Seattle votes to let Lyft and Uber drivers unionize
The
Seattle City Council's voted unanimously (9 - 0) that drivers for Lyft
and Uber can form unions. The decision is much more complex than the
drivers simply being able to organize and collectively bargain for
better wages or benefits, though. The r... Read More ...
The US wants to check visa applicants' social media posts
Getting
a US visa might soon become even harder for some individuals. In
addition to the 5939582 requirements applicants need to enter the
country, the United States government wants to start inspecting their
social media posts. According to The Wall... Read More ...
Philips Hue won't work with third-party light bulbs for now
Bad
news if you're planning to slip a few non-Philips light bulbs into your
Hue setup: they won't work, at least not for a while. Philips has
dropped support for third-party bulbs after noticing that a growing
number of them had "interoperability is... Read More ...
What's on your HDTV: 'Fargo', 'The Expanse' and 'Luther'
It's
hard for me to think of a better show than Fargo, and tonight its
season finale airs on FX. While there's a collection of other season and
mid-season wrap-ups on TV, the one to watch is Syfy's The Expanse.
Based on a popular book series, it prem... Read More ...
Nanoparticle-based windows could switch colors on demand
One
day, you might not need special bulbs to give your room's lighting a
different hue -- you'd just tell the windows themselves to change. Rice
University researchers have discovered that you can change the colors
transmitted through glass by sendi... Read More ...
Hulu's reworked iPhone app helps you find favorite shows
Hulu
knows that you sometimes want to plow through a TV series on your
smartphone instead of a bigger screen, and it's making that easier
through a freshly redesigned iOS app. The new version gives you an
"all-new" iPhone interface that helps you fi... Read More ...
UK police try to scare teen hackers by visiting them at home
As
you might have noticed, many teen hackers aren't easily deterred. Why
would they be when they have a lot to prove, loads of peer pressure and
little sense of the damage they're doing? British police think they
have a way to scare those hackers s... Read More ...
NASA's using PlayStation VR to train its space robots
Virtual
Reality tricks the human brain. With a headset strapped on your face,
you can pet a dino, visit restricted sites or even experience the horror
of being devoured by a shark. But outside the realms of entertainment
and news, the immersive visua... Read More ...
NASA offers a rare, steady view of the sunlit Earth
Until
now, getting a good, steady look at the sunlit side of Earth either
required a trip to the Moon or a photo from a departing space probe.
Neither of those are very practical, to put it mildly. However, NASA is
now delivering those kinds of pho... Read More ...
Gmail's Inbox app makes it easier to share travel info
If
you fancy Google's Inbox app to wrangle your Gmail, sharing travel
details is about to get even easier. Mountain View is rolling out an
update to the service that lets you attach those handy card-like Trip
Bundles to emails with a tap. This should... Read More ...
Verizon catches up to the pack with on-the-go DVR streaming
Heads-up,
FIOS fans: Verizon (which, through a bizarre turn of events, now owns
our parent company AOL) is now letting all of its FIOS subscribers
stream the contents of their DVRs to their smartphones and tablets.
Well, most of that content, anyway... Read More ...
Nintendo's 'Yo-Kai Watch' is a love letter to urban life
I
was sitting on an eight hour flight back from London, my 3DS the only
thing illuminating my little corner of the plane. My boyfriend, bored in
the middle seat next to me, had leaned over to look at what I was
doing. "That looks like Pokémon.... Read More ...
Facebook is replacing Photo Sync with its Moments app
If
you've been storing pictures with Facebook's Photo Sync feature, those
will soon be moved to another property from the social network. As
spotted by TechCrunch, Facebook has started notifying people that, on
January 10th, content from Photo Sync i... Read More ...
The True Love Tinder Robot swipes based on your sweaty palms
We're
not always honest with ourselves, especially when it comes to love --
and this is where the True Love Tinder Robot can lend a hand. It
promises to read (and swipe) your true feelings via the electrical
conductance, or uncontrollable sweatiness,... Read More ...
Buy a $30 Chromecast and Google will give you $20
Google
announced a new promotion for its Chromecast line on Monday: Buy one of
the $30 devices, get $20 in Google Play store credit. What's more, you
don't have to buy it directly from Google to qualify for the deal. Pick
up one from either Best Buy... Read More ...
NC town fears solar farm will 'suck up all the energy from the sun'
The
town council of Woodland, North Carolina rejected a rezoning proposal
that would have allowed the installation of a new solar farm within its
borders. The council had previously approved three other solar farms,
which are currently under construc... Read More ...
NY Attorney General wants public to report broadband speeds
If
you're a New York resident, here's your chance to tell the state
government how bad your internet service really is. The state's Attorney
General wants the public to test their broadband speeds and report the
findings as part of an investigation i... Read More ...
Google Maps for iOS displays gas prices along your route
As
if Google Maps wasn't useful enough already, the application is getting
yet another handy feature. Today, Google updated its iOS version of the
app to show gas prices when people search for stations, making it easy
to see how much each location ch... Read More ...
Meet the firm designing futuristic UI for Iron Man and Samsung
Remember
Tony Stark's glass smartphone and transparent coffee table in the Iron
Man movies? Or how about that gorgeous statue rendering of the Avengers
in action at the end of Age of Ultron? You've got one company to thank
for those sequences: Percep... Read More ...
YouTube axes direct video uploads from webcams
If
you're one of the few recording to YouTube straight from your webcam,
the video-hosting site will soon get rid of that feature. On January
16th, you'll no longer be able to capture video straight from the camera
connected to your computer and uplo... Read More ...
'Fable Legends' will launch after spring 2016
Fable
Legends -- Lionhead's free, multiplayer-focused fantasy romp for Xbox
One and Windows 10 -- is scheduled to launch after spring 2016. It was
originally on tap to release this holiday season. The game's open beta
will go live in the spring, oste... Read More ...
Almond WiFi routers now control Nest gear in your home
Securifi's
Almond routers just got much, much more useful if you use one of them
as the center of your smart home. Both the base Almond and the Almond+
now talk directly to Nest's thermostat and Protect smoke detector,
giving you network-savvy contro... Read More ...
Adorable puzzler 'Unravel' pulls heartstrings in February
Come
February 9th, you'll be able to play the most charming (and atypical)
game to come out of Electronic Arts' E3 media briefing this year,
Unravel. The adorable physics-based puzzle platformer hits EA's PC-based
Origin service, PlayStation 4 and Xb... Read More ...
The first 'Star Trek Beyond' trailer makes some noise
Okay,
Star Trek Into Darkness wasn't very good. But there's still hope for
the next film! Star Trek Beyond comes from another team of writers,
Simon Pegg and Doug Jung, and the man who rebooted the Fast and the
Furious franchise, Justin Lin. And judg... Read More ...
Xprize offers $7 million for exploring the ocean floor
After
years of focusing on moonshots and other lofty goals, the Xprize
Foundation now hopes to inspire innovation in the opposite direction...
in a very literal sense. Its new Shell Ocean Discovery Xprize is
offering a total of $7 million in awards t... Read More ...
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