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Gizmodo: Bloomberg May Be Taking Hits in the Polls, But He's Crushing the Social Media Cringe Finals Former New York City mayor and billionaire oligarch Michael Bloomberg’s presidential campaign hasn’t had the best week since the Feb. 19 Democratic primary debate in Nevada, where he was more or less mechanically separated into meat byproducts by the rest of the field on everything from his support for stop-and-frisk…Read more... 1 hour ago
CNET: Huawei P40 Pro rumors: Release date, specs, 5G support, colors and 10x optical zoom - CNET Huawei's hype is real: the P40 Pro just might be the first phone on the planet with 10x optical zoom. 1 hour ago
Gizmodo: In True Star Wars Style, a Very Silly Hashtag May Have Just Revealed an Intriguing Clone Wars Secret Only a franchise as gleefully dumb as Star Wars could drop a major tease via the medium of...secret emojis?Read more... 3 hours ago
CNET: Billion-year-old micro-fossil rewrites history of plant life on Earth - CNET The fossils turn back time for ancient algae. 3 hours ago
CNET: Galaxy Z Flip vs. Galaxy Fold specs: Comparing Samsung's two foldable phones - CNET See how Samsung's two foldable phones stack up against one another, spec by spec. 3 hours ago
CNET: Facebook confirms it's investigating pro-Bernie Sanders post - CNET But the social media platform says it's unable to validate a researcher's claim. 3 hours ago
CNET: 500-year-old manners book advises kids to 'pyke notte thy nostrellys' - CNET No nose-picking! A new British Library site surfaces some treasures online, include the Lytille Childrenes Lytil Boke, which tells kids what not to do in polite company. 3 hours ago
CNET: Kyle MacLachlan reprises Agent Cooper on TikTok for Twin Peaks Day - CNET In a funny new video, the actor re-creates the opening scene with hand-drawn car window and trees. 3 hours ago
Gizmodo: The Cherokee Nation Becomes First US Tribe to Store Seeds in Svalbard Doomsday Vault Tuesday marks a milestone for indigenous farming. A collection of Cherokee traditional seeds has reached the Arctic Circle to be preserved in the world biggest seed bank, after a 4,147 miles (6,674 kilometer) journey.Read more... 3 hours ago
CNET: NASA Mars lander discovers deep quakes rock the Red Planet - CNET A load of new research from the InSight mission shows a dynamic world, inside and out. 4 hours ago
Gizmodo: Greg Berlanti Wants Chris Evans in His Little Shop of Horrors Honestly, who wouldn’t?Read more... 4 hours ago
TechCrunch: Revolut raises $500 million at a $5.5 billion valuation Fintech startup Revolut is raising a large Series D round of funding. TCV is leading the $500 million round, valuing the company at $5.5 billion. Over the past few years, Revolut has raised $836 million in total. Some existing investors are also participating in today’s funding round, but Revolut isn’t sharing names. Previous investors include […] 4 hours ago
CNET: Fox could buy Tubi while NBCUniversal eyes Vudu - CNET Reports last year said Walmart was thinking of selling its on-demand video service Vudu. 5 hours ago
TechCrunch: VC firm Oxx says SaaS startups should avoid high-risk growth models Oxx, a European venture capital firm co-founded by Richard Anton and Mikael Johnsson, this month announced the closing of its debut fund of $133 million to back “Europe’s most promising SaaS companies” at Series A and beyond. Launched in 2017 and headquartered in London and Stockholm, Oxx pitches itself as one of only a few […] 5 hours ago
CNET: Party like it's 1999 with an HP Sprocket 2-in-1 printer and camera for just $55 - CNET The Sprocket is a digital camera with a built-in printer, which is just retro enough to be cool. 5 hours ago
TechCrunch: Forensic Architecture redeploys surveillance-state tech to combat state-sponsored violence The specter of constant surveillance hangs over all of us in ways we don't even fully understand, but it is also possible to turn the tools of the watchers against them. Forensic Architecture is exhibiting several long-term projects at the Museum of Art and Design in Miami that use the omnipresence of technology as a way to expose crimes and violence by oppressive states. 5 hours ago
TechCrunch: Mirantis co-founder launches FreedomFi to bring private LTE networks to enterprises Boris Renski, the co-founder of Mirantis, one of the earliest and best-funded players in the OpenStack space a few years ago (which then mostly pivoted to Kubernetes and DevOps), has left his role as CMO to focus his efforts on a new startup: FreedomFi. The new company brings together open-source hardware and software to give […] 5 hours ago
CNET: TSA quits using TikTok videos, with national security concerns raised by senator - CNET Use of the Chinese-owned social media app puts the agency at risk, says Sen. Chuck Schumer. 5 hours ago
Gizmodo: Four Babies in NYC Have Recently Gotten Herpes From Controversial Circumcision Ritual A seldom-practiced religious ritual has led to a cluster of herpes cases among infants, New York City health officials said Sunday. At least four infants have contracted the potentially fatal viral disease since last September, all after undergoing a circumcision during which the circumciser placed their mouth on the…Read more... 5 hours ago
