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The US Army says that it will conduct live-fire tests of a new Robotic Combat Vehicle next year. While the tests won’t involve vehicles ultimately slated to go into combat, they will be used to show off various technologies that may later be incorporated into platforms in the future, and how soldiers might eventually utilize them on the battlefield.The RCVs are built on an M113 armored personnel carrier, and will be controlled by soldiers in a vehicle called the Mission Enabler Technologie

Ahead of this weekend’s Bastille Day celebration on Sunday, French President Emmanuel Macron announced the creation of a space command that would be part of the country’s Air Force, according to Reuters.President Macron made the remarks to military personnel, saying that the space command would be responsible for defending the country’s satellites, and that it would officially be created in September. The Air Force, he says, will eventually be renamed as Space and Air Force. It

As the line between film and television continues to blur, big-screen movies are still supposed to flaunt their scope. In a summer where plenty of would-be blockbusters are withering at the box office, and plenty of potential moviegoers seem to be staying home to watch Stranger Things, size and scale remain selling points for the theatrical experience. Avengers: Endgame hops around planets and time-streams. Men in Black: International zips between continents like a James Bond picture. Even your

Megvii, a Chinese AI startup that supplies facial recognition software for the Chinese government’s surveillance program, is expanding its technology beyond humans to recognize different faces of pets. As reported by Abacus News, Megvii’s new program is trained to recognize dogs by their nose prints — much like how humans have unique fingerprints.Using the Megvii app, the company says it can register your dog simply by scanning the snout through your phone’s camera. Just

The Roblox EC-1
Following in the wake of our deep profiles of Patreonand Niantic, we have our next EC-1 package, this time on children’s gaming platform Roblox . Extra Crunch writer Sherwood Morrison has covered gaming and startups for years, and he got an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at the incredibly popular startup with interviews with many of the company’s principals. This is your weekend read.
How Roblox avoided the gaming graveyard and grew into a $2.5B company
In part one

Tiffine Wang ContributorShare on Twitter Tiffine Wang is a senior investment manager at Singtel Innov8, the corporate venture capital arm of Singtel Group.Freddy Dopfel ContributorShare on Twitter Freddy Dopfel is a senior associate at Grishin Robotics.
Humans are starting to get better acquainted with personal assistants such as Google Assistant, Siri, Cortana, and Bixby. But how would people feel about personalities translating to automobiles, laptops and other household items? Would we want

Last Friday, legendary MIT computer scientist Fernando “Corby” Corbató passed away at his home in Newton, Massachusetts. He was 93. The Oakland-born researcher was responsible for several pivotal advances in the computer science space, most notably the password, which he invented during his pioneering work in computer time sharing. Corbató led the development of the Computer Time-Sharing System (CTSS), which is regarded as one of the world’s first operating syste

Following the 2016 presidential election, states like Pennsylvania indicated that they would be working to upgrade their voting machines to allay security concerns. A new report from the Associate Press reveals that while counties across the United States have purchased new equipment, many of machines are running outdated software that could still be vulnerable to hackers.At the heart of the issue is the operating system that the machines run on — Windows 7. Microsoft released the operatin

Silicon Valley has many dreams. One dream — the Hollywood version anyway — is for a down-and-out founder to begin tinkering and coding in their proverbial garage, eventually building a product that is loved by humans the world over and becoming a startup billionaire in the process.
The more prosaic and common version of that Valley dream though is to join an early-stage company right before its growth kicks into high gear. Sure, those early employees might only have a smidgen of equi

Another week, another trade war. And unlike most trade wars these days, this one didn’t originate from the confines of the Rose Garden with the Marine One whirlybird in the background. No, like any Ice Bucket Challenge-worthy meme, others are getting in on the trade war bandwagon and making it their own.
Cue Japan and South Korea. The two countries have slipped into their own trade war over the past few weeks, a conflict that now threatens the foundations of Japan’s supplier industry

When I was in high school, I read through the entire back catalog of Star Wars novels, one after the other, and finished with Michael A. Stackpole and Aaron Allston’s X-Wing series. I loved that nine-book sub-series. It presented a different angle on the Star Wars universe, following a new crop of non-film characters as they worked to take the galaxy back from the Empire.
Fast-forward a quarter of a century, and the finale of a new Star Wars trilogy is about to hit theaters. There’s

There’s nothing more quintessentially American than deciding that when one job just isn’t cutting it, either financially, professionally or spiritually, there’s always room to be working another angle to feed that need. And if you’re doing it right, it’ll play into those big plans for the future.To help you on your way, we pulled together four of TNW Deals’ absolute best offers for help developing a side hustle that works for you.

Deepfake videos are hard for untrained eyes to detect because they can be quite realistic. Whether used as personal weapons of revenge, to manipulate financial markets or to destabilize international relations, videos depicting people doing and saying things they never did or said are a fundamental threat to the longstanding idea that “seeing is believing.” Not anymore. Most deepfakes are made by showing a computer algorithm many images of a person, and then having it use what it sa

Hello and welcome back to Startups Weekly, a weekend newsletter that dives into the week’s noteworthy startups and venture capital news. Before I jump into today’s topic, let’s catch up a bit. Last week, I noted the big uptick in VC spending in 2019. Before that, I struggled to understand WeWork’s growth trajectory.
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Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! If you have almost any type of electronic device, you’re probably going to need an SD card at some point. Whether it’s a camera, phone, console, or laptop, having a few flash storage cards knocking around is basically a prerequisite for everyday life. While these used to be incredibly expensive, these days you can pick up a microSD for a very low price. Enter the Samsung 256GB MicroSDXC EVO.

