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Disney is preparing a new late-night offering that will feature some of the biggest stars in gaming and streaming content creation. The new programming block is set to air on Disney XD between 9PM and 3AM daily. Disney is calling the block ‘Disney XP’ and will transform the popular kid’s network into entertainment featuring shows geared towards the YouTube and Twitch crowds. Jimmy Wong, of YouTube and TV fame, will be the host of one of the new offerings on the block called Po

ANALYSIS: Redfin, an online brokerage for the residential real estate market, filed to go public late Friday. Redfin plans to list its shares on Nasdaq under the ticker RDFN. Redfin’s filing said it plans to raise $100 million, although this figure is often included as a placeholder ahead of a roadshow.
The company’s online agents use its technology to offer commissions it says are well below traditional brokerages. In a letter to shareholders included in the prospectus, Redfin

Pokémon Go may no longer be the worldwide phenomenon it was when it launched for mobile last summer, but the app is still making plenty of money.
Pokémon Go has now earned a total of $1.2 billion in revenues and 752 million downloads, according to Apptopia, an app intelligence startup based in Boston. Its total revenues for 2016 were at $950 million. So, while 2017 may not see the app making as many headlines in mainstream news, the pocket-monster catcher still has plenty of tracti

Dawn Russell spent two nights camped out with nine other people in a small room in Sen. Cory Gardner's office. On Thursday evening, after their 60-hour sit-in, Russell and her fellow activists were removed from the office and arrested. 
Russell was there because the Colorado Republican is one of the key swing votes who could either help pass or stop the GOP's health care bill — and she is one very angry constituent. 
SEE ALSO: World's first water park for people with disabilities

PRESS RELEASE:O’Dang Selected As One of the Top Three Brands Presented at the Walmart 4th Annual U.S. Manufacturing Open CallORLANDO, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 30, 2017– KEEN Growth Capital (“KEEN”), a leading impact investing fund focused on better-for-you food and wellness brands, today announced the acquisition of a material interest in O’Dang, maker of innovative, premium hummus and hummus dressings. This acquisition is part of KEEN Growth Capital&rs

Blizzard Entertainment announced today that StarCraft: Remastered, the 4K resolution version of its iconic real-time strategy game, will be launching for Windows and Mac on August 14th. The package, originally announced back in March, contains both the original StarCraft and the StarCraft: Brood of War expansion. The game will cost $14.99 and will arrive fully localized for more than 10 languages.Beyond 4K visuals, the remastered version will also come with remastered audio and dialogue, better

GUEST: It wasn’t long ago that personal computers were the height of technology. While significantly smaller than the industrial-sized mainframes of the past, modern desktop PCs are still bulky objects that take up a lot of space. Laptops and notebooks are considerably more portable, but even these are becoming a hassle for the on-the-go minimalist.
If you’re in that crowd, you might want to take a look at some of the latest in wearable technology.
Most popular wearable: Smartwatches

When Men in Black hit theaters on July 2nd, 1997, it was already fast becoming a phenomenon. It had a star-studded cast, including a freshly minted superstar in Will Smith. It had a hit song that briefly managed to overtake pop music. Now, 20 years later, it’s easy to take for granted how massive the movie was at the time — and how well it holds up. That’s not bad for a movie based on an obscure 1990 comic miniseries from a nigh-forgotten publisher.
The truth is, Men in Black w

Ever wonder how NASA is able to find and track possibly hazardous asteroids near our planet? Well, this video explainer has you covered. 
It was released on World Asteroid Day, which is devoted to raising public awareness of the dangers of asteroids and comets in our cosmic backyard. NASA has actually discovered tens of thousands of asteroids floating around our part of space.
SEE ALSO: The largest planet in the solar system could also be the oldest
Asteroid Day takes place every June 30,

Even the most loyal of dogs can't resist the lure of the outside world. 
Redditor Gallowboob (gotta love Reddit usernames) shared an inventive dog hack that just may keep your own best friend from straying too far.
SEE ALSO: Turn your dog into a disco ball with this light up vestThe spoon technique may not be new, but spreading awareness about this trick could keep puppers everywhere safe.Comment from discussion Bruh_brah_bro's comment from discussion "Keep your dog safe with a wooden spoon

Facebook is rolling out a new feature to help us save on data and locate open Wi-Fi networks, no matter where we are. 
It's called Find Wi-Fi, and it shows network-needy users a tailored hotspot map of their immediate area, highlighting locations where they'll be able to find a connection. The feature was tested for iOS in a few countries last year to positive reviews, so Facebook is releasing it to all users around the world on both iPhone and Android.  
It's not all wide-open public

Reading Wikipedia just got a whole lot more fun.
A new game called "Wikipedia: The text adventure" helps you navigate and learn more about the world using a clever modification of the online knowledge database's API. You can start your journey with a suggested location or choose your own, and from there on the game dynamically generates options of places to explore.
SEE ALSO: Someone already made a Wikipedia page for 'Trump orb'
For example, I started with my home state of Maharashtra in India.

