Lyft has a new offering in testing called Shuttle, which is part of its Lyft Line commuter ride sharing option, and which operates along a set route with specific pickup and drop-off points. The trial for Shuttle is currently on offer in San Francisco and Chicago, and is intended to offer increased reliability for users who tend to travel the same path every day. Shuttle also includes fixed… Read More
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In a new 50 page report, a team of MIT cybersecurity researchers asserts that the most vital economic systems in the U.S. are essentially defenseless, imploring the Trump administration to do something about it instead of just waiting for everything to come crashing down. Our nation’s core industries, much like anything connected to the internet, are just so many digital locks waiting… Read More
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Founders! TechCrunch is taking over Manhattan next week with our first block party ever, and partnering with Flybridge to host Include Office hours at WeWork Grand Central Station. On April 6th from 2-4pm ET, General Partners Chip Hazard and Jesse Middleton will be meeting with underserved and underrepresented founders from the Greater New York area. Submit your application here. Launched… Read More
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Puffer, from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, can explore places too risky for bigger, more expensive rovers. The post NASA’s Shapeshifting Origami Robot Squeezes Where Others Can’t appeared first on WIRED.
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World of Warcraft players have reported a new email phishing scam that attempts to convince recipients to part with their login credentials, using the promise of free in-game pets and mounts.
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Creative’s Sound BlasterX H7 Tournament Edition keeps what gamers loved about the original while tweaking certain elements for better sound, making for a solid headset in its price range despite some stiff competition.
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Intel has claimed that when its 10-nanometer Cannon Lake chips are finally ready, they will be a full generation ahead of competing products fielded by the likes of Samsung and TSMC.
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The Final Four plays out in Arizona this weekend, but you can watch it in VR. The post Intel’s Got a Plan to Dominate VR. First Stop? March Madness appeared first on WIRED.
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European justice and home affairs ministers are putting their heads together to try to decide on a collective response to Internet companies’ use of strong encryption. And, ultimately, whether to push for legislation requiring backdoors in end-to-end encryption to afford the region’s law enforcement agencies access to user data on-demand. Read More
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Tesla is releasing new 8.1 software out to vehicles, which includes updates to Autopilot for hardware that supports version 2.0 of the advanced driver assistance features. These late model cars are getting features that bring it basically up to parity with the original, first generation software, Electrek reports, which means a speed limit bump for Autosteer, a beta introduction of the… Read More
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