[ad_1] While everyone figures out what they think of the Game of Thrones finale, HBO has pitched a reason to stick around with its first trailer for the third season of Westworld. This one doesn’t take us back to the Old West, India or an age of Shoguns and samurai warriors, instead it focuses on […]
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Impossible Foods’ rising empire of almost-meat
[ad_1] Impossible’s appearance may have taken some attendees by surprise. But the company consistently makes use of the most utopian ways Silicon Valley sells itself — optimized, transparent, engineered, rational — to set itself apart from being a processed-food company, with the potentially bad rep that entails. The tech ethos runs right through the organization. […]
Trusting companies despite privacy lapses
[ad_1] People say they care about privacy but they continue to buy devices that can spy on themRani Molla,Vox In the wake of Cambridge Analytica, concerns about personal data privacy abound. Of course, Facebook isn’t the only company that’s been caught collecting and sharing user details it shouldn’t have. What’s most interesting about this entire […]
‘Minecraft Earth’ remakes our world into a blocky AR sandbox
[ad_1] For any Samsung engineers on a deadline.How do you build a foldable screen? In this episode of Upscaled, Chris Schodt is taking a close look at foldable OLEDs. Despite Samsung’s Galaxy Fold being delayed, the Huawei Mate X is expected within the next few months, and Xiaomi and Lenovo have both showed off foldable […]
EU approves cyber-attack sanctions ahead of election
[ad_1] UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt in a statement called the move “decisive action” to deter future cyber attacks. “For too long now, hostile actors have been threatening the EU’s security through disrupting critical infrastructure, attempts to undermine democracy and stealing commercial secrets and money running to billions of Euros,” said Hunt. Russia and China […]
The best universal remote control
[ad_1] Why you should trust us Grant Clauser and Darryl Wilkinson have been writing about electronics and reviewing home technology for more than 15 years. Grant has held editor positions for several leading consumer electronics publications, including Dealerscope, E-Gear, and Electronic House, and he has written for Sound & Vision, Big Picture Big Sound, Consumer […]
Spotify’s first hardware is a voice-controlled device for your car
[ad_1] In a blog post, Spotify says it doesn’t have plans for a specific in-car device, but the company is hoping to learn more about how people listen to music and podcasts. It promises that creating hardware is not its focus, but that we shouldn’t be surprised to see similar “Voice Thing” and “Home Thing” […]
I listened to a Massive Attack record remixed by a neural network
[ad_1] Mezzanine, by trip-hop group Massive Attack, is a huge record that many, including Rolling Stone, consider one of the best mankind has ever produced. You’ve probably heard at least a few of its tracks, like Teardrop, Angel and Inertia Creeps. I can say with absolute certainty, though, that you’ve never listed to a version […]
Netflix is turning Mark Millar’s ‘The Magic Order’ into a series
[ad_1] The Magic Order was created at Netflix by @mrmarkmillar and is now on the way as a series by James Wan and @knownlindsey, but did you know there’s a graphic novel too with art by the legendary Olivier Coipel? pic.twitter.com/pC3eyOpNku — NX (@NXOnNetflix) May 16, 2019 Wan will also serve as executive producer for […]
Mackie CR3 computer speakers drop to $67
[ad_1] Vizio P-Series F1 55-Inch 4K TV Street price: $700; deal price: $600 Back down to $600, this is a great opportunity to save on a 55-inch television that offers great value even at full price. While we initially saw this television released at $800, recent pricing has seen it closer to $700 with only […]