 As impact investing gains traction in the market, a new accelerator for tech nonprofits called Fast Forward has raised $2.2 million in philanthropic funding from the nonprofit arms of some of the world’s largest companies and financial services firms. BlackRock, Google.org, Comcast NBCUniversal, and AT&T joined Zendesk, Twilio.org, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, the Nasiri and Rita… Read More

Palmer Luckey, co-founder of Oculus virtual reality, gave his old employers at Oculus and Facebook a huge middle finger this week by donating thousands of dollars to a VR project that makes Oculus-exclusive VR games playable on its competitor's VR device, the HTC Vive.
The creator behind Revive, a pet project aimed at breaking down exclusivity barriers for VR systems, confirmed Thursday that the big jump in donations per month on his Patreon came from Luckey.SEE ALSO: 'Echo Arena' is the first V

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The Fourth of July is a time for pool floats, copious hot dogs, and shopping – yes, shopping. Thanks to a host of sales offering discounts on big ticket items, you could save some serious cash this weekend.
Let’s get down to business, people.
From kitchen appliances and tech, to that tablet you’ve been eyeing for weeks, this list has all the sales you’ll need to save big

Finally, the madness is almost over. 
Since March, Crayola — yes, the art supply company that ran your childhood — has been stringing the world along on a troublesome and emotional journey to replace the Dandelion crayon — an OG member of the 24-pack box. But rest assured, the end is near.
All you have to do is vote on the new blue crayon's name from five extraordinarily cheesy and embarrassing options. Sounds GR8. Very simple.
Except they are so so bad how will you choose

LG released its newest flagship, the G6, in April this year. Now, it seems the company might be considering, or at least considered at one point, releasing a mini version of that device. TechnoBuffalo reports that its team viewed an internal document that depicts a 5.4-inch device with an 18:9 aspect ratio. That’s the same unique ratio LG introduced with the G6.The document didn’t mention any specs, and it’s dated to last year. This could mean LG canceled its plans to manufactu

Overall, the easiest way to see if a marketing software company is worth your cold hard cash is to determine their affordability, ease of use, functionality, and how well their customer support responds. Through various projects over the past couple months I’ve had the chance to try out three of the more well known services available and detailed some of the features and noticeable takeaways below. All three of these services, Marketing 360, Act-On, and SharpSpring, are some of the bigger

Today, President Trump signed an executive order to reinstate the National Space Council, an executive agency that will be tasked with guiding US space policy during the administration. The council, typically chaired by the vice president, is one that the US has seen before; it was first in operation during the ‘60s and ‘70s and then again under the George H.W. Bush administration, before being dissolved in 1993. Now, it’s back again, and this time with Vice President Mike Penc

ANALYSIS: Following a pattern set by earlier IPOs in the enterprise cloud sector, Tintri’s stock rose nearly 4 percent on its first day of trading in the wake of a stock offering valued well below its previous round of private financing.
Tintri debuted its stock on Nasdaq at $7 a share, below the range of $10.50 a share and $12.50 a share that it had initially proposed. The stock closed Friday up 3.9 percent at $7.27, after rising as high as $7.75 a share.
Tintri’s offering, which ra

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We can all agree that summertime means three things: ice cream for dinner, an unhealthy obsession with air conditioning, and the ubiquitous weekend barbecue. But keeping a grill in your backyard to facilitate those get-togethers isn’t always feasible.
SEE ALSO: 9 pool floats you need right now
If you have space constraints or are looking to grill on the go, this roundup features wood, pro

Google announced that it would be updating its Google Home virtual assistant / speaker with Bluetooth audio support at I/O earlier this year, and now that update has begun to roll out to Home owners, as noted by Android Police.Once you’ve updated your Home, you’ll be able to use it as a Bluetooth speaker — something that Amazon’s Echo has already been capable of for a while, although Google’s own home speaker has supported the company’s Chromecast Audio standa

Google announced that it would be updating its Google Home virtual assistant / speaker with Bluetooth audio support at I/O earlier this year, and now that update has accidentally begun to roll out to some Home owners, as noted by Android Police. At this time, Google hasn’t announced when it will actually be releasing Bluetooth support for the Google Home.When the update does roll out for real, you’ll be able to use it as a Bluetooth speaker — something that Amazon’s Echo

ANALYSIS: The conversation around sexual harassment is gaining momentum in Silicon Valley — and so it should. With Uber battling sexual harassment allegations and Binary Capital dealing with its dirty “open secret”, the narrative is taking a rough turn. In light of these recent events, the question becomes: How should women navigate the predatory jungle of Silicon Valley?
I got some answers yesterday as I chatted with female founders and reporters in a private roundtable discus

Casino destination Macau is requiring facial recognition and identification card checks for withdrawals made by Chinese UnionPay cardholders at all ATMs, as reported by Bloomberg. Customers who make a withdrawal from the updated cash machines will be asked to stare into a camera for six seconds so the facial-recognition software can verify them against their identity card.
The move is a three-fold effort to reinforce Macau’s existing anti-money laundering rules, increase banking security,

