Tech CEOs, beware: If you piss off Mark Zuckerberg, he might order his employees to stop using your company's products.The Facebook founder was reportedly so enraged by criticism from Apple CEO Tim Cook that he personally instructed executives to st… - 6 mins ago, 14 Nov 18, 5:30pm -
It was a sad day in the world when Toys 'R' Us officially closed it's doors in the U.S. For all we know it could come back in one form or another someday, but it probably won't be the same and neither will Geoffrey. (Poor Geoffrey.)But if you're loo… - 45 mins ago, 14 Nov 18, 4:51pm -
Trivia time: Which is bigger?1. The amount of money the U.S. government spent on K-12 education in 2017or....2. The amount of money Americans spent on holiday shopping in 2017Prepare to let out a big, fat "yikes." In 2017, the U.S. budget for edu… - 1 hour ago, 14 Nov 18, 4:34pm -
Ad Content from MicrosoftIs it holiday season already? Even with our phones, laptops, tablets, and smart watches keeping track of time, somehow the season still seems to sneak up on us every year. Speaking of which, with our gadget-filled lives, it c… - 1 hour ago, 14 Nov 18, 4:31pm -
De Correspondent, a Dutch news organization aiming to “unbreak the news,” is planning to launch in the United States next year as The Correspondent. To fund its efforts, it’s hoping to raise $2.5 million from future readers. Co-founder and CEO… - 7 mins ago, 14 Nov 18, 5:29pm -
Facebook secretly retracted messages sent by CEO Mark Zuckerberg, TechCrunch reported seven months ago. Now for the first time, Facebook Messenger users will get the power to unsend too so they can remove their sent messages from the recipient’s i… - 14 mins ago, 14 Nov 18, 5:22pm -
When Oracle filed a protest in August with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that the Pentagon’s $10 billion JEDI RFP process was unfair, it probably had little chance of succeeding. Today, the GAO turned away the protest. The JEDI contra… - 38 mins ago, 14 Nov 18, 4:58pm -
Starting this weekend, Tinder will allow college students on its Tinder U service to match with others outside their own university for the first time. The dating app is positioning this market test of a potential Tinder U expansion as the “Rival… - 1 hour ago, 14 Nov 18, 4:28pm -
Uber, which is expected to go public sometime next year, just released its Q3 2018 financial results. Uber’s net losses increased 32 percent quarter over quarter to $939 million on a pro forma basis, though Uber expected these losses as it continue… - 2 hours ago, 14 Nov 18, 4:00pm -
Ofgem, the U.K. government’s regulator for gas and electricity, has revealed that projects trialled under the Low Carbon Networks Fund (LCNF) could save 215 tonnes of CO2. The program ran for six years, ending in 2015, with the aim of helping Dist… - 14 Dec 16, 10:00pm -
The Internet of Things is sweeping across the globe at breakneck speeds, and before we know it, our entire lives will be facilitated by connected technology. We’re already seeing the IoT make an incredible impact on how the industrial world operat… - 14 Dec 16, 9:15pm -
PARC, the research and development arm of Xerox, announced on Tuesday that it has secured part of $19 million in federal funding from the Energy Department to develop peel-and-stick sensors for homes, businesses, and other buildings. The peel-and-st… - 14 Dec 16, 8:30pm -
Studies of traffic congestion regularly point much blame at cars circling for parking. To tackle this perennial problem, Get My Parking is joining a smart city initiative to launch a smart parking pilot in India. As reported in Firstpost, the Delhi-… - 14 Dec 16, 7:27pm -
According to a recent Gartner survey, almost a third of fitness tracker or smartwatch owners end up ditching them. The survey studied about 9,000 users from the U.S., Australia and the U.K. Reasons for the dropped tech use vary from wearables breaki… - 14 Dec 16, 3:00pm -
Google Maps is in the midst of pulling off a pretty interesting evolution these days, going from being a simple navigational tool that helps you get from Point A to Point B and into the app equivalent of a Swiss Army knife.It's now packed with tons… - 3 mins ago, 14 Nov 18, 5:33pm -
If you’re a frequent Uber rider and Uber Eats user, you’ll be pleased to learn that the company has launched the equivalent of a frequent flyer program for its services. The more money you spend on Uber and Uber Eats, the better and more interest… - 34 mins ago, 14 Nov 18, 5:02pm -
Rabies is no joke, so if you see a wild animal acting weird, it's always a good idea to both avoid it and alert animal control so they can take a look. When police in Milton, West Virginia, got calls about suspected rabid raccoons acting obnoxious in… - 1 hour ago, 14 Nov 18, 4:31pm -
