The products, which the company unveiled earlier this week, are a part of Amazon’s hopes to make utilizing the digital assistant even easier. Read more…
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This is why we can’t have OK things.
The Anti-Defamation League has added the hand gesture for “OK” to its database of hate symbols, after sites like 4chan and 8chan began associating it with white supremacy.
It started out as a trolling tactic by the far right to discredit progressive figures and get a rise out of social media users, but has recently been used by actual white supremacists.
Know Your Meme reports that while the symbol’s origins are innocuous, it’s developed a double meaning over the last four years. In 2015, Viner Pizza Party Ben made a vine of himself making that gesture and captioned it: “White guys be like.” During the 2016 presidential election, he and far-right furry Milo Yiannopolous were spotted making the OK symbol at Trump rallies. Other conservative internet personalities began making the gesture in support of Donald Trump. Read more…
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The Uber app is getting an extreme makeover.
For the first time, the hallmark Uber ride-hailing map with cars crawling around the screen will no longer be in the spotlight. Instead, the app will soon open to a landing page with choices for your preferred Uber features. Starting in October, you can choose between catching a ride or ordering food through the Uber Eats delivery service.
At an all-out Uber event in the style of an Apple iPhone announcement in San Francisco on Thursday, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said he sees Uber as “the operating system for your everyday life.” That means the Uber app is open not just when you need a ride, but when you need to plan dinner, bike to a meeting, or even take the bus somewhere. Read more…
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When I pulled into the Tesla Supercharger station at an outdoor mall in Marin County across the Golden Gate Bridge, I felt like I was part of a secret club.
It helped that I snagged the last available charger — it was like making it in before the bouncer cuts off the line. For the next 45 minutes my borrowed Tesla Model 3 was plugged in and I was keenly aware of the line of Model X, 3, and S cars piling up waiting for their turn at the fast charge stations. At one point the queue to charge was five deep.
Things stayed orderly. Mostly because of the $1-per-minute idle fee looming (it’s double the usual 50 cents when the station is full) and the sign reminding everyone not to charge for more than an hour. Read more…
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YouTuber Michael Bennett runs a channel called “Nugget Noggin” in which he dives into rivers in search of lost treasure. A lot of his content involves scrounging up waterlogged laptops, nail polish containers, or GoPros. But every once in a while, something truly amazing happens, like when assumed trash returns to its sentimental pedestal.
Earlier this week, Bennett scrounged up an iPhone in a filthy waterproof case at the bottom of the Edisto River in South Carolina, and managed to return it to its rightful owner.
In an interview with local news outlet WDAM 7, Bennet said “I came across something that looked kind of like a rope maybe attached to car keys, and when I pulled it up, I seen a phone inside of a waterproof case and I’m like, ‘No way, this is unbelievable!'” Read more…
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Everyone sing along. “Caraoke” is now an option in Tesla vehicles.
On Thursday, the latest over-the-air software update, known as Version 10, started rolling out to Tesla owners. The update packs in a lot of fun features, mostly for when the car is parked or charging.
In an update promised by Elon Musk earlier this year, Tesla cars can stream Netflix, YouTube, and Hulu if they’re connected to WiFi. They also finally have Spotify integration.
Games like Cuphead are coming to the Tesla Arcade and a new “Tesla Theater” application houses all the streaming video options. Caraoke is like it sounds: a karaoke interface with lyrics on the screen so you can belt out your favorite tunes. Read more…
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All they wanted was a quick delivery.
Instead, millions of DoorDash customers now find themselves the victims of a massive hack that exposed personal details such as delivery addresses, emails, and more. Oh, and it’s not just those who ordered food on the receiving end of this security nightmare. Those using the platform to deliver food, known as “Dashers,” as well as some merchants, also had their data accessed by hackers.
DoorDash says that 4.9 million merchants, dashers, and customers were affected by the breach. Specifically, those who began using the service before April 5 of 2018. If you joined after, you’re allegedly in the clear. Read more…
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Mark Notarainni, Senior Vice President of Customer Success at Intuit, discusses how Intuit Prosperity Hubs are bringing jobs to communities where talent is plentifulample, but opportunities are lacking. Read more…
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Kathy Calvin, President and Chief Executive Officer of the United Nations Foundation sits down with Cindy McCain, Chairman of the Board of, tThe McCain Institute for International Leadership to discuss how acts of civility can positively affect change. Read more…
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Jonathan Safran Foer, Author of We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast, gives steps that everyone should follow to do their part in the fight against climate change. Read more…
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