Gizmodo
AUGUST 2, 2020
In case we needed another reminded that climate change is burning up the planet, California officials reported this weekend that a fire in Cherry Valley has burned through 20,516 acres of land and is currently not contained. Read more.
Venture Beast
AUGUST 2, 2020
World of Darkness is a longtime tabletop role-playing game property. But under Paradox, it's looking to integrate digital more and more. Read More.
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GeekWire
AUGUST 2, 2020
Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman at the 2018 GeekWire Summit. (GeekWire Photo / Dan DeLong). It’s been a crazy year for Redfin, to say the least. The Seattle real estate company laid off 7% of its staff and furloughed hundreds of agents in April as the COVID-19 outbreak began spreading. But now it is bringing back workers and “scrambling to capture demand” for its online brokerage services as the U.S. housing market rebounds, said CEO Glenn Kelman. “We’re running naked through the
TechSpot
AUGUST 2, 2020
Wi-Fi is set to get better and faster. While plenty of routers are already available with chips using draft specifications, 802.11ax Wi-Fi was not finalized until late 2019, ushering in a wave of updated devices touting new wireless capabilities that will contribute toward next-generation networks with more speed and less congestion.
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Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.
GeekWire
AUGUST 2, 2020
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule is hoisted onto its recovery ship with the astronauts inside, while a gaggle of private vessels gawk around the perimeter of the landing zone in the Gulf of Mexico. (NASA via YouTube). The first mission to send NASA astronauts into orbit on a commercially owned spaceship came back down to Earth today with the splashdown of a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule in the Gulf of Mexico. “On behalf of the SpaceX and NASA teams, welcome back to planet Earth, and thanks
The Verge
AUGUST 2, 2020
Murder hornet. Dead. | Washington State Department of Agriculture. Hello it is I, your intrepid murder hornet correspondent. What’s a murder hornet, you ask? I wish I did not know. But as I wrote back in May , the Asian giant horne t (its official name) can grow up to two inches long, rips the heads off of honeybees, and has a stinger that can jam right through standard beekeeping suits.
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The Verge
AUGUST 2, 2020
Photo by Andre Borges/NurPhoto via Getty Images. Facebook has blocked the accounts of a dozen allies of President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil, BBC News reported. Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered the 12 accounts blocked back in May, as they are under investigation for allegedly spreading false news about judges in the country. A Supreme Court judge said Friday that Facebook had not fully complied with that earlier order.
Gizmodo
AUGUST 2, 2020
The Washington State Department of Agriculture has successfully trapped its first Asian giant hornet, aka murder hornet aka 2-inch-long flying demon that rips off bees’ heads and haunts my nightmares. Read more.
Venture Beast
AUGUST 2, 2020
It's possible that enterprise buyers will ask to see your startup's financial statements before committing to buy your product. Here's how to respond. Read More.
Gizmodo
AUGUST 2, 2020
Dr. Deborah Birx, the coordinator of the White House coronavirus task force, sent an alarming message about the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. on Sunday. Birx said that what the country is experiencing now is different than in March and April, which saw the rapid acceleration of virus transmission in the country. Read more.
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GeekWire
AUGUST 2, 2020
Get caught up on the latest technology and startup news from the past week. Here are the most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of July 26, 2020. Sign up to receive these updates every Sunday in your inbox by subscribing to our GeekWire Weekly email newsletter. Most popular stories on GeekWire. Is he in a barn? Where are the books? Hearing exposes design lapses in offices of tech CEOs.
Gizmodo
AUGUST 2, 2020
This inexplicably-named laptop is the all-in-one electronics toolkit you’re probably looking for. Powered by a Raspberry Pi, the CrowPi2 features a screen and keyboard as well as a panoply of inputs and outputs that hearkens back to the 100-in-1 electronics kits of yore. Read more.
The Verge
AUGUST 2, 2020
The League of Legends World Championship 2020 will be held in Shanghai | Riot Games. Even though many esports tournaments this year have been postponed or canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, Riot Games announced that it will hold the League of Legends World Championship 2020 in Shanghai from September 25th to October 31st. The finals will be held in Pudong Soccer Stadium.
Gizmodo
AUGUST 2, 2020
Apple has reportedly bought Mobeewave , a startup that allows phones to become payment terminals with a simple tap, Bloomberg reported this week. The company’s apparently got money on its mind. Read more.
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SecureWorld News
AUGUST 2, 2020
In my last post , I pointed to an attack against an internal device apparently originating from other internal device, none of which had any—nor had they ever had—connections from outside the deception network. Although there were several such connections, I am going to select two for analysis. If both present similar analyses, we will stop there. If they are vastly different, we will continue looking at others.
Gizmodo
AUGUST 2, 2020
Todd McFarlane is one of the most distinctive creators working in comics. His over-the-top, stylized artistry is recognizable a mile away, and had a defining impact on the era of comics he got his start in. He’s also, honestly, a very entertaining dude: frank, direct, and deeply in love with his own creations. Which… Read more.
The Verge
AUGUST 2, 2020
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. In a blog post Sunday, Microsoft said it was “prepared to continue discussions to explore a purchase of TikTok in the United States,” following a conversation between its CEO Satya Nadella and President Trump. It’s the first time the company has confirmed reports it was in talks to acquire the video sharing platform.
Gizmodo
AUGUST 2, 2020
The Conjuring breakout star/creepy, creepy doll Annabelle is facing her own sort of quarantine: unable to shoot more spooky movies, she’s forced to live on the New Line Cinema lot, more or less entirely alone. How has she been coping? According to this filmed short, about as well as everyone else. Which is to say:… Read more.
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Gizmodo
AUGUST 2, 2020
When it comes to wacky clocks nobody can hold a candle to MB&F. The company, which makes $100K watches alongside things like this wild mechanical T-rex thing , teamed up with movement maker L’Épée and design house Massena LAB to create a $27,000 desk trinket that looks like something out of Half-Life 2. Read more.
Gizmodo
AUGUST 2, 2020
With Tenet , the film industry’s leader in playing chicken with the coronavirus, having a new release date (or lack thereof) every week or so, it seems unlikely that the theatrical distribution market is going to wind back up anytime soon, at least in the United States. One of the few films left with a summer release… Read more.
Gizmodo
AUGUST 2, 2020
Golly, I didn’t know Mickey was so generous. Read more.
Gizmodo
AUGUST 2, 2020
John Wick (4K) | $15 | Best Buy John Wick Chapter 2 (4K) | $15 | Best Buy John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum (4K) | $18 | Best Buy Read more.
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Gizmodo
AUGUST 2, 2020
Tekken 7 (PS4) | $12 | Amazon Read more.
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