• France wants to arm satellites with guns and lasers by 2030

    Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Earlier this month, French President Emmanuel Macron announced the creation of a French space force that would be responsible for defending its satellites. It looks like they’re serious about that: France’s Minister of Defense announced a program that would develop nano satellites equipped with guns and lasers, according to Le Point (via Task & Purpose).Minister Florence Parly announced that the country would be reallocating €700 mill
  • Epic teases Fortnite season 10 during World Cup finals

    Fans who tuned in to watch the Fortnite World Cup finals on Sunday received an added bonus: a tease of the game’s upcoming 10th season. We still don’t know much about season 10, but the teaser image suggests the return of Dusty Depot, which was destroyed in season 4.
    Developer Epic made the reveal during the solo tournament of the World Cup finals in New York, which pit the 100 best players in the game against each other for the chance to win a $3 million top prize. American Kyle &ld
  • Incredible photo shows an elderly woman standing up for the youth in Hong Kong

    A powerful image of an elderly woman trying to stop the Hong Kong protests has gone viral after photographer Laurel Chor posted her picture on Twitter. 
    Chor posted the picture in response to reporter Joshua Long's video of the same woman asking riot police not to shoot the young protesters. Her image only added to the growing mythos of the woman in the blue shirt who really, really wanted the cops to behave themselves.Elderly citizen standing in front of the police line to defense #YuenLon
  • Three of Apple’s 2020 iPhones will reportedly support 5G

    Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge As networks begin to roll out 5G networks around the world, phone manufacturers are beginning to roll out phones that will be able to access them. Apple has been widely expected to roll out a 5G-compatible phone in 2020, and now, a new report suggests that all three of the company’s phones will support 5G.Last month, noted Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo reported that next year’s 5.4-inch and 6.7-inch iPhone models would support 5G, while a thi
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  • Sony crowdfunded a personal air conditioner, but only in Japan for now

    Who among us hasn't wished for a personal, private air conditioner during our climate change-addled world's increasingly brutal summers? Well, Sony's apparently been listening.
    The company introduced a product called the Reon Pocket through its only-in-Japan First Flight crowdfunding program. It's a unique kind of portable air conditioner; instead of blowing processed air with the aim of cooling an entire space, it's a body-mounted device that works by lowering you internal body temperature.
    As
  • As RPA evolves, humans will increasingly take a back seat

    In the deep and wide future of the fast-developing RPA market, there will be fewer humans but a larger business impact across North America.Read More
  • Reminder: UltraViolet shuts down July 31st, so safeguard your digital movies now

    UltraViolet stock 640 UltraViolet, Hollywood’s original attempt at a cross-platform digital movie locker service, is shutting down this week on July 31st. If you’ve redeemed your fair share of codes that came with Blu-rays or DVDs through the years, you’ll definitely want to make sure you’ve linked your UltraViolet collection to another retailer so you can continue accessing and streaming those titles after the service goes offline.Walmart-backed Vudu is the best bet for
  • Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge proves Disneyland is made for childless millennials

    Despite their reputation as the happiest places on earth, Disney theme parks have recently become a lightning rod for profoundly unhappy people airing their opinions on what millennials can and cannot do. 
    First came the viral Facebook post from an unhinged mom who railed against childless millennials taking up space at Disney World, in which she accused complete strangers of being pretzel-buying sluts (her words, no joke) who should cede their attendance at the park to parents with childre
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  • Report claims all three new iPhones planned for 2020 will support 5G

    Appleanalyst Ming-Chi Kuo — sometimes described as “the most accurate Apple analyst in the world” — has written a new note to investors saying that the three iPhones expected to launch in 2020 will feature support for 5G. In previous Kuo reports, it’s said the 2020 iPhones could be available in new sizes: a 5.4 and 6.7-inch high-end iPhones with OLED displays, along with a 6.1-inch model with an OLED display.
    Previously, he predicted that only two of the three new i
  • Amazon's 'Modern Love' trailer is filled with beautiful famous people in all kinds of love

    Amazon is stepping up its rom-com gameModern Love is an anthology series based on a running New York Times column that the paper describes as "weekly essays that explore the joys and tribulations of love." Isn't that nice?
    The Amazon series presents a hefty ensemble of famous faces, with this new trailer hyping appearances from the likes of Anne Hathaway, Julia Garner, Dev Patel, Catherine Keener, Tina Fey, Andy Garcia, and John Slattery.
    Modern Love will run for eight episodes and it's set to p
  • Tesla owners should have YouTube and Netflix in the car by the end of August

