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Washington, DC is expecting nearly a million people to attend and protest President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Friday. To that end, a nonprofit is looking to put its artwork into the hands of attendees in an unconventional way: Kickstarter.Due to security concerns, the District of Columbia’s city government has provided a list of items that will be banned from the ticketed viewing areas on the US Capitol Grounds: there are obvious items such as explosives, firearms, knives,

Nintendo has provided some new details on its next mobile game, a smartphone take on the long-running strategy series Fire Emblem. The game — dubbed Fire Emblem: Heroes — is described as a tactical role playing game. According to Nintendo, the game will feature a brand new story about two warring kingdoms, and it features the same anime fantasy style as the rest of the series along with characters pulled from past games. Maps are designed to fit on a smartphone screen, and you can us

Mark Zuckerberg’s personal Facebook page looks unusually good for a busy CEO. He’s posted heartwarming photos of his family, engaging statuses, and amusing videos. He’s even sometimes responded to random commenters’ thoughts. What a guy. But if anyone was under the delusion that Zuckerberg toils away every night keeping his Facebook fresh, Bloomberg Businessweek is here to crush those dreams.Zuckerberg relies on a team of at least 12 people to delete harassing comments an

Two things are clear about Netflix’s future: its major growth opportunities lie outside North America, and it believes original content is the key to attracting a bigger audience while still turning a profit. Today the company released its earnings report for the fourth quarter of 2016, and the financials highlighted both of these key trends.The company added 7.04 million subscribers in the fourth quarter, a new record, and far more than the 5.59 it added during the same period last year.

Photography is mostly about preparation, and the decisions a photographer makes in turn. But many times it’s also about luck, and there’s no better example of what happens when those two things mix than this incredible photo that SpaceX just published.The photo shows the 14-story-tall first stage of the company’s Falcon 9 rocket moments before it landed on a barge at sea this past weekend. SpaceX has photographed this moment during other landings, and has been publishing high-r

Pokémon Go creator Niantic has added a new gym and 17 pokéstops for players in Davos, Switzerland. But unlike its past partnerships with companies like Starbucks and Sprint, the additions are part of a campaign to raise awareness for various global-change initiatives.Davos is home to the World Economic Forum, where international politicians, business leaders, and others examine worldwide issues. Yes, the people of Davos will find their side-gig as pokémon trainers is interru

The most-watched YouTube video of all time is Psy’s “Gangam Style.” With more than 2.5 billion views, it’s been seen by more people than you will ever meet; more people than you can even really comprehend. “IMG 0629” on the other hand, only has around 12 views. It features a blonde boy in the woods holding a toy chainsaw. “IMG 0594” (a view of a spiral staircase inside what is presumably a church tower) has only four views.I found these unlabeled,

In 2015, we learned that Lego Movie and the standalone Han Solo movie directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller would be writing an animated Spider-Man film. Earlier today, Sony Pictures confirmed that the movie was happening, and announced that the film would feature Miles Morales, rather than Peter Parker.This untitled Spider-Man film will be directed by Bob Persichetti and Peter Ramsey and won’t be connected to the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe that includes Spider-Man: Homecoming a

Samsung’s vice-chairman and presumed future leader won’t face arrest for suspicion of bribery, embezzlement, and perjury.
According to Reuters, a South Korean court declined today to grant an arrest warrant for Lee, who’s also known as Jay Y. Lee, following requests by prosecutors earlier this week.
“We appreciate the fact that the merits of this case can now be determined without the need for detention,” a Samsung spokesperson said in a statement.
Prosecutors had s

Can you trick your brain into not feeling pain — without medication? We’ve used electricity to do that for centuries, but this method is newly popular again. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, or TENS, has become far more accessible since it was approved as an over-the-counter treatment by the US Food and Drug Administration about two years ago. Now, with the country in the midst of an opioid epidemic, doctors and patients and medical-device manufacturers are paying more at

This giant drone could be the backbone of battlefield resupply for the US military. It’s called the Joint Tactical Aerial Resupply Vehicle, or JTARV, and researchers at the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) compare it to “Amazon on the battlefield,” according to an ARL press release. With a single request, soldiers in need could have supplies delivered by drone wherever they are.
The most important part of any military is logistics: resupplying soldiers and equipment with ammuniti

fIn his final press conference today, President Obama gave new insight into his surprise decision to commute the sentence of Chelsea Manning.“Chelsea Manning has served a tough prison sentence,” the president told reporters. “It has been my view that given she went to trial that due process was carried out, that she took responsibility for her crime, that the sentence she received was very disproportionate relative to what other leakers had received, and that she had served suc

We’re going to see mass primate extinction in the next few decades if we don’t take conservation efforts more seriously now, say researchers who conducted the most comprehensive review of primate status so far.For a study published today in the journal Science Advances, scientists combined information from the Red List of endangered species, United Nations databases, and scientific literature to analyze the state of over 500 primates (which include monkeys, apes, and even lemurs) aro

 Drone delivery startup Flirtey has raised $16 million in Series A funding to bring its high-flying service to new customers, companies and possibly countries. Earlier, the startup raised $120,000 in seed funding and participated in the Y Combinator accelerator. Flirtey was also the first company to attain FAA approvals to conduct a drone delivery in the US in 2015. That fact helped it… Read More

I've done my research, crunched the numbers, and read other internet websites, and as far as I can tell you can't buy a modern 13.3-inch laptop that weighs less than the new Fujitsu LifeBook U937/P. The laptop weighs 799 grams, which is 1.76 pounds. Lenovo had a 1.72 pound laptop back in 2015, the LaVie Z, but that laptop now starts at 1.87 pounds according to Lenovo's own website, and it's sold out.
Fujitsu is light on details about the U937/P, other than the fact that it comes in black or red,

