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Should we be impressed or terrified? On Tuesday, Boston Dynamics released a 38-second video that shows its Atlas robot performing a pretty solid gymnastics routine. The 330 pound humanoid showcases its handstand, somersaults, and a respectable split jump that many humans couldn’t pull off. Boston Dynamics said its team developed the routine faster than previous ones, […]
Bad news, Kik users: The popular messaging app is in its final days. Kik Interactive CEO Ted Livingston announced the shut down via Medium on Tuesday, citing a costly legal battle with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The case stemmed from a June SEC lawsuit in which Kik was accused of illegally raising $100 million in an […]
Comfortingly, Facebook Inc. has agreed to acquire tech startup CTRL-Labs, a company known for a wristband that translates neuron activity into computer screen motions. “CTRL-Labs’s technology is an innovative input that Facebook hopes will be used to significantly improve the upcoming Facebook AR/VR experiences a few years down the road to fundamentally improve the user […]
2019 may go down as the first year in which U.S. on-demand streams surpass 1 trillion. 2019’s year-to-date total, per an extensive Billboard report, is currently at 775.3 billion when accounting for both audio and video. That haul marks a 28 percent increase when compared to the same point in 2018, a year dominated by numbers […]
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced an “emergency executive action,” which will place a ban on the sale of flavored e-cigarettes, or vapes. after a rash of vape-related illnesses in his home state. CBS reports that the executive order will quicken legislation that intends to eliminate deceptive marketing practices aimed at underage e-cig users […]
Bob Iger has stepped down from Apple’s board of directors. According to a SEC filing, the Disney CEO officially left his post on Sept. 10, about eight years after he joined the board. “I have the utmost respect for Tim Cook, his team at Apple and for my fellow board members,” he said in the statement to […]
A person who worked as a cashier in Tokyo was arrested earlier this month for allegedly stealing credit card information using solely what authorities have characterized as his “photographic memory” abilities. A CNN report from Tuesday on this memory master’s alleged activities said that the part-time mall store employee had successfully obtained the credit card info […]
Apple is pushing back on a recent Google report that detailed more than a dozen iPhone security flaws. Last week, Google researchers confirmed they had found 14 vulnerabilities in Apple’s iOS, resulting in a “sustained effort to hack the users of iPhones in certain communities over a period of at least two years.” Analysts for […]
Jack Dorsey‘s verified Twitter account was hacked Friday afternoon by a group that refers to itself as “Chuckle Squad.” The compromised account displayed a series of aggressive and offensive tweets, including messages with the N-word, one that defended Adolf Hitler, and another that threatened to blow up Twitter’s headquarters. Some of the posts were retweets from accounts […]
The Federal Trade Commission has settled federal privacy charges against YouTube. While the terms of the settlement are vague, Google will reportedly pay fines between $150 to $200 million, according to The Verge. The charges derived from data collection and targeting practices by YouTube, which consumer groups claimed breached the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. Details of the […]