    Watching TV while you drive is a terrible idea, but can your fully stopped car double as a self-contained entertainment center? That's what Elon Musk and Tesla are betting on.
    Netflix streaming and YouTube streaming are both coming to Tesla vehicles "soon," according to a Saturday tweet from Musk. The feature will only work while the car is stopped, though Musk noted in a follow-up tweet that the safeguard won't be in place forever.
    Once regulators approve full self-driving, he said, video while
  • The opportunities in enterprise RPA

    Robotic process automation is the fastest-growing segment of the global enterprise software market, but it's still frequently misunderstood.Read More
  • Music crowdfunding website PledgeMusic goes offline amidst bankruptcy proceedings

    Image: PledgeMusic PledgeMusic, a crowdfunding site designed to allow fans to back projects from artists, has gone offline, according to Variety. The company closed down its operations earlier this year as it went into bankruptcy proceedings, and the site’s closure means that artists won’t be able to retrieve information on their profiles and fans.In place of the site, the company’s board left a message, saying that it “continues to work with outside counsel on the most
  • Big Tech’s liability shield under fire yet again from Republicans

    Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call The populist wing of the Republican party introduced yet another bill to remove the tech industry’s largest liability shield last week.The Stop the Censorship Act, sponsored by Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ), would strike language in Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act that allows platforms to moderate content they deem as “objectionable.” Gosar argues that this language makes it easy for platforms like Facebook and Twitter to remove conten
  • Epix’s will release its Slow Burn adaptation this November

    Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Epix has greenlit a six-episode adaptation of Slate’s hit podcast Slow Burn, a series that explored the Watergate scandal and how it eventually led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. Podcast host Leon Neyfakh will be an executive producer and narrator for the series.During this year’s Television Critics Association press tour in July, Epix announced that the six-episode series would premiere on November 24th, 2019.Slate launche
  • Epix will release its Slow Burn adaptation this November

    Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Epix has greenlit a six-episode adaptation of Slate’s hit podcast Slow Burn, a series that explored the Watergate scandal and how it eventually led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. Podcast host Leon Neyfakh will be an executive producer and narrator for the series.During this year’s Television Critics Association press tour in July, Epix announced that the six-episode series would premiere on November 24th, 2019.Slate launche
  • I’m bad at Fortnite, and I’m okay with that

    Photo credit should read LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP/Getty Images Fortnite is two years old this weekend, and has been the most popular game in the world for at least the last year of its existence. My friends and I began playing it last summer as it exploded in popularity; we saw the game go from its roots as a goofy add on to Epic’s player-versus-environment shooter to its current status as a cross-cultural social space that just so happens to have a battle royale mode. And while I’ve
  • How should you take your Equifax data breach settlement?

    Do you go for the free money or the free service? And what does the fine print say?
    The Federal Trade Commission confirmed on July 22 that Equifax will pay as much as $700 million — and no less than $575 million — for the 2017 data breach that affected the personal information of roughly 147 million people. And in the days that followed, a question sprang up: how do you get your own piece of that action?
    It's pretty straightforward on the face of things. You can get up to 10 years of
  • Deep learning is about to get easier — and more widespread

    Some interesting breakthroughs have begun to emerge that could make AI accessible to many more businesses and organizations.Read More
  • This behind-the-scenes documentary shows how Oats Studios filmed its Anthem short film

    Image: Oats Studios In February, Neill Blomkamp’s Oats Studios released a short, live-action teaser film for BioWare’s open-world shooter, Anthem. That film tells a short story that highlights some of the world’s larger story elements, and features some great, live-action visuals that brought it to life. Now, Oats has released a lengthy behind-the-scenes documentary that showed off how it created the short film.The 28 minute documentary shows off the incredible effort that wen
  • The Microsoft Surface Book 2 laptop is on sale for $600 off

