Author: Randall

LA museum’s sci-fi car exhibit includes HoloLens tours

[ad_1] Just how you experience the exhibit may be as important as what’s there. Microsoft is playing a big role in the exhibit, and you’ll have the chance to don a HoloLens headset for mixed reality tours of the DeLorean and Warthog. It’s a shameless plug for Microsoft’s technology, of course, but it promises a […]

Researchers find Twitter is good for amplifying lies

[ad_1] New @mmfa study: Major media outlets fail to debunk President Trump’s false or misleading statements in their tweets 65% of the time, amplifying his misinformation an average of 19 times per day. https://t.co/8OV2FGddbn — Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) May 3, 2019 The study analyzed more than 2,000 tweets posted by 32 major US news outlets […]

The best standing desk converters

[ad_1] Why you should trust us Wirecutter has been testing and recommending adjustable standing desks since 2013. We had tested a half-dozen desktop-mounted converters over those five years. In 2019, we expanded our testing and recommendations for converters and brought them into their own guide. Over the years of testing standing desks, we’ve consulted the […]

Killing comments won’t cure our toxic internet culture

[ad_1] “If I was painting a picture of a site we were gonna have, and then at the end I said, ‘Oh, by the way, at the bottom of all our articles we’re going to prominently let any pseudonymous avatar do and say whatever they want with no moderation’ — if there was no convention […]

Facebook reportedly invites federal oversight of its privacy practices

[ad_1] As part of this tradeoff, Facebook may face a multi-billion dollar fine from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Sources told The Washington Post that Facebook would also have to more rigorously review new products and services, document its decisions and efforts to avoid privacy pitfalls and take a more active role in policing third-party […]

‘Apex Legends’ bans 770,000 cheats

[ad_1] “We can’t share details on what we’re doing so as to not give a head’s up to the cheat makers, but what we can say is that we’re attacking this from every angle,” the company wrote on its blog. Respawn says it’s made reporting cheats in the game easier, committed more resources to detecting […]

The first five ‘Call of Duty’ esports teams include New York and Paris

[ad_1] New York’s Sterling.VC, Toronto’s OverActive Media, Paris’ c0ntact Gaming LLC, Dallas’ Envy Gaming and Atlanta’s Atlanta Esports Ventures are the first five franchisees, all of which already have Overwatch League teams. The city-based team system for the esports league was announced back in February, amid a restructuring effort that saw 8 percent of its […]

Uber sued for ‘hundreds of millions’ in Australian class action

[ad_1] Law firm Maurice Blackburn filed the suit at the Victoria Supreme Court on behalf of drivers, operators and licence owners from Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia. It says more than 6,000 participants have already joined on a no-win, no-fee basis, and potential damages could number “in the hundreds of millions of […]