Your mission, gumshoe: Catch Carmen Sandiego in Google Earth
I distinctly remember being tucked into the couch, computer on and ready for the chase. With my assignment from ACME (first stop: Paris) I traveled from Singapore...
Our Politics, Ourselves: The Millions Interviews James Sturm
Americans, young and old, of every race and gender, saw their lives upended in 2016. I’m referring to the at least 800,000 marriages that ended in...
Telegram gets 3M new signups during Facebook apps’ outage
Messaging platform Telegram claims to have had a surge in signups during a period of downtime for Facebook’s rival messaging services. In a message sent to...
Rakuten TV expands to 42 European countries, gets direct button on Samsung, LG, Philips and Hisense remotes
Rakuten TV, the Japanese e-commerce giant’s effort to take on Netflix and Amazon in the world of video streaming, has been something of a minor player...
Surging costs send shares of ecommerce challenger Pinduoduo down 17 percent
China’s new tech force Pinduoduo is continuing its race to upend the ecommerce space, even at the expense of its finances. The three-year-old startup earmarked some...
Stream Ripper Verdict Gives Carte Blanche to Internet Pirates, Record Labels Say
YouTube downloaders, often called stream rippers, are seen as the largest piracy threat to the music industry. As such, record labels are doing their best to...
Android Q has a trick to make Wi-Fi password sharing a whole lot simpler
Do you know your house’s Wi-Fi password, or is it lost in a stack of papers in one of seven possible drawers? If it’s the latter...
Breedr raises £2M led by LocalGlobe for its livestock data and trading platform
Breedr, a U.K. startup that wants to help farmers make better use of their livestock data to improve profitability, has raised £2.2 million in funding. The...
10 professional red flags to watch out for
Passing the interview process and landing a new job is always an overwhelming experience. This is especially true if you are also a recent graduate and...
Get free dessert for a year when you sign up for Plated
Yeah Pi Day is a play on words regarding math, but that doesn’t mean you can’t celebrate with actual sweets. Or even better yet, free sweets...