    TL;DR: Get the powerful Microsoft Surface Book 2 2-in-1 laptop on sale for $1,399. It’s usually priced at $1,999, so you’ll be saving 30%. A lot of 2-in-1 products get a bad rap but let’s face it, a shampoo just shouldn’t be able to double as a body wash and that’s that. But in the wild world of multi-purpose items, the 2-in-1 laptop stands out as a special exception that really does perform. Especially in the case of the Microsoft Surface Book 2, 13.5-inch 2-i
  • Congress takes another stab at passing self-driving car legislation

    Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Just when everyone had pretty much given up hope of getting lawmakers in our hyper-polarized nation’s capital to agree on a new set of rules for self-driving cars, Congress appears to be ready to try again.
    Stakeholders in the autonomous vehicle industry had mostly given up hope of getting anything done this year, after the failure of legislation last year and the lack of action in the months that followed. But a bipartisan contingent in both the Senate a
  • Apple might release two additional iPads models this year

    Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge It looks as though Apple’s iPad lineup will get a bit bigger. The company already has five different models of the tablet, but according to new regulatory filings spotted by AppleInsider, there could be two new tablets on the way.Presently, Apple’s iPad lineup includes the iPad Mini, iPad, iPad Air, the 11 inch iPad pro, and the 12.9 inch iPad pro. The site reported earlier this month that the company had filed five models with the Eurasian Economic
  • Original Content podcast: Our love for ‘Queer Eye’ isn’t quite as strong

    It’s been barely more than a year since the “Queer Eye” revival premiered on Netflix, but the series is already back for its fourth season.
    This time around, the Fab Five finds new makeover subjects in Kansas City (with a detour to Quincy, Illinois, where hairstylist Jonathan Van Ness grew up), offering their custom mix of lifestyle tips and intense emotional conversations. In many ways, the new season serves as a reminder that “Queer Eye” remains one of the most co
  • What will happen when the bad times come?

    Here in America we are now in the longest economic expansion in history. That doesn’t mean it’s about to end. But it does raise the question: what happens when it does? When the economic cycle finally inverts into recession, perhaps unexpectedly and with no obvious cause, perhaps because of some geopolitical crisis? We know what happens to the overall economy — but what happens to the tech sector?
    Last time around, the answer was: “surprisingly little.” Late 2008 sa
  • Someone has to make the family mac and cheese. I was worried it couldn't be me.

    Mashable bites into a creamy, nutty, gooey, and sometimes stinky world during our first-ever Cheese Week.Black people don’t mess around when it comes to macaroni and cheese. The great African-American culinary tradition demands excellence in all aspects of its existence. Bad macaroni — dry, crunchy, lacking smoothness and squelch — is an abomination, a stain on the institution of soul food. Good macaroni is a point of pride. Many mac and cheese recipes, like the one in my famil
  • Self-Parking Garages, Robovans, and More Car News This Week

    Bosch and Daimler introduce a garage where cars park themselves, carmakers sign on to tough mileage standards, and a Ford F-150 tows a train.
  • How older generations share news articles in the smartphone era

    When millennials head home, a lot of them are greeted with a pile of newspaper clippings. 
    Others receive highlighted articles sent in the mail, usually from grandparents or old-school parents.  The more "with it" parents snap a photo of articles and email or text that over. And yes, some parents have figured out how to email or text over a link to a news story.
    With so many options to share a news story (using the share buttons on a website, copying and pasting links into texts, email
  • Epix is developing a TV show about the Apollo 8 mission

    Astronaut Frank Borman, mission commander, is shown during intravehicular activity (IVA) on the Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission. This still print was made from movie film exposed by an onboard 16mm motion picture camera. | Image: NASA Premium TV network Epix announced during its Television Critics Association panel that it was developing a six-episode miniseries about the Apollo 8 mission called Rocket Men, according to Deadline.Epix didn’t unveil any other details, such as a projected relea
  • A Fake Presidential Seal Tops This Week's Internet News Roundup

    The text on it translated to "45 is a puppet." Plus: #NoToBoris, the latest on Jeffrey Epstein, and more.
  • Did Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Intend To Deceive?https://n.pr/312PbkJ 

    Did Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Intend To Deceive?https://n.pr/312PbkJ 
  • Week in Review: Regulation boogaloo