Gizmodo: Jalopnik This Is What Cars Trapped In A Capsized Cargo Ship Look Like |Jezebel Canadian Millennials Forced to Rename Their Blog |The Root A Eulogy for 'But What About Harvey Weinstein, Tho?' |The A.V. Club Pete Davidson teases SNL departure, says the show treats him like a "big dumb idiot" |Read more... 6 hours ago
Gizmodo: YouTuber Banned From Every EA Game And Online Service After Rants, Threats Kurt ‘Kurt0411’ Fenech, a FIFA Pro who is probably more notorious/famous for his YouTube presence, has been hit with one of the most severe online punishments I’ve ever seen, having been banned by EA from playing any of their games online or even accessing any of their online services.Read more... 6 hours ago
Gizmodo: My Hero Academia's Class 1-A Tells All About Growing Up and Going Beyond for Their New Movie My Hero Academia’s meteoric rise to one of the buzziest manga and anime series around has gifted fans with not just the excellent show’s continued adventures, but now two movies too, the second of which is finally about to make its Western debut this week. To find out more, io9 put class in session for the English dub…Read more... 7 hours ago
TechCrunch: Venmo prototypes a debit card for teenagers Allowance is going digital. Venmo has been spotted prototyping a new feature that would allow adult users to create for their teenage children a debit card connected to their account. That could potentially let parents set spending notifications and limits while giving kids more flexibility in urgent situations than a few dollars stuffed in a […] 7 hours ago
TechCrunch: Homie CEO resigns after allegations of sexual harassment from job applicant Jordi Greenham, the co-founder and CEO of Mexican long-term rentals startup Homie, has resigned after a sexual harassment investigation was carried out by the company’s ethics board. On February 14, Homie launched an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment against Greenham, according to a corporate Facebook post. The message followed reports of sexual harassment that […] 7 hours ago
TechCrunch: Huawei’s ill-fated foldable returns with a more robust upgrade MWC may have been canceled on account of rising coronavirus concerns, but the party still went on for Huawei (albeit to what appears to have been a mostly empty room). A year after wowing crowds with the Mate X, the company is introducing the Mate Xs. Rather than a proper successor, the device appears to […] 7 hours ago
TechCrunch: Max Q: How to build a Starship Busy week for SpaceX: funding, space tourism and next-gen spacecraft. There's also a space station resupply mission coming up, and its first human spaceflight mission is imminent. 7 hours ago
TechCrunch: Intuit confirms that it is buying Credit Karma for $7.1B in cash and stock The week is kicking off with a major piece of M&A in the world of financial technology startups. Today Intuit — the accounting, tax filing and financial planning software giant behind QuickBooks, TurboTax and Mint, confirmed that it plans to acquire Credit Karma — the fintech startup with more than 100 million registered users, 37 […] 7 hours ago
TechCrunch: Shipt shoppers are the latest gig workers to organize Inspired by the work of Instacart shoppers over the last few years, a handful of workers at Target-owned Shipt, a grocery delivery service, are beginning to organize. With the help of two key Instacart shopper-activists, Vanessa Bain and Sarah Clarke, who goes by a pseudonym, Shipt workers are now demanding better wages and the elimination […] 8 hours ago
Wired: Xbox Series X Details: Features, Processor, and More Microsoft shed a little light on its next-generation console, including the ability to suspend and quickly resume multiple games at once. 11 hours ago
Gizmodo: Monday's Best Deals: Civilization VI, TaoTronics ANC Headphones, Dual Port Car Charger, and More A Networking Gold Box, iRobot robovac, Aukey mechanical keyboard, and a Netgear Switch lead off Monday’s best deals from around the web.Read more... 13 hours ago
Gizmodo: What's the Best Dipping Sauce? If my own friend group is any indication, condiments are a divisive topic. While some argue that the very need for sauce denotes a failure of the meal it’s being served with, I’d say the opposite is true. Even the most delicious foods are improved with the right dressing.Read more... 13 hours ago
Wired: 12 Best Travel Coffee Mugs: Insulated, Steel, Thermal From classics like Yeti and Stanley to new tumblers from OtterBox and Snow Peak, here's what will keep your libations piping hot. 14 hours ago
Wired: Embr Wave Review: The End of Thermostat Wars Too cold or hot at the office? This wearable tricks your brain into thinking your body is at a comfortable temperature. 1 day ago
Wired: Samsung Galaxy Buds Plus Review: Close to Perfection 11-hours of battery life, upgraded sound, and excellent call quality make these fantastic go-anywhere earbuds. 2 days ago
Wired: 13 Best Deals This Weekend: AirPods, Roomba, LG TVs, and More Need new gear? There are a lot of great sales going on, from discounts on the OnePlus 7T to Lenovo laptops. 2 days ago