March 1919The British airship R33 in its hangar as it prepares for its first-ever flight at an aerodrome in Barlow, Yorkshire.Image: R. Humphrey/Topical Press Agency/Getty ImagesBased in part on design principles gleaned from a captured German zeppel…
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All of the jokes about parenthood are true: You stumble through life bleary-eyed, eager to spend every moment with your child yet desperate for the next break. If you intend to throw your life into real chaos, however, try pulling off parenthood wi…
- 55 mins ago, 25 Sep 16, 9:00am -

"I'm singing with Billy f**king Idol, let's do it!"Miley Cyrus very quickly made it clear how stoked she was to be singing with Billy Idol at the iHeartRadio Music Festival on Friday when she stepped out on stage. The two sang together on Idol's…
- 2 hours ago, 25 Sep 16, 8:24am -

Balancing schedules. Remembering medication. Tracking symptoms.Being a caregiver for a family member can be as taxing as it is rewarding, and the role often goes underappreciated. While a support network of family and friends is crucial, apps can he…
- 2 hours ago, 25 Sep 16, 8:04am -

It’s an age-old public health question — how to preserve people’s ability to make their own choices while encouraging them to make good ones.In the realm of food, it’s something that school administrators, health insurers, and lawmakers have…
- 2 hours ago, 25 Sep 16, 8:00am -

 I happened to spend much of this week in Abu Dhabi, from whence came, conveniently, the most important news of this week, month, year, and arguably decade. Yes, bigger than the American election; yes, bigger than the long-awaited rise of machine le…
- 55 mins ago, 25 Sep 16, 9:00am -

 It’s difficult to predict how artificial intelligence technology will change over the next 10 to 20 years, but there are plenty of gains to be made. By 2018, robots will supervise more than 3 million human workers; by 2020, smart machines will be…
- 11 hours ago, 24 Sep 16, 11:00pm -

 As TechCrunch has previously reported, there’s been an exodus of talent from the Rothenberg “ecosystem,” amid claims of a significant breach of fiduciary responsibilities and other unconventional behavior by the venture firm’s founder, Mike…
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 The Gillmor Gang — John Taschek, Keith Teare, Frank Radice, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor. Recorded live Friday, September 23, 2016. With two days until the First Debate, the waiting’s almost over and the voting begins on all available channel…
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 A bully is a bully and a troll is a troll, no matter where you go online. For as long as online mass communication has existed, online bullying has existed. To effectively address the issue of cyberbullying, one must not only question the environme…
- 18 hours ago, 24 Sep 16, 4:00pm -

If you’ve been wearing a fitness tracker for a while and have been disappointed in the results you’ve received, you’re not alone. A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association indicates that fitness trackers could b…
- 14 hours ago, 24 Sep 16, 7:28pm -

The Alphabet Inc. subsidiary focused on urban innovation, Sidewalk Labs, suffered a setback as porn and privacy concerns beset its public web terminals on New York City streets. Bloomberg says the web-surfing component of the experimental LinkN…
- 2 days ago, 23 Sep 16, 2:00pm -

Last week, the U.S. Department of Transportation released their long-awaited guidelines for automated vehicles. On the same day of release, Obama published an op-ed in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, declaring his support for self-driving car technolog…
- 2 days ago, 23 Sep 16, 12:00pm -

With public infrastructure funding in the U.S. nearly tapped out, a new study says smart city projects could tap into billions in private funds, according to a report by Siemens Financial Services into funding for smart cities. The report found tha…
- 2 days ago, 23 Sep 16, 10:12am -

The former head of U.K. mobile telecoms giant O2 warns an antiquated “analog” mindset among government could stunt the development of smart cities. Ronan Dunne mused on the challenges facing smart cities in the U.K. He recently left his role as…
- 2 days ago, 23 Sep 16, 9:57am -

With Apple still reportedly interested in entering the automotive space, a wild new rumor emerged earlier this week claiming that Apple was interested in acquiring McLaren Technology Group. The McLaren Technology Group, for those unfamiliar, widely k…
- 55 mins ago, 25 Sep 16, 9:00am -

App development isn’t just reserved for Silicon Valley programmers. Designing apps and games for the mobile market is easier today than ever, as long as you have the right training. It starts with the App & Game Development for iOS & Android Course…
- 1 hour ago, 25 Sep 16, 8:50am -

In an unexpected if not utterly bizarre move, Snapchat over the weekend introduced a new piece of Snapchat-oriented hardware: Snapchat glasses. That's right, Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel believes that the exceedingly popular instant messaging and photo…
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Daredevil Graham Dickinson has a flair for the dramatic. Last we saw, Dicksinson stared death in the face when he jumped offf of a cliff in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc and reached speeds of 111 MPH as he barely grazed by trees, rocks and any number of object…
- 22 hours ago, 24 Sep 16, 12:00pm -

