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Podcasters need listening data, so Nielsen is going to call people’s homes to ask for it

By Ashley Carman  48 minutes ago  

2 comments

France passes controversial tax on tech companies

By Colin Lecher  58 minutes ago

Amazon to spend $700 million retraining a third of its US workforce by 2025

By Jon Porter  Today at 2:39am Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time  

2 comments

A Japanese hotel has built a lifesize flight simulator into one of its rooms

By Jon Porter  Today at 12:38am Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time

9 comments

The White House’s social media summit has an ulterior motive

BY CASEY NEWTON

ALSO, IT’S EXTREMELY DUMB

Yep, human workers are listening to recordings from Google Assistant, too

By James Vincent  July 11  

30 comments

Nintendo is updating the original Switch with a new CPU and storage

By Sean Hollister  July 10  

38 comments

Ikea’s economical range of smart lights continues expanding

By Thomas Ricker  July 11  

5 comments

Arianespace launch failure destroys military satellite

By Jon Porter  July 11  

5 comments

RHA’s Wireless Flight Adapter makes any headphone jack wireless

By Vlad Savov  July 11  

6 comments

Head of NASA’s human exploration program demoted as agency pushes for Moon return

By Loren Grush  July 10  

12 comments

Chinese EV startup Seres halts US launch, lays off 90 people in Silicon Valley

By Sean O’Kane  July 10  

11 comments

Apple is silently removing Zoom’s web server software from Macs

By Dieter Bohn  July 10  

35 comments

Bird is making Paris its ‘second home,’ as city cracks down on scooter riding

By Andrew J. Hawkins  July 10  

8 comments

Google shuts down Nest app for Apple Watch and Wear OS

By Chris Welch  July 10  

30 comments

Android Q gestures are still in flux, even in today’s new beta release

By Dieter Bohn  July 10  

27 comments

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WHY FEWER BUG GUTS MAY BE PILING UP ON YOUR CAR WINDSHIELD

Sometimes you’re the windshield; sometimes you’re the bug

By William Poor  July 9

Samsung Galaxy Note 10 breaks cover in these first ‘official’ leaked photos

BY SEAN HOLLISTER

HELLO THERE, HUAWEI COLOR SCHEME

The Art of Self-Defense functions like a 20-year anniversary remake of Fight Club

By Jesse Hassenger  July 10  

13 comments

Google’s live camera translation is getting better AI and 60 new languages

By James Vincent  July 10  

3 comments

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Do Breath of the Wild recipes taste good in real life?

By Brian Gilbert  July 10  

7 comments

JBL’s long-delayed Android-powered soundbar is finally available to buy

By Jon Porter  July 10  

3 comments

Virgin Orbit’s giant plane drops rocket over California during crucial flight test

By Loren Grush  July 10  

15 comments

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