Messaging app Signal is proud to be end-to-end encrypted, and privacy is their watchword — but its new ephemeral messages aren’t being billed as tools to that end, and nor should they be. Read MoreDaily Archives: October 11, 2016
Messaging app Signal is proud to be end-to-end encrypted, and privacy is their watchword — but its new ephemeral messages aren’t being billed as tools to that end, and nor should they be. Read MoreAll the joys of a big smartphone, none of the fire hazard. The post Have a Note 7? Here Are the Best Phones to Replace It appeared first on WIRED.
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The promise of 3D printing has been kind of a dud. Aside from a few cool Yoda heads and some small plastic pieces, there have been no “indie” players doing much interesting in the space except Markforged. Markforged is a Boston company that we featured last year and they make carbon-fiber reinforced plastic parts using traditional 3D-printing techniques. This means the objects… Read MoreThe Markforged Mark X lets you teleport precision custom parts ...
According to a new study published today from the American Civil Liberties Union, major social networks including Twitter, Facebook and Instagram have recently provided user data access to Geofeedia, the location-based, social media surveillance system used by government offices, private security firms, marketers and others.
As TechCrunch previously reported, Geofeedia is one of a bevy of… Read MoreFacebook, Twitter cut off data access for Geofeedia, a social ...
Self-driving car startup and Oxford spinoff Oxbotica put a modified Renault car with autonomous driving tech on UK roads for the first time, in a trial in England’s Milton Keynes at a very slow 5 miles per hour. It’s a tentative start, but it’s a start nonetheless, as the car handled cornering and breaking for pedestrians all on its own.
The test is the result of British… Read MoreSelf-driving cars take to UK streets for first public road ...
Part of the goal of the Internet of Things, if we must continue calling it that, is improved efficiency for our newly intelligent appliances. But we could effect that in a much simpler way by passing data over the energy grid itself, suggests a s...
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Dropbox is still working its way through the enterprise world in order to show the world it isn’t just dumb online storage — which, given as simple as it was to use, was one of the tool’s original top selling points.
So it’s had to shift gears in order to focus on larger companies, and that means consistently rolling out new tools that companies need as they start to… Read MoreDropbox rolls out PDF signing, iMessage integrations and picture-in-picture on ...
Project Fi, Google’s wireless service, is getting a group plan today. While most cell services let you choose a “family plan,” which typically entails the ability to include additional lines at a discount, Fi didn’t yet offer this option.
Like you would expect from Fi, it’s all pretty straightforward, but don’t expect to get a massive discount.
Project… Read MoreGoogle’s Project Fi gets a group plan
Kettering University unveiled this week an automotive proving grounds in a bid to lure companies and students to the Flint, MI area. The test track is on the school’s grounds, housed on land that once contained a massive General Motors’ manufacturing facility that was torn down and left abandoned. The Kettering University GM Mobility Research Center (or MRC) features outdoor lab… Read MoreA Flint, MI university turned vacant land into autonomous vehicle ...
The NFL just announced a new social media policy that is about as anti-fan friendly as it gets.
According to league memos obtained by ESPN, the league’s social media policy (which takes effect tomorrow) effectively bans all video-based social media during games.
First, it restricts them from going live on apps like Facebook Live or Periscope during or after the game. Previously teams… Read More