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Our local and state level government systems are hacked and held ransom with disheartening regularity. At the Black Hat USA Conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday, the Biden Administration revealed its plans to better defend the nation’s critical digital infrastructure: It’s launching a DARPA-led challenge competition to build AI systems capable of proactively identifying and … Read more
Lyft plans to kill off surge pricing in an attempt to boost its rider numbers. On the company’s second-quarter earnings call, CEO David Risher admitted the controversial practice is a “a bad form of price raising” that riders loathe “with a fiery passion.” Surge pricing, which Lyft calls Prime Time, typically kicks in when there … Read more
The surprisingly emotional and strangely addictive “dystopian document thriller” Papers, Please just turned ten years old and has officially sold five million copies across multiple platforms throughout the past decade. To celebrate the milestone, developer Lucas Pope and his company 3909 LLC released a web game called LCD, Please that allows players to go through … Read more
Three point five inches. That’s about the size of the original iPhone’s display. That’s downright tiny compared to today’s smartphones, and it’s hard to imagine typing or using most modern apps on such a cramped screen. But as a secondary panel on a phone that folds in half, even 3.4 inches feels positively roomy. At … Read more
Samsung’s latest slate of Galaxy devices arrives on August 11, but there’s still time to lock in a pre-order to get free perks like a storage upgrade and gift card. The company’s new flagship foldable, the Galaxy Z Fold 5, is included in the offer. If you pre-order one, you can get double the storage … Read more
In 2019, Samsung released the original Galaxy Fold, the first phone with a flexible display (not counting pretenders like the Royole Flexpai). And even though it had more than its fair share of flaws, you could see its potential. Over the next couple of years, Samsung refined its flagship foldable with things like IPX8 water … Read more
At its Stream On event earlier this year, Spotify announced a partnership with Patreon that would bring subscriber-only podcasts from the creator platform to its streaming service. Today, that integration launches for all creators and users globally, allowing patrons to listen to exclusive content alongside other episodes on Spotify. If you stumble upon a show … Read more
Slack is getting a new look starting today. The service is rolling out a redesign aimed at helping folks stay focused and get things done by streamlining the interface. Perhaps the most obvious change is to the sidebar. On the far left, you’ll no longer see a tile for each of your workspaces if you’re … Read more
Dead by Daylight has a new Killer in town, and it’s one all horror fans know (and likely fear): the Xenomorph. Behaviour Interactive has released all of the details of its new Alien collaboration following a teaser that provided a glimpse into the new Nostromo Wreckage Map. The announcement confirmed not only the Xenomorph’s role … Read more
NASA has regained contact with Voyager 2, only one of two human-made objects to leave the solar system. The agency lost touch with the probe on July 21st after a series of planned maneuvers pointed it two degrees away from Earth. It would have reset its orientation in October, but agency officials didn’t want to … Read more