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Day June 8, 2017
Alexa will thoroughly roast the Cavs and Warriors if you ask her to
These NBA Finals have been incredibly boring and mostly uncompetitive so far, but don’t worry because Alexa is here to make it fun. YouTube user SportTechie decided to experiment with Alexa and asked for "a Cavaliers burn." Alexa replied with…
Arturia AudioFuse: all the connections, none of the hidden settings
After a long wait, Arturia’s AudioFuse interface has arrived. And on paper, at least, it’s like audio interface wish fulfillment. What do you want in an interface? You want really reliable, low-latency audio. You want all the connections you need.…
At this secretive class, students learn the art of web hacking
Forget algebra. Forget textbooks. This is education for the digital era. The students of Practical Hacking are learning the tools and techniques that hackers use to infiltrate websites and networks. What they do with that knowledge is up to them.…
Google’s Project Wing team takes a key step towards making drone delivery real
Project Wing, the X project from Google (now housed under mutual parent Alphabet) that focuses on drone delivery, just shared a key update in its efforts to make everyday drone delivery a reality: The company completed a series of tests…
The multi-millionaire founder of MySpace retired before he was 40 to travel the world — here are some of his most stunning photos
If you were a teenager with a computer in the early aughts, there’s a good chance you had a profile on MySpace, the music-centered predecessor to Facebook. Nearly 76 million people used the social networking site in the US at…
Scientists Find 100 Million-Year-Old, Nearly Complete Baby Bird Trapped in Amber
Image: Lida Xing This has been a huge year for finding specimens in amber, from bird wings to dinosaur feathers to this ugly-ass bug. But this new finding might be the best one yet: a nearly complete 99-million-year-old baby bird.…
How Blockchain Tech Can Go Mainstream: MoneyConf Madrid 2017
On June 7, 2017, at MoneyConf 2017 in Madrid, David Bailey, CEO of BTC Media, moderated a discussion with Jon Matonis, Founding Director of the Bitcoin Foundation, and Huy Nguyen Trieu, CEO of The Disruptive Group, on the topic of…
Water Clever Concept!
Obviously water pumps should have see-saws on them! Countries in parts of Africa still rely on the bore-well system to pump drinking water out of the ground. I’ve tried my hand on these pumps and they’re no easy task. They…
People are getting drunk before noon to watch the Comey hearing because America can’t be enjoyed sober anymore
People are getting drunk before noon to watch the Comey hearing because America can’t be enjoyed sober anymore Image: Oli Scarff/Getty Images By Nicole Gallucci2017-06-07 22:12:11 UTC Nothing says “good morning” in Trump’s America better than gathering at a bar…