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Stock market investors showed lukewarm enthusiasm for Pivotal Software’s debut on Friday. After pricing the IPO at $15, the company closed the day at $15.73.
Although it didn’t “pop” for new investors, pricing at the midpoint of its proposed range allowed Pivotalto raise $555 million. Its public company market cap exceeded $3 billion.
The enterprise cloud computing company has been majority-owned by Dell, which came about after its merger with EMC in 2016. 

The US Department of Justice has reportedly opened an antitrust investigation to determine whether AT&T, Verizon, and mobile industry group GSM Association (GSMA) colluded to prevent consumers from easily switching carriers with devices that support eSIM, according to The New York Times.All four major carriers received requests for information about the investigation, according to CNBC.The Times reports that the DOJ "demanded" details from the three over potential steps taken to impede the

Huawei may be effectively banned in the US, but if you’re really interested in snagging the impressive P20, the new devices may be coming to neighboring Canada as early as next month. According to Android Central, the Huawei P20, P20 Lite, and P20 Pro will apparently be available through several Canadian telecoms, including Rogers, Bell, Telus, Fido, Virgin Mobile, Koodo, and Vidéotron, on May 17th.
Huawei has not confirmed pricing on these devices, but the P20 currently starts at

Chinese technology company ZTE issued a statement today in response to the US government’s banning of American exports to the company. The US Department of Commerce says ZTE didn’t uphold a plea agreement after the company pleaded guilty last year to illegally shipping US equipment to Iran and North Korea. The department specifically says the company still gave employees who acted illegally full bonuses, despite saying it wouldn’t. Additionally, only four senior staffers were

As warmer weather approaches, outdoor activities, such as watering plants and walking dogs, are becoming more enjoyable. 
And sometimes, the two can collide in the best of ways. 
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On Thursday, Twitter user @JabinSerene shared the "struggle" she faces when she tries to water her plants. Her enthusiastic dog, Taylor, attempts to slurp the water as soon as she turns on the hose. I

With climate change looming, maybe it's time to think about what you can do to help make a difference. There's a few simple actions you can take — and recycling is a big one. 50 percent of recyclable items are ending up in landfills, simply because people don't know how to recycle properly. 
Even though it seems like a lot of responsibility, everyone should be doing their part to ensure that their waste goes to the right place. Research recycling guidelines in your county for more inf

Happy Earth Day, fellow inhabitants. 
While April 22 isn't typically a huge shopping holiday, you didn't think Amazon was about to not use this as an excuse to have a giant sale, did you? In honor of Earth Day, save big on select used tech items across the site. Sales end at 11:59 pm PST on April 22.
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E-waste is wreaking havoc on the Earth at a pretty alarming rate, with nearly 70% of toxi

Ever since Philip K. Dick first asked the question Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and inspired countless sci-fi classics like Blade Runner, we've wondered about a much more important question regarding artificial biology.
Do robots poop?
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Luckily, the creators of Westworld took the time to answer our pressing questions about synthetic bowel movements. And, well, it does not disappoint.
Entertainment Weekly asked the showrunner

Swedish-born producer and DJ Avicii, real name Tim Bergling, died Friday, April 20th, 2018, as confirmed by his publicist Diana Baron. His death comes just days after his 2017 EP, Avīci (01), was nominated for a Billboard Music Award for top dance/electronic album.
“It is with profound sorrow that we announce the loss of Tim Bergling, also known as Avicii,” Baron said in an issued statement. “He was found dead in Muscat, Oman this Friday afternoon local time, April 20th.

