Making the rounds on social media this week: Twitter and Pinterest were targeted in a massive cyberattack; Instagram made headlines as the latest social network to make a foray into live-streaming; Microsoft plans to compete with Slack;…
Between a chat app, two new smartphones and a new in-home avatar, Google’s new Assistant is really getting around. While that slow march toward ubiquity continues, it keeps getting smarter, too — Android Police points out you can now hook…
Every once in a while someone in Silicon Valley brings up the possibility of living forever, or at least a really long time, but first we’re going to need to figure out a way to enjoy all those extra years.…
GIF I very much enjoyed watching this surfboard get made by hand because, well, I love watching anything get made by hand. But also, there are neat graphics that pop up and show what’s happening at each step of the…
Some days you just don’t have the time or energy to get your 10,000 recommended steps in. These tricks won’t help you keep active, but they will make sure you keep your numbers up. This post is part of our…
Posted by randfish From your top-level nav to your seal-the-deal content, there are endless considerations when it comes to crafting your ecommerce page. Using one of his personal favorite examples, Rand takes you step by detailed step through the process…
Researchers from the Google Brain deep learning project have already taught AI systems to make trippy works of art, but now they’re moving on to something potentially darker: AI-generated, human-independent encryption. According to a new research paper, Googlers Martín Abadi…
Getty Image Remember “The Fappening?” Oh yea I remember. Well the man responsible for leaking all those stolen photos of nude celebrities back in August 2014 has been handed down his punishment. The Fappening hacker, Ryan Collins, has been sentenced…
For years we’ve been skeptical, and rightly so, of the “art filters” you can put on your photos, webcam videos and so on. But Google may have made them relevant again — or at the very least, interesting — by…
Vine founder Rus Yusupov has some advice for the next generation of founders. "Don’t sell your company!" he warned on Twitter Thursday after news broke that Twitter would shut down Vine. Don’t sell your company! — Rus (@rus) October 27,…