Minecraft Is Getting An Update That Will Change Everything
Minecraft, meet bombshell: The promise of a master version of studio Mojang’s sandbox builder, identical across all platforms, not just functionally but at the codebase level, is finally happening. Pop...
View ArticleReport: Uber’s long-time chief business officer to resign Monday amid...
Uber’s long-time head of business, Emil Michael, is planning to resign as early as Monday, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal’s Greg Bensinger. Michael played a pivotal but...
View ArticleSoftWear Automation raises $4.5 million to build robots that sew
Remember the good old days when cartoon robot toys were all the rage? Maybe you were a Transformers kid or maybe you were into Microbots. And, if you were very lucky, you got to experience to joy of...
View ArticleGoogle Now Tracks Your Credit Card Purchases and Connects Them to Its Online...
The search giant wants to know how online ads translate into offline sales, but says it is taking steps to ensure users’ privacy isn’t breached. Google’s new ability to match people’s offline credit...
View ArticleAlternative credit scores increase the credit eligible: ID Analytics study
Such methods use credit card, mortgage, student loan and auto loan records, but they do not avail themselves of such predictive items as utility, cable and wireless accounts, alternative lending...
View ArticleA better alternative to levying the bank tax
Is providing a deposit account an input (in making loans) or an output in its own right … reducing tax induced distortions to their use of banking services relative to alternative expenditures. The...
View ArticleWaymo is saying goodbye to the Firefly, its prototype for a self-driving car
The light is going out on the Firefly, the self-driving vehicle designed by Google sister company Waymo. Waymo is retiring its fleet of Fireflies to focus on putting its autonomous driving software in...
View ArticleFacebook Nears Deal for First Office Space in San Francisco
Facebook Inc. is planning to open its first San Francisco office — albeit a small one. The social-media company has a letter of intent for space at 181 Fremont, a new skyscraper in the South of Market...
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View ArticlePlayStation and Xbox owners use their consoles for things other than gaming...
The big news at E3, the video game industry’s annual trade show that’s going on this week in Los Angeles, is Microsoft’s introduction of a new Xbox game console. The new gadget is called the Xbox One...
View ArticleWearable system with 3D camera makes visually impaired people more mobile
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is doing some amazing work in terms of accessibility tools for visually impaired people. Recently, we wrote about an affordable device for translating...
View ArticleThe rise of fintech in global asset management
Reporting from Berlin’s Fund Forum, CNBC’s Gemma Acton talks about how the topic of digital is dominating the agenda at the forum, and whether it’s seen as a threat or opportunity. Powered by WPeMatico
View ArticleMicrosoft’s decision to patch Windows XP is a mistake
Once again, Microsoft has opted to patch the out-of-support Windows XP. Dan has written about the new patch, the circumstances around the flaws it addresses, and why Microsoft has chosen to protect...
View ArticleTrump tells GOP senators that the House healthcare bill he celebrated in Rose...
Congressional sources say President Donald Trump has told Republican senators that the House healthcare bill is “mean” and that the Senate version should be “more generous.” The remarks were a...
View ArticleThe US isn’t close to having the fastest average LTE speeds — but the news...
In some respects, US consumers have it good when it comes to mobile phone service. Competition among the carriers has generally lowered prices and given new life to the unlimited plan. But when it...
View ArticleThe rise and fall of Marissa Mayer, from the once-beloved CEO of Yahoo to a...
Hopes were high when Marissa Mayer was hired as CEO of Yahoo in 2012. People thought she would turn around the perennially dysfunctional internet giant. Five years years later, and Mayer’s time at...
View ArticleLyft is turning Uber’s missteps into an opportunity
Lyft casts itself as the softer, kinder alternative to Uber. But there’s nothing gentle about the way the country’s second-largest ride-hailing company is capitalizing on its chief rival’s missteps....
View ArticleUber recommendations show company was ‘out of control’
It’s clear from former Attorney General Eric Holder’s recommendations on how to fix Uber’s dysfunctional management that the male-dominated company grew huge without even the most basic procedures to...
View ArticleAmerica’s lynching history is now online
The philanthropic arm of Google helped the Equal Justice Initiative to create the platform showcasing one of the more grim aspects of American history. Buzz60 SAN FRANCISCO — Two years ago, a...
View ArticleWho Will Run Uber While Travis Kalanick Takes a Leave of Absence?
Amid allegations of sexual harassment and discrimination that spawned two independent reports and forced the company to re-examine its culture, rideshare giant Uber held an all-hands meeting Tuesday...
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