    Hello, weekenders. This is Week-in-Review, where I give a heavy amount of analysis and/or rambling thoughts on one story while scouring the rest of the hundreds of stories that emerged on TechCrunch this week to surface my favorites for your reading pleasure.
    Last week, I talked about how services like Instagramhad moved beyond letting their algorithms take over the curation process as they tested minimizing key user metrics such as “like” counts on the platform.John Taggart/Bloomber
  • Seeing Through Silicon Valley’s Shameless ‘Disruption’

    Finally we are discovering what a world devoid of moral responsibility looks like. It ain’t magical.
  • 5 Best Air Purifiers (2019): HEPA, PECO, and More

    We tested many HEPA and standard air purifiers to find the right one for your bedroom or home.
  • iPad Pro, MacBook, Wolfenstein: Youngblood, and more deals for July 28

    With school starting up again soon, being prepared is vital, and having a laptop that's on its last leg isn't a good start. Lucky for you, there are a lot of laptop deals around on the internet, and if you're working on a budget, then this Lenovo IdeaPad S340 laptop is for you. Packed with an 8th generation Intel i3 processor, 8GB of RAM, and 128GB solid-state drive for $289.00, saving you $90 off the listed price.
    Already invested in the Apple ecosystem? Well, why not upgrade your current MacBo
  • The Terrible Anxiety of Location Sharing Apps

    Google Maps, Find My Friends, and other such apps promise peace of mind. Instead, monitoring our loved ones becomes a nail-biting exercise in anxiety.
  • Quantum Darwinism Could Explain What Makes Reality Real

    Some physicists believe that our experience of the universe is just a big game of subatomic survival of the fittest.
  • Viro Move is the next VR game that wants to get you fit

    Developed by Fit Reality, Viro Move has three game types designed to help you have fun -- and burn calories.Read More
  • Save over 50% on this charging cable that has a built-in portable battery

    TL;DR: Get the compact Nomad 1.5M battery lightning cable on sale for $19.99. It's normally $49.99, so you'll save $30. As the Spice Girls once sang, "When two become one....It's the only way to be." 
    And while they may have not been singing about this Nomad 1.5M battery lightning cable, it certainly fits. 
    With the Nomad Cable, you can officially say goodbye to lugging around a separate charging cable and backup battery to charge your devices on the go. The durable MFi-certified
  • Save on Apple iMacs, keyboards, and more with this sale

    What would it take for you to reach peak productivity? Is it a comfortable office chair? A standing desk? A napping pod? Or how about a shiny new computer?
    If your answer is the latter, we have a treat for you: refurbished iMacs, Apple keyboards, and an Apple Magic Mouse are all on sale this weekend in the Mashable Shop. Check out the deals below:
    27-inch iMac computer (with accessories)
    Did the complete Apple setup always feel a little too indulgent? This refurbished option says you deserve it
  • Learn how to be a better writer for just $20 thanks to this sale

    TL;DR: Get the comprehensive "Improve Your Writing Skills" master class bundle for $19.99 — a savings of 98% off its usual price. Okay, so maybe you're not planning to write the next City of Girls or even open your long-lost journal, but writing skills may just be the important career weapon you're missing. 
    Whether you're a software engineer, a digital marketer, a barista, or an MLB baseball player, we'd be willing to bet you'll be required to write something, somewhere. Wouldn'
  • ExpressVPN is on sale for £5.36 a month with 3 months free

    TL;DR: Secure the impressive ExpressVPN for just £5.36 a month with three months free, and save 46% on list price.Isn't it wonderful when brands or services try and compete with each other to offer the best deal? It's great, because the winner in this situation is always the consumer. 
    There is kind of a battle going on right now between the many VPN providers, with each company trying to offer the best deal. Some providers have slashed prices, whilst others have focused on offering m
  • Magic Leap’s Independent Creator Program graduates its first game

    PuzzlAR: World Tour is a port of an existing smartphone AR game from Portuguese team, Ontop Studios, and it's the first Magic Leap game from its Independent Creator Program to go live.Read More
  • Trump's 'infested' tweets violate a very specific Twitter rule

    Rats, rodents, maggots, crime. These words have literal meanings, but when they're used to describe specific places or groups, they take on something more.
    It's something CNN anchor Victor Blackwell pointed out in a moving segment about Trump's racist use of the word "infested" in tweets — and also something that Twitter explicitly prohibits in its rules against "dehumanizing language." 
    It's no secret that Trump walks all over Twitter's rules against racist verbal attacks &mdash