It may not be that clear right now, but augmented reality (AR) will be the next big thing in computing soon, including the mobile kind of computing. Some of the pieces of the AR puzzle are already in place, while others aren’t quite there. Specific… - 1 hour ago, 14 Nov 18, 4:08pm -
The George R.R. Martin multiverse continues to expand, as Variety reports this week that Hulu is developing multiple shows based on Wild Cards: A book series edited by the Game of Thrones creator. According to sources, Hulu plans to open writers roo… - 2 hours ago, 14 Nov 18, 3:45pm -
Social media platforms have reached a crucial point where the executives overseeing them need to find ways to anticipate and block bad actors, Kevin Systrom says. - 1 hour ago, 14 Nov 18, 4:26pm -
A survey found just 52% of employees were optimistic about Facebook’s future, down from 84% a year earlier. The darker mood comes amid a dropping share price and disclosures of privacy violations. - 1 hour ago, 14 Nov 18, 4:26pm -
Results for the three months ending in September show that Uber is still growing quickly but is likely to be unprofitable for some time. - 1 hour ago, 14 Nov 18, 4:25pm -
Dell Technologies plans to sweeten a $22 billion deal to buy out an affiliate and return to the public markets, five months after its initial proposal sparked shareholder opposition. - 1 hour ago, 14 Nov 18, 4:12pm -
For months, cities vied for Amazon’s second headquarters while some executives were realizing that no single place would fulfill its requirements. The long search, designed to showcase the company’s largess, has for some left a bad taste. “My h… - 2 hours ago, 14 Nov 18, 3:44pm -
About this Episode Episode 72 of Voices in AI features host Byron Reese and Irving Wladawsky-Berger discuss the complexity of the human… - 13 days ago, 1 Nov 18, 8:00am -
About this Episode Episode 71 of Voices in AI features host Byron Reese and Paul Daugherty discuss transfer learning, consciousness and Paul’s… - 27 days ago, 18 Oct 18, 8:00am -
“GitHub? That’s a code repository, right?” said a friend, when I mentioned I was in San Francisco. GitHub Universe, the company’s annual… - 28 days ago, 17 Oct 18, 4:59pm -
Recently GigaOm publisher and CEO, Byron Reese, sat down for a chat with Seedcamp’s Carlos Espinal on their podcast ‘This Much I… - 34 days ago, 11 Oct 18, 10:58am -
For just about his entire life, Ron Smith has been a subject of a scientific inquiry. At birth, in 1972, he was studied by scientists, and then assessed again at age three to document his physical fitness, mental health and intelligence. Every few ye… - 27 Jun 17, 9:43am -
Kevin Feige still has hope for Blade’s return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Stephen Amell wants a more socially-minded Oliver Queen on Arrow. Plus, one familiar face will not return to American Horror Story next season, and new pictures from th… - 27 Jun 17, 9:34am -
By now we’ve all heard the biggest news of 2017, fated in the heavens for eons before humanity’s earliest ancestors walked the savannahs: There’s an eclipse this August 21st, and it’s carving a path right through these great United States of… - 27 Jun 17, 9:28am -
The RoboVac 11 from Eufy (a division of Anker) is one of your favorite robotic vacuums, and in my own testing, it’s every bit as good—and far quieter—than my Roomba. So if it’s been on your radar, our readers can save $20 today with promo cod… - 27 Jun 17, 8:34am -
Forbes recently released its list of the richest person in every state. But when we’re talking about so much money, it can be hard to wrap our heads around just how wealthy these people are. But don’t worry, Gizmodo is here to help.Read more... - 27 Jun 17, 7:30am -
Black Friday is no longer just the day after Thanksgiving. Deals now roll out in a chaotic mass all throughout November.Just a couple of years ago, most of those early discounts weren’t any good. But that’s changed.While the deals that command he… - 2 hours ago, 14 Nov 18, 3:18pm -
The headline feature of Windows 10 Insider build 18282 is probably the “light theme” for your Windows desktop. But the most useful addition is the new, Intelligent Active Hours designed to present unwanted interruptions from Windows updates.The p… - 2 hours ago, 14 Nov 18, 3:08pm -
A boom in wireless security cameras is inspiring a movement in DIY home surveillance. Follow our buying guide and read our reviews to find the best option for you. - 4 hours ago, 14 Nov 18, 1:12pm -
We’re back (at last!) with another live build, and November’s project is particularly special: It’s time to break free of our vault with a Fallout-themed gaming PC.NZXT sent us one of their limited-edition H700 Nuka-Cola cases just in time fo… - 5 hours ago, 14 Nov 18, 12:32pm -