Nobody comes to Nintendo hoping for the hottest gaming hardware specs, but it's still important to know exactly how little power Nintendo is actually bringing to this console generation. The company recently confirmed to IGN that its flagship Zelda game, Breath of the Wild (which was originally announced for the Wii U, a Xbox 360-ish console power-wise), will run at 900p and 30 fps on the Switch when hooked up to a TV. On the Wii U the game will run at 720p / 30 fps and have slightly downgraded

In 1993, video game developer Midway published the first edition of NBA Jam. The basketball arcade game was ported to home consoles, stretched across sequels and spinoffs, lost in pop culture obscurity, rebooted, and most recently ported onto smartphones, where it occasionally bubbles onto Top 100 sales charts. Which is to say, NBA Jam has surprisingly sturdy legs for a goofy sports game.
Today, we get the latest tribute to the series: a tweaked ROM that updates the game with a more modern roste

Apple has just updated both its consumer-friendly and pro-level music editing software to include more advanced file-sharing capabilities between the two apps, as well as support for the touch-sensitive Touch Bar on new MacBook Pro laptops.
GarageBand 2.2. on iOS has a redesigned sound browser, includes “multi-take recording” (giving users the option of recording and switching between different takes), and has more advanced studio effects, like vocal effects, pitch correction, and di

Slack today is rolling out message threads inside its familiar chat window, allowing teams to have more focused conversations inside a new "flex pane" that appears next to the main chat. The feature, which has been a top request of Slack users, reflects the company's evolution from a simple communication tool to a place where an increasing amount of work gets done.Threads are rolling out today across Slack's web, desktop, and mobile apps. The idea of message threading is not an original one &mda

While the 2016 election prompted social media users to say things like “Ha ha, what is this, The Purge?” and “The Trump kids always look like they just took their Purge masks off,” it’s now official — Donald J. Trump, soon-to-be president of the United States of America, wants his 2020 campaign slogan to be “Keep America Great.”This fact was revealed in an interview with The Washington Post, published this morning. The interviewer did not mention t

A lawyer for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says that President Barack Obama hasn’t met Assange’s standards for a promise to face extradition, something WikiLeaks claimed he would do if Obama granted whistleblower Chelsea Manning clemency. Yesterday, Obama commuted Manning's sentence from 35 years to just over seven years, meaning she should be released in May. But according to a statement in The Hill, attorney Barry Pollack says that while Assange “welcomes” the reduct

Hulu has been talking about adding the ability to download movies and TV shows for offline viewing for a while now, but in a recent interview with AdWeek, Hulu CEO Mike Hopkins is gave a rough timetable on when to expect the feature, saying that “It's something that we're going be doing in a few months. We're working hard on the technology around that and getting the rights squared away.”
Netflix — one of Hulu’s biggest competitors when it comes to streaming video —

Vizio’s SmartCast devices can now be controlled directly through Google Home, in essence adding voice controls to Vizio’s latest speakers and TVs. It’s a natural move forward for Vizio, which has been making SmartCast — the company’s branding for its smart TVsand speakers with integrated Chromecast support — devices for a while now, including it’s P-, M-, and E-series TVs and a variety of Wi-Fi-connected speakers.The Google Home voice commands will allow

In an interview with Axios on Tuesday, President-elect Donald Trump says he recently spoke with Tim Cook about moving Apple production to the United States. Trump claims that the CEO has his "eyes open to it," and that he "really believe[s Cook] loves this country and I think he'd like to do something major here.”
Trump has repeatedly highlighted Apple as one of the companies he wants to push to build products Stateside. Cook was among the many tech leaders Trump met with in December, duri

The Martian was a huge success in both bookstores and movie theaters, and it catapulted author Andy Weir into a rarified atmosphere when it comes to science fiction authors. Now, he’s setting his sights on a new medium: television.Deadline reported that CBS has given a pilot order for Mission Control, a NASA-themed drama that “revolves around the next generation of NASA astronauts and scientists who juggle their personal and professional lives” during a critical mission.There&r

Live on Air is a recently opened “Louisiana-American bistro” at 335 Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn. When you eat dinner there, it is live-streamed to the restaurant’s Facebook and Twitter accounts. If you agree to be interviewed on camera, you can get 10 percent off your check. Either way, the menu’s fine print points out that Live on Air can "use your likeness, mannerism, and voice without compensation or credit." The Verge went there recently to see what it feels like to e

A small number of Americans will soon be able to have food and other goods delivered to them by an adorable semi-autonomous robot. Starship Technologies announced the first two commercial partnerships for its ground-based delivery robots in the US today — one with DoorDash in Redwood City, California, and one with Postmates in Washington, DC. The commercial trials will see these services start making deliveries in the coming weeks using Starship’s six-wheeled robots within a four-mil

 Pipedrive, a CRM platform designed to help SMBs sell more, has closed $17 million in Series B funding. The round was led by Atomico, the global VC firm founded by Skype’s Niklas Zennström, with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, and Rembrandt Venture Partners. The Estonia/U.S.-based startup last raised $9 million in Series A funding back in May 2015. Pipedrive says will use… Read More

Last Saturday, as the New England Patriots were sloppily beating the Houston Texans 34–16 in a playoff game, I wanted to look at the highlight video of a play using the NFL app on my iPad. To watch that 14-second clip, I had to suffer through a 30-second ad for something so irrelevant to me that I can’t even recall what it was.
The length and content of that video ad Saturday was, in my view, way out of proportion to the length and value of the clip itself. And that’s just one