier this year Tesla announced engineer Chris Lattner would leave Apple and lead its Autopilot engineering team, but just five months later he is departing. Lattner, the designer of Apple's Swift programming language, tweeted "Turns out that Tesla... |
| ESA’s search for Earth’s ‘twin’ starts in 2026 Posted: 20 Jun 2017 06:03 PM PDT  The European Space Agency (ESA) announced today that it is officially adopting the PLATO mission. PLATO, which stands for PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars, is a planet-hunting project that will look for Earth twins -- planets just like ou... |
| Tumblr's safe mode keeps racy material out of sight Posted: 20 Jun 2017 04:56 PM PDT  There's a lot of porn on Tumblr. Over a fifth of content on the site (disclaimer: it's a sister brand through Verizon's Yahoo purchase) is adults-only, if you ask the analytics firm SimilarWeb. And that's a problem if you're surfing from work or gi... |
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