Valkyrie Industries off-handedly refers to the current iteration of its VR suit as “Iron Man v. 1.” It’s a fitting reference. There’s a very “first half of the superhero film” vibe to the prototype. There are exposed wires everywhere and large, clunky 3D printed pieces that clip onto various body parts. In a more finalized version, it will probably look like something more akin to a wetsuit. For now, however, the wearable haptic product looks like a bit of ste

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TL;DR: Name your price to get the access to the knowledge-packed Complete Copywriting Mastery Bundle, usually priced at $1,393. It's a tale as old as time: the catchy Instagram photo didn't make you buy the product; its caption did.
You may not realize it, but copy has the power to make or break sales. Without good copy, barely anyone will pay attention to a product — and even fewer will know what it is. 
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There are officially less than 48 hours until Amazon Prime Day (which is running for two days this year, mind you). But before you start panicking about missing out on all the good gets, we have a pro tip for you that you should start utilizing right now: Organize your wishlist. 
And do it before Prime Day, because having all of your ducks in a row ahead of Amazon’s annual sale bonanza is going to save you time, money, and your precious sanity. 
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TL;DR: You can get this comprehensive online course bundle about how to become an expert photographer for just $29. That's 96% off it's usual price tag of $818. Honesty hour: do you consider yourself a photographer because you can effortlessly take crystal clear shots with your state-of-the-art smartphone and collection of editing apps? We get it and don't worry, your secret is safe with us.
If you want to take photos for a living, though, you would need more than a swanky iPhone and a work

Facebook’s stock went up after news of a record-breaking $5 billion FTC fine for various privacy violations broke today.
That, as the New York Times’ Mike Isaac points out, is the real story here: the United States government spent months coming up with a punishment for Facebook’s long list of privacy-related bad behavior, and the best it could do was so weak that Facebook’s stock price went up.
the fact that fb shares surged instead of sank on the FTC news is the story h

Nintendo this week revealed the Switch Lite, a handheld-only version of the Switch with a slimmer form. Naturally, the inclusion of this new Switch into Nintendo’s stable begs the question of what place the venerable 3DS has in the new family. Is the 3DS about to exit the stage. I would say maybe… but the Switch still has a long way to go. Nintendo’s had a handheld in its stable since the original Game Boy came out in 1989. The Switch Lite would be the first time the han

Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. I suck at sleeping. I’ve always been one of those people who toss and turn for hours before falling into a light slumber. Then, at the sound of a pin-drop, my eyes flutter open and I’m doomed to spend another hour willing myself to fall back asleep. It’s exhausting. Luckily I’m also a technology reporter and the parent of a toddle

Daniel Wu Contributor Dan Wu is a privacy counsel and legal engineer at Immuta. He holds a JD from Harvard University, and is a PhD candidate for Social Policy and Sociology at The Harvard Kennedy School.More posts by this contributorBeyond costs, what else can we do to make housing affordable? Market map: the 200+ innovative startups transforming affordable housing
Five billion dollars. That’s the apparent size of Facebook’s latest fine for violating data privacy. 
While many

A project to 3D-print bulky components in space rather than bring them up there has collected a $73.7 million contract from NASA to demonstrate the technique in space. Archinaut, a mission now several years in development from Made In Space, could launch as soon as 2022.
The problem at hand is this: If you want a spacecraft to have solar arrays 60 feet long, you need to bring 60 feet of structure for those arrays to attach to — they can’t just flap around like ribbons. But where do y

The following is a spoiler-free review of Netflix's Point Blank.Point Blank has way more going for it than it has any right to. 
A remake of the 2010 French film of the same name, this action flick features the talents of top-tier actors Anthony Mackie, Frank Grillo, Marcia Gay Harden, Teyonah Parris, and Boris McGiver. Plus some pretty satisfying gore, a bitchin' PT Cruiser, a fun little twist, a handful of tantalizing cliffhangers, and an excellent application of Grandmaster Flash and th

A Reddit post made a major splash on the internet this week when it claimed that the infamous, $30 “GamerGirl bathwater” being sold by social media star Belle Delphine contained no human DNA — and therefore might not be her bathwater at all. This was promptly challenged by other Reddit users and debunked: the shipments of said bathwater hadn’t even been sent out yet. As the news of the non-scandal broke around The Verge offices, reporters began pelting the science desk wi

Thirst is universal. While not always sexy, feeling parched for love and attention is part of what makes us human.
So we at Mashable have helpfully gathered a comprehensive list of the absolute thirstiest moments of 2019 so far. Whether they left us sweaty and cringing or dripping and lusty, there's no denying that these folks are wading through a sea of horny. 
Hot Priest unanimously crowned Thirst King of the century
This isn't a love story. It's a thirst trap.Happy #NationalHydrationDay