Let’s say you need to send a private message to a group of people, but you’re afraid one of them will leak the message elsewhere, and you won’t know who. Fast Forward Labs has a rough-and-ready solution that will expose anyone who publicly copi… - 27 Jun 17, 10:00am -
Fresh figs are luxury items: they’re so delicious, so expensive (in my neck of the woods, Peapod.com is selling them for $1.17 a piece) and so tragically short-lived. All too often, in my experience (Is it me? My refrigerator?) after I’ve decided… - 27 Jun 17, 9:00am -
The Grapevine Everything You Wanted to Know About the Migos, Joe Budden, Chris Brown Fights but Were Afraid to Ask | Deadspin 10 Years After The Chris Benoit Killings, Pro Wrestling Still Can’t Fix Itself | Jezebel The Tabloids Are Having a Hard… - 26 Jun 17, 6:03pm -
Verizon-owned social media platform Tumblr, along with a laundry list of other Yahoo services, is potentially locking users out of their accounts due to an ending partnership between Yahoo and AT&T, according to Techcrunch. If you’re a Tumblr, Flic… - 26 Jun 17, 6:00pm -
We’re living in a time of secrets. Whether it’s the health-care bill, Russia’s secret connection with our recent election, or the lies we all tell, secrets plague us all. In this episode of The Upgrade, Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, author of “Ev… - 26 Jun 17, 5:00pm -
Facebook announced today that it's expanding its nonprofit fundraising tool to Canada and Australia, and it also shared that it recently reached a major fundraising milestone. Since it launched the tool that allows users to raise money for nonprofits… - 30 mins ago, 14 Nov 18, 5:06pm -
The Pixel 3's early teething troubles aren't over yet. Users are reporting that some of their text messages are disappearing, It's not clear whether it's an Android-level bug or specific to the Messages app, but some owners believe the issue might… - 1 hour ago, 14 Nov 18, 4:35pm -
Microsoft has released its updated Cortana app for iOS, which includes a design overhaul and new features, including music and podcasts support, an option to set up Cortana-enabled devices and a so-called conversational experience for the voice assis… - 1 hour ago, 14 Nov 18, 4:21pm -
Last year, Google began rolling out a feature that let users message businesses through their Google profiles. Now, it's integrating that feature into Google Maps. Any messages you've sent to businesses through their Google profiles will now be acces… - 2 hours ago, 14 Nov 18, 3:52pm -
Indiegogo plans to start offering "guaranteed shipping" on some crowdfunding campaigns through a pilot program starting in 2019. Creators who choose to partake in the pilot will promise to users that their product will be delivered. If they fail to f… - 2 hours ago, 14 Nov 18, 3:33pm -
Donald Trump fired Jeff Sessions and replaced him with Matthew Whitaker, a giant tool who thinks Biblical law should prevail in America's courtrooms.He's also a scammer.Back in 2014, Whitaker joined the advisory board of a Miami Beach scam com… - 16 mins ago, 14 Nov 18, 5:20pm -
We are watching Facebook unravel in real time. I hope.From the New York Times, a story I can hardly believe -- had to read some grafs twice:Excerpt: When Facebook users learned last spring that the company had compromised their privacy in its rus… - 41 mins ago, 14 Nov 18, 4:55pm -
Florida.Andrew Appel takes us on a tour of the selectively bizarre design decisions that have plagued Florida voters since 2000, when the infamous butterfly ballots allowed GW Bush to steal the presidency from Al Gore, all the way up to this mont… - 48 mins ago, 14 Nov 18, 4:48pm -
Coming back from the dead is a tabloid staple – just ask Elvis, Michael Jackson and Princess Diana, all still alive and well, hiding in plain sight, according to the rags. But this week sees the most exciting return from beyond the grave: tabloid t… - 1 hour ago, 14 Nov 18, 4:21pm -
GenX kids had better toys.I once shot my friend's mother in the eye with a web-slung Spiderman wrist dart. It had to be an accident because you couldn't aim these wrist mounted, weakly sprung dart pushers for anything. No one took the wrist la… - 2 hours ago, 14 Nov 18, 3:11pm -
Determining the source of locked accounts can be difficult and time-consuming. Use this technique to help troubleshoot this problem. - 20 Jul 17, 2:29pm -
If you constantly log in and out of your servers with ssh, Jack Wallen shows you how to make this task a bit more efficient, with the help of ssh-agent. - 20 Jul 17, 1:07pm -
Countly is a powerful tool that can enable various types of data analysis. Here's how to install this server app on the Ubuntu platform. - 20 Jul 17, 11:12am -
A recent blog from Senrio detailed a new flaw called Devil's Ivy, found in an open source code library, that could be used to hijack security cameras and for other nefarious purposes. - 20 Jul 17, 11:09am -
