Can anyone explain these orbs to me?
A levitating charger for the Apple Watch and Pebble came up on Kickstarter today. It's floating...
It's a gaggle of Orbs
Apple’s new TV plan is a TV guide
Tim Cook doesn’t want to sell you TV anymore. He wants to tell you what’s on TV.
IOC approves 70 percent of Russian national team to attend Olympics after doping ban
The International Olympics Committee has officially approved 271 Russian athletes to compete in the Rio Olympics, according to Reuters, which cites the head of Russia's Olympic committee as its source. The...
Russia originally planned to send 387 athletes before the doping scandal broke
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Can anyone explain these orbs to me?
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August 4, 2016
Povie turns your smartphone into a necklace for shooting first-person video
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August 4, 2016
Valve is opening up its Vive VR trackers to custom hardware
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August 4, 2016
The Roomba 960 is a slightly cheaper Wi-Fi vacuum robot
The International Olympics Committe prohibits press from making GIFs
Listen up, you media rapscallions. The Olympics is about to start, and I must remind you there will be no GIF-making. None at all. Especially not if you agreed to the IOC’s access terms.
You want to turn...
Fun police
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The Great Wall director defends Matt Damon casting, says he's not the film's hero
Zhang Yimou, the legendary director of House of Flying Daggers and Raise the Red Lantern, has responded to against the trailer for his upcoming monster movie The Great Wall. The trailer...
Yimou says four out of five of the heroes are Chinese
Povie turns your smartphone into a necklace for shooting first-person video
I want to say that this smartphone necklace is a ridiculous product that no one will ever buy, because who would want to be seen using a smartphone like this? And how convenient is it really? And can you...
This is bound to be the next accessory phenomenon
Valve is opening up its Vive VR trackers to custom hardware
A new Valve program will let companies use the HTC Vive virtual reality tracking system for their own hardware. Under the SteamVR Tracking license, product designers can buy sensors like those on the Vive...
Training program starts in September
President Obama and VP Biden taught a nation how to be good BFFs
President Obama turns 55 today, and to celebrate, his BFF / BFFL / VPJoe Biden sent a sweet tribute tweet. In it, he shares a photo of the Joe and Barack friendship bracelets that Obama made for a BuzzFeed...
Best friends!!!
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August 4, 2016
The International Olympics Committe prohibits press from making GIFs
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August 4, 2016
President Obama and VP Biden taught a nation how to be good BFFs
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August 4, 2016
Modest Mouse singer causes multi-Subaru car wreck in Portland
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August 4, 2016
Sean Bean's dulcet tones are going to be the perfect guide for Civilization VI
Roborace details the tech behind its wild autonomous racecar
Roborace — the autonomous racing series that is outrageous-looking "Robocar." The new photo shows a...
Robots, racing
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FCC votes to let inmate phone companies charge higher rates
Facing a legal challenge from the inmate phone industry, the FCC today voted to raise the price cap on what companies can charge for calls from jails and prisons.
FCC is facing a legal challenge to its regulations
Twitter loses another key comms executive: Jim Prosser is headed to SoFi
Twitter’s communications team is changing very quickly.
Netflix's goofy EDM epic XOXO is going to be the greatest movie ever, probably
Let's get the facts out of the way: Netflix is releasing a new original movie called XOXO on August 26th, and this is the trailer. It's an ensemble comedy about six strangers who all attend the "biggest...
I'm freaking out
Ava DuVernay is the first woman of color to direct a $100 million blockbuster
Selma director Ava DuVernay is set to break a major milestone: she will become the first woman of color to direct blockbuster movie with a budget of at least $100 million when she gets behind the camera...
DuVernay is now part of a select group of filmmakers
Your future robot tattooist has steady hands, but isn't great at conversation
A robot tattooist might have steadier "hands" than its human counterpart, but how do you know it's not going to accidentally tattoo you all the way down to the bone? That's all I could think of watching...
"Do you want this in binary?"
Apple's Planet of the Apps show will feature Will.i.am and Gwyneth Paltrow
Apple is bringing on three big names for Planet of the Apps: Will.i.am, Gwyneth Paltrow, and wine-star turned brand-builder Gary Vaynerchuk. According to Deadline, the three entrepreneurs will offer...
I'm over this pun already
Modest Mouse singer causes multi-Subaru car wreck in Portland
Yesterday morning Isaac Brock, the lead singer of ‘00s indie rock band Modest Mouse, crashed his SUV into a City of Portland pickup truck. The truck then crashed into a Subaru, which crashed into another...
