Your phone number is increasingly tied to your online identity. You need to do everything possible to protect it.
Source: Wired
It’s an acknowledgment, half comic, half tragic, of the ambiguity that has always haunted computer programming.
Source: Wired
Forget Twitter’s truncated timeline, terrible ad algorithm, spammy sponsored content, and overall bad vibes. Give Mastodon a shot.
Source: Wired
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mixtape, the podcast where Megan Rose Dickey and I, Henry Oliver Pickavet, talk about some of the stories of the week that we feel like talking about. This week it was dogs, working out and mac and cheese.
BarkBox creators Bark and Co. decided that Nashville, Tenn., needed a place for dogs to take their humans. Naturally they created a dog park that includes space for humans to convene and drink coffee with their friends and hop on the Wi-Fi while the dogs get down to doing dog things. There is a membership fee, of course.
Mac and cheese is the next thing we talked about because Y Combinator invested money in a restaurant called Mac’d. It’s not got much of a tech angle aside from making itself available for delivery-via-app in Portland. Niche. But there is nothing wrong with talking about mac and cheese, because come on.
And finally, Tonal this week came out with the first workout machine that I actually want in my studio apartment. (I will find room.) The system doesn’t use weights, but rather electromagnetism to simulate and control weight.
Next week, we have Sarah Cooper in the studio for a chat about her new book “How to Succeed Without Hurting Men’s Feelings,” and it’s great. You can pre-order it here. In the meantime, click play below to listen to this week’s episode. And if you haven’t subscribed yet, what are you waiting for? Find us on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Overcast, CastBox or whatever other podcast platform you can find.
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Each subscription promises cheaper access to the cineplex. Is there one that’s worth the money?
Source: CNET
It’s translucent, it’s got a 2TB hard drive and it’s a limited edition run of 50,000 consoles.
Source: CNET
After Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced the intention to use an in-house Autopilot chip, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang responded to an analyst’s question, saying that if the Tesla chip doesn’t work out, he’d be more than happy to help.
The post Nvidia ‘more than happy to help’ if Tesla’s self-driving chip doesn’t pan out appeared first on Digital Trends.
Source: Digital trends
The president accuses social media of “closing down the opinions” of conservatives.
Source: CNET
Researchers have developed an AI-generated anonymity system that “paints” over video frames, using inspiration from masters like Picasso and Van Gogh to reimagine a person’s appearance. The goal is to minimize outer resemblance but maintain fidelity to a subject’s inner character.
The post Art-inspired face blurring can obscure identity without losing humanity appeared first on Digital Trends.
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Exclusive: Tommy the White Ranger kicks off Hasbro’s Lightning Collection, a premium line of Power Rangers figures.
Source: CNET