Kotlin rising: JetBrains’ census reveals the community’s trends
Kotlin is on the up and up. A recent blog by JetBrains’ Roman Elizarov explained that functional programming is on the rise. At Google I/O 2019, Android...
Geek Trivia: What Substance Is A Key Component In Both Black and White Photography and Jell-O?
What Substance Is A Key Component In Both Black and White Photography and Jell-O? Gelatin Disodium Phosphate Fumaric Acid Citric Acid Think you know the answer?...
Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg would also like to ‘Slow Jam the News’
Pete Buttigieg is hoping to smooth his way to the presidency. The mayor of South Bend dropped into The Tonight Show on Monday night, where he...
Shares of SoftBank Group, Uber’s biggest stakeholder, slide after its disappointing IPO
As Uber’s biggest shareholder, SoftBank Group had high hopes for the ride-sharing company’s stock market debut last week. Instead, the Japanese conglomerate’s shares have been sliding...
Walmart announces next-day delivery on 200K+ items in select markets
This month, Amazon announced it’s investing $800 million in its warehouses and delivery infrastructure in order to double the speed of Prime shipping by reducing it...
Report: WhatsApp Vulnerability Used to Secretly Infect Phones With NSO Group’s Notorious Spyware
Powerful spyware developed by Israeli cyber-intelligence company NSO Group exploited a vulnerability in encrypted messaging app WhatsApp to transfer itself to targeted devices, the Financial Times...
Yikes, WhatsApp exploit allowed spyware to be installed with a phone call
A WhatsApp vulnerability allowed attackers to remotely install spyware onto phones — by simply calling them. First reported by the Financial Times and confirmed by WhatsApp,...
Monsanto Loses Another Roundup Cancer Trial, With Jury Awarding Over $2 Billion
Monsanto Co. lost a legal battle over its massively popular Roundup herbicide on Monday to the tune of $2.055 billion, with a jury in San Francisco...
Disney’s ‘Maleficent: Mistress of Evil’ debuts wicked first teaser
Everyone’s favorite two-horned gatecrasher is back — and this time, she’s ready to raise hell. Maleficent: Mistress of Evil debuted its first teaser on Monday, revealing...
Aida Edemariam Wins 2019 RSL Ondaatje Prize
The Royal Society of Literature today named Aida Edemariam the winner of the 2019 RSL Ondaatje Prize for The Wife’s Tale, a work that blends memoir,...
