[ad_1] After the scandal, the book, the podcasts and the documentary, the Theranos debacle is finally going to court — in 2020. U.S. District Court Judge Edward Davila set the start date of co-founder Elizabeth Holmes’ criminal trial for August 4th of next year, with jury selection kicking off the week before. She’s been indicted […]
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Tesla’s dashboard Sketchpad is getting an upgrade
[ad_1] Wish granted 💫. New Sketchpad features are rolling out in our next software update. What will you draw? 🎨 https://t.co/eXUm4k24qH — Tesla (@Tesla) June 28, 2019 While it didn’t spell out exactly what’s on the way to Sketchpad, last month, one Tesla owner asked for a color picker, saturation controls and more extensive undo […]
GrubHub is buying web domains for the restaurants it lists
[ad_1] Moreover, GrubHub appears to run “shadow” pages on some of these domains without the permission of the restaurants themselves. While both the real and shadow pages ultimately result in orders, GrubHub’s unsurprisingly points foodies solely to its own services. That could deprive restaurants of revenue by steering would-be customers away from the actual sites, […]
Scientists think some supermassive black holes didn’t start as stars
[ad_1] In the most simple terms, the model suggests that supermassive black holes formed “very, very quickly over very, very short periods of time” and then stopped suddenly. “Supermassive black holes only had a short time period where they were able to grow fast and then at some point, because of all the radiation in […]
How a trivial cell phone hack is ruining lives
[ad_1] “This is still very raw (I haven’t even told my family yet),” Coonce wrote in an anguished Medium post. “I can’t stop thinking about the small, easy things I could have done to protect myself along the way.” On a Monday night in June, Matthew Miller’s daughter woke him up to say that his […]
NVIDIA ‘Super’ GPU leaks hint at not-so-super speed boosts
[ad_1] The pricing would be the selling point. The RTX 2070 Super will reportedly start at $499 when it arrives on July 9th, or $100 less than the Founder’s Edition of the plain 2070 when it surfaced in 2018. The RTX 2060 Super would cost more than the plain 2060 at $399, but you might […]
Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 leaks soon after the first model arrived
[ad_1] That version will apparently have a larger battery (340 mAh) than the WiFi model (237 mAh). There appear to be some design changes too. As with the Galaxy Watch Active, the rotating bezel present on other Samsung smartwatches looks to be absent here. Some of the buttons have different shapes (the circular home/power button […]
EA Access game subscriptions come to PS4 July 24th
[ad_1] Be careful — subscriptions are specific to a given platform, so you’ll have to pay for two memberships if you want EA Access on both a PS4 and an Xbox One. The release date marks an end to a five year wait for EA Access on the console since Sony rejected it in 2014. […]
Chance the Rapper’s first two mixtapes hit Apple Music and Spotify
[ad_1] Before Chance the Rapper released his 2016 streaming-only album Coloring Book, he shared his first two mixtapes, 10day and Acid Rap, for free on SoundCloud. They’ve lived there since 2012 and 2013, respectively, but as of today, they’re available on Apple Music, Spotify and other major streaming services, too. As Engadget’s Billy Steele wrote […]
Valve Index review: Next-level VR
[ad_1] The refined PC VR headset As for the Index headset itself, it doesn’t look much different than the Rift or Vive. But there are some notable upgrades once you dig a bit deeper. There’s a huge emphasis on comfort here: The head strap is easy to put on, and you can secure it by […]