High School Musical, the series that both revolutionized Disney Channel Original Movies and gave millions of children everywhere unrealistic expectations of high school theater, premiered 12 years ago.
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Since the series ended with High School Musical 3: Senior Year in 2008, Zac Efron has gone on to star in movies ranging from Hairspray to Baywatch. Although he plays vastly different characters in each one, some HSM fans still stan him as Troy Bolton,

It doesn't matter who you're into — dating as a guy can be rough. Whether you're typically introverted or are a pro socializer, getting to know someone you're interested in (or even finding someone to get to know, for that matter) is intimidating. It takes the perfect balance of confidence and chill, and if it's a lady you're pursuing, chances are she's received more than a few unsolicited messages already. 
But if you sit back and play it too cool, you risk getting beelined into the

Online dating is hard. As a 2017 study points out, we used to end up with people who we were somehow connected to, whether friends of friends, classmates, or neighbors.
Online dating, however, changed the game, and people who meet through tech-based dating tend to be total strangers.
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It's not easy to get to know someone through an app, and if you're looking for a relationship, tech-based dating usually means wading through hu

Aggretsuko may best new show on Netflix that you haven't heard about.
From the creator of Hello Kitty comes Aggretsuko, a new Netflix show about an adorable red panda named Retsuko who works a horrible office job by day and lets out her frustrations at night with some good old fashioned death metal.Retsuko is 25 years old and loves to remind herself that she's single, a Scorpio, and blood type A. Every day she goes to work as an accountant at a trading firm and constantly has work piling on top

If you want to buy one of the recent Star Wars or Marvel Cinematic Universe films on Blu-ray or DVD from Amazon, you’re out of luck if you’re not a member of Amazon Prime. The online retailer has reserved a number of the home releases for the two franchises exclusively for purchase by Prime members.Amazon has made some items exclusives for Prime members before, using the exclusivity to drive customers toward signing up for the $99-per-year membership. We’ve reached out to Amaz

Open up your wallets because Rihanna is here to collect your coins, people! 
The queen of Barbados is slowly creeping in on every aspect of life and it's near impossible to find someone who is mad about it. First she released a revered makeup collection and a celebrated collaboration with Puma. Now, she has finally confirmed that she is releasing a lingerie line — and it's coming soon.
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The Democratic National Committee has accused the Russian Federation, the Trump campaign, WikiLeaks, the hacker Guccifer 2.0, and several others of engineering a conspiracy to leak damaging DNC data. A new lawsuit, which was reported earlier today by The Washington Post, claims its targets violated hacking and racketeering laws, in addition to infringing on copyright and misappropriating trade secrets. It’s a sweeping complaint that describes what the DNC calls “an act of previously

Everyone take a deep breathTwitter is down. 
The service, which last experienced another outage just three days ago, appears to once again be on the fritz. 
SEE ALSO: Twitter can't decide if it wants to kill third-party apps
According to Down Detector, the problem is mainly focused in North America, Western Europe, and Japan. Oh no.Image:Down detectorAt the time of this writing, this reporter's Twitter feed is stuck on a tweet from 20 min ago — a lifetime in the Twitterverse

AT&T will be launching a “skinny bundle” of television channels that will only cost $15 a month, according to The Wall Street Journal. This would make the offer, which does not include sports, one of the cheapest available for live streaming TV.
The deal, to be called AT&T Watch, was announced by chief executive Randall Stephenson on Thursday when he testified during the AT&T-Time Warner antitrust trial. Stephenson brought up the new product to counter the Justice Depart

World-famous DJ and producer Avicii has died, according a statement provided by his representative to Variety. He was 28 years old. 
Avicii, whose real name was Tim Bergling, was found dead Friday afternoon in Oman, the statement said. No cause of death was shared, but the Grammy-nominated artist had retired from performing live in 2016 for health reasons. 
"The family is devastated and we ask everyone to please respect their need for privacy in this difficult time," the statement

Yesterday, Disney filed papers with the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding its acquisition of 21st Century Fox in December. The document highlights the details of the acquisition, as well as a timeline that shows off how the talks began. It also reveals that Disney wasn’t the only company interested in acquiring Fox — Verizon and Comcast also came calling.The SEC filing makes for a dry but at times fascinating read. As it unfolded in the press last November and December, i