See the iPhone 7 at the top of the screen? It's an incredible phone — easily the best handset Apple has ever made. It has a killer design, a class-leading camera and it's finally water-resistant enough to dunk. But it has one major problem that eve…
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Marketers pouring huge sums into digital advertising are wrestling with several recent events that underscore a troubling picture: some are finding they can’t be sure how well that money was spent or what they’ve received in return for it.
- 16 hours ago, 24 Sep 16, 5:49pm -

Evan Spiegel, CEO of renamed Snap Inc., calls the video-sharing sunglasses “a toy” but sees an upside to freeing his app from smartphone cameras.
- 17 hours ago, 24 Sep 16, 4:32pm -

Salesforce is considering a takeover of Twitter Inc., according to people familiar with the matter, as the social-media company’s efforts to ignite growth sputter.
- 22 hours ago, 24 Sep 16, 12:04pm -

It’s been burned into our muscle memories: slide to unlock your iPhone. Then Apple messed it all up last week with the new lock screen in iOS 10.
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The intrusion was launched from computers in Russia and sought data on 30 to 40 targeted users of the company’s online services who did business in Russia, a person familiar with the matter said.
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That is when Green had an epiphany, one that amounted to realizing network performance statistics and end user expectations rarely do not go hand in hand.
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This brings full end-to-end management capabilities to those who need it most
- 5 days ago, 20 Sep 16, 4:17pm -

While, “doing it all wrong” may be an exaggeration, no one can deny the fact that breaches are on the rise, and IT security solutions seem to be falling behind the attack curve. Yet, those looking to place blame may need only look in the mirror.
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there is still room for improvement, such as helping VMware Virtual SAN support even more workloads
- 9 days ago, 16 Sep 16, 12:06pm -

Customer Service Proves to be an Important Pillar of Business Operations
- 12 days ago, 13 Sep 16, 4:00pm -

The governor of California signed a bill into law today that will make it illegal for entertainment websites like IMDB to post the ages of actors if that actor requests the information to be taken down. Needless to say, free speech advocates are outr…
- 11 hours ago, 24 Sep 16, 10:30pm -

Paul Soros, shipping innovator and the older brother of Democratic mega-donor and businessman George Soros, died in 2013. Paul (originally Paul Schwartz before the family changed their name in the 1930s as the Nazis swept Europe) fled Hungary in 1948…
- 18 hours ago, 24 Sep 16, 4:20pm -

Back in the mid-80's, the “cyberdeck”—the neural-connected, on-the-go interface from William Gibson’s Sprawl Trilogy—captured the imagination of every cyberpunk fan. IMGUR user D10D3 has uploaded pics of one of the slickest attempts at a re…
- 18 hours ago, 24 Sep 16, 4:02pm -

Japan’s popular Pepper robot can guess your mood , dress up in cute clothes and now, it can learn to play simple games. Read more...
- 19 hours ago, 24 Sep 16, 2:26pm -

Tumblr is often a place where people discuss identity politics, but how much more complicated would those identity politics be if they included vampires, werewolves, fairies, and other fantastical creatures?Read more...
- 20 hours ago, 24 Sep 16, 2:00pm -

If you’d walked by our test bed while we were testing Akitio’s Thunder3 PCIe SSD, external drive, you’d probably have stopped and done a double-take. 2GBps transfers from an external drive? No way.  How could this possibly be, you ask? The Thu…
- 21 hours ago, 24 Sep 16, 1:00pm -

My $80 powder-blue-and-orange Xbox Design Lab controller arrived recently, and I’ve fallen in love with its look. Maybe you’re not so easily swayed. Maybe you hate it. That’s fine. More than fine, actually—that’s kind of the whole point.L…
- 24 hours ago, 24 Sep 16, 10:00am -

A majority of enterprises say the internet of things is strategic to their business, but most still take a piecemeal approach to IoT security.Those results from a global IDC survey conducted in July and August reveal both the promise and the growing…
- 2 days ago, 23 Sep 16, 8:34pm -

Oscar Curet is an assistant professor at Florida Atlantic University. For the past couple of years, he's studied the movement of the Knifefish, an animal native to the Amazon River, that uses a long ribbon fin to propel itself through the water and…
- 2 days ago, 23 Sep 16, 6:39pm -

