Apple’s released iOS 10.3 today, which isn’t a particularly interesting update, but it does have a few minor improvements, including a new file system, that are worth mentioning. Read more…
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iOS 10.3 Introduces a New File System, Adds In-App Reviews, and Find My AirPods
Police say a vehicle failed to yield to a self-driving Uber in Tempe, Arizona on Friday and the two collided, according to reports . The Uber had a passenger and a person behind the wheel inside, according to police, and it rolled onto its side. There were no reported injuries in the crash. Read more…
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Driver Takes Out Self-Driving Uber In Arizona: Police
Instagram has finally pushed out the update they tested over a year ago that adds two-factor authentication to its accounts. Here’s how to set it up. Read more…
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Instagram Rolls Out Two-Factor Authentication for Everyone
Alaska Airlines announced on Wednesday that it will retire the Virgin America brand sometime in 2019. The Seattle-based airline bought Virgin America last year for $2.6 billion with the hope of expanding beyond the Pacific Northwest. Richard Branson, founder of Virgin America, apparently cried when he heard the news.… Read more…
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Say Goodbye to Virgin America
A Texas grand jury has charged a Maryland man with “aggravated assault with a deadly weapon” after authorities say he tweeted an animated flashing GIF designed to trigger Newsweek journalist Kurt Eichenwald’s epilepsy last year, “immediately” causing him to have a seizure. Read more…
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A Grand Jury Just Called Tweeting an Animated GIF ‘Assault With a Deadly Weapon’
When you strap on all of the gear required for a modern, immersive, virtual reality experience, you’re all but completely blind to the real world. But interacting with real world objects can often enhance a virtual experience, so Disney’s researchers came up with a way to let users catch a real ball without leaving a… Read more…
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Watch This Guy Catch a Virtual Reality Ball That Turns Out to Be Real
On Friday, the Dallas FBI confirmed to Gizmodo that it has made an arrest in a case involving Newsweek journalist Kurt Eichenwald, who claims a man sent him a GIF over Twitter that triggered his epilepsy, causing him to have a seizure. A Dallas FBI spokesperson told Gizmodo that a press release with more details on… Read more…
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FBI Arrests Man For Allegedly Sending Journalist Seizure-Causing GIF
Even the strongest artificial glues are completely useless when you try to apply them underwater, but somehow shellfish are able to hold fast to rocks to deter predators from trying to carry them away. Clearly, nature has already figured out how to make glues that work underwater , and now researchers may have… Read more…
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Scientists Made the Perfect Underwater Glue By Stealing an Idea From Shellfish
Warner Bros. is apparently considering plugging back into its blockbuster science fiction franchise The Matrix . Read more…
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Warner Bros. Is Considering a Return to The Matrix
We’ve known for awhile that the upcoming seventh season of Game of Thrones will be a shorter run of episodes than usual—as will its follow-up, the (presumably) final season of the series . But now, after some umming and ahhing from HBO, we finally know that season eight will be six episodes long. Read more…
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It’s Official: Game of Thrones’ Eighth Season Will Be Just Six Episodes Long