Just over a week after it announced that it was collecting money to crowdfund a sequel to its short concept film Firebase, Neill Blomkamp’s Oats Studios says that it will refund contributions because it hadn’t raised enough money to “do something [truly] awesome.”It released a series of short films last year that were intended as conceptual starting points for much larger projects. Blomkamp told The Verge earlier this month that the campaign was an attempt “to set

UPDATE: April 20, 2018, 1:48 p.m. EST: The Ultimate Collector's Millennium Falcon Lego set has again sold out.
The Millennium Falcon — aka the largest Lego set ever — caught our eye back when it first came out. But getting our hands on one has proven difficult. It sells out so quickly! 
With the May 25 release of Solo on the horizon, it’s back in stock right now.
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The online world can be rough for women, but navigating online dating is its own type of intimidating. However, as the world increasingly moves onto the internet, online dating has long been the new norm. 
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Finding the right dating site can be a challenge. Every woman has different wants when it comes to finding a match.
Some are looking for a fun time, some are looking for their next long term relationship. Some are trying out

Being a woman on the internet is hard. At times scary and exhausting, too.
From Twitter reply guys, to other forms of online harassment, to straight up cyberstalking, letting women exist in peace seems to be a hard concept to grasp. When it comes to dating apps specifically — where others often assume that a dating app profile means that one is willfully subjecting themselves to creepy comments — the chance of women enduring such unsettling experiences feels doubled. The onslaug

Look, we get it. Cybersecurity is hard. But maybe, just maybe, a conference dedicated to computer security and encryption should know better than to leave attendee information exposed via its conference mobile app. 
And yet. 
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As the RSA Conference winds down today in San Francisco organizers have been forced to acknowledge that all has not been right with their own house. Specifically, a security engineer looking into t

In a moment seemingly engineered to generate enraged tweets from the president, former FBI director James Comey will speak to Amazon employees next week as part of his ongoing book tour.The talk is set for Monday
The Intercept broke the news of the talk last night, and reported that it’s set for Monday at 10AM in Seattle. An Amazon spokesperson confirmed the talk and said it was part of a series of discussions at the company, known as Fishbowls. The spokesperson said the company has hoste

This takes Owen Wilson's signature "wow" to a whole new level.
Savannah Lopett, a soon-to-be graduate from College of Charleston, made the Owen Wilson "wow" meme into a work of art for her Sculpting 1 class, and the result is truly a masterpiece.
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First she sculpted Owen Wilson's nose.Image:savannah lopettThen, she collaged it with pictures of Ow

Nintendo’s new cardboard creation experiment Labo is out today, but if you had concerns about your Toy-Con kits breaking or wearing out (because, well, they’re made of cardboard), fear not. Nintendo is selling replacement parts for nearly every piece of the Toy-Con kits over at its online store, as spotted by IGN.
Parts range from $1.99 for more reflective stickers to up to $13.99 for the cardboard robot body, with plenty in between for other pieces and parts.Our games editor Andrew

A meteor shower is a special thing. 
Watching as little bits of cosmic dust hurtle through the skies above tends to remind me of just how small we are in the context of the universe.
This weekend, people around the world will experience that feeling of smallness, thanks to the Lyrid meteor shower that peaks on April 22. 
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While this meteor shower isn't the most impressive one during a typical year, it is still worth check

If this were 1998 and Janelle Monáe just released her music video, "Pynk," she'd be sitting at the top of MTV's Total Request Live every day for months.
Alas, it's 2018 and we no longer have Carson Daly to guide our spiritual music journey. Which is why I'm here to ask you all to quietly bow down to Janelle Monáe next album, Dirty Computer, scheduled to drop April 27.
The album will apparently come with a 50-minute Afrofuturist film featuring black, brown, queer, and trans people u

The newest polar-orbiting satellite in the U.S. fleet snapped the most detailed image of the Northern Hemisphere, just in time for Earth Day. 
The satellite photo — taken by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) NOAA-20 spacecraft — looks down on the top of the globe, showing the ice-covered North Pole, as well as North America and Eurasia. 
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If you look closely, you can see stunning details, from sea ice