Damnit, Chance.
Chance the Rapper's long been known as a rap iconoclast, with a persona largely centered around humility. He's a rapper with a bashful embrace of fame, but bars he can't help being famous for. He raps about his relationship with God, about the grit of Chicago's South Side violence, and the bores of bling and materialism (his clique: Savemoney). He's laid waste to so many archetypes that the modern day, flex-addicted rapper ostensibly needs. Chance the Rapper is, as far as they go

The mysterious work of Dr. Sergio Canavero is the stuff of grade-B horror movies. He claims he’s successfully attached a living mouse head to a rat, severed the spines of mice, and perhaps most impressively: reattached them. His quest for the scientific holy grail lead to papers detailing two-headed creatures, a transplanted dog’s head, and bold claims about the first human head-transplant — which he plans to undertake later this year. Beyond that he’s said that he

Facebook is taking new steps to fight spam.
The social network will now weed out posts from spammers who fill their friends' feeds with "vast amounts" of links to "low quality content." 
SEE ALSO: This app will tell you which of your photos are actually good enough to post (which is both harsh and helpful)
"We want to reduce the influence of these spammers and deprioritize the links they share more frequently than regular sharers," writes Facebook's VP of News Feed Adam Mosseri. 
In th

The Trump administration's travel ban from earlier this year just won't go away. Now it's affecting grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and other family members that don't make the cut as "bona fide" relations — at least, as the State Department sees it.
SEE ALSO: Hilarious photo series shows the alarmingly normal lives of immigrants
After winding its way through the Supreme Court, the watered-down temporary ban went into effect Thursday evening. It bans people coming from Iran, Lib

In case you haven't heard yet, JAY-Z is seriously opening up on his new album, 4:44. He seems to cover everything, from his former friendship with Kanye West, to his relationship with Beyoncé. 
But the album wouldn't be complete without a shoutout to his mom, and one track in particular sees her share some personal news.
SEE ALSO: JAY-Z's much-anticipated new album '4:44' is out right now
On the album's third song, "Smile," he partners up with his mother, Gloria, for a duet which she

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You know who looks good in stars and stripes? Everyone.
If dad’s old American flag muscle tee isn’t looking too hot anymore or you can’t seem to get the red, white, and blue face paint just right, these products may be able to help. 
SEE ALSO: Stay trendy with these millennial pink productsDisplay your pride for ‘Murica with this drink-holding fanny pack, or spice u

GUEST: An annual festival of creativity occurred this month, and it’s a celebration of technology. Cannes Lions is more known among creative types than technology people, although Google, Facebook and Twitter have been the most prominent brands on the beach for some years. This year, big consultancies like IBM and Accenture claimed the spotlight as technology, platforms, and more recently AI and VR/AR keep raising their profile in the creative sphere.
While some still perceive creativ

The robots are coming ... to help us.
Almost a decade ago, as the U.S. war in Afghanistan trudged on, Army Ranger Romulo Camargo was shot in the neck when his troop was ambushed during a humanitarian mission. He was paralyzed from the neck down and struggles with daily tasks that most people might take for granted. 
Recently, however, Camargo got a little help in the form of a pint-sized, one-armed robot from Toyota. The company announced Friday that it has completed an in-home trial of its

Vinyl records are truly a thing of beauty. They were the first thing to bring personal music libraries to the masses, and that's something we'll never forget. While cassette tapes, CDs, and streaming services have all succeeded the format, there's just something about vinyl records that keeps them living on.
SEE ALSO: The vinyl jukebox is coming back into production after 25 years
Sony Music understands this and has decided to start pressing vinyl records again at a Japanese factory by next Marc

Six teenage girls from Afghanistan planned to come to the US to compete in the First Global Challenge robotics competition this month, but those plans were canceled after they were denied visas to enter the country. Forbes reports that the girls traveled 500 miles to Kabul for their visa interviews, and that their robot’s supplies were held in customs for months.This kit, which the competition organizers issued to every participating team, included different components, like brackets, extr

Adele might be on her last stretch of live performances for a long time, so naturally, it makes sense for her to pick up a new hobby to fill the void. 
The Grammy Award-winning singer has apparently turned to an unlikely thing to fill her free time: pom-poms. She told her fans all about it during a performance on Thursday night.
SEE ALSO: Fan shares 'handwritten letter' from Adele hinting she'll never tour again
"I’ve got a new secret hobby,"Adele reportedly told her audience in Wembl

Dead or Alive is a...weird series. And it's only getting weirder with a new VR-equipped arcade cabinet edition releasing soon.
On the surface, Dead or Alive is a series of fighting games featuring scantily-clad women who, in a spin-off series, adopt a quieter life of playing volleyball and enjoying other beach activities. Since the spin-off series, the games have mostly become about about weird camera pans, zooms, and upskirt-like shots. 
The volleyball-set series somehow gets even creepier

SpaceX is having a pretty great year. 
It's only June and the Elon Musk-founded company has already launched nine missions to orbit, exceeding their previous annual launch total of eight. (Not to mention the fact that two of those launches occurred within 48 hours of one another last weekend.)
SpaceX is also consistently landing Falcon 9 rocket stages back on Earth after lofting those missions, an extraordinary feat considering that the company hadn't successfully landed a booster back on E