Float on
Science fiction publishing has a major race problem, new report shows
Speculative fiction magazine Fireside Fiction has commissioned and released a report detailing an unwelcome revelation: speculative fiction magazines and online fiction sites are failing to publish stories...
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Apple celebrates diversity in new iPhone ad to air during the Olympics
Apple's latest iPhone ad is a sweet one, juxtaposing images of people across the globe with a recording of Maya Angelou reading her poem "Human Family." The ad premiered online today, but it'll make a TV...
Featuring Maya Angelou
Your TV picture may be clear, but settings are opaque
The television has gone through many changes since its inception: from being a piece of furniture in your home, to going with you to the beach, or being just another device you connect to your Wi-Fi...
This startup uses machine learning and satellite imagery to predict crop yields
Mark Johnson wants to beat the United States Department of Agriculture at its own game: predicting yields of America's crops. The USDA puts boots on the ground, deploying hundreds of workers to survey...
machine learning + nanosatellites + corn
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Aladdin and other iconic 16-bit Disney platformers are now available online
GOG.com is exclusively releasing updated, computer-playable versions of three classic Disney platformers: Aladdin, The Lion King, and The Jungle Book. All three games were originally released for 16-bit...
"Meticulously updated" GOG.com
This robotic mop will clean your home, but not without plenty of help
Robotic vacuums are becoming increasingly powerful and intelligent, but they can only clean up dry dust and debris. For the assorted gunk and goobers that can coat hardwood and tile floors, you still need...
Fill 'er up
Facebook, Google, and Twitter combat online extremism with targeted videos
Facebook, Twitter, and Alphabet, Google's parent company, participated in three online experiments last year to gauge the effectiveness of counter-messaging campaigns in combatting propaganda from...
"There is very serious promise and potential." John Horgan, Georgia State University
DraftKings and FanDuel are now legal again in New York state
Daily fantasy sports sites DraftKings and FanDuel are now legal again in New York state. The websites are at the center of an ongoing tussle on whether or not betting on the fortunes of hand-picked...
new deal will bring in millions for the state
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Xiaomi's first ever VR headset comes in denim, leopard print, and van Gogh
Xiaomi has unveiled its first ever smartphone-powered virtual reality headset: a device called the Mi VR Play. The Chinese company says the Play works with any phone with a screen size between between 4.7...
virtual reality: now in denim
Sean Bean's dulcet tones are going to be the perfect guide for Civilization VI
One of the most reassuring aspects of Civilization IV was Leonard Nimoy, the most iconic voice in the series. Every time you discovered a new technology, Nimoy would be there for you: delivering in grave...
taking over from Leonard Nimoy
Cycling and running app Strava adds Beacon safety feature
Strava, the maker of a in an era of health and fitness acquisitions, has just added a nifty safety feature to its app.
Called Beacon, the...
Bahrain's internet shutdown marks a 'new form of information control'
On July 23rd, people in the village of Duraz, Bahrain began having serious internet problems — mobile networks ground to a halt and landline connections were unusable. The outages continued for nearly...
"Not your grandfather's internet shutdown." Ala'a Shehabi, Bahrain Watch
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Microsoft adds five new AI chatbots to Skype
Microsoft has added to the number of introducing automated AI assistants for vacation price comparison sites Skyscanner and Hipmunk, ticket store Stubhub, and...
Bots are breeding
Dropbox's answer to Google Docs is now available on iOS and Android
Dropbox Paper is now available on iOS and Android, allowing users to collaborate on documents in real time. The software first launched in private beta last year as Dropbox's answer to Google Docs, but is...
available for anyone to try
The Mr. Robot Hack Report: Hacking Android phones with a rogue femtocell
Mr. Robot is a show built on hacks. The mother of all hacks serves as the big cliffhanger at the end of the show's first season, and nearly every plot development leading up to it was nudged along by some...
Watch tonight's Mr. Robot Digital After Show and meet our surprise guest at 11:12PM ET!
The next Mr. Robot Digital After Show hosted by The Verge will air tonight at 11:12PM ET, and we hope you'll join us directly following episode 5 as we talk about the show with a surprise guest! Season 2...
Dropping logic bombs
Japanese Olympic champion racks up $5,000 bill playing Pokémon Go in Brazil
A Japanese Olympics star has blamed Pokémon Go after being hit with a 500,000 yen (about $5,000) bill in roaming charges from his carrier. Artistic gymnast Kohei Uchimura, who won gold at the 2012 Games in...
"He looked dead at the team meal that day." Kenzo Shirai, teammate