Lyft will give people free and discounted rides to job interviews – It’ll also help folks get to work and back until they pick up their first paycheck. Reddit · 3 days ago
Facebook rejects Biden’s request to remove false Trump attack ad – It doesn’t fact check politicians’ posts or ads. Reddit · 6 days ago
Safari in iOS sends some Safe Browsing data to Tencent – You might not have to worry outside of China, but it’s still a concern. Reddit · 1 week ago
San Francisco proposes "Office of Emerging Technology" to evaluate scooter-like tech rollouts Reddit · 1 week ago
Google bans predatory payday loan apps from the Play Store – It’s trying to prevent exploitative behavior, but companies aren’t happy. Reddit · 1 week ago
FISA court: FBI use of NSA’s electronic surveillance data was illegal – The surveillance court found tens of thousands of improper database searches in 2017 and 2018. Reddit · 2 weeks ago
Opera 64 desktop browser launches with inbuilt tracking protection using the EasyPrivacy Tracking Protection List, a powerful screenshot tool, and more Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
Microsoft plans to bring internet access to 40 million people by 2022 – The company will start with projects in Latin America and Africa. Reddit · 2 weeks ago
California cracks down on political and pornographic deepfakes – Residents can now sue anyone who puts their image in porn without consent. Reddit · 2 weeks ago
Tesla will let you customize your car’s horn and movement sounds: It’ll even include ‘Monty Python’ coconut horse clops. Reddit · 2 weeks ago
Northrop’s satellite refueling spacecraft launches on October 9th – The Mission Extension Vehicle could give commercial satellites new life. Reddit · 2 weeks ago
Chrome will block HTTP content from loading on secure sites – It will no longer allow secure pages to load http:// subresources. Reddit · 2 weeks ago
Intel wants to use AI to reconnect damaged spinal nerves – Its team-up could eventually restore movement for paralyzed people. Reddit · 2 weeks ago
Study: Americans believe social networks make the news worse – But more people get news from these sites than ever before. Reddit · 3 weeks ago
Hackers made a Detroit interstate billboard play a porn scene – Nobody was injured during the incident. Reddit · 3 weeks ago
Twitter is rolling out a filter that moves unwanted DMs containing questionable language or spam to an "additional messages" folder on Android, iOS, and the web Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
State Department revives investigation of Clinton’s private emails – This includes reclassifying emails to treat them as security violations. Reddit · 3 weeks ago
Google faces scrutiny from Congress, DOJ over plans to encrypt DNS – Officials are concerned it might give Google an unfair advantage. Reddit · 3 weeks ago
Autoblow AI is a sex toy that promises ‘surprise:’ The oral sex toy has 10 usage patterns determined by a deep learning system. Reddit · 3 weeks ago
Researchers easily breached voting machines for the 2020 election – The ‘ethical hackers’ bought a bunch of the machines on eBay and broke into every one. Reddit · 3 weeks ago
Microsoft makes its open-source secure voting software available to all – The company says ElectionGuard makes voting more reliable and efficient. Reddit · 4 weeks ago
Google vows to never store Assistant recordings without permission – It has also added new safeguards against inadvertent voice collection. Reddit · 4 weeks ago
IKEA will produce more energy than it consumes by 2020 – It hopes to be ‘climate positive’ by 2030. Reddit · 4 weeks ago
TiVo says all retail DVR owners will see ads before recorded shows – The ads should reach eligible devices within 90 days. Reddit · 4 weeks ago
Australia will help NASA go to the Moon and Mars – The country is spending $150 million for the collaboration. Reddit · 4 weeks ago
Google to invest record amount in renewable energy: The announcement comes in advance of the Global Climate Strike Reddit · 1 month ago
HP debuts 13" Elitebook Dragonfly ultra-light business convertible with Intel Core vPro processor, 2TB storage, 16GB RAM, available Oct. 25, starting at $1,549 Techmeme · 1 month ago
HTC names former Orange exec Yves Maitre as its new CEO; HTC had $770M in revenue in 2018, the first time its annual revenue fell below $1B as a public company Techmeme · 1 month ago
New models show that the earth is warming faster than first thought. the situation is much more serious than previously understood, with new climate models predicting average temperatures could rise by as much as seven degrees by 2100. Reddit · 1 month ago
Billions of license plate scans are part of a private surveillance database. The US government might have reconsidered its plans for license plate recognition, but companies haven’t — and they’ve raised serious privacy concerns in the process. Reddit · 1 month ago