Samsung’s recall of the Note7 just keeps getting worse and Jon, Jason, and Gordon are here to help you make sense of it. On tap:Jason gives us the latest on just how bad the Note7 recall is and what may have gone wrong.Is Google about to announ…
- 2 days ago, 23 Sep 16, 5:29pm -

Every week, we share a number of downloads for all platforms to help you get things done. Here were the top downloads from this week. Read more...
- 15 hours ago, 24 Sep 16, 7:00pm -

If you’re looking for a simple way to fight off funky odors in your home, all you need is some car vent air freshener sticks.Read more...
- 16 hours ago, 24 Sep 16, 6:00pm -

We’ve seen plenty of cases for Raspberry Pi retro game consoles , but DIYer howchoo shows off a fun, easy to make case that’s inside a NES cartridge.Read more...
- 17 hours ago, 24 Sep 16, 5:00pm -

It’s never been easier to set up your own home security system. However, if your cameras can record audio, depending on your state you run afoul of wiretapping laws if you don’t have consent from people who visit your home.Read more...
- 18 hours ago, 24 Sep 16, 4:00pm -

Preheating the oven is something we all do without thinking, but this step can be eliminated in a lot of cases, saving you a bit of time and energy.Read more...
- 19 hours ago, 24 Sep 16, 3:00pm -

The FBI's investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server continues to turn up important new details. Reuters has found interview summaries showing that Bryan Pagliano, a technician who joined Clinton's team when she became Secretary of St…
- 3 hours ago, 25 Sep 16, 6:48am -

The US just broke new ground in its bid to fight pro-terrorist hackers. A judge has sentenced Kosovo citizen Ardit Ferizi to 20 years in prison for hacking a US company in order to collect information about 1,300 government and military personnel an…
- 9 hours ago, 25 Sep 16, 1:11am -

Monday's US Presidential debates are shaping up to be the most easily streamable live TV in history, with options ranging from Twitter and YouTube to Facebook Live and Snapchat. Not wanting to be left out of the party, Instagram and CBS News have ann…
- 11 hours ago, 24 Sep 16, 11:05pm -

You no longer have to be an early adopter to run Android apps on a Chromebook. Google has released a stable version of Chrome OS that includes Google Play Store access in beta, giving you the opportunity to run mobile apps on top of your usual web a…
- 12 hours ago, 24 Sep 16, 9:38pm -

It looks like Apple is getting ready to launch a new iTunes offering, and someone pulled the trigger a bit too early. TechCrunch has spotted podcasts branded "Spoken Editions" on the service, which seem to be short programs reading written news from…
- 14 hours ago, 24 Sep 16, 8:07pm -

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the National Economic Council convened a symposium at NYU's Information Law Institute in July, and they've released their report: 25 crisp (if slightly wonky) pages on how AI could increas…
- 18 hours ago, 24 Sep 16, 3:45pm -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI0V3MNAXQUThe cast of Hamilton joined with the New York Deaf theater in a video that is pure amazeballs. (more…)
- 19 hours ago, 24 Sep 16, 2:44pm -

I have just replaced my first set of Envelop AA batteries, ten years after I bought them. Around 10-12 years ago I was I doing a lot of underwater photography. High capacity, low-static-discharge AA batteries were pretty new, but an absolute must…
- 20 hours ago, 24 Sep 16, 1:26pm -

If you own a dog, you've most likely heard of BarkBox - the monthly subscription box for dogs. What started as a simple idea to try out the subscription model on pet owners has since developed a cult following of dog lovers. If you haven't given it…
- 21 hours ago, 24 Sep 16, 1:13pm -

D10D3 built this "cyberdeck" on a C64c (a modern recreation of the Commmodore 64) with a Raspberry Pi CPU, VGA port, and all the I/O you could ask for (USB/Bluetooth/wifi/Ethernet). (more…)
- 21 hours ago, 24 Sep 16, 1:02pm -

G2 Crowd collects crowdsourced enterprise software reviews, and uses its data to produce analyst reports. Find out the highest-ranking security, storage, and software of 2016, according to G2 Crowd.
- 2 days ago, 23 Sep 16, 4:45pm -

eBay statistics show that sales of older iPhones spike after a new version is released. But selling prices drop quickly.
- 2 days ago, 23 Sep 16, 3:25pm -

The Mile High City is home to Panasonic's first smart building in a new development. Read about Panasonic's smart city solutions that are part of its CityNOW initiative.
- 2 days ago, 23 Sep 16, 12:28pm -

We want to constantly improve our brands on mobile, but we need your feedback. Let us know what's most important to you as a reader.
- 2 days ago, 23 Sep 16, 11:29am -

In South Korea, incidents of exchanged Note7 smartphones overheating were reported to a local television news network.
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