Google employees take action to encourage women in computer science
When she was a teenager, Andrea Francke attended Schnupperstudium, or “Taster Week”—an event aimed at high-school girls to give them a taste of what it’s like...
Yandex-Uber JV MLU acquires regional rival Vezet for shares and $71.5M in cash
On-demand transportation giant Uber made its name in part by aggressively entering new markets on a path of organic growth, but in recent times, it has...
Hero Labs raises £2.5M for its ultrasonic device to monitor a property’s water use and prevent leaks
Hero Labs, a London-based startup that is developing “smart” technology to help prevent water leaks in U.K. properties, has raised £2.5 million in seed funding. The...
Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week on BitTorrent – 07/15/19
This week we have three newcomers in our chart. Hellboy is the most downloaded movie. The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak,...
Weekly round-up: Project Lanai, Grails 4, Gradle 5.5.1 & more
Project Lanai aims to create a Metal-based rendering pipeline for Java 2D and OpenJFX Oracle and JetBrains engineers proposed to collaborate on a graphics rendering pipeline...
Geek Trivia: Apollo 11 Astronauts Used Their Signatures As What?
Apollo 11 Astronauts Used Their Signatures As What? International Goodwill Tokens Security Authenticators Zero Gravity Motor Skill Tests Life Insurance Think you know the answer? Source...
Hellobike, survivor of China’s bike-sharing craze, goes electric
Just two years ago, investors were heavily pouring money into China’s dockless bike-sharing startups. Now that boom has busted with derelict bikes littering the streets of...
Poker Bots, Earthquake Scars, and What to See at SDCC 2019: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week
2019 Comic-Con International: San Diego is coming this week, which means our team will be on the ground, providing you with on-the-scene coverage of pop culture...
French Inventor Totes Rifle While Flying Turbine-Powered Flyboard at Bastille Day Celebrations
European leaders including French President Emmanuel Macron were treated to a demonstration of the Flyboard Air, a sort of gas turbine-powered jetpack/hoverboard/flying platform originally invented by...
Amazon’s Own Devices Are (Unsurprisingly) Some of the Best Deals of Prime Day [Updating]
We know you’ve been patiently waiting for Prime Day, and so have we. As you might expect, the first deals out of the gate are the...
